[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 90 (Friday, May 8, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09055]
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Proposed Rules
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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 90 / Friday, May 8, 2020 / Proposed
Rules
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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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