[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 10524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4878]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2010-0080]


NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, Supplement 3, Guidance for 
Protective Action Recommendations for General Emergencies; Draft for 
Comment

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Announcement of issuance for public comment, availability.

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SUMMARY: The NRC has issued for public comment a document entitled: 
``NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, Supplement 3, Guidance for Protective 
Action Recommendations for General Emergencies, Draft Report for 
Comment.''

DATES: Please submit comments by May 24, 2010. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC 
staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or 
before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include Docket ID NRC-2010-0080 in the subject line of your 
comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be 
posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site 
Regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove any 
identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against 
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be 
publicly disclosed.
    The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those 
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any 
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and 
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2010-0080. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 301-492-3668; e-mail 
[email protected].
    Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and 
Directives Branch (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of 
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to RDB at 301-492-
3446.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the following methods:
    NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have 
copied for a fee publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1 
F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): 
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are 
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain 
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public 
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems 
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, Supplement 3, 
``Guidance for Protective Action Recommendations for General 
Emergencies, Draft Report for Comment'' is available electronically 
under ADAMS Accession Number ML100150268.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting 
materials related to this notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2010-0080.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randy Sullivan, Division of 
Preparedness and Response, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident 
Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. Telephone: 301-415-1123, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC is proposing to update its 
protective action recommendation guidance by issuing NUREG-0654/FEMA-
REP-1, Rev. 1, Supplement 3, ``Guidance for Protective Action 
Recommendations for General Emergencies, Draft Report for Comment.'' 
When this document is issued in final form for use, it will supersede 
the existing guidance contained in Supplement 3 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,'' which was issued in draft form for interim use and guidance 
in 1996. This updated draft guidance reflects insights the NRC gained 
through study of protective action strategy efficacy documented in 
NUREG-0653, ``Review of NUREG-0654, Supplement 3, `Criteria for 
Protective Action Recommendations for Severe Accidents' '' (which can 
be found at the NRC Web site address: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/contract/cr6953/).
    The NRC has coordinated the draft Supplement 3 with the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency. The draft guidance incorporates the 
following elements:
     Increased offsite response organization involvement in 
development of protective action strategy
     Consideration of staged evacuation as the initial 
protective action at General Emergency
     Increased use of shelter-in-place for certain scenarios
     Guidance to improve communications with the public before 
and during an emergency

The NRC expects to issue the guidance in final form in mid-2011 and 
nuclear power plant licensees to implement the guidance in their 
emergency preparedness programs within one year of the issuance of this 
guidance document in final form. Elements of the guidance should be 
demonstrated by each applicable licensee in its next biennial exercise 
with a scenario that requires offsite protective actions that is 
conducted more than one year after that issuance date. The NRC is 
seeking comment on the technical content of draft Supplement 3 as well 
as its implementation schedule.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 25th day of February 2010.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert E. Kahler,
Chief, Inspection and Regulatory Improvements Branch, Division of 
Preparedness and Response, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident 
Response.
[FR Doc. 2010-4878 Filed 3-5-10; 8:45 am]
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