[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 61625-61626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25784]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 26
[Docket No. PRM-26-7; NRC-2011-0220]
Cheri Swensson; Certification of Substance Abuse Experts
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing for
public comment a notice of receipt of a petition for rulemaking (PRM),
dated May 5, 2011, and supplemented on August 3, 2011, which was filed
with the NRC by Cheri Swensson (the petitioner), on behalf of the
American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders
(the Academy). The petition was docketed by the NRC on September 9,
2011, and has been assigned Docket No. PRM-26-7. The petitioner
requests that the NRC amend its regulations to include the Academy as
one of the organizations authorized to certify a substance abuse
expert.
DATES: Submit comments by December 19, 2011. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC
is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date.
ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0220 in the subject line
of your comments. For additional instructions on submitting comments
and instructions on accessing documents related to this action, see
``Submitting Comments and Accessing Information'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document. You may submit comments by any
one of the following methods:
Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-
2011-0220. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher,
telephone: 301-492-3668; e-mail: [email protected].
Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attn.: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
E-mail comments to: [email protected]. If you do
not receive a reply e-mail confirming that we have received your
comments, contact us directly at 301-415-1677.
Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays.
(telephone: 301-415-1677).
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Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at 301-415-1101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative
Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-492-3667.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Submitting Comments and Accessing Information
Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted
on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site, http://www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove
any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be
publicly disclosed.
The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not
include any information in their comments that they do not want
publicly disclosed.
You can access publicly available documents related to this
document 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, Room 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 online in the NRC Library 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 for rulemaking can be
found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2011-
0220.
Background
Cheri Swensson, on behalf of the Academy, submitted a petition for
rulemaking dated May 5, 2011, and supplemented on August 3, 2011. The
petitioner requested that the NRC amend Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), Section 26.187, ``Substance abuse expert,'' by
including the Academy at Section 26.187(b)(5). The petitioner is the
Executive Director for the Academy, which is an international
credentialing body composed of psychologists, medical doctors, nurses,
social workers, and counselors that provides care in areas such as
alcohol and gambling addiction. In 2010, the Academy received its
accreditation from the National Commission for Certifying Agencies
(NCCA). The NRC has determined that the petition meets the threshold
sufficiency requirements for a petition for rulemaking under 10 CFR
2.802, ``Petition for rulemaking,'' and the petition has been docketed
as PRM-26-7. The NRC is requesting public comment on the petition for
rulemaking.
Discussion of the Petition
The petitioner states that the Academy ``is very interested in
working alongside the NRC to ensure its substance abuse experts are
qualified and adhere to the NRC's code of professionalism and ethical
conduct through [the Academy's] Certified Addiction Specialist [CAS]
certification.'' The petitioner states that the Academy's CAS
certification was accredited by the NCCA in 2010 and is a comprehensive
credential offered by the Academy which includes competencies in
alcohol addiction, drug addiction, sex addiction, eating disorders and
gambling addiction. The petitioner claims that its certification
requirements meet or exceed the NRC's requirements. The petitioner
requests that the NRC amend Sec. 26.187(b)(5) to include the Academy
as one of the organizations authorized to certify a substance abuse
expert.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of September 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2011-25784 Filed 10-4-11; 8:45 am]
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