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

52862 

Vol. 82, No. 219 

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Parts 50 and 52 

[NRC–2015–0225] 

RIN 3150–AJ68 

Emergency Preparedness 

Requirements for Small Modular 

Reactors and Other New Technologies 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory basis; availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is making available 

a regulatory basis document in support 

of a rulemaking that would develop new 

emergency preparedness (EP) 

requirements for small modular reactors 

(SMRs) and other new technologies 

(ONTs), such as non-light-water reactors 

and medical isotope production 

facilities. The regulatory basis 

concludes that there is sufficient 

justification to proceed with rulemaking 

to develop a clear set of rules and 

guidance for EP for SMRs and ONTs. 

The regulatory basis also concludes that 

the principle of using a dose-at-distance 

and consequence-oriented approach to 

determine the appropriate size of an 

emergency planning zone can be 

applied to SMRs and ONTs. The NRC is 

not seeking public comment on this 

document. There will be an opportunity 

for formal public comment on the 

proposed rule when it is published in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: The regulatory basis is available 

on November 15, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2015–0225 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information for this action. You may 

obtain publicly-available 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–2015–0225. 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 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Carrera, Office of New Reactors, 

telephone: 301–415–1078, email: 

Andrew.Carrera@nrc.gov; and Edward 

Roach, Office of Nuclear Security 

Incident and Response, telephone: 301– 

287–9228, email: Edward.Roach@

nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The NRC published the draft 

regulatory basis in the Federal Register 

on April 13, 2017 (82 FR 17768), for a 

75-day public comment period. In the 

draft regulatory basis, the NRC 

requested feedback from the public on 

questions related to the scope of the 

draft regulatory basis, performancebased approach, regulatory impacts, and 

cumulative effects of regulation. 

The NRC received 57 written 

comments from governmental and nongovernmental organizations and 

individuals, which are available at 

https://www.regulations.gov under 

Docket ID NRC–2015–0225. The 

commenters included approximately 45 

individuals, 4 environmental groups, 3 

industry groups, 1 Native American 

Tribal organization, 3 State 

organizations, and 1 Federal agency. 

The comments discussed topics such as: 

Consequence-based approach, 

collocation, dose assessment, emergency 

planning zone and offsite EP, siting of 

multi-module facilities, regulatory 

analysis, scope of the draft regulatory 

basis, safety, and general rulemaking 

principles such as performance-based 

and technology-inclusive approaches. 

The NRC staff considered the comments 

in finalizing the regulatory basis. The 

regulatory basis is available in ADAMS 

under Accession No. ML17206A265 or 

on the Federal rulemaking Web site, 

www.regulations.gov, under Docket ID 

NRC–2015–0225. 

II. Publicly-Available Documents 

As the NRC continues its ongoing 

proposed rulemaking effort to 

implement EP requirements for SMRs 

and ONTs in parts 50 and 52 of title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations, the 

NRC is making documents publicly 

available on the Federal rulemaking 

Web site, www.regulations.gov, under 

Docket ID NRC–2015–0225. The current 

status of this rulemaking effort, as well 

as other NRC planned rulemaking 

activities, can be found on the NRC 

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

reading-rm/doc-collections/rulemakingruleforum/active/RuleIndex.html. 

The NRC may post additional 

materials relevant to this rulemaking at 

www.regulations.gov, under Docket ID 

NRC–2015–0225. Please take the 

following actions if you wish to receive 

alerts when changes or additions occur 

in a docket folder: (1) Navigate to the 

docket folder (NRC–2015–0225); (2) 

click the ‘‘Email Alert’’ link; and (3) 

enter your email address and select how 

frequently you would like to receive 

emails (daily, weekly, or monthly). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day 

of November, 2017. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Patricia K. Holahan, 

Director, Division of Rulemaking, Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24672 Filed 11–14–17; 8:45 am] 

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