Proposed Rule2023-14565
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July 27, 2023
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Abstract
We are publishing our semiannual regulatory agenda (the Agenda) in accordance with Public Law 96-354, "The Regulatory Flexibility Act," and Executive Order 12866, "Regulatory Planning and Review." The NRC's Agenda is a compilation of all rulemaking activities on which we have recently completed action or have proposed or are considering action. We have completed 5 rulemaking activities since our complete Agenda was issued online at the Office of Management and Budget's website at https://www.reginfo.gov on January 4, 2023. This issuance of our Agenda contains 32 active and 21 long-term rulemaking activities: 3 are Economically Significant; 17 represent Other Significant agency priorities; 35 are Substantive, Nonsignificant rulemaking activities; and 3 are Administrative rulemaking activities. In addition, 7 rulemaking activities impact small entities. We are requesting comment on the rulemaking activities as identified in this Agenda. The NRC's last Agenda was issued for public comment on February 22, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 143 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 48688-48691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14565]
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Vol. 88
Thursday,
No. 143
July 27, 2023
Part XXIV
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0059]
10 CFR Chapter I
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
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SUMMARY: We are publishing our semiannual regulatory agenda (the
Agenda) in accordance with Public Law 96-354, ``The Regulatory
Flexibility Act,'' and Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and
Review.'' The NRC's Agenda is a compilation of all rulemaking
activities on which we have recently completed action or have proposed
or are considering action. We have completed 5 rulemaking activities
since our complete Agenda was issued online at the Office of Management
and Budget's website at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov">https://www.reginfo.gov</a> on January 4, 2023.
This issuance of our Agenda contains 32 active and 21 long-term
rulemaking activities: 3 are Economically Significant; 17 represent
Other Significant agency priorities; 35 are Substantive, Nonsignificant
rulemaking activities; and 3 are Administrative rulemaking activities.
In addition, 7 rulemaking activities impact small entities. We are
requesting comment on the rulemaking activities as identified in this
Agenda. The NRC's last Agenda was issued for public comment on February
22, 2023.
DATES: Submit comments on rulemaking activities as identified in this
Agenda by August 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments on any rulemaking activity in the Agenda by
the date and methods specified in the Federal Register notice for the
rulemaking activity. Comments received on rulemaking activities for
which the comment period has closed will be considered if it is
practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given
except for comments received on or before the closure date specified in
the Federal Register notice. You may submit comments on this Agenda
through the Federal Rulemaking website by going to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and searching for Docket ID NRC-2023-0059. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Dawn Forder, telephone: 301-415-3407;
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b3f7d2c4dd9df5dcc1d7d6c1f3ddc1d09dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="195d786e77375f766b7d7c6b59776b7a377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>.
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: Cindy K. Bladey, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-3280; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e2a18b8c869bcca08e8386879ba28c9081cc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c1f35323825721e303d3839251c322e3f723b332a">[email protected]</span></a>. Persons outside the Washington, DC, metropolitan
area may call, toll-free: 1-800-368-5642. For further information on
the substantive content of any rulemaking activity listed in the
Agenda, contact the individual listed under the heading ``Agency
Contact'' for that rulemaking activity.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0059 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this document. You may obtain
publicly available information related to this document by any of the
following methods:
<bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0059.
<bullet> NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's Public Document Room, 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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#673723354935021408121504022709150449000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cb9b8f99e599aeb8a4beb9a8ae8ba5b9a8e5aca4bd">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
<bullet> <a href="http://Reginfo.gov">Reginfo.gov</a>:
[cir] For completed rulemaking activities go to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaHistory?show">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaHistory?show</a> Stage=completed, select
``Fall 2022 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions'' from drop down menu, and select
``Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' from drop down menu.
[cir] For active rulemaking activities go to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain</a> and select ``Nuclear Regulatory
Commission'' from drop down menu.
[cir] For long-term rulemaking activities go to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain</a>, select link for ``Current Long-
Term Actions,'' and select ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' from drop
down menu.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2023-0059 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> as well as enter the comment submissions into the
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (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.
