[December 9, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 236)]
[Unified Agenda]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [frwais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 May 13, 2002
(67 FR 34212).
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: mtl@nrc.gov). 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 13, 2002 (67
FR 34212). Within each group, the rules are ordered according to the
Regulation Identifier Number (RIN).
The information in this agenda has been updated through
September 13, 2002. 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 13th day of September 2002.
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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4239 Fitness for Duty Programs........................................................... 3150-AF12
4240 Lessons Learned From Design Certification........................................... 3150-AG24
4241 Performance-Based, Risk-Informed Fire Protection.................................... 3150-AG48
4242 Transfers of Certain Source Materials by Specific Licensees......................... 3150-AG64
4243 Financial Assurance Amendments for Materials Licenses............................... 3150-AG85
4244 Event Notification Requirements..................................................... 3150-AG90
4245 Nuclear Power Plant Worker Fatigue.................................................. 3150-AG99
4246 Changes to Emergency Action Plan -- Appendix E...................................... 3150-AH00
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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4247 Decommissioning Trust Provisions.................................................... 3150-AG52
4248 Releasing Part of a Power Reactor Site or Facility for Unrestricted Use............. 3150-AG56
4249 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.......
4250 Material Control and Accounting..................................................... 3150-AG69
4251 Compatibility With IAEA Transportation Safety Standards............................. 3150-AG71
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4252 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Standardized Advanced NUHOMS-24PT1 3150-AG74
Addition............................................................................
4253 Financial Information Requirements for Applications To Renew or Extend the Term of 3150-AG84
an Operating License for a Power Reactor............................................
4254 Incorporation by Reference of ASME BPV and OM Code Cases............................ 3150-AG86
4255 Geological and Seismological Characteristics of Spent Fuel Storage Systems.......... 3150-AG93
4256 NRC Public Document Room Address Change and Corrections to Information Collection 3150-AH01
Provisions..........................................................................
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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4257 Update Fuel Performance Considerations and Other Fuel Cycle Issues.................. 3150-AA31
4258 Availability of Official Records.................................................... 3150-AC07
4259 Disposal by Release Into Sanitary Sewerage.......................................... 3150-AE90
4260 Advance Notification to Native American Tribes of Transportation of Certain Types of 3150-AG41
Nuclear Waste.......................................................................
4261 Risk-Informing Special Treatment Requirements....................................... 3150-AG42
4262 Integrated Rulemaking for Decommissioning Nuclear Power Reactors.................... 3150-AG47
4263 Changes to Adjudicatory Process..................................................... 3150-AG49
4264 Reevaluation of Power Reactor Physical Protection Regulations and Position on a 3150-AG63
Definition of Radiological Sabotage.................................................
4265 Standards for Combustible Gas Control System in Light-Water-Cooled Power Reactors... 3150-AG76
4266 Notification Requirement............................................................ 3150-AG81
4267 Entombment Options for Power Reactors............................................... 3150-AG89
4268 Modifications to Pressure-Temperature Limits........................................ 3150-AG98
4269 Federal Advisory Committee Act Regulations.......................................... 3150-AH02
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Completed Actions
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Regulation
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Number Number
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4270 Electronic Maintenance and Submission of Information................................ 3150-AF61
4271 Industry Codes and Standards........................................................ 3150-AG61
4272 Debt Collection Procedures.......................................................... 3150-AG80
4273 Specification of a Probability for Unlikely Features, Events and Processes.......... 3150-AG91
4274 Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery, FY 2002.................................... 3150-AG95
4275 Revision to Salary Offset Procedures................................................ 3150-AG96
4276 Cost Recovery for Contested Hearing Involving U.S. National Security Initiatives.... 3150-AH03
4277 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: HI-STORM 100 Revision.................... 3150-AH04
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Proposed Rule Stage
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4239. 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 proposed rule would 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 would
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. This rulemaking would also address the petition for rulemaking
submitted by the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) (PRM-26-
1). In
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addition, this rulemaking subsumes a previously separate rulemaking,
Reduction in the Scope of Random Fitness-For-Duty Testing Requirements
for Nuclear Power Reactor Licensees (part 26)(RIN 3150-AG62). Because
of the subsumption of this rulemaking and other issues raised in
response to the earlier proposed rule, a new proposed rule will be
published.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 05/09/96 61 FR 21105
NPRM Comment Period End 08/07/96
Second NPRM 11/00/02
Final Rule 11/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Garmon West Jr., Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
of Security and Incident Response, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1044
Email: fitnessforduty@nrc.gov
Vonna L. Ordaz, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Security and
Incident Response, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-2147
Email: vld@nrc.gov
Related RIN: Merged With 3150-AG62
RIN: 3150-AF12
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4240. 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 proposed rule would amend the Commission's requirements
for early site permits, standard design certifications, combined
licensees for nuclear power plants, and for other licensing processes.
