Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, 9724-9726 [2024-00468]
Download as PDF
9724
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2024 / UA: Reg Flex Agenda
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
10 CFR Chapter I
[NRC–2023–0133]
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory
and Deregulatory Actions
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
AGENCY:
We are publishing our
semiannual regulatory agenda (the
Agenda) in accordance with Public Law
96–354, ‘‘The Regulatory Flexibility
Act,’’ and Executive Order 12866,
‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review.’’ The
NRC’s Agenda is a compilation of all
rulemaking activities on which we have
recently completed action or have
proposed or are considering action. We
have completed 7 rulemaking activities
and classified 2 rulemaking activities as
inactive since our last Agenda was
issued online at the Office of
Management and Budget’s website at
https://www.reginfo.gov on June 13,
2023. This issuance of our Agenda
contains 29 active and 22 long-term
rulemaking activities: 3 are
Economically Significant in accordance
with Section 3(f)(1) of E.O. 12866; 18
represent Other Significant agency
priorities; 31 are Substantive,
Nonsignificant rulemaking activities; 2
are Routine and Frequent rulemaking
activities; and 4 are Administrative
rulemaking activities. In addition, 7
rulemaking activities impact small
entities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cindy K. Bladey, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone:
301–415–3280; email: Cindy.Bladey@
nrc.gov. Persons outside the
Washington, DC, metropolitan area may
call toll-free: 1–800–368–5642. For
further information on the substantive
content of any rulemaking activity listed
in the Agenda, contact the individual
listed under the heading ‘‘Agency
Contact’’ for that rulemaking activity.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with PROPOSALS25
SUMMARY:
Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2023–
0133 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
document. You may obtain publicly
available information related to this
document by any of the following
methods:
• Federal rulemaking website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2023–0133.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
22:38 Feb 08, 2024
Jkt 262001
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents,
by appointment, at the NRC’s Public
Document Room, Room P1 B35, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To
make an appointment to visit the PDR,
please send an email to PDR.Resource@
nrc.gov or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–
415–4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
eastern time, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
• Reginfo.gov:
Æ For completed rulemaking
activities, go to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/eAgendaHistory?showStage=
completed, select ‘‘Fall 2023 The
Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda
of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory
Actions’’ from drop down menu, and
select ‘‘Nuclear Regulatory
Commission’’ from drop down menu.
Æ For active rulemaking activities go
to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
eAgendaMain and select ‘‘Nuclear
Regulatory Commission’’ from drop
down menu.
Æ For long-term rulemaking activities
go to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/eAgendaMain, select link for
‘‘Current Long Term Actions,’’ and
select ‘‘Nuclear Regulatory
Commission’’ from drop down menu.
Æ For inactive rulemaking activities
go to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/eAgendaInactive, select the
corresponding Unified Agenda cycle
from drop down menu, and select
‘‘Nuclear Regulatory Commission’’ from
drop down menu.
Introduction
The Agenda is a compilation of all
rulemaking activities on which an
agency has recently completed action or
has proposed or is considering action.
The Agenda reports rulemaking
activities in three major categories:
completed, active, and long-term.
Completed rulemaking activities are
those that were completed since
publication of an agency’s last Agenda;
active rulemaking activities are those for
which an agency currently plans to have
an Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, a Proposed Rule, or a Final
Rule issued within the next 12 months;
and long-term rulemaking activities are
rulemaking activities under
development but for which an agency
does not expect to have a regulatory
action within the 12 months after
publication of the current edition of the
Unified Agenda.
The NRC assigns a ‘‘Regulation
Identifier Number’’ (RIN) to a
rulemaking activity when the
Commission initiates a rulemaking and
approves a rulemaking plan, or when
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 4701
Sfmt 4702
the NRC staff begins work on a
Commission-delegated rulemaking that
does not require a rulemaking plan. The
Office of Management and Budget uses
this number to track all relevant
documents throughout the entire
‘‘lifecycle’’ of a particular rulemaking
activity. The NRC reports all rulemaking
activities in the Agenda that have been
assigned a RIN and meet the definition
for a completed, an active, or a longterm rulemaking activity.
