[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65968-65969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29248]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission FY 2004-2009 Strategic 
Plan, NUREG-1614, Volume 3

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
availability of draft NUREG-1614, Volume 3, ``U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, FY 2004-2009 Strategic Plan,'' dated November 7, 2003. The 
draft strategic plan will be open for public comment until December 31, 
2003.

DATES: The comment period for the draft strategic plan will close on 
December 31, 2003.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include the phrase ``Draft Strategic Plan'' in the subject line 
of your submission. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form 
will be made available to the public in their entirety. Personal 
information will not be removed from your comments.
    Preferred submission method: E-mail your comments, preferably as a 
WordPerfect or Microsoft Word attachment, to: [email protected].
    Mail comments to: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, MS-T6-D59, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Fax comments to: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415-5144.
    Draft NUREG-1614, Volume 3, and other publicly available documents 
related to this notice are available for electronic viewing on public 
computers in the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), Public File Area 
O1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland. The PDR's reproduction services contractor will provide 
copies of publicly available documents for a fee.
    Publicly available documents related to this notice, including 
public comments received, are also available electronically through the 
NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, the public can gain entry into the NRC's 
Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which 
provides text and image files of NRC's public documents. Draft NUREG-
1614, Volume 3, is publicly available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML033140570. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are 
problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC 
Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737 or by e-mail to [email protected].
    A free single copy of Draft NUREG-1614, Volume 3, to the extent of 
availability, may be requested by writing to the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Reproduction and Distribution Services Section, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Printing and Graphics Branch, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; facsimile: 301-415-2289; e-mail: 
[email protected].
    Some publications in the NUREG series available through the NRC's 
Electronic Reading Room atwww.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections are 
updated regularly and may differ from the last printed version.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie W. Barnett, Director, Division 
of Planning, Budget, and Analysis, Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-415-7540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As a normal course of activities, agencies 
periodically re-visit their strategic plans. The NRC is developing a 
new strategic plan for FY 2004-2009 to replace the agency's existing 
strategic plan.
    The NRC is seeking comments on its draft FY 2004-2009 Strategic 
Plan (ADAMS Accession No. ML033140570). The draft Strategic Plan 
establishes the agency's long-term strategic direction and outcomes. It 
provides a foundation to guide NRC's work and to allocate NRC's 
resources.
    The NRC's draft Strategic Plan does not represent a fundamental 
change in the agency's mission. However, it better aligns the agency's 
goals with its mission and strategic objective to

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``enable the use and management of radioactive materials and nuclear 
fuels for beneficial purposes in a manner that (1) protects the public 
health and safety and the environment, (2) promotes the security of our 
nation, and (3) provides for regulatory actions that are effective, 
efficient, and open.'' Additionally, the draft Strategic Plan has been 
restructured to improve its focus and readability. The restructuring 
significantly reduced the redundancy that exists in the agency's 
current strategic plan.
    The NRC's draft Strategic Plan now includes a vision statement for 
NRC. The NRC's vision in fulfilling its responsibilities is: 
``Excellence in regulating the safe and secure use and management of 
radioactive materials for the public good.'' The draft plan also 
focuses on five general goals: Safety, security, openness, 
effectiveness, and management excellence. These goals support our 
ability to maintain the public health, safety, and trust. The 
overarching goal of ensuring the safe use of radioactive materials and 
of enhancing safety, as appropriate, remains unchanged. The general 
goal on security has been added to reflect recent changes in our 
environment, while the general goal on openness emphasizes those 
actions we can directly control and states that public confidence 
should be an outcome of openness.
    The NRC encourages all interested parties to comment on the draft 
Strategic Plan. The comment period will close on December 31, 2003. 
Comments on the draft plan may be submitted by any of the methods 
outlined under the ADDRESSES heading. Stakeholder feedback will be 
valuable in helping the Commission develop a final plan that has the 
benefit of the many views in the regulated civilian nuclear industry.
    The final version of NUREG-1614, Volume 3, is expected to be 
released on or about March 30, 2004.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of November, 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Leslie W. Barnett,
Director, Division of Planning, Budget, and Analysis, Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-29248 Filed 11-21-03; 8:45 am]
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