The amendments are based on the NRC staff's experience with the
previous design certification reviews and on discussions with
stakeholders about the early site permit (ESP), design certification,
and combined license (COL) processes. This action is expected to
improve the effectiveness of the licensing processes for future
applicants. The rulemaking also would make conforming clarifications
and corrections to the NRC's regulations.
The NRC is proposing to reorganize 10 CFR part 52 to establish a
separate section for each of the seven licensing processes currently
described in 10 CFR part 52 (early site permits, early site reviews,
standard design certification, standard design approvals, combined
licenses, manufacturing licenses, and duplicate design licenses). The
purpose of this reorganization is to clarify that each licensing
process has equal standing. In addition, several subparts would be
reserved for future licensing processes. No substantive changes are
intended by the incorporation of current appendices M, N, O, and Q into
the new subparts in 10 CFR part 52.
The NRC is also proposing to retitle 10 CFR part 52 as Additional
Licensing Processes for Nuclear Power Plants to clarify that the
licensing processes in 10 CFR part 52 are in addition to and supplement
the two-step licensing process in 10 CFR part 50 and the license
renewal process in 10 CFR part 54, and are not limited to the early
site permit, standard design certification, and combined license
processes as the current title implies.
The proposed rule would amend section 52.1 to clarify that all seven
licensing processes are within the scope of 10 CFR part 52. Sections
within current appendices M, N, O, and Q would also become new sections
of the revised part. In addition, the proposed rule would reserve
sections for future licensing processes. In doing so, the NRC hopes to
convey that 10 CFR part 52 is the preferred location in 10 CFR for
nuclear power plant licensing processes. The proposed rule subsumed the
rulemaking, Standardized Plant Designs, Early Review of Sites
Suitability Issues; Clarifying Amendments (RIN 3150-AE25), that would
remove redundant appendices M, N, O, and Q from part 50. 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 11/00/02
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: 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: jnw@nrc.gov
Nanette Giles, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, Washington,, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1180
Email: nvg@nrc.gov
Related RIN: Merged With 3150-AE25
RIN: 3150-AG24
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4241. PERFORMANCE-BASED, RISK-INFORMED FIRE PROTECTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 50
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule would address the Commission's direction
provided in the staff requirements memorandum dated April 1, 1999, to
establish a performance-based, risk-informed alternative to the NRC's
existing reactor fire protection requirements through the adoption of
an industry consensus standard: NFPA 805, Performance-Based Standard
for Fire Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants.
