[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46102-46103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21205]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2014-0124]


Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Service Provider Licenses

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: NUREG; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
Revision 1 to NUREG-1556, Volume 18, ``Consolidated Guidance about 
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Service Provider 
Licenses,'' which updates licensing guidance for service provider 
licenses. This document has been revised to include information on 
updated regulatory requirements, safety culture, security of 
radioactive materials, protection of sensitive information, and changes 
in regulatory policies and practices. The document is intended for use 
by applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff.

DATES: NUREG 1556, Volume 18, Revision 1 was published in August 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0124 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0124. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#044765766b682a4365686865636c6176446a76672a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89cae8fbe6e5a7cee8e5e5e8eee1ecfbc9e7fbeaa7eee6ff">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
    <bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89f9edfba7fbecfae6fcfbeaecc9e7fbeaa7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eb9b8f99c5998e98849e99888eab859988c58c849d">[email protected]</span></a>. The 
NUREG-1556, Volume 18, Revision 1 is available in ADAMS under Accession 
No. ML17242A055.
    <bullet> 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.
    This NUREG-1556 volume is also available on the NRC's public Web 
site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/ under ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses (NUREG-
1556).''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony McMurtray, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2746; email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fcbd928894939285d2b19fb1898e888e9d85bc928e9fd29b938a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f4e617b6760617621426c427a7d7b7d6e764f617d6c21686079">[email protected]</span></a>.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    The NRC issued a revision to NUREG-1556, Volume 18, Revision 1, to 
provide guidance to existing materials service provider licensees and 
to applicants preparing an application for a materials service provider 
license. This NUREG volume also provides the NRC staff with criteria 
for evaluating these license applications. The purpose of this notice 
is to notify the public that the NUREG-1556 volume listed in this 
Federal Register notice was issued as a Final Report.

II. Additional Information

    The NRC published a notice of the availability of the draft report 
for comment version of NUREG-1556, Volume 18, Revision 1 in the Federal 
Register on July 8, 2014 (79 FR 38600) for a 30-day public comment 
period. The public comment period closed on August 7, 2014. Public 
comments on the draft NUREG-1556, Volume 18, Revision 1 and the NRC 
staff's responses to the public comments are available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML16036A128.

III. Congressional Review Act

    This NUREG volume is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review 
Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget 
has not found this NUREG revision to be a major rule as defined in the 
Congressional Review Act.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kevin Williams,
Deputy Director, Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal and 
Rulemaking Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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