[The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Nuclear Regulatory Commission 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 May 14, 2001 (66 FR 
26602).

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, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room O-1F21, Rockville, 
Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  For further information concerning 
NRC rulemaking procedures or the status of any rule listed in this 
agenda, contact Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, 
Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone 
301-415-7163 (e-mail: [email protected]). Persons outside the Washington, DC, 
metropolitan area may call, toll-free: 1-800-368-5642. 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 that has 
occurred on rules since publication of the last NRC semiannual agenda 
on May 14, 2001 (66 FR 26602). Within each group, the rules are ordered 
according to the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN).

    The information in this agenda has been updated through 
September 14, 2001. 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.

    The NRC agenda lists all open rulemaking actions. Five rules 
affect small entities, one of which may potentially have a 
`significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities' as defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of September 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

 Michael T. Lesar,

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

                               Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4551         Availability of Official Records...................................................     3150-AC07
4552         Lessons Learned From Design Certification..........................................     3150-AG24
4553         Advance Notification to Native American Tribes of Transportation of Certain Types       3150-AG41
            of Nuclear Waste....................................................................
4554         Release of Part of a Reactor Facility or Site for Unrestricted Use Before Receiving     3150-AG56
            Approval of the License Termination Plan............................................
4555         Industry Codes and Standards; Amended Requirements.................................     3150-AG61
4556         Reduction in the Scope of Random Fitness-for-Duty Testing Requirements for Nuclear      3150-AG62
            Power Reactor Licensees.............................................................
4557         Re-evaluation of Power Reactor Physical Protection Regulations and Position on a        3150-AG63
            Definition of Radiological Sabotage.................................................
4558         Transfers of Source Material From Licensees to Exempt Persons......................     3150-AG64
4559         Compatibility with IAEA Transportation Safety Standards............................     3150-AG71
4560         List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Standardized Advanced NUHOMS-24PT1           3150-AG74
            Addition............................................................................
4561         Debt Collection Procedures.........................................................     3150-AG80
4562         Notification Requirement...........................................................     3150-AG81
4563         Submission of Financial Information for Applications to Renew or Extend the Term of     3150-AG84
            an Operating License for Power Reactors.............................................
4564         Financial Assurance Amendments for Materials Licenses..............................     3150-AG85
4565         Incorporation by Reference of ASME BPV and OM Code Cases...........................     3150-AG86
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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4566         Fitness for Duty Programs..........................................................     3150-AF12
4567         Submission of Documents Electronically; Minor Corrections..........................     3150-AF61
4568         Medical Uses of Byproduct Material.................................................     3150-AF74
4569         Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca     3150-AG04
            Mountain, Nevada....................................................................
4570         Decommissioning Trust Provisions...................................................     3150-AG52
4571         Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin; Basis of Handicap;      3150-AG65
            Basis of Age in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance.......
4572         Organization Change and Transfer of Function.......................................     3150-AG79
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                                Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Long-Term Actions
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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4573         Update Fuel Performance Considerations and Other Fuel Cycle Issues.................     3150-AA31
4574         Disposal by Release Into Sanitary Sewerage.........................................     3150-AE90
4575         Geological and Seismological Characteristics of Spent Fuel Storage Systems.........     3150-AG16
4576         Revision of the Skin Dose Limit....................................................     3150-AG25
4577         Risk-Informing Special Treatment Requirements......................................     3150-AG42
4578         Integrated Rulemaking for Decommissioning Nuclear Power Reactors...................     3150-AG47
4579         Performance-Based, Risk-Informed Fire Protection...................................     3150-AG48
4580         Changes to Adjudicatory Process....................................................     3150-AG49
4581         Material Control and Accounting....................................................     3150-AG69
4582         Standards for Combustible Gas Control System in Light-Water-Cooled Power Reactors..     3150-AG76
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                                Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
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  Number                                                                                              Number
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4583         Storage of Greater Than Class C Waste..............................................     3150-AG33
4584         120-Month ISI/IST Update Requirement...............................................     3150-AG39
4585         Use of Simulators in Operator Licensing and Conforming Changes.....................     3150-AG40
4586         Licensing Proceedings for the Receipt of High-Level Radioactive Waste at a Geologic     3150-AG44
            Repository: Licensing Support Network, Design Standards for Participating Websites..
4587         Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery, FY 2001...................................     3150-AG73
4588         List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Standardized NUHOMS-24P and -52B             3150-AG75
            Revision, Amendment 3...............................................................
4589         List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC-UMS Universal Storage System,            3150-AG77
            Amendment 2.........................................................................
4590         Charges for Reproducing Records....................................................     3150-AG78
4591         List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Westinghouse MC-10 Termination..........     3150-AG82
4592         List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC-MPC Revision, Amendment 1...........     3150-AG83
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)                 Proposed Rule Stage






