[ The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Nuclear Regulatory Commission Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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Part LXII





Nuclear Regulatory Commission





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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)                              
  
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Ch. I

Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing its 
semiannual regulatory agenda in accordance with Public Law 96-354 ``The 
Regulatory Flexibility Act'' and Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory 
Planning and Review.'' The agenda is a compilation of all rules on 
which the NRC has recently completed action or has proposed or is 
considering action. This issuance updates any action occurring on rules 
since publication of the last semiannual agenda on April 27, 1998 (63 
FR 23040).

ADDRESSES: Comments on any rule in the agenda may be sent to the 
Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications 
Staff. Comments may also be hand delivered to the One White Flint North 
Building, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 a.m. 
and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays. Comments received on rules for which 
the comment period has closed will be considered if it is practical to 
do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given except as to 
comments received on or before the closure dates specified in the 
agenda.

    The agenda and any comments received on any rule listed in the 
agenda are available for public inspection and copying for a fee at 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L 
Street NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555-0001. Single copies 
of the NRC agenda can be purchased from the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Post Office Box 37082, 
Washington, DC 20013-7082. Customers may call (202) 512-2249.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning NRC 
rulemaking procedures or the status of any rule listed in this agenda, 
contact David L. Meyer, Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of 
Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone (301) 415-
7162, e-mail [email protected]. Persons outside the Washington, DC, 
metropolitan area may call, toll-free: (800) 368-5642. For further 
information on the substantive content of any rule listed in the 
agenda, contact the individual listed under the heading ``Agency 
Contact'' for that rule.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information contained in this semiannual 
publication is updated to reflect any action which has occurred on 
rules since publication of the last NRC semiannual agenda on April 27, 
1998 (63 FR 23040). Within each group, the rules are ordered according 
to the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN).

    The information in this agenda has been updated through August 
28, 1998. The date for the next scheduled action under the heading 
``Timetable'' is the date the rule is scheduled to be published in 
the Federal Register. The date is considered tentative and is not 
binding on the Commission or its staff. The agenda is intended to 
provide the public early notice and opportunity to participate in 
the NRC rulemaking process. However, the NRC may consider or act on 
any rulemaking even though it is not included in the agenda.

Rulemakings Approved by the Executive Director for Operations (EDO)

    The EDO initiated a procedure for review of the regulations 
being prepared by staff offices that report to him to ensure that 
staff resources are allocated most effectively to achieve NRC's 
regulatory priorities. This procedure requires EDO approval before 
staff resources may be expended on the development of any new 
rulemaking. Furthermore, all existing rules must receive EDO 
approval prior to the commitment of additional resources.

    The NRC agenda lists rulemaking actions. Of these, one 
rulemaking item is considered to be priority or major as defined in 
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866. Seven rules potentially will 
have a ``significant economic impact on a substantial number of 
small entities'' as defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

    For this edition of NRC's regulatory agenda, the most important 
significant regulatory action is included in The Regulatory Plan, 
which appears in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. The 
Regulatory Plan entry is listed in the table of contents below and 
is denoted by a bracketed bold reference, which directs the reader 
to the appropriate sequence number in part II.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of August 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Michael T. Lesar,

Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, 
Office of Administration.

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                                                                                                     Regulation
 Sequence                                           Title                                            Identifier
  Number                                                                                               Number
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4582         Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material--Revision.............................    3150-AF22
4583         Nuclear Regulatory Commission Acquisition Regulation.................................    3150-AF52
4584         Medical Uses of Byproduct Material...................................................    3150-AF74
4585         Certification Amendment Process......................................................    3150-AF85
4586         Criticality Accident Requirements....................................................    3150-AF87
4587         Emergency Planning Requirements for Permanently Shutdown Nuclear Power Plant Sites...    3150-AF92
4588         Expand Applicability To Include Certificate Holders and Applicants and Their
            Contractors and Subcontractors........................................................    3150-AF93
4589         Changes, Tests, and Experiments......................................................    3150-AF94
4590         Requirements for Monitoring the Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants.    3150-AF95
4591         Conformance to National Policies for Access to and Protection of Classified
            Information...........................................................................    3150-AF97

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4592         Elimination of Reporting Requirement and 30-Day Hold in Loading Spent Fuel After
            Preoperational Testing of Independent Spent Fuel or Monitored Retrievable Storage
            Installations.........................................................................    3150-AG02
4593         Requirements for Certain Generally Licensed Industrial Devices Containing Byproduct
            Material..............................................................................    3150-AG03
4594         Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca
            Mountain, Nevada......................................................................    3150-AG04
4595         Environmental Impacts of High-Level Waste Transportation.............................    3150-AG05
4596         Requirements for the Possession of Industrial Devices Containing Byproduct Material..    3150-AG06
4597         Availability of Public Records at NRC Public Document Rooms..........................    3150-AG07
4598         Revision of Fee Schedules; 100 Percent Fee Recovery, FY 1999 (Reg Plan Seq. No. 175).    3150-AG08
4599         Streamlined Hearing Process for NRC Approval of License Transfers....................   3150-AG09
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.


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  Number                                                                                               Number
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4600         Elimination of Inconsistencies Between NRC Regulations and EPA HLW Standards.........    3150-AC03
4601         Requirements for Possession of Industrial Devices Containing Byproduct Material......    3150-AD34
4602         Industry Codes and Standards; Amended Requirements...................................    3150-AE26
4603         Clarification of Assessment Requirements for Siting Criteria and Performance
            Objectives............................................................................    3150-AE40
4604         Fitness for Duty.....................................................................    3150-AF12
4605         Reporting Reliability and Availability Information for Risk-Significant Systems and
            Equipment.............................................................................    3150-AF33
4606         Initial Licensed Operator Examination Requirements...................................    3150-AF62
4607         Audit Frequency for Emergency Planning and Security..................................    3150-AF63
4608         Financial Protection Requirements for Permanently Shutdown Nuclear Power Reactors....    3150-AF79
4609         Miscellaneous Changes................................................................    3150-AF80
4610         Respiratory Protection and Controls to Restrict Internal Exposure, Subpart H and
            Appendix A............................................................................    3150-AF81
4611         Procedures Applicable to Proceedings for the Issuance of Licensees for the Receipt of
            High-Level Radioactive Waste at a Geologic Repository.................................    3150-AF88
4612         Codes and Standards; IEEE National Consensus Standard................................    3150-AF96
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4613         Addition of Radon-222 and Technetium-99 Values to Table S-3 and Revisions Resulting
            From Consideration of Higher-Burnup Fuel..............................................    3150-AA31
4614         Criteria for an Extraordinary Nuclear Occurrence.....................................    3150-AB01
4615         Availability of Official Records.....................................................    3150-AC07
4616         Comprehensive Quality Assurance in Medical Use and a Standard of Care................    3150-AC42
4617         Requirements Concerning the Accessible Air Gap for Generally Licensed Devices........    3150-AD82
4618         Standardized Plant Designs, Early Review of Site Suitability Issues; Clarifying
            Amendments............................................................................    3150-AE25
4619         Distribution of Source and Byproduct Material: Licensing and Reporting Requirements..    3150-AE33
4620         Disposal by Release Into Sanitary Sewerage...........................................    3150-AE90
4621         Shutdown and Fuel Storage Pool Operation at Nuclear Power Plants.....................    3150-AE97
4622         Steam Generator Tube Integrity for Operating Nuclear Power Plants....................    3150-AF04
4623         Performance-Oriented Requirements for Fire Protection of Nuclear Power Facilities....    3150-AF29
4624         Revision to Nuclear Power Reactor Decommissioning Cost Requirements..................    3150-AF40
4625         Submittal Procedures for Documents...................................................    3150-AF61
4626         Modification to Event Reporting Requirements for Power Reactors......................    3150-AF98
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4627         Fitness for Duty (Scope Change)......................................................    3150-AF13
4628         Physical Protection for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste..........    3150-AF32
4629         Revision to Nuclear Power Reactor Decommissioning Financial Assurance Implementation
            Requirements..........................................................................    3150-AF41
4630         Minor Corrections and Clarifying Changes and a Minor Policy Change...................    3150-AF46
4631         Criteria and Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Access to Restricted Data or
            National Security Information or an Employment Clearance..............................    3150-AF48
4632         Requirements for Shipping Packages Used to Transport Vitrified Wastes Containing
            Plutonium.............................................................................    3150-AF59
4633         Self-Guarantee of Decommissioning Funding by Non-Profit and Non-Bond Issuing
            Licensees.............................................................................    3150-AF64
4634         Codes and Standards; IEEE National Consensus Standard................................    3150-AF73
4635         Revision of Prototype Testing Requirements for Dials, Hands, and Pointers Containing
            Tritium...............................................................................    3150-AF76
4636         License Term for Medical Licenses....................................................    3150-AF77
4637         Access to Secret Restricted Data.....................................................    3150-AF82
4638         Revision of Fee Schedules; 100 Percent Fee Recovery, FY 1998.........................    3150-AF83
4639         Adoption of Part 20 Dose Limits and Dose Calculational Methodology in Part 72........    3150-AF84
4640         Access Authorization Fee Schedule for Licensee Personnel.............................    3150-AF90
4641         Revision of Dose Limit for Members of the Public Exposed to Hospitalized Radiation
            Patients..............................................................................    3150-AF91
4642         Transfer for Disposal and Manifests; Minor Technical Conforming Amendment............    3150-AF99
4643         Physical Protection for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste:
            Corrective Amendment..................................................................    3150-AG00
4644         Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements...........................    3150-AG01
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)           Proposed Rule Stage
  
