ML20040G040
| ML20040G040 | |
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| Issue date: | 01/26/1982 |
| From: | Felton J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Scott S NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
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PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING Enclosed for transmittal to the Public Document Room is the quarterly report on petitions for ruleinaking as of December 31, 1981. This report has been prepared in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302, and a notice will be published in the Fgeral Register soon announcing its availability in the Public Document Room for inspection 6
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o STATUS OF NRC PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING DECEMBER 31,1981 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION:
BEGINS ON:
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PETITIONS COMPLETED
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page 1 B.
PETITIONS INCORPORATED (9) page 1 IN PROPOSED RULES C.
PETITIONS PENDING (16) page 5 STAFF REVIEW' D.
PETITIONS WITH (8) page 14 ACTIONS DEFERRED BREAKDOWN OF PETITIONS BY PART 10 CFR Part 20 Standards for Protection Against Radiation a.
PRM-20-6 page 14 b.
PRM-20-6A page 14 c.
PRM-20-7 page 1 d.
PRM-20-13 page 5 30 Rules of General Applicability to Domestic Licensing of Byproduct Material a.
PRM-30-55 page 6 b.
PRM-30-58 page 6 34 Licenses for Radiography and Radiation Safety Requirements for Radiographic Operations a.
PRM-34-2 page 7 35 Human Uses of Byproduct Material a.
PRM 35-1 page 7 40 Domestic Licensing of Source Material a.
PRM-40-23 page 8
- denotes a petition added since the last r'eport
- denotes a petition for which all action has been completed i
e 10 CFR Part 50 Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities
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PRM-50-10 page 1 a.
b.
PRM-50-17 page 2 c.
PRM-50-20 page 15 d.
PRM-50-21 page 8 e.
PRM-50-22 page 16 f.
PRM-50-24 page 9 g.
PRM-50-25,25A page 16 h.
PRM-50-29 page 9-i.
- PRM-50-30 page 10 51 Licensing and Regulatory Policy and Procedures for Environmental Protection a.
PRM-51-1 page 17 b.
PRM-51-6 page 11 70 Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material a.
PRM-70-6 page 11 71 Packaging of Radioactive Material for Transport and Transportation of Radioactive Material under Certain Conditions a.
PRM-71-1 page 3 b.
PRM-71-2 page-3 c.
PRM-71-3 page 3 d.
PRM-71-4 page 3 4
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PRM-71-6 page 12
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PRM-71-8 page 12 73 Physical Protection of Plants and Materials a.
PRM-73-2 page 4 b.
PRM-73-3 page 4 95 Security Facility Approval and Safeguarding of National Security Information and Restricted Data
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PRM-95-1 page 13 100 Reactor Site Criteria a.
PRM-100-2 page 18 140 Finar.cial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements a.
PRM-140-1 page 13 ii
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1 A.
PETITIONS COMPLETED, October - December 1981
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PETITIONS INCORPORATED IN PROPOSED RULES PRM Petitioner Number-(FR Citation)
PRM-20-7 Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
(41 FR 41759; 9/23/76)
Subject Action To adopt interim regulations setting Notice of Partial Denial published standards for shallow land disposal in the Federal Register on 7/25/79 of low-level radioactive wastes.
(44 FR 43541).
Although staff con-cluded that immediate implementation Task Leader:
P. Lohaus, of interim regulations is not NMSS, (301) 427-4500, warranted, the issue and points raised in the petition and in the petitioner's proposed GEIS outline are being considered by NRC staff as input to their waste management regulation and EIS.
Preliminary draft of regulation on disposal of low-level wastes (Part 61) sent to states, industry, and the public for review 11/9/79.
On February 28, 1930, the staff published a notice in the FEDERAL REGISTER (45 FR 13104) l making the same draft widely avail-l able to assure early, broad-based input and review.
Proposed rule published in the FEDERAL REGISTER 7/24/81 (46 FR 38081).
Comment period closes January 14, 1982.
Target Date:
Commission action on final rule is scheduled for 11/82.
PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-50-10 State of New Jersey--Nuclear Energy Council (39 FR 15900; 5/6/74 and 39 FR 25525; 7/11/74)
NOTE:
Vertical line indicates substantive change which has occurred since the last report was issued.
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2 PRM-50-10 (cont'd)
Subject Action To amend regulations in Appendix E Comments by 7/5/74.
Six comments of 10 CFR Part 50 to apply to Commis-were received.
Original petition sion' licensees who are not otherwise had four parts.
The'first part, on subject to Appendix E and who receive, reactor personnel qualification, has store, possess, and/or distribute been withdrawn by the petitioner.
large quantities of radioactive The second part, on health physics materials; and to eliminate the personnel, was satisfied by regula-exclusion of " Class 9 accidents".from tory guides (petitioner agrees).
An consideration in licensing procedures amendment to Part 70 was published involving new or novel siting or on 6/27/75, which partially resolved design considerations.
a third part of the petition.
Peti-tioner agreed that action on the Task Leader:
Richard Grill, fourth part, Class 9 accident, RES, (301) 427-4468.
should await completion.of the liquid pathways study.
The part of the petition involving emergency planning was incorporated into the Emergency Planning rulemaking (FEDERAL REGISTER notice published 6/3/81; 46 FR 29712).
Target Date:
12/82.
PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-50-17 Boston Edison Company, et al.
(41 FR 24006; 6/14/76) l Subject Action l
To amend Parts 2 and 50 with respect Comments by 8/13/76.
Ten comments l
to the issuance of amendments to received.
Incorporated in proposed operating licenses for production rule (Part 50) published 3/28/80.
l and utilization facilities.
Under Comments by 5/27/80.
Ten letters of l
requested changes criteria would be comments were received on the pro-specified for determining when a posed rule.
None of these comments proposed amendment to an operating fully supported the proposed rule.
licecse involves no "significant Work on this petition was delayed hazards considerations" and could due to commitment of staff to TMI-thus be issued without prior public related work.
A court decision in notice or hearing.
the case of Sholly v. NRC, 651 F. 2d l
ITaskLeader:
780 (1980), rehearing denied 651 F.
T. F. Dorian, 2d 792 (1980), and legislation OELD, (301) 492-8690 pending in Congress have influenced this action.
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ICongressionalaction Target Date for Commission Action:
Commission action not expected until the pending legislation is passed.
PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-71-1 Energy Research and Development Administration (40 FR 43517; 9/22/75)
PRM-71-2 American National Standards Institute Committee N14 (41 FR 15920; 4/15/76)
PRM-71-3 Diagnostics Isotopes Corporation (41 FR 50359; 11/15/76) and PRM-71-4 Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.
(42 FR 5149; 1/27/77)
Subject Action To exempt " low specific activity Corments by 11/25/75.
PRMs 71-1, material" from the packaging 71-2, 71-3, and 71-4 were consolida-requirements of Part 71.
The peti-ted into a single rulemaking action tion from Diagnostics Isotopes to incorporate internationally i
Corporation requests that the radio-developed IAEA transportation-i nuclide lead-201 be included in standards into the domestic regula-Transport Group IV.
tions of both NRC and D0T.
The rulemaking action should satisfy i
Task Leader:
D. R. Hopkins, PRM-71-3.
Five comments were i
RES, (301) 443-5825.
received, all in support of the l
petitions.
Incorporated in pro-posed rule published 8/17/79.
Comments by 10/18/79, comment period extended to 12/17/79.
lTargetDateforFinalRule:
9/82 i
4 PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-73-2 Wisconsin Electric Power Ccmpany, et al.
(42 FR 46431; 9/15/77)
Subject Action To eliminate the requirement for Comments by 10/17/77.
Approximately
" pat-down" physical search of one hur. dred letters were received--
individuals entering a protected _
about 80% from utilities, agreeing area.
with petitioner; and about 20% from others, most of whom disagreed with Task Leader:
K. Markulis, petitioner.
The Commission decided RES, (301) 443-5976.
