Special nuclear material; domestic licensing: Revisions; meeting with Nuclear Energy Institute representatives,

[Federal Register: September 28, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 187)]

[Proposed Rules]

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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 70

Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: NRC will host a public meeting in Rockville, Maryland with representatives of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) to discuss the NRC staff's proposed revisions to 10 CFR Part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material.'' NRC staff and NEI briefed the Commission on August 25, 1998, regarding SECY-98-185, ``Proposed Rulemaking-- Revised Requirements for the Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material,'' dated July 30, 1998. Subsequently, NRC staff and NEI representatives agreed to meet to foster an improved understanding of the NRC staff's proposed revisions to 10 CFR Part 70, to better delineate areas of agreement and disagreement, and to identify potential resolutions, where possible.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29, 1998 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The meeting is open to the public. Persons who wish to attend the meeting should contact Jim Hennigan at (301) 415-6850 no later than Monday, September 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: NRC's Licensing Board Courtroom at Two White Flint North, Room 3B45, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Visitor parking around the NRC building is limited; however, the meeting site is located adjacent to the White Flint Station on the Metro Red Line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lidia Roche, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone: (301) 415-7830, fax: (301) 415-5390, e-mail: lar2@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 22nd day of September, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. E. William Brach, Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, NMSS.

[FR Doc. 98-25834Filed9-25-98; 8:45 am]

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