[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1154-1155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31706]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 5 / Tuesday, January 8, 2013 /
Proposed Rules
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 50 & 52
[NRC-2012-0031]
RIN 3150-AJ11
Onsite Emergency Response Capabilities
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft regulatory basis.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is issuing a draft regulatory basis document to support the potential
amendment of its regulations concerning nuclear power plant licensees'
onsite emergency response capabilities. The NRC is seeking public
comments on this document. The issuance of this draft regulatory basis
document is one of the actions stemming from the NRC's lessons-learned
efforts associated with the March 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power
Plant accident in Japan.
DATES: Submit comments by February 22, 2013. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC
is only able to ensure consideration of comments received on or before
this date.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to these documents, which the NRC possesses and are publicly available,
by searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2012-
0031. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0031. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
Email comments to: Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you do
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, contact us
directly at 301-415-1677.
Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at 301-415-1101.
Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern time) Federal
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert H. Beall, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3874; email: Robert.Beall@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0031 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this notice. You may access
information related to this draft regulatory basis, which the NRC
possesses and is publicly available, by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0031.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS Accession No. for
each document referenced in this notice (if that document is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. A
table listing documents that provide additional background and
supporting information is in Appendix F of the draft regulatory basis.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0031 in the subject line of your
comment submission to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment
submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in comment
submissions. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov and enters the comment submissions into ADAMS. The
NRC does not edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact
information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submissions. Your request should
state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Background
As the NRC continues its ongoing proposed rulemaking effort to
amend portions of Parts 50 and 52 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) to strengthen and integrate onsite emergency
response capabilities, the NRC is making preliminary documents publicly
available on the Federal rulemaking Web site, www.regulations.gov,
under Docket ID NRC-2012-0031. By making these documents publicly
available, the NRC seeks to inform stakeholders of the current status
of the NRC's rulemaking development activities and to provide
preparatory material for future public meetings. The NRC is instituting
a 45-day public comment period on these materials, and the public is
encouraged to participate in any related public meetings.
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III. Publicly Available Documents
The NRC has posted on www.regulations.gov for public availability
the draft regulatory basis to strengthen and integrate onsite emergency
response capabilities. This regulatory basis documents the reasons why
the NRC determined rulemaking was the appropriate course of action to
remedy a regulatory shortcoming.
In addition, the NRC has posted preliminary proposed rule language
related to this rulemaking as Appendix C of the draft regulatory basis.
This preliminary proposed rule language contains one portion of the
NRC's proposed changes. This language does not represent a final NRC
staff position nor has it been reviewed by the Commission. Therefore,
the preliminary proposed rule language may undergo significant revision
during the rulemaking process.
The NRC is requesting formal public comments on the draft
regulatory basis and the preliminary proposed rule language. The NRC
may post additional materials, including other preliminary proposed
rule language, to the Federal rulemaking Web site at
www.regulations.gov, under Docket ID NRC-2012-0031. The Federal
rulemaking Web site allows you to receive alerts when changes or
additions occur in a docket folder. To subscribe: (1) Navigate to the
docket folder (NRC-2012-0031); (2) click the ``Email Alert'' link; and
(3) enter your email address and select how frequently you would like
to receive emails (daily, weekly, or monthly).
IV. Plain Writing
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-274) requires Federal
agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, well-organized manner
that also follows other best practices appropriate to the subject or
field and the intended audience. Although regulations are exempt under
the Act, the NRC is applying the same principles to its rulemaking
documents. Therefore, the NRC has written this document, including the
preliminary proposed rule language, to be consistent with the Plain
Writing Act.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of December, 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sher Bahadur,
Deputy Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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