-to delay implementation of certain complementary and alternative measures for protection against the insider threat.
Letters were sent to the petitioner regarding these delays (SECY-79-59,79-59A, and 79-59B).
Commission action delayed Pat-Down Search requirements indefinitely to allow public comment on the proposed rule (published in the FEDERAL REGIS-TER 12/1/80~; 45 FR 79492) that substitutes alternative measures for Pat-Down search requirements.
NMSS has the lead for development of the final rule. Action on the petition will be incorporated in the final rule.
lTargetDatefortheFinalRule:
12/82.
i PRM Petitioner-Number (FR Citation) l PRM-73-3 KMC, Inc., et al.
(43 FR 29635; 7/10/78) a
5 PRM-73-3 (cont'd)
Subject Ag_ tion To amend 673.55 to include a Comments by 9/6/78.
ilo comments statement that meeting the specific received.
requirements for physical protec-tion of licensed activities in Target Date:
Petitioner notified nuclear power reactors against on 11/6/78 that action on the individual sabotage normally will petition will be delayed until satisfy the performance require-implementation of 973.55 is com-ment for physical protection at pleted.
Commission, action extended nuclear power plants.
Pat-Down search requirements indefinitely to allow public com-Task Leader:
J. Ennis, ment on proposed rule (published in RES, (301) 443-5976.'
the FEDERAL REGISTER 12/1/80; 45 FR 79492) that would substitute alternative measures for Pat-Down search requirements.
NMSS has the lead for development of the final rule.
Action on petition has been delayed pending staff resolution of policy questions raised by petitioner's request.
Target Date for Final Rule:
6/82 C.
PETITIONS PENDING STAFF REVIEW PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-20-13 Victor E. Anderson (44.FR 11284; 2/28/79)'
Subject Action To require that radiation safety Comments by 4/30/79, extended to personnel be certified by the 5/30/79.
Fifty-eight comments Commission.
received.
Fifty-two comments oppose the petition.
Analysis of comments Task Leader:
J. M. Bell, is being prepared.
Further action RES, (301) 443-5970.
will consider results of an NRR con-tracted study, which became available in December 1980, of need for licens-ing nuclear power plant personnel.
Results of studies performed with respect to PRM-34-2 on licensing of
l 6-PRM-20-13 (cont'd) radiographers being considered in relation to this petition.
Report on licensing nuclear power plant managers and senior licensee officers in response to direction in Pub. l.96-295 will also be considered when it becomes available in December 1981.
Target Date:
Staff response to petition to be ccmpleted 3/82.
PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-30-55 State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection (42 FR 40791; 8/11/77)
Subject Action To establish, for major licensed Comments by 10/11/77.
Six comments byproduct materials facilities received.
All oppose petition.
This (a) criteria to quantify the ALARA petition has been combined with emission policy, (b) siting criteria, (PRM-50-10) from State of New Jersey.
and (c) requirements for off-site environmental surveillance programs.
lTargetDate:
12/82.
Task Leader:
R. Grill, RES, (301) 427-4468.
4 PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation) 1 PRM-30-58 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Standards (46 FR 35662; 7/10/81)
Subject Action To amend NRC regulations in order to
- Comments by 9/8/81.
Three comments exempt radioactive material obtained were received.
The staff is directly or indirectly from environ-reviewing the comments, mental sources from specific license application requirements.
Target Date:
6/82.
Task Leader:
D. A. Smith.
RES, (301) 443-5825.
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-PRM Petiti:ccr Number (FR Citation}'
PRM-34-2 Non-Destructive Testing Management Association (43 FR 34563; 8/4/78)
Subject Action To amend NRC regulations to provide Comments by 10/3/78. _ Eleven for registration, licensing, and comments were received,.the majority control of individual radiographers.
of which opposed th.e petition.
How-ever, the staff is actively studying
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Task Leader:
James Jones, this concept.
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RES, (301) 443-5970. '
notice of. proposed rulemaking is underway, and a series of public meetings is being planned.
