80 FR 35170 - Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 117 (June 18, 2015)
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 117 (June 18, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 2015)] [Unknown Section] [Pages 35170-35173] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-14377] [[Page 35169]] Vol. 80 Thursday, No. 117 June 18, 2015 Part XXIII Nuclear Regulatory Commission ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Unified Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 80 , No. 117 / Thursday, June 18, 2015 / Unified Agenda [[Page 35170]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Chapter I [NRC-2015-0071] Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing its 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 Agenda is a compilation of all rulemaking activities on which the NRC has recently completed action or has proposed or is considering action. The NRC has completed 8 rulemaking activities since publication of its last Agenda on December 22, 2014 (79 FR 76855). This issuance of the NRC's Agenda contains 35 active and 23 long-term rulemaking activities: 2 are Economically Significant; 10 represent Other Significant agency priorities; 53 are Substantive, Nonsignificant rulemaking activities; and 1 is an Administrative rulemaking activity. In addition, 3 rulemaking activities impact small entities. The NRC is requesting comment on its rulemaking activities as identified in this Agenda. DATES: Submit comments on rulemaking activities as identified in this Agenda by July 20, 2015. ADDRESSES: Submit comments on any rulemaking activity in the Agenda by the date and methods specified in any Federal Register notice on 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 as to comments received on or before the closure dates specified in the Federal Register notice. You may submit comments on this Agenda through the Federal Rulemaking Web site by going to http://www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2015-0071. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions on any rulemaking activity listed in the Agenda, contact the individual listed under the heading ``Agency Contact'' for that rulemaking activity. 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 Bladey, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-3280; email: [email protected]. 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-2015-0071 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this document. You may obtain publically-available information related to this document by any of the following methods:Reginfo.gov: [cir] For completed rulemaking activities, go to http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaHistory?showStage=completed and select Nuclear Regulatory Commission from drop down menu. [cir] For active rulemaking activities, go to http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain and select Nuclear Regulatory Commission from drop down menu. [cir] For long-term rulemaking activities go to http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaHistory?operation=OPERATION_GET_PUBLICATION&showStage=longterm¤tPubId=201410 and select Nuclear Regulatory Commission from drop down menu. Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0071. NRC's Public Web site: Go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/unified-agenda.html and select spring 2015. NRC's Public Document Room: 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-2015-0071 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 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 that 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 Agenda. A ``Regulation Identifier Number'' or RIN is given to each rulemaking activity that the NRC has published or plans on publishing a Federal Register notice and 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 meets the definition 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 rulemaking activities since publication of the last NRC Agenda on December 22, 2014 (79 FR 76855). Specifically, the information in this Agenda has been updated through March 23, 2015. The date for the next scheduled action under the heading ``Timetable'' is the [[Page 35171]] 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 the NRC rulemaking process. However, the NRC may consider or act on any rulemaking activity even though it is not included in the Agenda. Common Prioritization of Rulemaking A key part of the NRC's regulatory program is an annual review of all ongoing and potential rulemaking activities. In conjunction with its budget and long-term planning process, the NRC compiles a Common Prioritization of Rulemaking (CPR) listing to develop program budget estimates and to determine the relative priority of NRC rulemaking activities. The CPR process considers four factors and assigns a score to each factor. Factor A includes activities that support the NRC's Strategic Plan goals of ensuring the safe and secure use of radioactive materials. Factor B includes activities that support the Strategic Plan cross-cutting strategies of Regulatory Effectiveness and Openness. Specifically, this factor considers whether the rulemaking activity enhances regulatory effectiveness and/or openness in the way that the NRC conducts regulatory activities. Factor C is a governmental factor representing interest to the NRC, Congress, or other governmental bodies. Factor D is an external factor representing interest to members of the public, non-governmental organizations, the nuclear industry, vendors, and suppliers. The overall priority is determined by adding the factor scores together for each rulemaking activity. 