The information contained in this
Agenda is updated to reflect agency
priorities, planning and coordination of
public engagement efforts, and
regulatory actions that have occurred on
a rulemaking activity since publication
of our last Agenda on July 27, 2023.
Specifically, the information in this
Agenda has been updated through
August 17, 2023. The NRC provides
additional information on planned
rulemaking and petition for rulemaking
activities, including priority and
schedule, in the NRC’s Rulemaking
Tracking System on our website at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/rulemaking-ruleforum/
active/ruleindex.html.
The date for the next scheduled action
under the heading ‘‘Timetable’’ is the
date the next regulatory action for the
rulemaking activity is scheduled to be
published in the Federal Register. The
date is considered tentative and is not
binding on the Commission or its staff.
The Agenda is intended to provide the
public early notice and opportunity to
participate in our rulemaking process.
However, we may consider or act on any
rulemaking activity even though it is not
included in the Agenda.
Section 610 Periodic Reviews Under
The Regulatory Flexibility Act
Section 610 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (RFA) requires agencies
to conduct a review within 10 years of
issuance of those regulations that have
or will have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. We undertake these reviews to
decide whether the rules should be
unchanged, amended, or withdrawn.
We have initiated one review that has a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
Please see docket NRC–2023–0062 at
https://www.regulations.gov to comment
on NRC’s newly initiated review,
‘‘Section 610 Review of Physical
Protection of Byproduct Material’’. A
complete listing of our regulations that
impact small entities and related Small
Entity Compliance Guides are available
from the NRC’s website at https://
www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/
E:\FR\FM\09FEP25.SGM
09FEP25
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2024 / UA: Reg Flex Agenda
rulemaking/flexibility-act/smallentities.html.
Public Comments Received on the NRC
Unified Agenda
The comment period on the NRC’s
last Agenda (published on July 27, 2023
(88 FR 48688) closed on August 28,
2023. The NRC did not receive any
comments on its Spring 2023 Agenda.
The NRC will request public comment
on its Spring 2024 Agenda.
9725
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy K. Bladey,
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking
Support Branch, Division of Rulemaking,
Environmental, and Financial Support, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—PRERULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
604 ....................
Physical Protection of Byproduct Material [NRC–2023–0062] (Section 610 Review) ...................................
3150–AK94
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
605 ....................
606 ....................
Revision to the NRC’s Acquisition Regulation (NRCAR) [NRC–2014–0033] .................................................
Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2024 [NRC–2022–0046] ....................................
3150–AJ36
3150–AK74
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—LONG-TERM ACTIONS
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
607 ....................
608 ....................
Items Containing Byproduct Material Incidental to Production [NRC–2015–0017] .........................................
Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2025 [NRC–2023–0069] ..................................................
3150–AJ54
3150–AK95
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION—COMPLETED ACTIONS
Title
609 ....................
Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2023 [NRC–2021–0024] ..................................................
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION (NRC)
Prerule Stage
ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with PROPOSALS25
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
604. Physical Protection of Byproduct
Material [NRC–2023–0062] (Section 610
Review) [3150–AK94]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42
U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: On March 19, 2013, the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
promulgated Physical Protection of
Byproduct Material (78 FR 16922). The
rule amended NRC’s regulations to
establish security requirements for the
use and transport of category 1 and
category 2 quantities of radioactive
material. Subsequently, on September
30, 2014, the NRC promulgated
Safeguards Information—Modified
Handling Categorization; Change for
Materials Facilities (79 FR 58664), to
protect security-related information for
large irradiators, manufacturers and
distributors, and for the transport of
category 1 quantities of radioactive
material using the information
protection requirements in Part 37. This
new entry in the regulatory agenda
announces that NRC plans to conduct a
VerDate Sep<11>2014
22:38 Feb 08, 2024
Jkt 262001
review of this action pursuant to section
610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 610) to determine if the
provisions that could affect small
entities should be continued without
change or should be rescinded or
amended to minimize adverse economic
impacts on small entities. As part of this
review, NRC will consider the following
factors: (1) The continued need for the
rule; (2) the nature of complaints or
comments received concerning the rule;
(3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the
extent to which the rule overlaps,
duplicates, or conflicts with other
Federal, State, or local government
rules; and (5) the degree to which the
technology, economic conditions or
other factors have changed in the area
affected by the rule. As part of this
review, the NRC will solicit public
comments
Timetable:
Action
Date
Begin Review ......
