83_FR_27388 83 FR 27276 - Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

83 FR 27276 - Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

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FR Document2018-11244

We are publishing our 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 we have recently completed action or have proposed or are considering action. We have completed 6 rulemaking activities since publication of our last Agenda on January 12, 2018 (83 FR 2018). This issuance of our Agenda contains 28 active and 20 long-term rulemaking activities: 3 are Economically Significant; 8 represent Other Significant agency priorities; 35 are Substantive, Nonsignificant rulemaking activities; and 2 are Administrative rulemaking activities. In addition, 3 rulemaking activities impact small entities. We are requesting comment on the rulemaking activities as identified in this Agenda.

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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Chapter I

[NRC-2018-0032]


Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: We are publishing our 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 we have recently completed action or have proposed or are 
considering action. We have completed 6 rulemaking activities since 
publication of our last Agenda on January 12, 2018 (83 FR 2018). This 
issuance of our Agenda contains 28 active and 20 long-term rulemaking 
activities: 3 are Economically Significant; 8 represent Other 
Significant agency priorities; 35 are Substantive, Nonsignificant 
rulemaking activities; and 2 are Administrative rulemaking activities. 
In addition, 3 rulemaking activities impact small entities. We are 
requesting comment on the rulemaking activities as identified in this 
Agenda.

DATES: Submit comments on rulemaking activities as identified in this 
Agenda by July 11, 2018.

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 website by going to http://www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket ID NRC-2018-0032. 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 Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, 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-2018-0032 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, select 
``spring 2018 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory 
Actions'' from drop down menu, 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/eAgendaMain, select ``Current Long Term 
Actions'' link, and select ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' from drop 
down menu.
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0032.
     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-2018-0032 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 the 
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (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 for 
which 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 Unified Agenda.
    We assign a ``Regulation Identifier Number'' (RIN) to a rulemaking 
activity when our Commission initiates a rulemaking and approves a 
rulemaking plan, or when the NRC staff begins work on a Commission-
delegated rulemaking that does not require a rulemaking plan. The 
Office of Management and Budget uses this number to track all relevant 
documents throughout the entire ``lifecycle'' of a particular 
rulemaking activity. We report 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 that has occurred on a rulemaking activity since publication of 
our last Agenda on January 12, 2018 (83 FR 2018). Specifically, the 
information in this Agenda has been updated through February 23, 2018. 
The NRC provides additional information on planned

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rulemaking and petition for rulemaking activities, including priority 
and schedule, on our website at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/rulemaking/rules-petitions.html#cprlist.
    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 our rulemaking process. However, we may 
consider or act on any rulemaking activity even though it is not 
included in the Agenda.

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. We undertake these reviews to 
decide whether the rules should be unchanged, amended, or withdrawn. At 
this time, we do not have any rules that have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities; therefore, we have 
not included any RFA Section 610 periodic reviews in this edition of 
the Agenda. A complete listing of our regulations that impact small 
entities and related Small Entity Compliance Guides are available from 
the NRC's website at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/rulemaking/flexibility-act/small-entities.html.

Public Comments Received on NRC Unified Agenda

    As part of the most recent publication of the NRC's Agenda in 
January 2018, the NRC requested public comment on its rulemaking 
activities. In response, the Nuclear Energy Institute commented on the 
number and average age of the rules that the NRC reports in its Agenda 
and recommended that the NRC refine its prioritization process for 
rulemaking activities to take into account the cost and burden imposed 
by a proposed regulation.
    The NRC actively seeks to improve its rulemaking process and 
annually reviews its methodology for prioritizing rulemaking 
activities. The NRC will align its prioritization process with the 
``NRC Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2018-2022'' (February 2018; ADAMS 
Accession No. ML18032A561) and will consider the Nuclear Energy 
Institute's suggestions upon the NRC's next review of the 
prioritization methodology.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of February 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, Division of 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

           Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
         Sequence No.                    Title           Identifier No.
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320...........................  Revision of Fee                3150-AJ99
                                 Schedules: Fee
                                 Recovery for FY 2019
                                 [NRC-2017-0032].
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             Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Final Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
         Sequence No.                    Title           Identifier No.
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321...........................  Revision of Fee                3150-AJ95
                                 Schedules: Fee
                                 Recovery for FY 2018
                                 [NRC-2017-0026].
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            Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Long-Term Actions
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                                                           Regulation
         Sequence No.                    Title           Identifier No.
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322...........................  Revision of Fee                3150-AK10
                                 Schedules: Fee
                                 Recovery for FY 2020
                                 [NRC-2017-0228].
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)

Proposed Rule Stage

320. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2019 [NRC-2017-
0032]

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent agency.
    Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42 
U.S.C. 5841
    Abstract: This rule would implement the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-90), as amended, which requires the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to recover approximately 90 percent 
of its budget authority in a given fiscal year, less the amounts 
appropriated from the Waste Incidental to Reprocessing, generic 
homeland security activities, and Inspector General services for the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, through fees assessed to 
licensees. This rulemaking would amend the Commission's fee schedules 
for licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged to its applicants 
and licensees. The licensing and inspection fees are established under 
10 CFR part 170 and recover the NRC's cost of providing services to 
identifiable applicants and licensees. Examples of services provided by 
the NRC for which 10 CFR part 170 fees are assessed include license 
application reviews, license renewals, license amendment reviews, and 
inspections. The annual fees established under 10 CFR part 171 recover 
budgeted costs for generic (e.g., research and rulemaking) and other 
regulatory activities not recovered under 10 CFR part 170 fees.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   01/00/19
Final Rule..........................   05/00/19
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Michele D. Kaplan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
Phone: 301 415-5256, Email: michele.kaplan@nrc.gov.
    RIN: 3150-AJ99


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)

Final Rule Stage

321. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2018 [NRC-2017-
0026]

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent agency.
    Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42 
U.S.C. 5841
    Abstract: This proposed rule would implement the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-90), as amended, which requires the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to recover approximately 90 percent 
of its budget authority in a given fiscal year, less the amounts 
appropriated from the Waste Incidental to Reprocessing, generic 
homeland security activities, and Inspector General services for the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, through fees assessed to 
licensees. This rulemaking would amend the Commission's fee schedules 
for licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged to its applicants 
and licensees. The licensing and inspection fees are established under 
10 CFR part 170 and recover the NRC's cost of providing services to 
identifiable applicants and licensees. Examples of services provided by 
the NRC for which 10 CFR part 170 fees are assessed include license 
application reviews, license renewals, license amendment reviews, and 
inspections. The annual fees established under 10 CFR part 171 recover 
budgeted costs for generic (e.g., research and rulemaking) and other 
regulatory activities not recovered under 10 CFR part 170 fees.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   01/25/18  83 FR 3407
NPRM Comment Period End.............   02/26/18
Final Rule..........................   05/00/18
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Michele D. Kaplan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
Phone: 301 415-5256, Email: michele.kaplan@nrc.gov.
    RIN: 3150-AJ95

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)

Long-Term Actions

322.  Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2020 [NRC-
2017-0228]

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent agency.
    Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42 
U.S.C. 5841
    Abstract: This rule would implement the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-90), as amended, which requires the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission to recover approximately 90 percent of 
its budget authority in a given fiscal year, less the amounts 
appropriated from the Waste Incidental to Reprocessing, generic 
homeland security activities, and Inspector General services for the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, through fees assessed to 
licensees. This rulemaking would amend the Commissions fee schedules 
for licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged to its applicants 
and licensees. The licensing and inspection fees are established under 
10 CFR part 170 and recover the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's cost of 
providing services to identifiable applicants and licensees. Examples 
of services provided by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for which 10 
CFR part 170 fees are assessed include license application reviews, 
license renewals, license amendment reviews, and inspections. The 
annual fees established under 10 CFR part 171 recover budgeted costs 
for generic (e.g. research and rulemaking) and other regulatory 
activities not recovered under 10 CFR part 170 fees.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   01/00/20
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Michele D. Kaplan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
Phone: 301 415-5256, Email: michele.kaplan@nrc.gov.
    RIN: 3150-AK10

