83 FR 20858 - Relocation of Regulatory Issue Summary Notices in the Federal Register

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 89 (May 8, 2018)

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is notifying the public that documents regarding draft and final Regulatory Issue Summaries that historically have published in the ``Notices'' section of the Federal Register will now be published in the ``Proposed Rules'' and ``Rules and Regulations'' sections of the Federal Register. The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) recently informed the NRC that under OFR guidelines, these documents fall into the ``Proposed Rules'' and ``Rules and Regulations'' categories and requested that NRC reclassify these notices.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 20858]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09687]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2018-0091]


Relocation of Regulatory Issue Summary Notices in the Federal 
Register

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Categorization of notice.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is notifying the 
public that documents regarding draft and final Regulatory Issue 
Summaries that historically have published in the ``Notices'' section 
of the Federal Register will now be published in the ``Proposed Rules'' 
and ``Rules and Regulations'' sections of the Federal Register. The 
Office of the Federal Register (OFR) recently informed the NRC that 
under OFR guidelines, these documents fall into the ``Proposed Rules'' 
and ``Rules and Regulations'' categories and requested that NRC 
reclassify these notices.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0091 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0091. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     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].
     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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony de Jesus, Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-9219, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC issues Regulatory Issue Summaries to 
communicate with stakeholders on a broad range of matters. This may 
include clarification of existing requirements and regulations. This 
may also include communicating and clarifying the NRC's technical or 
policy positions on regulatory matters that have not been communicated 
to, or are not broadly understood by, the nuclear industry. Documents 
regarding Regulatory Issue Summaries historically have been published 
in the ``Notices'' section of the Federal Register.
    Under the Federal Register Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 15), the 
Administrative Committee of the Federal Register issues regulations 
regarding publishing documents in the Federal Register (see chapter I 
of title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations (1 CFR)). Based on these 
governing regulations, the OFR classifies agency documents published in 
the Federal Register in one of three categories: Rules and regulations, 
proposed rules, and notices. The regulation establishing document types 
is available in 1 CFR 5.9.
    In accordance with the OFR's request that the NRC reclassify 
Regulatory Issue Summaries, these documents will be published in the 
``Proposed Rules'' or ``Rules and Regulations'' section of the Federal 
Register. This change is effective immediately.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of May 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy K. Bladey,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Division of Rulemaking, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2018-09687 Filed 5-7-18; 8:45 am]
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