80 FR 14033 - Radiation Protection

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 52 (March 18, 2015)

On July 25, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published for comment an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to obtain input from members of the public on the development of a draft regulatory basis. The draft regulatory basis would identify potential changes to the NRC's current radiation protection regulations. The potential changes, if implemented, would achieve a closer alignment between the NRC's radiation protection regulations and the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) contained in ICRP Publication 103 (2007). The NRC is extending the comment period for the ANPR to provide additional time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14033-14034]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06244]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 20

 [NRC-2009-0279]
RIN 3150-AJ29


Radiation Protection

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: On July 25, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
published for comment an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) 
to obtain input from members of the public on the development of a 
draft regulatory basis. The draft regulatory basis would identify 
potential changes to the NRC's current radiation protection 
regulations. The potential changes, if implemented, would achieve a 
closer alignment between the NRC's radiation protection regulations and 
the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological 
Protection (ICRP) contained in ICRP Publication 103 (2007). The NRC is 
extending the comment period for the ANPR to provide additional time 
for members of the public to develop and submit their comments.

DATES: The comment period has been extended and expires on June 22, 
2015. Comments received after this date will be considered 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 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-2009-0279. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol

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Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463; email: [email protected]. For 
technical questions, contact the individual 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: Cardelia Maupin, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2312; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2009-0279 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
obtain publicly-available information related to this document by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0279.
     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 
ANPR document is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14183B023.
     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-2009-0279 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 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 submissions into ADAMS.

II. Further Information

    On July 25, 2014 (79 FR 43284), the NRC published for comment an 
ANPR to obtain input from members of the public on the development of a 
draft regulatory basis. The draft regulatory basis would identify 
potential changes to the NRC's current radiation protection 
regulations. The potential changes, if implemented, would achieve a 
closer alignment between the NRC's radiation protection regulations and 
the recommendations in ICRP Publication 103 (2007). The ANPR identifies 
specific questions and issues with respect to a possible revision of 
the NRC's radiation protection requirements. Comments, including 
responses to the specific questions, will be considered by the NRC 
staff when it develops the draft regulatory basis.
    The Part 20 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 
ANPR public comment period was originally scheduled to close on 
November 24, 2014, after a 120-day comment period. In response to 
several requests from members of the public received throughout 
November 2014, the NRC extended the public comment period on the ANPR, 
by an additional 120 days, to March 24, 2015 (79 FR 69065; November 20, 
2014).
    In response to a second request, dated February 18, 2015, from 
several members of the public, the NRC is now extending the public 
comment period by an additional 90 days. The deadline for submitting 
comments is now extended from March 24, 2015, to June 22, 2015.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of March 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Laura A. Dudes,
Director, Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal and Rulemaking 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2015-06244 Filed 3-17-15; 8:45 am]
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