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Name and Committee Code: Advisory 

Committee for Mathematical and 

Physical Sciences (#66). 

Date and Time: 

November 16, 2017; 12:30 p.m.–5:15 

p.m. 

November 17, 2017; 8:30 a.m.–2:45 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria, VA 

22314. 

Meeting Information: https://

www.nsf.gov/mps/advisory.jsp. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Tamara Savage, 

National Science Foundation, 2415 

Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria, VA 

22314; Email: tasavage@nsf.gov. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice, recommendations, and counsel 

on major goals and policies pertaining 

to mathematical and physical sciences 

programs and activities. 

Agenda 

Thursday, November 16, 2017 

• Meeting opening, FACA briefing, 

introductions, and approval of 

previous meeting minutes 

• MPS updates 

• Division updates 

• More effective external partnerships, 

part 1 

• Strategy discussion about Big Ideas 

• Prep for meeting with the NSF 

Director and COO 

Friday, November 17, 2017 

• Meeting opening and FACA briefing 

• More effective external partnerships, 

part 2 

• Meeting with the NSF Director and 

COO 

• Debrief and discussion on meeting 

with the NSF Director and COO 

• Forming a sub-committee to assess the 

Physics Frontiers program 

• Continued discussion about external 

partnerships and Big Ideas 

• Wrap up and opportunity for public 

Q&A/comments 

Dated: October 16, 2017. 

Crystal Robinson, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2017–0198] 

Revision of the Guidance Document 

for Alternative Disposal Requests 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft guidance; public meeting 

and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is requesting 

comment on the draft revision to its 

guidance document for alternative 

disposal requests entitled, ‘‘Guidance 

for the Reviews of Proposed Disposal 

Procedures and Transfers of Radioactive 

Material Under 10 CFR 20.2002 and 10 

CFR 40.13(a).’’ 

DATES: Submit comments by December 

18, 2017. 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 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–2017–0198. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

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: May Ma, Office 

of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN–2– 

A13, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

and submitting comments, see 

‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting 

Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Lee Gladney, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–1022; email: Robert.Gladney@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2017– 

0198 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–2017–0198. 

• 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, 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. 

• 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–2017– 

0198 in your 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 posts all comment 

submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov and enters 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 submissions into 

ADAMS. 

II. Background 

In 2007, following developments in 

the national program for Low-Level 

Radioactive Waste disposal (LLRW), as 

well as changes in the regulatory 

environment, the NRC conducted a 

Strategic Assessment of the NRC’s 

regulatory program for LLRW. The 

results of this assessment were 

published in late 2007 in SECY–07– 

0180, ‘‘Strategic Assessment of LowLevel Radioactive Waste Regulatory 

Program’’ (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML071350299). The goal of the 2007 

assessment was to identify and 

prioritize staff activities that: (1) Ensure 

safe and secure LLRW disposal; (2) 

improve the effectiveness, efficiency, 

and adaptability of the NRC’s LLRW 

regulatory program; and (3) ensure 

regulatory stability and predictability, 


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while allowing flexibility in disposal 

options. 

One high priority task (Task 2) in the 

Strategic Assessment was to address the 

challenge of alternative disposal of Very 

Low-Level Waste (VLLW), in 

accordance with § 20.2002 of title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), in non-traditional LLRW facilities 

such as Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act facilities, as well as the 

regulatory review and approval needed 

for such disposal. In response to 

stakeholder input regarding the 2007 

assessment, the NRC determined that 

the process for authorizing these 

disposals needed more consistency and 

clarity. The NRC committed to 

addressing these concerns through the 

development of new regulatory 

guidance. 

On August 31, 2009, the NRC issued 

interim staff procedure, ‘‘Review, 

Approval, and Documentation of LowActivity Waste Disposals in Accordance 

with 10 CFR 20.2002 and 10 CFR 

40.13(a)’’ (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML092460058). Prior to its issuance, 

there had been no single procedure 

covering safety and security reviews, the 

preparation of an environmental 

assessment, and coordination with 

internal and external stakeholders for 

alternative disposal requests. 