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                                                  NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                      Submitting Comments’’ in the                           www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
                                                  COMMISSION                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION     section of               comment submissions into the
                                                                                                          this document.                                         Agencywide Documents Access and
                                                  10 CFR Chapter I                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                       Management System (ADAMS). The
                                                                                                          Cindy Bladey, Office of Nuclear                        NRC does not routinely edit comment
                                                  [NRC–2018–0032]
                                                                                                          Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.                   submissions to remove identifying or
                                                  Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory                    Nuclear Regulatory Commission,                         contact information.
                                                  and Deregulatory Actions                                Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone:                    If you are requesting or aggregating
                                                                                                          301–415–3280; email: Cindy.Bladey@                     comments from other persons for
                                                  AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                             nrc.gov. Persons outside the                           submission to the NRC, then you should
                                                  Commission.                                             Washington, DC, metropolitan area may                  inform those persons not to include
                                                  ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.                   call, toll-free: 1–800–368–5642. For                   identifying or contact information that
                                                                                                          further information on the substantive                 they do not want to be publicly
                                                  SUMMARY:    We are publishing our                       content of any rulemaking activity listed              disclosed in their comment submission.
                                                  semiannual regulatory agenda (the                       in the Agenda, contact the individual                  Your request should state that the NRC
                                                  Agenda) in accordance with Public Law                   listed under the heading ‘‘Agency                      does not routinely edit comment
                                                  96–354, ‘‘The Regulatory Flexibility                    Contact’’ for that rulemaking activity.                submissions to remove such information
                                                  Act,’’ and Executive Order 12866,                                                                              before making the comment
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  ‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review.’’ The                                                                        submissions available to the public or
                                                  Agenda is a compilation of all                          Obtaining Information and Submitting                   entering the comment into ADAMS.
                                                  rulemaking activities on which we have                  Comments                                               Introduction
                                                  recently completed action or have
                                                                                                          A. Obtaining Information                                  The Agenda is a compilation of all
                                                  proposed or are considering action. We
                                                  have completed 6 rulemaking activities                    Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–                  rulemaking activities on which an
                                                  since publication of our last Agenda on                 0032 when contacting the NRC about                     agency has recently completed action or
                                                  January 12, 2018 (83 FR 2018). This                     the availability of information for this               has proposed or is considering action.
                                                  issuance of our Agenda contains 28                      document. You may obtain publically-                   The Agenda reports rulemaking
                                                  active and 20 long-term rulemaking                      available information related to this                  activities in three major categories:
                                                  activities: 3 are Economically                          document by any of the following                       Completed, active, and long-term.
                                                  Significant; 8 represent Other                          methods:                                               Completed rulemaking activities are
                                                  Significant agency priorities; 35 are                     • Reginfo.gov:                                       those that were completed since
                                                  Substantive, Nonsignificant rulemaking                    Æ For completed rulemaking                           publication of an agency’s last Agenda;
                                                  activities; and 2 are Administrative                    activities go to http://www.reginfo.gov/               active rulemaking activities are those for
                                                  rulemaking activities. In addition, 3                   public/do/eAgendaHistory?showStage=                    which an agency currently plans to have
                                                  rulemaking activities impact small                      completed, select ‘‘spring 2018 Unified                an Advance Notice of Proposed
                                                  entities. We are requesting comment on                  Agenda of Federal Regulatory and                       Rulemaking, a Proposed Rule, or a Final
                                                  the rulemaking activities as identified in              Deregulatory Actions’’ from drop down                  Rule issued within the next 12 months;
                                                  this Agenda.                                            menu, and select ‘‘Nuclear Regulatory                  and long-term rulemaking activities are
                                                                                                          Commission’’ from drop down menu.                      rulemaking activities under
                                                  DATES: Submit comments on rulemaking                                                                           development but for which an agency
                                                                                                            Æ For active rulemaking activities go
                                                  activities as identified in this Agenda by                                                                     does not expect to have a regulatory
                                                                                                          to http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
                                                  July 11, 2018.                                                                                                 action within the 12 months after
                                                                                                          eAgendaMain and select ‘‘Nuclear
                                                  ADDRESSES: Submit comments on any                       Regulatory Commission’’ from drop                      publication of the current edition of the
                                                  rulemaking activity in the Agenda by                    down menu.                                             Unified Agenda.
                                                  the date and methods specified in any                     Æ For long-term rulemaking activities                   We assign a ‘‘Regulation Identifier
                                                  Federal Register notice on the                          go to http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/                Number’’ (RIN) to a rulemaking activity
                                                  rulemaking activity. Comments received                  eAgendaMain, select ‘‘Current Long                     when our Commission initiates a
