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submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment submissions into 

ADAMS. 

II. Discussion 

The NRC is proposing to amend its 

regulations, in part 61 Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

‘‘Licensing Requirements for Land 

Disposal of Radioactive Waste,’’ to 

require new and revised site-specific 

analyses and to permit the development 

of criteria for waste acceptance based on 

the results of these analyses. These 

amendments will ensure that waste 

streams that are significantly different in 

terms of radiological characteristics 

(e.g., half-life) from those considered in 

the technical basis for the current 

regulations can be disposed of safely 

and meet the performance objectives. 

These amendments will also increase 

the use of site-specific information to 

ensure that public health and safety 

would continue to be protected. These 

changes would revise the existing sitespecific analysis for protection of the 

general population to include a 10,000- 

year compliance period (i.e., 

performance assessment); add a new 

site-specific analysis for the protection 

of inadvertent intruders that would 

include a 10,000-year compliance 

period and a dose limit (i.e., intruder 

assessment); add a new long-term 

analysis for certain long-lived wastes 

that would include a post-10,000-year 

performance period; and revise the preclosure analysis to include updates to 

the performance assessment, intruder 

assessment, and long-term analyses. The 

NRC would also be adding a new 

requirement to develop criteria for the 

acceptance of waste for disposal based 

on either the results of these analyses or 

the existing waste classification 

requirements. While the existing 

regulatory requirements are adequate to 

protect public health and safety, these 

amendments would enhance the safe 

disposal of LLRW. The NRC is also 

proposing additional changes to the 

regulations for disposal licensees to 

reduce ambiguity, facilitate 

implementation, and better align the 

requirements with current health and 

safety standards. This rule would affect 

LLRW disposal facilities that are 

regulated by the NRC or the Agreement 

States. 

In May, 2011, the NRC published 

preliminary rule language (76 FR 24831) 

and the associated regulatory basis 

document for public comment. Since 

then, the NRC staff received additional 

directions from the Commission in a 

Staff Requirements Memorandum to 

COMWDM–11–0002/COMGEA–11– 

0002 (ADAMS accession number 

ML120190360). The Commission 

directed staff to expand the limitedscope revision regarding site-specific 

analyses to bring a clearer, riskinformed approach to Part 61. Based on 

the Commission’s direction, the NRC 

staff revised the regulatory basis 

document associated with this 

rulemaking and developed a second 

(November 2012) version of the 

preliminary rule language. 

The NRC is inviting stakeholders to 

comment on the November 2012 

preliminary rule language. The NRC is 

publishing the November 2012 

preliminary rule language and its 

associated regulatory basis to provide 

increased awareness to interested 

stakeholders, inform stakeholders of the 

current status of the NRC’s activities, 

and solicit public comments on the 

November 2012 preliminary rule 

language. The November 2012 

preliminary rule language and its 

associated regulatory basis document 

supercede the May 2011 versions. 

The NRC will review and consider 

any comments on the November 2012 

preliminary rule language received by 

January 7, 2013. Comments received 

after this date will be considered if it is 

practical to do so, but the NRC is able 

to assure consideration only for 

comments received on or before this 

date. Stakeholders will have additional 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed rule when it is published in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Administrative Procedures Act. The 

NRC will respond to all stakeholder 

comments in the Statements of 

Consideration for the final rule. 

The NRC may post updates to the 

preliminary rule language on the 

Federal rulemaking Web site under 

Docket ID NRC–2011–0012. The 

Regulations.gov Web site allows 

members of the public to set-up email 

alerts so that they may be notified when 

documents are added to a docket. Users 

are notified via email at an email 

address provided at the time of 

registration for the notification. 

Directions for signing up for the email 

alerts can be found at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. To do so, navigate 

to a docket folder you are interested in 

and then click the ‘‘Sign up for Email 

Alerts’’ link. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day 

of November, 2012. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Deborah Jackson, 

Deputy Director, Division of 

Intergovernmental Liaison and Rulemaking, 

Office of Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29527 Filed 12–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 91, 121, 125 and 135 

[Docket No.: FAA–2012–0953] 

Policy Statement on Occupational 

Safety and Health Standards for 

Aircraft Cabin Crewmembers 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of a proposed policy 

statement regarding the regulation of 

some occupational safety and health 

conditions affecting cabin crewmembers 

on aircraft by the Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration (OSHA). 

This policy statement will enhance 

occupational safety and health in the 

aircraft cabin by establishing the extent 

to which OSHA requirements may 

apply to the working conditions of 

aircraft cabin crew while they are 

onboard aircraft in operation. 

