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NRC RIN: 3150-AL14 Publication ID: Fall 2024 
Title: Revisions to Freedom of Information Act Implementing Regulations [NRC-2024-0044] 
Abstract:

This rulemaking would amend the NRC’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) implementing regulations, to improve the clarity of the existing requirements by using plain language, promote agency accountability, improve efficiency in responding to FOIA requests, update roles and responsibilities, and align the regulations with current Federal best practices for implementing FOIA. This rulemaking would address the Office of Government Information Services recommendation that the NRC update its FOIA regulations as well as provide the NRC the opportunity to incorporate the Department of Justice's model language for FOIA regulations, where appropriate.

 
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 9   
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/00/2025 
Final Rule  06/00/2026 
Additional Information: On April 26, 2024, the Commission approved the staff's recommendation in SECY-24-0024 to initiate a rulemaking to address recommended revisions to Subpart A identified in the National Archives and Records Administration Office of Government Information Services compliance assessment of the NRC FOIA program and incorporate the U.S. Department of Justice template language for agency FOIA regulations, as appropriate. (ADAMS Accession No. ML24117A183)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
George M. Tartal
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards,
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone:301 415-0016
Email: george.tartal@nrc.gov