[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9534-9535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02515]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 73
[NRC-2016-0145]
RIN 3150-AJ79
Access Authorization and Fitness-For-Duty Determinations
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to hold a
public meeting to discuss a rulemaking activity regarding the role of
third parties in access authorization and fitness-for-duty
determinations. The purpose of the meeting is to provide information on
the background and status of this rulemaking activity and to obtain
input from interested stakeholders.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on February 13, 2017. See
Section II, Public Meeting, of this document for more information on
the meeting.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0145 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this meeting. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this meeting using
any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0145. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individuals 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]. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in 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: Daniel I. Doyle, telephone: 301-415-
3748, email: [email protected]; or Mark Resner, telephone: 301-287-
3680, email: [email protected]. Both are staff members of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In a staff requirements memorandum dated June 6, 2016 (SRM-SECY-15-
0149, ADAMS Accession No. ML16158A286), the Commission approved
proceeding with the rulemaking process to further explore the issues
raised in an NRC staff paper regarding the role of third party
arbitrators in licensee access authorization and fitness-for-duty
determinations. The NRC is in the early stages of developing a draft
regulatory basis document that will describe the regulatory issue,
options to address the issue, and the recommended option. The NRC will
consider the information shared at the meeting in the development of
the draft regulatory basis document.
The NRC held a similar public meeting on November 16, 2016, and a
summary of that meeting is available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML16336A034. The NRC is holding this meeting in response to a request
from stakeholders to allow another opportunity for public input prior
to publication of a draft regulatory basis document. The NRC also held
a closed meeting on December 12, 2016, with representatives from the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and a summary of that
meeting is available
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in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16355A092.
The NRC changed the title of this rulemaking activity from ``Role
of Third Parties in Access Authorization and Fitness-for-Duty
Determinations'' to ``Access Authorization and Fitness-for-Duty
Determinations.''
II. Public Meeting
The public meeting will be on February 13, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. (EST) in the Commission Hearing Room, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. Interested stakeholders may attend in person
or via teleconference and Webinar. The purpose of the meeting is to
provide background information on this rulemaking activity and obtain
stakeholder input in order to enhance the NRC's understanding of the
associated issues. The NRC staff will use this input to inform its
determination of what action, if any, the agency should take to address
the issue of third party participation in licensee access authorization
and fitness-for-duty determinations. The NRC staff will discuss the
various opportunities for the public to participate in the rulemaking
process. The NRC will not provide formal written responses to the oral
comments made at this meeting. In addition, the NRC is not providing an
opportunity to submit written public comments in connection with this
meeting.
Information for the teleconference and Webinar is available in the
meeting notice, which can be accessed through the NRC's public Web site
at: http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. Participants must register at the
Internet link in the meeting notice to participate in the Webinar.
Additional details regarding the meeting will be posted at least 10
days prior to the public meeting on the NRC's public meeting Web site
at: http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of January 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Louise Lund,
Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2017-02515 Filed 2-6-17; 8:45 am]
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