FR Cite
11/00/23
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 4701
Sfmt 4702
3150–AK58
Agency Contact: Jill Shepherd,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, Phone: 301 415–1230, Email:
jill.shepherd@nrc.gov.
RIN: 3150–AK94
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION (NRC)
Proposed Rule Stage
605. Revision to the NRC’s Acquisition
Regulation (NRCAR) [NRC–2014–0033]
[3150–AJ36]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42
U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would
amend the NRC’s acquisition regulation
that governs the procurement of goods
and services for the agency. The
purpose of this rulemaking is to update
the NRC’s acquisitions regulations
(NRCAR) to conform with external
regulations, incorporate NRC
organizational changes, and remove
outdated or obsolete information. The
revisions would affect both internal and
E:\FR\FM\09FEP25.SGM
09FEP25
9726
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2024 / UA: Reg Flex Agenda
external stakeholders (contractors) and
are needed to support current NRC
contracting policies and ensure
openness, transparency, and
effectiveness in agency acquisitions.
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM ..................
FR Cite
12/00/23
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jill Daly, Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Office of
Administration, Washington, DC 20055–
0001, Phone: 301 415–8079, Email:
jill.daly@nrc.gov.
RIN: 3150–AJ36
606. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee
Recovery for Fiscal Year 2024 [NRC–
2022–0046] [3150–AK74]
Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42
U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42 U.S.C.
5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would
amend the NRC’s regulations for fee
schedules. The NRC conducts this
rulemaking annually to recover, to the
maximum extent practicable,
approximately 100 percent of the NRC’s
budget authority, less the budget
authority for excluded activities to
implement the Nuclear Energy
Innovation and Modernization Act. This
rulemaking would affect the fee
schedules for licensing, inspection, and
annual fees charged to the NRC’s
applicants and licensees.
Timetable:
Action
Date
ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with PROPOSALS25
NPRM ..................
Final Rule ............
FR Cite
01/00/24
05/00/24
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Anthony Rossi,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
of the Chief Financial Officer,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Phone:
301 415–7341, Email: anthony.rossi@
nrc.gov.
RIN: 3150–AK74
VerDate Sep<11>2014
22:38 Feb 08, 2024
Jkt 262001
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION (NRC)
Long-Term Actions
607. Items Containing Byproduct
Material Incidental to Production
[NRC–2015–0017] [3150–AJ54]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42
U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would
amend the NRC’s regulations regarding
requirements for track-etched
membranes that have been irradiated
with mixed fission products during the
production process. The rule also would
accommodate the licensing and
distribution of other irradiated products
(e.g., gemstones) without the need for a
specific exemption for each distributor.
This rulemaking would affect the
licensees and applicants for items
containing byproduct material
incidental to production. The
rulemaking addresses a petition for
rulemaking (PRM–30–65).
Timetable:
Action
Date
Regulatory Basis
Regulatory Basis
Comment Period End.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Rule ............
FR Cite
02/02/21
04/05/21
86 FR 7819
06/27/22
09/12/22
87 FR 38012
12/00/25
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Caylee Kenny,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, Phone: 301 415–7150, Email:
caylee.kenny@nrc.gov.
RIN: 3150–AJ54
608. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee
Recovery for FY 2025 [NRC–2023–0069]
[3150–AK95]
Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42
U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42 U.S.C.
5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would
amend the NRC’s regulations for fee
schedules. The NRC conducts this
rulemaking annually to recover, to the
maximum extent practicable,
approximately 100 percent of the NRC’s
budget authority, less the budget
authority for excluded activities to
implement the Nuclear Energy
Innovation and Modernization Act.
NEIMA requires that the FY 2025 fees
be collected by September 30, 2025.
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 4701
Sfmt 9990
This rulemaking would affect the fee
schedules for licensing, inspection, and
annual fees charged to the NRC’s
applicants and licensees.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM ..................