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4551. AVAILABILITY OF OFFICIAL RECORDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed amendment would conform the Commission's 
regulations pertaining to the availability of official records to 
existing case law and agency practice. The amendment would address the 
circumstances under which proprietary, personal privacy or other 
confidential information submitted to the NRC by applicants, licensees, 
or others may be returned upon request. The rule would reaffirm that 10 
CFR 2.790(c) provides submitters of information a qualified right to 
have their information returned upon request. This amendment would 
inform the public of four additional circumstances where information 
would not be returned to the applicant,

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that is, (1) when submitted to an advisory committee governed by the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act; (2) when captured by a Freedom of 
Information Act request; (3) when publicly relied upon or revealed by 
the Commission in an open Commission meeting under the government in 
the Sunshine Act; and (4) when obtained during the course of an 
investigation conducted by the NRC Office of Investigations. The 
proposed amendment would also clarify requirements on submittals to the 
NRC for identification of confidential information sought to be 
withheld from public disclosure. Further, the proposed amendment would 
address the NRC's procedures for handling copyrighted information, 
including reproduction and distribution according to normal agency 
practice.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            12/23/92                    57 FR 61013
NPRM Comment Period End         03/08/93
NPRM                            10/17/01                    66 FR 52721
NPRM Comment Period End         12/31/01
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Catherine M. Holzle, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1560
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AC07
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4552. LESSONS LEARNED FROM DESIGN CERTIFICATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 52

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule will amend the Commission's regulations by 
revising the regulatory infrastructure to prepare for future 
applications. The final rule will involve changes to licensing 
procedures and will require combined license applicants and holders to 
create, maintain, update, and use a PRA for the life of the facility. 
The final rule subsumes the rulemaking, `Standardized Plant Designs, 
Early Review of Sites Suitability Issues; Clarifying Amendments' (RIN 
AE25), that would remove redundant appendices M, N, O, and Q from part 
50. These appendices are being removed because they became obsolete 
when part 52 was created. The part 52 rulemaking plan (SECY-98-282) was 
approved by the Commission on January 14, 1999.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            12/00/01
Final Action                    05/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jerry N. Wilson, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-3145
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG24
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4553. ADVANCE NOTIFICATION TO NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES OF TRANSPORTATION 
OF CERTAIN TYPES OF NUCLEAR WASTE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 71; 10 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The NRC has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking 
(ANPRM) to invite early input from affected parties and the public on 
the issues associated with the advance notification of Indian tribes of 
spent fuel shipments. The Department of Energy (DOE) has indicated that 
it intends to comply with NRC's physical protection requirements for 
shipments under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act; however, its current 
practices conflict with NRC regulations. For example, DOE already has 
asked for and will continue to ask for exemptions from the shipment 
itinerary information requirements of foreign research reactor fuel. 
DOE, as a courtesy, provides Indian tribes with notification of spent 
fuel shipments. NRC's current regulations do not address notification 
of Indian tribes. DOE has also developed a satellite tracking system to 
monitor the status of spent fuel shipments at all times. Distribution 
of this information to parties other than governors' designees is not 
compatible with NRC regulations. A rulemaking plan was approved by the 
Commission on February 2, 2001.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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ANPRM                           12/21/99                    64 FR 71331
ANPRM Comment Period End        07/05/00                    65 FR 18010
NPRM                            04/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Roger W. Broseus, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-7608
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG41
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4554. RELEASE OF PART OF A REACTOR FACILITY OR SITE FOR UNRESTRICTED USE 
BEFORE RECEIVING APPROVAL OF THE LICENSE TERMINATION PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 2; 10 CFR 20; 10 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations by 
adding a new section that would identify the criteria and regulatory 
framework that a licensee would use to request NRC approval for a 
partial site release. The rulemaking would provide additional assurance 
that residual radioactivity would meet the radiological criteria for 
license termination, even if parts of the site were released before a 
licensee submits its license termination plans. The rulemaking would 
clarify that the radiological criteria for unrestricted use apply to a 
partial site release. The rulemaking would not provide for a partial 
site release under restricted conditions. Also, the rulemaking would 
provide for a Subpart 2 hearing if a license amendment involving a 
partial site release is challenged.
The rulemaking would fill a gap identified during the NRC's