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 promulgation of those regulations that have or will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The NRC undertakes these reviews to decide whether the rules should be unchanged, amended, or withdrawn. At this time, the NRC does not have any rules that have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; therefore, the NRC has not included any RFA Section 610 periodic reviews in this edition of the Agenda. A complete listing of NRC regulations that impact small entities and related Small Entity Compliance Guides will be available from the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/rulemaking/flexibility-act/small-ntities.html. Public Comments Received on NRC Unified Agendas The NRC recently requested public comment on its rulemaking activities as identified in its Agenda and has received comments from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). The NEI commented on the detail provided in the abstract for each rulemaking activity. Specifically, NEI suggested that the NRC: (1) Communicate the rational for determining what rulemaking activities are reported in the Agenda; (2) provide clear and complete target dates for completing a rulemaking activity; (3) provide a status for rulemaking activities that have become dormant; (4) remove rulemaking activities that are no longer being pursued; and (5) include the category of NRC licensee impacted by a particular rulemaking activity. In addition, NEI commented on the process the NRC uses to prioritize its rulemaking activities. The NEI suggested that the NRC: (1) Use a risk-informed prioritization methodology; (2) consider eliminating CPR Factor B from its methodology; (3) report the scores from its prioritization process in the Agenda for each rulemaking activity; (4) revise its methodology to incorporate review criteria that enables greater discrimination among rulemaking activities; and (5) include cumulative impact in rulemaking plans for Commission approval and in NRC's prioritization methodology. The NRC actively seeks to improve its rulemaking process and reporting, and is currently engaged in a process improvement initiative that would implement most of NEI's suggestions related to rulemaking reporting. Each year the NRC reviews its methodology for prioritizing rulemaking activities to determine if changes are necessary. The methodology was recently updated to reflect the NRC's Fiscal Year 2014--2018 Strategic Plan (79 FR 55833; September 17, 2014); the NRC will consider NEI's suggestions upon its next review of the prioritization methodology. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of March 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration. Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 389....................... Variable Annual Fee 3150-AI54 Structure for Small Modular Power Reactors [NRC-2008-0664]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 390....................... Revision of Fee Schedules: 3150-AJ44 Fee Recovery for FY 2015 [NRC-2014-0200]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 391....................... Controlling the 3150-AH18 Disposition of Solid Materials [NRC-1999-0002]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 35172]] NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) Proposed Rule Stage 389. Variable Annual Fee Structure for Small Modular Power Reactors [NRC-2008-0664] Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 5841 Abstract: The advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) was published in the Federal Register on March 25, 2009 (74 FR 12735), seeking comments from the public on a possible variable fee structure for part 171 annual fees for power reactors based on licensed power limits. The comment period ended on June 8, 2009, and the NRC received 16 public comments. The Commission approved the staff's recommendation to establish an NRC workgroup to analyze suggested methodologies for a variable annual fee structure for power reactors in SECY-09-0137 dated October 13, 2009. On February 7, 2011, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) sent a memorandum to the Commission (ADAMS Accession No. ML110380251) responding to SECY-09-0137. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 03/25/09 74 FR 12735 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 06/08/09 NPRM................................ 10/00/15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Arlette P. Howard, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Phone: 301 415-1481, Email: [email protected]. RIN: 3150-AI54 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) Final Rule Stage 390. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2015 [NRC-2014- 0200] Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 5841 Abstract: This proposed rulemaking would amend the licensing, inspection, and annual fees that the Commission charges its applicants and licensees. These amendments would implement the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-90) as amended, which requires that the NRC recover approximately 90 percent of its budget authority in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, less the amounts appropriated from the Waste Incidental to Reprocessing, and generic homeland security activities. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/23/15 80 FR 15476 NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/22/15 Final Rule.......................... 06/00/15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Arlette P. Howard, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Phone: 301 415-1481, Email: [email protected]. RIN: 3150-AJ44 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) Long-Term Actions 391. Controlling the Disposition of Solid Materials [NRC-1999-0002] Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 5841 Abstract: The NRC staff provided a draft proposed rule package on Controlling the Disposition of Solid Materials to the Commission on March 31, 2005, which the Commission disapproved (ADAMS Accession Number: ML051520285). The rulemaking package included a summary of stakeholder comments (NUREG/CR-6682), Supplement 1 (ADAMS Accession Number: ML003754410). The Commission's decision was based on the fact that the Agency is currently faced with several high priority and complex tasks, that the current approach to review specific cases on an individual basis is fully protective of public health and safety, and that the immediate need for this rule has changed due to the shift in timing for reactor decommissioning. The Commission has deferred action on this rulemaking. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... To Be Determined ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Solomon Sahle, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555- 0001, Phone: 301 415-3781, Email: [email protected]. RIN: 3150-AH18 [FR Doc. 2015-14377 Filed 6-17-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY see ‘‘Obtaining Information and you do not want to be publicly
COMMISSION Submitting Comments’’ in the disclosed in your comment submission.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of The NRC will post all comment
10 CFR Chapter I this document. submissions at http://
[NRC–2015–0071] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, comment submissions into ADAMS.
