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Federal Register :: Addition of South Sudan to the Restricted Destinations List
A Rule by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 02/06/2013
The final rule is effective February 6, 2013.
78 FR 8360
NRC-2012-0278
3150-AJ21
2013-02620
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2013-02620 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2013-02620
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its export and import regulations by adding South Sudan to the list of restricted destinations. This amendment is necessary to conform the NRC's regulations with U.S. Government foreign policy.
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Brooke G. Smith, Senior International Policy Analyst, Office of International Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2347; email: brooke.smith@nrc.gov.
II. Voluntary Consensus Standards.
III. Environmental Impact: Categorical Exclusion.
IV. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement.
V. Regulatory Analysis.
VI. Regulatory Flexibility Certification.
VII. Backfit and Issue Finality.
VIII. Congressional Review Act.
The purpose of this final rule is to revise the NRC's export and import regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 110, “Export and Import of Nuclear Equipment and Material,” with regard to U.S. Government law and policy on South Sudan. South Sudan is an independent country, separate from Sudan. Following a referendum, South Sudan became an independent state on July 9, 2011, and the United States established diplomatic relations with South Sudan on the same day. Long-standing U.S. sanctions policy has been aimed at the current Sudan regime centered in Khartoum, Sudan, not South Sudan or its government, centered in Juba, South Sudan. The United States does not treat South Sudan as Sudan, and does not apply, for example, its Sudan Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR part 538) to South Sudan. Moreover, the Secretary of State's determination that Sudan provided repeated support for acts of international terrorism does not apply to South Sudan.
In light of the foregoing, the Executive Branch recommended that the NRC amend part 110 to add South Sudan to the restricted destinations list in § 110.29, while leaving Sudan on the embargoed destinations list in § 110.28. This means that exports of certain nuclear and byproduct materials to South Sudan may qualify for the NRC general license specified in §§ 110.21 through 110.24.
At present, South Sudan has no nuclear research or power program; however, South Sudan does have the need for radioactive sources for legitimate industrial, medical, and research purposes in support of important economic and commercial development projects. Exports of radioactive sources from the United States for such purposes would be facilitated by the recognition of South Sudan as an independent country, separate from Sudan (Khartoum), by adding it to the restricted destinations list, while leaving Sudan on the embargoed destinations list in part 110.
The NRC staff has determined that adding South Sudan to the restricted destinations list, while leaving Sudan on the embargoed destinations list, is consistent with current U.S. law and policy, and will pose no unreasonable risk to the public health and safety or to the common defense and security of the United States.
The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-113) requires that Federal Agencies use technical standards that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies, unless using such a standard is inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impractical. This final rule does not constitute the establishment of a standard for which the use of a voluntary consensus standard would be applicable.Start Printed Page 8361
This final rule does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). Existing requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Approval Number 3150-0036.
Addition of South Sudan to the restricted destinations list in § 110.29 means that exports of certain radioactive materials to South Sudan may qualify for the NRC general license specified in §§ 110.21 through 110.24. There is no alternative to amending the regulations for the export and import of nuclear equipment and materials. This final rule is expected to have no changes in the information collection burden or cost to the public.
As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), the Commission certifies that this final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. This rule affects only companies exporting nuclear equipment and materials to South Sudan which do not fall within the scope of the definition of “small entities” set forth in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601(3)), or the Size Standards established by the NRC (10 CFR 2.810).
Authority: Atomic Energy Act secs. 51, 53, 54, 57, 63, 64, 65, 81, 82, 103, 104, 109, 111, 126, 127, 128, 129, 161, 181, 182, 183, 187, 189, 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2074, 2077, 2092-2095, 2111, 2112, 2133, 2134, 2139, 2139a, 2141, 2154-2158, 2201, 2231-2233, 2237, 2239, 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act sec. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); Solar, Wind, Waste, and Geothermal Power Act of 1990 sec. 5 (42 U.S.C. 2243); Government Paperwork Elimination Act sec. 1704, 112 Stat. 2750 (44 U.S.C. 3504 note); Energy Policy Act of 2005, 119 Stat. 594.
2. Section 110.29 is amended by adding “South Sudan” to the list of restricted destinations.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of December, 2012.
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