[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46621-46622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18522]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2013-0170]


Status of the Office of New Reactors' Implementation of 
Electronic Distribution of Advanced Reactor Correspondence

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Implementation of electronic distribution of advanced reactor 
correspondence; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this 
Federal Register notice to inform the public that, in the future, 
publicly available correspondence originating from the Division of 
Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking (DARR) in the Office of New Reactors 
(NRO) will be transmitted only by a computer-based email distribution 
system listserv to addressees and subscribers. This change does not 
affect the availability of official agency records in the NRC's 
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which may be 
accessed through NRC's Web page at www.nrc.gov.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0170 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may access information related to this document, which the NRC 
possesses and is publicly available, using any of the following 
methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0170. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     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].
     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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron S. Goodwin, Office of New 
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-6146; email: [email protected].

Further information

    This electronic distribution process was first utilized by the 
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing (DORL) in October 2008. All 
four regions are also utilizing this process for their operating 
reactor correspondence. Region 2 was the final region to convert to 
electronic distribution in June of 2013. Public feedback regarding this 
process has been positive. This process distributes correspondence 
documents to the addressees and members of the listserv at the same 
time. Distribution of documents containing safeguards, proprietary or 
security-related

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information, or other information that is withheld from public 
disclosure will not be affected by this initiative.
    This initiative will be implemented by August 2013. Individuals may 
subscribe to receive DARR generated correspondence by entering the 
following URL into their web browser address bar: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html, Or through NRC's Web site, www.nrc.gov. 
as described below:
    1. Go to the NRC's public Web site (www.nrc.gov).
    2. Click on the ``Public Meetings and Involvement'' tab.
    3. On this page, under the heading ``Information and Meeting 
Schedules to Help You Participate,'' click on ``Subscribe to Email 
Updates.''
    4. On this page, scroll down to the Lyris Subscription Services.
    5. Enter your email address.
    6. You have the option to select ``All Advanced Reactor 
Correspondence'' or the individual designs.
    7. Once you have selected the designs, click on the ``Subscribe'' 
button.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of July 2013.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cameron S. Goodwin,
Project Manager, Small Modular Reactor Licensing Branch 2, Division of 
Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2013-18522 Filed 7-31-13; 8:45 am]
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