ML20045B664

Responds to Which Commented on Interim Guidance on Public Meeting Issued by NRC in Fall of 1992

ML20045B664
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Issue date:	06/03/1993
From:	Selin I, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Gilchrist J AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS
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W ASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 June 3, 1993 CHAIRMAN Mr. James E. Gilchrist Vice President American Mining Congress 1920 N Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.

20036-1662

Dear Mr. Gilchrist:

I am responding to your letter of February 4, 1993, in which you commented on interin guidance on public meetings issued by our Region IV Office last fall.

Although you attributed the document's existence to my initiative to foster greater openness in the regulatory process, the interim guidance in fact was initiated by the NRC staff and was intended to ensure more consistent agency-wide implementation of the Commission's existing open Meetings Policy, which was published in the Federal Register on June 28, 1978.

I have enclosed a copy of the 1978 Policy Statement for your information.

In submitting the interim guidance for Commission consideration, the staff recommended that the Commission formally incorporate the guidance in an internal agency Management Directive.

Largely as a result of your comments, but also because the staff's proposal is an extension of the 1978 Policy Statement, the Commission has instead directed the staff to publish a proposed revised policy statement on this subject for public comment.

The proposed policy statement will explicitly solicit comments on the substantive concerns you raised in your letter.

We anticipate that the proposed policy statement will be published later this month.

The Commission appreciates your bringing your concerns to our attention.

Sincerely,

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Ivan Selin

Enclosure:

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pousst C Utsgest AffuCAftcest emendations, er adylee will be effered on the merita of the app!! cations The Offlee of Juvenile Justlee and Opse asesemos and gamessmeme of teC Sees' during the meetins..

When a party *r petitioner for leste Deltneuency Provention announces a peary oostpeutin ersat prosrein focualns on The Nuclear Regulatory Coenmla, to'latervene requests, reasonable er.-

the problem of ochool violence and

,g,n.s (NRC'al reguladons in le CFR forts will be made by the NRC staff to vandallarn. The obleetite of this sollel. 1.102 peruit appliesnts to confer in. Inforum the party or peutloner of Lation la denlopment af a school re. formally with the NRC techniest staff forthcomlns meetings eenducted by the NRC technlest staff so that appro.

a ree nettstk that provides assist.

during reviews of domesus lleense or anee to studenta, teachers, pannta, ee. permit applicadona. These moeurg ' priate artsnsements for attendance enn be made. It is recognised that in curity personnel, school administes. have served as an eenenual mesna far lors, and community peractmel. The the exchange of technicalinformation some cases the need for a prompt

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mational network is to include a ns*

and views neeeanary for the technle:J meeting may make it impossible or Im.

tior al school resource center and four review of app!! cations. For several practicable to notify all parties and pe.

resional school resourn centers. The years other parties or potential parties titioners. The polley described above nattre.at network will help loen] to domestle lleensing precoedinsa, as also cannot practicsbly be applied to achoots and school districta dealen and well as members of the senersi pubtle, chees encounters between NRC tech.

implement school violene, and vandal

• han, upon requset, been permitted to nical staff personnel and other parties Isrn pre ention programs throush attend app!! cant.NRC technical stalf or peutioners but such chance encoun.

training, technles2 aaststance and ad*

meetings as observers. However. the ters will not be permitted to serve as a eoesey that result in changes in school Cortuntsalon's regulaUons do not to. source of information for the conduct responu to youth behavior, quire that others be permitted le of litsmalng reviews. -

. At the present time there is no as* attend such informal meetings be.

Dated at Bethesda. "ldd, this 30th tional strategy to asalat arMots in tween app!!csnt and staff. and the day of June

• 191L desling effMilfely with stycol crime.

s,entra) prscticg belns followed in thisr rtid has never been formally artico.

For the Nue3est Regulatory Com.

Resourtos are minimal arv frsement.

ed. Many locs! protrsrM an denloped lated. This statement is intended to missleri, Les V. Oosetest, eclely in the interest of security.They provide such artleuladon. It is also hesNew Meriodor Opersno9a fall to scrompitsh '. heir objecthva, fall noted that this matter la related in the to address the i<a] needs of the school pro,Lslon for increased pubtle partici.

IF1L Dee.181101t Plied 8 311e; &48 aml systems, aN fall to provide benefits pauon thich wu approved by the

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Lhat are.cnststent with their costa. A Comm!aston duttns its eonalderstlon NMN nation:J acheel resource network dedi. of N!JRIO 0292 (Denton Report 1.4 cated to a.dvoesey. to form, and a safer As a senersi matter, the Commtastort (Ducaet pse,6e 3101 environment for studenta and teschers and staff try to involve eeneerned esti.

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is needed to provide overall direction sens in kny Commlaston activity in and coordination of enLating and new thleh they have espressed an interest.

beense of W h W achool resources.

All meettnss conducted by the NRC useme i

Preliminary appliestions in response techntes! staff as part of its review of to this announcement an due Novem. a particular domestle lleense or perm!t The (f.8. Nuclear Regulatory Com.

ber 1. It'll. While it is anticipated that appliestion (including an application mtaelon (the Commlastont has lasued only one ersnt stard will be made, for an amendment to a lleense or Amendment No. 32 to Provtalonal Op.

subgrant arrantyments are both se.

permill will be open to attendance by erstins IJeenas No. DPit-18. lasued to ceptabis and encourssed. The grant all parties or petill era for leave to

• Jersey Central Pcwer de tJaht Co. Ithe period elli be for a durallon of filicen intervene in the esse These meettnse lleenseen, which revised the Technleel l

(183 months; the as ted amount will be are intended by th HRC technleal Speelfications for operstion of the r

up to a ma:Imum of $2.500.000. Pre. staff to faellitate an eschange of infor. Oyster Creek Nuclotr Cemerstlns Sta.

!!minary spolications will be conald. mation between the applicant and the lion (the facility). located in Ocean ered only from public and private non. staff. It la espected that the NRC County. NJ.The amendment is effee.

profit seency. orsantaattor.a. and instl. technicaJ ataff and the app!! cant slit live 30 days after the date of its lasu.

tutions. All such agencies, organtaa. nettvely participate in the meetins. ance, tions, and institutions must have dem. Others may attend as observers. IJke.

The amendment revised the Technl.

onstrated espertence in dealins with else, when meetinas are scheduled be.

es! Specifiestions to incorporate re.

youth, tween the staff and other partise or autrements for establishing and main.

Coples of the program sutdelinee petillontra, applicants sould be per. talnins the drywell to supproaalen eIll be releaned on August 1.1978, and mitted to attend only as observera, chamber differeldla] pressure and sup.

esa be obtalnad by contactins the The general polley of open meetings pression chamber water level. to main.

Office of Juvenile Justlee and Delin. described above will admit of only a tain the margins of earety established quency Prevention.1.aw Enforcement few enceptions, which p ust be ap. - in the NRC staff's

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Aaststance Administrst on. Depart. proved by the Director of the relevant ament Short Term Program Safety l

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• ENCLOSURE

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