Special nuclear material; domestic licensing: Rulemaking activities; comment request,

[Federal Register: December 24, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 247)]

[Proposed Rules]

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 70

Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material; Request For Public Comments on Rulemaking Activities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Request for public input on rule development.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making available, through the use of the Internet, draft rule language and associated guidance documents governing Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material and requesting public comment. The Commission has directed the staff to continue public discussion of all relevant documents with stakeholders, including use of the Internet, and submit a revised proposed rulemaking package for Commission approval in June 1999. After Commission approval, a proposed rule will be published for public comment.

DATES: Public input is solicited during development of the proposed rule package, but to be most helpful, should be received by dates that will be specified on the Internet site. Comments received after the dates specified will be considered for development of the proposed rule if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is only able to ensure consideration of comments received on or before the specified dates. If appropriate, late comments may be considered as part of the comments received during the formal public comment period on the proposed rule.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the draft rule language and associated documents can be obtained either electronically at the NRC Technical Conference Forum Website under the topic ``Revised Requirements for the Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material (Part 70)'' at http:// techconf.LLNL.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.

Comments may be posted electronically on the NRC Technical Conference Forum Website at http://techconf.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/ messages?dom--lic. Comments

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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: Theodore S. Sherr, Andrew Persinko, or Barry T. Mendelsohn; Telephone (301) 415-7218, (301) 415-6522, or (301) 415-7270; Email TSS@NRC.GOV, AXP1@NRC.GOV, or BTM1@NRC.GOV; Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In a December 1, 1998 Staff Requirements Memorandum, the Commission disapproved publication of the staff's draft proposed rule. The Commission directed the staff to continue to discuss all relevant documents with stakeholders (NEI, Department of Energy, and others) in public, including use of the Internet, and submit a revised proposed rulemaking package to the Commission for approval six months from December 1, 1998. In the process of developing a revised draft proposed rule package, the NRC staff will periodically make interim drafts publicly available, as noted above, and seek comments on those drafts. When the Commission has approved a proposed rule, it will be published in the Federal Register for formal public comment.

To use the Website to view SECY-98-185, meeting transcripts, and letters from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and other commenters, select dom lic Library and then click on NRC TECH CONF Text and Other Documents to view the documents available in this library. Alternatively, you can direct your browser to go directly to: http:// techconf.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/library?source=*&library=dom lic lib&file=*.

The transcripts of previous meetings and letters from the NEI on chemical safety regulation and other issues are near the end of the library of documents and can be reached by scrolling down past all of the Standard Review Plan sections, which are listed individually.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 18th day of December, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Elizabeth Q. Ten Eyck, Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 98-34125Filed12-23-98; 8:45 am]

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