[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 30982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11373]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency 
Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants; 
Addenda to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, 
Revision 1

AGENCIES: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have issued an Addenda to NUREG-
0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, ``Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of 
Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of 
Nuclear Power Plants.'' This NUREG is the basic emergency planning 
guidance document for radiological emergency planning and preparedness 
for commercial nuclear power plants and is used by licensees and by 
State and local government emergency response agencies to develop and 
maintain radiological emergency plans for nuclear power plants.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March, 2002.
    The Addenda to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, also is available 
electronically by visiting NRC's home page (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/) or FEMA's home page (http://www.fema.gov/pte/rep/).
    A copy of the Addenda to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, is 
available for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland, Room O1F21.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Halvey Gibson, Chief, Emergency 
Preparedness and Health Physics Section, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, Telephone (301) 415-1086; electronic mail address: [email protected] or 
Vanessa E. Quinn, Chief, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Branch, 
Technological Services Division, Office of National Preparedness, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, telephone 
(202) 646-3664; electronic mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces the availability of 
the Addenda to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, ``Criteria for 
Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and 
Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants.'' NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-
1, Rev. 1, was issued in November 1980 and is the basic emergency 
planning guidance document for radiological emergency planning and 
preparedness for commercial nuclear power plants. NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-
1, Rev. 1, is used by licensees and by State and local government 
emergency response agencies to develop and maintain radiological 
emergency plans for nuclear power plants. NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 
1, is also used by staff of the NRC and FEMA to review, respectively, 
licensee and State and local government radiological emergency plans 
and preparedness, and to make findings and determinations regarding the 
adequacy of these plans. As part of FEMA's strategic review of its 
radiological emergency preparedness program, FEMA and NRC staff 
determined that it was not necessary to revise NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, 
Rev. 1, but that to enhance its usefulness, the outdated citations in 
the document should be replaced with updated citations through means of 
an addenda. An initial version of the addenda was posted on the FEMA 
web site and provided to the member agencies of the Federal 
Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee for comment.
    Additionally, a draft version of the addenda was provided to all 
stakeholders for comment on March 26, 2001. Comments received were 
incorporated as appropriate in the final addenda.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of April, 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Glenn M. Tracy,
Chief, Reactor Safeguards, Radiation Safety and Emergency Preparedness 
Branch, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission.

    For the Federal Emergency Management Agency on April 17, 2002.
Bruce Baughman,
Director, Office of National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency.
[FR Doc. 02-11373 Filed 5-7-02; 8:45 am]
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