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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.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 30, 40, 50, 52, 60, 61, 63,
70, 71, and 72
[Docket No. PRM–50–107; NRC–2013–0077]
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Information
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Petition for rulemaking;
supplement.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has received a
supplement to a petition for rulemaking
(PRM) previously filed with the NRC by
Mr. James Lieberman (the petitioner)
(PRM–50–107). The petitioner originally
requested that the NRC expand its
regulatory framework for nuclear power
reactors to make it a legal obligation for
those non-licensees who seek NRC
regulatory approvals to be held to the
same legal standards for the submittal of
complete and accurate information as
would a licensee or an applicant for a
license. The petitioner requests that the
scope of his petition be expanded to
encompass the NRC’s regulations for
radioactive materials, waste disposal,
transportation, and spent fuel storage
licensees. The NRC requests public
comments on the supplement to the
petition.
DATES: Submit comments on the
supplemental information by April 7,
2014. 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
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2013–0077. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
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email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Email comments to:
Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you
do not receive an automatic email reply
confirming receipt, then contact us at
301–415–1677.
• Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301–
415–1101.
• Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN:
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
• Hand deliver comments to: 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.
(Eastern Time) Federal workdays;
telephone: 301–415–1677.
For additional direction on accessing
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Manash Bagchi, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
2905, email: Manash.Bagchi@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2013–
0077 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
petition. You may access publicly
available information related to this
petition by any of the following
methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2013–0077.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly
available documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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
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ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced in this document
(if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
a document is referenced.
• 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–2013–
0077 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure
that the NRC is able to make your
comment submission available to the
public in this docket.
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 will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter 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 a petition for rulemaking dated
April 15, 2013 (ADMAS Accession No.
ML13113A443), the petitioner requested
that the NRC expand its ‘‘regulatory
framework to make it a legal obligation
for those non-licensees who seek NRC
regulatory approvals to be held to the
same legal standards for the submittal of
complete and accurate information as
would a licensee or an applicant for a
license.’’ The original submittal
addressed part 50 of Title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities,’’ and 10 CFR part
52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.’’
On June 10, 2013 (78 FR 34604), the
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NRC published a notice in the Federal
Register requesting public comments on
the petitioner’s original submittal. The
comment period closed on August 26,
2013. On September 16, 2013 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML13261A190), the
petitioner submitted a supplement that
expanded the scope of his petition to
address 10 CFR part 30, ‘‘Rules of
General Applicability to Domestic
Licensing of Byproduct Material;’’ 10
CFR part 40, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of
Source Material;’’ 10 CFR part 60,
‘‘Disposal of High-Level Radioactive
Wastes in Geological Repositories;’’ 10
CFR part 61, ‘‘Licensing Requirements
for Land Disposal of Radioactive
Waste;’’ 10 CFR part 63, ‘‘Disposal of
High-Level Radioactive Waste in A
Geologic Repository At Yucca
Mountain, Nevada;’’ 10 CFR part 70,
‘‘Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear
Material;’’ 10 CFR part 71, ‘‘Packaging
and Transportation of Radioactive
Material;’’ and 10 CFR part 72,
‘‘Licensing Requirements for the
Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear
Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste, and
Reactor-Related Greater Than Class C
Waste.’’
III. Request for Comment
The full text of the original petition
and the supplement are available at
www.regulations.gov by searching on
Docket ID NRC–2013–0077 and in
ADAMS under Accession Nos.
ML13113A443 and ML13261A190,
respectively. The NRC requests public
comments on the supplement to the
petition.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day
of January 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
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Complementary Activities, Merchant
Banking Activities, and Other Activities
of Financial Holding Companies
Related to Physical Commodities
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed
rulemaking.
AGENCY:
The Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (Board) is
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issuing this advance notice of proposed
rulemaking (ANPR) inviting public
comment on various issues related to
physical commodity activities
conducted by financial holding
companies and the restrictions imposed
on these activities to ensure they are
conducted in a safe and sound manner
and consistent with applicable law. The
activities under review include physical
commodities activities that have been
found to be ‘‘complementary to a
financial activity’’ under section
4(k)(1)(B) of the Bank Holding Company
Act (BHC Act), investment activity
under section 4(k)(4)(H) of the BHC Act,
and physical commodity activities
grandfathered under section 4(o) of the
BHC Act. The Board is inviting public
comment as part of a review of these
activities for the reasons explained in
the ANPR, including the unique and
significant risks that physical
commodities activities may pose to
financial holding companies, their
insured depository institution affiliates,
and U.S. financial stability.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than March 17, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. 1479 AND RIN
7100 AE–10 by any of the following
methods:
• Agency Web site: https://
www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/
foia/proposedregs.aspx.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: regs.comments@
federalreserve.gov. Include the docket
number and RIN number in the subject
line of the message.
• Fax: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452–
3102.
• Mail: Address to Robert deV.
Frierson, Secretary, Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, 20th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20551.
All public comments will be made
available on the Board’s Web site at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/
foia/proposedregs.aspx as submitted,
unless modified for technical reasons.
