[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 70123-70124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28436]
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 226 / Friday, November 23, 2012 /
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
2 CFR Chapter XX
5 CFR Chapter XLVIII
10 CFR Chapter I
[NRC-2011-0246]
Retrospective Review Under Executive Order 13579
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Plan for retrospective analysis of existing rules; request for
comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is making available its draft Plan for the retrospective analysis of
its existing regulations. The draft Plan describes the processes and
activities that the NRC uses to determine whether any of its
regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed.
This action is part of the NRC's voluntary implementation of Executive
Order (E.O.) 13579, ``Regulation and Independent Regulatory Agencies,''
issued by the President on July 11, 2011. The NRC is requesting public
comment on the draft Plan at this time. This request for comment is
solely for information and program-planning purposes. The NRC will
consider the comments submitted and may use them, as appropriate, in
the preparation of a final retrospective review plan; however, the NRC
does not anticipate responding to individual comments.
DATES: Submit comments by February 6, 2013. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to only ensure consideration only of comments
received before this date. Requests for extension of the comment period
will not be granted.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this draft plan, which the NRC possesses and is publicly available,
by searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2011-
0246. You may submit comments by the following methods:
Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0246. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: [email protected].
Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact
us at 301-415-1677.
Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at 301-415-1101.
Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) Federal
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
The NRC's draft Plan may be viewed online on the NRC's Public Web
site at the following locations: 1) On the NRC's Open Government Web
page at http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/open.html (under the tabs
entitled ``Selected NRC Resources'' and ``Rulemaking''); and 2) on the
NRC's plans, budget, and performance Web page at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/plans-performance.html). The NRC's draft Plan may also be
viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch, Office of Administration, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone:
301-492-3667 or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0246 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this draft Plan. You may
access information related to this action, which the NRC possesses and
is publicly available, by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0246.
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, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. The NRC's draft Plan for
public comment is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML12305A373.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0246 in the subject line of your
comment submission in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your
comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not edit comment submissions to remove identifying
or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Background
On January 18, 2011, President Obama issued E.O. 13563, ``Improving
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Regulation and Regulatory Review.'' Executive Order 13563 directs
Federal agencies to develop and submit a preliminary plan ``under which
the agency will periodically review its existing significant
regulations to determine whether any such regulations should be
modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed so as to make the agency's
regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving the
regulatory objectives.'' Executive Order 13563 did not, however, apply
to independent regulatory agencies. Subsequently, on July 11, 2011, the
President issued E.O. 13579, which recommends that independent
regulatory agencies also develop retrospective plans similar to those
required of other agencies under E.O. 13563. In the spirit of
cooperation, in November 2011, in response to E.O. 13579, the NRC made
available an initial Plan on the NRC's Public Web site. The NRC has now
updated its initial Plan and has created a draft Plan. The draft Plan
is available at the following locations: (1) On the NRC's Open
Government Web page at http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/open.html
(under the tabs entitled ``Selected NRC Resources'' and
``Rulemaking''); (2) on the NRC's plans, budget, and performance Web
page at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/plans-performance.html); and (3)
on http://www.regulations.gov. The NRC is accepting public comment on
this draft Plan.
III. Plan for Retrospective Review
The NRC's draft Plan describes the NRC's processes and activities
relating to retrospective review of existing regulations, including
discussions of the: (1) Efforts to incorporate risk assessments into
regulatory decisionmaking; (2) efforts to address the cumulative
effects of regulation; (3) the NRC's methodology for prioritizing its
rulemaking activities; (4) rulemaking initiatives arising out of the
NRC's ongoing review of its regulations related to the recent events at
the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan; and (5) the NRC's
previous and ongoing efforts to update its regulations in a systematic,
ongoing basis.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of November 2012.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
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