Rulemaking petitions: International Energy Consultants, Inc.,

[Federal Register: June 24, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 121)]

[Proposed Rules]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. PRM-71-12]

Petition From International Energy Consultants, Inc.; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking: Extension of comment period.

SUMMARY: On February 19, 1998 (63 FR 8362), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published for public comment a petition for rulemaking filedby the International Energy Consultants, Inc. The petition requested that NRC amend its regulations that govern packaging and transportation of radioactive material to eliminate special requirements for plutonium. The comment period was to have expired on May 5, 1998. General Atomics submitted a comment on May 26, 1998, and requested that the comment period be extended so that their comment, and comments by other industry people, be considered. In view of this request, the NRC believes it is appropriate to extend the comment period, which now expires on July 31, 1998.

DATES: The comment period has been extended and now expires July 31, 1998. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Send comments by mail addressed to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.

Hand-deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm on Federal workdays.

You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking web site through the NRC home page (http://www.nrc.gov). From the NRC home page, select ``Rulemaking'' from the tool bar. The interactive rulemaking website can then be accessed by selecting ``Rulemaking Forum.'' This site provides the availability to upload comments as files (any format), if your web browser supports that function. For information about the interactive rulemaking site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, (301) 415-5905; e-mail CAG@nrc.gov.

Certain documents related to this rulemaking, including comments received and the environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact, may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., (Lower Level), Washington, DC. These same documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically via the interactive rulemaking website established by NRC for this rulemaking.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Haisfield [telephone (301) 415- 6196, e-mail MFH@nrc.gov] of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555- 0001.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of June, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. John C. Hoyle, Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98-16741Filed6-23-98; 8:45 am]

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