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The NRC does not routinely edit
and Deregulatory Actions Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: comment submissions to remove
301–415–3280; email: Cindy.Bladey@ identifying or contact information.
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory If you are requesting or aggregating
Commission. nrc.gov. Persons outside the
Washington, DC, metropolitan area may comments from other persons for
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. submission to the NRC, then you should
call, toll-free: 1–800–368–5642. For
further information on the substantive inform those persons not to include
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
content of any rulemaking activity listed identifying or contact information that
Commission (NRC) is publishing its
in the Agenda, contact the individual they do not want to be publicly
semiannual regulatory agenda (the
listed under the heading ‘‘Agency disclosed in their comment submission.
Agenda) in accordance with Public Law
Contact’’ for that rulemaking activity. Your request should state that the NRC
96–354, ‘‘The Regulatory Flexibility
does not routinely edit comment
Act,’’ and Executive Order 12866, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
submissions to remove such information
‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review.’’ The
Obtaining Information and Submitting before making the comment
Agenda is a compilation of all
Comments submissions available to the public or
rulemaking activities on which the NRC
entering the comment into ADAMS.
has recently completed action or has A. Obtaining Information
proposed or is considering action. The Introduction
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–
NRC has completed 8 rulemaking 0071 when contacting the NRC about The Agenda is a compilation of all
activities since publication of its last the availability of information for this rulemaking activities on which an
Agenda on December 22, 2014 (79 FR document. You may obtain publically- agency has recently completed action or
76855). This issuance of the NRC’s has proposed or is considering action.
available information related to this
Agenda contains 35 active and 23 long- The Agenda reports rulemaking
document by any of the following
term rulemaking activities: 2 are activities in three major categories:
methods:
Economically Significant; 10 represent • Reginfo.gov: Completed, active, and long-term.
Other Significant agency priorities; 53 Æ For completed rulemaking Completed rulemaking activities are
are Substantive, Nonsignificant activities, go to http://www.reginfo.gov/ those that were completed since
rulemaking activities; and 1 is an public/do/eAgendaHistory?showStage= publication of an agency’s last Agenda;
Administrative rulemaking activity. In completed and select Nuclear active rulemaking activities are those
addition, 3 rulemaking activities impact Regulatory Commission from drop that an agency currently plans to have
small entities. The NRC is requesting down menu. an Advance Notice of Proposed
comment on its rulemaking activities as Æ For active rulemaking activities, go Rulemaking, a Proposed Rule, or a Final
identified in this Agenda. to http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ Rule issued within the next 12 months;
DATES: Submit comments on rulemaking eAgendaMain and select Nuclear and long-term rulemaking activities are
activities as identified in this Agenda by Regulatory Commission from drop rulemaking activities under
July 20, 2015. down menu. development but for which an agency
ADDRESSES: Submit comments on any Æ For long-term rulemaking activities does not expect to have a regulatory
rulemaking activity in the Agenda by go to http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ action within the 12 months after
the date and methods specified in any eAgendaHistory?operation= publication of the current edition of the
Federal Register notice on the OPERATION_GET_PUBLICATION& Agenda.
rulemaking activity. Comments received showStage=longterm¤tPubId= A ‘‘Regulation Identifier Number’’ or
on rulemaking activities for which the 201410 and select Nuclear Regulatory RIN is given to each rulemaking activity
comment period has closed will be Commission from drop down menu. that the NRC has published or plans on
considered if it is practical to do so, but • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to publishing a Federal Register notice
assurance of consideration cannot be http://www.regulations.gov and search and the Office of Management and
given except as to comments received for Docket ID NRC–2015–0071. Budget uses this number to track all
on or before the closure dates specified • NRC’s Public Web site: Go to relevant documents throughout the
in the Federal Register notice. You may http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc- entire ‘‘lifecycle’’ of a particular
submit comments on this Agenda collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/ rulemaking activity. The NRC reports all
through the Federal Rulemaking Web unified-agenda.html and select spring rulemaking activities in the Agenda that
site by going to http:// 2015. have been assigned a RIN and meets the
www.regulations.gov and searching for • NRC’s Public Document Room: You definition for a completed, an active, or
Docket ID NRC–2015–0071. Address may examine and purchase copies of a long-term rulemaking activity.
