[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27712-27713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09218]
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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. 88 , No. 85 / Wednesday, May 3, 2023 /
Proposed Rules
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 50
[NRC-2018-0291]
RIN 3150-AK23
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code Cases and Update
Frequency; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On March 6, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
solicited comments on proposed amendments to its regulations to
incorporate by reference proposed revisions to three regulatory guides,
which would approve new, revised, and reaffirmed code cases published
by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In addition, the
rulemaking proposed to extend the time periods required for licensees
to update their codes of record. The public comment period was
originally scheduled to close on May 5, 2023. The NRC has decided to
extend the public comment period by an additional 42 days to June 16,
2023, 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
March 6, 2023 (88 FR 13717) is extended. Comments should be filed no
later than June 16, 2023. 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 the document published on March 6, 2023, describes a different
method for submitting comments on a specific subject); however, the NRC
encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking
website:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0291. 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.
Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at 301-415-1101.
Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. eastern time, Federal
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
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: Soly I. Soto Lugo, Office of Nuclear
Material and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-7528, email:
[email protected] and Bruce Lin, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research, telephone: 301-415-2446, email: [email protected]. Both are
staff of the 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-2018-0291 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-2018-0291.
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, 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 this document.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2018-0291 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 March 6, 2023, the NRC solicited comments on proposed amendments
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its regulations to incorporate by reference proposed revisions to three
regulatory guides, which would approve new, revised, and reaffirmed
code cases published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
In addition, the NRC requested comments on its proposal to extend the
time periods required for licensees to update their codes of record.
The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on May 5,
2023.
On April 19, 2023, the NRC received two public comments (ADAMS
Accession Nos. ML23109A141 and ML23109A142) requesting that the comment
period for the proposed rule be extended by an additional 1 to 2
months. The requesters expressed that American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) Code Committee meetings are scheduled for May 2023,
and that these ASME meetings would be beneficial to allow discussions
of the proposed rule before submission of any further public comments.
The NRC seeks to ensure that the public has a reasonable
opportunity to provide the NRC with comments on this proposed action.
The NRC acknowledges that discussions at the ASME Code Committee
meetings may assist in the development of comments. The NRC has decided
to extend the public comment period on this document until June 16,
2023, to allow more time for members of the public to submit their
comments.
The NRC may post materials related to this document, including
public comments, on the Federal rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2018-0291. In addition, the
Federal rulemaking website allows members of the public to receive
alerts when changes or additions occur in a docket folder. To
subscribe: (1) navigate to the docket folder (NRC-2018-0291); (2) click
the ``Subscribe'' link; and (3) enter an email address and click on the
``Subscribe'' link.
Dated: April 26, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea D. Veil,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-09218 Filed 5-2-23; 8:45 am]
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