99-506. Public Meeting on Part 70 Rulemaking Activities

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-506]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 70


Public Meeting on Part 70 Rulemaking Activities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Proposed rule; meeting.

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SUMMARY: NRC will host a public meeting in Rockville, Maryland, on 
January 13-14, 1999, to discuss the NRC staff's proposed revisions 
related to nuclear criticality safety as presented in SECY-98-185, 
``Proposed Rulemaking--Revised Requirements for the Domestic Licensing 
of Special Nuclear Material,'' dated July 30, 1998.
    The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the industry's concerns 
with the nuclear criticality safety requirements contained in SECY-98-
185 and the guidance in the associated draft SRP, and the industry's 
proposed changes.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for January 13-14, 1999, from 9:00 am 
to 4:00 pm, in One White Flint North, room 6B-11. The meeting is open 
to the public. Anyone with administrative questions concerning this 
meeting should contact Ann Lundy at [phone].

ADDRESSES: One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland. Visitor parking around the NRC building is limited; however, 
the meeting site is located adjacent to the White Flint Metro Station 
on the Metro Red Line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Persinko, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555, telephone: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At a public meeting held on December 3-4, 
1998, to discuss SECY-098-185, ``10 CFR Part 70 Revised Requirements 
for the Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material,'' the Nuclear 
Energy Institute (NEI) expressed concerns related both to the nuclear 
criticality safety requirements contained in the draft rule and to the 
implementation guidance contained in the associated draft standard 
review plan (SRP). Given the technical nature and extent of NEI's 
criticality comments, NRC concluded that the comments could be more 
thoroughly addressed at a separate meeting in January, which focused 
solely on nuclear criticality safety as it relates to the draft rule 
and SRP. By letter dated December 17, 1998, NEI provided preliminary 
comments on the NRC staff's draft nuclear criticality safety 
regulations and SRP chapter attached to SECY-098-185. These written 
comments will be discussed at the meeting.
    This document and other background information can be found at 
NRC's Part 70 website: http://techconf.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/
library?source=*&library=dom lic lib&file=* or alternatively through 
NRC's home page (http://www.nrc.gov) under rulemaking. On the NRC home 
page, scroll down to and click on Rulemaking near the bottom of the 
screen. The Technical Conference Forum home page can then be accessed 
by clicking on Technical Conferences. Again click on Technical 
Conferences. Scroll down to and click on Revised Requirements for the 
Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material (Part 70). To view the 
library of on-line documents, click on dom lic Library and then click 
on NRC TECH CONF Text and Other Documents. Documents may also be viewed 
at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), 
Washington, DC 20555; telephone [phone]; fax [phone].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 4th day of January, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
E. William Brach,
Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 99-506 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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