NIA submitted public comments on NRC’s Streamlining Contested Adjudications in Licensing Proceedings. NIA supports maintaining the opportunity for the public to raise concerns while streamlining the hearing process, as described in our Advancing Regulatory Efficiency: Lessons and Opportunities in NRC Licensing Practice report. NIA also supports the Commission issuing clear "guidance to the ASLB [Atomic Safety and Licensing Board] emphasizing consistent and strict application of standing and admissibility standards to exclude matters that are immaterial or would not significantly improve the license review" for contentions issued after the record closure date. NIA applauds the Commission for proposing to issue clear deadlines and eliminate outdated Appendix B model milestones, which was also a recommendation from our report.