[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 236 (Friday, December 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75671-75672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26743]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2022-0204]


Relocation of Draft and Regulatory Guide Notices in the Federal 
Register

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Categorization of notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is notifying the 
public that documents regarding draft and final Regulatory Guides that 
historically have been published in the ``Notices'' section of the 
Federal Register will now be published in the ``Proposed Rules'' and 
``Rules and Regulations'' sections of the Federal Register. The Office 
of the Federal Register recently informed the NRC that under their 
guidelines, these documents fall into the ``Proposed Rules'' and 
``Rules and Regulations'' categories and requested that the NRC 
reclassify these notices.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0204 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https:// 
www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0204. 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.
     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].
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacy Schuman, Office of the General 
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC issues Draft Guides (DGs) and 
Regulatory Guides (RGs) to gather input and provide guidance to 
licensees and applicants on implementing specific parts of the NRC's 
regulations, techniques used by NRC staff in evaluating specific 
problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the staff in its 
review of applications for permits or licenses, as noted in chapter I 
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). DGs and RGs

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historically have been published in the ``Notices'' section of the 
Federal Register.
    Under the Federal Register Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 15), the 
Administrative Committee of the Federal Register issues regulations 
regarding publishing documents in the Federal Register (see 1 CFR 1). 
Based on these governing regulations, the Office of the Federal 
Register (OFR) classifies agency documents published in the Federal 
Register in one of three categories: rules and regulations, proposed 
rules, and notices. The regulation establishing document types is 
available in 1 CFR 5.9.
    In accordance with the OFR's request that the NRC reclassify DGs 
and RGs, these documents will henceforth be published in the ``Proposed 
Rules'' or ``Rules and Regulations'' section of the Federal Register. 
This change is effective immediately.

    Dated: December 5, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy K. Bladey,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2022-26743 Filed 12-8-22; 8:45 am]
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