[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 7093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3679]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 26


Fitness-for-Duty Programs

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Availability of Draft Outline and Rule Wording.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making available 
draft wording of a possible amendment of its regulations. The proposal 
would amend Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 26, 
``Fitness-for-Duty Programs.'' The general objective of this program 
continues to be to provide reasonable assurance that nuclear power 
plant and nuclear fuel facility personnel are reliable, trustworthy, 
and not under the influence of any substance, legal or illegal, or 
mentally or physically impaired from any cause, that in any way may 
adversely affect their ability to safely and competently perform their 
duties. The changes should reduce the regulatory burden for licensees 
and improve the effectiveness of 10 CFR part 26. The availability of 
draft wording is intended to inform stakeholders of the current status 
of the NRC staff's rulemaking development activities and to provide 
stakeholders the opportunity to comment on the draft changes.

DATES: Comments on the draft rule outline and on individual sections 
should be submitted within 45 days from the applicable date shown on 
the draft rule development schedule included with the draft rule 
outline. Any comments received after this date may not be considered 
during the drafting of the proposed rule.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: 
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. Mail Stop O16-C1 or deliver 
written comments to One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal 
workdays.
    The NRC has now developed a draft rule outline and wording for 
sections of Part 26 and has made them available on the NRC's rulemaking 
Web site at 
http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. You may also provide comments via the NRC's 
interactive rulemaking Web site through the NRC's home page at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. This site provides the capability to upload 
comments as files (any format), if your web browser supports that 
function. For information about the interactive rulemaking Web site, 
contact Ms. Carol Gallagher at (301) 415-5905 or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. Copies of any comments received and certain documents 
related to this rulemaking may be examined at the NRC Public Document 
Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike 
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland. The NRC maintains an Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and 
image files of NRC's public documents. These documents may be accessed 
through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at 
http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. If you do not have access to 
ADAMS or there are problems in accessing the documents located in 
ADAMS, contact the NRC PDR reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, (301) 
415-4737or by e-mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garmon West, Reactor Safeguards Policy 
Section, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; Telephone: (301) 415-1044; 
Internet: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This draft rule language is preliminary and 
may be incomplete in one or more respects. This draft rule language is 
being released to inform stakeholders of the current status of the NRC 
staff's 10 CFR part 26 rulemaking and to provide an opportunity for 
stakeholders to submit comments for the staff's consideration in 
development of a possible proposed rule. As appropriate, the Statements 
of Consideration for the proposed rule will briefly discuss substantive 
changes made to the rule language as result of comments received. If 
appropriate, based on the particular schedule and other circumstances 
unique to the rule, the NRC may periodically update the Web site 
content with significant changes as the proposed rule language evolves. 
Previous versions of the rule language may not be maintained on the Web 
site.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of February, 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bruce A. Boger,
Director, Division of Inspection Program Management, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 02-3679 Filed 2-14-02; 8:45 am]
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