DATES: Send comments on or before 

January 7, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2012–0953 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: The FAA will post all 

comments it receives, without change, 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

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commenter provides. Using the search 

function of the docket Web site, anyone 

can find and read the electronic form of 

all comments received into any FAA 

docket, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement can be 

found in the Federal Register published 

on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–19478), 

as well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

proposed policy statement, contact Gene 

Kirkendall, Part 121 Air Carrier 

Operations Branch (AFS–220), Flight 

Standards Service, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–8166; email 

Gene.Kirkendall@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites interested persons to 

participate by submitting written 

comments, data, or views on the policy 

statement. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the policy 

statement, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. To ensure the docket 

does not contain duplicate comments, 

commenters should send only one copy 

of written comments, or if comments are 

filed electronically, commenters should 

submit only one time. 

The FAA will file in the docket all 

comments it receives, as well as a report 

summarizing each substantive public 

contact with FAA personnel concerning 

this notice. The FAA will consider 

comments filed after the comment 

period has closed if it is possible to do 

so without incurring expense or delay. 

The proposed policy statement is 

available for review in the assigned 

docket at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Background 

On July 10, 1975, the FAA published 

a notice in the Federal Register setting 

forth the FAA’s determination that its 

authority to promote the safety of civil 

aircraft operations included 

occupational safety and health for 

aircraft crewmembers. The FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 

currently requires the FAA to initiate 

development of a policy statement to set 

forth the circumstances in which the 

requirements of the OSHA may be 

applied to crewmembers while working 

in an aircraft. Since this proposed 

policy statement changes an existing 

FAA policy that has been in effect for 

37 years, and this new policy would 

change the extent of FAA’s jurisdiction 

over cabin crewmembers, FAA believes 

that the aviation industry as well as all 

interested parties should have the 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed policy statement before it is 

implemented. 

Therefore, this notice is requesting 

comment on the proposed policy 

statement which is available for review 

in the assigned docket. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

29, 2012. 

John M. Allen, 

Director, Flight Standards Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29631 Filed 12–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

27 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. TTB–2012–0006; Notice No. 

131; Re: T.D. TTB–109] 

RIN 1513–AB94 

Small Brewers Bond Reduction 

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: Elsewhere in this issue of the 

Federal Register, the Alcohol and 

Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is 

publishing a temporary rule that for a 

period of three years modifies the penal 

sum for a brewer’s bond where the 

excise tax liability of the brewer is 

reasonably expected to be not more than 

$50,000 in the current calendar year and 

the brewer was liable for not more than 

$50,000 in such taxes in the preceding 

calendar year. Under the temporary 

rule, for the next three years, the penal 

sum of the required bond is $1,000 for 

such brewers who file excise tax returns 

and remit taxes quarterly. In this 

document, TTB proposes to adopt the 

$1,000 penal sum amount for the 

brewer’s bond for such brewers as a 

permanent regulatory change. This 

document also proposes amendments to 

the regulatory text to require that such 

brewers file Federal excise tax returns 

and payments quarterly, as well as 

submit reports of operations quarterly. 

Finally, TTB is soliciting comments on 

how the TTB regulations governing 

brewers’ operations might be modified 

to reduce the burden on brewers and, at 

the same time, meet all statutory 

requirements and protect the revenue. 

DATES: TTB must receive comments on 

or before February 5, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments on 

the proposals contained in this 

document to one of the following 

addresses: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: To 

submit comments via the Internet, use 

the comment form for this document as 

posted within Docket No. TTB–2012– 

0006 at ‘‘Regulations.gov,’’ the Federal 

e-rulemaking portal; 

• U.S. Mail: Director, Regulations and 

Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco 

Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street 

NW., Box 12, Washington, DC 20005; 

• Hand Delivery/Courier in Lieu of 

Mail: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW., Suite 

200–E, Washington, DC 20005. 

See the Public Participation section of 

this document for specific instructions 

and requirements for submitting 

comments, and for information on how 

to request a public hearing. 

You may view copies of this 

document, the related temporary rule, 

selected supporting materials, and any 

comments TTB receives about this 

proposal within Docket No. TTB–2012– 

0006 at http://www.regulations.gov. A 

link to this Regulations.gov docket is 

posted on the TTB Web site at http:// 

www.ttb.gov/beer/beerrulemaking.shtml under Notice No. 131. 

You also may view copies of this 

document, the related temporary rule, 

all supporting materials, and any 

comments TTB receives about this 

proposal by appointment at the TTB 

Information Resource Center, 1310 G 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20005. 

Please call 202–453–2270 to make an 

appointment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ramona Hupp, Regulations and Rulings 

Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW., Box 

12, Washington, DC 20005; telephone 

202–453–1039, ext. 110 or email 

BeerRegs@ttb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

TTB Authority 

Chapter 51 of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 (IRC), pertains to the 

taxation of distilled spirits, wines, and 

beer (see title 26 of the United States 


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