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| Issue date: | 06/06/1990 |
| From: | Remick F NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Foley T, Quayle J HOUSE OF REP., SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, SENATE, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE |
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ANNUAL REPORT GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE ACT 1.
AGENCY NAME:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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CALENDAR YEAR:
1989
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. MEETINGS: -
(See definitions in Appendix A)
A.
Total Number of Open....................... 108 (94%)_
B.
Total. Number of Closed 7 (6%)
C.- Total' Number of Partially Open/ Closed.......
-0 (0%)
Total Number of Meetings................... 115 The above_ meetings are counted by the number of' separate agenda topics discussed as described in Appendix A.~
The same number of topics counted by the method used by Common Cause results.in the'following number of meetings (see definitions in the Appendix):
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Total Sessions Open.........................
89' E.
Total' Sessions Closed.......................
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Total! Sessions Partially Open/ Closed........
-0 Total Number of Sessions....................
96 Appendix B contains a tabulation of open and closed meetings ~ per month for CY 1989, using both the NRC and the Common Cause methods of counting.
Throughout this report, meeting numbers quoted are counts of individual items.
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EXEMPTIONS USED FOR CLOSING OP. PARTIALLY CLOSING MEETINGS (NUMBER OF TIMES USED)
A.
Exemption 1 4
Exemption 2.................................
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Exemptions 2 & 6............................
2' Total 7
The' percent of closed / partially closed meetings decreased to 0 percent in 1989 from 9 percent in 1988.
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4 B.: oNRC's practice regarding the closing of meetings pertaining.to.the budget, Congressional testimony, and briefings of' agency members by staff is as follows:
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B Jud et Meetings.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District oT Columbia Circuit concluded in Common Cause v. NRC, 674 F.2d 921 (D.C. Cir.
1982), that theri was no exemption under the Sunshine.Act authorizing automatic closure of.
budget meetings.
After Common Cause, the Commission has not convened any meetings to-discuss the budget.
(2)
Meetings at:which Congressional testimony is discussed.
In 1989~,~there were no CHEETssiin meetTEgi held to discuss Congressional testimony.
(3)
Briefings of agency members by NRC staff.
Under tEi Commission's BriginaT Tunshine Act rules adopted in 197', all briefings by NRC staff of a quorum of the Commission were considered to be forathe purpose of conducting official-y Commission business and were therefore treated as: meetings under provisions of the Act.- Under j
the revised ruleiadopted in 1985, some-
-informational briefings would'not constitute
" meetings" for1 Sunshine Act purposes.
Because to date the 1985 revised rule'has not been i
implemented, all briefings attended by a. quorum j
of Commissioners have~been-treated.as-
" meetings."
Of the'115 meetings held by the 1
Commission in 1989, 67 were staff briefings, 65 of which were held in public session and 2 in d
closed session.
Meeting records of closed briefings are reviewed for retention / release as described in Section 10 below.
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DESCRIPTION OF LITIGATION ~
There were no-Government In the Sunshine Awt cases involving NRC fi, led.or otherwise in litigation during 1989.
6.
NOTATION VOTING The? Commission uses the notation voting process to decide issues which do not require interactive discussion among all Commissioners in the presence of each other.
In this type ~of decision-making, individual Commissioners provide views in writing to the Secretary (approval and/or comments) on actions q
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Typical examples include responses to Congress on GA0 reports, agreements with the Executive Branch agencies, export licenses, outgoing. Commission correspondence, proposed rulemaking actions, l
appointments and reappointments to advisory committees, and
= review of actions being taken or about to be taken under
' delegations of authority to the staff.
In connection with the notation voting process, the Commission in late 1989 expanded its policy on " openness" by deciding to-Eplace all issue papers voted on by the Commission in the notation vote process in its Public Document Room at'the time i
the Secretary's decision memorandum for final action on the 1
paper is released, unless they involve matters which the Commission has specifically agreed should be withheld (material-containing-adjudicatory, enforcement or investigatory, classified or proprietary, and personal privacy.information).
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Papers may also be withheld'on rare occasions if they involve particularly sensitive matters and if solid justification for withholding exists.
H The Commission also uses notation voting to obtain Commis-O sioners' views on agency business which by law requires a-formal vote in an open meeting-but is not of such a' complex nature as to require interactive conversation between Commissioners in the presence of each other.- After all participating Commissioners have first expressed-their views in writing, public Commission meetings entitled Affirmations are scheduled for the purpose of a formal vote (ratification of Commissioners' views on the
-issue), with or without discussion as desired.
Examples of matters which are decided in this manner include final rule-makings, responses to certain petitions, and adjudicatory decisions.
As noted in the Public Observation section below, these papers are also normally provided to the public attendees at the meeting.
7.
PUBLIC OBSERVATION The Commission continued its policy of providing meaningful public observation and understanding of open' meetings through the following measures:
A.
The Commission's main conference room, with a seating capacity of 150, and an adjoining conference room, which seats 40 people,- are provided with multiple overhead speakers and with a closed-circuit television system to ensure that every person desiring to attend a meeting can see and hear.
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.B.
A pamphlet entitled " Guide to NRC-Open Meetings" is available in the Commissioners' Conference Room and'
~1nsthe-Public Document Room.
The guide describes for public attendees the normal seating arrangement for participants at'the conference table, the general functional responsibilities of these participants, Commission' procedures for voting on agenda items, general rules for public conduct at Commission i
meetings, and sources of additional information on the Commission and its meetings.
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Copies of all viewgraphs to be'used in the course of-
-meetings are made available to meeting attendees at j
the er, trance to-the conference room prior to the commencement of the meeting.
D.
Copies of the principal staff papers scheduled to be considered at the meeting are normally provided to t
public' attendees in the conference room.
These papers are also placed in the Public Document Room (PDR) at the conclusion-of the meeting, along with viewgraphs and other material handed out at the meeting.
Additionally, copies of all papers referenced _at the meeting are:normally released to the public.
During 1989, 148' such documents were released.
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A " Handbook of Acronyms and Initialisms" (NUREG-0544, l
F Rev. 2) is on file in1the Public Document Room to O
further help the public in understanding the many technical terms-discussed in Commission papers.
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Public attendees are permitted to tape record' Commission discussions at open meetings.
G.
It'is the Commission's practice to allct camera and television coverage of open meetings and triefings without prior notification.
The use of camaras, including television coverage, at open licensing proceedings conducted by NRC's licensing and appeal boards is also permitted.
In-both Commission meetings and adjudicatory hearings, however, camera equipment must be operated in a manner that is not disruptive to the proceedings.
H.
Transcripts are made of all public Commission meetings.
These are unofficial transcripts'which are not edited by the Commissioners or by the staff and are generally placed in the Commission's Public Document Room within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> of the conclusion of the meeting.
Transcripts of all 108 open meetings in 1989 are in the PDR, where they may be read or copied for a fee.
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q In August 1989, the Commission further expanded its "openess" policy by initiating a new type of public meeting, which is intended to provide the. Commissioners a periodic opportunity to i
-bring up topics for collegial discussion without a formal i
agenda.. These meetings, called Collegial Discussions of-Items of Commission Interest, cover a range of items of individual Commissioner interest and are open to the public.
j To date, the Commission has held three collegial meetings, during which such diverse topics as foreign tr: vel, reactor-i design certification, NRC quality assurance and control, the Clean Air Act, principles of good. regulation, recognition of good utility performance, utility management related issues,
' advisory committee responsibilities, licensee performance grades, and personnel and logistical operations have been discussed.
8.
PUBLIC NOTICE
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Each meeting is puolicly announced by the methods listed-below.
A.
Use of an automatic telephone answering machine, which provides a daily recorded message describing the meetings scheduled in the Commission over a four week period.
Members of the public desiring such informatior dial (301) 492-0292 to hear the pre-recorded message.
B.