                                                  on rulemaking activities for which the                  Term Actions’’ link, and select ‘‘Nuclear              rulemaking and approves a rulemaking
                                                  comment period has closed will be                       Regulatory Commission’’ from drop                      plan, or when the NRC staff begins work
                                                  considered if it is practical to do so, but             down menu.                                             on a Commission-delegated rulemaking
                                                  assurance of consideration cannot be                      • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to                  that does not require a rulemaking plan.
                                                  given except as to comments received                    http://www.regulations.gov and search                  The Office of Management and Budget
                                                  on or before the closure dates specified                for Docket ID NRC–2018–0032.                           uses this number to track all relevant
                                                  in the Federal Register notice. You may                   • NRC’s Public Document Room: You                    documents throughout the entire
                                                  submit comments on this Agenda                          may examine and purchase copies of                     ‘‘lifecycle’’ of a particular rulemaking
                                                  through the Federal Rulemaking website                  public documents at the NRC’s PDR,                     activity. We report all rulemaking
                                                  by going to http://www.regulations.gov                  Room O1–F21, One White Flint North,                    activities in the Agenda that have been
                                                  and searching for Docket ID NRC–2018–                   11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,                       assigned a RIN and meet the definition
                                                  0032. Address questions about NRC                       Maryland 20852.                                        for a completed, an active, or a long-
                                                  dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone:                                                                         term rulemaking activity.
                                                  301–415–3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@                   B. Submitting Comments                                    The information contained in this
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                                                  nrc.gov. For technical questions on any                   Please include Docket ID NRC–2018–                   Agenda is updated to reflect any action
                                                  rulemaking activity listed in the                       0032 in your comment submission.                       that has occurred on a rulemaking
                                                  Agenda, contact the individual listed                     The NRC cautions you not to include                  activity since publication of our last
                                                  under the heading ‘‘Agency Contact’’ for                identifying or contact information that                Agenda on January 12, 2018 (83 FR
                                                  that rulemaking activity.                               you do not want to be publicly                         2018). Specifically, the information in
                                                     For additional direction on obtaining                disclosed in your comment submission.                  this Agenda has been updated through
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                                                  rulemaking and petition for rulemaking                                     impact on a substantial number of small              rules that the NRC reports in its Agenda
                                                  activities, including priority and                                         entities. We undertake these reviews to              and recommended that the NRC refine
                                                  schedule, on our website at https://                                       decide whether the rules should be                   its prioritization process for rulemaking
                                                  www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/                                          unchanged, amended, or withdrawn. At                 activities to take into account the cost
                                                  rulemaking/rules-petitions.html#cprlist.                                   this time, we do not have any rules that             and burden imposed by a proposed
                                                    The date for the next scheduled action                                   have a significant economic impact on                regulation.
                                                  under the heading ‘‘Timetable’’ is the                                     a substantial number of small entities;                 The NRC actively seeks to improve its
                                                  date the next regulatory action for the                                    therefore, we have not included any                  rulemaking process and annually
                                                  rulemaking activity is scheduled to be                                     RFA Section 610 periodic reviews in                  reviews its methodology for prioritizing
                                                  published in the Federal Register. The                                     this edition of the Agenda. A complete               rulemaking activities. The NRC will
                                                  date is considered tentative and is not                                    listing of our regulations that impact               align its prioritization process with the
                                                  binding on the Commission or its staff.                                    small entities and related Small Entity              ‘‘NRC Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2018–
                                                  The Agenda is intended to provide the                                      Compliance Guides are available from                 2022’’ (February 2018; ADAMS
                                                  public early notice and opportunity to                                     the NRC’s website at http://                         Accession No. ML18032A561) and will
                                                  participate in our rulemaking process.                                     www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/
                                                                                                                                                                                  consider the Nuclear Energy Institute’s
                                                  However, we may consider or act on any                                     rulemaking/flexibility-act/small-
                                                                                                                                                                                  suggestions upon the NRC’s next review
                                                  rulemaking activity even though it is not                                  entities.html.
                                                                                                                                                                                  of the prioritization methodology.
                                                  included in the Agenda.
                                                                                                                             Public Comments Received on NRC                        Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day
                                                  Section 610 Periodic Reviews Under the                                     Unified Agenda                                       of February 2018.
                                                  Regulatory Flexibility Act                                                    As part of the most recent publication              For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
                                                    Section 610 of the Regulatory                                            of the NRC’s Agenda in January 2018,                 Cindy Bladey,
                                                  Flexibility Act (RFA) requires agencies                                    the NRC requested public comment on                  Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking
                                                  to conduct a review within 10 years of                                     its rulemaking activities. In response,              Support Branch, Division of Rulemaking,
                                                  promulgation of those regulations that                                     the Nuclear Energy Institute commented               Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
                                                  have or will have a significant economic                                   on the number and average age of the                 Safeguards.

