Rules and Regulations. NUREG; issuance

Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Action: NUREG; issuance
Citation: FR Doc. 2018-16239 · NRC-2016-0095 and NRC-2016-0227

Summary

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Revision 1 to NUREG-1556, Volume 5, “Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses,” and Volume 8, “Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Exempt Distribution Licenses.” NUREG-1556, Volumes 5 and 8 have been revised to include information on updated regulatory requirements, safety culture, security of radioactive materials, protection of sensitive information, and changes in regulatory policies and practices. These volumes are intended for use by applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff.

Dates

NUREG 1556, Volumes 5 and 8, Revision 1, were published in June 2018.

Supplementary Information

I. Discussion The NRC issued revisions to NUREG-1556, Volumes 5 and 8, to provide guidance to existing materials licensees covered under these types of licenses and to applicants preparing an application for one of these types of materials licenses. These NUREG volumes also provide the NRC staff with criteria for evaluating these types of license applications. The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that the NUREG-1556 volumes listed in this Federal Register notice were issued as final reports. II. Additional Information The NRC published notices of the availability of the draft report for comment versions of NUREG-1556, Volume 5, Revision 1 in the Federal Register on January 27, 2017 (82 FR 8630) and Volume 8, Revision 1 in the Federal Register on February 8, 2017 (82 FR 9756). Both of these volumes were published for a public comment period that was at least 37 days. The public comment period closed for Volume 5 on March 10, 2017 and for Volume 8 on March 17, 2017. Public comments and the NRC staff responses to the public comments for NUREG-1556, Volume 5, Revision 1 are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML18157A285. Public comments and the NRC staff responses to the public comments for NUREG-1556, Volume 8, Revision 1 are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML17235B228. III. Congressional Review Act These NUREG volumes are rules as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not found these NUREG revisions to be major rules as defined in the Congressional Review Act. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of July, 2018. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Daniel S. Collins, Director, Division of Materials Safety, Security, State and Tribal Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2018-16239 Filed 7-27-18; 8:45 am]