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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 143 / Thursday, July 29, 2021 / Rules and Regulations was limited interest in pursuing reprocessing activities in the near future within 10 to 20 years.
The NRC also engaged staff from the DOEs Office of Nuclear Energy to exchange information regarding developments in reprocessing efforts and technologies, particularly in reprocessing of spent fuel for advanced reactors. The DOE efforts in the area of reprocessing are aimed at providing a limited near-term supply of high-assay low-enriched uranium HALEU for initial advanced reactor designs. These DOE reprocessing initiatives do not require NRC licensing. The NRC is not aware of any other DOE initiatives to reprocess light water reactor spent fuel or potential commercial efforts to reprocess spent HALEU fuel for reuse in advanced reactors.

rulemaking and the limited interest expressed or expected from industry to submit an application for any type of facility involving reprocessing technologies in the near-term. The staff estimates that $2.5 million would be needed to complete a regulatory basis, develop and issue guidance, and develop a proposed and final rule.
Therefore, while a rule would provide additional clarity for potential applicants, the NRC concludes that it is not warranted at this time.
III. Availability of Documents The documents identified in the following table are available to interested persons in the ADAMS Public Documents collection.

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SRMSECY130093, Reprocessing Regulatory FrameworkStatus and Next Steps, dated November 4, 2013
Summary of March 4, 2020 Public Meeting to Discuss Status of Spent Fuel Reprocessing Rulemaking, dated March 16, 2020 ..
SRMSECY150129, Commission Involvement in Early Stages of Rulemaking, dated February 3, 2016
E-mail and Letter from R. McCullum: NEI Comments on Spent Fuel Reprocessing Rulemaking, dated May 28, 2020
E-mail and Letter from J. Starkey: ANS Comments on Spent Fuel Reprocessing Rulemaking, dated May 28, 2020
SECY210026, Discontinuation of RulemakingSpent Fuel Reprocessing, dated March 5, 2021

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IV. Conclusion
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The NRC is no longer pursuing rulemaking for spent fuel reprocessing facilities for the reasons discussed in this document. In the next edition of the Unified Agenda, the NRC will update the entry for this rulemaking activity and reference this document to indicate that the rulemaking activity is no longer being pursued. This rulemaking activity will appear in the completed actions section of that edition of the Unified Agenda but will not appear in future editions. If the NRC decides to pursue similar or related rulemaking activities in the future, it will inform the public through new rulemaking entries in the Unified Agenda.

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Dated July 26, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary of the Commission.
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In the event that the NRC receives an application for a commercial reprocessing facility, the NRC could use its existing regulatory framework under part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 10 CFR, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities for any near-term licensing needs, because a reprocessing facility is a type of production facility as defined in 50.2, Definitions. Should an applicant submit such an application, there would likely be a need for exemptions from certain 10 CFR part 50
requirements. In such cases, the NRC
could leverage knowledge from the gap analysis in SECY130093 in considering any exemptions.
The NRCs decision to discontinue this rulemaking is based on the estimated costs to conduct the
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Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Dedicated-Purpose Pool Pump Motors Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:

On October 5, 2020, the U.S.
Department of Energy DOE issued a notice of proposed rulemaking NOPR to establish a test procedure and an accompanying labeling requirement for dedicated purpose pool pump DPPP motors. This final rule establishes a test procedure for DPPP
motors. Specifically, the final rule incorporates by reference an industry standard pertaining to DPPP definitions;
and requires the use of an industry testing standard for testing the energy efficiency of DPPP motors. This final rule does not establish a labeling requirement and DOE intends to address any such labeling and/or energy conservation standards requirement in a separate notification.
DATES: The effective date of this rule is September 27, 2021. The incorporation SUMMARY:

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by reference of certain publications listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of September 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The docket, which includes Federal Register notices, public meeting attendee lists and transcripts, comments, and other supporting documents/materials, is available for review at www.regulations.gov. All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index.
However, some documents listed in the index, such as those containing information that is exempt from public disclosure, may not be publicly available.
A link to the docket web page can be found at www.regulations.gov/
docket?D=EERE-2017-BT-STD-0048.
The docket web page contains instructions on how to access all documents, including public comments, in the docket.
For further information on how to review the docket contact the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program staff at 202 2871445 or by email:
ApplianceStandardsQuestions@
ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jeremy Dommu, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, EE2J, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
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