SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0055 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0055.
• NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/​reading-rm/​adams.html. To begin the search, 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, at 301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. Draft RIS 2025-XX, “Applicability of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 71 Requirements During the Movement of Radioactive Material Within a Temporary Jobsite,” is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML24206A139.
• NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

B. Submitting Comments

The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website ( https://www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC-2025-0055 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 https://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.

II. Background

NRC staff and other stakeholders have recently raised questions about the applicability of certain requirements in part 71 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), “Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material” to NRC licensed service providers operating within a temporary jobsite that is authorized pursuant to the service provider's license.

The NRC is issuing this draft RIS to clarify the applicability of the requirements of 10 CFR part 71, “Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material,” for the transport of radioactive material within a temporary jobsite. This draft RIS requires no action or written response on the part of any addressee.

The draft RIS clarifies that, during movement of radioactive materials for the purpose of transport by an NRC licensed service provider within a temporary jobsite (as defined by the applicable section of 10 CFR), the regulations at 10 CFR 71.5(a) and 10 CFR 71.5(b) are not applicable so long ( printed page 11392) as the activities are within an area established as a temporary jobsite pursuant to the service provider's license.

As noted in the Federal Register on June 8, 2018 (83 FR 20858), this document is being published in the “Proposed Rules” section of the Federal Register to comply with publication requirements under 10 CFR chapter I.

III. Proposed Action

The NRC is requesting public comments on the draft RIS. All comments that are to receive consideration in the final RIS must be submitted electronically or in writing as indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this document. The NRC staff will make a final determination regarding issuance of the RIS after it considers any public comments received in response to this request.

90 FR 11391