[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 98 (Friday, May 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31969-31972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11994]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2016-0101]
Superseded or Outdated Generic Communications
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Generic communications; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing
selected generic communications because they have been superseded or
they contain information that is no longer applicable.
DATES: The effective date of the withdrawals is May 20, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0101 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0101. 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.
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]. For
the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided
in a table in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this
document.
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: Angela M. Baxter, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2976; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC is withdrawing selected generic communications because they
have been superseded or they contain information that is no longer
applicable. The withdrawal includes the original generic communication
and any supplements or revisions. The NRC plans to publish withdrawals
of selected generic communications on a quarterly basis until all
generic communications are brought up to date. A withdrawal does not
change licensee commitments to the document. The withdrawn generic
communications will not be available for use in the future. The generic
communications Web site (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/) will be updated to reflect the withdrawals. The following
generic communications are withdrawn:
Generic communications regarding the ``Operator Licensing
Examination
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Schedule'' and ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing
Examinations'' are withdrawn because the NRC routinely requests updates
from licensee's regarding its licensing examination schedule. Each
generic communication on this topic supersedes the previous request.
These generic communications include: Generic Letter (GL) 1983-01, GL
1983-40, GL 1985-04, GL 1985-18, GL 1986-14, GL 1987-14, GL 1988-13, GL
1989-03, GL 1990-07, GL 1991-12, GL 1992-06, Administrative Letter (AL)
1993-03, AL 1994-12, AL 1996-01, AL 1997-02, AL 1999-03, Regulatory
Issue Summary (RIS) 2000-14, RIS 2001-17, RIS 2002-09, RIS 2003-14, RIS
2004-10, RIS 2005-19, RIS 2006-15, RIS 2007-17, RIS 2008-16, RIS 2009-
11, RIS 2010-08, RIS 2011-04, RIS 2012-07, RIS 2013-06, and RIS 2014-
05.
AL 1993-02, ``Implementing the Revised Systematic
Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) Program,'' and AL 1998-07,
``Interim Suspension of the Systematic Assessment of Licensee
Performance (SALP) Program,'' are withdrawn because the Commission
approved termination of the SALP program in the staff requirements
memorandum for SECY-00-0049, ``Results of the Revised Oversight Process
Pilot Program,'' dated February 24, 2000.
AL 1993-04, ``Announcement of Forthcoming Public Meetings
on Whistleblower Protection Activities,'' is withdrawn because these
meetings have been held. There is no summary or transcript available
for these meetings.
AL 1993-05, ``Announcement of Public Workshop on the Form
and Content of Design Certification Rules,'' is withdrawn. The
workshops were held and the transcript is publicly available in ADAMS
(see ``Availability of Documents'' section).
AL 1994-01, ``Forthcoming NRC Meeting with Industry to
Discuss the Potential for Pressure Locking and Thermal Binding of Gate
Valves,'' is withdrawn because the meeting has been held. There is no
summary or transcript available for this meeting.
AL 1994-04, ``Change of the NRC Operations Center
Commercial Telephone and Facsimile Numbers,'' and AL 1995-01, ``Change
in Commercial Telephone and Facsimile Numbers at Nuclear Regulatory
Commission Headquarters,'' are withdrawn because the changes and
updates have been implemented and distributed. The current telephone
numbers at the NRC Headquarters and Operations Center are available on
the NRC's public Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/contactus/.
AL 1994-05, ``Notification Concerning Changes to 10 CFR
part 55'' [part 55 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
``Operators' Licenses''], is withdrawn because it was for notification
only.
AL 1994-08, ``Consolidation of the NRC Region V and Region
IV Offices,'' is withdrawn because the consolidation has taken place. A
list of current NRC Headquarters and Regional offices is available on
the NRC's public Web site, http://www.nrc.gov.
AL 1994-10, ``Distribution of NUREG-1478, `Non-Power
Reactor Operator Licensing Examiner Standards,' '' is withdrawn because
the distribution was for information only. To view the latest version
of NUREG-1478, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1478/.
AL 1994-13, ``Access to Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Bulletin Board Systems,'' is withdrawn because availability of the NRC
bulletin board system has been superseded by the NRC public Web site
and list server program. To stay current with news and information from
the NRC, you may subscribe to multiple automatic updates by email,
including RSS feeds, GovDelivery subscription services, and Lyris
subscription services. To enroll, or for more information about the
individual updates available, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html.
AL 1994-14, ``Distribution of Supplement to NUREG-1021,
`Operator Licensing Examiner Standards,' '' is withdrawn because the
distribution was for information only. To view the latest version of
NUREG-1021, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1021/.
AL 1994-15, ``Reorganization of the Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation,'' and AL 1999-01, ``Reorganization of the Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation,'' are withdrawn because the reorganization
has been accomplished. For current organizational information,
including branch level functional statements and an organization chart
for the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/nrrfuncdesc.html. To view current
organizational information and functional descriptions for all offices
within the NRC, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization.html.
