83 FR 63189 - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Procedures for Meetings

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Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 235 (December 7, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-26506
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 235 (Friday, December 7, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 235 (Friday, December 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26506]


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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Procedures for Meetings

Background

    This notice describes procedures to be followed with respect to 
meetings conducted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) 
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) pursuant to the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA). These procedures are set forth so that 
they may be incorporated by reference in future notices for individual 
meetings.
    The ACRS is a statutory advisory Committee established by Congress 
to review and report on nuclear safety matters and applications for the 
licensing of nuclear facilities. The Committee's reports become a part 
of the public record.
    The ACRS meetings are conducted in accordance with FACA; they are 
normally open to the public and provide opportunities for oral or 
written statements from members of the public to be considered as part 
of the Committee's information gathering process. ACRS reviews do not 
normally encompass matters pertaining to environmental impacts other 
than those related to radiological safety.
    The ACRS meetings are not adjudicatory hearings such as those 
conducted by the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel as part 
of the Commission's licensing process.

General Rules Regarding ACRS Full Committee Meetings

    An agenda will be published in the Federal Register for each full 
committee meeting. There may be a need to make changes to the agenda to 
facilitate the conduct of the meeting. The Chairman of the Committee is 
empowered to conduct the meeting in a manner that, in his/her judgment 
will facilitate the orderly conduct of business, including making 
provisions to continue the discussion of matters not completed on the 
scheduled day on another day of the same meeting. Persons planning to 
attend the meeting may contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) 
specified in the Federal Register notice prior to the meeting to be 
advised of any changes to the agenda that may have occurred.
    The following requirements shall apply to public participation in 
ACRS Full Committee meetings:
    (a) Persons who plan to submit written comments at the meeting 
should provide 35 copies to the DFO at the beginning of the meeting. 
Persons who cannot attend the meeting, but wish to submit written 
comments regarding the agenda items may do so by sending a readily 
reproducible copy addressed to the DFO specified in the Federal 
Register notice, care of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, 
U.S.

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments 
should be limited to items being considered by the Committee. Comments 
should be in the possession of the DFO 5 days prior to the meeting to 
allow time for reproduction and distribution.
    (b) Persons desiring to make oral statements at the meeting should 
make a request to do so to the DFO; if possible, the request should be 
made 5 days before the meeting, identifying the topic(s) on which oral 
statements will be made and the amount of time needed for presentation 
so that orderly arrangements can be made. The Committee will hear oral 
statements on topics being reviewed at an appropriate time during the 
meeting as scheduled by the Chairman.
    (c) Information regarding topics to be discussed, changes to the 
agenda, whether the meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, and the 
time allotted to present oral statements can be obtained by contacting 
the DFO.
    (d) The use of still, motion picture, and television cameras will 
be permitted at the discretion of the Chairman and subject to the 
condition that the use of such equipment will not interfere with the 
conduct of the meeting. The DFO will have to be notified prior to the 
meeting and will authorize the use of such equipment after consultation 
with the Chairman. The use of such equipment will be restricted as is 
necessary to protect proprietary or privileged information that may be 
in documents, folders, etc., in the meeting room. Electronic recordings 
will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are 
open to the public.
    (e) A transcript will be kept for certain open portions of the 
meeting and will be available in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), 
One White Flint North, Room O-1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852-2738. A copy of the certified minutes of the meeting 
will be available at the same location 3 months following the meeting. 
Copies may be obtained upon payment of appropriate reproduction 
charges. ACRS meeting agendas, transcripts, and letter reports are 
available at [email protected], or by calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or 
from Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) which is 
accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/ACRS/agenda/.
    (f) Video teleconferencing service may be available for observing 
open sessions of ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use this service for 
observing ACRS meetings should contact the ACRS Audio Visual Office, 
telephone: 301-415-6702, between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. Eastern Time 
at least 10 days before the meeting to ensure the availability of this 
service. Individuals or organizations requesting this service will be 
responsible for telephone line charges and for providing the equipment 
and facilities that they use to establish the video teleconferencing 
link. The availability of video teleconferencing services is not 
guaranteed.

