ML17355A334
| ML17355A334 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 12/21/2017 |
| From: | Stephanie Blaney Information Services Branch |
| To: | Tarver J - No Known Affiliation |
| References | |
| FOIA, NRC-2018-000182 | |
| Download: ML17355A334 (4) | |
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NRC FORM 464 Part I U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOIA RESPONSE NUMBER (03-2017)
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DESCRIPTION OF REQUESTED RECORDS:
iv1L100740454, l\\1L101470489,andl\\1L100540294 PART I. -- INFORMATION RELEASED You have the right to seek assistance from the NRC's FOIAPublic Liaison. Contact information for the NRC's FOIA Public Liaison is available at httgs://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/foia/contact-foia. html 0
Agency records subject to the request are already available on the Public NRC Website, in Public ADAMS or on microfiche in the NRG Public Document Room.
0 Agency records subject to the request are enclosed.
D Records subject to the request that contain information originated by or of interest to another Federal agency have been referred to that agency (see comments section) for a disclosure determination and direct response to you.
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I PART 1.8--INFORMATION NOT LOCATED OR WITHHELD FROM DISCLOSURE D
We did not locate any agency records responsive to your request. Note: Agencies may treat three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records as*not subject to the FOIA ("exclusions"). 5 U.S.C. 552(c). This is a standard n.9tification given to all requesters: it should not be taken to mean that any excluded records do, or do not, exist.
D We have withheld certain information pursuant to the FOIA exemptions described, and for the reasons stated, in Part II.
0 Because this is an interim response to your request, you may not appeal at this time. We will notify you of your right to appeal any of the responses we have issued in response to your request when we issue our final determination.
You may appeal thi~ final determination within 90 calendar days of the date of this response by sending a letter or e-mail to the D
FOIA Officer, at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, or FOIA.Resource@nrc.gov. Please be sure to include on your letter or email that it is a "FOIA Appeal." You have the right to seek dispute resolution services from the NRC's Public Liaison, or the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS). Contact information for OGIS is available at httgs://ogis.archives.gov/about-ogis/contact-information.htm PART I.C COMMENTS ( Use attached Comments continuation page if required)
This also serves to acknowledge receipt of your request. i:wo of the three documents you have requested, l\\1L101470489 and l\\1LI00540294, are already publicly available; copies of them are enclosed. We will address the third document, l\\1L J 00740454, in our final response to you, after conferring with the NRC program office(s) having equity in the document, as well as the licensee that submitted it.
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Mr. Anthony R. Pietrangelo Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20006
Dear Mr. Pietrangelo:
March 2, 2010 I am responding to your letter~ of September 25, 2009 to Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), requesting the NRC to conduct an expedited rulemaking to change the compliance date for specific requirements in Title 1 O of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 73, "Physical Protection of Plants and Materials." By letter dated October 1, 2009, the NRC informed you that it treated your submission as a petition for rulemaking (PRM) under 10 CFR 2.802, "Petition for Rulemaking" and assigned it docket number PRM-73-14. Due to the exigent circumstances associated with your request, the agency did not publish a notice of receipt and request for public comment on PRM-73-14 in the Federal Register; instead the NRC gave immediate attention to your request and convened a petition review board on November 9, 2009:
As discussed further in the enclosed notice, which will be published in the Federal Register, the NRC is denying your request for expedited rulemaking. The NRC has concluded its evaluation of PRM-73-14; therefore, this PRM is considered closed.
Please direct any questions you may have regarding this matter to NRC staff member Timothy Reed, by phone at 301.-415-1462 or by e-mail at Timothy.Reed@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, IRA/
Annette L. Vietti-Cook
Enclosure:
Federal Register Notice
I The Honorable David Price United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Congressman Price:
June 11, 2010 On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your letter of May 7, 2010, in which you request a status of our efforts in the area of fire safety, particularly the status of the pilot projects, the timeline for licensee compliance, and information on the implementation of any regulatory changes that might be planned.
I am pleased to report that the NRC's reviews of the two pilot plant license amendment requests (LAR) to transition to the new licensing basis using 1 O CFR 50.48(c) "National Fire Protection Asso<;:iation Standard 805" (NFPA 805) are nearing completion. The review of the Shearon Harris LAR is in its final stages and the staff expects to issue its licensing decision and Safety Evaluation Report (SER) by the end of June. The review of the Oconee pilot is expected to be complete, and the licensing decision made, by the end of December.
In addition to the pilot plants, about 50% ofthe nation's reactors are developing LARs seeking permission to transition to the NFPA 805 risk-informed, performance-based rule. We expect most of these licensees to submit those LARs by mid-2011 (with NRC review completed by mid-2013), and the remaining licensees committed to this transition submitting their LARs by mid-2012 (with NRC review completed by mid-2014).
The NRC requires all licensees to operate in accordance with the regulations and their approved fire protection program. At this time, a large number of licensees rely on compensatory measures to comply with their approved program. We expect the number of such measures to begin to decline as plants transition to the risk-informed, performance-based fire protection rule.
- Regarding potential regulatory changes associa~ed with the transition to NFPA 805, our experien~e to date in reviewing the pilot project LARs does not indicate that any revisions to current regulations are necessary. However, we have identified and implemented updates to our regulatory guidance documents and plan to make additional updates to those documents to share lessons learned from the pilot plants with plants that have not yet submitted LARs to transition to NFPA 805.
As you noted, I met with some of your constituents earlier this year and subsequently received a letter outlining a number of their concerns. I believe the NRC staff has provided guidance and opportunities for public meetings, workshops, and other interactions to address their questions. Nevertheless, I did forward their concerns to the Office of the Inspector General for an independent review.
i My staff would be happy to brief you on the licensing decision and safety evaluation report when they are completed. I will have Ms. Rebecca L. Schmidt, Director of the Office of Congressional Affairs, contact your office to update you on the progress of the Shearon Harris NFPA 805 LAR.
Sincerely, IRA/
Gregory B. Jaczko v
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