Publishing weekly in the Federal Register the time, date and location of all meetings scheHuTed for the next four weeks, the topic (s) to be discussed, whether the meetings are open or closed, and the name and telephone number of a contact person who is prepared to respond to qui'tions about the meeting schedule.
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Posting in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L
- Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20555, a copy of the Federal Register Notice at the time it is sent to the Tederal Register.
D.
Mailing a copy of the Federal Register Notice to those persons on a maiTTng Tist maintained for that purpose (currently over 175 names and addresses) at the time it is sent to the Federal Register.
E.
Submittal of a copy [f the Federal Register Notice to tie Office of Public Affairs for dissemination to the national wire services (AP, UPI) and Reuters and to
-other news media as applicable.
F.
Use of a closed circuit televisior to project the meeting schedule to headquarters building visitors.
The Commission's current and projected schedule of meetings for the period covered by the weekly Federal Register Notice is continuously scrolled on a tele-vTsion monitor at the guard's desk in the lobby
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Telephoning interested parties when public meetings of particular interest are scheduled with less than 7 days' notice.
The Commission is sensitive to the need for reasonable advance notice of Commission meetingc.
Its policy is to reduce scheduling changes to a minimum and to avoid short notice meetings if possible.
However, the Commission continues to be confronted with the requirement to consider urgent matters in a timely manner.
The meeting schedule is constantly adjusted to ensure that the business of the Commission is not delayed, taking into account Commissioner availability and the urgency and significance of the meeting topic.
Appendix C contains a tabulation of the number of days' notice for NRC meetings.
In summary, 83 percent of the 1989 Commission meetings (96 of 115) were announced with 7 or more day's notice while the remaining 17 percent were announced with less than 7 days' notice.
The following observations are made concerning the 19 "short notice" Commission meetings held during 1989:
There were 17 open and 2 closed "short notice" I
meetings.
Fifteen of the 17 open meetings were affirmation sessions at which the Commission ratified (affirmed),
with little or no discussion, the previoJ;1y declared views of individual Commissioners.
One of the other two meetings was held to discus; actions taken on short notice by the top management of a nuclear power plant resulting in closure of the plant.
The other meeting requirec specific scheduling i
to accommodate conflicting schedules of individual Commissioners, i
Two closed meetings were held with less than 7 days' notice.
Holding these closed meetings on short notice did not affect public participation.
Whenever a short-notice meeting is added to the Commission's schedule, public notice is immediately issued through NRC's automatic telephone answering machine, the posting of a revised meeting notice in the Public Document Room, displaying a revised notice on a television monitor in the lobby of One 1 White Flint North, notification to the Offices of Public and Congressional Affairs, and, where appropriate, telephone notifiestion to news media and to interested parties to advise them of the additional meeting.
Notice is also promptly submitted to the Federal Regis<tr.
Additionally, if the short-notice meeting was open, Ihi trc. script of the meeting is placed in the Public Document Room shortly thereafter.
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PUBLIC INTEREST The Commission, in adopting its Sunshine regulations (tee Appendix D), explained how it would employ the public interest criterion in exercising agency discretion to open meetings that could otherwise be closed under one of the exemptions authorized in the Act.
"Section 9.104(a) of the rules, like the proposals of sevWral other agencies, gives presumptive but not conclusive force to the determination that an exemption is available in deciding the public interest question.
The fact that a meeting does come within a specific provision of Section 9.104(a) indicates that the Congress recognized a public interest in closing, not opening, meetings of this character, The Commission staff has been instructed to consider the public interest in recommending to the Commission whether or not to close particular meetings.
The Commission believes that this internal procedure and l
the awareness of the Commissioners themselves and their advisors of public interest concerns will en*vre adequate 1
consideration of the public interest before any decision to close a meeting is made, without need for a formal procedure of the type proposed."
42 Fed. Reg. 12875 (March, 1977).
In the implementation of its rules, the Commission calls upon the staff to consider the public interest factors in any recom-mendations to the Commission for closed meeting discussions.
The Commissioners review staff's recommendations for closed 4
meetings and conside the advice of the General Counsel es to whether the item is properly closable.
Implicit in this procedure _is the understanding that a vote to close represents the Commission's determination that the public interest does not require an open meeting.
10.
RELEASING OF TRANSCRIPTS, RECORDINGS AND MINUTES OF CLOSED MEETINGS A.
The policy of the Commission is to make available to the public the record of all meetings except for those portions the agency determines to contain information which may be withheld under the provisions of Section 552b(c), the Government in the Sunshine Act.
To ensure that the-determinations made are correct, the Commission, upon receipt of a requost for a copy of a transcript or portion tMereof previously withheld, conducts three independent levels of review for each transcript or electronic recording under consideration for release.
An initial review is performed by the staff office proponent of the brief-ing or discussion.
The second review is accomplished I
by the Office of the General Counsel (OGC).
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the Commission reviews the record and makes the finci determination regarding public disclosure.
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process has resulted in the release of all or portions of 291 transcripts of closed meetings to the Commis-sion's Public Document Room since the enactment of the Sunshine Act.
The Commission's rules, in accordance with the Sunshine Act, permit records of closed adjudicatory meetings to be kept in minutes, and procedures exist for the review of such minutes.
However, no closed adjudicatory meetings were held ir 1989.
B.
Index Systems and Tabulation of Requests for Transcripts, Recordinjs_and_Rinutes_(0 pen and Closed)
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission indexes and abstracts transcripts of meetings and meeting summaries that are placed in the PDR.
This information is included in a Daily Accession List, with monthly cumulations, and is made available in the Commission's Public Document Reading Room and mailed on a subscription basis to interested persons.
Appendix E contains a sample entry from the PDR Monthly Accession List.
This example identifies and describes the factors that are indexed.
Transcripts of all public Commission meetings are usually placed in the Public Document Room within 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> following the meeting.
During 1989, members of the public examined 523 transcripts of public Commission meetings at the NRC's Public Document Room, and 848 copies of transcripts were reproduced.
During 1989, NRC completed action on four FOIA requests involving the transcripts of 31 closed meetings.
The transcripts were reviewed by the proponent office, the General Counsel's office and the Commissioners to determine whether any portion was releasable.
Responses to these F0IA requests involved the review of numerous documents, in addition to the transcripts themselves, containing information of_an investigatory and personal privacy nature.
One 4
request required review of thousands of pages of transcripts; coordination between the meeting par-ticipants, the NRC's Office of the General Counsel, and the Commission's investigatory offices; and legal research and drafting on a novel issue affecting the release determination.
The other requests required a similar review process.
Consultation with the Department of Justice was also involved.
After review, the Commission released the transcripts of s
eight meetings and portions of 3 other transcripts and withheld 20 in their entirety.
The average time required to act on the requests was 86 days.
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REQUESTS TO OPEN MEET'NGS The Commission's rules describe the procedure to be followed by a person who wishes to request a change in the status of a closed meeting.
10 CFR 9.106(b) and (c) provide that "any person" may ask the Commission to reconsider its decision to close a meeting by filing a petition for reconsideration.
Any such petition must specifically state the grounds on which the petitioner believes the Commission decision is erroneous and the public interest in opening the meeting.
All requests, formal or informal, are referred to the Commission for decision.
Filing such a petition does not automatically act to stay the effectiveness of the Commission decision or to postpone the meeting in question.
i No requests to open a closed Commission meeting were received i
in 1989.
12.
FORMAL COMPLAINTS There were no formal complaints filed in 1989 relating to closed Commission meetings.
13.
EX PARTE COMMUN!0ATIONS On March 26, 1986, the Commission published in the Federal Register (51 FR 10393) a proposed rule on ex parte ~
commur.ications and separation of functions and adopted the rule in final form on March 23, 1988 (see Appendix F).
The rule conforms the Commission's regulations agarding ex parte communications between adjudicators and persons outside the agency to the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 557(d).
The rule also revises the separation of functions rule to preclude private Commission communications with the NRC staff members about a matter at issue in a formal adjudicatory proceeding only if the staff member is an investigator or litigator in the proceeding.