Introduction
The Agenda is a compilation of all rulemaking activities on which
an agency has recently completed action or has proposed or is
considering action. The Agenda reports rulemaking activities in three
major categories: completed, active, and long term. Completed
rulemaking activities are those that were completed since publication
of an agency's last Agenda; active rulemaking activities are those for
which an agency currently plans to have an Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, a Proposed Rule, or a Final Rule issued within the next 12
months; and long-term rulemaking activities are rulemaking activities
under development but for which an agency does not expect to have a
regulatory action within the 12 months after publication of the current
edition of the Unified Agenda.
The NRC assigns a ``Regulation Identifier Number'' (RIN) to a
rulemaking activity when the Commission initiates a rulemaking and
approves a rulemaking plan, or when the NRC staff begins work on a
Commission-delegated rulemaking that does not require a rulemaking
plan. The Office of Management and Budget uses this number to track all
relevant documents throughout the entire ``lifecycle'' of a particular
rulemaking activity. The NRC reports all rulemaking activities in the
Agenda that have been assigned a RIN and meet the definition
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for a completed, an active, or a long-term rulemaking activity.
The information contained in this Agenda is updated to reflect any
action that has occurred on a rulemaking activity since publication of
our last Agenda on February 22, 2023. Specifically, the information in
this Agenda has been updated through May 22, 2023. The NRC provides
additional information on planned rulemaking and petition for
rulemaking activities, including priority and schedule, in NRC's
Rulemaking Tracking System on our website at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/active/ruleindex.html">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/active/ruleindex.html</a>.
The date for the next scheduled action under the heading
``Timetable'' is the date the next regulatory action for the rulemaking
activity is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register. The date
is considered tentative and is not binding on the Commission or its
staff. The Agenda is intended to provide the public early notice and
opportunity to participate in our rulemaking process. However, we may
consider or act on any rulemaking activity even though it is not
included in the Agenda.
Section 610 Periodic Reviews Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act
Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) requires
agencies to conduct a review within 10 years of issuance of those
regulations that have or will have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. We undertake these reviews to
decide whether the rules should be unchanged, amended, or withdrawn. At
this time, we have initiated one review that has a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities. Please see docket
NRC-2023-0062 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> to comment on NRC's newly
initiated review, ``Section 610 Review of Physical Protection of
Byproduct Material''. A complete listing of our regulations that impact
small entities and related Small Entity Compliance Guides are available
from NRC's website at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/rulemaking/flexibility-act/small-entities.html">https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/rulemaking/flexibility-act/small-entities.html</a>.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy K. Bladey,
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, Division of
Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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342....................... Physical Protection of 3150-AK94
Byproduct Material [NRC-
2023-0062] (Section 610
Review).
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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343....................... Revision to the NRC's 3150-AJ36
Acquisition Regulation
(NRCAR) [NRC-2014-0033].
344....................... Revision of Fee Schedules: 3150-AK74
Fee Recovery for Fiscal
Year 2024 [NRC-2022-0046].
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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345....................... Revision of Fee Schedules: 3150-AK58
Fee Recovery for FY 2023
[NRC-2021-0024].
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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346....................... Items Containing Byproduct 3150-AJ54
Material Incidental to
Production [NRC-2015-
0017].
347....................... Revision of Fee Schedules: 3150-AK95
Fee Recovery for FY 2025
[NRC-2023-0069].
