Rule2025-07449
Policy Statement on the Treatment of Environmental Justice Matters in NRC Regulatory and Licensing Actions; Environmental Justice Strategy
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Published
April 30, 2025
Effective
April 30, 2025
Issuing agencies
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing its Policy Statement on the Treatment of Environmental Justice Matters in NRC Regulatory and Licensing Actions (Environmental Justice Policy Statement) and its Environmental Justice Strategy. The NRC is withdrawing these documents to reflect a recent executive order on Environmental Justice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17887-17888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07449]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 51
Policy Statement on the Treatment of Environmental Justice
Matters in NRC Regulatory and Licensing Actions; Environmental Justice
Strategy
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Policy statement; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing
its Policy Statement on the Treatment of Environmental Justice Matters
in NRC Regulatory and Licensing Actions (Environmental Justice Policy
Statement) and its Environmental Justice Strategy. The NRC is
withdrawing these documents to reflect a recent executive order on
Environmental Justice.
DATES: Effective April 30, 2025, the NRC withdraws the Environmental
Justice Policy Statement published at 69 FR 52040 on August 24, 2004,
and Environmental Justice Strategy.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain publicly available information related to
this action by any of the following methods. Address questions about
NRC dockets to: Bridget Curran; telephone: 301-415-1003; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#20625249444745540e63555252414e604e52430e474f56"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a6858434e4d4f5e04695f58584b446a445849044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical questions, contact the individual
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
<bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html</a>. 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#401004126e1225332f35322325002e32236e272f36"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="59091d0b770b3c2a362c2b3a3c19372b3a773e362f">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80d0c4d2aed2e5f3eff5f2e3e5c0eef2e3aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5a5b1a7dba790869a80879690b59b8796db929a83">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maxwell C. Smith, Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1856, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dd90bca5aab8b1b1f38eb0b4a9b59db3afbef3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="da97bba2adbfb6b6f489b7b3aeb29ab4a8b9f4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC's Policy Statement on the Treatment
of Environmental Justice Matters in NRC Regulatory and Licensing
Actions (Environmental Justice Policy Statement) and Environmental
Justice Strategy reflected the NRC's voluntary commitments on
environmental justice (69 FR 52040). The NRC made these commitments in
response to the policies stated in Executive Order 12898, Federal
Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income
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Populations (59 FR 7629). The Environmental Justice Policy Statement
recognized that the NRC primarily considered Environmental Justice
through its reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. On January 21, 2025, the President
issued Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based
Opportunity, Executive Order No. 14173, which rescinded Executive Order
12898 (90 FR 8339). Therefore, the NRC is withdrawing its Environmental
Justice Policy Statement and Environmental Justice Strategy. The NRC
will continue to ensure that it fully meets its obligations under NEPA.
Dated: April 25, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carrie Safford,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-07449 Filed 4-29-25; 8:45 am]
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