Radiation protection standards: Solid materials release at licensed facilities; regulatory framework,

[Federal Register: October 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 201)]

[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 20

Control of Release of Solid Materials at Licensed Facilities: Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period on Issues Paper

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period on Issues Paper.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is conducting an early and ongoing enhanced participatory process to consider issues and possible alternatives related to setting specific requirements on control of releases of solid materials. The NRC previously announced that the public comment period to provide early input on the issues and alternatives would end on November 15, 1999, however it is extending the comment period to December 22, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Cardile; e-mail fpc@nrc.gov, telephone: (301) 415-6185; Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, USNRC, Washington DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC previously announced in a Federal Register Notice (FRN) dated June 30, 1999 (64 FR 35090), that it is considering issues and possible alternatives related to setting specific requirements on control of releases of solid materials. The FRN included an Issues Paper which describes issues and possible alternatives related to controlling the release of solid materials. The FRN also indicated that NRC is supplementing its standard rulemaking process by conducting enhanced public participatory activities to solicit early and ongoing public input, including whether the NRC should proceed with a rulemaking. This enhanced process includes four facilitated public meetings which were originally scheduled from August through November 1999, in Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Washington, DC. It also included a request in the FRN for written or electronic comments on the Issues Paper to be submitted by November 15, 1999.

The first public meeting planned was to be held in Chicago, Illinois, on August 4 and 5, 1999. However the NRC decided to postpone the Chicago meeting and reschedule it because several stakeholder groups indicated that the short time frame between publication of the June 30, 1999, FRN and the August 4-5 meeting did not allow for adequate preparation and participation. The postponed meeting has been rescheduled for December 7-8, 8:30 am-5:00 pm, in Chicago, IL, at the Palmer House Hilton, 17 East Monroe Street.

To coincide with the rescheduling of the Chicago meeting, the NRC is extending the period for submittal of written and electronic comments until December 22, 1999.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of October 1999.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Catherine Haney, Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 99-27208Filed10-18-99; 8:45 am]

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