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RIN: 3150-AJ70

Publication ID: Spring 2018

Title: Modified Small Quantities Protocol [NRC-2015-0263]
Abstract: The rule amends the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) regulations to make changes to 10 CFR parts 34, 35, and 75 as needed to ensure that the U.S. Government can meet its international obligations under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Information Circular No. 366 (INFCIRC/366) and the modified Small Quantities Protocol. The NRC is responsible for ensuring compliance by the licensees in the U.S. Caribbean Territories. Changes will go into effect as a final rule, issued without notice and comment under 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1), which allows agencies to issue rules involving the foreign affairs functions of the United States without notice and comment. These rule changes must be in effect before the U.S. Government can bring the modified Small Quantities Protocol to INFCIRC/366 into force.
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
EO 13771 Designation: Independent agency
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 34 10 CFR 35 10 CFR 75
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201 42 U.S.C. 5841

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Final Rule	05/00/2018

Additional Information: In SECY-15-0080 staff requested Commission approval to initiate rulemaking: On June 5, 2015, the staff requested Commission approval to initiate the rulemaking. On July 21, 2015, the Commission approved initiation of the rulemaking. Specifically, the Commission provided its clearance for the Circular 175 memorandum authorizing the Department of State to negotiate and conclude a modified Small Quantities Protocol between the US and International Atomic Energy Agency with the treaty for the prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America. This rulemaking will go directly to a final rule as it has a foreign policy exclusion.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Angella Love Blair Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001 Phone:301 415-3453 Email: angella.loveblair@nrc.gov