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4582. DOMESTIC LICENSING OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL--REVISION

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2231; 42 USC 2241; 42 USC 2282

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 70

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to 
provide a risk-informed performance-based regulation for certain 
licensees authorized to possess a critical mass of special nuclear 
material. Concurrent with this amendment, companion support guidance 
documents are being developed for issuance. The proposed rule would 
require affected licensees to conduct an integrated safety analysis to 
identify potential accidents at the facility and the items relied on 
for safety. While the NRC believes that fuel facilities operate with an 
adequate degree of safety, the safety bases for licensing and 
inspection may have significant uncertainties.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            10/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Richard Milstein, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-8149
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF22
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4583. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ACQUISITION REGULATION

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  41 USC 251 note; 42 USC 251 note; 40 USC 1401 note

CFR Citation:  48 CFR 20

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission Acquisition Regulation (NRCAR) for the procurement of goods 
and services within the NRC to satisfy the particular needs of the 
agency. The proposed rule would incorporate streamlining and 
simplification methods identified under the NRC's Procurement 
Reinvention Laboratory (PRL) and legislated under the Federal 
Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (FASA), the Federal Acquisition 
Reform Act of 1996 (FARA), and the Information Technology Management 
Reform Act (ITMRA) of 1996. The intent of the FASA, FARA, and ITMRA is 
to streamline procurement processes within the Federal Government. 
Implementing instructions are needed for some of these processes. In 
addition, the NRC's PRL will require the NRC to streamline and simplify 
procedures in the NRCAR wherever possible.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            10/00/98
Final Action                    02/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses

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Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no 
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with 
this action.

Agency Contact: Mary Lynn Scott, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Administration, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6179
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF52
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4584. MEDICAL USES OF BYPRODUCT MATERIAL

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2111; 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2232; 42 USC 2233; 
42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 35

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations 
for the use of radionuclides in medicine. The process started with 
NRC's 1993 internal senior management review report; continued with the 
1996 independent external review by the National Academy of Sciences, 
Institute of Medicine; and culminated with NRC's Strategic Assessment 
process, which addressed medical oversight. As a result of these 
actions, the Commission directed the staff to restructure part 35 into 
a more risk-oriented, performance-based regulation that focuses on 
those procedures that pose the highest risk. Alternative regulatory 
oversights will be considered for those diagnostic procedures that are 
consistent with the lower overall risk of these procedures. Other 
issues to be considered during the rulemaking include: the best way to 
capture not only relevant safety-significant events, but also precursor 
events; revision of the quality management program to focus on those 
requirements that are essential for patient safety; the viability of 
using or referencing available industry and training and experience for 
authorized users, radiation safety officers, and medical physicists. 
Public input on regulatory alternatives for these and other 
crosscutting issues were solicited via the Internet, Federal Register 
notices, and public workshops.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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ANPRM                           08/06/97                    62 FR 42219
ANPRM Comment Period End        03/01/98
NPRM                            08/13/98                    63 FR 43516
NPRM Comment Period End         11/12/98
Final Action                    09/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Cathy Haney, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and, Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6825
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF74
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4585. CERTIFICATION AMENDMENT PROCESS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2297b-11; 42 USC 2297f; 42 USC 
5841; 42 USC 5842; 42 USC 5845; 42 USC 5846; 42 USC 2243(a); 42 USC 
5851; 42 USC 2243(f); 42 USC 2152

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 76

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations 
that apply to gaseous diffusion plants. In 1994, these regulations 
established the process by which the NRC would assume regulatory 
authority for the Paducah and Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plants. 
These plants first came under NRC oversight on March 3, 1997. While 
implementing the initial certification and amendment processes 
specified in the 1994 regulations, the NRC staff identified several 
areas in these processes that should be revised and improved so that 
they are more effective and efficient. This proposed rulemaking would 
modify the process for certificate renewals, establish a process for 
certificate amendment comparable to the process currently used to amend 
a fuel cycle license, revise the appeal process for amendments, 
eliminate the significant designation for amendments, simplify the 
criteria for persons who are eligible to file a petition for review of 
an amendment action, remove references to the initial application 
because the initial certificates have been issued, and lengthen the 
time periods associated with filing a petition for review.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            09/15/98                    63 FR 49301
NPRM Comment Period End         11/16/98
Final Action                    10/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: John Telford, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6229
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF85
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4586. CRITICALITY ACCIDENT REQUIREMENTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2132; 42 USC 2133; 42 USC 2134; 42 USC 2135; 
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2232; 42 USC 2233; 42 USC 2236; 42 USC 2239; 42 USC 
2282

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 70

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to 
provide light-water nuclear power reactor licensees with greater 
flexibility in meeting the requirement that licensees authorized to 
possess more than a small amount of special nuclear material maintain a 
criticality monitoring system in each area where the material is 
handled, used, or stored. This action is taken as a result of the 
experience gained in processing and evaluating a number of exemption 
requests from power reactor licensees and NRC's safety assessments in 
response to these requests that

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concluded that the likelihood of criticality was negligible.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Rule                      12/03/97                    62 FR 63825
Final Rule Effective            02/17/98
NPRM                            10/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: This rulemaking was incorrectly reported as a 
completion in the April 1998 Unified Agenda.

