United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2014_register executive 2014-04-09 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7fa37b8 D09002ee1c7fa3835 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking (PRM), dated February 15, 2012, which was filed with the NRC by Michael Mariotte on behalf of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS or the petitioner) and 37 co-petitioners. The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations that govern domestic licensing of production and utilization facilities to expand existing emergency planning zones (EPZ) around nuclear power plants, create a new EPZ, and require the incorporation of concurrent natural disasters in the required periodic emergency plan drills. The NRC is denying the petition because the NRC concludes that the current size of the emergency planning zones is appropriate for existing reactors and that emergency plans will provide an adequate level of protection of the public health and safety in the event of an accident at a nuclear power plant. The current EPZs provide for a comprehensive emergency planning framework that would allow expansion of the response efforts beyond the designated distances should events warrant such an expansion. 79 FR 19501 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-04-09/2014-07981 2014-07981 fr09ap14-17 7590-01-P Docket Nos. PRM-50-104 NRC-2012-0046 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-04-09/2014-07981 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-04-09/html/2014-07981.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-04-09/pdf/2014-07981.pdf 21 p. 19501 19521 79 FR 19501 Title 10 Part 50 10 CFR Part 50 Emergency Planning Zones; Federal Register Vol. 79, Issue PRORULE 2014-07981 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Docket Nos. PRM-50-104 NRC-2012-0046 7590-01-P 2014-07981 Petition for rulemaking; denial.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking (PRM), dated February 15, 2012, which was filed with the NRC by Michael Mariotte on behalf of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS or the petitioner) and 37 co-petitioners. The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations that govern domestic licensing of production and utilization facilities to expand existing emergency planning zones (EPZ) around nuclear power plants, create a new EPZ, and require the incorporation of concurrent natural disasters in the required periodic emergency plan drills. The NRC is denying the petition because the NRC concludes that the current size of the emergency planning zones is appropriate for existing reactors and that emergency plans will provide an adequate level of protection of the public health and safety in the event of an accident at a nuclear power plant. The current EPZs provide for a comprehensive emergency planning framework that would allow expansion of the response efforts beyond the designated distances should events warrant such an expansion.

The docket for the petition for rulemaking, PRM-50-104, is closed on April 9, 2014. Daniel Doyle, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3748; email: Daniel.Doyle@nrc.gov. Emergency Planning Zones , Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov Daniel.Doyle@nrc.gov pdf.resource@nrc.gov http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-travel20110317.html http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/er/400-r-92-001.pdf http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/er/pag-manual-interim-public-comment-4-2-2013.pdf http://www.icrp.org/publications.asp http://www.nap.edu http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html http://www.regulations.gov http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_121015_01-e.pdf Vol. 79, no. 68 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2014-04-09 continuing daily deposited born digital 351 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-04-09 P0b002ee1883101a9 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr09ap14 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2014-04-09 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-04-09/pdf/FR-2014-04-09.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-04-09/xml/FR-2014-04-09.xml fdlp 19461 19803 DGPO 2014-04-09 2024-06-02 FR-2014-04-09 machine generated eng FR FR-2014-04-09 79 68