[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6553-6554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02333]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2012-0235]


Tribal Policy Statement

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed policy statement; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On December 1, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) requested public comment on the proposed ``NRC Tribal Policy 
Statement.'' The public comment period was originally scheduled to 
close on March 31, 2015. The NRC has decided to extend the public 
comment period to allow more time for members of the public to develop 
and submit their comments.

DATES: The comment due date in the document published on December 1, 
2014 (79 FR 71136), is extended. Comments should be filed no later than 
May 31, 2015. 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: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0235. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-A44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Ryan, telephone: 630-829-
9724, email: [email protected]; or Haimanot Yilma, telephone: 301-
415-8029, email: [email protected]; Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0235 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0235.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

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     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0235 in the subject line of your 
comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove 
identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    On December 1, 2014 (79 FR 71136), the NRC requested comments on 
the proposed ``NRC Tribal Policy Statement'' (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML14279A180). The proposed policy statement establishes principles to 
be followed by the NRC to ensure effective government-to-government 
interactions with American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and to 
encourage and facilitate Tribal involvement in the areas over which the 
Commission has jurisdiction. The NRC is committed to an open and 
collaborative regulatory environment in the development and 
implementation of activities that have Tribal implications and welcomes 
public comment as a means to foster meaningful consultation and 
coordination with Indian Tribes. The public comment period was 
originally scheduled to close on March 31, 2015. The NRC has decided to 
extend the public comment period on this document until May 31, 2015, 
to allow more time for members of the public to submit their comments.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of January, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
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