Agency Contact: Stan Turel, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6324
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF87
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4587. EMERGENCY PLANNING REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMANENTLY SHUTDOWN NUCLEAR 
POWER PLANT SITES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations by 
providing relief from emergency planning requirements for permanently 
shutdown nuclear power plant sites based on the reduced risks 
associated with the configuration of the stored fuel and the passage of 
time since power operation. These factors, under specified conditions, 
result in significantly reduced accident risk and consequences, 
therefore, not warranting emergency plans devised for full power 
operations.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            12/00/98
Final Action                    09/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: George J. Mencinsky, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6206
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF92
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4588. EXPAND APPLICABILITY TO INCLUDE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS AND APPLICANTS 
AND THEIR CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 72

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations by 
placing appropriate requirements on certificate holders, and 
applicants, as well as their contractors and subcontractors. This 
should enhance the staff's capability to take enforcement action in the 
form of Notice of Violations (NOV) rather than administrative action in 
the form of Notice of Non-Conformance (NNC) when acceptable 
requirements are violated. The staff believes that issuance of NOVs 
will clearly identify that a violation of a legally binding requirement 
has occurred.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            07/23/98                    63 FR 39526
NPRM Comment Period End         10/06/98
Final Action                    08/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Tony DiPalo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6191
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF93
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4589. CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations 
concerning authority of licensees for production or utilization 
facilities to make changes to their facilities or procedures, without 
prior NRC approval. The proposed rule would clarify the criteria that 
determine when prior approval is needed. The purpose of this rulemaking 
is to resolve differences in interpretation of requirements within the 
nuclear community so that changes which might affect the basis for 
licensing are reviewed before implementation, without also subjecting 
less significant changes to the license amendment review process. In an 
SRM dated April 25, 1997, the Commission directed the staff to develop 
a rulemaking plan that would allow changes involving small or 
negligible increases in probability of occurrence or consequences of 
accidents or malfunctions not to require prior approval. The staff 
recommended rulemaking on this issue in SECY-97-205, dated September 
10, 1997, and is awaiting Commission direction.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            10/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Eileen McKenna, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-2189
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF94
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4590. REQUIREMENTS FOR MONITORING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MAINTENANCE AT 
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: None

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Abstract: The Commission has directed the staff to prepare a 
modification to the maintenance rule to require that safety assessments 
be taken into account before performing maintenance activities. 
Currently, the rule recommends (vs requires) that safety assessment be 
performed for preventive maintenance activities. The intent of this 
part of the rule is to assure that the cumulative impact of out-of-
service equipment on the performance of safety functions does not 
result in the plant being placed in risk-significant configurations. 
Results of the staff's maintenance rule baseline inspections indicated 
that many licensee's processes for conducting safety assessment are 
inadequate and in some cases, implementation of these processes were 
not followed during preventive maintenance activities and resulted in 
undesirable plant configurations. The proposed amendment would be 
designated as section 50.65(a)(4). Additionally, the rule would be 
changed to add that the requirements are applicable during all 
conditions of plant operation, including normal shutdown conditions.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            09/30/98                    63 FR 52201
NPRM Comment Period End         12/14/98
Final Action                    04/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Richard Correia, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1009
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF95
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4591.  CONFORMANCE TO NATIONAL POLICIES FOR ACCESS TO AND 
PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2165; 42 USC 220; 42 USC 2273; 42 USC 5841; EO 
12829; EO 12958; EO 10865

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 10; 10 CFR 11; 10 CFR 25; 10 CFR 95

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations by 
conforming NRC regulations to national requirements for the protection 
of and access to classified National Security Information and 
Restricted Data, including revised personnel security due process 
procedures; a new requirement for a facility clearance for those 
licensees or others who require access to classified information at a 
facility other than their own; additional information on the scope and 
reporting requirements for the Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence 
(FOCI) program; a requirement for a foreign visitor control program; a 
change to the period between reinvestigations for ``L'' and ``R'' 
access authorizations from five years to ten years; a change in the 
investigative requirements for ``Q'', ``L'', ``U'', and ``R'' access 
authorizations; changes to the security classification markings to 
conform to Executive Order 12958; and greater specificity as to when 
particular reports are required. Also, the proposed rule would include 
administrative matters such as modified definitions to reflect a change 
in responsibility for certain decisions from the Executive Director for 
Operations to the Deputy Executive Director for Management Services and 
revisions to a number of definitions in all four parts to reflect a 
change in the name of the Division of Security to the Division of 
Facilities and Security.
Additionally, the proposed rule republishes for additional public 
comment sections 25.15 and 95.35, which address the personnel security 
investigative requirements for access to Secret Restricted Data. These 
proposed changes were originally published as a proposed rulemaking on 
August 5, 1996 (61 FR 40555), and would have permitted access to most 
Secret Restricted Data, other than that defined as ``Critical Secret 
Restricted Data'' (that term is no longer used but the concept 
continues to be used for selected types of Secret Restricted Data) in 
the NISPOM and its supplement, with an ``L'' clearance based on a 
National Agency Check with Law and Credit investigation. This 
republication now provides interested parties an equal opportunity to 
address the issues and provide supporting rationale for their 
recommendations and comments.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            08/03/98                    63 FR 41206
NPRM Comment Period End         10/29/98
Final Action                    03/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Duane G. Kidd, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Administration, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-7403
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF97
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4592.  ELIMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT AND 30-DAY HOLD IN 
LOADING SPENT FUEL AFTER PREOPERATIONAL TESTING OF INDEPENDENT SPENT 
FUEL OR MONITORED RETRIEVABLE STORAGE INSTALLATIONS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 072

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations by 
eliminating a reporting requirement and 30-day hold in loading spent 
reactor fuel into an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation 
(ISFSI) following completion of preoperational testing. The staff 
considers the reporting requirements and hold period unnecessary 
because the NRC has an extensive oversight presence during 
preoperational testing looking at the acceptance criteria and test 
results in real time. The NRC staff proposes to remove these 
requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/14/98                    63 FR 49046
NPRM Comment Period End         11/30/98
Final Action                    05/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gordon Gundersen, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6195

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Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG02
_______________________________________________________________________

4593.  REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN GENERALLY LICENSED INDUSTRIAL 
DEVICES CONTAINING BYPRODUCT MATERIAL

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 30; 10 CFR 31; 10 CFR 32; 10 CFR 170; 10 CFR 171

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations 
for certain industrial devices containing byproduct material to include 
more specific provisions for a registration and accounting program 
including associated annual fees and modification of the quarterly 
transfer reporting requirements for manufacturers and initial 
distributors of these industrial devices. The rule would also consider 
other recommendations made by an NRC Agreement State Working Group in 
NUREG-1551, such as additional labeling requirements. The proposed rule 
is intended to ensure that general licensees are aware of and 
understand the requirements for the possession of devices containing 
byproduct material and allow NRC to account for devices which have been 
distributed for use under the general license. Better awareness on the 
part of general licensees of their responsibilities would help to 
ensure that the general licensees comply with the requirements for 
proper handling and disposal of generally licensed devices and should 
help reduce the potential for incidents that could result in 
unnecessary radiation exposure to the public as well as contamination 
of property.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Catherine R. Mattsen, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-
0001
Phone: 301 415-6264
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG03
_______________________________________________________________________

4594.  DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN A PROPOSED 
GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 063

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In a Staff Requirements Memorandum dated March 6, 1998, the 
Commission directed the staff to pursue development of new, site-
specific regulations for Yucca Mountain, consistent with the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992 and the 1995 findings and recommendations of the 
National Academy of Sciences. The proposed rule would focus on the 
identification of a single, overall performance measure for Yucca 
Mountain that is either risk- or dose-based. The level of protection 
provided to the public by such a measure may be more easily 
communicated to the public than the limit on cumulative release upon 
which current NRC generic regulations at part 60 are based. The staff's 
strategy for preparing the Yucca Mountain-specific regulations is 
described in SECY-97-300, dated December 24, 1997.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/98
Final Action                    12/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Tim McCartin, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6681
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG04
_______________________________________________________________________

