This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 85, No. 233 

Thursday, December 3, 2020 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Chapter I 

[NRC–2020–0261] 

NRC Enforcement Policy 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed policy statement 

revision; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment a proposed policy statement 

titled NRC Enforcement Policy (the 

Policy). The NRC is soliciting comments 

from interested parties, including public 

interest groups, States, members of the 

public, and the regulated industry (i.e., 

reactor, fuel cycle, and material 

licensees, vendors, and contractors) to 

assist the NRC in revising its policy. 

DATES: Submit comments by February 1, 

2021. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but the NRC is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2020–0261. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Dawn 

Forder; telephone: 301–415–3407; 

email: Dawn.Forder@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Email comments to: 

Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you 

do not receive an automatic email reply 

confirming receipt, then contact us at 

301–415–1677. 

• Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. 

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: 

Gerry Gulla, Office of Enforcement, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–287–9143; email: Gerald.Gulla@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2020– 

0261 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2020–0261. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable 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, 301– 

415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. The Draft NRC Enforcement 

Policy and Enforcement Policy Revision 

Summary are available in ADAMS 

under Accession Nos. ML20297A235 

and ML20297A243 respectively. 

• Attention: The Public Document 

Room (PDR), where you may examine 

and order copies of public documents is 

currently closed. You may submit your 

request to the PDR via email at 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800– 

397–4209 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

(EST), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2020– 

0261 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 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 

The mission of the NRC is to license 

and regulate the Nation’s civilian use of 

byproduct, source, and special nuclear 

material to ensure adequate protection 

of public health and safety, promote the 

common defense and security, and 

protect the environment. Adequate 

protection is presumptively assured by 

compliance with the NRC’s regulations. 

The NRC Enforcement Policy (the 

Policy) contains the basic process used 

to assess and disposition apparent 

violations of NRC requirements. 

III. Discussion 

This document provides the public 

with an opportunity to review and 

provide comments on the draft revision 

to the policy found in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML20297A235. Each 

proposed revision is referenced with a 

bracketed number, called an item 

number. Each item number is listed in 

the ‘‘Enforcement Policy Revision 

Summary’’ document (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML20297A243) and 

includes a brief description of the 

proposed revision. Comments received 

during this 60-day comment period will 

be considered for the final version of the 

policy. 

Dated: November 30, 2020. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

George A. Wilson, 

Director, Office of Enforcement. 

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