[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79044-79045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26876]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2020-0192]
Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance, Characterization, Survey,
and Determination of Radiological Criteria
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a draft
report for comment, NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision 2, ``Consolidated
Decommissioning Guidance, Characterization, Survey, and Determination
of Radiological Criteria.'' NUREG-1757 has been revised to address
lessons learned and experience gained from review of license
termination plans, decommissioning plans, and final status surveys for
licensees undergoing license termination since the last revision to the
document in September 2006. This NUREG is intended for use by
applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff.
DATES: Submit comments by February 8, 2021. 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;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking Website:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0192. Address
questions about 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.
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]. NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision 2, is
located in ADAMS under Accession Number ML20273A010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Barr, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-4015; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0192 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-2020-0192.
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]. NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision 2, is
located at ADAMS Accession Number ML20273A010.
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of public documents is currently closed. You may submit your request to
the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2020-0192 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
The NRC is issuing for public comment, Revision 2 to NUREG-1757,
Volume 2, ``Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance, Characterization,
Survey, and Determination of Radiological Criteria.'' NUREG-1757 has
been revised to address lessons learned and experience gained from
review of license termination plans, decommissioning plans, and final
status surveys for licensees undergoing license termination. The NUREG
has been updated to include new guidance related to dose modeling, as
low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) criteria, surface water and
groundwater characterization, use of engineered barriers, and
radiological surveys (e.g., composite sampling, subsurface surveys, and
surveys demonstrating indistinguishability from background).
The NRC staff recognizes that the proposed revisions to NUREG-1757
are significant advancements. Licensee may choose to take advantage of
these advancements immediately. However, this draft NUREG-1757 is being
published for comment, and the NRC staff may make revisions and
corrections in the final document. Such changes from draft guidance
would not be a change in position because a draft guidance document
issued for comment does not constitute a staff position.
This NUREG is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and the
NRC staff. The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that
NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision 2 is being issued as a draft report for
comment.
Dated: December 2, 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.
[FR Doc. 2020-26876 Filed 12-7-20; 8:45 am]
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