[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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