[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 26733-26734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12593]
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 93 / Wednesday, May 14, 1997 /
Proposed Rules
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 51
RIN AF65
Environmental Report--Materials Licenses
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend
its regulations to eliminate the requirement that an environmental
report must be submitted by uranium mill licensees at the time of
license termination. The intent of this action is to remove an outdated
and unnecessary reporting requirement.
DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before June
13, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Docketing and Service
Branch. Hand deliver comments to 11555 Rockville Pike, Maryland,
between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
Copies of any comments received may be examined at the NRC Public
Document Room, 2120 L Street NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC.
For information on submitting comments electronically, see the
discussion under Electronic Access in the Supplementary Information
Section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph J. Mate, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-6202, or e-mail [email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, see the direct
final rule published in the Rules section of this Federal Register.
Procedural Background
The NRC considers this action to be noncontroversial and routine.
We are publishing this proposed rule concurrently with a final rule on
the subject which will become effective on June 13, 1997. However, if
the NRC receives significant adverse comments on the proposed amendment
in this notice by July 14, 1997, the NRC will publish a document that
withdraws the final rule. If the final rule is withdrawn, the NRC will
address the comments received in response to the proposed revisions in
this notice in a subsequent final rule. Absent significant
modifications to the proposed revisions requiring republication, the
NRC will not initiate a second comment period for this action if the
final rule is withdrawn.
Electronic Access
Comments may be submitted electronically, in either ASCII text or
Wordperfect format (version 5.1 or later), by calling the NRC
Electronic Bulletin Board on FedWorld, or directly via the Internet.
The bulletin board may be accessed using a personal computer, a modem,
and one of the commonly available communications software packages.
Using a personal computer and modem, the NRC rulemaking subsystem
on FedWorld can be accessed directly by dialing the toll free number:
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 then be accessed by selecting the ``Rules Menu'' option from the
``NRC Main Menu.'' For further information about options available for
NRC at FedWorld, consult the ``Help/Information Center'' from the ``NRC
Main Menu.'' Users will find the ``FedWorld Online User's Guides''
particularly helpful. Many NRC subsystems and databases also have a
``Help/Information Center'' option that is tailored to the particular
subsystem.
The NRC subsystem on FedWorld can also be accessed by a direct dial
phone number for the main FedWorld BBS, 703-321-3339, or by using
Telnet via the Internet, fedworld.gov. If using 703-321-3339 to contact
FedWorld, the NRC subsystem will be accessed from the main FedWorld
menu by selecting the ``Regulatory, Government Administration and State
Systems,'' then selecting ``Regulatory Information Mall.'' At that
point, a menu will be displayed that has an option ``U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission'' that will take you to the NRC Online menu. The
NRC Online area can also be accessed directly by typing ``/go nrc'' at
a FedWorld command line. If you access NRC from the FedWorld's main
menu, you may return to FedWorld by selecting the ``Return to Fedworld
`` option from the NRC Online Menu. However, if you access NRC at
FedWorld by using NRC's toll-free number, you will have full access to
all NRC systems but you will not have access to the main FedWorld
system.
If you contact FedWorld using Telnet, you will see the NRC area and
menus, including the Rules menu. Although you will be able to download
documents and leave messages, you will not be able to write comments or
upload files (comments). If you contact FedWorld using FTP, all files
can be accessed and downloaded but uploads are not allowed; all you
will see is a list of files without descriptions (normal Gopher look).
An index file listing all files within a subdirectory, with
descriptions, is included. There is a 15-minute time limit for FTP
access.
A rulemaking site also can be accessed through the NRC's home page
on the World Wide Web (http://www.nrc.gov). This site provides the same
access to rulemakings as the FedWorld bulletin board, and you will be
able to upload files (comments) if that function is supported by your
web browser.
For more information on NRC bulletin boards at FedWorld 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. Information on the Rulemaking Web site can be
obtained from Ms. Carol Gallagher, Division of Regulatory Applications,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone
(301) 415-5905; e-mail [email protected]
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 51
Administrative practice and procedure, Environmental impact
statements, Environmental regulations assessment and reports, NEPA
procedures, Nuclear materials, Nuclear power plants and reactors,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
For reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of
1974, as amended, and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553, the NRC is proposing to
adopt the following amendments to 10 CFR part 51.
PART 51--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS FOR DOMESTIC
LICENSING AND RELATED REGULATORY FUNCTIONS
1. The authority citation for 10 CFR part 51 continues to read as
follows
Authority: Sec. 161, 68 Stat. 948, as amended, sec. 1701, 106
Stat. 2951, 2952, 2953, (U.S.C. 2201, 2297f); secs. 201, as amended,
202, 88 Stat. 1242, as amended, 1244 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842). Subpart
A also issued under National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, secs.
102, 104, 105, 83 Stat. 853-854, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4332, 4334,
4335); and Pub. L. 95-604, Title II, 92 Stat. 3033-3041; and sec.
193, Pub. L. 101-575, 104 Stat. 2835 (42 U.S.C. 2243). Sections
51.20, 51.30, 51.60, 51.80. and 51.97 also issued under secs. 135,
141, Pub. L. 97-425,
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96 Stat. 2232, 2241, and sec. 148, Pub L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330-
223 (U.S.C. 10155, 10161, 10168). Section 51.22 also issued under
sec. 274, 73 Stat. 688, as amended by 92 Stat. 3036-3038 (42 U.S.C.
2021) and under Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, sec 121, 96 Stat.
2228 (42 U.S.C. 10141). Sections 51.43, 51.67, and 51.109 also
issued under Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, sec 114(f), 96 Stat.
2216, as amended (42 U.S.C. 10134(f)).
Sec. 51.60 [Amended]
2. In Sec. 51.60, paragraph (b)(3) is removed, paragraphs (b) (4),
(5), and (6) are redesignated as paragraphs (b) (3), (4), and (5), and
paragraph (a) is amended by revising the reference ``paragraphs (b)(1)
through (b)(6)'' to read ``paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(5).''
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 21st day of April, 1997.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
L. Joseph Callan,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 97-12593 Filed 5-13-97; 8:45 am]
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