80 FR 53585 - Reassessment of NRC's Dollar Per Person-Rem Conversion Factor Policy
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 53585-53586] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-22050] [[Page 53585]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2015-0063] Reassessment of NRC's Dollar Per Person-Rem Conversion Factor Policy AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft NUREG-1530, ``Reassessment of NRC's Dollar Per Person-Rem Conversion Factor Policy, Revision 1.'' This proposed revision to NUREG-1530 would revise the dollar per person-rem conversion factor. The NRC uses the dollar per person-rem conversion factor in cost-benefit analyses to determine the monetary valuation of the consequences associated with radiological exposure and establishes this factor by multiplying a value of a statistical life (VSL) coefficient by a nominal risk coefficient. DATES: Submit comments by November 3, 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 on or before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0063. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; 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 K. Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, 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: Alysia Bone, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555- 0001; telephone: 301-415-1034, email: Alysia.Bone@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0063 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 http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0063. NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://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. The draft NUREG-1530, Revision 1, ``Reassessment of NRC's Dollar per Person-Rem Conversion Factor Policy'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15237A211. 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-2015-0063 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 posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering 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 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 submissions into ADAMS. II. Discussion This proposed revision to NUREG-1530 would revise the dollar per person-rem conversion factor. Revision 0 to NUREG-1530 was published in December 1995 (ADAMS Accession No. ML063470485). The NRC uses the dollar per person-rem conversion factor in cost-benefit analyses to determine the monetary valuation of the consequences associated with radiological exposure and establishes this factor by multiplying a VSL factor by a nominal risk coefficient. Revision 0 to NUREG-1530 set the dollar per person-rem value at $2,000. This number resulted from the multiplication of the VSL ($3 million) by the risk coefficient for stochastic health effects (7.0 x 10-4 per person-rem). This proposed revision to NUREG-1530 would make five main changes. First, the revision to NUREG-1530 would revise the dollar per person- rem conversion factor to $5,100 per person-rem. The value is based on an updated VSL of $9.0 million and a nominal risk coefficient factor of 5.7 x 10-4 per person-rem. The VSL estimate is derived from the average of both the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's VSL in 2014 dollars. The nominal risk coefficient value is from the International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication No. 103.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ ICRP, 2007. The 2007 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection. ICRP Publication 103. Ann. ICRP 37 (2-4). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Second, the NRC would also adopt low- and high-VSL estimates. The NRC would adopt a low-VSL estimate of $5.3 million and a high-VSL estimate of $13.2 million. These estimates are derived from the median of low- and high-VSL estimates from DOT, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Office of Management and Budget. These values will create low- and high-dollar per person-rem estimates of $3,000 and $7,500, respectively. Third, this revision would indicate that the staff will round to two significant figures instead of simply rounding to the nearest thousand dollar value. Historically, the NRC has rounded this number to the nearest thousand dollars for the purposes of dollar per person-rem estimates. Given the large uncertainties inherent in this approach, updates would have little to no impact on this value between periodic baseline reviews. [[Page 53586]] Fourth, this revision would also establish a methodology for keeping the dollar per person-rem conversion factor up-to-date. Appendix A of the NUREG has a worksheet template that provides a format for calculating updated dollar per person-rem values. The NUREG also would provide procedures for re-baselining the dollar per person-rem conversion factor. Finally, this revision would provide guidance to the NRC staff on when to use a higher dollar per person-rem factor in accident sequences. On a case-by-case basis, the NRC staff should use a Dose and Dose Rate Effectiveness Factor for calculating dollar per person-rem values to a portion of the affected population. The NRC staff held a Category 3 public meeting on April 2, 2015, to discuss the update to NUREG-1530. The NRC presentation can be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15086A112, and the meeting summary can be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15098A649. In response to this meeting, the Nuclear Energy Institute submitted a letter to the NRC, which provided feedback on the proposed update. This letter and the associated attachement can be found at ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15126A489 and ML15126A498, respectively. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of August, 2015. 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NUCLEAR REGULATORY I. Obtaining Information and entering the comment submissions into
COMMISSION Submitting Comments ADAMS.
A. Obtaining Information II. Discussion
[NRC–2015–0063]
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015– This proposed revision to NUREG–
Reassessment of NRC’s Dollar Per 0063 when contacting the NRC about 1530 would revise the dollar per person-
Person-Rem Conversion Factor Policy the availability of information for this rem conversion factor. Revision 0 to
action. You may obtain publicly- NUREG–1530 was published in
AGENCY:Nuclear Regulatory available information related to this December 1995 (ADAMS Accession No.
