81 FR 76634 - Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 213 (November 3, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 213 (November 3, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-26562 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 76634-76635] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-26562] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2016-0225] Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is updating and requesting comments on its guidance for electronic submittals to reflect changes in technology by posting the latest version of its ``Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC (Revision 8).'' This guidance document will provide direction for the electronic transmission and submittal of documents to the NRC. DATES: Submit comments by December 5, 2016. 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 comment 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 [[Page 76635]] for Docket ID NRC-2016-0225. 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. 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 accessing information and submitting comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marianne Narick, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2175; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0225 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0225. 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 ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. Revision 8 of the Electronic Guidance is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16293A712. 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-2016-0225 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. Background The NRC eSubmittal Guidance offers direction on how to submit documents electronically to the NRC. It is intended for licensees, applicants, external entities (including Federal, State, and local governments), vendors, participants in adjudicatory proceedings, and members of the public who need to submit documents to the Agency. This document is an update to the NRC eSubmittal Guidance Version 6.1 found on the NRC intranet at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. Significant changes to the document that are of interest to stakeholders are that the flow of information makes it more user-friendly for submitters, and NRC guidance is more closely aligned with the National Archives and Records Administration requirements. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of October 2016. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Cynthia Rheaume, Director, IT/IM Portfolio Management and Planning Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2016-26562 Filed 11-2-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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0001. For additional direction on inform those persons not to include ‘‘Implementation’’ section of this DG,
accessing information and submitting identifying or contact information that the NRC has no current intention to
comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information they do not want to be publicly impose this guide, if finalized, on
and Submitting Comments’’ in the disclosed in their comment submission. holders of current operating licenses or
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of Your request should state that the NRC combined licenses.
this document. does not routinely edit comment This DG may be applied to
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: submissions to remove such information applications for operating licenses,
Thomas Weaver, telephone: 301–415– before making the comment combined licenses, early site permits,
2383, email: Thomas.Weaver@nrc.gov submissions available to the public or and certified design rules docketed by
and Edward O’Donnell, telephone: 301– entering the comment submissions into the NRC as of the date of issuance of the
415–3317 email: Edward.ODonnell@ ADAMS. final regulatory guide, as well as future
nrc.gov. Both are staff of the Office of applications submitted after the
II. Additional Information
Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. issuance of the regulatory guide. Such
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The NRC is issuing for public action would not constitute backfitting
Washington, DC 20555–0001. comment a DG in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory as defined in the Backfit Rule or be
Guide’’ series. This series was otherwise inconsistent with the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
developed to describe and make applicable issue finality provision in 10
I. Obtaining Information and available to the public information CFR part 52, inasmuch as such
Submitting Comments regarding methods that are acceptable to applicants or potential applicants are
the NRC staff for implementing specific not within the scope of entities
A. Obtaining Information parts of the NRC’s regulations, protected by the Backfit Rule or the
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016– techniques that the staff uses in relevant issue finality provisions in part
0224 when contacting the NRC about evaluating specific issues or postulated 52.
the availability of information regarding events, and data that the staff needs in
this action. You may obtain publically- its review of applications for permits Dated: October 28, 2016.
available information related to this and licenses. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
action, by any of the following methods: The DG, entitled ‘‘Restart of a Nuclear Thomas H. Boyce,
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to Power Plant Shut Down by a Seismic Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic
http://www.regulations.gov and search Event,’’ is a proposed revised guide Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office
for Docket ID NRC–2016–0224. temporarily identified by its task of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents number, DG–1337. The proposed [FR Doc. 2016–26524 Filed 11–2–16; 8:45 am]
Access and Management System revision of RG 1.167 describes methods BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly acceptable to the NRC staff that can be
available documents online in the used to demonstrate that a nuclear
ADAMS Public Documents collection at power plant is safe for restarting after a NUCLEAR REGULATORY
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ shutdown caused by a seismic event. It COMMISSION
adams.html. To begin the search, select incorporates lessons learned following
[NRC–2016–0225]
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then the shutdown of nuclear power plants
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS due to earthquake ground shaking and Guidance for Electronic Submissions
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, post-earthquake evaluations since to the NRC
please contact the NRC’s Public Revision 0 was issued in 1997. They
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at include experience gained through the AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by shutdown and restart process of the Commission.
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The DG North Anna nuclear power plant ACTION: Notice of availability; request
is electronically available in ADAMS following the Mineral, Virginia for comment.
under Accession No. ML16182A321. earthquake in 2011. It endorses, with
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and some exceptions, sections of ANS/ SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
purchase copies of public documents at ANSI–2.23–2016, ‘‘Nuclear Power Plant Commission (NRC) is updating and
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One Response to an Earthquake,’’ that relate requesting comments on its guidance for
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville to post-shutdown inspections and tests, electronic submittals to reflect changes
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. inspection criteria, documentation, and in technology by posting the latest
long-term evaluations. The guidance version of its ‘‘Guidance for Electronic
B. Submitting Comments Submissions to the NRC (Revision 8).’’
includes an action level matrix to direct
Please include Docket ID NRC–2016– actions based on the earthquake level This guidance document will provide
0224 in your comment submission. The and observed damage levels at a nuclear direction for the electronic transmission
NRC cautions you not to include power plant. and submittal of documents to the NRC.
identifying or contact information that DATES: Submit comments by December
you do not want to be publicly III. Backfitting and Issue Finality 5, 2016. Comments received after this
disclosed in your comment submission. DG–1337 describes methods date will be considered if it is practical
The NRC posts all comment acceptable to the NRC staff that can be to do so, but the Commission is able to
submissions at http:// used to demonstrate that a nuclear ensure consideration only for comments
www.regulations.gov as well as enters power plant is safe for restarting after a received before this date.