                                                                                                       NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Regulation
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                                                  320 ....................................................................   Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2019 [NRC–2017–0032] ..                        3150–AJ99


                                                                                                            NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—FINAL RULE STAGE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Regulation
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                                                  321 ....................................................................   Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2018 [NRC–2017–0026] ..                        3150–AJ95


                                                                                                          NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—LONG-TERM ACTIONS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Regulation
                                                                          Sequence No.                                                                              Title                                              Identifier No.

                                                  322 ....................................................................   Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2020 [NRC–2017–0228] ..                       3150–AK10



                                                  NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                                         Incidental to Reprocessing, generic                  recover budgeted costs for generic (e.g.,
                                                  COMMISSION (NRC)                                                           homeland security activities, and                    research and rulemaking) and other
                                                                                                                             Inspector General services for the                   regulatory activities not recovered under
                                                  Proposed Rule Stage
                                                                                                                             Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,             10 CFR part 170 fees.
                                                  320. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee                                        through fees assessed to licensees. This               Timetable:
                                                  Recovery for FY 2019 [NRC–2017–0032]                                       rulemaking would amend the
                                                                                                                             Commission’s fee schedules for                                Action            Date          FR Cite
                                                    E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent                                      licensing, inspection, and annual fees
                                                  agency.                                                                    charged to its applicants and licensees.             NPRM ..................   01/00/19
                                                    Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42                                       The licensing and inspection fees are                Final Rule ............   05/00/19
                                                  U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42 U.S.C.                                     established under 10 CFR part 170 and
                                                  5841                                                                       recover the NRC’s cost of providing                    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
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                                                    Abstract: This rule would implement                                      services to identifiable applicants and              Required: Yes.
                                                  the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act                                      licensees. Examples of services                        Agency Contact: Michele D. Kaplan,
                                                  of 1990 (OBRA–90), as amended, which                                       provided by the NRC for which 10 CFR                 Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
                                                  requires the Nuclear Regulatory                                            part 170 fees are assessed include                   of the Chief Financial Officer,
                                                  Commission (NRC) to recover                                                license application reviews, license                 Washington, DC 20555–0001, Phone:
                                                  approximately 90 percent of its budget                                     renewals, license amendment reviews,                 301 415–5256, Email: michele.kaplan@
                                                  authority in a given fiscal year, less the                                 and inspections. The annual fees                     nrc.gov.
                                                  amounts appropriated from the Waste                                        established under 10 CFR part 171                      RIN: 3150–AJ99


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                                                  27278                    Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 112 / Monday, June 11, 2018 / Unified Agenda

