Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
We are publishing our regulatory agenda (the Agenda) in accordance with Public Law 96-354, "The Regulatory Flexibility Act" (RFA), Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, "Regulatory Plan...
We are publishing our regulatory agenda (the Agenda) in accordance with Public Law 96-354, “The Regulatory Flexibility Act” (RFA), Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, “Regulatory Planning and Review,” E.O. 14219, “Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's `Department of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Initiative,” E.O. 14215, “Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies,” and E.O. 14192, “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation.” The NRC's Agenda is a compilation of all rulemaking activities on which we have recently completed action or have proposed or are considering action. The NRC's Agenda was last issued online at the Office of Management and Budget's website at
www.reginfo.gov
on September 4, 2025, and published in the
Federal Register
on September 22, 2025 (90 FR 45648). This issuance of our Agenda contains information about rulemaking activities that are under development, completed, or canceled since the last Agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Araceli Billoch Colon, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415- 3302; email:
Araceli.Billochcolon@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-2025-0940 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this document. You may obtain publicly available information related to this document by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
www.regulations.gov
and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0940.
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, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Reginfo.gov:
For completed rulemaking activities go to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaHistory?showStage=completed,
select “Fall 2025 the Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions” from the drop-down menu, and select “Nuclear Regulatory Commission” from the drop-down menu.
For long term rulemaking activities go to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain,
select link for “Current Long Term Actions,” and select “Nuclear Regulatory Commission” from the drop-down menu.
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.
The NRC assigns a “Regulation Identifier Number” (RIN) to a rulemaking activity when the 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. 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 agency priorities, planning and coordination of public engagement efforts, and regulatory actions that have occurred on a rulemaking activity since publication of our last Agenda on September 4, 2025. Specifically, the information in this Agenda has been updated through November 7, 2025. The NRC provides additional information on planned rulemaking and petition for rulemaking activities, including priority and schedule, in the NRC's Rulemaking Tracking System on our website at
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/active/ruleindex.html.
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 issuance 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
www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/rulemaking/flexibility-act/small-entities.html.
Public Comments Received on the NRC's Spring Unified Agenda
The comment period on the NRC's last Agenda (published on September 22, 2025, 90 FR 45648) closed on October 22, 2025. The NRC did not
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receive any comments on its Spring 2025 Agenda. The NRC will request public comments on its Spring 2026 agenda.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Araceli Billoch Colon,
Chief, Rulemaking Projects Branch 2, Division of Guidance, Rulemaking, Economic Analysis, and Technical Editing, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission—Long-Term Actions
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
478
Revision to the NRC's Acquisition Regulation (NRCAR) [NRC-2014-0033]
3150-AJ36
479
Items Containing Byproduct Material Incidental to Production [NRC-2015-0017]
3150-AJ54
Nuclear Regulatory Commission—Completed Actions
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
480
Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2026 [NRC-2023-0212]
3150-AL12
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
(NRC)
Long-Term Actions
478. REVISION TO THE NRC'S ACQUISITION REGULATION (NRCAR) [NRC-2014-0033]
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's acquisition regulations (NRCAR) that govern the procurement of goods and services for the agency. The purpose of this rulemaking is to update the NRCAR to conform with external regulations, incorporate NRC organizational changes, and remove outdated or obsolete information. The revisions would affect both internal and external stakeholders (contractors) and are needed to support current NRC contracting policies and ensure openness, transparency, and effectiveness in agency acquisitions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
11/00/27
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: David Suchy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's regulations regarding requirements for track-etched membranes that have been irradiated with mixed fission products during the production process. The rule also would accommodate the licensing and distribution of other irradiated products (
e.g.,
gemstones) without the need for a specific exemption for each distributor. This rulemaking would affect the licensees and applicants for items containing byproduct material incidental to production. The rulemaking addresses a petition for rulemaking (PRM-30-65). The NRC engaged with stakeholders by issuing draft versions of preliminary proposed rule language, and requesting public feedback.
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's regulations for fee schedules. Consistent with the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA), the NRC conducts this rulemaking annually to recover, to the maximum extent practicable, approximately 100 percent of the NRC's total budget authority, less the budget authority for excluded activities. NEIMA requires that the FY 2026 fees to be collected, to the maximum extent practicable, by September 30, 2026. This rulemaking would affect the fee schedules for licensing, inspections, and annual fees charged to the NRC's applicants and licensees.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 53160
Web Citation
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“Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions,” thefederalregister.org (August 14, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-16618/unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions.
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