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consideration of a technical specification amendment request for the 
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station to remove a restriction on the 
sale or lease of property within the exclusion area. During the Oyster 
Creek review, the NRC staff concluded that it is possible for a reactor 
licensee to sell land that would reduce the size of its site before the 
license termination criteria would specifically apply to the release of 
the property. If the sale does not involve the transfer of licensed 
material, it would not require NRC approval under current regulations. 
Currently, the NRC must consider changes to the site boundary of a 
reactor site on a case-by-case basis to ensure adequate protection of 
the public and the environment. Because several reactor licensees have 
expressed interest in selling parts of the sites before they receive 
approval of their license termination plans, the NRC staff believes the 
issues should be resolved generically by rulemaking.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            09/04/01                    66 FR 46230
NPRM Comment Period End         11/19/01
Final Rule                      09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: W. Mike Ripley, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1112
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG56
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4555. INDUSTRY CODES AND STANDARDS; AMENDED REQUIREMENTS

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 the following: (1) the 1997 Addenda, 1998 
Edition, 1999 Addenda, and 2000 Addenda of Division 1 rules of Section 
III, `Rules for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant Components,' of the 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel 
Code (ASME B&PV Code); (2) the 1997 Addenda, 1998 Edition, 1999 
Addenda, and 2000 Addenda of Division 1 rules of Section XI, `Rules for 
Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components,' of the ASME 
B&PV Code; and (3) the 1997 Addenda, 1998 Edition, 1999 Addenda, and 
2000 Addenda of the ASME Code for Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear 
Power Plants. This rule also withdraws a supplemental proposed rule 
that would have eliminated the requirement for licensees to update 
their ISI and IST programs every 120 months to the latest ASME Code 
edition and addenda incorporated by reference in the regulations (120-
Month ISI/IST Update Requirement (AG39)).

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            08/03/01                    66 FR 40626
NPRM Comment Period End         10/17/01
Final Rule                      09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Stephen A. Tingen, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1280
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG61
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4556. REDUCTION IN THE SCOPE OF RANDOM FITNESS-FOR-DUTY TESTING 
REQUIREMENTS FOR NUCLEAR POWER REACTOR LICENSEES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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 regulations to 
require random drug and alcohol testing of only those persons with 
unescorted access to vital areas, and eliminate random testing of 
employees who must physically report to the Technical Support Center or 
Emergency Operations Facility during an emergency. However, personnel 
with unescorted access to the protected area would continue to be 
covered by 10 CFR 26.24(a)(1) for pre-access fitness-for-duty testing 
and by 10 CFR 26.24(a)(3) for `for-cause' fitness-for-duty testing.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Garmon West Jr., Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1044
Email: [email protected]

Vonna L. Ordaz, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-2147
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG62
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4557. RE-EVALUATION OF POWER REACTOR PHYSICAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS AND 
POSITION ON A DEFINITION OF RADIOLOGICAL SABOTAGE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to 
require power reactor licensees to conduct drills and exercises to 
evaluate their protective strategy against a simulated design basis 
threat (DBT) of radiological sabotage. The proposed rulemaking would 
also include risk insights, supporting guidance documents and be more 
performance based.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            01/00/02
Final Rule                      11/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Richard P. Rosano, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001

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Phone: 301 415-3282
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG63
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4558. TRANSFERS OF SOURCE MATERIAL FROM LICENSEES TO EXEMPT PERSONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 40

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would require NRC approval for transfers of 
unimportant quantities of source material (less than 0.05 percent by 
weight) to persons exempt from licensing requirements. The objective of 
this proposed action is to ensure that the regulations regarding 
transfers of materials containing low concentrations of source material 
are adequate to protect public health and safety.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

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-AG64
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4559. COMPATIBILITY WITH IAEA TRANSPORTATION SAFETY STANDARDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 71

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations on 
packaging and transporting radioactive material to make them compatible 
with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) standards and to 
codify other applicable requirements. These changes would be compatible 
with TS-R-1, the latest revision of the IAEA transportation standards. 
This rulemaking would also address the unintended economic impact of 
NRC's emergency final rule entitled `Fissile Material Shipments and 
Exemptions' (February 10, 1997; 62 FR 5907) and a petition for 
rulemaking submitted by International Energy Consultants, Inc. (PRM-71-
12)(February 19, 1998; 63 FR 8362).

