[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10810-10811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4872]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 50, 52 and 100
RIN 3150-AD93
Reactor Site Criteria Including Seismic and Earthquake
Engineering Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Proposed Denial of
Petition From Free Environment, Inc., et al.
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On October 17, 1994, the NRC published (59 FR 52255) for
public comment a proposed revision of 10 CFR parts 50, 52, and 100 to
update the criteria used in decisions regarding power reactor siting,
including geologic, seismic, and earthquake engineering considerations
for future nuclear power plants. The comment period was to expire on
February 14, 1995.
On February 8, 1995, the Commission stated (60 FR 7467) that it
intended to extend the comment period to allow interested persons
adequate time to provide comments on staff guidance documents
consisting of five draft regulatory guides and three standard review
plan sections that were to accompany the proposed rule, but were
delayed in issuance. The Commission stated that it would extend the
comment period 75 days after the staff guidance documents became
available.
Availability of the above staff guidance documents is being
announced in the Notices section of this issue of the Federal Register.
The comment period for the proposed rule is hereby extended to May 12,
1995.
DATES: Comment period now expires May 12, 1995. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to assure consideration only for comments received
on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service
Branch.
Hand deliver comments to 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland,
between 7:45 am and 4:15 pm, Federal workdays.
Comments may be submitted electronically, in either ASCII text or
Wordperfect format (version 5.1 or later), by calling the NRC
Electronic Bulletin Board (BBS) on FEDWORLD. The bulletin board may be
accessed with a personal computer, a modem, and one of the commonly
available communications software packages, or directly via Internet.
Certain background documents on the rulemaking are also available for
downloading and viewing.
With a personal computer and modem, the NRC rulemaking subsystem
can be accessed on FEDWORLD, toll free, by directly dialing 1-800-303-
9672. Communication software parameters should be set as follows:
parity to none, data bits to 8, and stop bits to 1 (N,8,1). Using ANSI
or VT-100 terminal emulation, the NRC rulemaking subsystem can be
accessed by selecting the ``Rules Menu'' option from the ``NRC Main
Menu.'' For further information about options available for
[[Page 10811]] NRC at FEDWORLD, consult the ``Help/Information Center''
from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' Users may also find the ``FEDWORLD Online
User's Guides'' helpful.
The NRC subsystem on FEDWORLD also may be accessed directly by
dialing 703-321-8020 for the main FEDWORLD BBS, or by using Telnet via
Internet: fedworld.gov. If 703-321-8020 is dialed, the NRC subsystem
can be accessed from the main FEDWORLD menu first by selecting
``Regulatory, Government Administration and State Systems,'' then
selecting ``Regulatory Information Mall.'' A menu will display an
option ``U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' that will lead to the NRC
Online main menu. The NRC Online area also may be accessed directly by
typing ``/go nrc'' at a FEDWORLD command line. If NRC is accessed from
FEDWORLD's main menu, one may return to FEDWORLD by selecting the
``Return to FEDWORLD'' option from the NRC Online Main Menu. If NRC at
FEDWORLD is accessed via NRC's toll-free number, full access will be
available to all NRC systems, but there will be no access to the main
FEDWORLD system.
If FEDWORLD is contacted using Telnet, the NRC area and menus will
be available, including the Rules Menu. While documents may be
downloaded and messages left, it is not possible to write comments or
upload files (comments). If FEDWORLD is contacted using FTP, all files
can be accessed and downloaded but uploads are not possible; a list of
files without their descriptions (normal Gopher look) will be seen. An
index file listing all files within a subdirectory, with descriptions,
is available. There is a 15 minute time limit for FTP access.
Although FEDWORLD also may be accessed through the World Wide Web,
this only provides access to download files and does not display the
NRC Rules Menu.
For more information on NRC bulletin boards call Mr. Arthur Davis,
Systems Integration and Development Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-5780; e-mail
AXD3@nrc.gov.
Single copies of the proposed rule may be obtained by written
request or telefax (301-504-2260) from: Distribution Services, Printing
and Mail Services Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Documents related to this
rulemaking, including comments received, may be examined at the NRC
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC.
These same documents may also be viewed and downloaded electronically
via the Electronic Bulletin Board established by NRC for this
rulemaking as indicated above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Andrew J. Murphy, Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-6010, concerning the seismic
and earthquake engineering aspects, and Mr. Leonard Soffer, Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-6574, concerning other siting
aspects.
(5 U.S.C. 552(a))
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of February 1995.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John C. Hoyle,
Acting Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 95-4872 Filed 2-27-95; 8:45 am]
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