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A Rule by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 06/28/2018
30285-30289 (5 pages)
3150-AK13
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2018-13877 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2018-13877
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The NRC is amending its regulations in parts 1, 2, 34, 37, 50, 71, 73, and 140 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) to make miscellaneous updates and corrections. The amendments update branch, division, and office titles; update agency organization and functions; correct cross-reference, typographical, and grammatical errors; and add a certification recipient and clarifying language. This document is necessary to ensure orderly codification of the NRC's requirements and to inform the public of these non-substantive amendments to the NRC's regulations.
Update Organization and Functions. In § 1.34(d), this final rule removes the rulemaking function from the Office of Administration (ADM).
Update Organization and Functions. In § 1.42(a) and (b), this final rule adds the responsibility for leading, managing, and facilitating rulemaking for the agency to the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS).
Correct Reference. In § 2.101(a)(2), this final rule removes the incorrect reference to § 2.101(g) and replaces it with the correct reference to § 2.101(f) in the last sentence.
Update Branch and Office Designation. In § 2.802(b), this final rule updates the branch and office designation from the Office of Administration to the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
Correct Reference. In § 34.101(c), this final rule removes the incorrect reference to § 30.6(a)(2) for locations of regional offices and replaces it with the correct reference to § 30.6(b)(2).
Include Certification Recipient. In § 37.23(b)(2), after the second sentence, this final rule adds the sentence “Provide oath or affirmation certifications to the ATTN: Document Control Desk; Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.”
Insert Clarifying Language. In § 37.43 paragraphs (d)(2) and (3), and paragraphs (d)(5) through (8), this final rule adds the phrase “the list of individuals that have been approved for unescorted access” from paragraph (d)(1) to provide the full list of information required to be protected.
Correct Reference. In § 37.45(b), this final rule removes the incorrect reference to § 30.6(a)(2) and replaces it with the correct reference to § 30.6(b)(2).
Update Division Title. In §§ 37.77(a)(1), 71.97(c)(3)(iii), and 73.37(b)(2) this final rule updates the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards' division title from “Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal, and Rulemaking Programs” to “Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs.”
Correct Typographical Error. In § 50.75(e)(1)(v), this final rule removes the word “entity(ies)” and replaces it with the words “entity or entities.”
Correct Spelling. In § 73.70(g), this final rule corrects the spelling of “vertification” to “verification.”
Correct Grammatical Error. In § 140.2(b)(2), this final rule adds the indefinite article “a” before the last word in the paragraph.
Correct Reference. In § 140.3, this final rule presents the definitions in Start Printed Page 30286alphabetical order, and removes the paragraph designations.
Clarifying Language. In § 140.13a(a), this final rule adds the word “specified” before “in § 140.15” in the last sentence.
Correct Typographical Error. In § 140.22, this final rule corrects the title from “Committee” to “Commission” in the last sentence.
Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)), an agency may waive publication in the Federal Register of a notice of proposed rulemaking and opportunity for comment requirements if it finds, for good cause, that it is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. As authorized by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), the NRC finds good cause to waive notice and opportunity for comment on these amendments, because notice and opportunity for comment is unnecessary. The amendments will have no substantive impact and are of a minor and administrative nature dealing with corrections to certain CFR sections or are related only to agency management, organization, procedure, and practice. Specifically, the revisions update branch, division, and office titles; update descriptions of agency organization and functions; correct cross-reference, typographical, and grammatical errors; and add a certification recipient and clarifying language. The Commission is exercising its authority under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) to publish these amendments as a final rule. The amendments are effective July 30, 2018. These amendments do not require action by any person or entity regulated by the NRC, and do not change the substantive responsibilities of any person or entity regulated by the NRC.
The NRC has determined that the corrections in this final rule do not constitute backfitting and are not inconsistent with any of the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. The amendments are non-substantive in nature; they update branch, division, and office titles; update descriptions of agency organization and functions; correct cross-reference, typographical, and grammatical errors; and add a certification recipient and clarifying language. They impose no new requirements and make no substantive changes to the regulations. The corrections do not involve any provisions that would impose backfits as defined in 10 CFR chapter I, or would be inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. For these reasons, the issuance of the rule in final form would not constitute backfitting or represent a violation of any of the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. Therefore, the NRC has not prepared any additional documentation for this administrative rulemaking addressing backfitting or issue finality.
For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, Start Printed Page 30287as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553, the NRC is adopting the following amendments to 10 CFR parts 1, 2, 34, 37, 50, 71, 73, and 140:
2. In § 1.34, revise paragraph (d) to read as follows:
3. In § 1.42, revise paragraph (a), redesignate paragraphs (b)(26) through (31) as paragraphs (b)(27) through (32), and add new paragraph (b)(26) to read as follows:
5. In § 2.101(a)(2), in the last sentence remove the reference “paragraph (g)” and add in its place the reference “paragraph (f)”.
