[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11391-11392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03638]
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 43 / Thursday, March 6, 2025 /
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Chapter I
[NRC-2025-0055]
Draft Regulatory Issue Summary: Applicability of Requirements
During the Movement of Radioactive Material Within a Temporary Jobsite
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public
comment on a draft regulatory issue summary (RIS) clarifying the
requirements for the transport of radioactive material within a
temporary jobsite. NRC regulations provide requirements for packaging,
preparation for shipment, and transportation of licensed material. The
regulations apply to any licensee authorized by specific or general
license issued by the Commission to receive, possess, use, or transfer
licensed material, if the licensee delivers that material to a carrier
for transport, transports the material outside the site of usage as
specified in the NRC license, or transports that material on public
highways.
DATES: Submit comments by May 5, 2025. 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-2025-0055. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; 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: Phyllis Clark, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6447; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0055 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-2025-0055.
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]. Draft RIS 2025-XX, ``Applicability
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 71 Requirements
During the Movement of Radioactive Material Within a Temporary
Jobsite,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML24206A139.
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 (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-2025-0055 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. Background
NRC staff and other stakeholders have recently raised questions
about the applicability of certain requirements in part 71 of title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Packaging and
Transportation of Radioactive Material'' to NRC licensed service
providers operating within a temporary jobsite that is authorized
pursuant to the service provider's license.
The NRC is issuing this draft RIS to clarify the applicability of
the requirements of 10 CFR part 71, ``Packaging and Transportation of
Radioactive Material,'' for the transport of radioactive material
within a temporary jobsite. This draft RIS requires no action or
written response on the part of any addressee.
The draft RIS clarifies that, during movement of radioactive
materials for the purpose of transport by an NRC licensed service
provider within a temporary jobsite (as defined by the applicable
section of 10 CFR), the regulations at 10 CFR 71.5(a) and 10 CFR
71.5(b) are not applicable so long
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as the activities are within an area established as a temporary jobsite
pursuant to the service provider's license.
As noted in the Federal Register on June 8, 2018 (83 FR 20858),
this document is being published in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of
the Federal Register to comply with publication requirements under 10
CFR chapter I.
III. Proposed Action
The NRC is requesting public comments on the draft RIS. All
comments that are to receive consideration in the final RIS must be
submitted electronically or in writing as indicated in the ADDRESSES
section of this document. The NRC staff will make a final determination
regarding issuance of the RIS after it considers any public comments
received in response to this request.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated: March 3, 2025.
Brian Benney,
Acting Chief, Generic Communication and Operating Experience Branch,
Division of Reactor Oversight, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-03638 Filed 3-5-25; 8:45 am]
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