[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 90 (Friday, May 8, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27332]
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[FR Doc No: 2020-09055]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Chapter I

[NRC-2020-0065]


Transfer of Very Low-Level Waste To Exempt Persons for Disposal

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed interpretive rule; additional method to provide 
comments.

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SUMMARY: On April 9, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
extended the comment period on a proposed interpretation of its low-
level radioactive waste disposal regulations that would permit 
licensees to dispose of waste by transfer to persons who hold specific 
exemptions for the purpose of disposal. The public comment period now 
closes on July 20, 2020. The NRC has decided to provide an additional 
method for members of the public to submit their comments via an email 
address established for this purpose.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on 
March 6, 2020 (85 FR 13076) ends on July 20, 2020. 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. The NRC staff will continue to monitor the current 
public health emergency to determine if an additional extension may be 
warranted.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0065. 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.
     Email comments to: [email protected]. 
This email account will be available to accept public comments on the 
proposed interpretive rule until the close of the comment period, July 
20, 2020.
    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: Marlayna Doell, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3178; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0065 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-2020-0065.
     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, 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 ADAMS accession number for each 
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first 
time that it is mentioned in this document.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2020-0065 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 March 6, 2020, the NRC solicited comments on a proposed 
interpretation of its low-level radioactive waste disposal regulations 
that would permit licensees to dispose of waste by transfer to persons 
who hold specific exemptions for the purpose of disposal. The public 
comment period was originally scheduled to close on April 20, 2020, but 
has been extended to July 20, 2020. The NRC has decided to provide an 
additional method for members of the public to submit their comments 
via an email address ([email protected]) 
established for this purpose. All other options for submitting comments 
discussed in this notice remain available; comments received via email 
will be aggregated with comments already received via other methods, as 
well as any future comments.

    Dated: April 23, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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