Final Rule ............
Date
FR Cite
01/00/25
05/00/25
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jo Jacobs, Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Office of the
Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC
20555–0001, Phone: 301 415–8388,
Email: jo.jacobs@nrc.gov.
RIN: 3150–AK95
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION (NRC)
Completed Actions
609. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee
Recovery for FY 2023 [NRC–2021–0024]
[3150–AK58]
Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42
U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42 U.S.C.
5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would
amend the NRC’s regulations for fee
schedules. The NRC conducts this
rulemaking annually to recover
approximately 100 percent of the NRC’s
annual budget authority, less excluded
activities to implement NEIMA. This
rulemaking would affect the fee
schedules for licensing, inspection, and
annual fees charged to the NRC’s
applicants and licensees.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Rule ............
Final Rule Effective.
Date
FR Cite
03/03/23
04/03/23
88 FR 13357
06/15/23
08/14/23
88 FR 39120
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Anthony Rossi,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
of the Chief Financial Officer,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Phone:
301 415–7341, Email: anthony.rossi@
nrc.gov.
RIN: 3150–AK58
[FR Doc. 2024–00468 Filed 2–8–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
E:\FR\FM\09FEP25.SGM
09FEP25
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Unknown Section]
[Pages 9724-9726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00468]
[[Page 9723]]
Vol. 89
Friday,
No. 28
February 9, 2024
Part XXV
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
Federal Register / Vol. 89 , No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2024 / UA:
Reg Flex Agenda
[[Page 9724]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Chapter I
[NRC-2023-0133]
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: We are publishing our semiannual regulatory agenda (the
Agenda) in accordance with Public Law 96-354, ``The Regulatory
Flexibility Act,'' and Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and
Review.'' The NRC's Agenda is a compilation of all rulemaking
activities on which we have recently completed action or have proposed
or are considering action. We have completed 7 rulemaking activities
and classified 2 rulemaking activities as inactive since our last
Agenda was issued online at the Office of Management and Budget's
website at https://www.reginfo.gov on June 13, 2023. This issuance of
our Agenda contains 29 active and 22 long-term rulemaking activities: 3
are Economically Significant in accordance with Section 3(f)(1) of E.O.
12866; 18 represent Other Significant agency priorities; 31 are
Substantive, Nonsignificant rulemaking activities; 2 are Routine and
Frequent rulemaking activities; and 4 are Administrative rulemaking
activities. In addition, 7 rulemaking activities impact small entities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy K. Bladey, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-3280; email:
[email protected]. Persons outside the Washington, DC, metropolitan
area may call toll-free: 1-800-368-5642. For further information on the
substantive content of any rulemaking activity listed in the Agenda,
contact the individual listed under the heading ``Agency Contact'' for
that rulemaking activity.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0133 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this document. You may obtain
publicly available information related to this document by any of the
following methods:
Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0133.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's Public Document Room, Room P1
B35, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Reginfo.gov:
[cir] For completed rulemaking activities, go to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaHistory?showStage=completed, select
``Fall 2023 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions'' from drop down menu, and select
``Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' from drop down menu.
[cir] For active rulemaking activities go to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain and select ``Nuclear Regulatory
Commission'' from drop down menu.
[cir] For long-term rulemaking activities go to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain, select link for ``Current Long
Term Actions,'' and select ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' from drop
down menu.
[cir] For inactive rulemaking activities go to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaInactive, select the corresponding
Unified Agenda cycle from drop down menu, and select ``Nuclear
Regulatory Commission'' from drop down menu.
Introduction
The Agenda is a compilation of all rulemaking activities on which
an agency has recently completed action or has proposed or is
considering action. The Agenda reports rulemaking activities in three
major categories: completed, active, and long-term. Completed
rulemaking activities are those that were completed since publication
of an agency's last Agenda; active rulemaking activities are those for
which an agency currently plans to have an Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, a Proposed Rule, or a Final Rule issued within the next 12
months; and long-term rulemaking activities are rulemaking activities
under development but for which an agency does not expect to have a
regulatory action within the 12 months after publication of the current
edition of the Unified Agenda.
