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Documents for Comment
NRC affords the public opportunities to comment on proposed rules and
policies, licensing actions, and draft technical documents. Notice of
an opportunity to comment will be announced in the Federal
Register  ,
here on the Documents for Comment page, and sometimes through press releases.
Types of documents open for comment:
Rulemaking-Related Documents
The following documents are available for comment at our Rulemaking
Forum pages. From these pages, members of the public may upload and
e-mail comments to NRC and view the comments of others.
- Rulemaking
Plans - A preliminary outline of the scope and impact of the contemplated
rulemaking action sufficient for the NRC approving official to determine
whether the contemplated action is needed and desirable
- Advanced
Notices of Proposed Rulemaking - Advanced notice of NRC's intent
to add or change a regulation (also known as a rule)
- Proposed
Rules - Information to inform the public that the NRC is considering
adding, removing, or changing a regulation in a particular area and
to request comment on the contemplated change
- Draft
Rule Text for Comment - Text that the NRC is considering but has
not yet been issued as a proposed rule.
- Proposed
Policy Statements - Information to inform the public about a proposed
new or changed policy statement that the Commission intends to adopt
in a particular area and to request comment on the contemplated change
- Direct
Final Rules - A rule published first as a final rule with an accompanying
statement explaining that the rule will take effect in a specified number
of days unless the NRC receives a significant adverse comment within
a specified number of days.
- Final
Rules and Policy Statements
- NRC's Regulations (10
CFR)
- Published
Rules by Year
- Regulatory
Agenda (NUREG-0936) - A semiannual compilation of all rules on which
the NRC has recently completed action, has proposed action, or is considered
action and a summary of all pending petitions for rulemaking.
- Rulemaking
Petitions - Active - A request to the NRC from a member of the public
to add, remove, or change a regulation
- Rulemaking
Petitions - Completed
- Other
Rulemaking-Related Comment Requests - Information to inform the
public about changes in areas related to rulemaking that NRC is contemplating
- Draft
Regulatory Guides - Guidance to licensees and applicants on implementing
specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques used by the NRC
staff in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data
needed by the staff in its review of applications for permits or licenses
Licensing-Related Documents
- Standard
Review Plans and Associated Review Standards (Draft) - Guidance
for NRC staff in reviewing proposed licensing actions
- Notices
of Licensing Actions - Notices of proposed amendments to a facility
operation licensed by NRC. These notices, published in the Federal
Register, contain instructions for interested parties to submit
comments or requests to participate in a hearing. The Commission will
consider any comments received within 30 days after the date of the
Federal Register notice in making any final determination on
proposed amendments. See Public
Involvement in Rulemaking for help finding NRC notices in the Federal
Register. See also the following pages for information on recent
license applications:
Other Documents
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