[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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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 178 / Friday, September 13, 2019 /
Proposed Rules
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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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