[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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