6. In § 2.802, revise paragraph (b) introductory text to read as follows:
(b) Consultation with the NRC. A petitioner may consult with the NRC staff before and after filing a petition for rulemaking by contacting the Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, Division of Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 1-800-368-5642.
7. The authority citation for part 34 continues to read as follows:
8. In § 34.101(c), remove the reference “§ 30.6(a)(2)” and add in its place the reference “§ 30.6(b)(2)”.
9. The authority citation for part 37 continues to read as follows:
10. In § 37.23, revise paragraph (b)(2) to read as follows:
(2) Each licensee shall name one or more individuals to be reviewing officials. After completing the background investigation on the reviewing official, the licensee shall provide under oath or affirmation, a certification that the reviewing official is deemed trustworthy and reliable by the licensee. Provide oath or affirmation certifications to the ATTN: Document Control Desk; Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. The fingerprints of the named reviewing official must be taken by a law enforcement agency, Federal or State agencies that provide fingerprinting services to the public, or commercial fingerprinting services authorized by a State to take fingerprints. The licensee shall recertify that the reviewing official is deemed trustworthy and reliable every 10 years in accordance with § 37.25(c).
11. In § 37.43, revise paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) introductory text, (d)(3)(i), (d)(5) through (7), and (d)(8)(ii) to read as follows:
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12. In § 37.45(b) introductory text, remove the reference “§ 30.6(a)(2)” and add in its place the reference “§ 30.6(b)(2)”.
13. In § 37.77(a)(1), remove the title “Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal, and Rulemaking Programs” and add in its place the title “Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs”.
14. The authority citation for part 50 continues to read as follows:
15. In § 50.75(e)(1)(v), in the last sentence, remove the word “entity(ies)” and add in its place the words “entity or entities”.
16. The authority citation for part 71 continues to read as follows:
17. In § 71.97(c)(3)(iii), remove the title “Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal, and Rulemaking Programs” and add in its place the title “Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs”.
19. In § 73.37(b)(2), remove the title “Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal, and Rulemaking Programs” and add in its place the title “Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs”.
20. In § 73.70(g), in the first sentence, remove the word “vertification” and add in its place the word “verification”.
22. In § 140.2(b)(2), in the last sentence, add the article “a” before the last word “license”.
23. Revise § 140.3 to read as follows:
Department means the Department of Energy established by the Department of Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 565, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), to the extent that the Department, or its duly authorized representatives, exercises functions formerly vested in the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, its Chairman, members, officers and components and transferred to the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration and to the Administrator thereof pursuant to sections 104 (b), (c) and (d) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-438, 88 Stat. 1233 at 1237, 42 U.S.C. 5814) and retransferred to the Secretary of Energy pursuant to section 301(a) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 565 at 577-578, 42 U.S.C. 7151).Start Printed Page 30289
Federal agency means a Government agency such that any liability in tort based on the activities of such agency would be satisfied by funds appropriated by the Congress and paid out of the United States Treasury.
Financial protection means the ability to respond in damages for public liability and to meet the cost of investigating and defending claims and settling suits for such damages.
Nuclear reactor means any apparatus, other than an atomic weapon, designed or used to sustain nuclear fission in a self-supporting chain reaction.
(1) Any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, Government agency other than the Commission or the Department, except that the Department shall be considered a person within the meaning of the regulations in this part to the extent that its facilities and activities are subject to the licensing and related regulatory authority of the Commission pursuant to section 202 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 1244), any State or any political subdivision thereof, or any political entity within a State, any foreign government or nation or any political subdivision of any such government or nation, or other entity; and
Plutonium processing and fuel fabrication plant means a plant in which the following operations or activities are conducted:
(1) Operations for manufacture of reactor fuel containing plutonium, where the license or licenses authorize the possession of either five or more kilograms of plutonium, excluding that contained in sealed sources and welded or otherwise sealed unirradiated or irradiated fuel rods, at the site of the plant or authorize the processing of one or more kilograms of plutonium, excluding that contained in sealed sources and welded or otherwise sealed unirradiated or irradiated fuel rods, at the plant, including any of the following processes:
(i) Preparation of fuel material;
(ii) Formation of fuel material into desired shapes;
(iii) Application of protective cladding;
(iv) Recovery of scrap material; and
(v) Storage associated with such operations; or
(2) Research and development activities involving any of the operations described in paragraph (1) of this definition, except for research and development activities where the operator is licensed to possess or use plutonium in amounts less than those specified in paragraph (1).
Source material means source material as defined in the regulations contained in part 40 of this chapter.
Testing reactor means a nuclear reactor which is of a type described in § 50.21(c) of this chapter and for which an application has been filed for a license authorizing operation at:
§ 140.13a
24. In § 140.13a(a), in the last sentence, add the word “specified” before “in § 140.15”.
§ 140.22
25. In § 140.22, remove the word “Committee” and add in its place the word “Commission”.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of June 2018.
[FR Doc. 2018-13877 Filed 6-27-18; 8:45 am]