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.

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Friday, October 17, 2014 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 50 

[NRC–2013–0053] 

RIN 3150–AJ18 

Definition of a Utilization Facility 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is amending its 

regulations to add SHINE Medical 

Technologies, Inc.’s (SHINE) proposed 

accelerator-driven subcritical operating 

assemblies to the NRC’s definition of a 

‘‘utilization facility.’’ In 2013, SHINE 

submitted a two-part construction 

permit application for a medical 

radioisotope production facility that 

SHINE proposes to build in Janesville, 

Wisconsin. The proposed acceleratordriven subcritical operating assemblies, 

to be housed in SHINE’s irradiation 

facility, would be used to produce 

molybdenum-99, a radioisotope used in 

medical imaging and other 

radioisotopes used for medical 

purposes. This rule allows NRC staff to 

conduct an efficient and effective 

licensing review of the SHINE 

construction permit application and any 

subsequent operating license 

application. 

DATES: Submit comments by November 

17, 2014. Comments received after this 

date will be considered if it is practical 

to do so, but the NRC staff 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 (unless 

this document describes a different 

method for submitting comments on a 

specific subject): 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2013–0053. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@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. 

• Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301– 

415–1101. 

• Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications staff. 

• Hand deliver comments to: 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. 

(Eastern Time) Federal workdays; 

telephone: 301–415–1677. 

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: 

Steven Lynch, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation; telephone: 301–415–1524, 

email: Steven.Lynch@nrc.gov; U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2013– 

0053 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2013–0053. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

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, at 301–415–4737, or 

by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 

ADAMS accession number for each 

document referenced (if it is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

it is mentioned in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. SHINE’s 

construction permit application, 

submitted May 31, 2014, is publicly 

available in ADAMS, Accession No. 

ML13172A324. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2013– 

0053 in the subject line of your 

comment submission, in order to ensure 

that the NRC is able to make your 

comment submission available to the 

public in this docket. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information in 

comment submissions 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, and 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 submissions into 

ADAMS. 

II. Procedural Background 

Because the NRC considers this action 

to be non-controversial, the NRC is 

publishing this proposed rule 

concurrently as a direct final rule in the 

Rules and Regulations section of this 

issue of the Federal Register. The direct 

final rule will become effective on 

December 31, 2014. However, if the 

NRC receives a significant adverse 

comment on this proposed rule by 

November 17, 2014, then the NRC will 

publish a document that withdraws the 

direct final rule. If the direct final rule 

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is withdrawn, the NRC will address the 

comments received in response to these 

proposed revisions in a subsequent final 

rule. Absent significant modifications to 

the proposed revisions requiring 

republication, the NRC will not initiate 

a second comment period on this action 

in the event the direct final rule is 

withdrawn. 

A significant adverse comment is a 

comment where the commenter 

explains why the rule would be 

inappropriate, including challenges to 

the rule’s underlying premise or 

approach, or would be ineffective or 

unacceptable without a change. A 

comment is significant and adverse if it 

meets the following criteria: 

(1) The comment opposes the rule and 

provides a reason sufficient to require a 

substantive response in a notice-andcomment process. For example, the 

following comments require a 

substantive response: 

(a) The comment causes the NRC staff 

to reevaluate (or reconsider) its position 

or conduct additional analysis; 

(b) The comment raises an issue 

serious enough to warrant a substantive 

response to clarify or complete the 

record; or 

(c) The comment raises a relevant 

issue that was not previously addressed 

or considered by the NRC staff. 

(2) The comment proposes a change 

or an addition to the rule, and it is 

apparent that the rule would be 

ineffective or unacceptable without 

incorporation of the change or addition. 

(3) The comment causes the NRC staff 

to make a change (other than editorial) 

to the rule. 

For procedural information and the 

regulatory analysis, see the direct final 

rule published in the Rules and 

Regulations section of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

III. Plain Writing 

The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub. 

L. 111–274) requires Federal agencies to 

write documents in a clear, concise, 

well-organized manner that also follows 

other best practices appropriate to the 

subject or field and the intended 

audience. The NRC has written this 

document to be consistent with the 

Plain Writing Act as well as the 

Presidential Memorandum, ‘‘Plain 

Language in Government Writing,’’ 

published June 10, 1998 (63 FR 31883). 

The NRC requests comment on the 

proposed rule with respect to clarity 

and effectiveness of the language used. 

