ML20203M581
| ML20203M581 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 02/25/1998 |
| From: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Gingrich N, Gore A PRESIDENT OF U.S. & EXECUTIVE OFFICES |
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| NUDOCS 9803090117 | |
| Download: ML20203M581 (7) | |
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February 25, 1998 CHARMAN The Honorable Newt Gingrich Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Speaker:
In accordance with Public Laws 94 409 and 104 66 (5 U.S.C. 552b0)), I am enclosing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Annual Report of the Administration of the Govemment in the Sunshine Act for Calendar Year 1997, Sincerely,
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ANNUAL REPORT GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE ACT 1.
AGENCY NAME:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2.
CALENDAR YEAR 1997 3.
The NRC made no changes in its policies and procedures related to the Government in the Sunshine Act during 1997.
4.
MEETINGS:
(See definitions in Appendix A)
(January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997)
A.
Total Number of Open..........................
69 (83%)
B.
Total Number of Closed........................
14 (17%)
C.
Total Number of Partially Open/ Closed.........
0 (0%)
j Total Number of Meetings..................
83 The above meetings are counted by the number of separate agenda topics discussed as described in Appendix A.
Appendix B contains a tabulation of open and closed meetings per month for CY 1997.
Throughout this report, meeting numbers quoted are counts of individual items.
5.
EXEMPTIONS USED FOR CLOSING OR PARTIALLY CLOSING MEETINGS:
(Number of Times Used)
A.
Exemption 1 7
Exemption 5 & 7 4
Exemption 2 2
Exemption 9 1
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DESCRIPTION OF LITIGATION AND FORMAL COMPLAINTS:
There were no Government in the Sunshine Act cases involving NRC filed or otherwise in litigation during 1997.
There were no formal complaints filed in 1997 related to closed Comission meetings and no requests to open a closed Commission meeting were received.
7.
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) 415-1968.
APPENDICES:
A. Definition of Meetings B.
Tabulation of open and Closed Meetings by Month C. Tabulation of Meetings by Days' Notice mem,sW 4
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Definition of Meeting NRC's Etatutorv Meeting Requirement 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 ensuring 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 Enorgy 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."
In order to conduct meetings'under the Government in the Sunshine Act, a
quorum must be present.
ligatings Defined by Bunnhine 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 reanonably firm positions regarding matters pending or likely to arise before the agency.
Deliberations required or permitted by Secs.
9.105, 9.106, or 9.100(c) do not constitute ' meetings' within this definition."
(10 CFR Section 9.101(c) of NRC's Sunshine Regulations)
Although this definition would allow some deliberations to be held in a non-public setting, the Commission has chosen to treat 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 for scheduling topics for Commission discussions.
Generally one agenda item is scheduled for each discussion or briefing session.
Accordingly, each session is counted as a separate meeting under the NRC method of tabulating meetings in this report even if several discussions or briefings occur on the same dsf.
Appendix B includes counts of meeting statistics reported using the above definition and methods.
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TABULATION OF OPEN AND CLOSED MEETINGS BY MONTH CY 1997 Qp2D d.QAgd Doen/ closed Total Jan 9
2 0
11 Feb 7
2 0
9 Mar 4
2 0
6 4
Apr 5
0 0
5 May 14 2
0 16 Jun 5
1 0
6 Jul 0
0 0
0 Aug 5
0 7
Sep 5
0 0
5 Oct 7
0 0
7 Nov 3
2 0
5 Dec 5
1 0
6 Year to Date 69 14 0
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TABULATION OF MEETINGS BY DAY 8' NOTICE January 1,1997 December 31,1997 DAYS' NOTICE OPEN CLOSED OPEN/ CLOSED TOTAL 12 or more 52 8
0 60 11 0
0 0
0 10 0
1 0
1 9
0 0
0 0
8 0
0 0
0 7
A 1
2 2
Subtotal 58 10 0
68 6
1 2
0 3
5 2
0 0
2 4
0 1
0 1
3 1
0 0
1 2
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 Less than 1 2
1 A
A Subtotal 11 4
0 15 GRAND TOTAL 12 11 A
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