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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 87 / Friday, May 7, 2021 / Proposed Rules
surveillance plans of decommissioned uranium mills. However, long-term surveillance plans that include groundwater monitoring might not be included in the categorical exclusion.
Revisions to categorically exclude authorizations to revise emergency plans for administrative changes such as reduction in staffing.
Revisions to categorically exclude approvals for alternative waste disposal procedures for reactor and material licenses in accordance with 20.2002, Method for obtaining approval of proposed disposal procedures.
Revisions to categorically exclude NRC actions during decommissioning that do not authorize changes to physical structures such as changes to administrative, organizational, or procedural requirements; and therefore, do not include activities that have environmental impacts.
Revisions to include references to the definition of construction in 51.4, Definitions, after the phrase significant construction impacts to clarify this term where it is used in various categorical exclusions.
Additional Questions Question 1 Are there licensing and regulatory actions that do not or have not resulted in environmental impacts that the NRC should consider as a categorical exclusion?
Question 2 Are there any categorical exclusions that are listed in 10 CFR
51.22c that the NRC should consider modifying or clarifying? For example, are there categorical exclusions that licensees, applicants, or members of the public have found confusing?
Question 3 Are there any current categorical exclusions 51.22c that the NRC should consider removing? For example, are there categorical exclusions that are no longer in use, or are there activities listed that have been shown to have an environmental impact?
Question 4 Are there aspects of NRC
authorized changes to previously approved programs, such as emergency plans, cybersecurity programs, quality assurance programs, radiation protection programs, or materials control and accounting programs that the NRC should consider categorically excluding?
Question 5 Is there anything else that the NRC should consider regarding its regulations for categorical exclusions?
V. Public Meeting The NRC will conduct a public meeting to discuss the potential rulemaking and answer questions. The
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NRC will publish a notice of the location, time, and agenda of the meeting on the NRCs public meeting website at least ten calendar days before the meeting. Interested members from the public should monitor the NRCs public meeting website for information about the public meeting at: https
www.nrc.gov/public-involve/publicmeetings/index.cfm. In addition, the meeting information will be posted on https www.regulations.gov/ under Docket ID NRC20180300.
VI. Plain Writing The Plain Writing Act of 2010 Pub.
L. 111274 requires Federal agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, and well-organized manner. The NRC has written this document to be consistent with the Plain Writing Act as well as the Presidential Memorandum, Plain Language in Government Writing, published June 10, 1998 63 FR 31885.
The NRC requests comment on this document with respect to the clarity and effectiveness of the language used.
VII. Rulemaking Process The NRC does not intend to provide a detailed response to individual comments submitted on this advance notice of proposed rulemaking;
however, the NRC will evaluate all public input in the development of a proposed rule. If the NRC determines a need for supporting guidance, the NRC
will issue the draft guidance for public comment. The NRC will provide another opportunity for public comment for any subsequent proposed rule developed before it is finalized.
Dated: April 30, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret M. Doane, Executive Director for Operations.
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Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures and Energy Conservation Standards for Circulator Pumps and Small Vertical In-Line Pumps Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.
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restarting rulemaking activities to consider potential test procedures and energy conservation standards for circulator pumps and small vertical inline pumps. Consensus recommendations for test procedures and energy conservation standards were negotiated in 2016 by a stakeholder working group of the Appliance Standards Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee ASRAC. Through this request for information RFI, DOE
seeks data and information regarding development and evaluation of new test procedures that would be reasonably designed to produce test results which reflect energy use during a representative average use cycle for the equipment without being unduly burdensome to conduct. Additionally, this RFI solicits information regarding the development and evaluation of potential new energy conservation standards for circulator pumps and small vertical in-line pumps, and whether such standards would result in significant energy savings and be technologically feasible and economically justified. DOE also welcomes written comments from the public on any subject within the scope of this document including those topics not specifically raised, as well as the submission of data and other relevant information.
DATES: Written comments and information are requested and will be accepted on or before July 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are encouraged to submit comments using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Alternatively, interested persons may submit comments by email to the following address:
circpumps2016std0004@ee.doe.gov.
Include Circulator Pumps RFI and docket number EERE2016BTSTD
0004 and/or RIN number 1904AD61 in the subject line of the message. Submit electronic comments in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, or ASCII file format, and avoid the use of special characters or any form of encryption.
Although DOE has routinely accepted public comment submissions through a variety of mechanisms, including postal mail and hand delivery/courier, the Department has found it necessary to make temporary modifications to the comment submission process in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. DOE is currently accepting only electronic submissions at this time. If a commenter finds that this change poses an undue hardship, please contact Appliance Standards Program staff at 202 586

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