Target Date:
7/82.
PRM Petitioner-Number (FR Citation)
PRM-35-1 George V. Taplin (44 FR 26817; 5/17/79)
Subject Action To amend NRC regulations to rescind Comments by 7/6/79.
Forty-five the.equirement that physicians must letters received, all in favor of use an approved radiopharmaceutical the petition.. Comments favor the-strictly in accord with the manufac-use of radiopharmaceuticals for turers' package insert.
non-approved purposes.
Task Leader:
D. Bozik, lTargetDate:
12/82.
RES, (301) 427-4566.
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PRM 40-23 Sierra Club (46 FR 140n; 2/25/81)
Subject Action To amend the Commission's regulation, Comments by April 27, 1981.
10 CFR Part 40, to license the Comments received from American possession of uranium mill tailings Mining Congress, Kerr-McGee Nuclear at inactive storage sites.
Corp., and United Nuclear Corp.
All comments stated that petition should Task Leader:
Don Harmon, be denied.
Staff preparing response RES, (301) 427-4284.
to petition, i
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2/82.
PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-50-21 Northern States Power Company and Wisconsin Electric Power Company (42 FR 37458; 7/21/77)
Subject Action To include plant security information Comments by 9/19/77.
Tvelve within the definition of Restricted comments were received, all endors-Data or National Security Informa-ing the petition.
Consideration to tion, so as to extend the protection grant the petition was under review
.of 10 CFR Part 2 to such information.
based on PL 96-295 NRC FY 80 Authorization Bill, which amended l Task Leader:
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Section 147 - Safeguards Information -
which directs the Commission to prescribe regulations or issue orders to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of safeguards information which speci-l fically identifies the licensees' or applicants' detailed security measures, etc.
The petitioner's requests were to have been incorporated into a rule sent to the Commission in July 1981 (Protec-tion of Unclassified Safeguards Information - SECY-81-464).
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PRM-50-21 (cont'd) petition could not be satisfied in its entirety and therefore additional effort will be focused on the petition as staff resources become available.
Target Date:
12/82.
PRM Petiticner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-50-24 John F. Doherty (44 FR 47997; 8/16/79)
Subject Action To establish procedures whereby the Comments by 10/1/79.
One comment Commission would inform all holders of was received.
It expressed the Class 103 licenses of any announcement view that a regulation is not by any Federal agency or department of required inasmuch as the NRC already
" predicted or expected falling objer,ts has the necessary authority to order from earth orbit of that department or shutdown, and that such events would agency's responsibility or a foreign be infrequent.
Staff preparing response nation's."
to petition.
Task Leader:
B. Grimes, lTargetDate:
6/82.
IE, (301) 492-4614.
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PRM Petitioner Number (FR. Citation)
PRM-50-29 Electric Utilities
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(45 FR 73080; 11/4/80)
Supplement to petition published 2/3/81 (46 FR 10501) l l
Subject Action i
To request the Commission to address Comments by 1/5/81.
Seventeen Anticipated Transients Without Scram
-letters of comment have been (ATWS)which has been designated an receivad.
This petition has been Unresolved Safety Issue by the Commis-incorpe ated int the ongoing ATWS sion.
An ATWS occurs at a nuclear rulemat,g.
power plant if an abnormal operating l
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Target Date:
Commission approved that should cause the plant's reactor publication of proposed rule (6/16/81) protection system to initiate a rapid subject to certain modifications to 7
shutdown (" scram") of the reactor obtain public comment on two NRC fails to function.
Petitioner filed staff versions of an ATWS proposed rule a supplement to the petition, dated and extended the comment period for the 1/5/81, that contained a proposed petition to include it for consideration
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Appendix to 10 CFR Part 50 which the as a third option (FEDERAL REGISTER petitioner requested the Commission notice published 11/24/81; 46 FR 57521).
to consider in connection with Future action on the petition will be PRM-50-29.
The proposed Appendix linked to staff response to public addresses the issue of Criteria for comments received on proposed rule.