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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

RIN: 3150-AG71
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4560.  LIST OF APPROVED SPENT FUEL STORAGE CASKS: STANDARDIZED 
ADVANCED NUHOMS-24PT1 ADDITION

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 
adding the Standardized Advanced NUHOMS Storage System cask design to 
the list of approved spent fuel storage casks. The proposed rule would 
add a cask system that has improved shielding and the ability to 
withstand a higher seismic response spectra than the Standardized 
NUHOMS Storage System which is already on the list of approved casks.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            01/00/02
Final Action                    06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: 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
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG74
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4561.  DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 15

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations 
concerning the procedures that the NRC uses to collect its debts that 
are owed to it. The proposed amendment would conform NRC regulations to 
the amended procedures presented in the Federal Claims Collection 
Standards issued by the Department of the Treasury and the Department 
of Justice, and the legislative changes enacted in the Debt Collection 
Improvement Act of 1996.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            10/05/01                    66 FR 50860
NPRM Comment Period End         12/19/01
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Leah Tremper, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-7347
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG80
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4562.  NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

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 by 
requiring a licensee to notify the NRC and an identified exposed 
individual

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after the licensee becomes aware that the individual received or is 
estimated to have received a dose exceeding 50mSv (5 rem) from a 
released patient who had been administered radioactive material.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            12/00/01
Final Rule                      10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Betty Ann Torres, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-0191
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG81
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4563.  SUBMISSION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR APPLICATIONS TO 
RENEW OR EXTEND THE TERM OF AN OPERATING LICENSE FOR POWER REACTORS

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 financial qualifications for entities other than electric 
utilities seeking renewal of nuclear power plant operating licenses. 
The Commission's regulations currently require the submission of 
financial qualifications information for applicants for initial 
operating licenses and renewal of operating licenses, except for 
applicants for and holders of operating licenses for nuclear power 
plants that are electric utilities. Thus, applicants for renewal of 
nuclear power plant operating licenses under 10 CFR part 54 that are 
entities other than electric utilities must submit financial 
qualifications information as part of their renewal application. 
However, section 54.29 does not contain a requirement for an NRC 
finding of financial qualification for entities other than electric 
utilities seeking renewal of their operating license.
The NRC has received requests for license renewals and has granted two 
renewed licenses to electric utilities. However, because of ongoing 
deregulation in the electricity sector of the economy, new entities 
other than electric utilities are expected to be formed that will hold 
operating licenses for nuclear power plants. Some of these entities may 
decide to extend the life of their nuclear power plants through the 
license renewal process and, under the current regulations, would be 
required to submit financial qualifications information under section 
50.33(f). However, a finding of financial qualification need not be 
made under section 54.29 to issue the renewed license. Therefore, the 
Commission needs to address and resolve by appropriate rulemaking the 
matter of financial qualifications for entities other than electric 
utilities seeking renewal of nuclear power plant operating licenses. 
The staff intends to develop a rule that would modify the requirement 
in the last sentence of section 50.33(f)(2) with respect to entities 
other than electric utilities seeking renewal of operating licenses for 
nuclear power plants, and provide the bases for the NRC's not making a 
financial qualifications finding for these entities in connection with 
renewal of such entities' nuclear power plant operating licenses in the 
Statement of Consideration for the rule. The rule would continue the 
existing requirement in section 50.33(f) with respect to non-power 
reactors. Furthermore, the rule would not affect submission of 
financial qualifications information and the need for a finding of 
financial qualifications with respect to transfers of nuclear power 
plant operating licenses.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            02/00/02
Final Rule                      01/00/03

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: 301 415-3093
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG84
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4564.  FINANCIAL ASSURANCE AMENDMENTS FOR MATERIALS LICENSES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

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

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's financial 
assurance regulations for materials licenses. The amendment would 
maintain adequate assurance of decommissioning funding.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/02
Final Rule                      04/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

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-AG85
_______________________________________________________________________




4565.  INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF ASME BPV AND OM CODE CASES

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 the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 
(ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel (BPV) Code Cases and Operation and 
Maintenance (OM) Code Cases pertaining to inservice inspection, 
operational maintenance, and design, fabrication, and materials which 
the NRC has reviewed and found to be acceptable for use. Language would 
be added to section 50.55a incorporating by reference three NRC-
developed regulatory guides which address NRC review and approval of 
ASME-