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 50 

Antitrust, Classified information, 

Criminal penalties, Fire protection, 

Intergovernmental relations, Isotopes, 

Medical isotopes, Molybdenum-99, 

Nuclear materials, Nuclear power plants 

and reactors, Radiation protection, 

Reactor siting criteria, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Utilization 

facility. 

For the reasons set out in this 

preamble and the preamble to the 

companion direct final rule being 

published concurrently with this 

proposed rule and under the authority 

of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended; the Energy Reorganization 

Act of 1974, as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 

552 and 553, the NRC is proposing to 

adopt the following amendment to 10 

CFR part 50. 

PART 50—DOMESTIC LICENSING OF 

PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION 

FACILITIES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 50 is 

revised to read as follows: 

Authority: Atomic Energy Act secs. 11, 

102, 103, 104, 105, 147, 149, 161, 181, 182, 

183, 186, 189, 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2014, 2132, 

2133, 2134, 2135, 2167, 2169, 2201, 2231, 

2232, 2233, 2236, 2239, 2273, 2282); Energy 

Reorganization Act secs. 201, 202, 206 (42 

U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846); Nuclear Waste 

Policy Act sec. 306 (42 U.S.C. 10226); 

Government Paperwork Elimination Act sec. 

1704 (44 U.S.C. 3504 note); Energy Policy Act 

of 2005, Pub. L. 109–58, 119 Stat. 194 (2005). 

Section 50.7 also issued under Pub. L. 95– 

601, sec. 10, as amended by Pub. L. 102–486, 

sec. 2902 (42 U.S.C. 5851). Section 50.10 also 

issued under Atomic Energy Act secs. 101, 

185 (42 U.S.C. 2131, 2235); National 

Environmental Policy Act sec. 102 (42 U.S.C. 

4332). Sections 50.13, 50.54(d), and 50.103 

also issued under Atomic Energy Act sec. 108 

(42 U.S.C. 2138). 

Sections 50.23, 50.35, 50.55, and 50.56 also 

issued under Atomic Energy Act sec. 185 (42 

U.S.C. 2235). Appendix Q also issued under 

National Environmental Policy Act sec. 102 

(42 U.S.C. 4332). Sections 50.34 and 50.54 

also issued under sec. 204 (42 U.S.C. 5844). 

Sections 50.58, 50.91, and 50.92 also issued 

under Pub. L. 97–415 (42 U.S.C. 2239). 

Section 50.78 also issued under Atomic 

Energy Act sec. 122 (42 U.S.C. 2152). 

Sections 50.80—50.81 also issued under 

Atomic Energy Act sec. 184 (42 U.S.C. 2234). 

■ 2. In § 50.2, revise the definition of 

‘‘utilization facility’’ to read as follows: 

§ 50.2 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Utilization facility means: 

(1) Any nuclear reactor other than one 

designed or used primarily for the 

formation of plutonium or U–233; or 

(2) An accelerator-driven subcritical 

operating assembly used for the 

irradiation of materials containing 

special nuclear material and described 

in the application assigned docket 

number 50–608. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day 

of October, 2014. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

11 CFR Part 110 

[NOTICE 2014–12] 

Aggregate Biennial Contribution Limits 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: In addition to publishing in 

today’s Federal Register an Interim 

Final Rule to remove the aggregate 

contribution limits from the 

Commission’s regulations, the 

Commission requests comments on 

whether to begin a rulemaking to revise 

other regulations in light of certain 

language from the Supreme Court’s 

recent decision in McCutcheon v. FEC. 

The Commission intends to review the 

comments it receives as it decides what 

revisions, if any, it will propose making 

to its rules. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 15, 2015. The 

Commission will hold a hearing on 

these issues on February 11, 2015. 

Anyone wishing to testify at the hearing 

must file written comments by the due 

date and must include a request to 

testify in the written comments. 

ADDRESSES: All comments must be in 

writing. Comments may be submitted 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Web site at sers.fec.gov, reference REG 

2014–01. Commenters are encouraged to 

submit comments electronically to 

ensure timely receipt and consideration. 

Alternatively, comments may be 

submitted in paper form. Paper 

comments must be sent to the Federal 

Election Commission, Attn.: Amy L. 

Rothstein, Assistant General Counsel, 

999 E Street NW., Washington, DC 

20463. All comments must include the 

full name and postal service address of 

a commenter, and of each commenter if 

filed jointly, or they will not be 

considered. The Commission will post 

comments on its Web site at the 

conclusion of the comment period. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy L. Rothstein, Assistant General 

Counsel, or Mr. Theodore M. Lutz, 

Attorney, 999 E Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20463, (202) 694–1650 

or (800) 424–9530. 

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