[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 57627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28814]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 63
Notice of Availability of Staff Recommendations to the
Commission: Draft Regulations for Disposal of High-Level Radioactive
Wastes at a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The NRC is reissuing this notice due to an error in the
website address which appeared in the version published October 14,
1998 (63 FR 55056). The NRC is making available NRC staff
recommendations for draft regulations governing disposal of high-level
radioactive wastes at a proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain,
Nevada. The Commission is presently reviewing these staff
recommendations, and has not yet approved publication of the
recommended draft regulations as a proposed rule. The Commission is
making the staff recommendations available now to enable all
stakeholders to have preliminary access to the document. When the
Commission has approved a proposed rule, it will be published in the
Federal Register for formal public comment.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the staff recommendations can be obtained
electronically at the NRC Technical Conference Forum Website under the
topic ``Draft Proposed Rule for Disposal of High-Level Radioactive
Wastes at a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada'' 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. To view the working paper at
the Website, select ``Draft Proposed Rule for Disposal of High-Level
Radioactive Waste at a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain,
Nevada.''
Comments may be posted electronically on the NRC Technical
Conference Forum Website mentioned above. Comments 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: Clark Prichard, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-6203; e-mail
cwp@nrc.gov.; or Timothy McCartin, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-6681; e-mail tjm3@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 21st day of October, 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Donald A. Cool,
Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 98-28814 Filed 10-27-98; 8:45 am]
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