[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50878-50879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20637]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[FEMA-2012-0026, NRC-2015-0133]
Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response
Plans and Preparedness
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft NUREG; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On May 29, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
issued and requested comments on draft NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Revision
2, ``Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency
Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants.''
The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on August
27, 2015. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to
allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their
comments.
DATES: The due date for comments on the document published on May 29,
2015 (80 FR 30739) is extended. Comments should be filed no later than
October 13, 2015. Comments received after this date will be considered,
if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure
consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: In order to avoid the receipt and review of duplicate
submissions, please submit your comments and any supporting material by
only one of the following means:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID FEMA-2012-0026. For
technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
Mail comments to: Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of
Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472-3100.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Tailleart, Office of Nuclear
Security and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-9257; email:
[email protected] or William Eberst, Technological Hazards
Division, National Preparedness Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472-3100; telephone: 202-341-4917;
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID FEMA-2012-0026 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID FEMA-2012-0026.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
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ADAMS Public Documents collection 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
draft guidance document is available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML14246A519.
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.
Submitted comments may also be inspected at the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), Office of Chief Counsel, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472-3100.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID FEMA-2012-0026 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that FEMA is able to make your
comment submission available to the public in this docket.
All submissions received must include the agency name (FEMA) and
docket ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or
material, FEMA will post all submissions, without change, to
www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information that you
provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You
may wish to read the Privacy Act notice, which can be viewed by
clicking on the ``Privacy Notice'' link on the homepage of
www.regulations.gov.
II. Discussion
On May 29, 2015, the NRC requested comments on draft NUREG-0654/
FEMA-REP-1, Revision 2, ``Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of
Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of
Nuclear Power Plants.'' Comments on the draft document were also
requested by FEMA on the same date (80 FR 30697). The public comment
period was originally scheduled to close on August 27, 2015. On June
23, 2015, the Nuclear Energy Institute submitted a request to the NRC
and FEMA to extend the public comment period an additional 90 days
(ADAMS Accession No. ML15205A187). The NRC, in conjunction with FEMA,
has decided to extend the public comment period on this document until
October 13, 2015, to allow more time for members of the public to
submit their comments. This represents a 45-day extension, rather than
90 days as requested, in consideration of the extensive public outreach
and stakeholder engagement throughout the development of the draft
document, which provided opportunities for reviewing and providing
feedback on preliminary versions of the document. A 45-day extension
should provide sufficient additional time for comments to be provided.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of August, 2015.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian E. Holian,
Director, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response.
[FR Doc. 2015-20637 Filed 8-20-15; 8:45 am]
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