[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 213 (Monday, November 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61795-61796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24389]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0170]


Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the Fundamental 
Nuclear Material Control Plan Required for Special Nuclear Material of 
Moderate Strategic Significance

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 23, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) issued for public comment draft NUREG, NUREG-2159, Revision 1, 
``Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the Fundamental Nuclear 
Material Control Plan Required for Special Nuclear Material of Moderate 
Strategic Significance.'' The public comment period was originally 
scheduled to close on November 22, 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.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on 
September 23, 2021 (86 FR 52926) is extended. Comments should be filed 
no later than December 3, 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-2021-0170. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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: Tom Pham, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-7254, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0170 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-2021-0170.
     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 ``Acceptable Standard Format and 
Content for the Fundamental Nuclear Material Control Plan Required for 
Special Nuclear Material of Moderate Strategic Significance,'' draft 
NUREG-2159, Revision 1, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML21263A119.
     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. (ET), 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-2021-0170 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

    Draft NUREG-2159, Revision 1, provides guidance to facilitate 
compliance with applicable provisions in Subpart D of Part 74 of title 
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, ``Material Control and 
Accounting of Special Nuclear Material.'' Draft NUREG-2159, Revision 1, 
provides guidance for fuel cycle and other licensees and applicants who 
may request authorization to hold SNM of moderate strategic 
significance. Generally, this draft guidance document discusses 
acceptable methods licensees and applicants may use to prepare and 
implement their fundamental nuclear material control plans, and how the 
NRC will review and inspect these plans. The public comment period was 
originally scheduled to close on November 22, 2021. The NRC has decided 
to extend the public comment period on this document until December 3, 
2021, to allow more time for members of the public to submit their 
comments.

    Dated: November 3, 2021.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James L. Rubenstone,
Chief, Material Control and Accounting Branch, Division of Fuel 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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