Prior to adopting this rule, the Commission was precluded from private communications with any member of the NRC staff whether or not the staff member was involved in a proceeding.
14.
NRC RULE CHANGE In May 1985, the Commission published a new interim rule implementing the Sunshine Act with a request for concurrent public comments to be considered before determining whether the interim rule should be made final.
Prior to the rule change, the Commission's regulations were somewhat more restrictive than the Sunshine Act required, and the Commission had interpreted them still more restrictively.
The fact that the NRC's restrictive approach to the Act was out of step with Congressional intent became apparent in 1984 with the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court in Federal Communications Commission v.
ITT World Communications, 465 U.S. 467~~ The Hecision, which relied heaviTy on tKe interpretive Guide to the
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The NRC to date has not implemented the rule, and all discussions of agency business by a quorum of Commissioners have taken place in Sunshine Act " meetings."
The Commission, after receiving comments on the rule and a briefing from its Office of the General Counsel on January 17, 1986, decided to defer action pending completion of the study of the issue by the American Bar Association.
In February, 1987, the ABA House of Delegates approved a recommendation establishing guidelines for determining which types of agency discussions fall outside the statutory definition of a " meeting."
The ABA's action confirms the legal soundness of the NRC's reading of the Sunshine Act's requirements.
The Commission has not yet acted on a final Sunshine Act rule.
15.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This report was prepared in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Comments or inquiries on this report or related matters should be addressed to:
Office of the Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Telephone inquiries can be made to the Office of the Secretary by dialing (301) 492-1963.
AEEENDICES A.
Definition of Meetings B.
Tabulation of Open and Closed Meetings by Month C.
Tabulation of Meetings by Days' Notice D.
NRC Regulation as Amended Implementing the Sunshine Act (10 CFR Sections 9.100-9.109)
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Sample Entry from Index F.
NRC Ex Parte (10 CFR Section 2.780) and Separation of Functions Regulations (10 CFR Section 2.781) e 9
3 APPENDIX A Definition _of Meetings NRC's_ Statutory _ Meeting Reauirement The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is a five-member independent regulatory commission established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (p.L.93-408).
It is responsible for assuring the protection of the public health and safety through the licensing and-regulation of the uses of nuclear materials.
Section 201(a)(1) of the Energy Reorganization Act. 42 U.S.C.
584(a)(1), provides that " action of the Commission shall be taken by a majority vote of members present."
Meetings Defined by Sunshine Act Under NRC regulations, revised in 1985, a " meeting" is defined as "the deliberations of at least a quorum of Commissioners where such deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of official Commission business; that is, where discussions are sufficiently focused on discrete proposals or issues as to cause or to be likely to cause the individual participating members to form reasonably firm positions regarding matters pending or likely to arise before the agency.
Deliberations required or permitted b/ Secs.
9.105, 9.106, or 9.108(c) do not constitute ' meetings' within this definition."
10 CFR Section 9.101(c) of NRC's Sunshine Regulations (see Appendix D).
This revised definition has yet to be implemented.
To date, the Commission has treated all discussions of agency business by a quorum of Commissioners as
" meetings" for Sunshine Act purposes.
For the purpose of tabulating meetings in this report, NRC follows the practice of the Commission in deciding whether to schedule topics for Commission discussions.
Most of the Commission meeting sessions other than Affirmation Sessions and Collegial Discussions are scheduled to hear a briefing or to discuss a single topic at some length.
Accordingly, each agenda item scheduled for discussion or briefing is counted as a meeting under the NRC method of tabulating meetings in this report.
Each session at which one or more Commission papers were scheduled for affirmation under the limited notation voting procedure described in paragraph 6 is counted as a meeting.
Appendix B includes counts of meeting statistics reported using the-above definition, and also using the " Common Cause method."
The latter method counts all meetings held on the same day as a single-meeting, whether that meeting lasts one hour or one day and irrespective of the number of agenda items considered.
Both methods are reported here to allow comparisons of statistics by those who use the Common Cause method.
APPENDIX B l
r TABULATION OF OPEN AND CLOSED MEETINGS BY MONTH CY 1989
.2Egi, CLOSED OPEN/ CLOSED TOTAL l
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0 6
6 0
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0 11 (CC) 10 0
0 10 Mar (NRC) 11 3
0 14 (CC) 10 3
0 13 Apr (NRC) 16 0
0 16 (CC) 10 0
0 10 May ((NRC) 11 1
0 12 CC) 10 1
0 11 Jun (NRC) 10 1
0 11 (CC) 8 1
0 9
Jul (NRC) 9 0
0 9
(CC) 8 0
0 8
Aug
)
11 0
0 11 9
0 0
9 Sep (NRC) 6 0
0 6
(CC) 5 0
0 5
Oct (NRC) 4 0
0 4
(CC) 3 0
0 3
Nov (NRC) 7 0
0 7
(CC) 5 0
0 5
Dec (NRC) 6 2
0 8
(CC).
5 2
0 7
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108 7
0 115 89 7
0 96 "CC" = Common Cause method of counting 6
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TABULATION OF MEETINGS
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BY DAYS' NOTICE
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4 Cr 1988 u
DAYS' NOTICE QPJJ[
CLOSED OPEN/ CLOSED TOTAL
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12-or.more 74 5:
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J P !h"> H 0
C PART 9 e PUBLIC RECORDS 0 103 I t 62 Soucos of emereener sincleeures.
! When iniormation concernmg an in. al#85000. Any person who knowtngly a.nd
"*ll.101 Denniuo sa.
y Meuuta cr cDtains any i dridual has t. ten cisclosed to 6.rty ; record concernmg tri inalvidual trotn As used in this subpart p
uncer comped!ng circum. ;
Wer fMae ernenses rnay be (a) "Comtnission" rnetns the colle.
{ s;erson pal body of flte Ccrnmazioners or a
- NRC of!!cer or employee who rntae or S.aM mri cmtedon may be finut up g
- authorised the caclosure shall notify tJ#I'
$ of 1974. or any subdirtsion of that col.
l the incuvidual at his last knorri Ed.
- . dress s1 thin I!ve days of the disclo-( 9 95 toecit.c e s emptione C behalf, ano shtu not mean any bocy
- lenti body authertsed to act on its i sure. The nctice shtu contain the fol.
.owtng informauen: tt) The nature of 3 gg,,,,,,
I not cornposto of members of that col.
g, the taformauen caelosea: (b) the the desisnaiec NRC S) sterns of Recorcs eenM boay.
person or agency to whern the trifor, (NRC-5. NR C-v. NR C-11. NRC 33..Cornmtssioner" means an taal.
mation was cisclosed: (c) the cate of NRC-::. NRC-fA NRC-09. h'RC vidual who ts as rnember of the Coma th2 atselosure; and id) the compelling NRC-33. NRC-37. NRC-39. ano NRC-40) [
- mission, ctreurnstances justifytag the disclo-
, sure.
are eutnpt from a U.S C.13:alc)[3) (d).
(c) "Meettng" rueans the dellbers.
[
(el(ll. (ej(4)(C). {H), (!), and jf) in tions of at least a cuorum of Commas.
eecoroance with 5 U.S C. I.3:alk). Each stoners where such deliberations deter.
- 4 i t.as rees' of these records u subject to the mme or result in the joint conduct or I
Fees shall t:ci te cr:urred for sreiren provisiocs of 19 61:
- disposition of offictti Commtaston j fur or rettew of recorce recuested f a) Contracu Records files.NRC-5
. bustness, that is, where discussions are
- Recorde files. NRC4lb) Equal Fe.piovrcent Opportunity R suffielently focused on discrete pro.
1 putsuant tr this suboart or for mabne
. (t. pics or entracts of records in orcer to posals or issues na to cause or to be l
I :~ake them eseneuIeYresiew fees
$ likely to cause the inalvidual partici.
