[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 13 (Friday, January 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6683-6684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01379]
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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; extension of comment period;
public meeting.
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SUMMARY: On December 8, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) issued a draft report for comment, NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision
2, ``Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance, Characterization, Survey,
and Determination of Radiological Criteria.'' The public comment period
was originally scheduled to close on February 8, 2021. The NRC has
decided to extend the public comment period to allow more time for
members of the public to develop and submit their comments.
Additionally, the NRC staff would like to announce that it will hold a
public meeting on Monday, March 15, 2021, to discuss updates to the
guidance document and provide members of the public an opportunity to
comment on the draft guidance document. Details regarding the public
meeting and agenda will be forthcoming on the NRC's public website
https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg.
DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on
December 8, 2020 (85 FR 79044) is extended. Comments should be filed no
later than April 8, 2021. 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 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.
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-
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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 or
301-415-4737 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
On December 8, 2020 (85 FR 79044), the NRC issued for public
comment draft NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision 2, ``Consolidated
Decommissioning Guidance, Characterization, Survey, and Determination
of Radiological Criteria.'' The purpose was to provide interested
stakeholders an opportunity to comment on the draft guidance document.
The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on February
8, 2021. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period on
this document until April 8, 2021, to allow more time for members of
the public to submit their comments. Additionally, the NRC staff will
hold a public meeting on Monday, March 15, 2021, to discuss updates to
the guidance document and provide members of the public an opportunity
to comment on the draft guidance document. Details regarding the public
meeting and agenda will be forthcoming on the NRC's public website
https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg.
Dated: January 14, 2021.
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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