4595.  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE TRANSPORTATION

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 051

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to 
reflect the generic and cumulative environmental impacts of 
transportation of high-level waste (HLW) in the vicinity of a HLW 
repository. This rulemaking would address the environmental impacts of 
the use of higher burn-up fuel. Further, the impact of plant associated 
traffic on local highway service levels during the renewal term would 
be changed from Category 1 to Category 2 as it should have been 
designated in the initial license renewal rulemaking, based on the 
analysis described in NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants'' (May 1996).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/98
Final Action                    08/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Donald P. Cleary, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-3903
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG05
_______________________________________________________________________

4596.  REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSSESSION OF INDUSTRIAL DEVICES 
CONTAINING BYPRODUCT MATERIAL

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 031

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations

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governing the use of byproduct material in certain measuring, gauging, 
or controlling devices to explicitly require general licensees who 
possess these devices to provide the NRC with information concerning 
the devices. The NRC intends to use this provision to provide legal 
basis to request information from licensees regarding accountability of 
devices containing certain quantities of specific radionuclides that 
present a higher risk (compared to other generally licensed devices) of 
exposure to the public or property damage if a device were lost and 
initiate an annual registration program. The rule is intended to ensure 
that general licensees are aware of and understand the requirements for 
the possession of devices containing byproduct material and can account 
for their devices. Better awareness on the part of these licensees of 
their responsibilities would help to ensure that they comply with the 
requirements for proper handling and disposal of generally licensed 
devices and should help reduce the potential for incidents that could 
result in unnecessary radiation exposure to the public as well as 
contamination of property.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Catherine R. Mattsen, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-
0001
Phone: 301 415-6264
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG06
_______________________________________________________________________

4597.  AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC RECORDS AT NRC PUBLIC DOCUMENT 
ROOMS

Priority:  Info./Admin./Other

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2073; 42 USC 2167; 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2297f; 
42 USC 5841; 42 USC 5844

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 001; 10 CFR 002; 10 CFR 007; 10 CFR 009; 10 CFR 
050; 10 CFR 051; 10 CFR 052; 10 CFR 060; 10 CFR 062; 10 CFR 072; 10 CFR 
075; 10 CFR 076; 10 CFR 100; 10 CFR 110

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations 
regarding public availability of NRC records. The NRC is establishing 
an Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) that will 
allow for the electronic submission, storage, and retrieval of NRC 
official records. After ADAMS becomes operational, NRC will discontinue 
furnishing paper and microfiche copies of its publicly available 
records to the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) and Local Public Document 
Rooms (LPDRs). ADAMS will enable the NRC to make its documents publicly 
available electronically on the NRC Internet website, http://
www.nrc.gov. When the public is able to obtain paper copies of the new 
electronic records by printing them from the NRC website, or by 
ordering them from the NRC PDR directly from the NRC website, or by e-
mail, fax, or telephone, the NRC LPDR program will be discontinued. The 
projected date for making NRC documents available electronically 
through the NRC website is July 1, 1999.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Donnie Grimsley, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of the Chief Information Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-8702
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG07
_______________________________________________________________________

4598.  REVISION OF FEE SCHEDULES; 100 PERCENT FEE RECOVERY, FY 
1999

Regulatory Plan:  This entry is Seq. No. 175 in Part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 3150-AG08
_______________________________________________________________________

4599.  STREAMLINED HEARING PROCESS FOR NRC APPROVAL OF LICENSE 
TRANSFERS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 002; 10 CFR 051

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations 
that would provide specific uniform procedures and rules of practice 
for handling requests for hearings associated with license transfer 
applications involving both material and reactor licensees. Conforming 
amendments are also made to certain other parts of the Commission's 
regulations. This new provision would provide for public participation 
and opportunity for an informal hearing on matters relating to license 
transfers, specifies procedures for filing and docketing applications 
for license transfers, and assigns appropriate authorities for issuance 
of administrative amendments to reflect approved license transfers. 
This rulemaking would also add a categorical exclusion that would 
permit processing of transfer applications without preparation of 
Environmental Assessments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/11/98                    63 FR 48644
NPRM Comment Period End         10/13/98
Final Action                    12/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph R. Gray, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of the General Counsel, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1740
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG09

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_______________________________________________________________________
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)              Final Rule Stage
  
_______________________________________________________________________

4600. ELIMINATION OF INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN NRC REGULATIONS AND EPA HLW 
STANDARDS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 10101

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 60

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would have eliminated several 
inconsistencies with the generic EPA standards to be developed for the 
disposal of HLW in deep geologic repositories. The Nuclear Waste Policy 
Act of 1982 (NWPA) directs the NRC to issue criteria for the licensing 
of HLW geologic repositories. Section 121(c) of this Act states that 
the criteria for the licensing of HLW geologic repositories must be 
consistent with these standards.
The proposed rule was necessary to eliminate several inconsistencies 
with the EPA standards, thus fulfilling the statutory requirement. 
However, most recently, Congress passed the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
(EnPA), which requires EPA to issue radiation standards for the 
proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, based on and consistent 
with the 1995 findings and recommendations of the National Academy of 
Sciences (NAS). Under EnPA, NRC is also required to develop site-
specific disposal regulations that would apply solely to geologic 
repository at Yucca Mountain. NAS published its findings and 
recommendations in 1995. At present, the NRC staff has proposed and is 
implementing a strategy for developing site-specific disposal 
regulations that would apply solely to the proposed geologic repository 
at Yucca Mountain, consistent with the 1995 NAS findings and 
recommendations, and is deferring the updating/revising of 10 CFR part 
60 generic requirements to a later date. The NRC staff's strategy for 
developing the site-specific disposal regulations for Yucca Mountain 
can be found in a Commission paper, designated SECY-97-300, dated 
December 24, 1997. This strategy was approved by the Commission in a 
Staff Requirements Memorandum dated March 6, 1998. Because the NRC is 
developing site-specific disposal regulations for Yucca Mountain, 
Nevada, consistent with the Energy Policy Act of 1992, the staff is 
planning to withdraw this proposed rulemaking. These site-specific 
disposal regulations will be addressed in another rulemaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/19/86                    51 FR 22288
NPRM Comment Period End         08/18/86
Final Action                    10/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Tim McCartin, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6681
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AC03
_______________________________________________________________________

4601. REQUIREMENTS FOR POSSESSION OF INDUSTRIAL DEVICES CONTAINING 
BYPRODUCT MATERIAL

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2111; 42 USC 2114; 42 USC 2201

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 31; 10 CFR 32

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would have amended the Commission's 
regulations for the possession of industrial devices containing 
byproduct material to require device users to report to the NRC 
initially and then on a periodic basis. The Commission has reconsidered 
these issues with the help of an NRC-Agreement State Working Group. The 
subject matter of this rulemaking will be addressed by another 
rulemaking with the same title, which is scheduled to be published in 
November 1998. A subsequent, more comprehensive rulemaking in this area 
is also planned. Therefore, this proposed rule is going to be 
withdrawn.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/27/91                    56 FR 67011
NPRM Comment Period End         03/12/92
Final Action                    11/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Catherine R. Mattsen, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-
0001
Phone: 301 415-6264
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AD34
_______________________________________________________________________

