Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying two petitions for rulemaking (PRMs), PRM-51-30 and PRM-51-31, submitted by Diane Curran on behalf of 34 environmental organizations (the petitioners). The petitioners request that the NRC revise certain regulations that concern the environmental impacts of spent fuel storage and disposal for nuclear power plant license applications. The NRC is denying the petitions because they provide an insufficient basis to consider a rulemaking to revise such regulations.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 10 CFR Part 51 [Docket Nos. PRM-51-30 and PRM-51-31; NRC-2014-0014 and NRC-2014-0055] AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Petitions for rulemaking; denial. SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying two petitions for rulemaking (PRMs), PRM-51-30 and PRM-51-31, submitted by Diane Curran on behalf of 34 environmental organizations (the petitioners). The petitioners request that the NRC revise certain regulations that concern the environmental impacts of spent fuel storage and disposal for nuclear power plant license applications. The NRC is denying the petitions because they provide an insufficient basis to consider a rulemaking to revise such regulations. DATES: The dockets for the petitions, PRM-51-30 and PRM-51-31, are closed on May 19, 2016. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket IDs NRC-2014-0014 and NRC-2014-0055, as appropriate, when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding these petitions. You can access publicly-available documents related to the petitions using any of the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket IDs NRC-2014-0014 and NRC-2014-0055. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov . For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Managemen…
Citation: 81 FR 31532