ACRS Subcommittee Meetings

    In accordance with the revised FACA, the agency is no longer 
required to apply the FACA requirements to meetings conducted by the 
Subcommittees of the NRC Advisory Committees, if the Subcommittee's 
recommendations would be independently reviewed by its parent 
Committee.
    The ACRS, however, chose to conduct its subcommittee meetings in 
accordance with the procedures noted above for ACRS Full Committee 
meetings, as appropriate, to facilitate public participation, and to 
provide a forum for stakeholders to express their views on regulatory 
matters being considered by the ACRS. When subcommittee meetings are 
held at locations other than at NRC facilities, reproduction facilities 
may not be available at a reasonable cost. Accordingly, 50 copies of 
the materials to be used during the meeting should be provided for 
distribution at such meetings.

Special Provisions When Proprietary Sessions Are To Be Held

    If it is necessary to hold closed sessions for the purpose of 
discussing matters involving proprietary information, persons with 
agreements permitting access to such information may attend those 
portions of the ACRS meetings where this material is being discussed 
upon confirmation that such agreements are effective and related to the 
material being discussed.
    The DFO should be informed of such an agreement at least five 
working days prior to the meeting so that it can be confirmed, and a 
determination can be made regarding the applicability of the agreement 
to the material that will be discussed during the meeting. The minimum 
information provided should include information regarding the date of 
the agreement, the scope of material included in the agreement, the 
project or projects involved, and the names and titles of the persons 
signing the agreement. Additional information may be requested to 
identify the specific agreement involved. A copy of the executed 
agreement should be provided to the DFO prior to the beginning of the 
meeting for admittance to the closed session.

    Dated: November 30, 2018.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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above data collection for the Evaluation Æ enhance the quality, utility, and interview protocols for calls and site
to Advance Reemployment Services and clarity of the information to be visits affiliated with the evaluation.
Eligibility Assessments Program collected; and Type of Review: New information
Evidence. DOL is particularly interested Æ minimize the burden of the collection request.
in comments that do the following: collection of information on those who OMB Control Number: 1290—0NEW.
Æ Evaluate whether the proposed
are to respond, including through the Affected Public: State employees of
collection of information is necessary
use of appropriate automated, state UI agencies and staff of local
for the proper performance of the
electronic, mechanical, or other Workforce Development Boards (WDBs)
functions of the agency, including
technological collection techniques or and staff working in AJCs.
whether the information will have
practical utility; other forms of information technology— Comments submitted in response to
Æ evaluate the accuracy of the for example, permitting electronic this request will be summarized and/or
agency’s estimate of the burden of the submission of responses. included in the request for Office of
proposed collection of information, III. Current Actions: At this time, the Management and Budget approval of the
including the validity of the Department of Labor is requesting information collection request; they will
methodology and assumptions used; clearance for the semi-structured also become a matter of public record.

ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of Total
Number of burden time Estimated
Type of instrument responses per number of
respondents a respondent responses per response Burden Hours
(hours)

Semi-structured telephone interview protocol for State
RESEA administrator ....................................................... b8 1 8 2 16
Semi-structured in-person interview protocol for State UI
staff ................................................................................... c 17 1 17 1 17
Semi-structured in-person interview protocol for Local
WDB administrators ......................................................... d 13 1 13 1 13
Semi-structured in-person interview protocol for AJC staff e 40 1 40 1 40

Total .............................................................................. 78 ........................ 78 ........................ 86
a We are seeking a clearance period of three years
b Assumes approximately 1 semi-structured interview participant on each call to approximately 24 state Unemployment Insurance agencies
over the three-year clearance period (rounding to an average of 8 per year).
c Assumes approximately 5 semi-structured interview participants during each site visit to approximately 10 state Unemployment Insurance
agencies over the three-year clearance period (rounding to an average of 17 per year).
d Assumes approximately 4 semi-structured interview participants during each site visit to approximately 10 local workforce boards (WDBs)
over the three-year clearance period (rounding to an average of 13 per year).
e Assumes approximately 6 semi-structured interview participants during each site visit to approximately 20 American Jobs Centers (AJCs)
over the three-year clearance period, an average of 40 per year.

