[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 51964-51965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21169]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 20 and 61

[NRC-2011-0012; NRC-2015-0003]
RIN 3150-AI92


Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule and draft NUREG; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On March 26, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) requested public comment on a proposed rule that would amend its 
regulations that govern low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) disposal 
facilities. The proposed rule would require new and revised site-
specific technical analyses, permit the development of site-specific 
criteria for LLRW acceptance based on the results of those analyses, 
facilitate implementation, and better align the requirements with 
current health and safety standards. Also on March 26, 2015, the NRC 
requested comment on draft guidance to address the implementation of 
the proposed regulations (NUREG-2175, ``Guidance for Conducting 
Technical Analyses for 10 CFR part 61''). The public comment period for 
the proposed rule and draft guidance closed on July 24, 2015. The NRC 
is reopening the public comment periods for the proposed rule and draft 
guidance to allow more time for members of the public to develop and 
submit their comments.

DATES: The comment periods for the proposed rule published on March 26, 
2015 (80 FR 16081), and the draft guidance published on March 26, 2015 
(80 FR 15930), have been reopened. Comments should be filed no later 
than September 21, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The methods for submitting comments on the proposed rule are 
different from the methods for submitting comments on the draft 
guidance.
    Proposed Rule: You may submit comments on the proposed rule by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0012.
     Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do 
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact 
us at (301) 415-1677.
     Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission at (301) 415-1101.
     Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff.
     Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) Federal 
workdays; telephone: (301) 415-1677.
    Draft Guidance: You may submit comments on the draft guidance by 
any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0003.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
    Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 
(301) 415-3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions 
contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section of this document.
    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: Gary Comfort, telephone: (301) 415-
8106, email: [email protected]; or Stephen Dembek, telephone: (301) 
415-2342, email: [email protected]. Both of the Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0012 (proposed rule) and Docket 
ID NRC-2015-0003 (draft guidance) when contacting the NRC about the 
availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly-
available information related to the proposed rule and draft guidance 
by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0012 (proposed 
rule) or Docket ID NRC-2015-0003 (draft guidance).
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then 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]. 
The draft guidance, NUREG-2175, is available in ADAMS under Accession 
No. ML15056A516.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0012 (proposed rule) or Docket ID 
NRC-2015-0003 (draft guidance) 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 http://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. Discussion

    On March 26, 2015 (80 FR 16081), the NRC requested comment on a 
proposed rule that would amend its regulations that govern LLRW 
disposal facilities to require new and revised site-specific technical 
analyses, to permit the development of site-specific criteria for LLRW 
acceptance based on the results of those analyses, to facilitate 
implementation, and to better align the requirements with current 
health and safety standards. Also on March 26, 2015 (80 FR 15930), the 
NRC requested comments on draft guidance to address the implementation 
of the proposed regulations (NUREG-2175, ``Guidance for Conducting 
Technical Analyses for

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10 CFR part 61''). The public comment periods for the proposed rule and 
draft guidance closed on July 24, 2015. The NRC has decided to reopen 
the public comment periods for the proposed rule and draft guidance 
until September 21, 2015, to allow more time for members of the public 
to develop and submit their comments.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of August, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-21169 Filed 8-26-15; 8:45 am]
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