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ACTION: Revision to guidance; request
for comment.
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AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing for public
comment Revision 1 of the NRC’s
‘‘Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for
NRC Staff.’’ The Tribal Protocol Manual
provides internal guidance to the NRC
staff on protocols to facilitate the NRC
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staff’s engagement with Tribal
governments.
DATES: Submit comments by June 1,
2015. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the Commission is able to ensure
consideration only for comments
received before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2012–0235. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
3WFN–06–A44M, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
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section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia McGrady-Finneran, Office of
Nuclear Materials Safety and
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–2326; email:
Patricia.McGrady-Finneran@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2012–
0235 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal rulemaking Web Site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2012–0235.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
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available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the
convenience of the reader, instructions
about obtaining materials referenced in
this document are provided in the
‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
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B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2012–
0235 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure
that the NRC is able to make your
comment submission available to the
public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information in
comment submissions that you do not
want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will
post all comment submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS,
and the NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
In January 2009, the Commission
directed the NRC staff to develop an
internal protocol for interactions with
Native American Tribal governments
that allows for custom approaches to
address the interests of both the NRC
and the Tribal governments on a caseby-case basis (SRM–M081211). On
November 5, 2009, President Obama
issued a Presidential Memorandum,
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‘‘Tribal Consultation’’ (74 FR 5881), that
reaffirmed Executive Order 13175,
‘‘Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribal Governments’’ (November
6, 2000; 65 FR 67249), and emphasized
the importance of strengthening
government-to-government
relationships with Native American
Tribes. In SECY–09–0180, ‘‘U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission Interaction with
Native American Tribes,’’ dated
December 11, 2009, the NRC staff
reviewed its various interactions with
Native American Tribes, and noted that
these interactions were limited to a
small number of activities under the
NRC regulatory authority. At that time,
the NRC staff concluded that a ‘‘case-bycase’’ approach had proved effective in
interactions with Native American
Tribes by allowing for custom-tailored
approaches that met Commission and
tribal needs, and that no formal policy
was needed. The NRC staff also noted
that internal guidance on protocol
would further enhance the NRC staff’s
engagement with Native American
Tribes. The internal NRC guidance,
‘‘Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for
NRC Employees,’’ was developed and
issued in March 2010. It was revised in
October 2012.
III. Discussion
Section 161p. of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as Amended, permits the
NRC to make, promulgate, issue,
rescind, and amend such rules and
regulations as may be necessary to carry
out the purposes of this Act. This can
include the development of guidance
documents for implementation of the
NRC’s policies or provisions.
On October 12, 2012, the NRC
published the ‘‘Tribal Protocol Manual’’
for public comment and requested
public comments providing suggestions
for a proposed tribal consultation policy
statement (77 FR 62269) for a 180-day
comment period. After reviewing the
public comments on the October 2012
version of the Tribal Protocol Manual,
the NRC revised the staff guidance. The
NRC received six comment letters on
the Tribal Policy Statement and
protocol. Commenters included two
Tribal governments, two mining
associations, one inter-Tribal
organization, and a Tribal college. The
comments were grouped within the
topics of: (1) NRC Tribal
communication, (2) NRC Tribal
consultation, (3) NRC Tribal resources,
(4) terminology, (5) NRC map of Tribal
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reservations near nuclear reactors, (6)
Federal-Tribal history, and (7)
contemporary Tribal conditions. The
NRC is making available ‘‘Tribal
Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC
Staff—Comment Responses.’’
The NRC revised the Tribal Protocol
Manual to define consultation for the
NRC as ‘‘meaningful and timely
discussion with Tribal governments on
NRC regulatory actions that have
substantial direct effects on one or more
Indian Tribes.’’ The NRC revised the
Tribal Protocol Manual to better address
the unique relationship between the
United States and Tribes and how the
NRC exercises its trust responsibility.
The NRC also made changes to the
historical account of the Federal-Tribal
relationship. The Tribal Protocol
Manual now includes a general
discussion that addresses the
contributions of Treaties, policy, law,
court decisions, and Executive Orders to
Federal Indian law.
On August 27, 2014, the Commission
directed the NRC staff (‘‘Staff
Requirements—SECY–14–0006—Tribal
Consultation Policy Statement and
Protocol’’) to publish a draft ‘‘Tribal
Policy Statement,’’ which also appears
in today’s Federal Register, and ‘‘Tribal
Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC
Staff, Revision 1’’ for comment. This
notice requests public comment on the
‘‘Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for
NRC Staff, Revision 1.’’ Public
comments that were received on the
October 2012 version of the Tribal
Protocol Manual and the NRC responses
to the public comments can be found in
‘‘Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for
NRC Staff—Comment Responses;’’ the
comments received on the October 2012
version of the Tribal Protocol Manual
are available through any of the
methods described in Section I,
‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting
Comments,’’ of this document (i.e.,
through the Federal rulemaking site,
NRC’s ADAMS, or the NRC’s PDR). The
next scheduled revision of the Tribal
Protocol Manual will include changes
needed to conform to the final Tribal
Policy Statement and will be informed
by public comments on the revised
Tribal Protocol Manual.
