[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24307-24308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12042]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Draft Document: Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of
Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of
Nuclear Power Plants (Criteria for Emergency Planning in an Early Site
Permit Application)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) have jointly prepared guidance for the
development, review, and approval of emergency information and plans to
be submitted with an early site permit (ESP) application in a proposed
Supplement 2 to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, entitled, ``Criteria for
Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and
Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants (Criteria for Emergency
Planning in an Early Site Permit Application).'' This document is
available for public review and comment.
The NRC staff's views on how emergency planning will be addressed
at each phase of nuclear power plant licensing under 10 CFR Part 52:
ESPs, standard design certifications, and combined licenses, are
discussed in a Commission paper, ``Emergency Planning Under 10 CFR Part
52,'' SECY-95-090, issued on April 11, 1995. A draft of this paper was
noticed for comment in the Federal Register on May 20, 1994 (59 FR
26530).
For ESP applications, Subpart A to 10 CFR Part 52 states
requirements and procedures for issuing an ESP that approves a site for
one or more nuclear power plants separate from the filing of an
application for a construction permit or a combined license. The
application for an ESP must, as a minimum, identify physical
characteristics unique to the proposed site, such as limitations on
egress from the area surrounding the site, that could pose a
significant impediment to the development of emergency plans. In
addition, the application must include a description of contacts and
arrangements made with local, State, and Federal government agencies
that have emergency planning responsibilities. The application may also
propose major features of the emergency plans, such as the exact size
of the emergency planning zones, that can be reviewed and approved by
the NRC in consultation with FEMA, or may propose complete and
integrated emergency plans for the site for review and approval by the
NRC in consultation with FEMA.
Proposed Supplement 2 to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1 provides guidance
for meeting the mandatory emergency planning requirement and for
addressing the two additional emergency planning options of the ESP
rule. The proposed supplement recommends an approach for an ESP
applicant to identify unique site physical characteristics that could
be an impediment to the development of emergency plans. An ESP
applicant that chooses the option of proposing major features of the
emergency plans will be evaluated against selected and modified
planning standards and evaluation criteria from NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1
which are given in proposed Supplement 2. An applicant for an ESP that
chooses the option of submitting complete and integrated emergency
plans for review and approval will be
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evaluated against the applicable provisions of 10 CFR 50.47 and
Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50, and the full evaluation criteria of
NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1.
The regulations in 10 CFR Part 52 do not include a requirement for
updating emergency planning information and plans approved as part of
an ESP. The NRC staff discussed this matter in the final Commission
paper on 10 CFR Part 52 and indicated that it would be deferred until a
review is conducted to determine any necessary revisions to Part 52
after the first standard design certification rulemakings are
completed.
Comments on Draft Supplement 2 to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1 may be
submitted for consideration by the NRC and FEMA staffs. Comments should
be submitted within 120 days of the date of this Federal Register
notice to: Chief, Rules Review and Directives Branch, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T-6D59, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Comments may also be delivered to 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland, between 7:45 am and 4:15 pm on Federal workdays.
For a copy of the Draft Supplement 2 to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1,
write: Distribution Services, Printing and Mail Services Branch, Office
of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20555. A copy of Draft Supplement 2 to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1 is
available for inspection and copying for a fee in the NRC Public
Document Room, Gelman Building, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC
20555.
For further information contact: Falk Kantor, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555. Telephone: (301) 415-2907, or Nancy Goldstein, Preparedness,
Training and Exercises Directorate, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Washington, DC 20472. Telephone: (202) 646-4285.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of April 1996.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dennis M. Crutchfield,
Director, Division of Reactor Program Management, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
For the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Kay C. Goss,
Associate Director for Preparedness, Training, and Exercises, Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 96-12042 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am]
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