80 FR 78108 - Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 2015)] [Unknown Section] [Pages 78108-78110] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-30676] [[Page 78107]] Vol. 80 Tuesday, No. 240 December 15, 2015 Part XXVI Nuclear Regulatory Commission ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 80 , No. 240 / Tuesday, December 15, 2015 / Unified Agenda [[Page 78108]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Chapter I [NRC-2015-0222] 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 rules 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 June 18, 2015 (80 FR 35170). This issuance of the NRC's Agenda contains 34 active and 23 long-term rulemaking activities: 3 are Economically Significant; 10 represent Other Significant agency priorities; 50 are Substantive, Nonsignificant rulemaking activities; and 2 are Administrative rulemaking activity. In addition, 4 rulemaking activities impact small entities. This issuance also contains the NRC's annual regulatory plan, which includes a statement of the major rules that the NRC expects to publish in the coming fiscal year (FY) and a description of the other significant regulatory priorities that the NRC expects to work on during the coming FY and beyond. 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 January 14, 2016. 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-2015-0222. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 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: Cindy.Bladey@nrc.gov. 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-2015-0222 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-2015-0222. NRC's Public Web site: Go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/unified-agenda.html and select fall 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-2015-0222 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 meet 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 [[Page 78109]] that has occurred on rulemaking activities since publication of the last NRC Agenda on June 18, 2015 (80 FR 35170). Specifically, the information in this Agenda has been updated through September 18, 2015. 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 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 a periodic review of all ongoing and potential rulemaking activities. In conjunction with its budget, the NRC compiles a Common Prioritization of Rulemaking (CPR) report 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 rulemaking activities that support the NRC's Strategic Plan cross-cutting strategies for enhancing regulatory effectiveness and/or openness in the conduct of regulatory activities. Factor C is a governmental factor representing the relative interest of the NRC, Congress, or other governmental bodies in the rulemaking activity. Factor D is an external factor representing the relative interest to members of the public, non-governmental organizations, the nuclear industry, vendors, and suppliers in the rulemaking activity. The overall priority is determined by adding the factor scores together for each rulemaking activity. The CPR report and a detailed description of the CPR process are available from the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/rule-priorities.html. The NRC's fall Agenda contains its annual regulatory plan, which includes a statement of the major rules that the NRC expects to publish in the coming FY and a description of the other significant regulatory priorities from the CPR that the NRC expects to work on during the coming FY and beyond. The NRC's regulatory plan was submitted to OMB in June 2015; updates have been reflected in the Agenda abstract for each rulemaking. 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-entities.html. Public Comments Received on NRC Agendas The NRC has received comments from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) regarding the level of detail provided in the abstract for each NRC rulemaking activity and on the process the NRC uses to prioritize its rulemaking activities. The NRC actively seeks to improve its rulemaking process and reporting. In recent Agendas NRC has reported additional information in the preamble and in the abstracts for its rules; in addition, in June of 2015, NRC launched a new public Web page with detail on the NRC's process for rulemaking prioritization: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/rule-priorities.html. NRC finds these actions address NEI's suggestions related to reporting on its rulemaking prioritization. NRC notes that it has received comments from NEI and other members of the public regarding the methodology staff uses to prioritize rulemaking activities. Each year the NRC reviews its methodology for prioritizing rulemaking activities to determine if changes are necessary; at this time the NRC does not plan to make any changes to its methodology. However, the agency currently is engaged in an enterprise-wide project to review several of its regulatory and internal processes, including rulemaking (see http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1515/ML15159A234.pdf). Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of September 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 538.......................... Variable Annual Fee 3150-AI54 Structure for Small Modular Power Reactors [NRC-2008-0664]. 539.......................... Revision of Fee 3150-AJ66 Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2016 [NRC-2015-0223]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Long-Term Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 540.......................... Controlling the 3150-AH18 Disposition of Solid Materials [NRC-1999- 0002]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 78110]] Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Completed Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 541.......................... Revision of Fee 3150-AJ44 Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2015 [NRC-2014-0200]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) Proposed Rule Stage 538. 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. On March 27, 2015, the OCFO sent a memorandum to the Commission requesting approval to proposed a variable annual fee structure for small modular reactor March 27, 2015, (ADAMS Accession No. ML110380251). The Commission approved the staff's request to publish this rule (SRM) to SECY-15-044, May 18, 2015, (ADAMS Accession No. ML15135A427). Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANPRM............................... 03/25/09 74 FR 12735 ANPRM Comment Period End............ 06/08/09 ....................... NPRM................................ 11/04/15 80 FR 68268 NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/04/15 ....................... Final Rule.......................... 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: arlette.howard@nrc.gov. RIN: 3150-AI54 539. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2016 [NRC- 2015-0223] 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) 2016, less the amounts appropriated from the Waste Incidental to Reprocessing, and generic homeland security activities. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: arlette.howard@nrc.gov. RIN: 3150-AJ66 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) Long-Term Actions 540. 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 No. ML051520285). The rulemaking package included a summary of stakeholder comments (NUREG/CR-6682), Supplement 1 (ADAMS Accession No. 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: Torre Taylor, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Phone: 301 415-7900, Email: torre.taylor@nrc.gov. RIN: 3150-AH18 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) Completed Actions 541. 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 final rule amends the licensing, inspection, and annual fees that the Commission charges its applicants and licensees. These amendments 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. Completed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reason Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Rule.......................... 06/30/15 80 FR 37432 Final Rule Effective................ 08/31/15 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Arlette P. Howard, Phone: 301 415-1481, Email: arlette.howard@nrc.gov. RIN: 3150-AJ44 [FR Doc. 2015-30676 Filed 12-14-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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activity.
