Internal Commission Procedures

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

Highlights

Chapter I — Commission Responsibilities

• Collegial Functions
• Policy, Rulemaking and Adjudication
• Appointments
• Personnel Appointment Process
• Chairman Duties
• Emergency Response
• Emergency Response Training
• Individual Commission Responsibilities
• Commission Administrative Procedures
• Changes to or Waiver of Commission Procedures

Chapter II -- Decision Documents

• SECY Papers
• Format for Staff Papers and Action Memoranda to the Commission
• Action Memoranda (COMs and COMSECYs)
• Staff Requirements Memoranda
• Release of Documents Under FOIA

Chapter III -- Voting

• Votes at Commission Meetings
• Votes on SECY Papers
• Action Dates
• Submission of Votes to the Secretary
• Recording of Commissioner Votes While Away from the Office
• Handling of Separate Views on Commission Documents Published in the Federal Register
• Handling of Separate Views in Commission Adjudicatory Decisions
• Comments on Draft Congressional Letters and Press Releases Associated with Decision Documents
• Votes on Action Memoranda (COMs and COMSECYs)
• Continuances and Extensions of Time
• Closure Process
• Commission Voting Record (CVR)
• Tracking of Requirements and Tasks
• Motions for Reconsideration of a Decision
• Withdrawal of Papers Submitted to the Commission

Chapter IV -- Commission Meetings/Hearings

• Government in the Sunshine Act
• Development of Commission Schedule
• Guidelines for Stakeholder Participation in Commission Meetings
• Format for Commission Meetings
• Open/Public Commission Meetings
• Closed Commission Meetings
• Non-Sunshine Act Discussions
• Conduct of Commission Meetings
• Meeting-Related Documents
• Documents in Advance of Meetings
• Documents at Meetings
• Staff Requirements Memoranda (SRM)
• Briefings of the Commission Technical/Legal Assistants
• Conduct of Mandatory Hearings on Applications for Combined Licenses
• Before the Hearing
• Pre-Filed Documents
• The Hearing
• Commission Decision after the Hearing
• Schedule for Uncontested Hearings
• Template

Chapter V -- Institutional Correspondence

• Incoming Correspondence
• Receipt and Review by the Office of the Secretary
• Guidelines for Commission Response
• Action Assigned by the Office of the Secretary
• Requests for Additional Response Preparation Time
• Commission Daily Reading File
• Outgoing Correspondence
• Procedures for Commission Correspondence
• Procedures for Chairman Correspondence
• Dispatch of Outgoing Correspondence and Information Copies

Chapter VI -- Transmittal of Sensitive Documents to Congress

• Guidelines and Procedures

Chapter VII -- Congressional Hearings

• Preparation of Testimony and Supporting Information
• Planning Meeting
• Preparation of Testimony and Supporting Information
• Commitments and Post-Hearing Questions

Appendices

1. Process for Obtaining Nominations for NRC's Advisory Committees
2. Procedures for Handling Withheld Documents in Commissioners' Offices Under FOIA
3. Sample Vote Sheet
4. Basis for Determining Voting Results
5. Resolution of 2-2 Vote
6. Specialized Procedures when Commission Review Time for Adjudicatory Actions is Limited
7. Staff Requirements Memorandum and Commission Voting Record
8. Procedures for Staff Presentations at Commission Meetings
9. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances
10. Security Procedures for Conducting Classified Meetings/Hearings
11. Record of Non-Sunshine Act Discussion
12. Correspondence Response Sheets
13. Commission Office and Staff Instructions for Processing Congressional Request for Documents
14. The Budget Process
15. List of Positions for Which the Commission is the Awarding Authority for Performance Awards