IV. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the
following table are available to
interested persons through one or more
of the following methods, as indicated.
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Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC Staff, Revision 1. ...........................................................................................
Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC Staff — Comment Responses .......................................................................
Executive Order 13175, ‘‘Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments,’’ November 9, 2000 .............
Presidential Memorandum for the Heads Executive Departments and Agencies, ‘‘Tribal Consultation,’’ November 5,
2009.
SECY–09–0180, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Interaction with Native American Tribes ....................................
SRM–M081211, Staff Requirements—Briefing on Uranium Recovery, 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Thursday, December
11, 2008, Commissioners’ Conference Room, One White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland (Open to Public Attendance).
STAFF REQUIREMENTS—SECY–14–0006—TRIBAL CONSULTATION POLICY STATEMENT AND PROTOCOL ....
Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC Staff (October 2012) ......................................................................................
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day
of November 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Laura A. Dudes,
Director, Division of Material Safety, States,
Tribal, and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards.
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Nuclear Regulatory
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ACTION: Proposed policy statement;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is making available
for public comment the proposed Policy
Statement, ‘‘NRC Tribal Policy
Statement.’’ The proposed policy
statement establishes principles to be
followed by the NRC to ensure effective
government-to-government interactions
with American Indian and Alaska
Native Tribes, and to encourage and
facilitate Tribal involvement in the areas
over which the Commission has
jurisdiction. The NRC is committed to
an open and collaborative regulatory
environment in the development and
implementation of activities that have
Tribal implications and welcomes
comments as a means of fostering
meaningful consultation and
coordination with Indian Tribes.
DATES: Submit comments on the
proposed Tribal Policy Statement by
March 31, 2015. Comments received
after this date will be considered if it is
practical to do so, but the NRC is able
to assure consideration only for
comments received on or before this
date.
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SUMMARY:
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and submit comments related to this
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document by any of the following
methods (unless this document
describes a different method for
submitting comments on a specific
subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID: NRC–2012–0235. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3442;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Rules, Announcements, and
Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: 3WFN–06–
44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
For additional direction on accessing
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Ryan, telephone: 630–829–
9724, email: Michelle.Ryan@nrc.gov; or
Haimanot Yilma, telephone: 301–415–
8029, email: Haimanot.Yilma@nrc.gov;
both of the Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting
Comments
II. Background
III. Discussion
IV. Summary of Public Comments on the
Proposed Policy Statement and NRC
Staff Responses to the Comments
V. Proposed Tribal Policy Statement
I. Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID: NRC–2012–
0235 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
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this document. You may access
publicly-available information related to
this document by any of the following
methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID: NRC–2012–0235.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly
available documents online in the NRC
Library at: https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search,
select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and
then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced in this document
(if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
a document is referenced. NRC’s PDR:
You may examine and purchase copies
of public documents at the NRC’s PDR,
Room O1–F21, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID: NRC–2012–
0235 in the subject line of your
comment submission in order to ensure
that the NRC is able to make your
comment submission available to the
public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission.
The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
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[NRC-2012-0235]
Tribal Protocol Manual
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Revision to guidance; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment Revision 1 of the NRC's ``Tribal Protocol Manual:
Guidance for NRC Staff.'' The Tribal Protocol Manual provides internal
guidance to the NRC staff on protocols to facilitate the NRC staff's
engagement with Tribal governments.
DATES: Submit comments by June 1, 2015. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this
date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0235. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-A44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia McGrady-Finneran, Office of
Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2326; email:
Patricia.McGrady-Finneran@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0235 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0235.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
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available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select
``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0235 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment
submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
In January 2009, the Commission directed the NRC staff to develop
an internal protocol for interactions with Native American Tribal
governments that allows for custom approaches to address the interests
of both the NRC and the Tribal governments on a case-by-case basis
(SRM-M081211). On November 5, 2009, President Obama issued a
Presidential Memorandum, ``Tribal Consultation'' (74 FR 5881), that
reaffirmed Executive Order 13175, ``Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribal Governments'' (November 6, 2000; 65 FR 67249), and
emphasized the importance of strengthening government-to-government
relationships with Native American Tribes. In SECY-09-0180, ``U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Interaction with Native American
Tribes,'' dated December 11, 2009, the NRC staff reviewed its various
interactions with Native American Tribes, and noted that these
interactions were limited to a small number of activities under the NRC
regulatory authority. At that time, the NRC staff concluded that a
``case-by-case'' approach had proved effective in interactions with
Native American Tribes by allowing for custom-tailored approaches that
met Commission and tribal needs, and that no formal policy was needed.
