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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 238 / Monday, December 14, 2009 / Notices H. Review of Grants of Access. A party other than the requestor may challenge an NRC staff determination granting access to SUNSI whose release would harm that party’s interest independent of the proceeding. Such a challenge must be filed with the Chief Administrative Judge within 5 days of the notification by the NRC staff of its grant of access. If challenges to the NRC staff determinations are filed, these procedures give way to the normal process for litigating disputes concerning access to information. The availability of interlocutory review by the Commission of orders ruling on such NRC staff determinations (whether granting or denying access) is governed by 10 CFR 2.311.3 I. The Commission expects that the NRC staff and presiding officers (and any other reviewing officers) will consider and resolve requests for access to SUNSI, and motions for protective orders, in a timely fashion in order to minimize any unnecessary delays in identifying those petitioners who have 66163 standing and who have propounded contentions meeting the specificity and basis requirements in 10 CFR Part 2. Attachment 1 to this Order summarizes the general target schedule for processing and resolving requests under these procedures. It is so ordered. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of December 2009. For the Commission. Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary of the Commission. ATTACHMENT 1—GENERAL TARGET SCHEDULE FOR PROCESSING AND RESOLVING REQUESTS FOR ACCESS TO SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED NON-SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION IN THIS PROCEEDING Day Event/activity 0 ......................... 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(NRC staff also informs any party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information.) If NRC staff makes the finding of need for SUNSI and likelihood of standing, NRC staff begins document processing (preparation of redactions or review of redacted documents). If NRC staff finds no ‘‘need’’ or no likelihood of standing, the deadline for requestor/petitioner to file a motion seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s denial of access; NRC staff files copy of access determination with the presiding officer (or Chief Administrative Judge or other designated officer, as appropriate). If NRC staff finds ‘‘need’’ for SUNSI, the deadline for any party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information to file a motion seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s grant of access. Deadline for NRC staff reply to motions to reverse NRC staff determination(s). (Receipt +30) If NRC staff finds standing and need for SUNSI, deadline for NRC staff to complete information processing and file motion for Protective Order and draft Non-Disclosure Affidavit. Deadline for applicant/licensee to file Non-Disclosure Agreement for SUNSI. If access granted: Issuance of presiding officer or other designated officer decision on motion for protective order for access to sensitive information (including schedule for providing access and submission of contentions) or decision reversing a final adverse determination by the NRC staff. Deadline for filing executed Non-Disclosure Affidavits. Access provided to SUNSI consistent with decision issuing the protective order. Deadline for submission of contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. However, if more than 25 days remain between the petitioner’s receipt of (or access to) the information and the deadline for filing all other contentions (as established in the notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing), the petitioner may file its SUNSI contentions by that later deadline. (Contention receipt +25) Answers to contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. (Answer receipt +7) Petitioner/Intervenor reply to answers. Decision on contention admission. 10 ....................... 60 ....................... 20 ....................... 25 ....................... 30 ....................... 40 ....................... A ........................ A + 3 .................. A + 28 ................ A + 53 ................ A + 60 ................ >A + 60 .............. [FR Doc. E9–29672 Filed 12–11–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES [NRC–2009–0556] Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, DG–8032. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mohammad S. Saba, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: (301) 251– 7558 or e-mail to Mohammad.Saba@nrc.gov. AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 3 Requestors should note that the filing requirements of the NRC’s E-Filing Rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007) apply to appeals of NRC staff determinations (because they must be served on a presiding officer or the Commission, as VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:54 Dec 11, 2009 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 I. Introduction The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft guide in the agency’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the public such information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC’s regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or applicable), but not to the initial SUNSI request submitted to the NRC staff under these procedures. E:\FR\FM\14DEN1.SGM 14DEN1 66164 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 238 / Monday, December 14, 2009 / Notices postulated accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. The draft regulatory guide (DG), entitled, ‘‘Planned Special Exposures,’’ is temporarily identified by its task number, DG–8032, which should be mentioned in all related correspondence. DG–8032 is a proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 8.35, dated June 1992. In the revised Title 10, of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 20, ‘‘Standards for Protection Against Radiation’’ (10 CFR Part 20), (10 CFR 20.1201(b) and 10 CFR 20.1206, ‘‘Planned Special Exposures,’’ provide the conditions and limits for planned special exposures (PSEs) of adult workers (i.e., doses in addition to and accounted for separately from the doses received under the limits specified in 10 CFR 20.1201, ‘‘Occupational Dose Limits for Adults.’’ In addition, 10 CFR 20.2104(b) and 10 CFR 20.2104(e)(2) specify the requirements for obtaining prior occupational dose information, and 10 CFR 20.2105, ‘‘Records of Planned Special Exposures,’’ and 10 CFR 20.2106, ‘‘Records of Individual Monitoring Results,’’ specify the requirements for exposure and monitoring records applicable to PSEs. The requirements for reporting PSEs appear in 10 CFR 20.2202(e) and in 10 CFR 20.2204, ‘‘Reports of Planned Special Exposures.’’ This regulatory guide provides guidance on the conditions and prerequisites for permitting PSEs allowed by 10 CFR Part 20, the associated specific monitoring and reporting requirements, and examples of acceptable means of satisfying these requirements. II. Further Information You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. Please include Docket ID NRC–2009– 0556 in the subject line of your comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site Regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against including any information in your submission that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any identifying or contact information, and therefore, they mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:54 Dec 11, 2009 Jkt 220001 should not include any information in their comments that they do not want publicly disclosed. Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC–2009–0556. 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 (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, or by fax to RDB at (301) 492– 3446. You can access publicly available documents related to this notice using the following methods: NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have copied for a fee publicly available documents at the NRC’s PDR, Public File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are available electronically at the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC’s public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC–2009–0556. Requests for technical information about DG–8032 may be directed to the NRC contact, Mohammad S. Saba at (301) 251–7558 or e-mail to Mohammad.Saba@nrc.gov. Comments would be most helpful if received by March 11, 2010. Comments received after that date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time. Electronic copies of DG–8032 are available through the NRC’s public Web PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the ‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ collection of the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also available in ADAMS (https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), under Accession No. ML09177035. In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) located at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR’s mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at (301) 415–4737 or (800) 397–4205, by fax at (301) 415–3548, and by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is not required to reproduce them. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of December 2009. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Harriet Karagiannis, Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. E9–29655 Filed 12–11–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [EA–09–205; NRC–2009–0544] In the Matter of Licensees Authorized To Possess Radioactive Material Quantities of Concern; Order Imposing Fingerprinting and Criminal History Records Check Requirements for Unescorted Access to Certain Radioactive Material (Effective Immediately) I The Licensees identified in Attachment A to the Increased Controls (IC) Order (EA–09–204) hold licenses issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as amended, and which may possess items containing radioactive materials in quantities of concern. Section 149 of the AEA, as amended by Section 652 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, requires fingerprinting and a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) identification and criminal history records checks for ‘‘any individual who is permitted unescorted access to radioactive materials or other property subject to regulation by the Commission that the Commission determines to be of such significance to the public health and safety or the common defense and E:\FR\FM\14DEN1.SGM 14DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 238 (Monday, December 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66163-66164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29655]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0556]


Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, 
DG-8032.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mohammad S. Saba, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 251-
7558 or e-mail to Mohammad.Saba@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 
comment a draft guide in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This 
series was developed to describe and make available to the public such 
information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for 
implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques that 
the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or

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postulated accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of 
applications for permits and licenses.
    The draft regulatory guide (DG), entitled, ``Planned Special 
Exposures,'' is temporarily identified by its task number, DG-8032, 
which should be mentioned in all related correspondence. DG-8032 is a 
proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 8.35, dated June 1992.
    In the revised Title 10, of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 
20, ``Standards for Protection Against Radiation'' (10 CFR Part 20), 
(10 CFR 20.1201(b) and 10 CFR 20.1206, ``Planned Special Exposures,'' 
provide the conditions and limits for planned special exposures (PSEs) 
of adult workers (i.e., doses in addition to and accounted for 
separately from the doses received under the limits specified in 10 CFR 
20.1201, ``Occupational Dose Limits for Adults.'' In addition, 10 CFR 
20.2104(b) and 10 CFR 20.2104(e)(2) specify the requirements for 
obtaining prior occupational dose information, and 10 CFR 20.2105, 
``Records of Planned Special Exposures,'' and 10 CFR 20.2106, ``Records 
of Individual Monitoring Results,'' specify the requirements for 
exposure and monitoring records applicable to PSEs. The requirements 
for reporting PSEs appear in 10 CFR 20.2202(e) and in 10 CFR 20.2204, 
``Reports of Planned Special Exposures.''
    This regulatory guide provides guidance on the conditions and 
prerequisites for permitting PSEs allowed by 10 CFR Part 20, the 
associated specific monitoring and reporting requirements, and examples 
of acceptable means of satisfying these requirements.

II. Further Information

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include Docket ID NRC-2009-0556 in the subject line of your 
comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be 
posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site 
Regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove any 
identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against 
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be 
publicly disclosed.
    The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those 
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any 
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and 
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2009-0556. 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 (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of 
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to RDB at (301) 492-
3446.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the following methods:
    NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have 
copied for a fee publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public 
File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): 
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are 
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain 
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public 
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems 
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting 
materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2009-0556.
    Requests for technical information about DG-8032 may be directed to 
the NRC contact, Mohammad S. Saba at (301) 251-7558 or e-mail to 
Mohammad.Saba@nrc.gov.
    Comments would be most helpful if received by March 11, 2010. 
Comments received after that date will be considered if it is practical 
to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, 
comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
guides are encouraged at any time.
    Electronic copies of DG-8032 are available through the NRC's public 
Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the ``Regulatory Guides'' 
collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic copies are also available in 
ADAMS (https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), under Accession No. 
ML09177035.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) located at 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland. The PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at 
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-
mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is 
not required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of December 2009.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Harriet Karagiannis,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E9-29655 Filed 12-11-09; 8:45 am]
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