[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63901-63902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24879]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2013 /
Proposed Rules
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 50 and 55
[NRC-2012-0031]
RIN 3150-AJ11
Onsite Emergency Response Capabilities
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory basis.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making
available a regulatory basis document to support the potential
amendment of its regulations concerning nuclear power plant licensees'
onsite emergency response capabilities. The NRC is not seeking public
comments on this document. The issuance of this regulatory basis
document is one of the actions stemming from the NRC's lessons-learned
efforts associated with the March 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power
Plant accident in Japan.
DATES: At this time, the NRC is not soliciting formal public comments
on this document. There will be an opportunity for formal public
comment on the proposed rule when it is published in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0031 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information for this document. You may
access information related to this document by any of the following
methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to www.regulations.gov and
search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0031. Address questions about NRC dockets
to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-3422; email:
[email protected]. For technical questions, please contact the
individual 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]. The ADAMS Accession Number
for each document referenced in this document (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced.
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: Stewart Schneider, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-4123; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Publicly Available Documents
III. Non-Concurrence
IV. Plain Writing
I. Background
As the NRC continues its ongoing proposed rulemaking effort to
amend portions of Parts 50 and 55 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) to strengthen and integrate onsite emergency
response capabilities, the NRC is making documents publicly available
on the Federal rulemaking Web site, www.regulations.gov, under Docket
ID NRC-2012-0031. By making these documents publicly available, the NRC
seeks to inform stakeholders of the current status of the NRC's
rulemaking development activities and to provide preparatory material
for future public meetings.
II. Publicly Available Documents
The NRC has posted on www.regulations.gov for public availability
the regulatory basis to strengthen and integrate onsite emergency
response capabilities. This regulatory basis documents the reasons why
the NRC determined rulemaking was the appropriate course of action to
enhance regulatory requirements.
In addition, the NRC has posted preliminary proposed rule language
related to this rulemaking as Appendix C of the regulatory basis. This
preliminary proposed rule language contains one portion of the NRC's
proposed changes. This language does not represent a final NRC staff
position nor has it been reviewed by the Commission. Therefore, the
preliminary proposed rule language may undergo significant revision
during the rulemaking process.
The NRC is not requesting formal public comments on the regulatory
basis or the preliminary proposed rule language. The NRC may post
additional materials, including other preliminary proposed rule
language, to the Federal rulemaking Web site at www.regulations.gov,
under Docket ID NRC-2012-0031. The Federal rulemaking Web 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-
0031); (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).
III. Non-Concurrence
Several NRC staff members did not agree with some content of the
regulatory basis and submitted non-concurrences on this document. In
accordance with the NRC's non-concurrence process, NRC management and
staff worked to address the staff members' concerns, and documentation
of the non-concurrences can be found at Accession Nos. ML13269A322 and
ML13269A327. The non-concurrence issues were assessed, and the
regulatory basis was revised to address the staff members' concerns. As
a result, four of the staff members concurred, and one staff member
reaffirmed his non-concurrence.
IV. Plain Writing
The Plain Writing Act of 2010, (Pub. L. 111-274) requires Federal
agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, well-organized manner
that also follows other best practices appropriate to the subject or
field and the intended audience. Although regulations are exempt under
the Act, the NRC is applying the same principles to its rulemaking
documents. Therefore, the NRC has written this document, including the
preliminary proposed rule
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language, to be consistent with the Plain Writing Act.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of October, 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lawrence E. Kokajko,
Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2013-24879 Filed 10-24-13; 8:45 am]
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