4602. INDUSTRY CODES AND STANDARDS; AMENDED REQUIREMENTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations 
that mandate use of section III of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel 
Code (ASME BPV Code) for construction of Class 1, 2, and 3 components 
in nuclear power plants, and use of section XI of the ASME BPV Code for 
inservice inspection (ISI) and inservice testing (IST) of those 
components. Section 50.55a requires that each licensee update its ISI 
and IST programs every 120 months to conform to the latest edition of 
the ASME BPV Code endorsed by the NRC in that section of the 
regulations. The rulemaking would also include expedited implementation 
of section XI appendix VIII, Performance Demonstration for Ultrasonic 
Examination Systems. In addition, the proposed rule would incorporate 
by reference the ASME Operation and Maintenance (OM) Code to replace 
the section XI requirements for IST. The latter action is made 
necessary by the ASME Code changes that transferred all responsibility 
for IST from section XI to the ASME Operation and Maintenance 
Committee.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/03/97                    62 FR 63892
NPRM Comment Period End         03/03/98
NPRM Comment Period Extended to 04/03/98                     63 FR 3673
Final Action                    04/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

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Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Wallace Norris, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6796
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AE26
_______________________________________________________________________

4603. CLARIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR SITING CRITERIA AND 
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 10101; PL 97-425

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 60

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations 
concerning regulatory requirements for licensing of high-level waste 
geologic repositories. A June 30, 1995, Staff Requirements Memorandum, 
SECY-95-019, disapproved issuance of the proposed final amendments at 
this time because of significant Congressional activity with regard to 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, and directed staff to reconsider the need 
for the amendments or guidance upon determining that the legislative 
situation has stabilized. Because Congressional activity in this area 
is ongoing and because the NRC is developing site-specific disposal 
regulations for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, consistent with the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992, the staff is planning to withdraw this proposed 
rulemaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/09/93                    58 FR 36902
NPRM Comment Period End         10/07/93
Final Action                    10/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Michael P. Lee, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6677
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AE40
_______________________________________________________________________

4604. FITNESS FOR DUTY

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 26

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's fitness-for-
duty regulations. This proposed rule would also address the petition 
for rulemaking submitted by Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) 
(PRM-26-1), and address the Regulatory Review Group items on audit 
frequency and annual submittal of data. VEPCO requested that the 
Commission amend its fitness-for-duty regulations to change the 
frequency that licensees are required to audit their fitness-for-duty 
programs from annually to biennially. The Commission and the EDO 
approved the staff proposals in SECY-92-308, but asked that the staff 
resubmit the proposed rule to address a backfit analysis. The staff 
proposals were submitted to the Commission in SECY-95-262 in October 
1995, and were published in the Federal Register on May 9, 1996 (61 FR 
21105). The public comment period closed on August 7, 1996. 
Approximately 1000 comments were received from public meetings and from 
37 individuals. The staff met with the Advisory Committee on Reactor 
Safeguards (ACRS) in July 1997 to discuss the revised rule. The staff 
is preparing an analysis of the application of the backfit rule to each 
proposed change to facilitate Commission understanding of the issues. 
The staff also plans to meet with the ACRS to review generic 
requirements before submitting the rulemaking package to the EDO in 
October 1998.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/09/96                    61 FR 21105
NPRM Comment Period End         08/07/96
Final Action                    12/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Loren Bush, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-2944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF12
_______________________________________________________________________

4605. REPORTING RELIABILITY AND AVAILABILITY INFORMATION FOR RISK-
SIGNIFICANT SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would have amended the Commission's 
regulations to require that licensees for commercial nuclear power 
reactors report summary reliability and availability data for risk-
significant systems and equipment to the NRC. The proposed rule would 
also have required licensees to maintain onsite, and to make available 
for NRC inspection, records and documentation that provide the basis 
for the summary data reported to the NRC. The Commission has decided to 
accept industry's proposed voluntary alternative to the rule, and plans 
to withdraw this proposed rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/12/96                     61 FR 5318
NPRM Comment Period End         06/11/96
Final Action                    10/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dennis Allison, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data, Washington, DC 20555-
0001
Phone: 301 415-6835
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF33
_______________________________________________________________________

4606. INITIAL LICENSED OPERATOR EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in

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the CFR to reduce burden or duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 55

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to 
require power reactor facility licensees to prepare the written 
examinations and operating tests, and to proctor and grade the written 
examinations, that the NRC uses to license operators and senior 
operators at those facilities. The rule will also require the NRC to 
review and approve each examination and test before it is given and 
preserve the NRC's authority to prepare the examinations and tests, as 
necessary, to maintain examination quality and staff proficiency. This 
rule is not expected to affect reactor safety.
Although a 1994 industry proposal to implement such a program on a 
voluntary basis was rejected by the NRC, subsequent budget reductions 
prompted the NRC to reconsider its position. In 1995, the Commission 
approved a voluntary pilot program to evaluate the revised examination 
process and, in 1996, directed the staff to initiate the subject 
rulemaking. The results of the pilot examinations conducted through the 
end of FY 1997 are consistent with results of NRC-prepared examinations 
conducted before and since initiating the pilot program, and voluntary 
participation in the program has allowed the NRC to eliminate 
approximately $3 million per year in contractor support for the 
operator licensing programs. This rule will enable facility licensees 
to exercise more control over the cost of licensing operators at their 
facilities. Some licensees have saved money during the pilot program, 
but others have had more costly examinations, largely because the 
examinations they submitted for NRC review and approval required 
extensive revisions to achieve NRC standards for quality and level of 
difficulty.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/07/97                    62 FR 42426
NPRM Comment Period End         10/21/97
Final Action                    10/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Siegfried Guenther, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1056
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF62
_______________________________________________________________________

4607. AUDIT FREQUENCY FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations by 
changing the frequency with which licensees conduct independent 
reviews, and audits of their safeguard contingency plans, security 
programs and emergency preparedness programs. The regulations would be 
revised to require that licensees conduct program reviews and audits at 
least every 24 months. The proposed rule would also clarify that the 
necessity for more frequent, focused audits be based on an assessment 
by the licensee against performance indicators or a significant change 
in personnel, procedures, equipment, or facilities. The proposed 
changes would promote performance-based, rather than compliance-based, 
review and audit activities. Also, the proposed changes would clarify 
that programs must be reviewed and audited following a significant 
change in personnel, procedures, or equipment as soon as reasonably 
practicable, but no later than 12 months after the changes. The purpose 
of these focused audits would be to ensure that changes have not 
adversely affected the operation of the particular program element or 
function in question. This proposed rule also addresses PRM-50-59 and 
PRM-50-60 submitted by Virginia Electric and Power Company.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/31/97                    62 FR 40978
NPRM Comment Period End         10/14/97
Final Action                    10/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sandra D. Frattali, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-3703
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF63
_______________________________________________________________________

4608. FINANCIAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMANENTLY SHUTDOWN NUCLEAR 
POWER REACTORS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 140

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to 
allow nuclear reactor licensees to reduce onsite and offsite liability 
coverage during permanent shutdown of the reactors if they meet 
specified reactor configurations. This proposed amendment would reduce 
the level of insurance coverage commensurate with the risk reduction 
after the appropriate spent fuel cooling period following permanent 
shutdown of the reactor. This rule will also address a petition for 
rulemaking submitted by the North Carolina Public Utility Commission 
(PRM-50-57).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/30/97                    62 FR 58690
NPRM Comment Period End         01/13/98
Final Action                    10/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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Agency Contact: George Mencinsky, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6206
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF79
_______________________________________________________________________

4609. MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 72

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to 
correct a number of inconsistencies and clarify the applicability of 
several sections of part 72. The proposed rule would differentiate the 
requirements for the storage of spent fuel under wet and dry 
conditions, clarify requirements for the content and submission of 
various reports and specify that quality assurance records must be 
maintained as permanent records. Also, the Purpose and Scope would be 
amended to reference the spent fuel storage cask approval process and 
to delete obsolete information.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/09/98                    63 FR 31364
NPRM Comment Period End         08/24/98
Final Action                    04/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Mark L. Au, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6181
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF80
_______________________________________________________________________

