[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1211]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Strategic Assessment and Rebaselining Stakeholders Release of
Phase II Stakeholder Interaction Report
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Release of Phase II Stakeholder Interaction Report.
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SUMMARY: On January 13, 1996, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
released the Strategic Assessment and Rebaselining Initiative Phase II
Stakeholder Interaction Report for public information. Volume I of this
report provides an analysis of significant comments received from
stakeholders through various media and public conferences. Volume II
consists of copies of stakeholder's written comments. Volume III
consists of transcripts from the three public conferences held in the
fall of 1996.
This four-phase effort was initiated in September 1995, with the
goal of producing a strategic plan in 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 Commission will utilize stakeholder comments as it makes final
decisions on the issue papers. These decisions will provide the bases
for the NRC's Strategic Plan.
The plan will provide a basis for aligning the agency organization
and budget with the agency mission and general goals. It will be the
agency tool for setting priorities and allocating resources consistent
with the vision and goals of the agency.
In Phase I, a steering committee was established comprising senior
agency managers. The steering committee reviewed the NRC's activities
to understand where the NRC is today, and what needs to be considered
in providing options for responding to change. Some 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.
In Phase II, the steering committee developed issue papers. They
obtained the Commission's preliminary decisions on the issues, and they
released the papers for public 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 public--as part of the
decision-making process.
They asked that the stakeholders 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 sought comments on specific
questions identified in the ``Preliminary Commission View'' section of
each issue paper.
Volumes I and III 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 of all three volumes are
available by calling NRC's Public Document Room at 1-800-397-4209.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John W. Craig, Coordinator, Strategic
Assessment Task Group at 301-415-3812 or NRC's Public Affairs Office at
415-8200.
Dated in Rockville, Maryland this 13th day of January 1997.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John C. Hoyle
Secretary of the Commission
[FR Doc. 97-1211 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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