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the comment submissions into ADAMS. shutdown caused by a seismic event. ADDRESSES: You may submit comment
The NRC does not routinely edit Issuance of this DG, if finalized, would by any of the following methods (unless
comment submissions to remove not constitute backfitting as defined in this document describes a different
identifying or contact information. 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) and method for submitting comments on a
If you are requesting or aggregating would not otherwise be inconsistent specific subject):
comments from other persons for with the issue finality provisions in 10 • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
submission to the NRC, then you should CFR part 52. As discussed in the http://www.regulations.gov and search
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for Docket ID NRC–2016–0225. Address B. Submitting Comments OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND
questions about NRC dockets to Carol TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; Please include Docket ID NRC–2016–
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 0225 in the subject line of your Submittal of Mid-Atlantic Regional
technical questions, contact the comment submission, in order to ensure Ocean Action Plan for National Ocean
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER that the NRC is able to make your Council Certification
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this comment submission available to the
public in this docket. AGENCY: Office of Science and
document.
Technology Policy National Ocean
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, The NRC cautions you not to include Council, Council on Environmental
Office of Administration, Mail Stop: identifying or contact information that Quality; Department of Agriculture;
OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear you do not want to be publicly Department of Commerce; Department
Regulatory Commission, Washington, disclosed in your comment submission. of Defense; Department of Energy;
DC 20555–0001. The NRC posts all comment Environmental Protection Agency;
For additional direction on accessing submissions at http:// Department of Homeland Security;
information and submitting comments, www.regulations.gov as well as entering Department of the Interior; Department
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and the comment submissions into ADAMS. of Transportation; and Chairman, Joint
Submitting Comments’’ in the The NRC does not routinely edit Chiefs of Staff.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of comment submissions to remove
ACTION: Notice.
this document. identifying or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you are requesting or aggregating SUMMARY: The National Ocean Council
Marianne Narick, Office of the Chief comments from other persons for notifies the public that the Mid-Atlantic
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear submission to the NRC, then you should Regional Ocean Action Plan was
Regulatory Commission, Washington DC inform those persons not to include approved for submittal to the National
20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–2175; identifying or contact information that Ocean Council by the Mid-Atlantic
email: Marianne.Narick@nrc.gov. they do not want to be publicly Regional Planning Body and submitted
disclosed in their comment submission. to the National Ocean Council for
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: certification, as required by Executive
Your request should state that the NRC
I. Obtaining Information and does not routinely edit comment Order 13547. The National Ocean
Submitting Comments submissions to remove such information Council will certify, or not certify, the
before making the comment Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Action
A. Obtaining Information Plan as consistent with the National
submissions available to the public or
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016– entering the comment submissions into Ocean Policy, Final Recommendations
0225 when contacting the NRC about ADAMS. of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task
the availability of information regarding Force, and the Marine Planning
II. Background Handbook no sooner than 30 days from
this document. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to the publication of this Notice. The Mid-
The NRC eSubmittal Guidance offers
this action by the following methods: Atlantic Regional Ocean Action Plan
direction on how to submit documents
can be found on the National Ocean
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to electronically to the NRC. It is intended Council’s Web site at: https://www.
http://www.regulations.gov and search for licensees, applicants, external whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/
for Docket ID NRC–2016–0225. entities (including Federal, State, and microsites/ostp/MidARegionalOcean
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents local governments), vendors, ActionPlan_November2016.pdf.
Access and Management System participants in adjudicatory
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- proceedings, and members of the public
available documents online in the who need to submit documents to the Deerin S. Babb-Brott, Director, National
ADAMS Public Documents collection at Agency. Ocean Council, 202–456–4444.
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This document is an update to the
adams.html. To begin the search, select NRC eSubmittal Guidance Version 6.1 I. Background
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then found on the NRC intranet at http://
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS National Ocean Policy
www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, ref-mat.html. Significant changes to the Executive Order 13547, Stewardship
please contact the NRC’s Public document that are of interest to of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at stakeholders are that the flow of Lakes, signed July 19, 2010, established
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by information makes it more user-friendly the National Ocean Policy to protect,
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The for submitters, and NRC guidance is maintain, and restore the health and
ADAMS accession number for each more closely aligned with the National biodiversity of the ocean, coastal, and
document referenced (if it is available in Archives and Records Administration Great Lakes ecosystems and resources;
ADAMS) is provided the first time that requirements. enhance the sustainability of the ocean
it is mentioned in the SUPPLEMENTARY and coastal economies and provide for
INFORMATION section. Revision 8 of the Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day
adaptive management; increase our
Electronic Guidance is available in of October 2016.
scientific understanding and awareness
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ADAMS under Accession No. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
of changing environmental conditions;
ML16293A712. Cynthia Rheaume, and support preservation of navigational
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and Director, IT/IM Portfolio Management and rights and freedoms, in accordance with
purchase copies of public documents at Planning Division, Office of the Chief customary international law, which are
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One Information Officer. essential for conservation of marine
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville [FR Doc. 2016–26562 Filed 11–2–16; 8:45 am] resources, sustaining the global
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. BILLING CODE 7590–01–P economy and promoting national
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| Contact | Marianne Narick, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2175; email: [email protected] | |
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