[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 59684-59685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28596]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 73

[Docket No. PRM-73-10]


Petition From the State of Nevada; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 13, 1999, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
published for public comment a petition for rulemaking filed by the 
State of Nevada. The petitioner requested that the Commission amend its 
regulations governing safeguards for shipments of spent nuclear fuel 
against sabotage and terrorism. The petitioner requested that the NRC 
conduct a comprehensive assessment of the consequences of terrorist 
attacks that have the capability of radiological sabotage, including 
attacks against transportation infrastructure used during nuclear waste 
shipments, attacks involving capture of nuclear waste shipments and use 
of high energy explosives against a cask or casks, and direct attacks 
upon a nuclear waste shipping cask or casks using antitank missiles or 
other military weapons. The comment period was to have expired on 
November 29, 1999. John Allen, Chairman of the Hazardous Materials 
Transportation Committee of the Transportation Research Board, 
submitted a comment on October 11, 1999, and requested that the comment 
period be extended due to the tight filing date for the petition. In 
view of this request, the NRC believes it is appropriate to extend the 
comment period; therefore, the comment period is extended to January 
28, 2000.

DATES: The comment period has been extended and now closes on January 
28, 2000. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is 
practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration 
only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Send comments by mail addressed to the Secretary, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Attention: 
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
    Hand-deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland,

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between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
website (http://ruleform.llnl.gov). This site provides the capability 
to upload comments as files (any format), if your web browser supports 
that function. For information about the interactive rulemaking 
website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, 301-415-5905 (e-mail: 
[email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Smith, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Telephone: 301-415-6459, or toll-free: 800-
368-5642.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of October, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 99-28596 Filed 11-2-99; 8:45 am]
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