[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 22209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08752]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 26
[Docket No. PRM-26-8; NRC-2012-0290]
Additional Synthetic Drug Testing
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) will consider the
issues raised in a petition for rulemaking (PRM), PRM-26-8, submitted
by Mr. Thomas King (the petitioner) in the NRC's rulemaking process.
The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its Fitness for Duty
program regulations to amend drug testing requirements to test for
additional synthetic drugs currently not included in the regulations.
The NRC determined that the issues raised in the PRM are appropriate
for consideration in an ongoing rulemaking on Drug and Alcohol Testing.
The NRC is not instituting a public comment period at this time.
DATES: The docket for the petition for rulemaking, PRM-26-8, is closed
on April 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Further NRC action on the issues raised by this petition can
be found on the Federal rulemaking Web site at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2012-0079, which is
the rulemaking docket for the Part 26 Drug and Alcohol Testing;
Technical Issues and Editorial Changes rulemaking.
You can access publicly available documents related to the
petition, which the NRC possesses and are publicly available, using any
of 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 petition Docket ID NRC-2012-0290 or the Part 26 Drug
and Alcohol Testing; Technical Issues and Editorial Changes rulemaking
Docket ID NRC-2012-0079. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-3668; email: [email protected].
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 petition for rulemaking
is available in ADAMS under Accession Number ML12332A137.
NRC's Public Document Room (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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott 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 3, 2012, the NRC received a PRM
filed by Thomas King requesting the NRC take immediate action to
address and curtail the use of new synthetic drugs at nuclear power
plants. The NRC requirements in Part 26 of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Fitness for Duty Program,'' already
enable licensees and other affected entities to add other drugs that
are scheduled in the Controlled Substances Act to the panel of
substances tested pursuant to 10 CFR 26.31(d)(1)(i). However, the NRC
has determined that the broader issue of synthetic drug use raised by
the petitioner is appropriate for consideration and will address it in
the ongoing 10 CFR part 26 Drug and Alcohol Testing; Technical Issues
and Editorial Changes rulemaking. Therefore, the NRC is not instituting
an opportunity for public comment at this time. Stakeholders will have
an opportunity to comment on the proposed rule associated with 10 CFR
part 26 Drug and Alcohol Testing; Technical Issues and Editorial
Changes.
You can monitor NRC action on the issues raised by this petition by
searching on the rulemaking Docket ID NRC-2012-0079 on the Federal
rulemaking Web site. This site allows you to receive alerts when
changes or additions occur in a docket folder. To subscribe: (1)
Navigate to the docket folder (NRC-2012-0079; Part 26 Drug and Alcohol
Testing; Technical Issues and Editorial Changes rulemaking); (2) click
the ``Email Alert'' link; and (3) enter your email address and select
how frequently you would like to receive emails (daily, weekly, or
monthly).
The Docket for the petition, PRM-26-8, is closed.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of April 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
R.W. Borchardt,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-08752 Filed 4-12-13; 8:45 am]
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