For additional direction on obtaining The NRC cautions you not to include
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and Deregulatory Actions information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and you do not want to be publicly
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Commission. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of The NRC will post all comment
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. this document. submissions at http://
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, comment submissions into ADAMS.
Commission (NRC) is publishing its U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The NRC does not routinely edit
semiannual regulatory agenda (the Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: comment submissions to remove
Agenda) in accordance with Public Law 301–415–3280; email: Cindy.Bladey@ identifying or contact information.
96–354, ‘‘The Regulatory Flexibility If you are requesting or aggregating
nrc.gov. Persons outside the
Act,’’ and Executive Order 12866, comments from other persons for
Washington, DC, metropolitan area may
‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review.’’ The submission to the NRC, then you should
call, toll-free: 1–800–368–5642. For
Agenda is a compilation of all rules on inform those persons not to include
further information on the substantive
which the NRC has recently completed identifying or contact information that
content of any rulemaking activity listed
action or has proposed or is considering they do not want to be publicly
in the Agenda, contact the individual
action. The NRC has completed 8 disclosed in their comment submission.
listed under the heading ‘‘Agency
rulemaking activities since publication Your request should state that the NRC
Contact’’ for that rulemaking activity.
of its last Agenda on June 18, 2015 (80 does not routinely edit comment
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: submissions to remove such information
FR 35170). This issuance of the NRC’s
Agenda contains 34 active and 23 long- Obtaining Information and Submitting before making the comment
term rulemaking activities: 3 are Comments submissions available to the public or
Economically Significant; 10 represent entering the comment into ADAMS.
A. Obtaining Information
Other Significant agency priorities; 50 Introduction
are Substantive, Nonsignificant Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–
rulemaking activities; and 2 are 0222 when contacting the NRC about The Agenda is a compilation of all
Administrative rulemaking activity. In the availability of information for this rulemaking activities on which an
addition, 4 rulemaking activities impact document. You may obtain publically- agency has recently completed action or
small entities. This issuance also available information related to this has proposed or is considering action.
contains the NRC’s annual regulatory document by any of the following The Agenda reports rulemaking
plan, which includes a statement of the methods: activities in three major categories:
major rules that the NRC expects to • Reginfo.gov: completed, active, and long-term.
publish in the coming fiscal year (FY) Æ For completed rulemaking Completed rulemaking activities are
and a description of the other significant activities go to http://www.reginfo.gov/ those that were completed since
regulatory priorities that the NRC public/do/eAgendaHistory?showStage= publication of an agency’s last Agenda;
expects to work on during the coming completed and select Nuclear active rulemaking activities are those
FY and beyond. The NRC is requesting Regulatory Commission from drop that an agency currently plans to have
comment on its rulemaking activities as down menu. an Advance Notice of Proposed
identified in this Agenda. Æ For active rulemaking activities go Rulemaking, a Proposed Rule, or a Final
to http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ Rule issued within the next 12 months;
DATES: Submit comments on rulemaking and long-term rulemaking activities are
eAgendaMain and select Nuclear
activities as identified in this Agenda by Regulatory Commission from drop rulemaking activities under
January 14, 2016. 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–2015–0222. Budget uses this number to track all
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on or before the closure dates specified • NRC’s Public Web site: Go to http:// relevant documents throughout the
in the Federal Register notice. You may 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 fall rulemaking activities in the Agenda that
site by going to http:// 2015. have been assigned a RIN and meet the
www.regulations.gov and searching for • NRC’s Public Document Room: You definition for a completed, an active, or
Docket ID NRC–2015–0222. 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
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that has occurred on rulemaking industry, vendors, and suppliers in the Public Comments Received on NRC
activities since publication of the last rulemaking activity. The overall priority Agendas
NRC Agenda on June 18, 2015 (80 FR is determined by adding the factor
35170). Specifically, the information in scores together for each rulemaking The NRC has received comments from
this Agenda has been updated through activity. The CPR report and a detailed the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
September 18, 2015. description of the CPR process are regarding the level of detail provided in
The date for the next scheduled action available from the NRC’s Web site at the abstract for each NRC rulemaking
under the heading ‘‘Timetable’’ is the http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc- activity and on the process the NRC
date the next regulatory action for the collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/rule- uses to prioritize its rulemaking
rulemaking activity is scheduled to be priorities.html. activities.
