[The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Nuclear Regulatory Commission Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)






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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Ch. I

Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing its 
semiannual regulatory agenda in accordance with Public Law 96-354 ``The 
Regulatory Flexibility Act'' and Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory 
Planning and Review.'' The agenda is a compilation of all rules on 
which the NRC has recently completed action or has proposed or is 
considering action. This issuance updates any action occurring on rules 
since publication of the last semiannual agenda on April 30, 2007 (72 
FR 23598).

ADDRESSES: Comments on any rule in the agenda may be sent to the 
Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications 
Staff. Comments may also be hand delivered to the One White Flint North 
Building, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 a.m. 
and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays. Comments received on rules for which 
the comment period has closed will be considered if it is practical to 
do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given except as to 
comments received on or before the closure dates specified in the 
agenda.

     The agenda and any comments received on any rule listed in the 
agenda are available for public inspection and copying for a fee at 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Public Document Room, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room O-1F21, Rockville, 
Maryland.

     The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at 
www.reginfo.gov, in a format that offers users a greatly enhanced 
ability to obtain information from the Agenda database.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning NRC 
rulemaking procedures or the status of any rule listed in this agenda, 
contact Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing 
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
telephone 301-415-7163 (e-mail: [email protected]). Persons outside the 
Washington, DC, metropolitan area may call toll-free: 1-800-368-5642. 
For further information on the substantive content of any rule listed 
in the agenda, contact the individual listed under the heading ``Agency 
Contact'' for that rule.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information contained in this semiannual 
publication is updated to reflect any action that has occurred on rules 
since publication of the last NRC semiannual agenda on April 30, 2007 
(72 FR 23598). Within each group, the rules are ordered according to 
the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN).

     The information in this agenda has been updated through August 
30, 2007. The date for the next scheduled action under the heading 
``Timetable'' is the date the rule is scheduled to be published in 
the Federal Register. The date is considered tentative and is not 
binding on the Commission or its staff. The agenda is intended to 
provide the public early notice and opportunity to participate in 
the NRC rulemaking process. However, the NRC may consider or act on 
any rulemaking even though it is not included in the agenda.

     The NRC agenda lists all open rulemaking actions. Three rules 
affect small entities.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of August 2007.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

 Michael T. Lesar,

Chief, Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch,
Division of Administrative Services,
Office of Administration.

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                                                                                                     Regulation
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579         Distribution of Source Material to Exempt Persons and General Licensees and Revision      3150-AH15
            of 10 CFR 40.22 General License.......................................................
580         Controlling the Disposition of Solid Materials........................................    3150-AH18
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                                Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                     Regulation
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  Number                                                                                               Number
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581         Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for FY 2007...................................    3150-AI00
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579. DISTRIBUTION OF SOURCE MATERIAL TO EXEMPT PERSONS AND GENERAL 
LICENSEES AND REVISION OF 10 CFR 40.22 GENERAL LICENSE

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to 
improve the control over the distribution of source material to exempt 
persons and to general licensees in order to make part 40 more risk-
informed. The proposed rule also would govern the licensing of source 
material by adding specific requirements for licensing of and reporting 
by distributors of products and materials used by exempt persons and 
general licensees. Source material is used under general license and 
under various exemptions from licensing requirements in part 40 for 
which there is no regulatory mechanism for the Commission to obtain 
information to fully assess the resultant risks to public health and 
safety. Although estimates of resultant doses have been made, there is 
a need for ongoing information on the quantities and types of 
radioactive material distributed for exempt use and use under general 
license. Obtaining information on the distribution of source material 
is particularly difficult because many of the distributors of source 
material to exempt persons and generally licensed persons are not 
currently required to hold a license from the Commission. Distributors 
are often unknown to the Commission. No controls are in place to ensure 
that products and materials distributed are maintained within the 
applicable constraints of the exemptions. In addition, the amounts of 
source material allowed under the general license in section 40.22 
could result in exposures above 1 mSv/year (100 mrem/year) to workers 
at facilities that are not required to meet the requirements of parts 
19 and 20. Without knowledge of the identity and location of the 
general licensees, it would be difficult to enforce restrictions on the 
general licensees. This rule also would address PRM-40-27 submitted by 
the State of Colorado and Organization of Agreement States.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Agency Contact: Gary C. Comfort, Jr., Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management 
Programs, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-8106
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AH15
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580. CONTROLLING THE DISPOSITION OF SOLID MATERIALS

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

Abstract: The staff provided a draft proposed rule package on 
Controlling the Disposition of Solid Materials to the Commission on 
March 31, 2005. The Commission has disapproved publication of the draft 
proposed rule package. The Commission's decision is based on the fact 
that the Agency is currently faced with several high priority and 
complex tasks, that the current approach to review specific cases on an 
individual basis is fully protective of public health and safety, and 
that the immediate need for this rule has changed due to the shift in 
timing for reactor decommissioning. As such, the Commission is 
deferring this rulemaking for the time being.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Agency Contact: Frank P. Cardile, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6185
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AH18
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581. REVISION OF FEE SCHEDULES; FEE RECOVERY FOR FY 2007

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's licensing, inspection, 
and annual fees charged to NRC licensees and applicants for an NRC 
license. The rulemaking is necessary to recover, through the assessment 
of fees, approximately 90 percent of the NRC's budget authority for 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2007, less the amounts appropriated from the Nuclear 
Waste Fund, and for Waste Incidental to Reprocessing and generic 
homeland security activities as required by the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-90), as amended.
To address fairness and equity concerns related to charging NRC license 
holders for agency budgeted costs that do not provide a direct benefit 
to the licensee, the FY 2001 Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act amended OBRA-90 to decrease the NRC's fee recovery 
amount by 2 percent per year beginning in FY 2001, until the fee 
recovery amount was 90 percent in FY 2005. The FY 2006 Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Act, as amended by the Department of 
Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in 
the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act 2006, extended this 90 
percent fee recovery requirement through FY 2006. Section 637 of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 made the 90 percent fee recovery requirement 
permanent beginning in FY 2007. The dollar amount to be recovered for 
FY 2007 is approximately $670.5 million. OBRA-90, as amended, requires 
that the fees for FY 2007 be collected by September 30, 2007.

Completed:
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Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Rule                      06/06/07                    72 FR 31401
Final Rule Effective            08/06/07

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Agency Contact: Renu Suri
Phone: 301 415-0161

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Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AI00
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