[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 2, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 22636-22637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06828]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70

[NRC-2022-0103]
RIN 3150-AK83


Radioactive Source Security and Accountability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Discontinuation of rulemaking activity.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is discontinuing 
the rulemaking activity, ``Radioactive Source Security and 
Accountability.'' The purpose of this document is to inform members of 
the public that this rulemaking activity is being discontinued and to 
provide a brief discussion of the NRC's decision to discontinue the 
rulemaking. The rulemaking activity will no longer be reported in the 
NRC's portion of the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory 
Actions (the Unified Agenda).

DATES: Effective April 2, 2024, the rulemaking activity discussed in 
this document is discontinued.

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ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0103 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-2022-0103. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Helen Chang; telephone: 301-415-3228; 
email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the 
individuals 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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for 
each document referenced (if that document is available in ADAMS) is 
provided the first time that it is referenced in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 
a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Carrera, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-1078; email: 
[email protected]; or Anita Gray, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-7036; email: 
[email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In SECY-22-0112, ``Proposed Rule: Radioactive Source Security and 
Accountability (3150-AK83; NRC-2022-0103),'' dated December 19, 2022 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML22278A035), the NRC staff provided the 
Commission a proposed rule for approval. The proposed rule would have 
amended regulations in parts 30, 40, and 70 of title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations to further ensure validity of license applicants. 
The proposed rule also would have required licensees transferring 
category 3 quantities of radioactive material to verify licenses 
through the NRC License Verification System or by contacting the 
license-issuing authority to confirm that the recipient licensee is 
authorized to receive the type, form, and quantity of radioactive 
material to be transferred. Additionally, the proposed rule would have 
required that generally licensed devices containing category 3 
quantities of byproduct material could only be transferred to licensees 
possessing a specific NRC or Agreement State license. The proposed rule 
also would have updated the oral certification method and removed an 
obsolete method of obtaining other sources of information.

II. Discussion

    In the staff requirements memorandum (SRM) for SECY-22-0112, 
``Staff Requirements--SECY-22-0112--Proposed Rule: Radioactive Source 
Security and Accountability (3150-AK83; NRC-2022-0103),'' dated March 
8, 2024, (ADAMS Accession No. ML24068A046), the Commission stated that 
it was ``unable to reach a decision on the staff's recommended proposed 
rule on radioactive source security and accountability that would amend 
regulations in title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations to further 
ensure validity of license applicants. Therefore, the proposed rule is 
not approved.'' As directed by the Commission in SRM-SECY-22-0112, the 
NRC will be exploring other rulemaking pathways to update the oral 
certification method and remove the obsolete method of obtaining other 
sources of information.

III. Conclusion

    The NRC is discontinuing the Radioactive Source Security and 
Accountability rulemaking. In the next edition of the Unified Agenda, 
the NRC will update the entry for this rulemaking activity and 
reference this document to indicate that the rulemaking activity is no 
longer being pursued. This rulemaking activity will appear in the 
completed actions section of that edition of the Unified Agenda but 
will not appear in future editions. If the NRC decides to pursue 
similar or related rulemaking activities in the future, it will inform 
the public through new rulemaking entries in the Unified Agenda.

    Dated: March 27, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carrie Safford,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-06828 Filed 4-1-24; 8:45 am]
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