The NRC assigns a ``Regulation Identifier Number'' (RIN) to a
rulemaking activity when the Commission initiates a rulemaking and
approves a rulemaking plan, or when the NRC staff begins work on a
Commission-delegated rulemaking that does not require a rulemaking
plan. The Office of Management and Budget uses this number to track all
relevant documents throughout the entire ``lifecycle'' of a particular
rulemaking activity. The NRC reports all rulemaking activities in the
Agenda that have been assigned a RIN and meet the definition for a
completed, an active, or a long-term rulemaking activity.
The information contained in this Agenda is updated to reflect
agency priorities, planning and coordination of public engagement
efforts, and regulatory actions that have occurred on a rulemaking
activity since publication of our last Agenda on July 27, 2023.
Specifically, the information in this Agenda has been updated through
August 17, 2023. The NRC provides additional information on planned
rulemaking and petition for rulemaking activities, including priority
and schedule, in the NRC's Rulemaking Tracking System on our website at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/active/ruleindex.html.
The date for the next scheduled action under the heading
``Timetable'' is the date the next regulatory action for the rulemaking
activity is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register. The date
is considered tentative and is not binding on the Commission or its
staff. The Agenda is intended to provide the public early notice and
opportunity to participate in our rulemaking process. However, we may
consider or act on any rulemaking activity even though it is not
included in the Agenda.
Section 610 Periodic Reviews Under The Regulatory Flexibility Act
Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) requires
agencies to conduct a review within 10 years of issuance of those
regulations that have or will have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. We undertake these reviews to
decide whether the rules should be unchanged, amended, or withdrawn. We
have initiated one review that has a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. Please see docket NRC-2023-0062
at https://www.regulations.gov to comment on NRC's newly initiated
review, ``Section 610 Review of Physical Protection of Byproduct
Material''. A complete listing of our regulations that impact small
entities and related Small Entity Compliance Guides are available from
the NRC's website at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/
[[Page 9725]]
rulemaking/flexibility-act/small-entities.html.
Public Comments Received on the NRC Unified Agenda
The comment period on the NRC's last Agenda (published on July 27,
2023 (88 FR 48688) closed on August 28, 2023. The NRC did not receive
any comments on its Spring 2023 Agenda. The NRC will request public
comment on its Spring 2024 Agenda.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy K. Bladey,
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, Division of
Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Prerule Stage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
604....................... Physical Protection of 3150-AK94
Byproduct Material [NRC-
2023-0062] (Section 610
Review).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Proposed Rule Stage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
605....................... Revision to the NRC's 3150-AJ36
Acquisition Regulation
(NRCAR) [NRC-2014-0033].
606....................... Revision of Fee Schedules: 3150-AK74
Fee Recovery for Fiscal
Year 2024 [NRC-2022-0046].
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Long-Term Actions
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
607....................... Items Containing Byproduct 3150-AJ54
Material Incidental to
Production [NRC-2015-
0017].
608....................... Revision of Fee Schedules: 3150-AK95
Fee Recovery for FY 2025
[NRC-2023-0069].
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Completed Actions
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
609....................... Revision of Fee Schedules: 3150-AK58
Fee Recovery for FY 2023
[NRC-2021-0024].