~
fel Cencrat fersonnes Recorce
-stat,hshe d rursu.nl ic 31 t'.S C wjc
'. Official Fersonnes folder ens Teleteo j' pating members to form reasonably I
i firm positions teatrains matters pend.
) unu 5 LLS C. mfl!31 sh.d be wrec 3 Recornst NRC-11:
1 int or 1:kely to artse before the
.Lcorcirir 10 the setcule &ntameu m 3
3 i 9 33 of tb :,at:'or actua6 c*tt 01 (d)lntestatut e Offices locen. files.
,"nttted b
.D q :noros imeme 0) inc.nduals.
oria Assoc:stea Recorcs.NRC ll 9
. 9 106 o 9 ed
- 4) Persorces Ferforrnance Appraisata, not constitute "rnettings" s1 thin this
} r.;rst. ant to tre Pn c) Act of 1104-definitfort
' NRC-:: :
' mess the D. ret:ct.Dinaion of f recoum et Infarrr.stion anu Pubheutions Scruces A Re crmtirq. Exa mmine, and
~
(d) " Closed meeting" means a meet.
Flacernent Records. NRC-ta:
ing of the Cotnmtsston closed to pubuc de inalnht) o t i ual o Ear o (g) Document Con rol System. NRC-observation as provided by i 9.104.
terause twr1 the recurcs n ailable ag; te)"Open meeting" means a meeting w sihout cost. or at a reduction m cnst. is
,h) Contspondents and Recorns of the Cornmission open to public ob-otnerwise in ttc pubhc mterest.
Branch. Office of the Secretary,NRC-41:
servation pursunnt to this subpart.
(i) Special Inquiry File. NRC-33; (f) " Secretary" means the Secretary i
to the Commission.
Ottoneewort WInformation Secunty Files and sg) " General Counsel" means the Associaleil Records. NRC 37; General Counsel of the commission na
,a) An :njunction or other coun (k) Persormel Secunty Fi!es a nd provided by section *S(b) of the creer may be obtained pursuant to S Associated Reecrds. NRC-39' and awe Energy Act of !W and sMuon U.S C. Eb:stg)(13) to cornpel NRC to (1)Facihty Secunty Support files and
- DI(f) of the Energy Reorganistuon
+-rrna an inemdual to review, amend l Assriciated Receros. NRC-R Act of 19'l4. anc. until suen time na at copy a recora pertattung to him. or ""*
the offices of that officer are in the to be accomparued by someone of his -
4 same location as those of the Cornmas.
i own choosmg shen he resiews his R sion, any mernoer of his office spec 1LI.
9 record. A court order may be obtained
$wbpert C-Government in the 2 ly designated in wrtting by him pursu.
for the payment of a civil pentity im.
Sunshine Ae! Regulations
' ant to this subsection tc carry out his i
posed pursuarit to 6 U.S.C. 35:a(eX4)
I DOO S'00""DD*"-
O' responsibilities under this subpart.
- if NRC intentiontily or willfuuy f atis Thin nuhowrt prevenbes procecures I*I O'""'I"'*""*"
to matntain a record accurately, or f alls to comply sith any provision of 5 pursunni to w tuch NRC meetmes shau Cornmissioners shall not lointly con.
i U.S.C. 552a, or any provtalon of this.
be open to pubhc observation pursuani duct or dispose of Commission bust.
2 to the prowsions of 5 U.S.C. $5:b. This ness in Commission rneetings other subpa,rt. If such fauure resulta in an0 subpan does not affect the procedures serse etfeet on kn individual. Countadverse determmauon or has an adT pursuant lo which NRC than in accordance s1th this subptrt Except as provided in 19.104, every made available to the public for portion of every meeting of the Com.
costa and attemey's fees may be' inspection and copying which remain mission shall be open to pubtle obser.
awarded in enil acuona.
2
?b) Any officer or employee of NRC governed by Subpart A. except that the vau m sno willfully maintains a system of exemptionn set forth in i 9.104 a) shaU f 9.103 General pronsions.
Pecords without meeting the notice re-Sovem to the case of any reque(st mace qutrements of 5 U.S.C. 552ateX4), or pursuant to { 9.23 to copy or mspect the S iMary 2&Jl ensure that EU wno willfuur dtactoses information knoming such disclosure to be prohib.
tra nsenpts. recoroinRs. or minutes
,p,'n' Commission meetings are held in ited by 5 U.S.C. 55:a or by any rules or desenbed in i 9.108. Access to records " f[ph,"
}
us is billt ad terulations issued thereunder, may be considered at NRC meetmes shall continue to be govemed by Subpart A of acousues for public observation. No p
con 1etion may YtneYtfip tN thi5 E8".
additional right to participate in Com.
mission meetings is rranted to any 1
January 31,1989 9 12
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6 PART 9 e PUBLIC RECORDS l person ty this subpart. An operi Fr.tet. t 2:26, cr forreally censurmt any I s hteh s'ould not have ceeri provicto
, ing u not part of tne torrnal or mfor. I t ersort;
- mal recore of decision of the t-stters 61 Dlactose informauen of a person-or mace others1se
- t21 If c;enmg a
- tseuuto therem except u cthersue El nature where such caelosure souls rneetmg or caelosir
- s my mformauen
- recuarea by lass Staternents of v.es*s a constitute a clearly unsttrantee tnv4 s ould reveal letal of otner pohty o* Commasioners or NRC employees at i-or extremoru of cottuon rnace ty ( sion of personal prnacy".
navice, p uolle knes' ledge of s hien could substantially affect the outcome
- 1) Dactose ms esugatory reporu or concuet of genomg or reuonsoly i open meetings are not intencea to rep. I ecmpiled for :ss' enforcement pur.
Enucipatea latisation or r.etot:stioru; i rnent finu determinatioru or tetiefs. I poses, includmg spect!!cally enforet.
or W tf crenmg triy rnetting or cu-huch statements may not be pletoed.
ment of the Atomic Enerry Act of closme any mformation souid reveti
!!954. u amenced. 42 U.S C. 0011 el 4 nted. or rehto tipon before the Cem.
sco.. Ana the Energy Reorgantzauon informauon requestec by of tesumony O mission or in any proceectne urtoer Act of 1970 u trnence6. 42 U.S C.
or proposals to be sinen to other agen.
s Part of these regulations 40 CTR
- I #8 ** or Womauon th th if eies of tonernment, meluding the Con.
greu ano the Executive Branch before
. Part :l encept ts the Commtmon tcay written s ould te cont &tnee in suert the requesttnt agency would receive t d. irect-recoros but only to the entent that the informauon. testimony or propos.
the production of such recorns or in,
~
als. The estmples tn the above sen.
j
. Members of the public attend. I formation sculd: (D Interfere tith en.
tence att Ior tilustrauve purposes only g ing open Comrnaasson meetmts rety { forcement proceentors. 01) deprive a
, use small electronic souna recoreers to I person of a ratht to a fatt triu or En anc are not mtenoco to be exhaustne.
z record the meetms, but the t.se of I scartial actucication. u11) constitute i 9 IOS Comm'**a e"'nem gother electroruc recorcant eculpment i an unsarranteo imuion of t,ersonW
< a> Acuon unoet 1 9.104 shall be
, and esmeru recuires the nasance i prnsey, un disclose the scentity of a -
taken oruy shen a majority of the
{st;tten approval of the Secretary, enficent:al source anc. m the cue of I entire memeersnip of the ecmmission a recora compueo tv a crtminal las I enf orcement au'.t.ortti m the course i sotes to taae suen acuen. A separate i t 9104 Clo ne r m unes.
ci a crimmat i esutstion, or by an sote of the Ccmmasioners snatl te l
a# Encept snere the Cunmasion i agency conauet t a ;astui tationti tuen sith respect to esen Cernmts.
i finds that the pur,hc interest recutres i secunn intemtH4ee imestietuon. con. I sion meetme a portion or cortions of s nien are preposed to tse c4esea to the others1se. Cornmission rneettnes s*.at! I. Hnual dormation furmsned only puche pursuant to i 91R or s nach re.
te closea, tna the recutrements et i Oy the renudenual source, ni cisclose spect to any inntmauon stuen is pro-1 I 9.105 ana 9.107 shtli not apply to i mspeatne t eentticues and proce, poseo to te s,thheld unoer i 9.105tc).
any infor.t.ation pertamine to swen t "sical 8 Of " U
'00'^88' th' 88I' Of A A "lB86 ' OL' ""Y D' ik k'^
ID I'*
sw enfoteement ; spect to'a series of rneettnes, a poruon meettng others1st recutred by this P W safety of succart to be caeloseo to the pubhe 4 E'"0""'8 z ' 8 3 f Restriedl
- of Port 10n8 08 'h'en are er posea to s here the Commission ottermmes in
- il Disclose mformauon the s be closen to the pueue, or sith respect accorcance s1th the proeroutes of n 9.105 that opentnr suen meettnis or 7ture rema.
