[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 41644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17514]
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 158 / Thursday, August 15, 2019 /
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 40, 74, 75 and 150
[NRC-2019-0108]
Revision to NUREG/BR-0006 and NUREG/BR-0007
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft NUREGs; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment draft NUREGs, NUREG/BR-0006, Revision 9, ``Instructions
for Completing Nuclear Material Transaction Reports,'' and NUREG/BR-
0007, Revision 8, ``Instructions for the Preparation and Distribution
of Material Status Reports.'' These NUREG brochures provide guidance
for licensees submitting material transaction reports and material
status reports to the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards
System (NMMSS). Revisions to these NUREGs do not change existing
reporting requirements; however, clarifications and additional examples
of data to be reported have been included in these revised drafts.
DATES: Submit comments by November 13, 2019. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received
before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0108. Address
questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
Mail Comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mirabelle Shoemaker, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-7363, email:
[email protected]; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0108 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0108.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Document collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, contact the NRC's Public Document
Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email
to [email protected]. The ``Instructions for Completing Nuclear
Material Transaction Reports,'' NUREG/BR-0006 and ``Instructions for
and the Preparation and Distribution of Material Status Reports,''
NUREG/BR-0007 are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML19214A180
and ML19212A768.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2019-0108 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
https://www.regulations.gov/ as well as enter the comment submissions
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
NUREG/BR-0006 and NUREG/BR-0007 provide instructions for reporting
information to the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards Systems
(NMMSS), as required by NRC regulations. The NRC is revising these
documents to provide additional clarification and examples of nuclear
material transaction reports and nuclear material status reports, to
aid the licensee community in preparing clear and accurate submittals.
The draft revisions of these NUREGs are being made available for public
comments to allow opportunity for further suggestions to improve their
clarity and utility.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of August 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James L. Rubenstone,
Chief, Material Control and Accounting Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle
Safety Safeguards and Environmental Review, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2019-17514 Filed 8-14-19; 8:45 am]
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