81 FR 31969 - Superseded or Outdated Generic Communications

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 98 (May 20, 2016)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing selected generic communications because they have been superseded or they contain information that is no longer applicable.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 98 (Friday, May 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31969-31972]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11994]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0101]


Superseded or Outdated Generic Communications

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Generic communications; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing 
selected generic communications because they have been superseded or 
they contain information that is no longer applicable.

DATES: The effective date of the withdrawals is May 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0101 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0101. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     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]. For 
the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided 
in a table in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this 
document.
     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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela M. Baxter, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2976; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion

    The NRC is withdrawing selected generic communications because they 
have been superseded or they contain information that is no longer 
applicable. The withdrawal includes the original generic communication 
and any supplements or revisions. The NRC plans to publish withdrawals 
of selected generic communications on a quarterly basis until all 
generic communications are brought up to date. A withdrawal does not 
change licensee commitments to the document. The withdrawn generic 
communications will not be available for use in the future. The generic 
communications Web site (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/) will be updated to reflect the withdrawals. The following 
generic communications are withdrawn:
     Generic communications regarding the ``Operator Licensing 
Examination

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Schedule'' and ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing 
Examinations'' are withdrawn because the NRC routinely requests updates 
from licensee's regarding its licensing examination schedule. Each 
generic communication on this topic supersedes the previous request. 
These generic communications include: Generic Letter (GL) 1983-01, GL 
1983-40, GL 1985-04, GL 1985-18, GL 1986-14, GL 1987-14, GL 1988-13, GL 
1989-03, GL 1990-07, GL 1991-12, GL 1992-06, Administrative Letter (AL) 
1993-03, AL 1994-12, AL 1996-01, AL 1997-02, AL 1999-03, Regulatory 
Issue Summary (RIS) 2000-14, RIS 2001-17, RIS 2002-09, RIS 2003-14, RIS 
2004-10, RIS 2005-19, RIS 2006-15, RIS 2007-17, RIS 2008-16, RIS 2009-
11, RIS 2010-08, RIS 2011-04, RIS 2012-07, RIS 2013-06, and RIS 2014-
05.
     AL 1993-02, ``Implementing the Revised Systematic 
Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) Program,'' and AL 1998-07, 
``Interim Suspension of the Systematic Assessment of Licensee 
Performance (SALP) Program,'' are withdrawn because the Commission 
approved termination of the SALP program in the staff requirements 
memorandum for SECY-00-0049, ``Results of the Revised Oversight Process 
Pilot Program,'' dated February 24, 2000.
     AL 1993-04, ``Announcement of Forthcoming Public Meetings 
on Whistleblower Protection Activities,'' is withdrawn because these 
meetings have been held. There is no summary or transcript available 
for these meetings.
     AL 1993-05, ``Announcement of Public Workshop on the Form 
and Content of Design Certification Rules,'' is withdrawn. The 
workshops were held and the transcript is publicly available in ADAMS 
(see ``Availability of Documents'' section).
     AL 1994-01, ``Forthcoming NRC Meeting with Industry to 
Discuss the Potential for Pressure Locking and Thermal Binding of Gate 
Valves,'' is withdrawn because the meeting has been held. There is no 
summary or transcript available for this meeting.
     AL 1994-04, ``Change of the NRC Operations Center 
Commercial Telephone and Facsimile Numbers,'' and AL 1995-01, ``Change 
in Commercial Telephone and Facsimile Numbers at Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission Headquarters,'' are withdrawn because the changes and 
updates have been implemented and distributed. The current telephone 
numbers at the NRC Headquarters and Operations Center are available on 
the NRC's public Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/contactus/.
     AL 1994-05, ``Notification Concerning Changes to 10 CFR 