Molly Irwin, matters and applications for the of the Committee is empowered to
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of licensing of nuclear facilities. The conduct the meeting in a manner that,
Labor. Committee’s reports become a part of in his/her judgment will facilitate the
[FR Doc. 2018–26574 Filed 12–6–18; 8:45 am] the public record. orderly conduct of business, including
BILLING CODE 4510–HX–P The ACRS meetings are conducted in making provisions to continue the
accordance with FACA; they are discussion of matters not completed on
normally open to the public and provide the scheduled day on another day of the
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to be considered as part of the Designated Federal Officer (DFO)
Advisory Committee on Reactor Committee’s information gathering specified in the Federal Register notice
Safeguards; Procedures for Meetings process. ACRS reviews do not normally prior to the meeting to be advised of any
encompass matters pertaining to changes to the agenda that may have
Background environmental impacts other than those occurred.
This notice describes procedures to be related to radiological safety. The following requirements shall
followed with respect to meetings The ACRS meetings are not apply to public participation in ACRS
conducted by the U.S. Nuclear adjudicatory hearings such as those Full Committee meetings:
Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) conducted by the NRC’s Atomic Safety (a) Persons who plan to submit
Advisory Committee on Reactor and Licensing Board Panel as part of the written comments at the meeting should
Safeguards (ACRS) pursuant to the Commission’s licensing process. provide 35 copies to the DFO at the
Federal Advisory Committee Act beginning of the meeting. Persons who
General Rules Regarding ACRS Full
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(FACA). These procedures are set forth cannot attend the meeting, but wish to
Committee Meetings submit written comments regarding the
so that they may be incorporated by
reference in future notices for An agenda will be published in the agenda items may do so by sending a
individual meetings. Federal Register for each full committee readily reproducible copy addressed to
The ACRS is a statutory advisory meeting. There may be a need to make the DFO specified in the Federal
Committee established by Congress to changes to the agenda to facilitate the Register notice, care of the Advisory
review and report on nuclear safety conduct of the meeting. The Chairman Committee on Reactor Safeguards, U.S.

