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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public comment a document entitled: NUREG/ CR–XXXX, ‘‘Criteria for Development of Evacuation Time Estimate Studies.’’ The Evacuation Time Estimate (ETE) is a calculation of the time to evacuate the plume exposure pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ), an area with a radius of about 10 miles around a nuclear power plant (NPP). The ETE is primarily used to inform protective action decisions during NPP radiological emergencies and may be used to assist in the development of traffic management plans to support an evacuation. This document is an acceptable template for use by NPP licensees to meet NRC requirements for the development of ETE studies. It also provides guidance for the update and review of ETEs. The format and criteria provided in this document will support consistent application of ETE methodology and will facilitate consistent NRC review of ETE studies. 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NUREG/CR-XXXX, Criteria for Development of Evacuation Time 
Estimate Studies, Draft Report for Comment

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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ACTION: Announcement of issuance for public comment, availability.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public 
comment a document entitled: NUREG/CR-XXXX, ``Criteria for Development 
of Evacuation Time Estimate Studies.'' The Evacuation Time Estimate 
(ETE) is a calculation of the time to evacuate the plume exposure 
pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ), an area with a radius of about 
10 miles around a nuclear power plant (NPP). The ETE is primarily used 
to inform protective action decisions during NPP radiological 
emergencies and may be used to assist in the development of traffic 
management plans to support an evacuation. This document is an 
acceptable template for use by NPP licensees to meet NRC requirements 
for the development of ETE studies. It also provides guidance for the 
update and review of ETEs. The format and criteria provided in this 
document will support consistent application of ETE methodology and 
will facilitate consistent NRC review of ETE studies.

DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 75 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Comments received 
after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but 
the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: NUREG/CR-XXXX, ``Criteria for Development of Evacuation Time 
Estimate Studies,'' is available for inspection and copying for a fee 
at the NRC Public Document Room, Public File Area O1-F21, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available documents 
created or received at the NRC after November 1, 1999, are available 
electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. From this site, the public can gain entry 
into the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System 
(ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC's public documents. 
The ADAMS Accession number for this NUREG/CR is: ML090560622. If you do 
not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the 
documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 
Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to 
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
    Comments will be made available to the public in their entirety; 
personal information, such as your name, address, telephone number, e-
mail address, etc., will not be removed from your submission. You may 
submit comments by any one of the following methods: Federal e-
Rulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov; search on Docket 
ID: NRC-2008-0122. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol 
Gallagher 301-492-3668; e-mail carol.gallagher@nrc.gov. Mail comments 
to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and Directives Branch, Office 
of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and cite the publication date 
and page number of this Federal Register notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Frank J. (Jeff) Laughlin, Division 
of Preparedness and Response, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident 
Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. Telephone: 301-415-1113, or e-mail at jeff.laughlin@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NUREG/CR-XXXX, ``Criteria for Development of 
Evacuation Time Estimate Studies,'' supersedes previous NRC guidance 
concerning the development of ETE studies. This document provides 
guidance for addressing new emergency planning (EP) requirements for 
nuclear power plants based on proposed changes to EP regulations in 
Title 10, ``Energy,'' Part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and 
Utilization Facilities,'' of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 
Part 50), specifically Section 50.47, ``Emergency Plans,'' and Appendix 
E, ``Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Production and Utilization 
Facilities'' (reference RIN 3150-AI10).
    NRC is issuing guidance for the development of ETEs that requires 
licensees to analyze several scenarios including all directions and 
distances within the EPZ, across time of day, day of week, adverse and 
normal weather conditions and peak population special events. NRC is 
seeking comment from offsite response organizations as to the type of 
scenarios to be developed to adequately support offsite protective 
action decision-making and evacuation planning efforts.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of May 2009.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher G. Miller,
Deputy Director for Emergency Preparedness, Division of Preparedness 
and Response, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response.
[FR Doc. E9-11037 Filed 5-15-09; 8:45 am]
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