Commission. action by any of the following methods: ML063470485). The NRC uses the dollar
Draft NUREG; request for
ACTION: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to per person-rem conversion factor in
comment. http://www.regulations.gov and search cost-benefit analyses to determine the
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0063. monetary valuation of the consequences
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory • NRC’s Agencywide Documents associated with radiological exposure
Commission (NRC) is issuing for public Access and Management System and establishes this factor by
comment draft NUREG–1530, (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- multiplying a VSL factor by a nominal
‘‘Reassessment of NRC’s Dollar Per available documents online in the risk coefficient. Revision 0 to NUREG–
Person-Rem Conversion Factor Policy, ADAMS Public Documents collection at 1530 set the dollar per person-rem value
Revision 1.’’ This proposed revision to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ at $2,000. This number resulted from
NUREG–1530 would revise the dollar adams.html. To begin the search, select the multiplication of the VSL ($3
per person-rem conversion factor. The ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then million) by the risk coefficient for
NRC uses the dollar per person-rem select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS stochastic health effects (7.0 × 10¥4 per
conversion factor in cost-benefit Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, person-rem).
analyses to determine the monetary please contact the NRC’s Public This proposed revision to NUREG–
valuation of the consequences Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1530 would make five main changes.
associated with radiological exposure 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by First, the revision to NUREG–1530
and establishes this factor by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft would revise the dollar per person-rem
multiplying a value of a statistical life NUREG–1530, Revision 1, conversion factor to $5,100 per person-
(VSL) coefficient by a nominal risk ‘‘Reassessment of NRC’s Dollar per rem. The value is based on an updated
coefficient. Person-Rem Conversion Factor Policy’’ VSL of $9.0 million and a nominal risk
is available in ADAMS under Accession coefficient factor of 5.7 × 10¥4 per
DATES: Submit comments by November No. ML15237A211. person-rem. The VSL estimate is
3, 2015. Comments received after this • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and derived from the average of both the
date will be considered if it is practical purchase copies of public documents at U.S. Department of Transportation’s
to do so, but the Commission is able to the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One (DOT) and the U.S. Environmental
ensure consideration only for comments White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Protection Agency’s VSL in 2014
received on or before this date. Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. dollars. The nominal risk coefficient
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments value is from the International
by any of the following methods: B. Submitting Comments Commission on Radiological Protection
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– Publication No. 103.1
http://www.regulations.gov and search 0063 in the subject line of your Second, the NRC would also adopt
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0063. Address comment submission, in order to ensure low- and high-VSL estimates. The NRC
questions about NRC dockets to Carol that the NRC is able to make your would adopt a low-VSL estimate of $5.3
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; comment submission available to the million and a high-VSL estimate of
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For public in this docket. $13.2 million. These estimates are
technical questions, contact the The NRC cautions you not to include derived from the median of low- and
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER identifying or contact information that high-VSL estimates from DOT, U.S.
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this you do not want to be publicly Department of Homeland Security, and
document. disclosed in your comment submission. Office of Management and Budget.
These values will create low- and high-
• Mail comments to: Cindy K. Bladey, The NRC posts all comment
submissions at http:// dollar per person-rem estimates of
Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
www.regulations.gov as well as entering $3,000 and $7,500, respectively.
OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear
the comment submissions into ADAMS. Third, this revision would indicate
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
The NRC does not routinely edit that the staff will round to two
DC 20555–0001.
comment submissions to remove significant figures instead of simply
For additional direction on obtaining rounding to the nearest thousand dollar
information and submitting comments, identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating value. Historically, the NRC has
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and rounded this number to the nearest
Submitting Comments’’ in the comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should thousand dollars for the purposes of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
inform those persons not to include dollar per person-rem estimates. Given
this document. the large uncertainties inherent in this
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identifying or contact information that
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: they do not want to be publicly approach, updates would have little to
Alysia Bone, Office of Nuclear Reactor disclosed in their comment submission. no impact on this value between
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Your request should state that the NRC periodic baseline reviews.
Commission, Washington, DC 20555– does not routinely edit comment
0001; telephone: 301–415–1034, email: submissions to remove such information
1 ICRP, 2007. The 2007 Recommendations of the
Alysia.Bone@nrc.gov. International Commission on Radiological
before making the comment Protection. ICRP Publication 103. Ann. ICRP 37 (2–
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: submissions available to the public or 4).
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Fourth, this revision would also States. In addition, the Army’s license this license amendment application to
establish a methodology for keeping the amendment application proposes to incorporate the 15 sites listed in License
dollar per person-rem conversion factor license sites located on the two U.S. Condition No. 12 into its license. The
up-to-date. Appendix A of the NUREG Army installations that are located in Army proposes to use a programmatic
has a worksheet template that provides Hawaii which are already licensed approach to license the 15 sites, which
a format for calculating updated dollar under Source Materials License No. are located on multiple U.S. Army
per person-rem values. The NUREG also SUC–1593. installations in the United States. In
would provide procedures for re- DATES: A request for a hearing or addition, the Army’s license
baselining the dollar per person-rem petition for leave to intervene must be amendment application proposes to
conversion factor. filed by November 3, 2015. license sites located on the two U.S.
