71134 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 230 / Monday, December 1, 2014 / Notices 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Tremaine Donnell, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28186 Filed 11–28–14; 8:45 am] 

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Application for a License To Export 

Deuterium 

Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 110.70(b) 

‘‘Public Notice of Receipt of an 

Application,’’ please take notice that the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) has received the following 

request for an export license. Copies of 

the request are available electronically 

through the Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System and 

can be accessed through the Public 

Electronic Reading Room link http://

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html at the 

NRC Homepage. 

A request for a hearing or petition for 

leave to intervene may be filed within 

thirty days after publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register (FR). Any 

request for hearing or petition for leave 

to intervene shall be served by the 

requestor or petitioner upon the 

applicant, the office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555; 

the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555; 

and the Executive Secretary, U.S. 

Department of State, Washington, DC 

20520. 

A request for a hearing or petition for 

leave to intervene may be filed with the 

NRC electronically in accordance with 

NRC’s E-Filing rule promulgated in 

August 2007, 72 FR 49139; August 28, 

2007. Information about filing 

electronically is available on the NRC’s 

public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/

site-help/e-submittals.html. To ensure 

timely electronic filing, at least five days 

prior to the filing deadline, the 

petitioner/requestor should contact the 

Office of the Secretary by email at 

HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV, or by 

calling (301) 415–1677, to request a 

digital ID certificate and allow for the 

creation of an electronic docket. 

In addition to a request for hearing or 

petition for leave to intervene, written 

comments, in accordance with 10 CFR 

110.81, should be submitted within 

thirty days after publication of this 

notice in the FR to Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555, 

Attention: Rulemaking and 

Adjudications. 

The information concerning this 

application for an export license 

follows. 

NRC EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATION

[Description of material] 

Name of applicant; date of 

application; date received; 

application No.; docket No. 

Material type Total quantity End use Destination 

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc.; November 6, 

2014; November 7, 

2014; XMAT433; 

11006181.

Non-radioactive Deuterium 

gas, Deuterium oxide, 

Deuterium compounds.

10,000 kg—90% as deuterium oxide, remainder as 

gas and compounds.

To assist in continued scientific research; which 

may include identification of chemicals in reaction pathways, metabolic studies, or environmental analysis.

Republic of Korea. 

Dated this 24th day of November, 2014 at 

Rockville, Maryland. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

David L. Skeen, 

Deputy Director, Office of International 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28240 Filed 11–28–14; 8:45 am] 

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[NRC–2012–0235] 

Tribal Protocol Manual 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Revision to guidance; request 

for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment Revision 1 of the NRC’s 

‘‘Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for 

NRC Staff.’’ The Tribal Protocol Manual 

provides internal guidance to the NRC 

staff on protocols to facilitate the NRC 

staff’s engagement with Tribal 

governments. 

DATES: Submit comments by June 1, 

2015. 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: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2012–0235. 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. 

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, 

Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 

3WFN–06–A44M, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

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: 

Patricia McGrady-Finneran, Office of 

Nuclear Materials Safety and 

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone: 301–415–2326; email: 

Patricia.McGrady-Finneran@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2012– 

0235 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–2012–0235. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

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available 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, 301–415–4737, or by 

email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the 

convenience of the reader, instructions 

about obtaining materials referenced in 

this document are provided in the 

‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section. 

• 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–2012– 

0235 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 into ADAMS. 

II. Background 

In January 2009, the Commission 

directed the NRC staff to develop an 

internal protocol for interactions with 

Native American Tribal governments 

that allows for custom approaches to 

address the interests of both the NRC 

and the Tribal governments on a caseby-case basis (SRM–M081211). On 

November 5, 2009, President Obama 

issued a Presidential Memorandum, 

‘‘Tribal Consultation’’ (74 FR 5881), that 

reaffirmed Executive Order 13175, 

‘‘Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribal Governments’’ (November 

6, 2000; 65 FR 67249), and emphasized 

the importance of strengthening 

government-to-government 

relationships with Native American 

Tribes. In SECY–09–0180, ‘‘U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission Interaction with 

Native American Tribes,’’ dated 

December 11, 2009, the NRC staff 

reviewed its various interactions with 

Native American Tribes, and noted that 

these interactions were limited to a 

small number of activities under the 

NRC regulatory authority. At that time, 

the NRC staff concluded that a ‘‘case-bycase’’ approach had proved effective in 

interactions with Native American 

Tribes by allowing for custom-tailored 

approaches that met Commission and 

tribal needs, and that no formal policy 

was needed. The NRC staff also noted 

that internal guidance on protocol 

would further enhance the NRC staff’s 

engagement with Native American 

Tribes. The internal NRC guidance, 

‘‘Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for 

NRC Employees,’’ was developed and 

issued in March 2010. It was revised in 

October 2012. 

III. Discussion 

Section 161p. of the Atomic Energy 

Act of 1954, as Amended, permits the 

NRC to make, promulgate, issue, 

rescind, and amend such rules and 

regulations as may be necessary to carry 

out the purposes of this Act. This can 

include the development of guidance 

documents for implementation of the 

NRC’s policies or provisions. 