AL 1994-17, ``Addressing Correspondence to the NRC,'' is
withdrawn. AL 1994-17 indicates that all written correspondence is to
be addressed to the NRC's Document Control Desk to ensure the
correspondence is entered into the NRC's Nuclear Document Control
System (NUDOCS). The NRC staff no longer uses NUDOCS; ADAMS is the
current records management system.
AL 1995-05, ``Revisions to Staff Guidance for Implementing
NRC Policy on Notices of Enforcement Discretion,'' is withdrawn because
it has been superseded by RIS 2005-01, Revision 1, ``Changes to Notice
of Enforcement Discretion Process and Staff Guidance,'' which transmits
NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0410, ``Notices of Enforcement
Discretion,'' dated March 13, 2013.
AL 1998-02, ``Revisions to Event Reporting Guidelines for
Power Reactors,'' is withdrawn because this information is now
available on the NRC's public Web site. For a complete listing of NRC
reports associated with events, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/.
AL 1998-05, ``Availability of Summaries in Electronic
Format of Technical Reports by the Office for Analysis and Evaluation
of Operational Data,'' is withdrawn because this information is now
available on the NRC's public Web site. For a complete listing of
reports or brochures on regulatory decisions, results of research,
results of incident investigations, and other technical and
administrative information, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/.
AL 1998-08, ``Availability of Revised NRC Form 3, `Notice
to Employees,' and Closure of NRC Walnut Creek Field Office,'' is
withdrawn. AL 1999-04, ``Availability of Revised NRC Form 3, `Notice to
Employees,' '' transmitted a revised version of Form 3 and is also
withdrawn. To view a current version of NRC Form 3 (5/2012), please go
to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/forms/nrc3.pdf. A list
of current NRC Headquarters and Regional offices is available on NRC's
public Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/locations.html.
GL 1991-18, Revision 1, ``Information to Licensees
Regarding NRC Inspection Manual Section on Resolution of Degraded and
Nonconforming Condition,'' is withdrawn. GL 1991-18 has been superseded
by RIS 2005-20, Revision 2, ``Revision to NRC Inspection Manual Part
9900 Technical Guidance--`Operability Determination & Functionality
Assessments for Resolution of Degraded or Nonconforming conditions
Adverse to
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Quality for Safety,' '' which announced Inspection Manual Chapter 0326
as the current operating guidance.
II. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons as indicated.
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Document ADAMS Accession No.
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Generic Letter 1983-01, ``Operator Licensing ML031080134
Examination Site Visit,'' January 11, 1983.
Generic Letter 1983-40, ``Operator Licensing ML031080565
Examinations,'' December 21, 1983.
Generic Letter 1985-04, ``Operator Licensing ML031150585
Examinations,'' January 29, 1985.
Generic Letter 1985-18, ``Operator Licensing ML031150718
Examinations,'' September 27, 1985.
Generic Letter 1986-14, ``Operator Licensing ML031150264
Examinations,'' August 20, 1986.
Generic Letter 1987-14, ``Operator Licensing ML031150510
Examinations,'' August 4, 1987.
Generic Letter 1988-13, ``Operator Licensing ML031150402
Examinations,'' August 8, 1988.
Generic Letter 1989-03, ``Operator Licensing ML031150236
National Examination Schedule,'' March 24,
1989.
Generic Letter 1990-07, ``Operator Licensing ML031210427
National Examination Schedule,'' August 10,
1990.
Generic Letter 1991-12, ``Operator Licensing ML031200673
National Examination Schedule,'' August 27,
1991.
Generic Letter 1992-06, ``Operator Licensing ML031130412
National Examination Schedule,'' September
16, 1992.
Administrative Letter 1993-03, ``Operator ML031110448
Licensing National Examination Schedule,''
September 7, 1993.
Administrative Letter 1994-12, ``Operator ML031110484
Licensing National Examination Schedule,''
September 12, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1996-01, ``Operator ML031110125
Licensing National Examination Schedule,''
January 9, 1996.
Administrative Letter 1997-02, ``Elimination ML031110165
of National Examination Schedule for Operator
Licensing,'' March 6, 1997.
Administrative Letter 1999-03, ``Preparation ML031110127
and Scheduling of Operator Licensing
Examinations,'' August 20, 1999.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2000-14, ML003743535
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' September 6, 2000.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2001-17, ML012110294
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' August 22, 2001.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2002-09, ML021570110
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' June 6, 2002.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2003-14, ML032370311
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' August 27, 2003.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2004-10, ML041400040
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' June 14, 2004.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2005-19, ML052080128
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' August 24, 2005.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2006-15, ML061870141
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' August 14, 2006.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2007-17, ML071500449
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' July 12, 2007.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2008-16, ML081160148
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' June 27, 2008.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2009-11, ML091470309
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' July 16, 2009.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2010-08, ML101460195
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' June 28, 2010.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2011-04, ML111170337
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' May 25, 2011.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2012-07, ML120650174
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' June 8, 2012.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2013-06, ML13098A074
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' June 7, 2013.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2014-05, ML14042A493
``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
Licensing Examinations,'' April 29, 2014.