part 55'' [part 55 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
``Operators' Licenses''], is withdrawn because it was for notification 
only.
     AL 1994-08, ``Consolidation of the NRC Region V and Region 
IV Offices,'' is withdrawn because the consolidation has taken place. A 
list of current NRC Headquarters and Regional offices is available on 
the NRC's public Web site, http://www.nrc.gov.
     AL 1994-10, ``Distribution of NUREG-1478, `Non-Power 
Reactor Operator Licensing Examiner Standards,' '' is withdrawn because 
the distribution was for information only. To view the latest version 
of NUREG-1478, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1478/.
     AL 1994-13, ``Access to Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
Bulletin Board Systems,'' is withdrawn because availability of the NRC 
bulletin board system has been superseded by the NRC public Web site 
and list server program. To stay current with news and information from 
the NRC, you may subscribe to multiple automatic updates by email, 
including RSS feeds, GovDelivery subscription services, and Lyris 
subscription services. To enroll, or for more information about the 
individual updates available, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html.
     AL 1994-14, ``Distribution of Supplement to NUREG-1021, 
`Operator Licensing Examiner Standards,' '' is withdrawn because the 
distribution was for information only. To view the latest version of 
NUREG-1021, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1021/.
     AL 1994-15, ``Reorganization of the Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation,'' and AL 1999-01, ``Reorganization of the Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation,'' are withdrawn because the reorganization 
has been accomplished. For current organizational information, 
including branch level functional statements and an organization chart 
for the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/nrrfuncdesc.html. To view current 
organizational information and functional descriptions for all offices 
within the NRC, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization.html.
     AL 1994-17, ``Addressing Correspondence to the NRC,'' is 
withdrawn. AL 1994-17 indicates that all written correspondence is to 
be addressed to the NRC's Document Control Desk to ensure the 
correspondence is entered into the NRC's Nuclear Document Control 
System (NUDOCS). The NRC staff no longer uses NUDOCS; ADAMS is the 
current records management system.
     AL 1995-05, ``Revisions to Staff Guidance for Implementing 
NRC Policy on Notices of Enforcement Discretion,'' is withdrawn because 
it has been superseded by RIS 2005-01, Revision 1, ``Changes to Notice 
of Enforcement Discretion Process and Staff Guidance,'' which transmits 
NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0410, ``Notices of Enforcement 
Discretion,'' dated March 13, 2013.
     AL 1998-02, ``Revisions to Event Reporting Guidelines for 
Power Reactors,'' is withdrawn because this information is now 
available on the NRC's public Web site. For a complete listing of NRC 
reports associated with events, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/.
     AL 1998-05, ``Availability of Summaries in Electronic 
Format of Technical Reports by the Office for Analysis and Evaluation 
of Operational Data,'' is withdrawn because this information is now 
available on the NRC's public Web site. For a complete listing of 
reports or brochures on regulatory decisions, results of research, 
results of incident investigations, and other technical and 
administrative information, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/.
     AL 1998-08, ``Availability of Revised NRC Form 3, `Notice 
to Employees,' and Closure of NRC Walnut Creek Field Office,'' is 
withdrawn. AL 1999-04, ``Availability of Revised NRC Form 3, `Notice to 
Employees,' '' transmitted a revised version of Form 3 and is also 
withdrawn. To view a current version of NRC Form 3 (5/2012), please go 
to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/forms/nrc3.pdf. A list 
of current NRC Headquarters and Regional offices is available on NRC's 
public Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/locations.html.
     GL 1991-18, Revision 1, ``Information to Licensees 
Regarding NRC Inspection Manual Section on Resolution of Degraded and 
Nonconforming Condition,'' is withdrawn. GL 1991-18 has been superseded 
by RIS 2005-20, Revision 2, ``Revision to NRC Inspection Manual Part 
9900 Technical Guidance--`Operability Determination & Functionality 
Assessments for Resolution of Degraded or Nonconforming conditions 
Adverse to

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Quality for Safety,' '' which announced Inspection Manual Chapter 0326 
as the current operating guidance.

II. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons as indicated.