questions about NRC dockets to Carol public documents at the NRC’s PDR, The information contained in this
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; Room O1–F21, One White Flint North, Agenda is updated to reflect any action
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email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, that has occurred on rulemaking
technical questions on any rulemaking Maryland 20852. activities since publication of the last
activity listed in the Agenda, contact the NRC Agenda on December 22, 2014 (79
individual listed under the heading B. Submitting Comments FR 76855). Specifically, the information
‘‘Agency Contact’’ for that rulemaking Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– in this Agenda has been updated
activity. 0071 in your comment submission. The through March 23, 2015.
For additional direction on obtaining NRC cautions you not to include The date for the next scheduled action
information and submitting comments, identifying or contact information that under the heading ‘‘Timetable’’ is the
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date the next regulatory action for the determined by adding the factor scores activities that have become dormant; (4)
rulemaking activity is scheduled to be together for each rulemaking activity. remove rulemaking activities that are no
published in the Federal Register. The longer being pursued; and (5) include
Section 610 Periodic Reviews Under the
date is considered tentative and is not the category of NRC licensee impacted
Regulatory Flexibility Act
binding on the Commission or its staff. by a particular rulemaking activity.
The Agenda is intended to provide the Section 610 of the Regulatory In addition, NEI commented on the
public early notice and opportunity to Flexibility Act (RFA) requires agencies process the NRC uses to prioritize its
participate in the NRC rulemaking to conduct a review within 10 years of rulemaking activities. The NEI
process. However, the NRC may promulgation of those regulations that suggested that the NRC: (1) Use a risk-
consider or act on any rulemaking have or will have a significant economic informed prioritization methodology; (2)
activity even though it is not included impact on a substantial number of small consider eliminating CPR Factor B from
in the Agenda. entities. The NRC undertakes these its methodology; (3) report the scores
reviews to decide whether the rules from its prioritization process in the
Common Prioritization of Rulemaking
should be unchanged, amended, or Agenda for each rulemaking activity; (4)
A key part of the NRC’s regulatory withdrawn. At this time, the NRC does revise its methodology to incorporate
program is an annual review of all not have any rules that have a review criteria that enables greater
ongoing and potential rulemaking significant economic impact on a discrimination among rulemaking
activities. In conjunction with its budget substantial number of small entities; activities; and (5) include cumulative
and long-term planning process, the therefore, the NRC has not included any impact in rulemaking plans for
NRC compiles a Common Prioritization RFA Section 610 periodic reviews in Commission approval and in NRC’s
of Rulemaking (CPR) listing to develop this edition of the Agenda. A complete prioritization methodology.
program budget estimates and to listing of NRC regulations that impact
determine the relative priority of NRC The NRC actively seeks to improve its
small entities and related Small Entity
rulemaking activities. The CPR process rulemaking process and reporting, and
Compliance Guides will be available
considers four factors and assigns a is currently engaged in a process
from the NRC’s Web site at http://
score to each factor. Factor A includes improvement initiative that would
www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/
activities that support the NRC’s implement most of NEI’s suggestions
rulemaking/flexibility-act/small-ntities.
Strategic Plan goals of ensuring the safe related to rulemaking reporting. Each
html.
and secure use of radioactive materials. year the NRC reviews its methodology
Factor B includes activities that support Public Comments Received on NRC for prioritizing rulemaking activities to
the Strategic Plan cross-cutting Unified Agendas determine if changes are necessary. The
strategies of Regulatory Effectiveness The NRC recently requested public methodology was recently updated to
and Openness. Specifically, this factor comment on its rulemaking activities as reflect the NRC’s Fiscal Year 2014—
considers whether the rulemaking identified in its Agenda and has 2018 Strategic Plan (79 FR 55833;
activity enhances regulatory received comments from the Nuclear September 17, 2014); the NRC will
effectiveness and/or openness in the Energy Institute (NEI). The NEI consider NEI’s suggestions upon its next
way that the NRC conducts regulatory commented on the detail provided in review of the prioritization
activities. Factor C is a governmental the abstract for each rulemaking methodology.
factor representing interest to the NRC, activity. Specifically, NEI suggested that Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day
Congress, or other governmental bodies. the NRC: (1) Communicate the rational of March 2015.