- to kny informauon concernmt such disclosure of t hich s ould be 3 series of fr.eetmas, so long u eten portlotts thereof or cisclosing such m-Mya huy hw formation. u ltkely to.
mentation of a proposed Commimon mes the same parucular tratters ano a schec.
fil Disclose matters that are 01 spe' action. except that this subpararrach cifically authoruca unaer critena es*
inall not apply in any matance s here u;ec to ce neld no more than thirty tabushea by an Executne order to be the Comrnission hu altenay oiselosed days after the tnatid rotettne m such l kept secret in the mterests of nauonal to the public the content or nature of series. The vote of eacn Ccmmtssioner g defense or foretrn pohey, ano (116 in its proposto acuen, et s nere the Com.
parucipatet in suen vote shall be re.
coroco a,na no proxies snau be M.
3 fact croperly cia.asified pursuant mission is required to make sucri ca.
los eo.
- suen Execuuve creer' to ! clesure on tu osti mitathe prior to
't.i Withm ene cav ef any sete tssen 2: Re! ate so4ely to the mternal per. I ormme fmal acuon on suen troposat: l pursuant to caratraen tal of tais see.
y sonnel rules sna pracuces of the Com.
mimon:
,101 Specifically concern the Corn.
uon. I 9.106in s or i 9.108(c) tr.e Secte.
Gil Disclose matters specifically es* I mimon's issuance of a subpoena. or tary snall mate ruchely assuncle in the Commission a participauon in a the Pubhc Document Room a srttten empted from disclosure by statute civil action or proceedmt or an action copy of suen tote reflectmt the vote totner than 5 U.S C, 521 prouced that such statute m reautres that the or procetoma before a state or fecero of eacn memoer on tM quesuon. If a poruon of a meettnt ts to be closed to matters de s1thheld from the poche in actministrative agency. En action in a the puchc. tne Fecre.ary shall sithtn such a manner as to lease no discre' foretrn court of tmernational tribunal.
one cay of the vote tamen pursuant to Lion on the issue, or 40) estabhshes or an trbitration, or the mittation, parteraph ial cf this section or particular criteria for sithholdtng or conouct or disposition by the Commis.
I 9.106(41. mate pubhcly stallable in refers to particular types of rnatters to ston of a partneular case of formal the Pubhc Document Room a. full te sithheld:
atency adjudication pursuant to S wettten esplanation of its acuen clos.
t41 Disclose trade secrets and com.
U.S.C. 554 or otherwtae involymt a de.
Ing the portion together alth a itst of mercial or financial Laformation CD.
termination on the record af ter an op.
all persons expected to attend the tanned from a person and prwlletto of portunity for a hearing pursuant to confidential, includmg such inferrr.a.
Ptrt 2 or stmtlar provtsions.
meetmg and their n!!!!!stler,t.
Don as ccfined in i 2190(d) of this (b) Exkmples of situations la s nich (el The notices trid Usta recutred by.
paragraph (b) of th:s section to be title:
Comtnission acDon may be deemed to made puDuc may be s1thheld from the
($1 Involvt accusing any person of a be strntilcantly frustrated are: (1) If pubhc to the extent that the Commts.
crime. Impostng a en11 penalty on anY openmg any Cornmtmon meetmg or ston Ceterrnmes that such triformauon person pursuant to 42 U S C. 2282 or ' negoutuorts would be likely to disclose itself would be protected tratttst cis.
42 U S C. 5846. or any revocauen of information provided or requests mace closure by i 9104(al. Arty suen ceter.
any license pursuant to 42 U.S C. See-to the Commission m confidence by mination snail be mace inoepencently persons outside the Commission and of the Commimon s cetermmation 9 13 November 30, issa h
i i
1 1 10h ei i
PART 9 e PUBUC RECORDS 010Sibe
~
I ;;on to C.:se a meettnt, but m acecrc. I may be enanted follosmt the pubbe rsuant to Caratraph (a) ef this sec. t*
M b) The Umt or p! ace of a rateting ttrr.e of the *;tlle announcement of i
ante tith the prpeedure of that suD. I ar.nouncement required by parttT8Cn the meetmg, or if there il rio Cubbe
' sect 10ft Any sue-n cetermma lort m.4
' muonne a stitten explanation for the j :Uthcly announces such et antes atcas of thts section only if the Secret artnouneement at the earliest Dractical time, that. m his or her opinion. the henbn sno the speellte 7tovision or f Int etthest tracticable t;.me The s;D*
meeting rnay te closec to the rubbe
- r
- usion of 19104 tai renco t.;on.
. et rnatter el as rneeting, or the otter.
and thall state each relevant esemp.
a must be.*noe puOllCly ananlable to the l minatiorn of the Cornmission to open tne provision uratas the Commuseon
' entent ; ermitted by the
- nances.
cirettm. j or close a r*etting or Fortion of a votes pursuant to l fl105f t) that such certtfjestion is *retecteg against dts.
- meeter, to the suche, may :e t
closure by n 9104ta). A copy of such er. anted f ollot ant the public an.
- I)1H Penano affected and mations Ier I nouneement require 0 by this subste' eertification, tetether tith a state.
l rec onsseerstion.
ment from the Cresiding offleer of the bon cruy tf. (1) A majority of the l
a) Whenener any person those in.
{nure membe@D of W CNission meetmt settint lofth the LLat and place of the meetet, arid the persons h ;inesu may ee airectly affeeted by a C""m * " ** * '"*'o e d ' o t' Wt i
- ortion of a meeting trQVests that the las us M so trQ W s knc pruent, snan be retained by the Com.
i Ccmm:ssicn close such peruon to the '; that no eather armouncement of the mission. The C;mmuslon stlall mam.
- uthe for any of the reasons refttred g A te S t.
eu1 Die, knc (D the Secte.
tam a complete tratacript or electron.
le recorCmt accounte to record htUy o in *aratraphs tal ($1..O cr II D! *I
^O"^ "
"O h h" the CrocerQmga of each meetth5. of f p n4 the Commission upon reevest ? '^^'8W '
l'
'**cn ~'mD"
'O a
, of any cre Commtssioner. uan snie i " "Ch"^" ** W **"'"'D'*C"'801' portion of a meetmt closed to the ruDue, except that tri the cue of a M *eecroco 4 ole t nether to else luen f 1
Meeting. Or TCrtion of a m eettnt.
g
.)
mme :stess.
.Jotmt. ten i me mmenunt mmteo ey W t,.loseo to the cuelic pursuant to cara.
c
- Any
- *er"at:on to recohstoer ";erson av rent on ~In a e5 Y' ~ I 6 US(as or Tarana n N cf t
+ n u n.
tier et W ur*e. c.au, ans ( rnon tesflD) of 19104. the Ccmmts.
utmt,anMn" i s;on shau rnamtam suen a trs.nsenet.
et un ine rneetmr is cren or ejeseo. Any or recorome or.a set of mmutes. Such
- g
.;g g ej g,
~.
t s en ee a
ore.e t
esp n to
,e,
o g an
)
g p
c! A about the meetmt, shaU also be sVD..*
- Men pursuant to paragrapn ib) of this l*etition for reconsideratton I mitted for EUDheation m the TtteRAs E,each o Rtctstra*
.. tern and the record og any togjggy tection s nail state spectf tcally the -
' E'round.s ett t hleh the CGmmluton r=
g sole treflectme the vote of each Com.
