[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 131 (Friday, July 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 37174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17431]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance About Change of Control and About Bankruptcy Involving
Byproduct, Source, or Special Nuclear Material Licenses, Availability
of Draft NUREG
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of Availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: NRC is announcing the availability of and requesting comment
on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 15, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials
Licenses: Guidance about Change of Control and about Bankruptcy
Involving Byproduct, Source, or Special Nuclear Material Licenses,''
dated May 1999.
NRC is using Business Process Redesign techniques to redesign its
materials licensing process, as described in NUREG-1539, ``Methodology
and Findings of the NRC's Materials Licensing Process Redesign.'' A
critical element of the new process is consolidating and updating
numerous guidance documents into a NUREG-series of reports. This draft
NUREG report is the 15th guidance document developed to support an
improved materials licensing process.
This guidance is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and NRC
staff, and will also be available to Agreement States. This document
combines and updates the guidance found in NRC Information Notice 89-
25, Rev. 1: ``Unauthorized Transfer of Ownership or Control of Licensed
Activities''; NRC Information Notice 97-30: ``Control of Licensed
Material During Reorganizations, Employee-Management Disagreements, and
Financial Crises''; and Policy and Guidance Directive 8-11, ``NMSS
Procedures for Reviewing Declarations of Bankruptcy.'' Upon publication
in final form, the guidance in this report will supersede Policy and
Guidance Directive 8-11. This draft report takes a more risk-informed,
performance-based approach to evaluating changes of control or
bankruptcy of byproduct, source, and special nuclear material
licensees, reducing the information (amount and level of detail) needed
to properly inform NRC of a change of control or bankruptcy. Note that
this document is strictly for public comment and is not for use in
preparing or reviewing notifications of changes of control or
bankruptcy until it is published in final form. It is being distributed
for comment to encourage public participation in its development.
DATES: The comment period ends October 7, 1999. Comments received after
that time will be considered if practicable.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Chief, Rules and Directives
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hand-
deliver comments to 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between
7:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Federal workdays. Comments may also be
submitted through the Internet by addressing electronic mail to
dlm1@nrc.gov.
Those considering public comment may request a free single copy of
draft NUREG-1556, Volume 15, by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, ATTN: Mrs. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN 9-F-31,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Alternatively, submit requests through the
Internet by addressing electronic mail to slm2@nrc.gov. A copy of draft
NUREG-1556, Volume 15, is also available for inspection and/or copying
for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower
Level), Washington, D.C. 20555-0001.
The Presidential Memorandum dated June 1, 1998, entitled, ``Plain
Language in Government Writing,'' directed that the Federal
government's writing be in plain language. The NRC requests comments on
this licensing guidance NUREG specifically with respect to the clarity
and effectiveness of the language used. Comments should be sent to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN
9-F-31, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, telephone (301) 415-7874;
electronic mail address: slm2@nrc.gov.
Electronic Access
Draft NUREG-1556, Vol. 15 is available electronically by visiting
NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov/nrc/nucmat.html).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of June, 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial
and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 99-17431 Filed 7-8-99; 8:45 am]
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