[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 48309-48310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19645]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 61

[NRC-2017-0081]
RIN 3150-AK00


Greater-Than-Class-C and Transuranic Waste

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory basis; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 22, 2019, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
solicited comments on a draft regulatory basis to support the 
development of a rulemaking for the disposal of certain types of 
greater-than-Class-C waste in a low-level radioactive waste land 
disposal facility. The public comment period was originally scheduled 
to close on September 20, 2019. The NRC has decided to extend the 
public comment period by an additional 60 days to allow more time for 
members of the public to develop and submit their comments.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on 
July 22, 2019 (84 FR 35037), is extended. Comments should be filed no 
later than November 19, 2019. Comments received after this date will be 
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure 
consideration only for comments received on or 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-2017-0081. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions contact 
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do 
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact 
us at 301-415-1677.
     Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission at 301-415-1101.
     Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff.
     Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) Federal 
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
    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: Cardelia Maupin, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-4127; email: 
[email protected]; or Gary Comfort, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-8106; email: 
[email protected]. Both are staff of the 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-2017-0081 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-2017-0081.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please 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 draft regulatory basis, 
``Regulatory Basis for the Disposal of Greater-than-Class C (GTCC) 
Waste,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19059A403.
     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-2017-0081 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

    On July 22, 2019, the NRC solicited comments on a draft regulatory 
basis ``Regulatory Basis for the Disposal of Greater-than-Class C 
(GTCC) Waste,'' to support the development of a rulemaking for the 
disposal of certain types of greater-than-Class-C waste in a low-level 
radioactive waste land disposal facility. The draft regulatory basis 
evaluates which GTCC waste streams could be safely disposed in a near-
surface disposal facility and what type of regulatory changes would 
need to be considered to permit such action. In addition, the draft 
regulatory basis evaluates whether disposal of GTCC waste presents a 
hazard such that the NRC should retain authority over its disposal and 
not allow any Agreement State licensing over such a disposal.
    The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on 
September 20, 2019. In response to multiple requests, the NRC is 
extending the public comment period on this document until November 19, 
2019, to allow more time for members of the public to submit their 
comments.


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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of September 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John R. Tappert,
Director, Division of Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2019-19645 Filed 9-12-19; 8:45 am]
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