Evaluation of Scram Discharge Volume The comment period for the petition Systems for Boiling Water Reactors.
expires 4/23/82.
Task Leader:
D. Pyatt, Target Date:
The estimated date RES, (301) 443-5921.
for Commission action on a final ATWS rule is 6/82.
PRM Petitioner
' Number (FR Citation)
PRM-50-30 Council on Energy Independence (46 FR 61484; 12/17/81)
Subject Action To amend the Commission's regulations Co.nments by 2/16/82.
in 10 CFR Part 50 to provide that an operating license for a nuclear power plant expire 40 years from the date of its issuance in order to extend the operating life of these plants.
Task Leader: ' Task assigned to the Of fice of Nuclear Regulatory Research
11 PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-51-6 Catherine Quigg (45 FR 25557; 4/15/80)
Subject Action.
To require preparation of a generic Comments by 6/16/80.
Fourteen EIS for high burnup nuclear fuel as comments received, the majority of used in commercial nuclear reactors, which oppose the pe,tition.
stored in spent fuel pools or cooling racks, or potentially as processed in Target Date: -Staff response to reprocessing plants or disposed of in petition expected by 12/82.
Delay permanent sites.
caused by urgent response required for the Duke Power Petition on Task Leader:
Richard Grill, Emergency Planning.
RES, (301) 427-4468.
PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-70-6 Eberline Instrument Corporation (42 FR 41675; 8/18/77)
Subject Action-I To approve air transport of Two comments received 4/78, both of calibration or reference sources which support the-petition.
Dispo-containing not more than 5 micro-sition of this petition will proceed curies of plutonium.
when the Commission determines policy by taking action on a staff-initiated Task Leader:
D. Hopkins, rulemaking action to implement Pub.
RES, (301) 443-5825 L. 94-79.
This law restricts air transport of plutonium.
The rule-making will consider, among other l
things, whether under Public Law 94-79 l
the Commission may authorize air ship-l ment of small quantities of plutonium in a package other than an approved container, and if so, what regulatory requirements should apply to these shipments.
Target Date:
A proposed rule was approved by the Commission 10/22/81.
Action on the petition will follow action on the final rule which is currently scheduled for 2/83.
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12 PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-71-6 Critical Mass Energy Project, et al.
(42 FR 61089; 12/1/77)
Subject A_ction To impose the following conditions Comments by 1/30/78.
Forty comments on licensees:
(1) the use of
.were received, the majority of which special routes for transportation oppose the petition.
Informed of radioactive materials; (2) adop-petitioner on 6/7/78 that NRC staff tion of emergency plans for is delaying action on petition until transportation accidents; NRC/ DOT special study on Package (3) assumption by licensees of-Requirements and Emergency Response financial responsibility for ship-(requested by Congressman Wirth) is ping accidents; and (4) a plan for completed.
The final report on the informing drivers of the nature of study (NUREG-0535) was published in their cargo and emergency actions to July 1980.
A staff response to the be taken in case of accidents, petition has been prepared and for-warded to the Executive Director for Task Leader:
A. N. Tse, Operations for review.
RES, (301) 443-5997 l Target Date:
1/82 PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-71-8 Foster Wheeler Energy Corp.
(45 FR 39519; 6/11/80)
Subject Action To exempt persons licensed pursuant Comments by 8/11/80.
Three letters to 10 CFR 34 for Industrial Radio-of comment have been received, all graphy from the requirement of favoring the proposal.
Staff paper 10 CFR 71.12(b)(1)(i) that such under development.
persons have a copy of all documents referred to in the license, certifi-lTargetDate:
2/83 cate, or other approval in order to be able to deliver licensed material to a carrier for transport under the general licensing provisions of 10 CFR 71.12.
Task Leader:
D. Smith, RES, (301) 443-5825.
13 PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-95-1 General Atomic Company (46 FR 39610; 8/4/81)
Subject Action To amend Appendix A of 10 CFR Part 95 Comments by 10/2/81.- No comments by modification or elimination of were received.
certain po'rtions of the "Classifica-tion Guide for Safeguards Information."
