[Federal Register: September 6, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 173)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 57120]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr06se02-19]
[[Page 57120]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Chapter I
RIN 3150-AF61
Electronic Maintenance and Submission of Information
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposes to amend its
rules to clarify when and how licensees and other members of the public
may use electronic means such as CD-ROM and e-mail to communicate with
the agency. These amendments are necessary to implement the Government
Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA). In the Rules and Regulations section
of this Federal Register, the NRC is publishing a direct final rule on
this subject, because the Agency views this action as noncontroversial
and anticipates that it will not receive significant adverse comments.
A detailed rationale for the rulemaking is set forth in the direct
final rule notice. If the NRC does not receive any significant adverse
comments on this rule, then the rule will become final without further
proceedings. If the NRC receives significant material and adverse
comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and the NRC will
address all public comments received in a later final rule based on
this proposed rule. The NRC will not begin a second comment period. At
the same time that the NRC is proposing to amend its rules, it is also
making available guidance on how to submit documents to the agency
electronically. The guidance is appended to the Federal Register
publication of the direct final rule. When the final rule becomes
effective, this new guidance document will supersede earlier guidance
on electronic submissions.
DATES: The comment period for this proposed rule ends on October 21,
2002. Comments received after that date will be considered if it is
practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure only that comments
received on or before this date will be considered. The NRC staff will
hold a public meeting to answer questions on issues arising from this
action on October 3, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
Deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland,
between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays.
Comments may also be submitted via the NRC's interactive rulemaking
Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. This site permits a commenter to
upload comments as files (most formats), if the commenter's Web browser
supports that function. For information about the interactive
rulemaking site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, 301-415-5905,
CAG@nrc.gov.
Comments received may be viewed and downloaded electronically via
the interactive rulemaking Web site. Comments will also be available
electronically for public inspection in the Publicly Available Records
System (PARS) Library component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the
NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov by selecting ``Documents in
ADAMS'' from the index, and at the NRC Public Document Room (PDR). The
PDR is located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, (First
Floor), Rockville, MD. If you do not have access to ADAMS, or if you
have difficulty accessing the documents in ADAMS, contact the NRC
Public Document Room Reference Staff by phone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-
415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. The guidance the agency is
issuing as an appendix to the direct final rule is also available via
ADAMS at the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/eie.html,
by calling (301) 415-6030, by e-mail at EIE@nrc.gov, or by writing to
the Applications Development Division, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, at the main NRC address, given under the ADDRESSES heading
above.
The public meeting will be held in the auditorium at NRC
Headquarters, Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville, MD, beginning at
8:30 a.m. and ending about 12:30 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John A. Skoczlas, 301-415-7186,
EIE@nrc.gov; or Brenda J. Shelton, 301-415-7233, bjs1@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the direct
final rule of the same title, which is found in the Rules and
Regulations section of this Federal Register.
Dated at Rockville Maryland, this 22nd day of August, 2002.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-21888 Filed 9-5-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P