[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 44672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19320]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 50

RIN 3150-AG42


Risk-Informed Categorization and Treatment of Structures, Systems 
and Components for Nuclear Power Reactors

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 16, 2003 (68 FR 26511), the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) published in the Federal Register for a 75-day comment 
period proposed 10 CFR 50.69 ``Risk-Informed Categorization and 
Treatment of Structures, Systems, and Components for Nuclear Power 
Plants.'' The comment period for this proposed rule was to have expired 
on July 30, 2003. By letter dated July 3, 2003, Nuclear Energy 
Institute (NEI) requested a 30-day extension to the comment period. NEI 
indicated that this extension is to allow for the thorough review and 
refinement of comments developed by NEI's Option 2 task force and other 
constituents in the industry. In view of the importance of both the 
proposed rule and the industry's comments on it, the NRC has decided to 
extend the comment period by 30 days as requested.

DATE: The comment period has been extended and now expires on August 
30, 2003. 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 one of the following methods. 
Please include the following number (RIN 3150-AG42) in the subject line 
of your comments. Comments on rulemakings submitted in writing or in 
electronic form will be made available to the public in their entirety 
on the NRC rulemaking web site. Personal information will not be 
removed from your comments.
    Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
    E-mail comments to: [email protected]. If you do not receive a reply e-
mail confirming that we have received your comments, contact us 
directly at (301) 415-1966. You may also submit comments via the NRC's 
rulemaking web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Address questions 
about our rulemaking website to Carol Gallagher (301) 415-5905; email 
[email protected].
    Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 
20852, between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm Federal workdays. (Telephone (301) 
415-1966).
    Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 
(301) 415-1101.
    Publicly available documents related to this rulemaking may be 
examined and copied for a fee at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), 
Public File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland. Selected documents, including comments, can be 
viewed and downloaded electronically via the NRC rulemaking web site at 
http://ruleforum.llnl.gov.
    Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC after 
November 1, 1999, are available electronically at the NRC's Electronic 
Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. From this 
site, the public can gain entry into the NRC's Agencywide Document 
Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image 
files of NRC's public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or 
if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, 
contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-
397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Timothy Reed, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone (301) 415-1462; e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 22nd day of July, 2003.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 03-19320 Filed 7-29-03; 8:45 am]
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