published in the Federal Register. The The NRC’s fall Agenda contains its The NRC actively seeks to improve its
date is considered tentative and is not annual regulatory plan, which includes rulemaking process and reporting. In
binding on the Commission or its staff. a statement of the major rules that the recent Agendas NRC has reported
The Agenda is intended to provide the NRC expects to publish in the coming additional information in the preamble
public early notice and opportunity to FY and a description of the other and in the abstracts for its rules; in
participate in the NRC rulemaking significant regulatory priorities from the addition, in June of 2015, NRC launched
process. However, the NRC may
CPR that the NRC expects to work on a new public Web page with detail on
consider or act on any rulemaking
during the coming FY and beyond. The the NRC’s process for rulemaking
activity even though it is not included
NRC’s regulatory plan was submitted to prioritization: http://www.nrc.gov/
in the Agenda.
OMB in June 2015; updates have been reading-rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-
Common Prioritization of Rulemaking reflected in the Agenda abstract for each ruleforum/rule-priorities.html. NRC
A key part of the NRC’s regulatory rulemaking. finds these actions address NEI’s
program is a periodic review of all Section 610 Periodic Reviews Under suggestions related to reporting on its
ongoing and potential rulemaking the Regulatory Flexibility Act rulemaking prioritization. NRC notes
activities. In conjunction with its that it has received comments from NEI
budget, the NRC compiles a Common Section 610 of the Regulatory and other members of the public
Prioritization of Rulemaking (CPR) Flexibility Act (RFA) requires agencies regarding the methodology staff uses to
report to develop program budget to conduct a review within 10 years of prioritize rulemaking activities. Each
estimates and to determine the relative promulgation of those regulations that year the NRC reviews its methodology
priority of NRC rulemaking activities. have or will have a significant economic for prioritizing rulemaking activities to
The CPR process considers four factors impact on a substantial number of small determine if changes are necessary; at
and assigns a score to each factor. Factor entities. The NRC undertakes these this time the NRC does not plan to make
A includes activities that support the reviews to decide whether the rules any changes to its methodology.
NRC’s Strategic Plan goals of ensuring should be unchanged, amended, or However, the agency currently is
the safe and secure use of radioactive withdrawn. At this time, the NRC does engaged in an enterprise-wide project to
materials. Factor B includes rulemaking not have any rules that have a review several of its regulatory and
activities that support the NRC’s significant economic impact on a internal processes, including
Strategic Plan cross-cutting strategies for substantial number of small entities; rulemaking (see http://
enhancing regulatory effectiveness and/ therefore, the NRC has not included any pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1515/
or openness in the conduct of regulatory RFA Section 610 periodic reviews in ML15159A234.pdf).
activities. Factor C is a governmental this edition of the Agenda. A complete
factor representing the relative interest listing of NRC regulations that impact Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day
of the NRC, Congress, or other small entities and related Small Entity of September 2015.
governmental bodies in the rulemaking Compliance Guides will be available For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
activity. Factor D is an external factor from the NRC’s Web site at http:// Cindy Bladey,
representing the relative interest to www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/ Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives
members of the public, non- rulemaking/flexibility-act/small- Branch, Division of Administrative Services,
governmental organizations, the nuclear entities.html. Office of Administration.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
538 .................... Variable Annual Fee Structure for Small Modular Power Reactors [NRC–2008–0664] ................................. 3150–AI54
539 .................... Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2016 [NRC–2015–0223] .................................................. 3150–AJ66
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—LONG-TERM ACTIONS
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
540 .................... Controlling the Disposition of Solid Materials [NRC–1999–0002] ................................................................... 3150–AH18
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—COMPLETED ACTIONS
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
541 .................... Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2015 [NRC–2014–0200] .................................................. 3150–AJ44
NUCLEAR REGULATORY 539. • Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee rule has changed due to the shift in
COMMISSION (NRC) Recovery for FY 2016 [NRC–2015–0223] timing for reactor decommissioning.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 The Commission has deferred action on
Proposed Rule Stage
U.S.C. 5841 this rulemaking.