The rulemaking plan had been on hold until fall 2001, at which time the
Nuclear Energy Institute endorsed the rulemaking effort. The schedule
was reinitiated through an EDO memorandum to the Commission dated
October 9, 2001. Draft rule language was posted for public comment on
the NRC Rulemaking Forum Web site on December 20, 2001. Draft proposed
rule language was posted on the NRC Rulemaking Forum Web site on April
2, 2002, and again on May 30, 2002, for public information. The
proposed rule package was provided provided to the Commission on July
15, 2002 (SECY-02-132).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
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Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Leon E. Whitney, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-3081
Email: lew1@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG48
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4242. TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN SOURCE MATERIALS BY SPECIFIC LICENSEES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 40
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to
require NRC approval for transfers from licensees 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 08/28/02 67 FR 55175
NPRM Comment Period End 11/12/02
Final Action 03/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Gary Comfort, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-8106
Email: gcc1@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG64
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4243. 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
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NPRM 10/07/02 67 FR 62403
NPRM Comment Period End 12/23/02
Final Rule 08/00/03
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: cwp@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG85
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4244. EVENT NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 72; 10 CFR 73
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule would revise the Commission's notification
and reporting requirement for security and other events involving
licensed nuclear facilities and the transportation of certain types of
nuclear material. The proposed revisions would change several event
notification and security reporting requirements to conform, where
appropriate, to the event reporting requirements in part 50 for
independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) and monitored
retrievable storage (MRS) facility licenses to more closely align them
with those of nuclear reactor facilities. In addition, the proposed
revisions would change the requirements for when written follow-up
reports on safeguards events must be submitted. This change would
affect power reactors, ISFSI's and several other categories of
facilities that produce, possess, or transport spent fuel or special
nuclear material. The changes would reduce, consolidate, and remove
some licensee reporting notifications and lengthen the reporting period
for other notifications. Some new requirements would also be added to
permit NRC to effectively carry out its regulatory responsibilities and
respond to public and media inquiries during emergencies. Overall, the
proposed changes would help the NRC and its licensees to better focus
their efforts on the most safety-significant issues and to communicate
timely information on recent and ongoing events.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 08/22/02 67 FR 54360
NPRM Comment Period End 11/05/02
Final Action 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Anthony J. DiPalo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-
0001
Phone: 301 415-6191
Email: ajd@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG90
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4245. NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WORKER FATIGUE
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
establish thresholds for the control of working hours to ensure that
working hours in excess of the thresholds are controlled through a
risk-informed deviation process. This rule would provide significantly
greater assurance that worker fatigue does not adversely affect the
operational safety of nuclear power plants. This rulemaking would also
address a petition for rulemaking submitted by Barry Quigley (PRM-26-
02).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 11/00/02
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: David Desaulniers, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1043
Email: drd@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG99
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4246. CHANGES TO EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN -- APPENDIX E
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 50
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule would resolve an ambiguity in the
Commission's regulations regarding NRC approval of nuclear power plant
licensee-initiated changes to emergency action levels (EALs). The
proposed rule would allow licensees to make minor changes in EALs
without prior NRC approval.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 12/00/02
Final Rule 07/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Lawrence K. Cohen, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-2923
Email: lkc@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AH00
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Final Rule Stage
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4247. DECOMMISSIONING TRUST PROVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 72
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed 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. The final
rule was submitted to the Commission on May 5, 2002.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 05/30/01 66 FR 29244
NPRM Comment Period End 08/13/01
Final Rule 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: 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: bjr@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG52
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4248. RELEASING PART OF A POWER REACTOR SITE OR FACILITY FOR
UNRESTRICTED USE
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
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
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NPRM Comment Period End 11/19/01
Final Rule 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: 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: wmr@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG56
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4249. 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:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 12/06/00 65 FR 76460
NPRM Comment Period End 01/05/01
Final Action 12/00/02
Final Action Effective 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: 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: mcg@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG65
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4250. MATERIAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
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
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the reporting requirements for
submitting Material Balance Reports and Inventory Composition Reports
to provide more flexibility and to reduce the reporting frequency for
most licensees. The proposed amendments would also revise the
categorical exclusion for approving safeguards plans, relocate the
remaining material control and accounting requirements in parts 70
through 74, make the material control and accounting requirements for
Category II facilities more risk informed, and make other miscellaneous
changes.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 05/30/01 66 FR 29251
NPRM Comment Period End 08/13/01
Final Rule 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Merri Horn, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-8126
Email: mlh1@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG69
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4251. 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). This proposed rule is closely
related to a corresponding Department of Transportation proposed rule
to amend transportation regulations (April 30, 2002; 67 FR 21328).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 04/30/02 67 FR 21390
NPRM Comment Period End 07/29/02
Final Action 07/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: 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: nst@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG71
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4252. 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 higher seismic response spectra than the Standardized NUHOMS
Storage System which is already on the list of approved casks.