. Target Date:
Initial staff position
'on petition to be determined 3/82.
I Task Leader:
Vincent J. McClelland ADM, (301) 427-4303.
PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-140-1 Public Citizen Litigation Group and Critical Mass Energy Project (44 FR 50419)
Subject Action To find, pursuant to the procedures Comments by 10/29/79.
One comment and criteria in Subpart E of 10 CFR received.
Evaluation report and Part 140, that the nuclear accident proposed rule in preparation.
at the Three Mile Island, Unit 2 nuclear power plant constitutes an l Target Date:
Staff paper expected
" extraordinary nuclear occurrence" g to reach Commission for action 2/82.
(ENO); to' amend Subpart E to make less stringent the criteria used for determining that an ENO has occurred.
Task Leader:
H. Peterson, RES, (301) 427-4284.
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PETITIONS WITH ACTION DEFERRED PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-20-6 Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
(40 FR 50327; 10/29/75)
Subject Action To amend radiation protection Comments by 2/12/76.
Sixty comments standards as they apply to the maxi-were received, fifty-six of which mum permissible whole body dose were in opposition to the petition.
equivalent for occupational exposure.
A supplement to the peticion was Petitioner requests lower occupational submitted by NRDC on 11/4/77, prior Jose limits.
to Commission decision, requesting consideration of recent epidemio-Task Leader:
R. Baker, logical studies.
This issue was RES, (301) 427-4570.
included in the hearing on occupa-tional radiation protection jointly sponsored by EPA, NRC, and OSHA.
Proposed EPA guidance was published in Federal Register 1/23/81.
EPA /
NRC/ OSHA hearings held in April 1981.
Target Date:
The question of occupational dose limits is being addressed'by the staff in work on the revision of 10 CFR Part 20.
Response to the petition will be prepared following Commission action.
on a final rule which is estimated to be 11/83.
PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-20-6A Rosalie Bertell (43 FR 37018,'8/21/78).
Subject Action l
To amend NRC standards for protection Comments by 10/20/78.
Four comments against radiation as they apply to received, one favoring and three
_. the maximum whole body dose equiva-opposing the petition.
Staff met lent for occupational exposure to with Dr. Bertell on 11/6/78 to l
ionizing radiation, discuss her views.
The joint hearing i
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R. Baker, clude consideration of this petition.
RES, (301) 427-4570.
Advance notice of hearing pu'oiished by EPA on 9/17/79 (44 FR 53785).
Proposed EPA guidance published in FEDERAL REGISTER 1/23/81.
EPA /NRC/
OSHA hearings held in April 1981.
Target Date:.The question of occupational dose limits is being addressed by the st'aff in work on the revision of 10 CFR Part 20.
Response to the petition will be prepared following Commission action on a final rule which is estimated to be 11/83.
PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-50-20 Free Environment, Inc., et al.
(42 FR 25785; 5/19/77) 1 Subject Action To amend 10 CFR Part 50 before Comments by 7/18/77.
Three comments proceeding with any processing of were received.
Items (1).iirough (3) license applicaticns for the Central were ir.corporated in action on Iowa Nuclear Project to require that:
PRM-50-19.
Item (3) denial published (1) nuclear reactors be located below 2/2/78 (43 FR 4466); Items (1) and ground level; (2) nuclear reactors be (2) denial published 4/19/78 housed in sealed buildings, within (43 FR 16556).
Work on Item (4) will which permanent heavy vacuums are be considered in the context of the maintained; (3) a full-time Federal rulemaking on siting criteria.
Peti-employee with full authority to tioners informed of status by letter order the plant to be shut down in (late July 1980).
case of any operational abnormality always be present in a nuclear Target Date:
Con. mission action on a-generating station; and (4) the final rule addressing demographic -
Central Iowa Nuclear Project and criteria is scheduled for 10/82.
other reactors be sited at least 40 miles from major population centers.