Accordingly, this document was 

developed and issued to provide 

consistency and guidance for NRC 

staff’s review of alternative disposal 

requests received from licensees, 

applicants, and other entities for 

alternative disposal of licensed material. 

In addition, the NRC determined that 

this guidance would be finalized after it 

had been implemented and used for 

more alternative disposal requests. 

In order to set the direction for the 

NRC’s LLRW regulatory program in the 

next several years, including the 

alternative disposal request review 

process, the NRC decided to conduct a 

new evaluation of the NRC’s LLRW 

program (referred to as a Programmatic 

Assessment). The results of this 

assessment were published in October 

2016, in SECY–16–0118, ‘‘Programmatic 

Assessment of Low-Level Radioactive 

Waste Regulatory Program’’ (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML15243A192). The 

objectives of the 2016 assessment were 

similar to the objectives of the 2007 

Strategic Assessment. Both assessments 

also have considered future needs and 

changes that may occur in the nation’s 

commercial LLRW management system. 

One of the high priority tasks (Task 5) 

included within Enclosure 1 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML15243A205) of the 

Programmatic Assessment was to 

address the challenge of alternative 

disposal of VLLW by finalizing the draft 

guidance document. Per the 

Programmatic Assessment, this final 

draft would be published for public 

comment, then issued as a final 

document. 

Accordingly, the purpose of this draft 

revision to the guidance is to improve 

the alternative disposal process by 

providing more clarity, consistency, and 

transparency to the process. In addition, 

this draft revision to the guidance also 

clarifies the meaning of disposal relative 

to 10 CFR 20.2002 authorizations to 

include recycling and reuse of materials. 

The draft revision to the guidance is 

available for public comment as 

ADAMS Accession No. ML16326A063. 

The NRC is interested in receiving 

comments related to the draft revision to 

the guidance from stakeholders, 

including professional organizations, 

licensees, Agreement States, and 

members of the public. Comments will 

be considered to determine if additional 

changes to the draft revision to the 

guidance and the alternative disposal 

request process are needed. 

During the comment period, the NRC 

will conduct a public meeting at the 

NRC’s Headquarters that will explain 

the draft revision to the guidance and 

address questions. Information 

regarding the public meeting will be 

posted on the NRC’s public meeting 

Web site at least 10 calendar days before 

the meeting. The NRC’s public meeting 

Web site is located at https://

www.nrc.gov/public-involve.html. 

The NRC will also post the meeting 

notice on the Federal rulemaking Web 

site at http://www.regulations.gov under 

Docket ID NRC–2017–0198. The NRC 

may post additional materials related to 

this document, including public 

comments, on the Federal rulemaking 

Web site. The Federal rulemaking Web 

site allows you to receive alerts when 

changes or additions occur in a docket 

folder. To subscribe: (1) Navigate to the 

docket folder (NRC–2017–0198); (2) 

click the ‘‘Sign up for Email Alerts’’ 

link; and (3) enter your email address 

and select how frequently you would 

like to receive emails (daily, weekly, or 

monthly). 

III. Requested Information and 

Comments 

The NRC staff will treat all public 

feedback as public comments on the 

draft revision to the guidance and 

consider them as it finalizes the revision 

to the guidance. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of October 2017. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Andrea Kock, 

Deputy Director, Division of 

Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and 

Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22694 Filed 10–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2017–0079] 

Quality Assurance Program Criteria 

(Design and Construction) 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 5 

to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.28, ‘‘Quality 

Assurance Program Criteria (Design and 

Construction).’’ This regulatory guide 

(RG 1.28) updates the guidance to 

endorse, with clarification or 

exceptions, multiple revisions of the 

American Society of Mechanical 

Engineers standard NQA–1 titled 

‘‘Quality Assurance Requirements for 

Nuclear Facility Applications.’’ The 

proposed revision describes methods 

that the NRC considers acceptable for 

establishing and implementing a quality 

assurance (QA) program for the design 

and construction of nuclear power 

plants and fuel reprocessing plants. 

DATES: Revision 5 to RG 1.28 is available 

on October 19, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2017–0079 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: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2017–0079. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• 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 


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