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published code cases. This action would give NRC-approved code cases 
the same legal status as the corresponding requirements in the ASME BPV 
and OM Codes which have already been incorporated by reference in 
section 50.55a.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Harry S. Tovmassian, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-3092
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG86
_______________________________________________________________________


Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)                    Final Rule Stage






_______________________________________________________________________




4566. FITNESS FOR DUTY PROGRAMS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 26

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule will amend the Commission's regulations to 
ensure compatibility with the Department of Health and Human Services 
guidelines, reduce unnecessary regulatory burden in some areas, clarify 
the Commission's original intent of the rule, and improve overall 
program effectiveness and efficiency. These revised requirements will 
reduce the industrywide annual cost for all licensees to comply with 
part 26 by approximately $15 million. The rulemaking will address the 
Regulatory Review Group items on audit frequency and annual submittal 
of data. The rulemaking will also address the petition for rulemaking 
submitted by the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) (PRM-26-
1).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/09/96                    61 FR 21105
NPRM Comment Period End         08/07/96
Final Action                    01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Garmon West Jr., Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1044
Email: [email protected]

Vonna L. Ordaz, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-2147
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF12
_______________________________________________________________________




4567. SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY; MINOR CORRECTIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 2; 10 CFR 61; 10 CFR 62; 10 CFR 70; 10 CFR 71; 10 
CFR 72; 10 CFR 73; 10 CFR 32; 10 CFR 34; 10 CFR 40; 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 
51; 10 CFR 52; 10 CFR 55; 10 CFR 60; 10 CFR 4; 10 CFR 9; 10 CFR 21; 10 
CFR 20; 10 CFR 15; 10 CFR 19; 10 CFR 25; 10 CFR 30; 10 CFR 26; 10 CFR 
31; 10 CFR 74; 10 CFR 75; 10 CFR 76; 10 CFR 81; 10 CFR 95; 10 CFR 110; 
10 CFR 140; 10 CFR 150

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The direct final rule will permit voluntary electronic 
submission of documents and provide procedures for submitting documents 
electronically. Amending the regulations to permit electronic 
submission will facilitate the electronic capture of externally 
generated documents into the Agency-wide Documents Access and 
Management System (ADAMS). The rulemaking will address and improve the 
document control and records management issues that are of concern to 
the NRC, its applicants, licensees, and members of the public by 
improving the process of communication, dissemination, and storage of 
records. In addition, the rulemaking will incorporate minor corrections 
to the current regulations regarding the submission of documents to the 
NRC, for example, organizational, name, and phone number changes. This 
rulemaking is consistent with existing legislative and regulatory 
initiatives, such as the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A-130 (Revised February 8, 1996), and 
the Government Paperwork Reduction Elimination Act of 1998, to reduce 
the information collection burden on the public and to make information 
more readily accessible to the public.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               02/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Michael D. Collins, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of the Chief Information Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-2488
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF61
_______________________________________________________________________




4568. MEDICAL USES OF BYPRODUCT MATERIAL

Priority: Other Significant

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 will amend the Commission's regulations to 
reflect a more risk-based approach to the regulation of the medical 
uses of byproduct material. Performance-oriented requirements will 
allow licensees the flexibility to develop procedures appropriate to 
their uses of byproduct material. The revision will address training 
and experience requirements for authorized users, Radiation Safety 
Officers, authorized nuclear pharmacists, and authorized

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medical physicists. This rulemaking includes development of associated 
guidance. This rule also addresses a petition for rulemaking submitted 
by the University of Cincinnati (PRM-20-24).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

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         12/16/98                    63 FR 64829
Final Action                    12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Roger W. Broseus, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-7608
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AF74
_______________________________________________________________________




4569. 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: Other, Statutory, Energy Policy Act of 1992.

