[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 55056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27489]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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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
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 63
Availability of Staff Recommendations to the Commission: Draft
Regulations for Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes at a Proposed
Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Availability of staff recommendations for draft regulations.
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SUMMARY: The NRC is making available NRC staff recommendations for
draft regulations governing disposal of high-level radioactive wastes
at a proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The
Commission is presently reviewing these staff recommendations, and has
not yet approved publication of the recommended draft regulations as a
proposed rule. The Commission is making the staff recommendations
available now to enable all stakeholders to have preliminary access to
the document. When the Commission has approved a proposed rule, it will
be published in the Federal Register for formal public comment.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the staff recommendations can be obtained
electronically at the NRC Technical Conference Forum Website under the
topic ``Draft Proposed Rule for Disposal of High-Level Radioactive
Wastes at a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada'' at
http://techconf.linl.gov/cgi-bin/topics or from the NRC's Public
Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555;
telephone 202-634-3273; fax 202-634-3343. To view the working paper at
the Website, select ``Draft Proposed Rule for Disposal of High-Level
Radioactive Waste at a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain,
Nevada.''
Comments may be posted electronically on the NRC Technical
Conference Forum Website mentioned above. Comments submitted
electronically can also be viewed at that Website. Comments may also be
mailed to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clark Prichard, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-6203; e.mail
[email protected].; or Timothy McCartin, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-6681; e-mail [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 6th day of October, 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frederick C. Combs,
Acting Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety,
NMSS.
[FR Doc. 98-27489 Filed 10-13-98; 8:45 am]
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