[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 94 (Monday, May 16, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 28192-28193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11955]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 26

[Docket No. PRM-26-5; NRC-2010-0304]


Petition for Rulemaking Submitted by the Nuclear Energy Institute

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; consideration in the rulemaking 
process.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has decided to 
consider the issues raised in a petition for rulemaking (PRM) submitted 
by Anthony R. Pietrangelo, on behalf of the Nuclear Energy Institute 
(NEI), the petitioner, in the planned ``Quality Control/Quality 
Verification'' (QC/QV) rulemaking (Docket ID: NRC-2009-0090). The 
petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations regarding its 
fitness-for-duty programs to refine existing requirements based on 
experience gained since the regulations were last amended in 2008.

ADDRESSES: Further NRC action on the issues raised by this petition 
will be accessible at the Federal rulemaking Web site, http://www.regulations.gov, by searching on the QC/QV rulemaking Docket ID: 
NRC-2009-0090.
    You can access publicly available documents related to the petition 
using the following methods:
     NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine 
and have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's 
PDR, O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC 
are available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public 
can gain entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of the 
NRC's public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there 
are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the 
NRC's PDR reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail 
to [email protected].
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Public comments and 
supporting materials related to this petition can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on the QC/QV rulemaking Docket ID: 
NRC-2009-0090. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol

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Gallagher, telephone: 301-492-3668; e-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara Inverso, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555; telephone: 301-415-1024; e-mail: [email protected] or Tim 
Reed, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301-415-1462, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 22, 2010, (75 FR 65249), the NRC 
published a Notice of Receipt of a PRM filed by Anthony R. Pietrangelo, 
on behalf of NEI, and request for public comment. The comment period 
closed on January 5, 2011. The NRC received 49 public comments.
    The NRC determined that the issues raised in PRM-26-5 are 
appropriate for consideration and will consider them in the planned QC/
QV rulemaking. The NRC staff will address the comments filed in PRM-26-
5 as part of the QC/QV rulemaking. This PRM docket is closed.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of April 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Martin J. Virgilio,
Deputy Executive Director for Reactor and Preparedness Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-11955 Filed 5-13-11; 8:45 am]
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