Abstract: The final rule will establish regulations as directed by 
statute (Energy Policy Act of 1992) for the disposal of high-level 
waste at Yucca Mountain. The final rule will provide specific criteria 
applicable to Yucca Mountain and state that the more generic 
requirements in the existing part 60 do not apply and cannot be the 
subject of litigation in any NRC licensing proceeding for Yucca 
Mountain. The rule will also address a petition for rulemaking 
submitted by the States of Nevada and Minnesota (PRM-60-2/2A).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/22/99                     64 FR 8640
NPRM Comment Period End         06/30/99                    64 FR 24092
Final Action                    01/00/02

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: 301 415-7285
Email: [email protected]

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-AG04
_______________________________________________________________________




4570. DECOMMISSIONING TRUST PROVISIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The rule would amend the Commission's regulations to ensure 
that decommissioning trust agreements are in a form acceptable to the 
NRC to increase assurance that decommissioning funds will be available 
for their intended purpose, especially in light of economic 
deregulation and restructuring of the electric utility industry. Based 
on past experience with the NRC approval of the transfer of the 
operating licenses of the Three Mile Island Unit 1 and Pilgrim Nuclear 
Power Stations, the staff believes that this rulemaking would expedite 
similar transfers in the future. The staff also intends to develop 
guidance by revising Regulatory Guide 1.159, `Assuring the Availability 
of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors,' that will specify more 
fully the provisions of the decommissioning trust agreements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/30/01                    66 FR 29244
NPRM Comment Period End         08/13/01
Final Rule                      05/00/02

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: 301 415-1978
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG52
_______________________________________________________________________




4571. NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN; 
BASIS OF HANDICAP; BASIS OF AGE IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING 
FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 4

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The rule would incorporate the Civil Rights Restoration Act's 
definitions of `program or activity' and `program' into Title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1972, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and would promote 
consistent and adequate enforcement of these statutes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/06/00                    65 FR 76460
NPRM Comment Period End         01/05/01
Final Action                    01/00/02
Final Action Effective          12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Marva C. Gary, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Small Business and Civil Rights, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-7382
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG65
_______________________________________________________________________




4572.  ORGANIZATION CHANGE AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 1; 10 CFR 34; 10 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule will amend the Commission's regulations to 
reflect the

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abolishment of the Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational 
Data (AEOD); the transfer of certain functions from AEOD to Incident 
Response Operations; and a correction of the telephone number for the 
NRC Operations Center. In addition, several other administrative 
amendments will be included in this final rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Rule                      12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Carrie Brown, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555
Phone: 301 415-8092
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG79
_______________________________________________________________________


Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)                   Long-Term Actions






_______________________________________________________________________




4573. UPDATE FUEL PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS AND OTHER FUEL CYCLE ISSUES

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
Second NPRM                      To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Donald P. Cleary
Phone: 301 415-3903
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AA31
_______________________________________________________________________




4574. 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                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lydia Chang
Phone: 301 415-6319
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AE90
_______________________________________________________________________




4575. GEOLOGICAL AND SEISMOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPENT FUEL STORAGE 
SYSTEMS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 072

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Keith McDaniel
Phone: 301 415-5252
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG16
_______________________________________________________________________




4576. REVISION OF THE SKIN DOSE LIMIT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 20

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/12/01                    66 FR 36502
NPRM Comment Period End         09/25/01
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Alan K. Rocklein
Phone: 301 415-3883
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG25
_______________________________________________________________________




4577. RISK-INFORMING SPECIAL TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 21; 10 CFR 50;; 10 CFR 54; 10 CFR 100

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           03/03/00                    65 FR 11488
ANPRM Comment Period End        05/17/00
NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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

RIN: 3150-AG42
_______________________________________________________________________




4578. INTEGRATED RULEMAKING FOR DECOMMISSIONING NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 50

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: William Huffman
Phone: 301 415-1141
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG47
_______________________________________________________________________




4579. PERFORMANCE-BASED, RISK-INFORMED FIRE PROTECTION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 50

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Edward A. Connell
Phone: 301 415-2838
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG48

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_______________________________________________________________________




4580. CHANGES TO ADJUDICATORY PROCESS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 1; 10 CFR 2; 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 51; 10 CFR 52; 10 
CFR 54; 10 CFR 60; 10 CFR 70;; 10 CFR 73; 10 CFR 75; 10 CFR 76; 10 CFR 
110

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/16/01                    66 FR 19610
NPRM Comment Period End         09/14/01                    66 FR 27045
Final Rule                       To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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

RIN: 3150-AG49
_______________________________________________________________________




4581. MATERIAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 51; 10 CFR 61; 10 CFR 70; 10 CFR 72; 10 CFR 73; 10 
CFR 74; 10 CFR 75; 10 CFR 76; 10 CFR 150

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/30/01                    66 FR 29251
NPRM Comment Period End         08/13/01
Final Rule                      12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Merri Horn
Phone: 301 415-8126
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG69
_______________________________________________________________________




