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

8951 

Vol. 72, No. 39 

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Parts 50, 72, and 73 

RIN 3150–AG63 

Power Reactor Security Requirements; 

Reopening of Public Comment Period 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule: Reopening of 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: On October 26, 2006 (71 FR 

62664), the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) published for public 

comment a proposed rule that would 

amend its current security regulations 

and would add new security 

requirements pertaining to nuclear 

power reactors. Additionally, this 

rulemaking includes new proposed 

security requirements for Category I 

strategic special nuclear material 

(SSNM) facilities for access to enhanced 

weapons and firearms background 

checks. A 75-day comment period was 

provided for the proposed rule that 

expired on January 9, 2007. The 

comment period for the information 

collection aspects of the proposed rule 

expired on November 27, 2006. The 

comment period for this rulemaking was 

extended on January 5, 2007 (72 FR 480) 

to close on February 23, 2007. In the 

same notice, the comment period for the 

information collection aspects of the 

rulemaking was extended to January 11, 

2007. 

The comment period for the proposed 

rule has been reopened and now expires 

on March 26, 2007. This includes an 

extension to the comment period on the 

information collection aspects of the 

rulemaking to have both comment 

periods close on the same day. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule has been reopened and 

now expires on March 26, 2007. This 

applies to all aspects of the rulemaking, 

both general comments, as well as 

comments on the information collection 

aspects of the rulemaking. 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 before this date. 

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to: 

Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and 

Adjudications Staff. 

Hand delivered comments should also 

be addressed to the Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and 

delivered to 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, MD, between 7:30 am and 

4:15 pm Federal workdays. 

You may also provide comments via 

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking Web 

site: http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. This site 

also provides the availability to upload 

comments as files (any format), if your 

Web browser supports that function. For 

information about the interactive 

rulemaking site, contact Ms. Carol 

Gallagher, (301) 415–5905; e-mail: 

CAG@nrc.gov. 

Certain documents relating to this 

rulemaking, including comments 

received, may be examined at the NRC 

Public Document Room, 11555 

Rockville Pike, Room O1–F21, 

Rockville, MD. The same documents 

may also be viewed and downloaded 

electronically via the rulemaking Web 

site: http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. 

Documents created or received at the 

NRC after November 1, 1999 are also 

available electronically at the NRC’s 

Public Electronic Reading room on the 

Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ 

ADAMS/index.html. From this site, the 

public can gain entry into the NRC’s 

Agencywide Document Access and 

Management System (ADAMS), which 

provides text and image files of NRC’s 

public documents. For more 

information, contact the NRC Public 

Document Room Reference staff at 1– 

800–397–4209, 202–634–3273 or by email to pdr@nrc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Timothy Reed, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone (301) 415–1462; e-mail: 

TAR@nrc.gov or Mr. Dennis Gordon, 

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident 

Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone (301) 415–6671; e-mail: 

DXG@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to 

inclement weather, a public meeting 

scheduled to be held on February 14, 

2007 was postponed until March 9, 

2007. The purpose of this meeting is to 

discuss the proposed rule with members 

of the public and thereby provide 

information to the public to help inform 

their comments on the proposed 

rulemaking. Subsequently on February 

16, 2007, the NRC received two separate 

requests for extension of the comment 

period on the proposed rule from 

Riverkeeper, Inc., and the New York 

State Attorney General’s Office. Both 

requests suggested an extension of the 

comment period until a date after the 

public meeting planned for February 14, 

2007, was rescheduled. Riverkeeper 

requested a 60-day extension, while the 

New York State Attorney General’s 

Office did not specify a particular date. 

In order to enable this dialogue with 

stakeholders to take place prior to the 

close of the comment period on this 

proposed rule, and in response to 

requests from Riverkeeper and the New 

York State Attorney General, the 

comment period for the proposed 

rulemaking is reopened for an 

additional 30 days. This action is 

consistent with the NRC’s desire to 

receive informed comments from 

external stakeholders on this proposed 

rulemaking. Note that the NRC is now 

extending the comment period on the 

information collection aspects of this 

rulemaking to close on the same day as 

the general comment period. 

The deadline for comments on any 

aspect of this proposed rulemaking is 

extended to March 26, 2007. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd 

day of February, 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E7–3473 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am] 

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