                                                  NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                      regulatory activities not recovered under               security activities, and Inspector
                                                  COMMISSION (NRC)                                        10 CFR part 170 fees.                                   General services for the Defense Nuclear
                                                                                                            Timetable:                                            Facilities Safety Board, through fees
                                                  Final Rule Stage
                                                                                                                                                                  assessed to licensees. This rulemaking
                                                  321. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee                            Action                Date          FR Cite      would amend the Commissions fee
                                                  Recovery for FY 2018 [NRC–2017–0026]                                                                            schedules for licensing, inspection, and
                                                                                                          NPRM ..................   01/25/18       83 FR 3407
                                                     E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent                  NPRM Comment              02/26/18                      annual fees charged to its applicants
                                                  agency.                                                   Period End.                                           and licensees. The licensing and
                                                     Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42                   Final Rule ............   05/00/18                      inspection fees are established under 10
                                                  U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42 U.S.C.                                                                          CFR part 170 and recover the Nuclear
                                                  5841                                                      Regulatory Flexibility Analysis                       Regulatory Commission’s cost of
                                                     Abstract: This proposed rule would                   Required: Yes.                                          providing services to identifiable
                                                  implement the Omnibus Budget                              Agency Contact: Michele D. Kaplan,                    applicants and licensees. Examples of
                                                  Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA–90),                   Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office                   services provided by the Nuclear
                                                  as amended, which requires the Nuclear                  of the Chief Financial Officer,                         Regulatory Commission for which 10
                                                  Regulatory Commission (NRC) to                          Washington, DC 20555–0001, Phone:                       CFR part 170 fees are assessed include
                                                  recover approximately 90 percent of its                 301 415–5256, Email: michele.kaplan@                    license application reviews, license
                                                  budget authority in a given fiscal year,                nrc.gov.                                                renewals, license amendment reviews,
                                                                                                            RIN: 3150–AJ95                                        and inspections. The annual fees
                                                  less the amounts appropriated from the
                                                  Waste Incidental to Reprocessing,                                                                               established under 10 CFR part 171
                                                  generic homeland security activities,                                                                           recover budgeted costs for generic (e.g.
                                                  and Inspector General services for the                  NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                      research and rulemaking) and other
                                                  Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,                COMMISSION (NRC)                                        regulatory activities not recovered under
                                                  through fees assessed to licensees. This                                                                        10 CFR part 170 fees.
                                                                                                          Long-Term Actions                                          Timetable:
                                                  rulemaking would amend the
                                                  Commission’s fee schedules for                          322. • Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee
                                                  licensing, inspection, and annual fees                  Recovery for FY 2020 [NRC–2017–0228]                             Action            Date      FR Cite
                                                  charged to its applicants and licensees.                  E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent                   NPRM ..................   01/00/20
                                                  The licensing and inspection fees are                   agency.
                                                  established under 10 CFR part 170 and                     Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42                      Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
                                                  recover the NRC’s cost of providing                     U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42 U.S.C.                  Required: Yes.
                                                  services to identifiable applicants and                 5841
                                                  licensees. Examples of services                                                                                   Agency Contact: Michele D. Kaplan,
                                                                                                            Abstract: This rule would implement
                                                  provided by the NRC for which 10 CFR                    the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act                   Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
                                                  part 170 fees are assessed include                      of 1990 (OBRA–90), as amended, which                    of the Chief Financial Officer,
                                                  license application reviews, license                    requires the Nuclear Regulatory                         Washington, DC 20555–0001, Phone:
                                                  renewals, license amendment reviews,                    Commission to recover approximately                     301 415–5256, Email: michele.kaplan@
                                                  and inspections. The annual fees                        90 percent of its budget authority in a                 nrc.gov.
                                                  established under 10 CFR part 171                       given fiscal year, less the amounts                       RIN: 3150–AK10
                                                  recover budgeted costs for generic (e.g.,               appropriated from the Waste Incidental                  [FR Doc. 2018–11244 Filed 6–8–18; 8:45 am]
                                                  research and rulemaking) and other                      to Reprocessing, generic homeland                       BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionUnknown Section
ActionSemiannual regulatory agenda.
DatesSubmit comments on rulemaking activities as identified in this Agenda by July 11, 2018.
ContactCindy Bladey, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, 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 Citation83 FR 27276 

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