Administrative Letter 1993-02, ``Implementing ML031110437
the Revised Systematic Assessment of Licensee
Performance (SALP) Program,'' August 30, 1993.
Administrative Letter 1998-07, ``Interim ML031110141
Suspension of the Systematic Assessment of
Licensee Performance (SALP) Program,''
October 2, 1998.
SECY-00-0049, ``Results of the Revised Reactor ML003683227
Oversight Process Pilot Program,'' February
24, 2000.
Administrative Letter 1993-04, ``Announcement ML031110440
of Forthcoming Public Meetings on
Whistleblower Protection Activities,''
September 9, 1993.
Administrative Letter 1993-05, ``Announcement ML031110443
of Public Workshop on the Form and Content of
Design Certification Rules,'' October 29,
1993.
Transcript, ``Workshop on Certification on ML003708102
Evolutionary LWR [light-water reactor]
Designs,'' November 23, 1993.
Administrative Letter 1994-01, ``Forthcoming ML031110544
NRC Meeting with Industry to Discuss the
Potential for Pressure Locking and Thermal
Binding of Gate Valves,'' January 13, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1994-04, ``Change of the ML031110536
NRC Operations Center Commercial Telephone
and Facsimile Numbers,'' April 11, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1995-01, ``Change in ML031110341
Commercial Telephone and Facsimile Numbers at
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Headquarters,''
January 23, 1995.
Administrative Letter 1995-01, Supplement 1, ML031110337
``Change in Commercial Telephone and
Facsimile Numbers at Nuclear Regulatory
Commission Headquarters,'' February 2, 1995.
Administrative Letter 1994-05, ``Notification ML031110529
Concerning Changes to 10 CFR Part 55,'' April
25, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1994-08, ``Consolidation ML031110511
of the NRC Region IV and Region V Offices,''
July 13, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1994-10, ``Distribution ML031110506
of NUREG-1478, `Non-Power Reactor Operator
Licensing Examiner Standards,' '' August 17,
1994.
Administrative Letter 1994-13, ``Access to ML031110480
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bulletin Board
Systems,'' September 13, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1994-13, ``Access to ML031110460
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bulletin Board
Systems,'' Rev. 1, June 29, 1995.
Administrative Letter 1994-13, ``Access to ML031110472
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bulletin Board
Systems,'' Rev. 2, May 3, 1996.
Administrative Letter 1994-14, ``Distribution ML031110450
of Supplement [7] to NUREG-1021, `Operator
Licensing Examiner Standards,' '' September
22, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1994-15, ML031110444
``Reorganization of the Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation,'' October 6, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1999-01, ML031110145
``Reorganization of the Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation,'' April 9, 1999.
Administrative Letter 1994-17, ``Addressing ML031110347
Correspondence to the NRC,'' December 15,
1994.
Administrative Letter 1995-05, ``Revisions to ML031200349
Staff Guidance for Implementing NRC Policy on
Notices of Enforcement Discretion,'' November
7, 1995.
Administrative Letter 1995-05, Revision 1, ML031110281
``Revisions to Staff Guidance for
Implementing NRC Policy on Notices of
Enforcement Discretion,'' February 19, 1999.
Administrative Letter 1995-05, Revision 2, ML031210366
``Revisions to Staff Guidance for
Implementing NRC Policy on Notices of
Enforcement Discretion,'' July 27, 1999.
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Regulatory Issue Summary 2005-01, Revision 1, ML12163A492
``Changes to Notice of Enforcement Discretion
Process and Staff Guidance,'' March 13, 2013.
Administrative Letter 1998-02, ``Revisions to ML031110223
Event Reporting Guidelines for Power
Reactors,'' March 17, 1998.
Administrative Letter 1998-05, ``Availability ML031110160
of Summaries in Electronic Format of
Technical Reports by the Office for Analysis
and Evaluation of Operational Data,'' August
3, 1998.
Administrative Letter 1998-08, ``Availability ML031110130
of Revised NRC Form 3, `Notice to Employees'
and Closure of NRC Walnut Creek Field
Office,'' October 9, 1998.
Administrative Letter 1999-04, ``Availability ML031110112
of Revised NRC Form 3, `Notice to Employees,'
'' September 10, 1999.
Generic Letter 1991-18, ``Information to ML031140549
Licensees Regarding Two NRC Inspection Manual
Sections on Resolution of Degraded and
Nonconforming Conditions and on
Operability,'' November 7, 1991.
Generic Letter 1991-18, Revision 1, ML031200701
``Information to Licensees Regarding NRC
Inspection Manual Section on Resolution of
Degraded and Nonconforming Conditions,''
October 8, 1997.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2005-20, Revision 2, ML15106A484
``Revision to NRC Inspection Manual Part 9900
Technical Guidance--`Operability
Determinations & Functionality Assessments
for Resolution of Degraded or Nonconforming
Conditions Adverse to Quality or Safety,' ''
June 5, 2015.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of May, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sheldon Stuchell,
Chief, Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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