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Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 02/11/02 67 FR 6203
NPRM Comment Period End 04/29/02
Final Rule 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: 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: jmm2@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG74
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4253. FINANCIAL INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS TO RENEW OR
EXTEND THE TERM OF AN OPERATING LICENSE FOR A POWER REACTOR
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
remove the requirement that non-electric utility power reactor
licensees submit financial qualifications information as part of the
license renewal process. The proposed rule would recognize the need for
a reduced level of regulatory burden for licensees falling in this
category because the NRC has alternative means to ensure that these
licensees are financially viable to operate their facilities and
maintain public health and safety. Non-power reactor licensees would
continue to submit the financial qualifications information as part of
the license renewal process and are not affected by this proposed rule
change.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 06/04/02 67 FR 38427
NPRM Comment Period End 08/19/02
Final Action 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: 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: gjm@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG84
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4254. 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: New editions of the ASME BPV and OM Codes are issued every
three years and addenda to the editions are issued annually. It has
been the Commission's policy to update 10 CFR 50.55a to incorporate by
reference the ASME Code editions and addenda. The ASME publishes code
cases for Section III and Section XI quarterly, and code cases for the
OM Code annually. Code cases are generally alternatives to the
requirements of the ASME BPV Code and the OM Code. It has been the NRC
staff's practice to review these code cases and find them either
acceptable, conditionally acceptable, or unacceptable for use by NRC
licensees. These code cases are then listed in periodically revised
regulatory guides (RGs), together with information on their
acceptability. Footnote 6 to 10 CFR 50.55a refers to the RGs listing
code cases determined by the NRC staff to be ``suitable for use.'' No
specific data or revision of the RGs is indicated in footnote 6 to 10
CFR 50.55a. In the past, these RGs have not been approved by the Office
of the Federal Register for incorporation by reference in the Code of
Federal Regulations. To address this matter, the staff is proposing
that the use of ASME Code Cases be approved through a rulemaking
incorporating by reference the applicable RGs. Thus, NRC-approved code
cases would be accorded the same legal status as the corresponding
requirements in the ASME BPV Code and OM Code which are already
incorporated by reference in the NRC's regulations.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 03/19/02 67 FR 12488
NPRM Comment Period End 06/03/02
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: 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: hst@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG86
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4255. GEOLOGICAL AND SEISMOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPENT FUEL STORAGE
SYSTEMS
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
concerning geological and seismological criteria to require the use of
a risk-informed, performance-based regulatory approach. This revision
would use a methodology that is consistent with the approach taken in
10 CFR part 50 and the recent revision to part 100. The proposed rule
would also clarify the need for a general licensee to design cask
storage pads and areas to adequately support both static and dynamic
loads of the stored casks.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 07/22/02 67 FR 47745
NPRM Comment Period End 10/22/02 67 FR 56876
Final Action 04/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Keith McDaniel, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-5252
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Email: kkm@nrc.gov
Related RIN: Duplicate of 3150-AG16
RIN: 3150-AG93
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4256. [bull] NRC PUBLIC DOCUMENT ROOM ADDRESS CHANGE AND CORRECTIONS TO
INFORMATION COLLECTION PROVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 1; 10 CFR 2; 10 CFR 7; 10 CFR 9;; 10 CFR 19; 10
CFR 20; 10 CFR 26; 10 CFR 30;; 10 CFR 31; 10 CFR 33; 10 CFR 39; 10 CFR
50;; 10 CFR 51; 10 CFR 52; 10 CFR 54; 10 CFR 55;; 10 CFR 71; 10 CFR 75;
10 CFR 100; 10 CFR 110
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to reflect
the new address for the NRC's Public Document Room and to correct
information collection sections in the Code of Federal Regulations.
