[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 54 (Friday, March 20, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 14876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06420]


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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 54 / Friday, March 20, 2015 / 
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 73

[Docket Nos. PRM-73-16; NRC-2013-0024]


Personnel Access Authorization Requirements for Nuclear Power 
Plants

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; withdrawal by petitioner.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a petition for 
rulemaking (PRM), PRM-73-16, filed with the Commission by the Nuclear 
Energy Institute (NEI or the petitioner) on January 25, 2013. The 
petitioner requested that the Commission amend its regulations to limit 
the scope of third-party review of licensee decisions denying or 
revoking an employee's unescorted access at licensee facilities. The 
petitioner sought to ensure that such decisions could not be overturned 
by any third party. By letter dated January 22, 2015, the petitioner 
withdrew its PRM.

DATES: The petition was withdrawn on January 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0024 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may 
obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of 
the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0024. 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.
     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.
     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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Kratchman, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5112, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 25, 2013, the petitioner filed 
PRM-73-16 with the Commission requesting that it amend its regulations 
to limit the scope of third-party review of licensee decisions denying 
or revoking an employee's unescorted access at their facility (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML13035A186). The NRC published a notice of receipt and 
request for public comment on PRM-73-16 in the Federal Register of 
April 22, 2013 (78 FR 23684). The petition received over 300 individual 
comments from 212 individual commenters and co-signers. By letter dated 
January 22, 2015, the petitioner withdrew its PRM (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML15023A338).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of March, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-06420 Filed 3-19-15; 8:45 am]
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