[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 33619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13807]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 26
[Docket No. PRM-26-7; NRC-2011-0220]
Certification of Substance Abuse Experts
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; consideration in the rulemaking
process.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
will consider in the rulemaking process the issues raised in the
petition for rulemaking (PRM), PRM-26-7, submitted by the American
Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders (the
Academy or the petitioner). The petitioner requested that the NRC amend
its regulations to include the Academy as one of the organizations
authorized to certify a substance abuse expert. The NRC determined that
the issues raised in the PRM are appropriate for consideration and will
consider them in the ongoing Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Part 26 Technical Issues rulemaking.
DATES: The docket for the petition for rulemaking, PRM-26-7, is closed
on June 7, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Further NRC action on the issues raised by this petition
will be accessible on the Federal rulemaking Web site, http://www.regulations.gov, by searching on Docket ID NRC-2012-0079, which is
the rulemaking docket for the 10 CFR part 26 Technical Issues
rulemaking.
You can access publicly available documents related to the
petition, which the NRC possesses and are publicly available, using the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Supporting materials related
to this petition can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by
searching on the Docket IDs for PRM-26-7 or the 10 CFR part 26
Technical Issues rulemaking, NRC-2011-0220 and NRC-2012-0079,
respectively. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher,
telephone: 301-492-3668, email: [email protected].
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, O1-F21, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to
[email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for each document
referenced in this notice (if that document is available in ADAMS) is
provided the first time that a document is referenced.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Harris, Office of Nuclear
Security and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301-415-1169; email:
[email protected]; or Scott C. Sloan, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555;
telephone: 301-415-1619; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 5, 2011 (76 FR 61625), the NRC
published a notice of receipt (76 FR 61625) for PRM-26-7. The
petitioner requested the NRC to amend its regulations under 10 CFR
26.187(b)(5) to include the Academy as one of the organizations
authorized to certify a substance abuse expert.
The NRC received one comment during the public comment period
(ADAMS Accession No. ML11341A064), which closed on December 19, 2011.
The commenter, a student pursuing a master's degree in social work,
provided a statement in support of the Academy's request to amend the
NRC's regulations. The commenter stated that by ``amending the NRC's
regulations to include the Academy as an authorized organization to
certify substance abuse experts, more individuals can become qualified
to provide addiction counseling. This would hopefully reduce the number
of under qualified care providers and ensure that the clients are
receiving the highest level of care.''
The NRC determined that the issues raised in PRM-26-7 are
appropriate for consideration and will address them in the ongoing 10
CFR part 26 Technical Issues rulemaking. Docket No. PRM-26-7 is closed.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of May 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
R.W. Borchardt,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-13807 Filed 6-6-12; 8:45 am]
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