These amendments are necessary to inform the public of these
administrative changes to the NRC regulations.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Alzonia W. Shepard, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Office of Administration, Washington, DC 20055-0001
Phone: 301 415-6864
Email: aws1@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AH01
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Long-Term Actions
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4257. UPDATE FUEL PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS AND OTHER FUEL CYCLE ISSUES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2011; 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 4321; 42 USC 5841; 42
USC 5842
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 51
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations by
addressing uranium fuel cycle environmental data (Table S-3) and the
environmental effects of transportation of fuel and waste data (Table
S-4). In section 51.51, the environmental data would be reestimated and
reflect changes in the structure and activities of the fuel cycle and
the availability of better data. Estimates of releases of Radon-222 and
Technetium-99 would be added to Table S-3. The addition of a specific
value for Radon-222 would address the outstanding portion of petition
for rulemaking PRM-51-1, submitted by the New England Coalition on
Nuclear Pollution. To provide immediate relief to the petitioner's
request, the Commission published a final rule on March 14, 1997 (42 FR
13803), that removed the original value for Radon-222 from Table S-3 so
that it then became subject to case-specific litigation. It was
anticipated that the Commission would add a specific value for Radon-
222, but the Commission deferred action until a general updating of
Table S-3 is undertaken. For section 51.52, the environmental impact
estimates would be reestimated to reflect the use of more highly
enriched fuel and discharge of more highly irradiated fuel from a
reactor; longer onsite storage; and changes in transportation modes,
transport to retrievable storage sites and a permanent repository
rather than reprocessing facilities, packaging technology, and
regulatory standards. The reestimates would incorporate current
research information and computer codes.
This rulemaking would result in current and more accurate estimates of
the environmental impact of licensing a new plant, and would eliminate
the requirement to review the contribution to environmental impacts
from Radon-222 and Technetium-99 in individual plant reviews. This rule
is being reissued as a proposed rule and would update the initial
rulemaking effort to address newly emerging issues and research.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 03/04/81 46 FR 15154
NPRM Comment Period End 05/04/81
Second NPRM To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dennis P. Allison, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1178
Email: dpa@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AA31
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4258. 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 rule 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 rule would inform the
public of four additional circumstances where information would not be
returned to the applicant, 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
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proposed rule 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
Small Entities Affected: 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: cmh@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AC07
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4259. DISPOSAL BY RELEASE INTO SANITARY SEWERAGE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 20
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) was
published to request public comment, information, and recommendations
on contemplated amendments to the Commission's regulations governing
the release of radionuclides from licensed nuclear facilities into
sanitary sewer systems. The Commission believes that by incorporating
current sewer treatment technologies the contemplated rulemaking would
improve the control of radioactive materials released to sanitary sewer
systems by licensed nuclear facilities. The NRC and the Environmental
Protection Agency are conducting a joint survey of sewage treatment
plants to evaluate the extent of reconcentration due to release of
radioactive material into sewage systems. The need for and the extent
of a rulemaking will be evaluated pending the result of the survey and
the associated dose assessment. This rulemaking would also address a
petition for rulemaking submitted by the Northeast Ohio Sewer District
(PRM-20-22).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 02/25/94 59 FR 9146
ANPRM Comment Period End 05/26/94
NPRM To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Lydia Chang, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6319
Email: lwc1@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AE90
_______________________________________________________________________
4260. 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. Further, DOE has developed a satellite tracking
system to monitor the status of spent fuel shipments at all times.
Distribution of this status 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 To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: 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: rwb@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG41
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4261. RISK-INFORMING SPECIAL TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 21; 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 54; 10 CFR 100
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) invited
comments, advice, and recommendations from interested parties on the
contemplated rulemaking that would provide an alternative, risk-
informed approach for special treatment requirements in the current
regulations. Special treatment requirements are requirements imposed on
structures, systems, and components (SSCs) that provide additional
confidence that these SSCs are capable of meeting design basis
functional requirements. The contemplated risk-informed approach would
categorize SSCs and vary the associated regulatory treatment based on
the SSC's safety significance. This action is a result of the
Commission's continuing efforts to risk-inform its regulations. The
staff plans to provide the Commission with a proposed rule package in
September 2002.
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Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 03/03/00 65 FR 11488
ANPRM Comment Period End 05/17/00
NPRM To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Tim Reed, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1462
Email: tar@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG42
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4262. INTEGRATED RULEMAKING FOR DECOMMISSIONING NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 50
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: A staff requirements memorandum dated June 23, 1999, directed
the NRC staff to consider an integrated, risk-informed decommissioning
rule rather than individual rulemakings to address emergency
preparedness, insurance, safeguards, operator staffing, and backfit for
nuclear power plants that are being decommissioned. SECY-99-168 dated
June 30, 1999, recommended that the integrated approach be approved and
outlined staff plans for pursuing such a rulemaking. Accordingly, the
staff has subsumed previous rulemaking activities in the areas of
emergency planning, insurance, safeguards, operator staffing, and
backfit into one integrated rulemaking effort. This rulemaking would
apply to licensees who certified, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(a), that
they have permanently ceased facility operation(s) and have permanently
removed fuel from the reactor vessel. The Commission approved this
approach in an SRM dated December 21, 1999. This rulemaking would also
address a petition for rulemaking submitted by the North Carolina
Public Utility Commission (PRM-50-57).