Task Leader:
W. Ott, RES, (301) 427-4585.
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PRM-50-22 Public Interest Research Group, et al.
(42 FR 40063; 8/8/77)
Subject' Action To require plant operators to post Comments by 10/7/77, extended to bonds, to be held in escrow, prior to 1/3/78.
Sixty-two comments received, each plant's operation, to insure that a majority of which oppose the funds will be available for proper petition.
Notice of Partial Denial and adequate isolation of radioactive published 6/22/79 (44.FR 36523).
material upon each plant's decommis-Remaining portion incorporated into sioning.
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Decommissioning Criteria for Task Leader:
W. Pearson, Nuclear Facilities, published RES, (301) 443-5910.
3/13/78 (43 FR 10370).
Draft EIS on Decommissioning issued in January 1981.
Target Dates:
Proposed Rule scheduled for 10/82.
PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-50-25 State of Illinois and the Porter County Chapter of PRM-50-25a the Izaak Walton League of America, Inc., et al.
(45 FR 7653; 2/4/80)
Subject Action To amend 10 CFR 50.55(b) to require Comments by 4/4/80.
Six comments a " good cause" proceeding prior to were received, including 2 from the granting a request for extension of petitioners on jurisdictional issues.
a construction completion date to Comments filed by parties other than determine whether the permittee has the petitioners opposed the petition.
shown good cause for the continued construction of the plant.
Target Date:
ASLB and Commission have now ruled on " good cause" issue Task Leader:
T. Dorian, with respect to extension of CP for ELD, (301) 492-8690.
completion of construction.
The matter is now pending, as one of several issues, in the Bailly case before the U.S. Court of Appeals.
It will be handled as an expedited rulemaking as soon as the court has made its decision.
The staff is
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17 PRM-50-25 PRM-50-25a (Cont'd) preparing a paper to respond to the petition and clarify the rule in Iquestion.
A proposed rule will be forwarded to the Commission by 3/31/82.
PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-51-1 New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (41 FR 2448; 1/16/76)
Subject Action To amend Table S-3, " Summary of Partial denial of NECNP petition Environmental Considerations for published 4/14/78 (48 FR 15613)
Uranium Fuel Cycle." Petitioner's after reviewing public comments, position is that Table S-3 seriously the majority of which opposed the understates the impact of fuel cycle petition.
Remaining action deferred activities on human health and safety pending a -future rulemaking proceed-by disregarding the long-term effects ing to amend the value for radon in of certain long-lived radionuclides.
Table S-3.
The radon'value was vacated from Table S-3 and made Task Leader:
W. E. Thompson, subject to litigation in individual NMSS, (301) 427-4211.
LWR licensing proceedings; 17 cases in process before the Appeal Board were combined for d hearing of the radon issues.
Partial decision (ALAB-640) on radon issues published by Appeal Board on May 13, 1981.
OELD recommends that radon rulemaking be held in abeyance until Appeal Board completes its proceeding and publishes the balance of the decision.
Until then the radon issues remain open for litiga-tion in individual LWR licensing proceedings.
Target Date:
Indeterminate for NMSS proposed rulemaking on radon is ready to go to Commission within 30 days after the Appeal Board publishes the balance of the ALAB-640 decision.
o 18 PRM Petitioner Number (FR Citation)
PRM-100-2 Public Interest Research Group, et al.
(41 FR 27141; 7/1/76)
Subject Action To set numerical limits on allowable Comments by 8/30/76.
Twelve population density around nuclear comments received.
A staff pecer reactor sites.
(SECY-78-624) was submitted to.'he
-Commission 12/4/78.
The Commiss!on, Task Leader:
W. Ott, by memo to EDO-dated 2/15/79, RES, (301) 427-4585.
deferred action pending submission of Siting Policy Task Force report.
Petitioner was notified of deferral by memo dated 3/9/79.
Petitioner notified by memo (July 1980) that petition would be considered in the context of rulemaking on siting criteria.
Target Date:
Final Rule scheduled for 10/82.
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