The Sunset Rule-Aircraft Impact Assessment

Document 2026-06747 is a Final Rule published by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the Federal Register on April 8, 2026, with an effective date of April 8, 2026. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to insert a conditional sunset date for the requirements for aircraft impact assessment. This action is in response to Executive Order 14270, "Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy." The NRC has considered public input received on a previous rulemaking to sunset NRC regulations and provides in this document the NRC's response to those public comments that the NRC has deemed significant and adverse. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/08/2026-06747/the-sunset-rule-aircraft-impact-assessment.

No. Document 2026-06747 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.