81 FR 11302 - Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 42 (March 3, 2016)

On February 5, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) solicited comments on draft NUREG, NUREG-1021, Revision 11, ``Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors.'' The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on March 21, 2016. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2016)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04748]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0006]


Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On February 5, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) solicited comments on draft NUREG, NUREG-1021, Revision 11, 
``Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors.'' The 
public comment period was originally scheduled to close on March 21, 
2016. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to allow 
more time for members of the public to develop and submit their 
comments.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on 
February 5, 2016 (81 FR 6301) is extended. Comments should be filed no 
later than April 5, 2016. 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: You may submit comments 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 http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0006. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     Mail comments to: Cindy 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: Maurin Scheetz, telephone: 301-415-
2758, email: [email protected]; or Timothy Kolb, telephone: 703-
462-3957, email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0006 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-2016-0006.
     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 [email protected]. The 
draft NUREG is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16028A409.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2016-0006 in your comment submission.
    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 http://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 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.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of February, 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott Sloan,
Chief, Operator Licensing and Training Branch, Division of Inspection 
and Regional Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-04748 Filed 3-2-16; 8:45 am]
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