538. Variable Annual Fee Structure for Abstract: This proposed rulemaking Timetable:
Small Modular Power Reactors [NRC– would amend the licensing, inspection,
2008–0664] and annual fees that the Commission Action Date FR Cite
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 charges its applicants and licensees.
ANPRM ............... To Be Determined
U.S.C. 5841 These amendments would implement
Abstract: The advanced notice of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) was of 1990 (OBRA–90) as amended, which Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
published in the Federal Register on requires that the NRC recover Required: Yes.
March 25, 2009 (74 FR 12735), seeking approximately 90 percent of its budget Agency Contact: Torre Taylor,
comments from the public on a possible authority in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016, less Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
variable fee structure for part 171 the amounts appropriated from the of Nuclear Material Safety and
annual fees for power reactors based on Waste Incidental to Reprocessing, and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555–
licensed power limits. The comment generic homeland security activities. 0001, Phone: 301 415–7900, Email:
period ended on June 8, 2009, and the Timetable: torre.taylor@nrc.gov.
NRC received 16 public comments. The RIN: 3150–AH18
Commission approved the staff’s Action Date FR Cite
recommendation to establish an NRC NPRM .................. 03/00/16
workgroup to analyze suggested
methodologies for a variable annual fee NUCLEAR REGULATORY
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis COMMISSION (NRC)
structure for power reactors in SECY– Required: Yes.
09–0137 dated October 13, 2009. On Agency Contact: Arlette P. Howard, Completed Actions
February 7, 2011, the Office of the Chief Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
Financial Officer (OCFO) sent a 541. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee
of the Chief Financial Officer, Recovery for FY 2015 [NRC–2014–0200]
memorandum to the Commission Washington, DC 20555–0001, Phone:
(ADAMS Accession No. ML110380251) 301 415–1481, Email: arlette.howard@ Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42
responding to SECY–09–0137. On nrc.gov. U.S.C. 5841
March 27, 2015, the OCFO sent a RIN: 3150–AJ66 Abstract: This final rule amends the
memorandum to the Commission licensing, inspection, and annual fees
requesting approval to proposed a that the Commission charges its
variable annual fee structure for small applicants and licensees. These
modular reactor March 27, 2015, NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION (NRC) amendments implement the Omnibus
(ADAMS Accession No. ML110380251). Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
The Commission approved the staff’s Long-Term Actions (OBRA–90) as amended, which requires
request to publish this rule (SRM) to that the NRC recover approximately 90
SECY–15–044, May 18, 2015, (ADAMS 540. Controlling the Disposition of Solid
Materials [NRC–1999–0002] percent of its budget authority in Fiscal
Accession No. ML15135A427). Year (FY) 2015, less the amounts
Timetable: Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 appropriated from the Waste Incidental
U.S.C. 5841 to Reprocessing, and generic homeland
Action Date FR Cite Abstract: The NRC staff provided a security activities.
draft proposed rule package on
ANPRM ............... 03/25/09 74 FR 12735 Controlling the Disposition of Solid Completed:
ANPRM Comment 06/08/09
Materials to the Commission on March
Period End. Reason Date FR Cite
NPRM .................. 11/04/15 80 FR 68268 31, 2005, which the Commission
NPRM Comment 12/04/15 disapproved (ADAMS Accession No. Final Rule ............ 06/30/15 80 FR 37432
Period End. ML051520285). The rulemaking package Final Rule Effec- 08/31/15
Final Rule ............ 06/00/16 included a summary of stakeholder tive.
comments (NUREG/CR–6682),
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Supplement 1 (ADAMS Accession No. Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes. ML003754410). The Commission’s Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Arlette P. Howard, decision was based on the fact that the
Agency Contact: Arlette P. Howard,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office Agency is currently faced with several
Phone: 301 415–1481, Email:
of the Chief Financial Officer, high priority and complex tasks, that the
arlette.howard@nrc.gov.
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Phone: current approach to review specific
301 415–1481, Email: arlette.howard@ cases on an individual basis is fully RIN: 3150–AJ44
nrc.gov. protective of public health and safety, [FR Doc. 2015–30676 Filed 12–14–15; 8:45 am]
RIN: 3150–AI54 and that the immediate need for this 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 January 14, 2016. | |
| 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 78108 |
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