[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21907-21908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08466]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2016-0076]
Proposed Emergency Preparedness Frequently Asked Questions
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making
available for comment a set of emergency preparedness frequently asked
questions (EPFAQs). These EPFAQs are intended to provide clarification
of NRC-endorsed Nuclear Energy Institute guidance related to emergency
preparedness (EP) at licensed power reactor sites. The NRC is
publishing these draft EPFAQs to inform the public and solicit
comments.
DATES: Comments must be filed by May 13, 2016. Comments received after
this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received
on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0076. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
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 A. Johnson, Office of Nuclear
Security and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington,
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DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-9230; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0076 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
obtain publicly-available information related to this action by the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0076.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
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
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. The
draft EPFAQs are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16084A883.
These are also located on the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/emerg-preparedness/faq/faq-contactus.html.
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-2016-0076 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 posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely 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 does not routinely 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
The NRC is requesting comments on these draft EPFAQs. The NRC has
developed this program for the staff to provide clarification of
endorsed guidance related to EP. This process is intended to describe
the manner in which the NRC may provide interested parties an
opportunity to share their individual views with the NRC staff
regarding the appropriate response to questions raised on the
interpretation or applicability of EP regulatory guidance issued by the
NRC, before the NRC issues an official response to such questions.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 7th day of April, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephanie M. Coffin,
Deputy Director, Division of Preparedness and Response, Office of
Nuclear Security and Incident Response.
[FR Doc. 2016-08466 Filed 4-12-16; 8:45 am]
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