[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 221 (Thursday, November 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58430-58431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29234]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Strategic Assessment and Rebaselining Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is extending the comment 
period on the second phase of the Strategic Assessment and Rebaselining 
Initiative until December 2, 1996. The comment period was extended in 
response to requests from several stakeholders.
    This effort was initiated in September 1995, and is being completed 
in four phases with the goal of finalizing a strategic plan in early CY 
1997. The development and implementation of this strategic plan will 
meet the requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act 
(GPRA) of 1993.
    The effort is presently in the latter portion of the second phase 
where the Commission is considering a variety of options for addressing 
key strategic issues facing the NRC as it prepares to move into the 
21st century. The NRC will be seeking the views and comments of its 
stakeholders--Federal entities (Administration/OMB, Congress, and other 
agencies), NRC employees and their representatives, Agreement States, 
non-Agreement States, compliers (e.g., licensees, employees of 
licensees, industry groups), public interest groups, and the general 
public--as part of the decision-making process. The Commission will 
consider stakeholder comments before making final decisions on the key 
strategic issues.
    During the week of September 16, 1996, the issue papers and other 
documents dealing with the strategic assessment were made available to 
the public. Copies of these documents and general information can be 
obtained electronically from the NRC's Home Page on the World Wide Web 
(Internet address http://www.nrc.gov) and FedWorld at 1-800-303-9672. 
Paper copies are available by calling NRC's Public Document Room at 1-
800-397-4209.
    To help understand their viewpoints, stakeholders are asked to 
focus on the following in responding to the NRC:
    1. What, if any, important considerations may have been omitted 
from the issue papers?
    2. How accurate are the NRC's assumptions and projections for 
internal and external factors discussed in the issue papers?
    3. Do the Commission's preliminary views associated with each issue 
paper respond to the current environment and challenges?
    4. Additionally, the Commission is seeking comments on specific 
questions identified in the ``Preliminary Commission View'' section of 
each issue paper.
    In Phase I, a steering committee comprised of senior agency 
managers, working with an outside consultant, reviewed the NRC's 
activities in order to understand where the NRC is today, and what 
needs to be considered in providing options for responding to change. 
Some of the key objectives identified by the steering committee were: 
establish a strategic framework under which the NRC will continue to 
meet its primary responsibility of protecting public health and safety 
and the environment; provide a sound and well-rounded foundation for 
the NRC's direction and decision-making for the rest of this decade and 
into the next century; ensure that the Commission, its staff, Congress, 
other Government agencies, and the public have a common understanding 
of what the NRC's strategic goals are; and establish agency performance 
measures to determine the extent to which strategic or tactical 
objectives are being achieved.

ADDRESSES: Send comments via Internet to [email protected]; the World Wide 
Web at http://www.nrc.gov; or via the FedWorld online service at 1-800-
303-9672. Comments may also be sent via regular mail to Mr. John C. 
Hoyle, Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
ATTN: Chief, Docketing and Services Branch, Washington, D.C. 20555-
0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John W. Craig, Coordinator, Strategic 
Assessment Task Group at 301-415-3812 (Internet e-mail address: 
Internet:[email protected]) or NRC's Public Affairs Office at 415-8200.


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    Dated in Rockville, Maryland this 8th day of November, 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Hill, Jr.,
Acting Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 96-29234 Filed 11-13-96; 8:45 am]
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