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)
Prerule Stage
604. Physical Protection of Byproduct Material [NRC-2023-0062] (Section
610 Review) [3150-AK94]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: On March 19, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) promulgated Physical Protection of Byproduct Material (78 FR
16922). The rule amended NRC's regulations to establish security
requirements for the use and transport of category 1 and category 2
quantities of radioactive material. Subsequently, on September 30,
2014, the NRC promulgated Safeguards Information--Modified Handling
Categorization; Change for Materials Facilities (79 FR 58664), to
protect security-related information for large irradiators,
manufacturers and distributors, and for the transport of category 1
quantities of radioactive material using the information protection
requirements in Part 37. This new entry in the regulatory agenda
announces that NRC plans to conduct a review of this action pursuant to
section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 610) to
determine if the provisions that could affect small entities should be
continued without change or should be rescinded or amended to minimize
adverse economic impacts on small entities. As part of this review, NRC
will consider the following factors: (1) The continued need for the
rule; (2) the nature of complaints or comments received concerning the
rule; (3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule
overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal, State, or local
government rules; and (5) the degree to which the technology, economic
conditions or other factors have changed in the area affected by the
rule. As part of this review, the NRC will solicit public comments
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Begin Review........................ 11/00/23
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jill Shepherd, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, Phone: 301 415-1230, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3150-AK94
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)
Proposed Rule Stage
605. Revision to the NRC's Acquisition Regulation (NRCAR) [NRC-2014-
0033] [3150-AJ36]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's acquisition
regulation that governs the procurement of goods and services for the
agency. The purpose of this rulemaking is to update the NRC's
acquisitions regulations (NRCAR) to conform with external regulations,
incorporate NRC organizational changes, and remove outdated or obsolete
information. The revisions would affect both internal and
[[Page 9726]]
external stakeholders (contractors) and are needed to support current
NRC contracting policies and ensure openness, transparency, and
effectiveness in agency acquisitions.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NPRM................................ 12/00/23
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jill Daly, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of
Administration, Washington, DC 20055-0001, Phone: 301 415-8079, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 3150-AJ36
606. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2024 [NRC-
2022-0046] [3150-AK74]
Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42
U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's regulations for fee
schedules. The NRC conducts this rulemaking annually to recover, to the
maximum extent practicable, approximately 100 percent of the NRC's
budget authority, less the budget authority for excluded activities to
implement the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act. This
rulemaking would affect the fee schedules for licensing, inspection,
and annual fees charged to the NRC's applicants and licensees.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NPRM................................ 01/00/24
Final Rule.......................... 05/00/24
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Anthony Rossi, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
Phone: 301 415-7341, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3150-AK74
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)
Long-Term Actions
607. Items Containing Byproduct Material Incidental to Production [NRC-
2015-0017] [3150-AJ54]
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's regulations
regarding requirements for track-etched membranes that have been
irradiated with mixed fission products during the production process.
The rule also would accommodate the licensing and distribution of other
irradiated products (e.g., gemstones) without the need for a specific
exemption for each distributor. This rulemaking would affect the
licensees and applicants for items containing byproduct material
incidental to production. The rulemaking addresses a petition for
rulemaking (PRM-30-65).
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Basis.................... 02/02/21 86 FR 7819
Regulatory Basis Comment Period End. 04/05/21
NPRM................................ 06/27/22 87 FR 38012
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/12/22
Final Rule.......................... 12/00/25
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Caylee Kenny, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
Phone: 301 415-7150, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3150-AJ54
608. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2025 [NRC-2023-
0069] [3150-AK95]
Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42
U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's regulations for fee
schedules. The NRC conducts this rulemaking annually to recover, to the
maximum extent practicable, approximately 100 percent of the NRC's
budget authority, less the budget authority for excluded activities to
implement the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act. NEIMA
requires that the FY 2025 fees be collected by September 30, 2025. This
rulemaking would affect the fee schedules for licensing, inspection,
and annual fees charged to the NRC's applicants and licensees.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NPRM................................ 01/00/25
Final Rule.......................... 05/00/25
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jo Jacobs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of
the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Phone: 301 415-
8388, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3150-AK95
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)
Completed Actions
609. Revision of Fee Schedules: Fee Recovery for FY 2023 [NRC-2021-
0024] [3150-AK58]
Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 483; 42 U.S.C. 2201; 42 U.S.C. 2214; 42
U.S.C. 5841
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the NRC's regulations for fee
schedules. The NRC conducts this rulemaking annually to recover
approximately 100 percent of the NRC's annual budget authority, less
excluded activities to implement NEIMA. This rulemaking would affect
the fee schedules for licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged to
the NRC's applicants and licensees.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NPRM................................ 03/03/23 88 FR 13357
NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/03/23
Final Rule.......................... 06/15/23 88 FR 39120
Final Rule Effective................ 08/14/23
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Anthony Rossi, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
Phone: 301 415-7341, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3150-AK58
[FR Doc. 2024-00468 Filed 2-8-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P