In SECY-00-145, dated June 28, 2000, the NRC staff recommended a
decommissioning rulemaking plan in the areas of emergency planning,
insurance, safeguards, operator staffing, and backfit (the integrated
decommissioning rulemaking plan). The rulemaking plan relied on a draft
decommissioning risk study as a basis for its recommendations. The
Commission returned the rulemaking plan to the staff for rework in
September 2000, based on changes to the decommissioning risk study
findings. The decommissioning risk study, NUREG-1738, was issued in
January 2001. After assessing the findings in the risk study, the staff
presented a policy options paper to the Commission, SECY-01-0100, dated
June 4, 2001, that provided options and made recommendations on issues
to be addressed in the integrated rulemaking. Following the terrorist
events of September 11, 2001, the NRC staff recommended and the
Commission approved the withdrawal of SECY-01-0101 because of the
likely changes in the staff's position on decommissioning plant
safeguards. The decommissioning policy position will be revisited when
a broad-scope NRC safeguards policy is developed in response to
potential terrorist acts at nuclear facilities. The schedule for the
integrated rulemaking cannot be determined at this time.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William Huffman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1141
Email: wch@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG47
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4263. CHANGES TO ADJUDICATORY PROCESS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
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
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations
concerning its rules of practice to make the NRC's hearing process more
efficient and effective. The proposed amendments would fashion hearing
procedures that are tailored to the different types of licensing and
regulatory activities the NRC conducts and would better focus and use
the limited resources available to involved parties. The final rule was
submitted to the Commission on April 26, 2002.
Timetable:
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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
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Geary S. Mizuno, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
of the General Counsel, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1639
Email: gsm@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG49
_______________________________________________________________________
4264. REEVALUATION 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. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the
staff recommended and the Commission approved the withdrawal of SECY-
01-0101, Proposed Rule Changes to 10 CFR 73.55, which contained the
staff's recommendations in the subject rulemaking. This withdrawal was
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requested to allow the staff to incorporate its post-September 11,
2001, considerations in a revised recommended rule revision, then later
resubmit 10 CFR 73.55 to the Commission for its consideration.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Mark C. Nolan, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of
Nuclear Security and Incident Response, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1596
Email: mcn@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG63
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4265. 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), and partially addresses the petition for
rulemaking submitted by the Nuclear Energy Institute (PRM-50-71). Draft
rule language was posted for public comment on the NRC Ruleforum
website on November 14, 2001. The proposed rule was submitted to the
Commission on May 13, 2002.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/02/02 67 FR 50374
NPRM Comment Period End 10/16/02
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: 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: awm@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG76
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4266. 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 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
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM To Be Determined
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: bat@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG81
_______________________________________________________________________
4267. ENTOMBMENT OPTIONS FOR POWER REACTORS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 20; 10 CFR 50
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) was
published to request public comment, information, and recommendations
on contemplated amendments to the Commission's regulations that would
clarify the use of entombment for power reactors. The amendments would
establish dose criteria for license termination that includes a
provision that permits license termination under restricted and
unrestricted release conditions. Analysis of comments on the ANPRM and
recommendations are being developed.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 10/16/01 66 FR 52551
ANPRM Comment Period End 12/31/01
NPRM To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Eng, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-7206
Email: ple@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG89
_______________________________________________________________________
4268. MODIFICATIONS TO PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE LIMITS
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
eliminate those requirements for pressure-temperature limits that are
related to the metal temperature of the reactor pressure vessel closure
head flange and vessel flange areas. The proposed rule would amend
footnotes 2 and 6 to table 1 of appendix G, and simplify restructuring
of the table. Also,
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this rulemaking would address the petition for rulemaking submitted by
Westinghouse Electric Company (PRM-50-69).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Matthew Mitchell, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-3303