4610. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION AND CONTROLS TO RESTRICT INTERNAL EXPOSURE, 
SUBPART H AND APPENDIX A

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2073; 42 USC 2093; 42 USC 2095; 42 USC 2111; 
42 USC 2133; 42 USC 2134; 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2232; 42 USC 2236

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 20

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to 
incorporate into part 20 an industry standard developed by the American 
National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard Z88.2-1992, ``American 
National Standard Practice for Respiratory Protection.'' The proposed 
changes would eliminate the unnecessary and detrimental use of 
respirators by applying ALARA principles to the sum of the Deep Dose 
Equivalent and the Committed Effective Dose Equivalent, or the Total 
Effective Dose Equivalent. The use of process or engineering controls, 
decontamination of work areas, access control, and other procedures are 
stressed instead of the automatic use of respiratory protection 
devices, which tend to increase external dose and stress.
Also, the proposed rulemaking would allow the use of new respiratory 
protection devices that have been proven effective, discourage the use 
of other devices that are now considered less effective, adopt new 
Assigned Protection Factors based on ANSI determinations and revise 
respiratory protection procedures such as fit testing to reflect 
current industry good practice.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/17/98                    63 FR 38511
NPRM Comment Period End         09/30/98
Final Action                    03/00/99

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Alan K. Roecklein, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-3883
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF81
_______________________________________________________________________

4611. PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSEES 
FOR THE RECEIPT OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE AT A GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841; 5 USC 552

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations 
regarding the licensing proceeding on the disposal of high-level 
radioactive waste at a geologic repository (HLW proceeding). The 
proposed amendments are intended to allow application of technological 
developments that have occurred since the original rule was adopted in 
1989, while achieving the original goals of facilitating the 
Commission's ability to comply with the schedule for decision on the 
construction authorization for the repository contained in section 
114(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, and providing for a thorough 
technical review of the license application and equitable access to 
information for the parties to the hearing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/13/97                    62 FR 60789
NPRM Comment Period End         03/30/98                     63 FR 5315
Final Action                    10/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kathryn L. Winserg, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1641
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF88

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4612.  CODES AND STANDARDS; IEEE NATIONAL CONSENSUS STANDARD

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to 
incorporate by reference IEEE Std. 603-1991, ``Criteria for Safety 
Systems for Nuclear Power Generating Stations,'' a national consensus 
standard for power, instrumentation, and control portions of safety 
systems in nuclear power plants. This action is necessary to endorse 
the latest version of this national consensus standard in NRC's 
regulations. The Commission published a direct final rule on October 
17, 1997 (62 FR 53933). However, the direct final rule was withdrawn 
due to the significant number of adverse comments received and has been 
revised. Because the rule was significantly revised, it is being 
reissued as a proposed rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/23/98                    63 FR 20136
NPRM Comment Period End         05/26/98
Final Action                    11/00/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Satish K. Aggarwal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6005
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF96
_______________________________________________________________________
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)             Long-Term Actions
  
_______________________________________________________________________

4613. ADDITION OF RADON-222 AND TECHNETIUM-99 VALUES TO TABLE S-3 AND 
REVISIONS RESULTING FROM CONSIDERATION OF HIGHER-BURNUP FUEL

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 51

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/04/81                    46 FR 15154
NPRM Comment Period End         05/04/81
Final Action                    00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sandra Frattali
Phone: 301 415-3703
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AA31
_______________________________________________________________________

4614. CRITERIA FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY NUCLEAR OCCURRENCE

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 140

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/09/85                    50 FR 13978
NPRM Comment Period End         09/06/85
Final Action                    00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Harry Tovmassian
Phone: 301 415-3092
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AB01
_______________________________________________________________________

4615. AVAILABILITY OF OFFICIAL RECORDS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 2

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/23/92                    57 FR 61013
NPRM Comment Period End         03/08/93
Final Action                    00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Catherine M. Holzle
Phone: 301 415-1560
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AC07
_______________________________________________________________________

4616. COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE IN MEDICAL USE AND A STANDARD OF 
CARE

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 35

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           10/02/87                    52 FR 36949
ANPRM Comment Period End        12/31/87
Final Action                    00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jayne M. McCausland
Phone: 301 415-6219
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AC42
_______________________________________________________________________

4617. REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSIBLE AIR GAP FOR GENERALLY 
LICENSED DEVICES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 31; 10 CFR 32

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/27/92                    57 FR 56287
NPRM Comment Period End         03/29/93
Final Action                    00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jayne McCausland
Phone: 301 415-6219
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AD82

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_______________________________________________________________________

4618. STANDARDIZED PLANT DESIGNS, EARLY REVIEW OF SITE SUITABILITY 
ISSUES; CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 52; 10 CFR 140

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Geary S. Mizuno
Phone: 301 415-1639
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AE25
_______________________________________________________________________

4619. DISTRIBUTION OF SOURCE AND BYPRODUCT MATERIAL: LICENSING AND 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 32; 10 CFR 40

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           10/28/92                    57 FR 48749
ANPRM Comment Period End        01/26/93
Final Action                    00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Catherine R. Mattsen
Phone: 301 415-6264
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AE33
_______________________________________________________________________

4620. DISPOSAL BY RELEASE INTO SANITARY SEWERAGE

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 20

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           02/25/94                     59 FR 9146
ANPRM Comment Period End        05/26/94
NPRM                            00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Anthony M. Huffert
Phone: 301 415-6416
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AE90
_______________________________________________________________________

4621. SHUTDOWN AND FUEL STORAGE POOL OPERATION AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/19/94                    59 FR 52707
NPRM Comment Period End         02/03/95
Final Action                    00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Tim Collins
Phone: 301 415-2895
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AE97
_______________________________________________________________________

4622. STEAM GENERATOR TUBE INTEGRITY FOR OPERATING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           09/19/94                    59 FR 47817
ANPRM Comment Period End        12/05/94
Final Action                    00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Tim Reed
Phone: 301 415-1462
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF04
_______________________________________________________________________

4623. PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRE PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR 
POWER FACILITIES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Ed Connell
Phone: 301 415-2838
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF29
_______________________________________________________________________

4624. REVISION TO NUCLEAR POWER REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING COST 
REQUIREMENTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            00/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Brian J. Richter
Phone: 301 415-6221
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF40
_______________________________________________________________________

4625. SUBMITTAL PROCEDURES FOR DOCUMENTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

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CFR Citation:  10 CFR 19; 10 CFR 20; 10 CFR 30; 10 CFR 31; 10 CFR 32; 
10 CFR 34; 10 CFR 35; 10 CFR 36; 10 CFR 39; 10 CFR 40; 10 CFR 50; 10 
CFR 51; 10 CFR 52; 10 CFR 55; 10 CFR 60; ...