' act:on as c.atmed to be erroneous. and i
<d) The ruthe announcement missioner on the Question). All docu.
re.
' snall set !:rth, if appropriate, the f GwrM by paranach tal of this section menta considered m connection with
- che interest m the c1csmr or epen. K qau e nsist of W SecretsW any setton shah De identitled in such mmutes.
...r
! the eeting. The fG.nr of saen !
'D
'W E08W
- COPY CI W
!b The Cernmission shall rnake Met:teness of the Comtnitsion setton 6 b.oom at g L Strnt. M,oeyfnent i ; rom)etry atallable t a petiuon Sr.nll not act to stay the el. 7. Heument mW he D o asn. I the Public Document Room, the tran.
westion ut.;tss the Commission orcers 1./nate unon W circumstancu.% mn. D C~ M to W eq appro. I strict, e4ectro Or to posts;ne or celay the meeunt m (
- einerwise.
I (u recuireo tv rararraph tal of this
.,1 Malhnt I scenont of the 0 seuuion of any item 5
t hose r ames are en a mathns nsta copy to all f tsens i en the asenoa. cr of alay item of the 191c* Twe announcement nf Gmma,
mn meennes.
mamtaineo for tats purpose:
' testimons of any sitness received at W Eubmittmg a copy for possible the rneetmg. except for such item or
,a)In the case of each racetmg. the ( publicauon to at lesat two nesspapers it. ems of such discussion or testimony
~'((t I re e al circulabon m the Wasning.
u the Commission determines pursu.
'.4}[A((y o her m
at one ee e or t e ant to paranapn ici of this secuon to meetmg. cf the ttrne. Place. hnd sub.
di'iM*e""?n' 0'ess'l"7 tnM"u" U 2'4 $lnW,',,$'ng'mLl"ln".
5"iu Nd' "amsuiot;;r ;nuj;j) t ans h Ch the Sec.
h'I 19 to ri IDS (c ano the rarne and phone rxmoet of J.nutec' uc the of fletal oesag71sted by the CJmma. ; *
'
- l '"^* * " P " * " #,,
i s:en to respond to recuests for mfor. ; o paranaph (as or (b) of thu ucuAeMn unon W second sentenet d3elostrig the identity of each speaker,
' mation acept the meetmr. Such an. v shau be furntshed to atly person upon on I r.ouncement shall be mace unless a shall be tanen only t hen the Commts.
payment of the actual cost of duphes.
' rnaJority of the members of the Com.
sion finas that the public interest tn tion of transert; tion u pronded in mission determmes by a recorced sote pr mpt Commission action or the need i 9.14. The Secretary shall mamtam a that Commissson business requires to protect the cominon defense or se.
complete serbattro copy of the tran.
that such meetmg be called at an ear.
runty or to protect the pubtle health senpt a complete copy of the rmr4utes, r her cate, m a hich cut the Secretary or safety osernces the pubhe mterest or a cemplete electronic recording of l shall rnake public announcement of m hannt full pnor bottee of Commis.
each roteting, or portion of a rnetms.
l the ume p. ace arid subject rnatter of sion meetmts.
closed to the puttu:. for a pened of at least tso years after such meetmg. or f suen meettnt. and s hether open or b $ 10p untu one year after the conclusion of closed to the Duche, at the carbest Ce rtifk anon. t ro n.cript s, aceore. i any Ccmmission proceedmg with re.
- raeucal t;me.
0
'nes one minutes.
j
$ m For esery rneetmr closed pursu.
m as hod. t hichn n ocem W.
spect to anach the meetme or portion
= ant to pararrephs tal(1) throurn t10)
- ef 4 9.194 anc for esery determar:stion.
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- pursuant to ( 9105(c). the General
- CLunsel shan tablicly cerufy at the November 30,1988 9 14
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'N Fni tiv'piesrs of %s *vttnart tr.e pursutral to 4 9104. the Secretary of t wem. -mewe uime MC". :muen all from snom ciscovery ts or will te the Ccmmtation. upon the movice ci
- NRC tarsanno es u.at irrm a cehneo insouent. Areu cf incutry. length of the General Counsel and af ter consul.
ame sasy itorn duty mvoltec. anc tttion SIth the Cornmtssion, snall ce..f 3 o 3 g m n,n i.,more N3iC 6:entincation of documents to be used termme t hich, t! any, pertions of the w m.gn,y a egen oeposition. there appropriate,
!' m!!es trid t hich. L! any lttr*.s of litfor. l, electroruc recorems, transcript or mm. f',cl Th t
ic) The Genet &l Cournel will notify e o pro-the e=nployee knd such other persoru.
&tiorn t'lthheld pursuant to I 9.105(c) vide instructioru tertrains the inter.
u t.;;urMtances may s arrant. of hts a contam trkformttlen whleh snould be ngg epggggggggg og gg, ggg gng gg nog or het oeension on the mattet.
- s'athheld pursuant to i 9.104. In the I event that & tecuest for the recorcir.g.
intenced. And does not, and may not, 1
be tehen upon to create any right of g g p,,,g,,,
g,,,,,,,,, g I transcript. or rnmutes La received bene!!t. substantive or procedural. en.
%,,,,,,,,,,,,,,g,,,,mo, s'ithin the pened durms thleh the re.
forcetole at law by a party askanst the cordmg. tfttuctlpt. of minutes must
- NRC, be retamed, under phr6traptt (b) of
!! a resporae to the demand is re.
lhts Secth 69201 l'rnduction or disclosure prohibit.
Culted before the it structions from
.epro ed by se"**"
- the Orneral Counsel are received. k (egnl;s.
e S. sitorney or NRC attorney anie.
l No employee of the NRC shall,in te.
p$ofee o m ion deter nes th t th et further justification for withhoadmg l t tee he
- C upo arry tr&ructlpt, recordlnt of ott,tr item }
Gem the demand hu been msoe. and of mformation from the pucuc shicn I toO eay a r al tam s k!) furnish the court or other nu.
hits of the NRC cr cisclos "Y'
hu previously been tithheid. !?,en i it.gurneny og e.,gg,.,ggg, e, throurta l nam m N s@ pan W Wm i "DICsuen utfortnation antil be r noe attu. i ation relatme to rinterial contatriec !
any inger, 9 W coun w OM auMnty mit LM t e let Report to Conrtese
- n the files of the NRC. or oisclose any A cemm m been. or is bNng, ks the i m!ormabon er crocuee any material 3 ca.se rnay or, referred for the prompt The Secretary shall armuahn 1* port i a
- Quatec u part of the performance of ; cortsiceration of the appropriate NRC 2 to the Congress teentame the Q*n. }
that empio>ee a cif te:al duties of of fl. e official sna stiall respectfully request 3
mission s compliance mith the Got rt. I e:Al status without prior toprosal of j the court or authority to stay the
.I rnent in the Sunsnme Act, inewdme a t
'Je Ger:etal Counsel of NRC.
demand genome receipt of the re.
- 'abulation of the total number of cren 4 o
m' eetmts, the total number of closed quested instructions. In the event that l l 201 Penecoure in the e+ent of a meetings, the reporu for closint suen..
demens for production or entsoeure.