Factor D is an external factor for determining what rulemaking For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
representing interest to members of the activities are reported in the Agenda; (2) Cindy Bladey,
public, non-governmental organizations, provide clear and complete target dates Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives
the nuclear industry, vendors, and for completing a rulemaking activity; (3) Branch, Division of Administrative Services,
suppliers. The overall priority is provide a status for rulemaking Office of Administration.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
389 .................... Variable Annual Fee Structure for Small Modular Power Reactors [NRC–2008–0664] ................................. 3150–AI54
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—FINAL RULE STAGE
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
390 .................... Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2015 [NRC–2014–0200] .................................................. 3150–AJ44
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—LONG-TERM ACTIONS
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
391 .................... Controlling the Disposition of Solid Materials [NRC–1999–0002] ................................................................... 3150–AH18
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY NUCLEAR REGULATORY NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION (NRC) COMMISSION (NRC) COMMISSION (NRC)
Proposed Rule Stage Final Rule Stage Long-Term Actions
389. Variable Annual Fee Structure for 390. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee 391. Controlling the Disposition of Solid
Small Modular Power Reactors [NRC– Recovery for FY 2015 [NRC–2014–0200] Materials [NRC–1999–0002]
2008–0664] Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 5841
U.S.C. 5841 Abstract: The NRC staff provided a
U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: The advanced notice of Abstract: This proposed rulemaking draft proposed rule package on
proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) was would amend the licensing, inspection, Controlling the Disposition of Solid
published in the Federal Register on and annual fees that the Commission Materials to the Commission on March
March 25, 2009 (74 FR 12735), seeking charges its applicants and licensees. 31, 2005, which the Commission
comments from the public on a possible These amendments would implement disapproved (ADAMS Accession
variable fee structure for part 171 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act Number: ML051520285). The
annual fees for power reactors based on of 1990 (OBRA–90) as amended, which rulemaking package included a
licensed power limits. The comment requires that the NRC recover summary of stakeholder comments
period ended on June 8, 2009, and the approximately 90 percent of its budget (NUREG/CR–6682), Supplement 1
NRC received 16 public comments. The authority in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, less (ADAMS Accession Number:
Commission approved the staff’s the amounts appropriated from the ML003754410). The Commission’s
recommendation to establish an NRC Waste Incidental to Reprocessing, and decision was based on the fact that the
workgroup to analyze suggested generic homeland security activities. Agency is currently faced with several
methodologies for a variable annual fee high priority and complex tasks, that the
Timetable: current approach to review specific
structure for power reactors in SECY–
09–0137 dated October 13, 2009. On cases on an individual basis is fully
Action Date FR Cite protective of public health and safety,
February 7, 2011, the Office of the Chief
Financial Officer (OCFO) sent a and that the immediate need for this
NPRM .................. 03/23/15 80 FR 15476
memorandum to the Commission rule has changed due to the shift in
NPRM Comment 04/22/15
(ADAMS Accession No. ML110380251) Period End. timing for reactor decommissioning.
responding to SECY–09–0137. Final Rule ............ 06/00/15 The Commission has deferred action on
Timetable: this rulemaking.
Timetable:
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Action Date FR Cite
Required: Yes. Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM ............... 03/25/09 74 FR 12735 Agency Contact: Arlette P. Howard,
ANPRM Comment 06/08/09 Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office ANPRM ............... To Be Determined
Period End. of the Chief Financial Officer,
NPRM .................. 10/00/15 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Phone:
Required: Yes.
301 415–1481, Email: arlette.howard@
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Agency Contact: Solomon Sahle,
nrc.gov. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Arlette P. Howard, RIN: 3150–AJ44 of Nuclear Material Safety and
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555–
of the Chief Financial Officer, 0001, Phone: 301 415–3781, Email:
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Phone: solomon.sahle@nrc.gov.
301 415–1481, Email: arlette.howard@ RIN: 3150–AH18
nrc.gov. [FR Doc. 2015–14377 Filed 6–17–15; 8:45 am]
RIN: 3150–AI54 BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Unknown Section | |
| Action | Semiannual regulatory agenda. | |
| Dates | Submit comments on rulemaking activities as identified in this Agenda by July 20, 2015. | |
| Contact | Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-3280; email: [email protected] 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. | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 35170 |
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