On October 12, 2012, the NRC 

published the ‘‘Tribal Protocol Manual’’ 

for public comment and requested 

public comments providing suggestions 

for a proposed tribal consultation policy 

statement (77 FR 62269) for a 180-day 

comment period. After reviewing the 

public comments on the October 2012 

version of the Tribal Protocol Manual, 

the NRC revised the staff guidance. The 

NRC received six comment letters on 

the Tribal Policy Statement and 

protocol. Commenters included two 

Tribal governments, two mining 

associations, one inter-Tribal 

organization, and a Tribal college. The 

comments were grouped within the 

topics of: (1) NRC Tribal 

communication, (2) NRC Tribal 

consultation, (3) NRC Tribal resources, 

(4) terminology, (5) NRC map of Tribal 

reservations near nuclear reactors, (6) 

Federal-Tribal history, and (7) 

contemporary Tribal conditions. The 

NRC is making available ‘‘Tribal 

Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC 

Staff—Comment Responses.’’ 

The NRC revised the Tribal Protocol 

Manual to define consultation for the 

NRC as ‘‘meaningful and timely 

discussion with Tribal governments on 

NRC regulatory actions that have 

substantial direct effects on one or more 

Indian Tribes.’’ The NRC revised the 

Tribal Protocol Manual to better address 

the unique relationship between the 

United States and Tribes and how the 

NRC exercises its trust responsibility. 

The NRC also made changes to the 

historical account of the Federal-Tribal 

relationship. The Tribal Protocol 

Manual now includes a general 

discussion that addresses the 

contributions of Treaties, policy, law, 

court decisions, and Executive Orders to 

Federal Indian law. 

On August 27, 2014, the Commission 

directed the NRC staff (‘‘Staff 

Requirements—SECY–14–0006—Tribal 

Consultation Policy Statement and 

Protocol’’) to publish a draft ‘‘Tribal 

Policy Statement,’’ which also appears 

in today’s Federal Register, and ‘‘Tribal 

Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC 

Staff, Revision 1’’ for comment. This 

notice requests public comment on the 

‘‘Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for 

NRC Staff, Revision 1.’’ Public 

comments that were received on the 

October 2012 version of the Tribal 

Protocol Manual and the NRC responses 

to the public comments can be found in 

‘‘Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for 

NRC Staff—Comment Responses;’’ the 

comments received on the October 2012 

version of the Tribal Protocol Manual 

are available through any of the 

methods described in Section I, 

‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting 

Comments,’’ of this document (i.e., 

through the Federal rulemaking site, 

NRC’s ADAMS, or the NRC’s PDR). The 

next scheduled revision of the Tribal 

Protocol Manual will include changes 

needed to conform to the final Tribal 

Policy Statement and will be informed 

by public comments on the revised 

Tribal Protocol Manual. 

IV. Availability of Documents 

The documents identified in the 

following table are available to 

interested persons through one or more 

of the following methods, as indicated. 


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Document 

ADAMS Accession No./ 

Web link/Federal 

Register citation 

Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC Staff, Revision 1. ........................................................................................... ML14274A014 

Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC Staff — Comment Responses ....................................................................... ML14297A280 

Executive Order 13175, ‘‘Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments,’’ November 9, 2000 ............. 65 FR 67249 

Presidential Memorandum for the Heads Executive Departments and Agencies, ‘‘Tribal Consultation,’’ November 5, 

2009.

74 FR 57881 

SECY–09–0180, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Interaction with Native American Tribes .................................... ML092800263 

SRM–M081211, Staff Requirements—Briefing on Uranium Recovery, 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Thursday, December 

11, 2008, Commissioners’ Conference Room, One White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland (Open to Public Attendance).

ML090080206 

STAFF REQUIREMENTS—SECY–14–0006—TRIBAL CONSULTATION POLICY STATEMENT AND PROTOCOL .... ML14240A083 

Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC Staff (October 2012) ...................................................................................... ML12261A423 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day 

of November 2014. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Laura A. Dudes, 

Director, Division of Material Safety, States, 

Tribal, and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27324 Filed 11–28–14; 8:45 am] 

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[NRC–2012–0235] 

Tribal Policy Statement 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed policy statement; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is making available 

for public comment the proposed Policy 

Statement, ‘‘NRC Tribal Policy 

Statement.’’ The proposed policy 

statement establishes principles to be 

followed by the NRC to ensure effective 

government-to-government interactions 

with American Indian and Alaska 

Native Tribes, and to encourage and 

facilitate Tribal involvement in the areas 

over which the Commission has 

jurisdiction. The NRC is committed to 

an open and collaborative regulatory 

environment in the development and 

implementation of activities that have 

Tribal implications and welcomes 

comments as a means of fostering 

meaningful consultation and 

coordination with Indian Tribes. 

DATES: Submit comments on the 

proposed Tribal Policy Statement by 

March 31, 2015. 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. 

ADDRESSES: You may access information 

and submit comments related to this 

document 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–2012–0235. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3442; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, 

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and 

Directives Branch, Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: 3WFN–06– 

44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

For additional direction on accessing 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Accessing Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Ryan, telephone: 630–829– 

9724, email: Michelle.Ryan@nrc.gov; or 

Haimanot Yilma, telephone: 301–415– 

8029, email: Haimanot.Yilma@nrc.gov; 

both of the Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Accessing Information and Submitting 

Comments 

II. Background 

III. Discussion 

IV. Summary of Public Comments on the 

Proposed Policy Statement and NRC 

Staff Responses to the Comments 

V. Proposed Tribal Policy Statement 

I. Accessing Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Accessing Information 

Please refer to Docket ID: NRC–2012– 

0235 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information regarding 

this document. You may access 

publicly-available information related to 

this document by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID: NRC–2012–0235. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may access publicly 

available documents online in the NRC 

Library at: http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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, 301–415–4737, or by 

email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 

ADAMS accession number for each 

document referenced in this document 

(if that document is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

a document is referenced. 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–2012– 

0235 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 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 


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