En trntneciate demand for production
'al Pnor to or S.multaneous sith a or disclosute is rnade tri cateumstances gation brought against the Commts* Imeetmes and a deteription of any litt. 5 demano upon an employe snich sound preclude the proper des.
saon pursuant to the Goseminent m 2 for the production of matenal or the Ignation or appearance of a U.S. or -
NRC attorney on the employee a the Suruhtne Act. including kny test I 19 200. the party stenttg productiondisclosure of information des usessed aga:Fut the Cornmission m o behalf, tne employee shall respectful.
suen litigation (a hether or not psic bY or daciosure must serve the Genertl
!y request the demanding nVthority he Commission 8-Couruel of the NRC alth an affidavit
- cr suf ficient t.me to obittn actice of or statement u cescnted m para.
'ounsel' graptu aba it) kna t:1 of this section.
l"$wboort 0-Prodwmon or D*sclosure Il Whenever a dernand is mace upon an t92H Praccepte in the e*'nt of an
- d.
employee of the NRC for the produc.
.,,,e ruhne.
in gesponse to Subpoenes or Oe. l formation descr B dtion of material of the disclosure of in.
f the court or other Judicial or i'
menos of Cowrts or Other Avtkeri. I
- e in 19 :00. that, nam mciem authonu cmmu a empionee snnit u.rneciately notify the
, stay the encet of the cernano in te.
Generta Couruth !! the oematid ts sporue to a recuest made m accora, t 9 200 Scope of euboast mace upon a regional NRC employee.
ante s'ath ! 9.203 penoms receipt of in.
as This sucpart sets forth the pro, thtt emplos ee shall unmeciately cecures to be followed t hen a subpoe, nottfy the Regional Couruel n'ho. ln strueuens, or if the court or other au.
thority rules that the demand must be
" *a. order' red to u a "demana) for turn, shtH immantely request in.
complied sith irrespective of instrue.
I'ltet refet or other cemario (herem.
a sWCuons the Mutl COM.
A the production of NRC recorns or dis.
4bH1)If om tesumony ts sougnt by m not to pace tM mnett or
- ebsure of NRC Information, incluams the demand a sumtntry of the testl*
disclose the mformauon sought, the itesttmony regarams sucn recorcs, u mony desired rnst be furntsbed to the emplo>ee upon s nom the demand nks -
keen mace shall respectfully decime to g ssued by a court or other judicial or General Couruel by a detailed tifida.
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! Cuanludf:ttl authority in a proceed
- vit or,if that u not feasible, a detailed comply alth the demand, cittng these mg. excludmg Federal gtknd jury pro, statement by the party seenmg the re.ouh gulations and (lntled States c.r rel ceecmss to t'hich the NRC la not a testimorn or the party's attorney.
v Ropen. 340 U'S. 462 (1951).
p arty. Information and documents This requirement may be salved by
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suoject to this suSpart include:
the General Cournel in appropriate v
circumstances.
(1) Any matenal contained la the (2) fLles of the NRC; The General Counsel may re.
m, nan 4,,$edi50FR50:83 Cuest a plan from the party seeking (2) Any informttlen relating to ma.
discovery of all demanas then repon.
terial contained ln the files of the ably foreseeable includmg but not 1NRC.
limsted to names of til NRC personnel i
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I APPENDIX E j
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIDN i
L PDR MONTHLY ACCESSION LIST l
f 87/02/01 - 87/02/28 PAGE I
FILE LEVELS - 10CFR; Commission Meeting Records
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PT9.7 87/02/17
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worsion of draft NUREG-1150 (Source Term). 5 Pp 1-73.
Viewgraphs H
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& " Reactor Risk Ref C+:r:% NUREG-1150, Excutive Summary "
I(48X-39743 246 39743 361 l
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87/01/17.
113pp.
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EE uF uG i
l A Accession number i
i F Document Date i
B Title Fileid G Total number of pages in the package j
C Number of pages of verbatium transcript H Paper File Locator i
D Enclosures
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l Microfiche Locator
_4 E Indicates the Commission meeting pursuant i
- to the Sunshine Act
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JPODIX T PART 2
- RULES OF PRACTICE FOR DOMESTIC LICENSING PROCEED nut Dsetsson 1
shere such seneoules may atffer from I.1.t:0 Final deesoson.
those caewhere crescribec sn these anowir.ew cuyges to er twee a rules or snere these twes co not pre
- termunication pt:niestro tw tr.!:
> a) The Commtaston stU ordmartly senM a scheouk section sr.au ensure inat it ano any i conricer the whole recore on renew, ib) Rule on mottoru fot extensions res;ct.ses to tne cer munication
- tut may limit the tasues to be reviewed t CI N
- rometa are serseo on tre parties anc
- ano consider cruy findmts and conclu ; (c) Reject motions, briefs. plendittes.
pacto in the euobc recora of tr e i s.ons that sere brieled titer the fumt,*. ano other documents ided with the Nm,,,,n,jn,3,,,,,ogg,,;
.,,n g L.*g * *#'
g #gg' Commission later than the ttroe pre.
m a wntieri summary
- acndes ty the Secretary or the Atstst, must M senen anc D
- 4ced in the puche
- Ent Secretary or establuhed by an iPC0f 0 0I lh' Df 0C0*R b) The Commission mky adopt.
mooify, or set aside the findtnes, con
- order. ruje. or reiruistion of the Com.
!dill con receipt of a communication clustons and order in the trut El deci.
mation urdena 3000 cause is shown for
- s4on, and will state the basis of 113 the 16te IUing; knnwir'en rnace or knowiriey causec to Le mace ov a carty in violation of this setion. The final dectaton wiu be in (d) Prescribe EU procedural triante.
- wnting tric willinclude:
menta relating to any orti argument section the Cummitsson or othet t1) A statement of findings and con *
,to be held before the Commisalon:
actuoicatorv empitw ee presioing iri a proceecine may, to the estent corisistent clusions 51th the taats for them on all ten Extend the time for the Cornrnts-with the interests of lustice and the
- nstanti issues of fact, laer or dtscre sion to rule on a petition for review ponty of me unoerhine statutes. teovire tion tresented:
- ) All f uta of ficially noticed:
- uncer 10 CPR 2M86tb);
in p m g go,,,y,,..hv ats claim or
!) Estend the tune for the Cornrata.
intfres, e iry croceroine snouso not ce
, sjon to erant rget on its own motion a
g.
g,,,,,,,g,,,
. ncet 10 CTR.. 86(al.
e MIected on account 31 The rulint on each matenal } re:v:its on lia own motion of a Direc
- Extend time !ct C;minission d ue mation.
2.asue: tna i
L.
Ltcr s oeruti unoer 10 CrR : o6tes; O nl The erombitions of this section 1
e sser-W Men a notice of hearine or other c-t O The appropnate rujme, order, or j
.h) DLreet pleanings trnprocerly filed comtarsoie oroer is issuco in
' ':eniti of rettel,
- :ste uth the effeettre a tefore the Cornm21sion to the appro' accorcance with il 2.1041st. 210$le)( 1
, pnate soluascatory board for setton:
O.02:f cl. :. >t. 2005f t). or :403: or L.
f ai) Whenever the interested person or
} l1.m Petition for reconsidereuen.
Commission saludicatory employee
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.at A petition for recoroideration of d) Deny a request tesconsible for the communication has s f tna) dectston may be filed by a party where the reguest fatis to comply sith.tfor heartnas. e knowiecee inal a notice of hean enthin ten (10) days af ter the date of mmusmn a DRadmt m other comparable orner will be issued m 7,",$ g',$[,n g*,,[n"j,'n*,,;,jo,ut& I m:rcance with li 2.104fs) 2.105(el(
- the cecision. No petition mSy be IUed h
d I" acco nth respect to an trtitial dectston gur Ict m 225% or N l shien has become ftntl throurn f all..lJ ther proceedings:
I:1The cronibitions of this section gre to f ue a notice of appeal.