Accordingly, comments will not be
edited to remove any identifying or
contact information. Public comments
may also be viewed electronically or in
paper in Room MP–500 of the Board’s
Martin Building (20th and C Streets
NW.) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on
weekdays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurie Schaffer, Associate General
Counsel, (202) 452–2272, Michael
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Waldron, Special Counsel, (202) 452–
2798; Benjamin McDonough, Senior
Counsel, (202) 452–2036, April Snyder,
Senior Counsel, (202) 452–3099, or Will
Giles, Counsel, (202) 452–3351, Legal
Division; or Mark Van Der Weide,
Deputy Director, (202) 452–2263,
Timothy Clark, Senior Associate
Director, (202) 452–5264, Todd
Vermilyea, Senior Associate Director,
(202) 912–4310, or Robert Brooks,
Senior Supervisory Financial Analyst,
(202) 452–3103, Division of Banking
Supervision and Regulation. Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 20th and C Streets NW.,
Washington, DC 20551.
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
(TDD) users may contact (202–263–
4869).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Bank holding companies (BHCs) and
their subsidiaries engage in certain
types of physical commodities activities
under a variety of authorities. As
explained below, financial holding
companies (FHCs) are permitted to
engage in a limited amount of physical
commodity trading activity that the
Board has determined to be
complementary to various financial
activities in accordance with section
4(k)(1)(B) of the Bank Holding Company
Act (BHC Act). In addition, section
4(k)(4)(H) authorizes BHCs to make
merchant banking investments in any
type of nonfinancial company,
including a company engaged in
activities involving physical
commodities. In the Gramm-LeachBliley Act (GLB Act), Congress also
authorized several companies to
continue to engage in a broad range of
physical commodity activities under
specific grandfathering authority after
these firms became BHCs.1
In the past several years, BHCs have
expanded their reliance on these
authorities to increase their activities
involving physical commodity trading
and some securities firms that engaged
in substantial physical commodity
activities were acquired by or became
BHCs. During the same period, there
have been a variety of events and
developments involving physical
commodity activities that suggest that
the risks of conducting these activities
are changing and the steps that firms
1 In addition, national banks owned by BHCs may
engage in certain limited types of physical
commodity activities under authority granted under
the National Bank Act. State-chartered banks also
may be authorized to engage in the same activities
under state statutes.
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notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 30, 40, 50, 52, 60, 61, 63, 70, 71, and 72
[Docket No. PRM-50-107; NRC-2013-0077]
Submitting Complete and Accurate Information
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; supplement.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received a
supplement to a petition for rulemaking (PRM) previously filed with the
NRC by Mr. James Lieberman (the petitioner) (PRM-50-107). The
petitioner originally requested that the NRC expand its regulatory
framework for nuclear power reactors to make it a legal obligation for
those non-licensees who seek NRC regulatory approvals to be held to the
same legal standards for the submittal of complete and accurate
information as would a licensee or an applicant for a license. The
petitioner requests that the scope of his petition be expanded to
encompass the NRC's regulations for radioactive materials, waste
disposal, transportation, and spent fuel storage licensees. The NRC
requests public comments on the supplement to the petition.
DATES: Submit comments on the supplemental information by April 7,
2014. 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0077. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Email comments to: Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you do
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact
us at 301-415-1677.
Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at 301-415-1101.
Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) Federal
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Manash Bagchi, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2905, email: Manash.Bagchi@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0077 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this petition. You may access
publicly available information related to this petition by any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0077.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at https://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 in this document (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced.
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-2013-0077 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
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 will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter 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 a petition for rulemaking dated April 15, 2013 (ADMAS Accession
No. ML13113A443), the petitioner requested that the NRC expand its
``regulatory framework to make it a legal obligation for those non-
licensees who seek NRC regulatory approvals to be held to the same
legal standards for the submittal of complete and accurate information
as would a licensee or an applicant for a license.'' The original
submittal addressed part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities,'' and 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses,
Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.'' On June 10,
2013 (78 FR 34604), the
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NRC published a notice in the Federal Register requesting public
comments on the petitioner's original submittal. The comment period
closed on August 26, 2013. On September 16, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML13261A190), the petitioner submitted a supplement that expanded the
scope of his petition to address 10 CFR part 30, ``Rules of General
Applicability to Domestic Licensing of Byproduct Material;'' 10 CFR
part 40, ``Domestic Licensing of Source Material;'' 10 CFR part 60,
``Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in Geological
Repositories;'' 10 CFR part 61, ``Licensing Requirements for Land
Disposal of Radioactive Waste;'' 10 CFR part 63, ``Disposal of High-
Level Radioactive Waste in A Geologic Repository At Yucca Mountain,
Nevada;'' 10 CFR part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear
Material;'' 10 CFR part 71, ``Packaging and Transportation of
Radioactive Material;'' and 10 CFR part 72, ``Licensing Requirements
for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level
Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater Than Class C Waste.''
III. Request for Comment
The full text of the original petition and the supplement are
available at www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2013-
0077 and in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML13113A443 and ML13261A190,
respectively. The NRC requests public comments on the supplement to the
petition.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of January 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
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