[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 13 (Friday, January 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6683-6684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01379]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2020-0192]


Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance, Characterization, Survey, 
and Determination of Radiological Criteria

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment; extension of comment period; 
public meeting.

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SUMMARY: On December 8, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) issued a draft report for comment, NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision 
2, ``Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance, Characterization, Survey, 
and Determination of Radiological Criteria.'' The public comment period 
was originally scheduled to close on February 8, 2021. The NRC has 
decided to extend the public comment period to allow more time for 
members of the public to develop and submit their comments. 
Additionally, the NRC staff would like to announce that it will hold a 
public meeting on Monday, March 15, 2021, to discuss updates to the 
guidance document and provide members of the public an opportunity to 
comment on the draft guidance document. Details regarding the public 
meeting and agenda will be forthcoming on the NRC's public website 
https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on 
December 8, 2020 (85 FR 79044) is extended. Comments should be filed no 
later than April 8, 2021. Comments received after this date will be 
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to 
ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking website:
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0192. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6fcd3d8d8dfd0d3c498f4d9c4d1d3c5f6d8c4d598d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1359767d7d7a7576613d517c61747660537d61703d747c65">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this document.
    <bullet> Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing 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: Cynthia Barr, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555 0001; telephone: 301 415-4015; email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#65261c0b110d0c044b27041717250b17064b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="185b61766c707179365a796a6a58766a7b367f776e">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0192 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:
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0192.
    <bullet> 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, 301-

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415-4737, or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#daaabea8f4a8bfa9b5afa8b9bf9ab4a8b9f4bdb5ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e0e1a0c500c1b0d110b0c1d1b3e100c1d50191108">[email protected]</span></a>. NUREG-1757, Volume 2, 
Revision 2, is located at ADAMS Accession Number ML20273A010.
    <bullet> Attention: The 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e0e1a0c500c1b0d110b0c1d1b3e100c1d50191108"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f4849086da8691879b81869791b49a8697da939b82">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 
301-415-4737 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), 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-2020-0192 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. Discussion

    On December 8, 2020 (85 FR 79044), the NRC issued for public 
comment draft NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision 2, ``Consolidated 
Decommissioning Guidance, Characterization, Survey, and Determination 
of Radiological Criteria.'' The purpose was to provide interested 
stakeholders an opportunity to comment on the draft guidance document. 
The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on February 
8, 2021. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period on 
this document until April 8, 2021, to allow more time for members of 
the public to submit their comments. Additionally, the NRC staff will 
hold a public meeting on Monday, March 15, 2021, to discuss updates to 
the guidance document and provide members of the public an opportunity 
to comment on the draft guidance document. Details regarding the public 
meeting and agenda will be forthcoming on the NRC's public website 
https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg.

    Dated: January 14, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2021-01379 Filed 1-21-21; 8:45 am]
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