O) Refer to the Atornie Etfety and cease to apply to ex carte
? Licensms Botrd Panel or an Admirus, communications relevant to the rnents
- trative Law Judge, as approprinte, re.
t) The petition for reconsiderstion i questa for hearings not fallms under of a fuH or partial mitial decision when, sntl) state specLfictUr the respects in
, snich the final dectston is claimed to i 2.104 of this part, where the request.
in accorcance with { J86 the time has espired for Commtssion review of the
- te erroneous, the grounda of the petl*
er ta entitled to f ttrther procecoints:
Atomic $afety eno lacensine Appent End un. s.no the relief sought. Within ten W cars af ter s petition for reconsid*
- El Thie action on rntner procedural licato cecisions on the full or partial
- e
- m6tters, initial cecision.
7 :rstion nas been filed, any other party if)The pronibitions in this secuen do
.ay tale an artswer in opposition to or m support of the petition. However.
not apply te --
the staff may fue such an knewer Resmcted Communications N Envests for and the provision of i
status reoorts; j
nthin twelve (12) days titer a petition l 2.7s0 b oarie communication 6.
for reconsideration has been fUed.
2 In voy proceeditm under this (2)Commutucations soecifically permitted by statute or reeuistion:
suopan-ic) Neither the filing nor the grant.
(3) Communicatioris mace to or by
- ine of the petition shall stay the deel, (ellnterested persons outside the Commission ediurbcatory employees in I
tion unless the Commtasson orders agencv tnav not make or knowingly t_0 t h **8
caviin UeTaoe t'o a'niCommission the Office of the General Co.unsel reFarcme matters pencity cetore a court ediudicaton emplovee, any ex parte or another agency; and
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Authorttr of the Secretarr so rule j the t.routedine,* coinmt;nir.ation relevant to the ments of (4) Comrnunications retarding genefic t 2.ti:
""N*I"*"*
issues mvoivine puohe rieslin ano salett other s; em(piovees rnay not request or entertain W Commission adiudicatory or omer statutory responsioisities of the j
Taen briefs, rnotions or
- pap, rs listed herein are submitted to 7 Itom anyinterested person outsior theasency le p., rujema nings. c,ontressional i
the Commtaston itself. na opposed to heanngs on legislation. ouceNary
- o!!Dets who have been delegated au.
agency or make or knowingly cause to i
. thrnty to act for the Cornrntaalon. the be maoe to anv interested person pannmel not a ssociated,with the resolution of any proceecme unoer this
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outsice :r.e scenev, and ex parte subcart pencme before the NRC.
r communication relevant to trie ments of Isi Presenbe schedules for the illing Ih' D'OC" '"O i 1.781 sewation of functions.
cf bnets, motions, or other pletaitngs.
Ic1 Any Commission ediudicatory ialin any proceedine under this emplover w no receives. manes or suopart. ant NRC officer or employee enused in ine oerformance of any November 30.1988 W
3 PART 2 e RULES OF PRACTICE FOR D0MEST1C LICENSING PROCEEDINGS msent:came of huentire function m inat rwracNet tei of tha struct sr.ali etwit
" I t.tes f unesiona es atome seesey one trucerc:Pt er m a tartu.in rt..teo -
tr.at e etc any tesnontcs to the utenaang Appose heers.
protet:.nr rnar not caturireie in o*
cc.mu'utwo *re en rea tr er e; i.
acuse a Ccmmission acue:ca'en' recora of re crocetotng ano sento ct' (al Tha Commission has althorieto empios ee about the infinal or f.ra!
- Pe 0mmes la tne case of onit Atomic Safety ano Licensing Appean termunications, a wrnten tummah goa,asgo,,,,c,s,in,,,innn,y,ng cecisica en any cispuito assue in test
. perform the review functions wt.ich proctecire. e xcept-trust be stheo and placa the pubbe ill As witness or counsel m the recuro of 9e proceectne.
$ would olherwoe ene been eserciseo
~ snd performeo tv ire Commission.
prettecte 41 f t).The nrohibinons in inis secuen a
i.) Threuen a wntien comfrue.oratiere appn" includme. Out noi simitto to, those unoer serveo en all pernes and resce er: the ci Wbre a nouce of haartee or otett 2112J60 throven 2 ?*1.191L and 2.913 retcro ef the procercing. or comoeracie orcer is issuto in in til proceeoires conoucleo pursuant to 131Through an oral communication arxntoante with ll L104(al. 2.105I:1121 Subpart C of mis cart sad 121 such other mace cott with reasonsbie pnor notice 2 20 lcl.134. 2 05f el. or 2J03; or proteccines as the Commission may
- specify, to all terties ano with reasonsole lu) Whenever en MtC olhcer or cpportum:n for al. carnes in responc.
emolovee wne is or has reasonable iblitt ernhibanon er tarme'a rilet of cause to t,eiseve he of she will be this sect ori ches noi apen it-eataceo it ine periortnance of er it) Communications to or from any insettisaine or uticatine function of a Commission aciudicatorv empio>ce Commits.on aniudicatory emelosee nas res atomt-inowicote inat a notice of heartrg ot h)The status of a proceecing otner comcarable orcer will be issued m hil Mantrs with teearc to wruen the decoroance witn il 1104181. 21011el(2) commur:: cations specificain are LZet LM 205tel, or 2J03 permmen tv statute or reeuistien 0 The cronicitions of inis section hui Asency particioation in teauers w'd cease to arciv to the cisovico penoir. teiore a court or anotre*
j issues certment to a fuu or cartialinitial
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agencr: ct a cecision w rien. in accoroance won
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Dvl Cetene issues involvmc puDuc
- 12fb6. tre time nas emptred for healin ano safety or otner statutory
& Ccmmission review of the Appeal j resDormtuines of the seency to s.,
- Bearc
- cecision on tr.e full or partial i
, ruitmasitts, congressional nearings on j trutsal decision.
- leeisianon. cuoretary planninel not te) Communicanons to. from, and
$ associateo with the resolunon of any between Commission adiudicaton
- proceeoins under this subpari penoma employees not prornbited by this section before the NRC.
i may not serve as a conduit St a (2) Communications to or from communication that otherwise would be Commissioners, memoe" ' their prohibited by this section or for en ex
- ersonai staffs. Com_-
parte communication that otherwise aosuoicatory empiostei ne O! hee of would be pron:bned by l 2380, tne General Countes. an:. ae Secretary (filf an mmal or hnal decision is ano empioseen of the Othee of ine stated to rest in whole or m part on fact Secretarv. retarding-or cpinion obtamed as a result of a b)Init. alien or duection of an communication authonard by this
- nvesotat.on or mitiation of an section, the suostance of the Wercer ent proceemng.
communicauon must be specthed m the ga) Sacervision of spency staff to record of the proceecmg ano every party ensure ccmpuance with the peneral must be afforced an opportunity to pohties ano procedures of the agencyt controvert the fact or opmion. lf the
{ilil S:aff pnonties ano schecules or panies have not had an opportunny to I 'J e allocanon of agency resources; or controven the fact or opmion pner to a ' CacM trweiom ssenunc. n.
the films of the cecision. a party may a:utt.r: prmeivin tret.re y,etut tot unt'mer' t*e f act or comion bs hhnt en urmers:endmp of it:r inues in a un apprai from en mitial decisinn. or a t9ceec:r: anc are no' coricuec te t.,
potmon for taronsideration of a hnai pricvec.r:
umuon tr.at ricany enc concinen set.
i3) hene of the comfrunicaines IOND M* *iurmahon or arcument rehen permitten by paragra pn ibil2) (1).fiiil of nn to atium Ine contrarv. If apprunnais:.
Init secuen is to be associated by the a puriv may be afforded the opporturuly Cnmmasoon adiudicatory erreloice e, for cross.esamination or to preseni the NRC cfhter or empio3 er penormmg
, renuitel encence, ins et9eeme or htipatmp functient witt.
the tetr%tice of art pMr.retre unce*
f Inis s.tcm reroine befort t9 VC 2
W Ars Camissirm som Lee O Atowie Sarery ano tiensing Appgg e*!:rt*e et recenes a Boamp ceri.Pccouen crnhibitto urce L
r 2 3g November 30,1988