4582.  STANDARDS FOR COMBUSTIBLE GAS CONTROL SYSTEM IN LIGHT-
WATER-COOLED POWER REACTORS

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 
improve safety by better focusing on the risk-significant challenges 
from combustible gases; ensure combustible gas control during all risk-
significant events; and eliminate those aspects of current requirements 
that provide no safety benefit. A staff requirement memorandum dated 
January 19, 2001, directed the staff to proceed expeditiously with 
rulemakings on the risk-informed alternative of section 50.44, 
including completion of outstanding technical work (e.g., development 
of combustible gas source terms) and necessary regulatory analyses. 
Also, this rulemaking addresses the petition for rulemaking submitted 
by Bob Christie (PRM-50-68).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Anthony W. Markley, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-3165
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG76
_______________________________________________________________________


Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)                   Completed Actions






_______________________________________________________________________




4583. STORAGE OF GREATER THAN CLASS C WASTE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 72

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule will amend the Commission's regulations to 
include storage of Greater than Class C (GTCC) waste, that is, waste 
that exceeds the concentration limits of radionuclides established for 
Class C waste in 10 CFR 61.55(a)(2)(iv). It is anticipated that the 
decommissioning activities at nuclear power plants will generate 
relatively small volumes of GTCC waste. However, because there are 
currently no disposal options for GTCC waste, utilities must store 
these wastes under their part 50 licenses pending development of a 
disposal facility. The Department of Energy has the responsibility for 
developing a national strategy for disposal of GTCC waste. Based on 
current plans, this disposal capability will not likely be available 
for many years. This rulemaking will allow independent spent fuel 
storage installations to store GTCC waste similarly to spent fuel and 
facilitate the likely eventual transfer to a permanent geologic 
repository. This rulemaking will also respond to a petition for 
rulemaking submitted by the Portland General Electric Company (PRM-72-
2).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/16/00                    65 FR 37712
NPRM Comment Period End         08/30/00
Final Rule                      10/11/01                    66 FR 51823
Final Rule Effective            11/13/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: 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-AG33
_______________________________________________________________________




4584. 120-MONTH ISI/IST UPDATE REQUIREMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 50

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would amend the Commission's regulations to require 
nuclear power plant licensees to update their inservice inspection and 
inservice testing programs every 120 months to comply with the version 
of the ASME code incorporated by reference into the

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regulations and in effect 12 months preceding the start of a new 120-
month interval. The Commission disapproved this proposed rulemaking in 
a Staff Requirements Memorandum dated April 13, 2000. This rulemaking 
was withdrawn in a proposed rule published on August 3, 2001 (66 FR 
40626)(Industry Codes and Standards; Amended Requirements (AG61)).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       08/03/01                    66 FR 40626

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Thomas Scarbrough, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-2794
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG39
_______________________________________________________________________




4585. USE OF SIMULATORS IN OPERATOR LICENSING AND CONFORMING CHANGES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 55

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule will amend the Commission's regulations to 
promote more effective plant operating experience for initial license 
applicants through improved on-the-job training by allowing use of the 
simulation facility in lieu of the actual plant to satisfy the license 
eligibility requirement for performance of control manipulations that 
affect reactivity or power level. The rulemaking will also facilitate 
the adaptation of existing simulator support and requalification 
training programs to the 1998 revision of the national standard (ANSI/
ANS-3.5) to eliminate recurring outdated, duplicate, and inefficient 
simulator performance testing and reporting requirements. This 
rulemaking will bring the NRC's current regulations up to date with 
evolutionary changes in simulation technology, training, and 
examination programs. This rulemaking will directly reduce unnecessary 
regulatory burden by eliminating the current requirement for submittal 
of certification and performance test reports on a quadrennial basis.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/03/00                    65 FR 41021
NPRM Comment Period End         09/18/00
Final Action                    10/17/01                    66 FR 52657
Final Action Effective          11/16/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Clare Goodman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1047
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG40
_______________________________________________________________________




4586. LICENSING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE RECEIPT OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE 
WASTE AT A GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY: LICENSING SUPPORT NETWORK, DESIGN 
STANDARDS FOR PARTICIPATING WEBSITES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's Rules of Practice 
applicable to the use of the Licensing Support Network (LSN) for the 
licensing proceeding on the disposal of high-level waste at a geologic 
repository. The final rule establishes the basic data structure and 
transfer standards (design standards) that LSN participant Websites 
must use to make documentary material available. The final rule also 
clarifies the authority of the LSN Administrator to establish guidance 
for LSN participants on how best to meet the design standards and to 
review participant designs for compliance with the standards. Finally, 
the rule clarifies the timing of participant compliance certifications.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Rule                      05/31/01                    66 FR 29453
Final Rule Effective            07/02/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Francis X. Cameron, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1642
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG44
_______________________________________________________________________