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                   Document                        ADAMS Accession No.
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Generic Letter 1983-01, ``Operator Licensing    ML031080134
 Examination Site Visit,'' January 11, 1983.
Generic Letter 1983-40, ``Operator Licensing    ML031080565
 Examinations,'' December 21, 1983.
Generic Letter 1985-04, ``Operator Licensing    ML031150585
 Examinations,'' January 29, 1985.
Generic Letter 1985-18, ``Operator Licensing    ML031150718
 Examinations,'' September 27, 1985.
Generic Letter 1986-14, ``Operator Licensing    ML031150264
 Examinations,'' August 20, 1986.
Generic Letter 1987-14, ``Operator Licensing    ML031150510
 Examinations,'' August 4, 1987.
Generic Letter 1988-13, ``Operator Licensing    ML031150402
 Examinations,'' August 8, 1988.
Generic Letter 1989-03, ``Operator Licensing    ML031150236
 National Examination Schedule,'' March 24,
 1989.
Generic Letter 1990-07, ``Operator Licensing    ML031210427
 National Examination Schedule,'' August 10,
 1990.
Generic Letter 1991-12, ``Operator Licensing    ML031200673
 National Examination Schedule,'' August 27,
 1991.
Generic Letter 1992-06, ``Operator Licensing    ML031130412
 National Examination Schedule,'' September
 16, 1992.
Administrative Letter 1993-03, ``Operator       ML031110448
 Licensing National Examination Schedule,''
 September 7, 1993.
Administrative Letter 1994-12, ``Operator       ML031110484
 Licensing National Examination Schedule,''
 September 12, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1996-01, ``Operator       ML031110125
 Licensing National Examination Schedule,''
 January 9, 1996.
Administrative Letter 1997-02, ``Elimination    ML031110165
 of National Examination Schedule for Operator
 Licensing,'' March 6, 1997.
Administrative Letter 1999-03, ``Preparation    ML031110127
 and Scheduling of Operator Licensing
 Examinations,'' August 20, 1999.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2000-14,               ML003743535
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' September 6, 2000.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2001-17,               ML012110294
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' August 22, 2001.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2002-09,               ML021570110
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' June 6, 2002.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2003-14,               ML032370311
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' August 27, 2003.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2004-10,               ML041400040
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' June 14, 2004.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2005-19,               ML052080128
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' August 24, 2005.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2006-15,               ML061870141
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' August 14, 2006.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2007-17,               ML071500449
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' July 12, 2007.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2008-16,               ML081160148
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' June 27, 2008.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2009-11,               ML091470309
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' July 16, 2009.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2010-08,               ML101460195
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' June 28, 2010.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2011-04,               ML111170337
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' May 25, 2011.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2012-07,               ML120650174
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' June 8, 2012.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2013-06,               ML13098A074
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' June 7, 2013.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2014-05,               ML14042A493
 ``Preparation and Scheduling of Operator
 Licensing Examinations,'' April 29, 2014.
Administrative Letter 1993-02, ``Implementing   ML031110437
 the Revised Systematic Assessment of Licensee
 Performance (SALP) Program,'' August 30, 1993.
Administrative Letter 1998-07, ``Interim        ML031110141
 Suspension of the Systematic Assessment of
 Licensee Performance (SALP) Program,''
 October 2, 1998.
SECY-00-0049, ``Results of the Revised Reactor  ML003683227
 Oversight Process Pilot Program,'' February
 24, 2000.
Administrative Letter 1993-04, ``Announcement   ML031110440
 of Forthcoming Public Meetings on
 Whistleblower Protection Activities,''
 September 9, 1993.
Administrative Letter 1993-05, ``Announcement   ML031110443
 of Public Workshop on the Form and Content of
 Design Certification Rules,'' October 29,
 1993.
Transcript, ``Workshop on Certification on      ML003708102
 Evolutionary LWR [light-water reactor]
 Designs,'' November 23, 1993.
Administrative Letter 1994-01, ``Forthcoming    ML031110544
 NRC Meeting with Industry to Discuss the
 Potential for Pressure Locking and Thermal
 Binding of Gate Valves,'' January 13, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1994-04, ``Change of the  ML031110536
 NRC Operations Center Commercial Telephone
 and Facsimile Numbers,'' April 11, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1995-01, ``Change in      ML031110341
 Commercial Telephone and Facsimile Numbers at
 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Headquarters,''
 January 23, 1995.
Administrative Letter 1995-01, Supplement 1,    ML031110337
 ``Change in Commercial Telephone and
 Facsimile Numbers at Nuclear Regulatory
 Commission Headquarters,'' February 2, 1995.
Administrative Letter 1994-05, ``Notification   ML031110529
 Concerning Changes to 10 CFR Part 55,'' April
 25, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1994-08, ``Consolidation  ML031110511
 of the NRC Region IV and Region V Offices,''
 July 13, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1994-10, ``Distribution   ML031110506
 of NUREG-1478, `Non-Power Reactor Operator
 Licensing Examiner Standards,' '' August 17,
 1994.
Administrative Letter 1994-13, ``Access to      ML031110480
 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bulletin Board
 Systems,'' September 13, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1994-13, ``Access to      ML031110460
 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bulletin Board
 Systems,'' Rev. 1, June 29, 1995.
Administrative Letter 1994-13, ``Access to      ML031110472
 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bulletin Board
 Systems,'' Rev. 2, May 3, 1996.
Administrative Letter 1994-14, ``Distribution   ML031110450
 of Supplement [7] to NUREG-1021, `Operator
 Licensing Examiner Standards,' '' September
 22, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1994-15,                  ML031110444
 ``Reorganization of the Office of Nuclear
 Reactor Regulation,'' October 6, 1994.
Administrative Letter 1999-01,                  ML031110145
 ``Reorganization of the Office of Nuclear
 Reactor Regulation,'' April 9, 1999.
Administrative Letter 1994-17, ``Addressing     ML031110347
 Correspondence to the NRC,'' December 15,
 1994.
Administrative Letter 1995-05, ``Revisions to   ML031200349
 Staff Guidance for Implementing NRC Policy on
 Notices of Enforcement Discretion,'' November
 7, 1995.
Administrative Letter 1995-05, Revision 1,      ML031110281
 ``Revisions to Staff Guidance for
 Implementing NRC Policy on Notices of
 Enforcement Discretion,'' February 19, 1999.
Administrative Letter 1995-05, Revision 2,      ML031210366
 ``Revisions to Staff Guidance for
 Implementing NRC Policy on Notices of
 Enforcement Discretion,'' July 27, 1999.