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/00/00
Final Action                    02/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Michael D. Collins
Phone: 301 415-2488
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF61
_______________________________________________________________________

4626.  MODIFICATION TO EVENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR POWER 
REACTORS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 050

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) was 
published to request public comment on the Commission's event reporting 
requirements for nuclear power reactors contained in sections 50.72 and 
50.73. The rulemaking would reduce or eliminate the reporting burden 
associated with events of little or no safety significance, and better 
align the rules with the NRC's current needs, including revising 
reporting requirements based on importance to risk and extending the 
required reporting items consistent with the need for prompt NRC 
action.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           07/23/98                    63 FR 39522
ANPRM Comment Period End        09/21/98


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dennis P. Allison, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data, Washington, DC 
20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6835
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF98
_______________________________________________________________________
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)             Completed Actions
  
_______________________________________________________________________

4627. FITNESS FOR DUTY (SCOPE CHANGE)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 26

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would have amended the Commission's 
regulations by changing the scope of the random drug testing 
requirements. The Commission has determined that this rule is 
unnecessary and is terminating the rulemaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       06/30/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Charles Hendren, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-3209
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF13
_______________________________________________________________________

4628. PHYSICAL PROTECTION FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL 
RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 60; 10 CFR 72; 10 CFR 73; 10 CFR 75

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to clarify 
physical protection requirements for spent nuclear fuel or high-level 
radioactive waste stored at independent spent fuel storage 
installations, power reactors that have permanently ceased reactor 
operations, monitored retrievable storage installations, and geologic 
repository operations areas. This rule allows general licensees the 
option of implementing the proposed physical protection requirements 
for spent nuclear fuel stored in approved casks at operating power 
reactor sites. This action is necessary to reduce the regulatory 
uncertainty regarding the physical protection requirements for the 
storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste without 
reducing the level of protection for public health and safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    05/15/98                    63 FR 26955
Final Action Effective          11/12/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Priscilla Dwyer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-8110
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF32
_______________________________________________________________________

4629. REVISION TO NUCLEAR POWER REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING FINANCIAL 
ASSURANCE IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing

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Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to modify 
the financial assurance requirements for the decommissioning of nuclear 
power plants. The impact of deregulation of the power generating 
industry has created uncertainty with respect to the availability of 
decommissioning funds and would likely require a modification of the 
financial mechanism required by the NRC to provide decommissioning 
funds when needed. The amendment also requires power reactor licensees 
to report periodically on the status of their decommissioning trust 
funds during an extended safe storage period.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/08/96                    61 FR 15427
ANPRM Comment Period End        06/24/96
NPRM                            09/10/97                    62 FR 47588
NPRM Comment Period End         11/24/97
Final Action                    09/22/98                    63 FR 50465
Final Action Effective          11/23/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Brian J. Richter, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6221
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF41
_______________________________________________________________________

4630. MINOR CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFYING CHANGES AND A MINOR POLICY CHANGE

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2231; 42 USC 2241; 42 USC 2282

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 20; 10 CFR 32; 10 CFR 35; 10 CFR 36; 10 CFR 39

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to 
incorporate minor corrections and clarifying changes to 10 CFR part 20 
and also make conforming changes to 10 CFR parts 32, 35, 36, and 39. In 
addition, a minor policy change is made that revises the monitoring 
criterion for minors and for declared pregnant women.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    07/23/98                    63 FR 39477
Final Action Effective          10/26/98                    63 FR 45393

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jayne M. McCausland, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-
0001
Phone: 301 415-6219
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF46
_______________________________________________________________________

4631. CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR ACCESS TO 
RESTRICTED DATA OR NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION OR AN EMPLOYMENT 
CLEARANCE

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2165; 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841; EO 12958; EO 
12968; EO 10865; EO 10450

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 10

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would have amended the Commission's 
regulations conforming NRC policy for access to and protection of 
National Security Information and Restricted Data to new national 
policies for the protection of this type of information. The existing 
regulations were issued before the October 31, 1994, approval of the 
National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) by the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense and the April 17, 1995 and August 2, 1995, 
signature of Executive Orders 12958, ``Classified National Security 
Information,'' and 12968, ``Access to Classified Information,'' by the 
President. The NISPOM establishes a uniform Government policy for the 
protection of classified National Security Information and Restricted 
Data within industrial facilities under a contractual or other (e.g., 
license) legal relationship with the Government. Executive Order 12958 
revises the Governmentwide requirements for classification and 
protection of National Security Information, and Executive Order 12968 
revises the Governmentwide requirements for access to National Security 
Information. The current 10 CFR part 10 is not fully compliant with the 
requirement of the NISPOM and the new Executive orders. Some areas of 
inconsistency are the NRC Criteria for Determining Eligibility for 
Access to Restricted Data or National Security Information or an 
Employment Clearance and the NRC Due Process Appeal Procedures. 10 CFR 
part 10 must be amended to ensure its consistency with established 
national policy for the protection of classified information and due 
process. This rule has been subsumed by the proposed rule entitled 
``Conformance to National Policies for Access to and Protection of 
Classified Information'' (RIN 3150-AF97), and has been incorporated 
into that rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Incorporated into RIN 3150-AF97 06/30/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Duane G. Kidd, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Administration, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-7403
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF48
_______________________________________________________________________

4632. REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPPING PACKAGES USED TO TRANSPORT VITRIFIED 
WASTES CONTAINING PLUTONIUM

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 71

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations by 
exempting canisters containing vitrified waste containing plutonium 
from the package requirement for double containment.

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This final rule responds to a petition for rulemaking (PRM-71-11) 
submitted by the Department of Energy (DOE). This final rule reduces 
the regulatory requirements for certain DOE plutonium shipments, and 
therefore cost less, while having no significant reduction in health 
and safety. The primary purpose for double containment is to ensure 
that any respirable plutonium will not leak into the atmosphere. The 
NRC staff believes that vitrified waste containing plutonium is 
essentially nonrespirable. Therefore, the packaging requirement for 
double containment is unnecessary. This final rule also makes minor 
corrections to the usage of units to be consistent with existing NRC 
policy.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/15/98                    63 FR 32600
Final Action Effective          07/15/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Mark Haisfield, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6196
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF59
_______________________________________________________________________

4633. SELF-GUARANTEE OF DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING BY NON-PROFIT AND NON-
BOND ISSUING LICENSEES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 30; 10 CFR 40; 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 70; 10 CFR 72

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to 
establish criteria that allows nonprofit entities and non-bond-issuing 
business corporations to use self-guarantee as an additional mechanism 
for financial assurance. The overall objective is to reduce the 
licensee's cost burden without causing adverse effects on public health 
and safety.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/01/98                    63 FR 29535
Final Action Effective          07/01/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Clark Prichard, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6203
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF64
_______________________________________________________________________

4634. CODES AND STANDARDS; IEEE NATIONAL CONSENSUS STANDARD

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The direct final rule would have amended the Commission's 
regulations to incorporate by reference a national consensus standard 
for power, instrumentation, and control portions of safety systems in 
nuclear power plants issued by the Institute of Electric and 
Electronics Engineers (IEEE Std. 603-1991). This final rule was 
withdrawn due to the significant number of adverse comments received 
and has been revised. Because the rule was significantly revised, it is 
being reissued as a proposed rule (see Codes and Standards; IEEE 
National Consensus Standard; RIN 3150-AF96).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       12/23/97                    62 FR 66977

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Satish K. Aggarwal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6005
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF73
_______________________________________________________________________

4635. REVISION OF PROTOTYPE TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DIALS, HANDS, AND 
POINTERS CONTAINING TRITIUM

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 32

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to permit 
timepieces containing gaseous tritium light sources to be treated on 
the same regulatory basis as those containing tritium paint with regard 
to their distribution. The proposed rule would remove from the 
regulations the specific requirements for prototype testing of these 
products containing tritium, while the specifics for prototype testing 
would be provided in a separate document. The final rule simplifies the 
licensing process and allows the use of a new technology in self-
illuminated timepieces. This action was taken in response to a petition 
for rulemaking (PRM-32-4) submitted by mb-microtec, Inc.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/17/98                    63 FR 32969
Final Action Effective          08/17/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Donald Nellis, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6257
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF76
_______________________________________________________________________

4636. LICENSE TERM FOR MEDICAL LICENSES

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

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Legal Authority:  42 USC 2111; 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2232; 42 USC 2233; 
42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 35