The NRC staff also noted that internal guidance on protocol would
further enhance the NRC staff's engagement with Native American Tribes.
The internal NRC guidance, ``Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC
Employees,'' was developed and issued in March 2010. It was revised in
October 2012.
III. Discussion
Section 161p. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended, permits
the NRC to make, promulgate, issue, rescind, and amend such rules and
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
This can include the development of guidance documents for
implementation of the NRC's policies or provisions.
On October 12, 2012, the NRC published the ``Tribal Protocol
Manual'' for public comment and requested public comments providing
suggestions for a proposed tribal consultation policy statement (77 FR
62269) for a 180-day comment period. After reviewing the public
comments on the October 2012 version of the Tribal Protocol Manual, the
NRC revised the staff guidance. The NRC received six comment letters on
the Tribal Policy Statement and protocol. Commenters included two
Tribal governments, two mining associations, one inter-Tribal
organization, and a Tribal college. The comments were grouped within
the topics of: (1) NRC Tribal communication, (2) NRC Tribal
consultation, (3) NRC Tribal resources, (4) terminology, (5) NRC map of
Tribal reservations near nuclear reactors, (6) Federal-Tribal history,
and (7) contemporary Tribal conditions. The NRC is making available
``Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC Staff--Comment Responses.''
The NRC revised the Tribal Protocol Manual to define consultation
for the NRC as ``meaningful and timely discussion with Tribal
governments on NRC regulatory actions that have substantial direct
effects on one or more Indian Tribes.'' The NRC revised the Tribal
Protocol Manual to better address the unique relationship between the
United States and Tribes and how the NRC exercises its trust
responsibility. The NRC also made changes to the historical account of
the Federal-Tribal relationship. The Tribal Protocol Manual now
includes a general discussion that addresses the contributions of
Treaties, policy, law, court decisions, and Executive Orders to Federal
Indian law.
On August 27, 2014, the Commission directed the NRC staff (``Staff
Requirements--SECY-14-0006--Tribal Consultation Policy Statement and
Protocol'') to publish a draft ``Tribal Policy Statement,'' which also
appears in today's Federal Register, and ``Tribal Protocol Manual:
Guidance for NRC Staff, Revision 1'' for comment. This notice requests
public comment on the ``Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for NRC Staff,
Revision 1.'' Public comments that were received on the October 2012
version of the Tribal Protocol Manual and the NRC responses to the
public comments can be found in ``Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance for
NRC Staff--Comment Responses;'' the comments received on the October
2012 version of the Tribal Protocol Manual are available through any of
the methods described in Section I, ``Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments,'' of this document (i.e., through the Federal
rulemaking site, NRC's ADAMS, or the NRC's PDR). The next scheduled
revision of the Tribal Protocol Manual will include changes needed to
conform to the final Tribal Policy Statement and will be informed by
public comments on the revised Tribal Protocol Manual.
IV. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons through one or more of the following methods, as
indicated.
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Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance ML14274A014
for NRC Staff, Revision 1..
Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance ML14297A280
for NRC Staff -- Comment Responses.
Executive Order 13175, 65 FR 67249
``Consultation and Coordination
with Indian Tribal Governments,''
November 9, 2000.
Presidential Memorandum for the 74 FR 57881
Heads Executive Departments and
Agencies, ``Tribal Consultation,''
November 5, 2009.
SECY-09-0180, U.S. Nuclear ML092800263
Regulatory Commission Interaction
with Native American Tribes.
SRM-M081211, Staff Requirements-- ML090080206
Briefing on Uranium Recovery, 9:30
a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Thursday,
December 11, 2008, Commissioners'
Conference Room, One White Flint
North, Rockville, Maryland (Open
to Public Attendance).
STAFF REQUIREMENTS--SECY-14-0006-- ML14240A083
TRIBAL CONSULTATION POLICY
STATEMENT AND PROTOCOL.
Tribal Protocol Manual: Guidance ML12261A423
for NRC Staff (October 2012).
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of November 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Laura A. Dudes,
Director, Division of Material Safety, States, Tribal, and Rulemaking,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2014-27324 Filed 11-28-14; 8:45 am]
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