Finally, this revision would provide ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID Army installations that are located in
guidance to the NRC staff on when to NRC–2015–0209 when contacting the Hawaii which are already licensed
use a higher dollar per person-rem NRC about the availability of under Source Materials License No.
factor in accident sequences. On a case- information regarding this document. SUC–1593. The 17 U.S. Army
by-case basis, the NRC staff should use You may obtain publicly-available installations with sites that possess
a Dose and Dose Rate Effectiveness information related to this document depleted uranium from the Davy
Factor for calculating dollar per person- using any of the following methods: Crockett M101 Spotting Rounds, as
rem values to a portion of the affected • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to identified in the application, are located
population. http://www.regulations.gov and search at: Forts Benning and Gordon (Georgia);
The NRC staff held a Category 3 for Docket ID NRC–2015–0209. Address Forts Campbell and Knox (Kentucky);
public meeting on April 2, 2015, to questions about NRC dockets to Carol Fort Carson (Colorado); Fort Hood
discuss the update to NUREG–1530. The Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; (Texas); Joint Base Lewis-McChord and
NRC presentation can be found in email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For the Yakima Training Center
ADAMS under Accession No. technical questions, contact the (Washington); Fort Bragg (North
ML15086A112, and the meeting individual listed in the FOR FURTHER Carolina); Fort Polk (Louisiana); Fort
summary can be found in ADAMS INFORMATION CONTACT section of this Sill (Oklahoma); Fort Jackson (South
under Accession No. ML15098A649. In document. Carolina); Fort Hunter Liggett
response to this meeting, the Nuclear • NRC’s Agencywide Documents (California); Fort Greeley [Donnelly
Energy Institute submitted a letter to the Access and Management System Training Area, Fort Wainwright AK]
NRC, which provided feedback on the (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly (Alaska); Fort Dix (New Jersey); Fort
proposed update. This letter and the available documents online in the Riley (Kansas); and the Schofield
associated attachement can be found at ADAMS Public Documents collection at Barracks and Pohakuloa Training Area
ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15126A489 http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ (Oahu, HI and the Island of Hawaii, HI,
and ML15126A498, respectively. adams.html. To begin the search, select respectively). This license application is
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then for possession of depleted uranium (DU)
of August, 2015. select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS due to the potential for residual DU to
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, be at the specified Army Installation
Lawrence E. Kokajko, please contact the NRC’s Public sites where testing of Davy Crockett
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at M101 Spotting Round has occurred. The
Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by Army’s application also proposes that
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The its proposed programmatic Radiation
[FR Doc. 2015–22050 Filed 9–3–15; 8:45 am]
ADAMS accession number for each Safety Plan, programmatic Physical
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document referenced (if it available in Security Plan, and programmatic
ADAMS) is provided the first time that Environmental Radiation Monitoring
NUCLEAR REGULATORY a document is referenced. The license Plan apply to all 17 sites and commits
COMMISSION amendment request is available in to preparing site-specific Environmental
ADAMS under Accession No. Radiation Monitoring Plans in
[Docket No. 40–1593; NRC–2015–0209] ML15161A454. accordance with the criteria contained
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and in its programmatic Environmental
U.S. Army Installation Command, Davy purchase copies of public documents at Radiation Monitoring Plan.
Crockett Depleted Uranium the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One An NRC administrative review,
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory White Flint North, 11555 Rockville documented in a letter to the U.S. Army
Commission. Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Installation Command (ML15194A499),
ACTION: License amendment application; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: found that the Army’s amendment
opportunity to request a hearing and to Amy M. Snyder, Office of Nuclear application is acceptable for docketing.
petition for leave to intervene. Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Before approving the license
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, application, the NRC will need to make
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301– the findings required by the Atomic
Commission (NRC) has received an 415–6822; email: Amy.Snyder@nrc.gov. Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and
application from the U.S. Army SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the NRC’s regulations. These findings
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Installation Command (Army) to amend will be documented in a Safety
NRC Source Materials License No. SUC– I. Introduction Evaluation Report. In addition, in
1593 to incorporate the 15 sites listed in By letter dated June 1, 2015, the Army accordance with the guidance in
License Condition No. 12 into its submitted an application to amend NUREG–1748, ‘‘Environmental Review
license. The Army proposes to use a Source Materials License No. SUC–1593 Guidance for Licensing Actions
programmatic approach to license the (ADAMS Accession No. ML13259A062) Associated with Nuclear Materials
15 sites, which are located on multiple to the NRC (ADAMS Accession No. Safety and Safeguards Programs,’’
U.S. Army installations in the United ML15161A454). The Army submitted Appendix B (August 2003), the NRC
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| Dates | Submit comments by November 3, 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 on or before this date. | |
| Contact | Alysia Bone, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555- 0001; telephone: 301-415-1034, email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 53585 |
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