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations regarding 
license term limits for medical use licenses. Medical use license terms 
will be set by policy up to ten years, the same as license terms for 
other materials licenses. The NRC may issue some licenses for shorter 
terms if warranted by the circumstances of license applicants. The 
revision reduces the administrative burden of license renewals for both 
NRC and licensees, and supports NRC's goal of streamlining the 
licensing process.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Action                    06/10/98                    63 FR 31604
Final Action Effective          07/10/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jayne M. McCausland, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-
0001
Phone: 301 415-6219
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF77
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4637. ACCESS TO SECRET RESTRICTED DATA

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 220; 42 USC 2165; 42 USC 2273; 42 USC 5841; EO 
12829; EO 12958; EO 10865; EO 12968

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 25; 10 CFR 95

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would have amended the Commission's 
regulations conforming NRC policy for access to Secret Restricted Data 
to new national policies for access to this type of information. This 
change was originally proposed, along with numerous other changes to 
parts 25 and 95, in the proposed rulemaking, ``Access to and Protection 
of Classified Information'' (August 5, 1996; 61 FR 40555). While most 
of the changes were generally accepted by commenters, DOE's comments 
concerning the level of background investigation required for access to 
Secret Restricted Data were significant and posed a dilemma for NRC. 
Because of DOE's statutory responsibilities for the protection of 
Restricted Data, NRC did not want to ignore their comments without 
further evaluation. The NRC could not simply adopt them because, if 
adopted the comments would subject licensees and/or certificate holders 
to additional expenses. The DOE position also appears to exceed the 
requirements of the current national policy (the NISPOM) for the 
protection of such information. It was decided that this issue could 
not be resolved without giving affected parties additional opportunity 
to comment. Therefore, a proposed rule resubmitting sections 21.15 and 
95.35 of the original August 5, 1996, proposed rule for public comment 
is being developed. However, the need for additional changes to these 
rules resulted in the preparation of a new proposed regulatory 
initiative, which has been forwarded to the EDO. The initiative will 
incorporate this rulemaking and the rulemaking entitled ``Criteria and 
Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Access to Restricted Data or 
National Security Information or an Employment Clearance'' into a 
single new, expanded rulemaking. This rule has been subsumed by the 
proposed rule entitled, ``Conformance to National Policies for Access 
to and Protection of Classified Information'' (RIN 3150-AF97), and has 
been incorporated into that rule.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Incorporated into RIN 3150-AF97 06/30/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Duane G. Kidd, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Administration, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-7403
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF82
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4638. REVISION OF FEE SCHEDULES; 100 PERCENT FEE RECOVERY, FY 1998

Priority:  Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 170; 10 CFR 171

Legal Deadline:  Other, Statutory, September 30, 1998.
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990

Abstract: The final rule amends the licensing, inspection and annual 
fees charged to NRC licensees and applicants for an NRC license. The 
amendments are necessary to recover approximately 100 percent of the 
NRC budget authority for Fiscal Year 1998 less the amounts appropriated 
from the Nuclear Waste Fund and the General Fund. The Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990, as amended (OBRA-90), requires that the NRC 
accomplish the 100 percent recovery through the assessment of fees. The 
dollar amount to be recovered for FY 1998 is $454.8 million. The Act 
requires that the fees for FY 1998 must be collected by September 30, 
1998. Therefore, the final rule is to become effective by August 10, 
1998.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/10/98                    63 FR 31840
Final Action Effective          08/10/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Glenda C. Jackson, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555
Phone: 301 415-6057
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF83

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4639. ADOPTION OF PART 20 DOSE LIMITS AND DOSE CALCULATIONAL METHODOLOGY 
IN PART 72

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 72

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations by 
updating the criteria for radioactive releases from independent spent 
fuel storage installations (ISFSI) and monitored retrievable storage 
installations (MRS).

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            03/19/98                    63 FR 13372
NPRM Comment Period End         05/04/98
Final Action                    10/13/98                    63 FR 54559
Final Action Effective          11/12/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Naiem Tanious, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6103
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF84
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4640. ACCESS AUTHORIZATION FEE SCHEDULE FOR LICENSEE PERSONNEL

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841; 5 USC 552

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 11; 10 CFR 25

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to revise 
the fee schedule for background investigations of licensee personnel 
who require access to National Security Information and/or Restricted 
Data and access to or control over Special Nuclear Material. These 
amendments comply with current regulations that provide that the NRC 
will publish fee adjustments upon notification of any changes in the 
rate charged the NRC by the Office of Personnel Management for 
conducting investigations.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    05/07/98                    63 FR 25156
Final Action Effective          05/07/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Beth Bradshaw, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Administration, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6540
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF90
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4641. REVISION OF DOSE LIMIT FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC EXPOSED TO 
HOSPITALIZED RADIATION PATIENTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2073; 42 USC 2093; 42 USC 2095; 42 USC 2111; 
42 USC 2133; 42 USC 2134; 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2232; 42 USC 2233; 42 USC 
2236; 42 USC 2297F

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 20; 10 CFR 35

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would have amended the Commission's 
regulations to allow licensees the discretion to permit consenting 
visitors of hospitalized radiation patients to receive up to 0.5 rem (5 
mSv) in a year as a result of their exposure to these patients. Also, 
the amendments would have responded to a petition for rulemaking from 
the University of Cincinnati (PRM-20-24). The petitioner requested that 
the NRC amend its regulations to revise the dose limit for members of 
the public exposed to hospitalized radiation patients. This rule has 
been subsumed by the proposed rule entitled, ``Medical Uses of 
Byproduct Material,'' (RIN 3150-AF74), and has been incorporated into 
that rule.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Incorporated into RIN 3150-AF74 06/30/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Cathy Haney, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6825
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF91
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4642.  TRANSFER FOR DISPOSAL AND MANIFESTS; MINOR TECHNICAL 
CONFORMING AMENDMENT

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 020

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations concerning 
low-level waste shipment manifest information. The use of new 
manifesting requirements, which were issued on March 27, 1995, became 
mandatory on March 1, 1998. Therefore, this action is necessary to 
remove expired provisions from the regulations. An additional 
correction is being made to the scope section of this part to rectify 
an inadvertent change.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    09/21/98                    63 FR 50127
Final Action Effective          11/20/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Mark Haisfield, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6196
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF99
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4643.  PHYSICAL PROTECTION FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL 
RADIOACTIVE WASTE: CORRECTIVE AMENDMENT

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 073

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The direct final rule amends a final rule appearing in the 
Federal Register on May 15, 1998 (63 FR 26955), that clarifies physical 
protection requirements for spent nuclear fuel and high-level 
radioactive waste stored at independent spent fuel storage 
installations, monitored-

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retrievable storage installations, and geologic repository operating 
areas. The action is necessary to correct the inappropriate placement 
of the phrase ``...including illumination systems...'' within the 
requirement for tamper indication and line supervision. The only 
anticipated impact of this rulemaking is to eliminate an unnecessary 
and inadvertently placed requirement on affected licensees.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    09/16/98                    63 FR 49413
Final Action Effective          11/12/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Priscilla Dwyer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-8110
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG00
_______________________________________________________________________

4644.  FINANCIAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS AND INDEMNITY 
AGREEMENTS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation:  10 CFR 140

Legal Deadline:  Other, Statutory, August 20, 1988.
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to 
increase the retrospective deferred premium based on inflation. 
Specifically, the rule amends section 140.11(a)(4) to increase this 
premium to $83.9M/reactor/accident (but not to exceed $10M in any one 
year) based on the aggregate percentage change since 1993 in the 
Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the Secretary 
of Labor. This inflation adjustment is required by the Price-Anderson 
Amendments Act of 1988 to be made at least once each 5 years.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    07/21/98                    63 FR 39015
Final Action Effective          08/20/98

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Ira Dinitz, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1289
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG01
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