4587. REVISION OF FEE SCHEDULES; FEE RECOVERY, FY 2001

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 170; 10 CFR 171

Legal Deadline: None

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 98 percent of the NRC's budget 
authority for Fiscal Year 2001, less the amount appropriated from the 
Nuclear Waste Fund and the General Fund. The Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990, as amended, requires that the NRC 
accomplish the 98-percent recovery for FY 2001 through the assessment 
of fees. The dollar amount to be recovered for FY 2001 is approximately 
$453.3 million. The act requires that the fees for FY 2001 must be 
collected by September 30, 2001.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Rule                      06/14/01                    66 FR 32452
Final Rule Effective            08/13/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Glenda C. Jackson, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6057
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG73
_______________________________________________________________________




4588.  LIST OF APPROVED SPENT FUEL STORAGE CASKS: STANDARDIZED 
NUHOMS-24P AND -52B REVISION, AMENDMENT 3

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

[[Page 62741]]

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 72

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to revise 
the Certificate of Compliance No. 1004 for the Standardized NUHOMS-24P 
and -52B cask system. This rule modifies the Standardized NUHOMS-24P 
and -52B cask system to add the -61BT dry storage canister which is the 
storage portion of a dual purpose cask design intended to both store 
and transport spent fuel.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               06/29/01                    66 FR 34523
Final Rule Effective            09/12/01

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
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG75
_______________________________________________________________________




4589.  LIST OF APPROVED SPENT FUEL STORAGE CASKS: NAC-UMS 
UNIVERSAL STORAGE SYSTEM, AMENDMENT 2

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 72

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The direct final rule will amend the Commission's regulations 
to revise the Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 for the NAC-UMS 
Universal Storage System. The change will modify the NAC-UMS Universal 
Storage System to add miscellaneous spent fuel related components to 
the approved contents list for the NAC-UMS Universal Storage system and 
change the required actions in response to a failure of the cask heat 
removal system.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Direct Final Rule               10/16/01                    66 FR 52486
Direct Final Rule Effective     12/31/01

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-AG77
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4590.  CHARGES FOR REPRODUCING RECORDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 9

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to permit 
NRC's contractor to increase the charges for copying publicly available 
documents at the NRC's Public Document Room. In addition, the 
amendments provide for electronic copying to CD-ROM.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Rule                      05/07/01                    66 FR 22907
Final Rule Effective            06/06/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Thomas E. Smith, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office 
of the Chief Information Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-7204
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG78
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4591.  LIST OF APPROVED SPENT FUEL STORAGE CASKS: WESTINGHOUSE 
MC-10 TERMINATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 72

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The direct final rule amends the Commission's regulations to 
delete Certificate of Compliance No. 1001 for the Westinghouse MC-10 
cask system from the approved listing. This change was requested by the 
Westinghouse Government Environmental Services Company.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Direct Final Rule               08/21/01                    66 FR 43761
Direct Final Rule Effective     11/05/01

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-AG82
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4592.  LIST OF APPROVED SPENT FUEL STORAGE CASKS: NAC-MPC 
REVISION, AMENDMENT 1

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841

CFR Citation: 10 CFR 72

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The direct final rule amends the Commission's regulations to 
revise the Certificate of Compliance No. 1025 for the NAC-MPC cask 
system. This change modifies the NAC-MPC cask system design to permit a 
license to use an alternate fuel basket design with enlarged fuel tubes 
in corner locations; increase the operational time limits provided in 
the Technical Specifications for canister loading, closure, and 
transfer when canister heat loads are lower than design basis heat 
loads; revise the canister surface contamination limits in Technical 
Specifications to maintain worker dose as low as is reasonably 
achievable; and revise some drawings to reflect changes identified 
during cask and component fabrication under a general license.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Direct Final Rule               08/30/01                    66 FR 45749
Direct Final Rule Effective     11/13/01

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

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Phone: 301 415-6219
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3150-AG83
[FR Doc. 01-23875 Filed 11-30-01; 8:45 am]
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