Email: mam4@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG98
_______________________________________________________________________
4269. [bull] FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 7
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations on
the Federal Advisory Committee Act to conform with newly issued General
Services Administration regulations.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/08/02 67 FR 51501
NPRM Comment Period End 10/07/02
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John Szabo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of
the General Counsel, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-1610
Email: jls@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AH02
_______________________________________________________________________
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Completed Actions
_______________________________________________________________________
4270. ELECTRONIC MAINTENANCE AND SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Direct Final Rule 09/06/02 67 FR 57084
Direct Final Rule Effective 12/05/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Brenda J. Shelton
Phone: 301 415-7233
Email: bjs1@nrc.gov
Arnold E. Levin
Phone: 301 415-7458
Email: ael1@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AF61
_______________________________________________________________________
4271. INDUSTRY CODES AND STANDARDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 50
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 09/26/02 67 FR 60520
Final Rule Effective 10/02/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Stephen A. Tingen
Phone: 301 415-1280
Email: sgt@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG61
_______________________________________________________________________
4272. DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 15
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 05/06/02 67 FR 30315
Final Rule Effective 06/05/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Leah Tremper
Phone: 301 415-7347
Email: lpt@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG80
_______________________________________________________________________
4273. SPECIFICATION OF A PROBABILITY FOR UNLIKELY FEATURES, EVENTS AND
PROCESSES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 63
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 10/08/02 67 FR 62628
Final Action Effective 11/07/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Tim McCartin
Phone: 301 415-7285
Email: tjm3@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG91
_______________________________________________________________________
4274. REVISION OF FEE SCHEDULES; FEE RECOVERY, FY 2002
Priority: Economically Significant
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 170; 10 CFR 171
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 06/24/02 67 FR 42612
Final Rule Effective 08/23/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: Glenda C. Jackson
Phone: 301 415-6057
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Email: gcj@nrc.gov
Robert D. Carlson
Phone: 301 415-8165
Email: rdc@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG95
_______________________________________________________________________
4275. REVISION TO SALARY OFFSET PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 16
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 09/11/02 67 FR 57506
Final Rule Effective 10/11/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Leah Tremper
Phone: 301 415-7347
Email: lpt@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AG96
_______________________________________________________________________
4276. [bull] COST RECOVERY FOR CONTESTED HEARING INVOLVING U.S. NATIONAL
SECURITY INITIATIVES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 170
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to allow
recovery of costs associated with contested hearings involving U.S.
Government national security-related proceedings through licensing or
other regulatory service fees assessed to the affected applicant or
licensee. The amendment is a special exemption to the Commission's
longstanding policy of not charging this type of fee for contested
hearings and instead recovering the costs through the annual fees
assessed to licensees within the affected class.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/31/02 67 FR 49623
NPRM Comment Period End 08/30/02
Final Rule 10/17/02 67 FR 64033
Final Rule Effective 11/18/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Glenda C. Jackson, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-6057
Email: gcj@nrc.gov
Robert D. Carlson, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 301 415-8165
Email: rdc@nrc.gov
RIN: 3150-AH03
_______________________________________________________________________
4277. [bull] LIST OF APPROVED SPENT FUEL STORAGE CASKS: HI-STORM 100
REVISION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5802
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 72
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The NRC is amending its regulations revising the Holtic
International HI-STORM 100 cask system listing within the list of
approved spent fuel storage casks to include Amendment 1 to Certificate
of Compliance Number 1014. This rule was originally published as a
direct final rule (under RIN 3150-AG97), on March 27, 2002 (67 FR
14627). Because the NRC received a significant adverse comment on the
direct final rule, the rule was withdrawn (June 7, 2002; 67 FR 39260).
The significant adverse comment related to concern with (1)
interactions between the non-fuel hardware and the fuel, and (2) the
absence of documentation of NRC's analysis to accept the storage of the
non-fuel hardware. The NRC addressed these comments in a final rule
published on July 15, 2002 (67 FR 46369).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 07/15/02 67 FR 46369
Final Rule Effective 07/15/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: 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: jmm2@nrc.gov
Related RIN: Previously reported as 3150-AG97
RIN: 3150-AH04
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