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission, of ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use titles of the persons signing the
Washington, DC 20555–0001. this service for observing ACRS agreement. Additional information may
Comments should be limited to items meetings should contact the ACRS be requested to identify the specific
being considered by the Committee. Audio Visual Office, telephone: 301– agreement involved. A copy of the
Comments should be in the possession 415–6702, between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 executed agreement should be provided
of the DFO 5 days prior to the meeting p.m. Eastern Time at least 10 days to the DFO prior to the beginning of the
to allow time for reproduction and before the meeting to ensure the meeting for admittance to the closed
distribution. availability of this service. Individuals session.
(b) Persons desiring to make oral or organizations requesting this service Dated: November 30, 2018.
statements at the meeting should make will be responsible for telephone line
Russell E. Chazell,
a request to do so to the DFO; if charges and for providing the
possible, the request should be made 5 equipment and facilities that they use to Federal Advisory Committee Management
Officer, Office of the Secretary.
days before the meeting, identifying the establish the video teleconferencing
topic(s) on which oral statements will [FR Doc. 2018–26506 Filed 12–6–18; 8:45 am]
link. The availability of video
be made and the amount of time needed teleconferencing services is not BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
for presentation so that orderly guaranteed.
arrangements can be made. The
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time during the meeting as scheduled by the agency is no longer required to
the Chairman. apply the FACA requirements to Sunshine Act Meeting; Cancellation
(c) Information regarding topics to be meetings conducted by the
FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS
discussed, changes to the agenda, Subcommittees of the NRC Advisory
ANNOUNCEMENT: 83 FR 62396, 3 Dec.
whether the meeting has been canceled Committees, if the Subcommittee’s
or rescheduled, and the time allotted to recommendations would be 2018.
present oral statements can be obtained independently reviewed by its parent PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF
by contacting the DFO. Committee. THE MEETING: Wednesday, December 5,
(d) The use of still, motion picture, The ACRS, however, chose to conduct 2018 at 10:00 a.m.
and television cameras will be its subcommittee meetings in CHANGES IN THE MEETING: The Open
permitted at the discretion of the accordance with the procedures noted Meeting scheduled for Wednesday,
Chairman and subject to the condition above for ACRS Full Committee December 5, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., has
that the use of such equipment will not meetings, as appropriate, to facilitate been cancelled.
interfere with the conduct of the public participation, and to provide a CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
meeting. The DFO will have to be forum for stakeholders to express their For further information, please contact
notified prior to the meeting and will views on regulatory matters being Brent J. Fields of the Office of the
authorize the use of such equipment considered by the ACRS. When Secretary at (202) 551–5400.
after consultation with the Chairman. subcommittee meetings are held at
Dated: December 4, 2018.
The use of such equipment will be locations other than at NRC facilities,
restricted as is necessary to protect Brent J. Fields,
reproduction facilities may not be
proprietary or privileged information available at a reasonable cost. Secretary.
that may be in documents, folders, etc., Accordingly, 50 copies of the materials [FR Doc. 2018–26656 Filed 12–4–18; 4:15 pm]
in the meeting room. Electronic to be used during the meeting should be BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
recordings will be permitted only provided for distribution at such
during those portions of the meeting meetings.
that are open to the public. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
(e) A transcript will be kept for certain Special Provisions When Proprietary
open portions of the meeting and will be Sessions Are To Be Held [Docket No. FD 36246]
available in the NRC Public Document If it is necessary to hold closed St. Paul & Pacific Northwest Railroad
Room (PDR), One White Flint North, sessions for the purpose of discussing Company, LLC—Change in Operators
Room O–1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike, matters involving proprietary Exemption—Kettle Falls International
Rockville, Maryland 20852–2738. A information, persons with agreements Railway, LLC
copy of the certified minutes of the permitting access to such information
meeting will be available at the same may attend those portions of the ACRS St. Paul & Pacific Northwest Railroad
location 3 months following the meetings where this material is being Company, LLC (SPN), a noncarrier, has
meeting. Copies may be obtained upon discussed upon confirmation that such filed a verified notice of exemption
payment of appropriate reproduction agreements are effective and related to under 49 CFR 1150.31 to assume
charges. ACRS meeting agendas, the material being discussed. operations over approximately 83 miles
transcripts, and letter reports are The DFO should be informed of such of rail lines owned by BNSF Railway
available at pdr@nrc.gov, or by calling an agreement at least five working days Company. The lines originate at
the PDR at 1–800–397–4209, or from prior to the meeting so that it can be milepost 60.5 in Chewelah, Wash.,
Agencywide Documents Access and confirmed, and a determination can be extending to milepost 0.0 at Kettle Falls,
Management System (ADAMS) which is made regarding the applicability of the Wash., where the line diverges into two
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accessible from the NRC website at agreement to the material that will be branches (the Lines). The West Branch
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ discussed during the meeting. The continues northwest from Kettle Falls to
adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/ minimum information provided should milepost 4.7 at West Kettle Falls, Wash.
reading-rm/doc-collections/ACRS/ include information regarding the date The East Branch continues northeast to
agenda/. of the agreement, the scope of material the United States-Canada border at
(f) Video teleconferencing service may included in the agreement, the project milepost 139.7 and across the border at
be available for observing open sessions or projects involved, and the names and milepost 139.7 to Columbia Gardens,

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FR Citation		83 FR 63189