SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This document corrects the final rule that was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 (85 FR 2281), to provide the correct maximum civil monetary penalty, per day, for a violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or any regulation or order issued under the Atomic Energy Act. As previously stated in the January 15 final rule, agency rules that implement the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 are expressly exempt from the notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note). As such, this corrective rulemaking is being issued without prior public notice or opportunity for public comment, with an effective date of February 20, 2020.

For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553, the NRC is adopting the following amendment to 10 CFR part 2:

Accordingly, 10 CFR part 2 is corrected by making the following correcting amendments:

1. The authority citation for part 2 continues to read as follows:

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 29, 53, 62, 63, 81, 102, 103, 104, 105, 161, 181, 182, 183, 184, 186, 189, 191, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2073, 2092, 2093, 2111, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2201, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2234, 2236, 2239, 2241, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 206 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5846); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 114(f), 134, 135, 141 (42 U.S.C. 10134(f), 10154, 10155, 10161); Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 552, 553, 554, 557, 558); National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

Section 2.205(j) also issued under 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

2. In § 2.205(j), remove the amount “$303.471” and add in its place “$303,471”.

85 FR 9661