[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 235 (Friday, December 10, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 70423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26877]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 235 / Friday, December 10, 2021 /
Proposed Rules
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 53
[NRC-2019-0062]
RIN 3150-AK31
Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for
Advanced Reactors
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Availability of preliminary proposed rule language; extension
of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On November 8, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) reopened the comment period on the preliminary proposed rule
language for a risk-informed, technology-inclusive framework for
reactor licensing. The public comment period was scheduled to close on
January 31, 2022. 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 due date of comments requested in the document published on
November 8, 2021 (86 FR 61718), is extended. Comments should be filed
no later than August 31, 2022. Comments received after this date will
be considered in the development of the proposed rule if it is
practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only
for comments received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on preliminary rule language by any
of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0062. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Dawn Forder; telephone: 301-415-3407;
email: [email protected]. For technical questions contact the
individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact
us at 301-415-1677.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Beall, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-3874; email:
[email protected]; or Nanette Valliere, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, telephone: 301-415-8462; email: [email protected].
Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0062 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0062.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for the
preliminary proposed rule text is ML20289A534.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2019-0062 in 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 https://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 November 6, 2020 (85 FR 71002), the NRC requested comments on
preliminary proposed rule language for a risk-informed, technology-
inclusive framework for reactor licensing. This original public comment
period closed on November 5, 2021. The NRC reopened the comment period
on November 8, 2021, with a closure date of January 31, 2022 (86 FR
61718). The NRC has now decided to extend the public comment period
until August 31, 2022. This comment period extension reflects the
extension of the Risk-informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory
Framework for Advanced Reactors (part 53) rulemaking schedule by 9
months (ADAMS accession number ML21333A222). The additional time to
develop the part 53 proposed rule will enable members of the public to
continue to submit their comments. This increases the time for
stakeholder engagement and for the NRC staff to iterate on the
preliminary proposed rule language during the development of the
proposed rule.
Dated: December 6, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John R. Tappert,
Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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