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Regulatory Issue Summary 2005-01, Revision 1,   ML12163A492
 ``Changes to Notice of Enforcement Discretion
 Process and Staff Guidance,'' March 13, 2013.
Administrative Letter 1998-02, ``Revisions to   ML031110223
 Event Reporting Guidelines for Power
 Reactors,'' March 17, 1998.
Administrative Letter 1998-05, ``Availability   ML031110160
 of Summaries in Electronic Format of
 Technical Reports by the Office for Analysis
 and Evaluation of Operational Data,'' August
 3, 1998.
Administrative Letter 1998-08, ``Availability   ML031110130
 of Revised NRC Form 3, `Notice to Employees'
 and Closure of NRC Walnut Creek Field
 Office,'' October 9, 1998.
Administrative Letter 1999-04, ``Availability   ML031110112
 of Revised NRC Form 3, `Notice to Employees,'
 '' September 10, 1999.
Generic Letter 1991-18, ``Information to        ML031140549
 Licensees Regarding Two NRC Inspection Manual
 Sections on Resolution of Degraded and
 Nonconforming Conditions and on
 Operability,'' November 7, 1991.
Generic Letter 1991-18, Revision 1,             ML031200701
 ``Information to Licensees Regarding NRC
 Inspection Manual Section on Resolution of
 Degraded and Nonconforming Conditions,''
 October 8, 1997.
Regulatory Issue Summary 2005-20, Revision 2,   ML15106A484
 ``Revision to NRC Inspection Manual Part 9900
 Technical Guidance--`Operability
 Determinations & Functionality Assessments
 for Resolution of Degraded or Nonconforming
 Conditions Adverse to Quality or Safety,' ''
 June 5, 2015.
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of May, 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sheldon Stuchell,
Chief, Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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