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)
Prerule Stage
342. <bullet> Physical Protection of Byproduct Material [NRC-2023-0062]
(Section 610 Review) [3150-AK94]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: On March 19, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) promulgated Physical Protection of Byproduct Material (78 FR
16922). The rule amended NRC's regulations to establish security
requirements for the use and transport of category 1 and category 2
quantities of radioactive material. Subsequently, on September 30,
2014, the NRC promulgated Safeguards Information--Modified Handling
Categorization; Change for Materials Facilities (79 FR 58664), to
protect security-related information for large irradiators,
manufacturers and distributors, and for the transport of category 1
quantities of radioactive material using the information protection
requirements in Part 37. This new entry in the regulatory agenda
announces that NRC plans to conduct a review of this action pursuant to
section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 610) to
determine if the provisions that could affect small entities should be
continued without change or should be rescinded or amended to minimize
adverse economic impacts on small entities. As part of this review, NRC
will consider the following factors: (1) The continued need for the
rule; (2) the nature of complaints or comments received concerning the
rule; (3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule
overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other
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Federal, State, or local government rules; and (5) the degree to which
the technology, economic conditions or other factors have changed in
the area affected by the rule. As part of this review, the NRC will
solicit public comments
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Begin Review........................ 06/00/23 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jill Shepherd, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, Phone: 301 415-1230, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c5afaca9a9ebb6ada0b5ada0b7a185abb7a6eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f35363333712c373a2f373a2d3b1f312d3c71383029">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3150-AK94.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)
Proposed Rule Stage
343. Revision to the NRC's Acquisition Regulation (NRCAR) [NRC-2014-
0033] [3150-AJ36]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's acquisition
regulation that governs the procurement of goods and services for the
agency. The purpose of this rulemaking is to update the NRC's
acquisitions regulations (NRCAR) to conform with external regulations,
incorporate NRC organizational changes, and remove outdated or obsolete
information. The revisions would affect both internal and external
stakeholders (contractors) and are needed to support current NRC
contracting policies and ensure openness, transparency, and
effectiveness in agency acquisitions.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 06/00/23 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jill Daly, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of
Administration, Washington, DC 20055-0001, Phone: 301 415-8079, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6f05060303410b0e03162f011d0c41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b41424747054f4a47526b455948054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3150-AJ36.
344. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2024 [NRC-
2022-0046] [3150-AK74]
Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42
U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's regulations for fee
schedules. The NRC conducts this rulemaking annually to recover, to the
maximum extent practicable, approximately 100 percent of the NRC's
budget authority, less the budget authority for excluded activities to
implement the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act. This
rulemaking would affect the fee schedules for licensing, inspection,
and annual fees charged to the NRC's applicants and licensees.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 01/00/24 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 05/00/24 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Anthony Rossi, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
Phone: 301 415-7341, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#42232c362a2d2c3b6c302d31312b022c30216c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d6c637965626374237f627e7e644d637f6e236a627b">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3150-AK74
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)
Final Rule Stage
345. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2023 [NRC-2021-
0024] [3150-AK58]
Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42
U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's regulations for fee
schedules. The NRC conducts this rulemaking annually to recover
approximately 100 percent of the NRC's annual budget authority, less
excluded activities to implement NEIMA. This rulemaking would affect
the fee schedules for licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged to
the NRC's applicants and licensees.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 03/03/23 88 FR 13357
NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/03/23 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 06/00/23 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Anthony Rossi, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
Phone: 301 415-7341, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#25444b514d4a4b5c0b574a56564c654b57460b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4b5baa0bcbbbaadfaa6bba7a7bd94baa6b7fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3150-AK58
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)
Long-Term Actions
346. Items Containing Byproduct Material Incidental to Production [NRC-
2015-0017] [3150-AJ54]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's regulations
regarding requirements for track-etched membranes that have been
irradiated with mixed fission products during the production process.
The rule also would accommodate the licensing and distribution of other
irradiated products (e.g., gemstones) without the need for a specific
exemption for each distributor. This rulemaking would affect the
licensees and applicants for items containing byproduct material
incidental to production. The rulemaking addresses a petition for
rulemaking (PRM-30-65).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Regulatory Basis.................... 02/02/21 86 FR 7819
Regulatory Basis Comment Period End. 04/05/21 .......................
NPRM................................ 06/27/22 87 FR 38012
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/12/22 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 12/00/25 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Caylee Kenny, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
Phone: 301 415-7150, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93f0f2eafff6f6bdf8f6fdfdead3fde1f0bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6605071f0a0303480d0308081f2608140548010910">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3150-AJ54
347. <bullet> Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2025 [NRC-
2023-0069] [3150-AK95]
Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42
U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's regulations for fee
schedules. The NRC conducts this rulemaking annually to recover, to the
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maximum extent practicable, approximately 100 percent of the NRC's
budget authority, less the budget authority for excluded activities to
implement the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act. NEIMA
requires that the FY 2025 fees be collected by September 30, 2025. This
rulemaking would affect the fee schedules for licensing, inspection,
and annual fees charged to the NRC's applicants and licensees.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 01/00/25 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 05/00/25 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jo Jacobs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of
the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Phone: 301 415-
8388, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#751f1a5b1f14161a1706351b07165b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="650f0a4b0f04060a0716250b17064b020a13">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3150-AK95
[FR Doc. 2023-14565 Filed 7-26-23; 8:45 am]
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