2026-12887: Sunset Provisions

Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 122 (Friday, June 26, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 122 (Friday, June 26, 2026)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 38564-38566] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-12887] ======================================================================== Proposed Rules Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 122 / Friday, June 26, 2026 / Proposed Rules [[Page 38564]] NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Chapter I [NRC-2026-2278] Sunset Provisions

Agency

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Action

Request for information. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public input to inform its implementation of Executive Order (E.O.) 14270, ``Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy.'' The E.O. directs the NRC to offer the public opportunity to comment on the costs and benefits of certain regulations that the NRC has identified to be sunset.

Dates

Comments must be submitted electronically using https://www.regulations.gov by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on July 27, 2026.

Addresses

Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID NRC-2026-2278, at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate instructions. Do not include any personally identifiable information (such as name, address, or other contact information) or confidential business information that you do not want publicly disclosed. All comments are public records; they are publicly displayed exactly as received, and will not be deleted, modified, or redacted. Comments may be submitted anonymously. Follow the search instructions on https://www.regulations.gov to view public comments. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

For Further Information Contact

Cindy Bladey, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC, 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3280, email: [email protected].

Supplementary Information

II. Background

Executive Order (E.O.) 14270, ``Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy'' (90 FR 15643; April 9, 2025), directed the NRC to issue a rule inserting a conditional sunset date into each of its regulations that were in effect as of the date of the E.O. and were issued in whole or in part pursuant to the following statutes, as amended: the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. The E.O. stated that sunsetting provisions must include a conditional sunset date that is one year after the effective date of the rule and that the agency could extend the cessation deadline to a date not more than 5 years in the future after offering the public an opportunity to comment on the costs and benefits of the regulations to be conditionally sunset prior to each provision's sunset date. On December 3, 2025, the NRC published ``The Sunset Rule'' (90 FR 55621), which amended regulations throughout chapter I of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to insert a sunset provision requiring the NRC to offer the public an opportunity to comment on the costs and benefits of the regulation and adding a conditional sunset date of January 8, 2027. This document provides opportunity for the public to comment on the costs and benefits of all 10 CFR chapter I regulations that are scheduled to sunset on January 8, 2027, with the exception of subpart F, ``Licensee Testing Facilities,'' to 10 CFR part 26, ``Fitness for Duty Programs.'' The public may provide comment on the costs and benefits of sunset provisions in subpart F to part 26 in the docket for the NRC's proposed rule, ``Modernizing Security [[Page 38565]] Requirements'' (Docket ID NRC-2025-1303), which the NRC anticipates will publish on or about June 25, 2026. This request is for information-gathering purposes and does not propose new regulations, requirements, or policies.

III. Request for Information

The NRC is requesting information on the costs and benefits of the regulations shown in Table 1. Please provide, to the extent possible, economic data to demonstrate the cost of complying with the existing regulations, as well as any savings that eliminating the regulation might provide. If there are benefits that are difficult to calculate, include a qualitative discussion in any justification offered for not sunsetting a particular regulation in Table 1. Table 1--Sunset Regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulatory unit in 10 CFR chapter I Title ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.600 through 2.629................................. Subpart F--Additional Procedures Applicable to Early Partial Decisions on Site Suitability Issues in Connection With an Application for a Construction Permit or Combined License To Construct Certain Utilization Facilities; and Advance Issuance of Limited Work Authorizations. 2.1400 through 2.1407............................... Subpart N--Expedited Proceedings with Oral Hearings 2.1500 through 2.1509............................... Subpart O--Legislative Hearing 19.4................................................ Interpretations. 20.1006............................................. Interpretations. 21.4................................................ Interpretations. 25.7................................................ Interpretations. 26.7................................................ Interpretations. 30.5................................................ Interpretations. 31.21............................................... Maintenance of records. 32.3................................................ Maintenance of records. 34.5................................................ Interpretations. 34.87............................................... Form of records. 34.111.............................................. Applications for exemptions. 35.5................................................ Maintenance of records. 35.19............................................... Specific exemptions. 36.5................................................ Interpretations. 36.17............................................... Applications for exemptions. 37.9................................................ Interpretations. 39.5................................................ Interpretations. 39.91............................................... Applications for exemptions. 40.6................................................ Interpretations. 50.3................................................ Interpretations. Appendix Q to Part 50............................... Pre-Application Early Review of Site Suitability Issues. 51.5................................................ Interpretations. 51.124.............................................. Commission duty to comment. 52.2................................................ Interpretations. 54.5................................................ Interpretations. 55.6................................................ Interpretations. 60.5................................................ Interpretations. 61.5................................................ Interpretations. 62.4................................................ Interpretations. 63.5................................................ Interpretations. 70.6................................................ Interpretations. 71.2................................................ Interpretations. 72.5................................................ Interpretations. 73.3................................................ Interpretations. 74.5................................................ Interpretations. 75.5................................................ Interpretations. 76.................................................. Certification of Gaseous Diffusion Plants. 81.4................................................ Interpretations. 95.7................................................ Interpretations. 110.3............................................... Interpretations. 140.4............................................... Interpretations. 150.5............................................... Interpretations. 160................................................. Trespassing on Commission Property. 170.4............................................... Interpretations. 171.7............................................... Interpretations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------