[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 59684-59685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28596]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 73
[Docket No. PRM-73-10]
Petition From the State of Nevada; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Petition for rulemaking: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On September 13, 1999, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
published for public comment a petition for rulemaking filed by the
State of Nevada. The petitioner requested that the Commission amend its
regulations governing safeguards for shipments of spent nuclear fuel
against sabotage and terrorism. The petitioner requested that the NRC
conduct a comprehensive assessment of the consequences of terrorist
attacks that have the capability of radiological sabotage, including
attacks against transportation infrastructure used during nuclear waste
shipments, attacks involving capture of nuclear waste shipments and use
of high energy explosives against a cask or casks, and direct attacks
upon a nuclear waste shipping cask or casks using antitank missiles or
other military weapons. The comment period was to have expired on
November 29, 1999. John Allen, Chairman of the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Committee of the Transportation Research Board,
submitted a comment on October 11, 1999, and requested that the comment
period be extended due to the tight filing date for the petition. In
view of this request, the NRC believes it is appropriate to extend the
comment period; therefore, the comment period is extended to January
28, 2000.
DATES: The comment period has been extended and now closes on January
28, 2000. 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,
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between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking
website (http://ruleform.llnl.gov). This site provides the capability
to upload comments as files (any format), if your web browser supports
that function. For information about the interactive rulemaking
website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, 301-415-5905 (e-mail:
cag@nrc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Smith, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Telephone: 301-415-6459, or toll-free: 800-
368-5642.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of October, 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 99-28596 Filed 11-2-99; 8:45 am]
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