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SECY-78-184: Provision of Information to Congress
ML21308A052
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UNITED STATES April, 31 1978 NUCLEAR REGULATOAV COMMISSION

_SECY:.7'8-184 WASHINGTON, D. C. 201511 INFORMATION REPORT For:

From:

SybJect:

Pu!J?.2se:

Discussion:

Contact:

C. Lotze, PLA 492-7721 The Comnissioners

  • Lee V. Gossi ck, Executive Di rector for Operations

. PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO CONGRESS To infonn the Conmissioners of the results of a recent survey on NRC offke*co11111Jnications with the Congress.

Recent experience in hearings before the Subcomnittee on Energy and the Environment, the Subcomnittee on Nuclear Regulat.ion, the Subconmittee on Energy and Power, the

.Subcomnittee on Publfc Works, and others emphasizes the importance of our comnunications with Congress

  • We have., therefore, requested from all staff offices a listing of current practices. in this regard.

The..responses received are presented in separate tabulations:

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~ Enclosure 1 disp*lays by off.ice *the types of 1nfonnat1on sent and the tra11smittal proceeding for routine and for non-routine c011111Unications.

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  • Enclosure 2 1s a cros~-cut listjng *of the same data, arranged by recipient*. coimrf.ttee.
  • Enclosure 3 is a listing ;Ot all Congressional units with which OCA has recently had CQntact.
  • Enclosure 4 is a surmary of conments provided by the offices suggesting.various options for i111>roving our co11111mi cations with
  • Congress.

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The Co11111issioners

Enclosures:

The survey yielded two conclusions:

NRC offices provide a very large quantity of infonnation to the various C011111ittees.

Many NRC senior staff members feel uninformed about the additional infonnation needs and interests of the COffl11ittees.

Regarding the first point, my staff is carrying out further analysis to determine what, if any, additional items of infonnation should be provided to the Congress. Concerning the second item, new approaches may be desirable.

  • At your convenience, I would like to discuss options and additional procedures that might enhance relation-ships with the Congress as well as improve c.~nfcations withf n and outside the NRC.

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ee v. Gossick Executive Director.for Operations

1. Transmittals by office
2. Cross-cut
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OCA Congressional contacts

4. Office conments

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ECLOSURE 1

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ffRC__nF_f_fil EXECUTIVE LE&AL DIRECTOR ADl1IIUSTRATIOlt Org1ntz1tton and Personnel Ltcense Fee Nanage11ent Br1nch Contracts Factltttes and Operations Techntcal Info. and Oociaent Control Security Otvtsion of Rules an4 Records PR"(ISION Of INFOlfflIIOH TO CONGR£SS A. ROUTltlf IYfES Of *lllfOIIIMJI.

None Annual certtftcatton of all posttton descrtpttons. 1ncludt!IQ 1ver1ge grade a~ s1l1ry. a~

  • n&111>er of FT eaployee, -at ttncl of current f1 sea 1 year,
  • None Contract acttvtttes (Equ1l.low bids. atstakes.

protests)

Stattsttcal lnfo,..tton ftone Rainbow Books, Press Releases, Reguh.tory Guides. Ltcensee Event

  • Reports, Current Events and Oper1Ung Experttinces Clnrances for ~rs of Congress ederal Rpister tlotlces:
    • Notices o Proposed Ruleaak1111J
b. Nottcesof Rul-.Ung

,c. Notices of Ftltng of Petlot1s for Rul.. klng.

d. Notices of Dentals of Pet1t1ons for Rulaattng
e. Notices of HRC Heetfngs Reprdtng Ruleaattng
f. Advance Notices of Proposed Rul.attng
9. Notices Regardtng NRC Poltcy Stat.ants
h. Nottces Regarding,-rlnck of Understanding
  • (ltote: All [00 staff offtces route OCA 1t*s through EDO)

JRAttSMITTAL PROCEOORE

  • Dtrec~ to SeMte tcatttee on

. Post Offtce and ctvtl Service and House COllllltttee on Appro-prtattons. Copy to CA.

Dtrect tQ COMptroller General, ~o

&SA Direct to Me111bers of Co"9ress. KJC (See Attaclwent A)

... To OCA (Includes a - h)

Through OCA To: Udall Cclnltttee

  • Hart Ca1111i ttee

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  • P19e 2 HRC OFFICE D1v1s1on of Rules and Records (cont*d,)

OFFICE OF THE CONTROll.ER I

  • A. ROOTIN£ TYPES Of lftFO!MTIOff Report of proposal to n~blhh a qew *Y*1-of records o-r lc;.,ike s~bst1nt1v* change*

to systeas of records w,r Pr1~*~Y Act of 1974 NRC 1s Privacy Act Annu11 llepor~

_ NRC's Annual Report on th, allll1ntstrat1on of Freedaa of f!'lfo~~1on Act Budget Jutt1f1cat1on Books Autho~tzat\\on.8111 and J111 ~lys1s

  • Appropriation Language ind APPropr1ation Justification (A-11 Schedule>

Responses to Authortzatton tQlll!l1ttee Questions Responses to Approprtat1on Cma1ttee Questtons "4rkup of Authorization Testillony TRANSMITTAL PROCfDU@E Through OCA To; Speaker of ttouse President of Senate Udall COMtttee Hart Coallltttee CR Dtrett to ot8 for inclusion in President's Report to Congress Through OCA To: S~ker of the House President of the Senate Udall CmNtttee Hart Ca1111tttee House C01111ittee on Gov't. Operations Cmaatttee on Interstate & Foreign C011Werce Through OCA To: 3 Authorization C0111Rittees 2 APP.roprtatton C011111tttees Through OCA To:

3 Authorization COlllllittees 2 Approprtatton COQU1ttees.

Through (Jfll for President's Budget Through OCA To; House and Senate Authorization C011111ittees Direct to House and Senate Appro-prtatton Caa.ittees, with prfor OCA concurrence Through OCA

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House arid Senate Authoriza-tion CQ!llllltttees

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INTERtlATIOHAL PROGRAMS

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A* ROUTINE TYPES Of INFOIIMATIQII ffJrk'fp of Appropriations T*it11111>n1 lnfor,11tion on ReprogrUllll119 Act1on11 u they occur St4tu1 of Pending Exports (tlo,tthly ~port)

Nelll l.1cen5e Apo11catfans Recehttd International Research ind. lnforNt1m*-

t:xcnange 119reeaiertt. JnfonMtion-

  • f~fo~t1on on Select fxport t.1cen1e cas,,

TRANSNITTAL PROCEDURE Direct 'to House and Senate Appro-.

pr1ation, Couu1ttee. *with prior OCA concurrence Through OCA To; Authorliatlon Coaalttee, Through OCA

. To: Senfte SfbITTtttee on Energy.

1tuc;1eaf ro ferat1on, and federa nv ce 01 rec t to fOC Thr.ouQh uepartment of State

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k (Continued).,. Paqe 4 NRC OFFICE STATE PROGRAMS E(JIAl EMPLOYMENT OPPOIITUHITY HAHAGEHEIIT INfORMATION ANO PROGRAM CONTROL NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH IIJCLEAR HATERJALS SAFETY All> SAFEGUARDS A. RWTINE TYPES Of INFORf0TIQ!f Reports of non-routine e~ent, 1q Agreaent States fonaal reports of.. Jor stl!d1H and WOrk$hops State leghlat1on 1nfonut1Pn report Congressional correspondence Quarterly report on s\\itu* Qf NRC EEO 1ctly1t1es Ratnbow Books Current £vents and 0per*~1ng Exper1e11Ctts M6nthly l1censee Event Report5 quarterly Abno~l Occurrence Reports

  • .. Jnd1v1dU4 l Abno11111 l Occurr.,pce Reports currently - None Anriually, After April 12 1 1978; J~prov~ ~fety R~search Budget lnfonu t ton,_ AhnonaaJ_ Occurrence
Reports, TAANSHIJTAL PflJ>CEOURE Through OCA Through OCA and direct upon request subsequent to transatttal through OCA Through OCA and d,rec:t on request Through OCA Through OCA Olrect Through OCA Direct Tflrough OCA Through OCA (See Attactaent C for d1str1button 11st)

Through EOO and Conatss1on Through EDO

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  • hH 5 NRC Off.Ill STMOMlOS ~VllOPffEHT INSPECTION AHO ENFORCOltlT tllCLEAA REACTOR REWlATIOlt 01v1s1on of Operating Reactors A, ROOTINE TY~ES Of JHFORHAJ ION Fet1y111 @31*t!f Notices. ffrt*tn1N to
  • pub c.., ngs, proposedregul*i*-*

eff.ect1ve regu1at1ons, ~nd -=1-tP-. ~

pettttons for ruleaa~lne*.

. Toptc1l report$ 1nnouncecf fn the frenl,

seupteA. all regulatory guides an rat I EA safety gufdeJ wtth feder,1 ft!91!t*r: notice. * *

1. Prelf*lnary Notlftcatt~n of fV411'\\ or Unusual Occurrence
b. Prelttnary Not1f1catlon of Slfeguarclf Event c, Nottf1catton of St~nlftcant Enforc.ent Action Notification of events at plents 1nvolvtng l1rue aount~ of public attenifon Quarterly Alinorul Occurrence Report~

Reports on Unusual Actions or St9nt.ftc1nt Incidents Shoi., CaU$e Orders Issued to ~tcenseei

  • Senat* tonlttaa on Env1roraent and Pld>>Hc Works Subcona1ttee on HUclear lagul1tton _

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  • J11>u11 c... ttte* on lntertor and Insular Aff1tn.

SubcU111t ttee on Energy incl £nv1nNaleftt

  • House Comftt.. on l11terst4te and forettfl eoi-erce Subc011ailtee on Eneru *nd rower

, House C01111tttee on lntentilte IJld Foreign Couierct Subc011111ltlee on Oversight it1d Jnvesttgatlon,

__,L TRAIISHITTAL PROCEDURE Through OCA To; Sepate - Hart ftouse - Ucta n Through EOO:

Adlll111htr1Uve and Correspondence eraqch 1n accordance wtth OCA 19ree11ent Jo; Senate - Hart House - Uda11 Through OCA (for *,b, and c)

To; SNR/SCE A PW*

SEE/OCIIA SEP/IICIFC S01/0ClfC Through OCA To: Spec1f1c_ MOC 1n whose district the plants.re located Through OCA Through OCA Through OCA To:

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(Continued) - Page 6 f!IC llfflCE NJCLEAR R~ACTOR llEGULAHON (c!lnt 'cl,)

Dtvtston of Project "*n*u*en~

Dtvtston of Stte Safety ond Envtroraental Anal~s1s 0£00 I*

A. BOOpHE TYPES Of INfoWJION COfl!lres~iontl 1ncpt1r1ei.

Saf,ty £valuatton R,porti*,114 Notice, supplanents to Safety Eyalu,tton lleporti tonstruct1on Pera1ts and lk>t1c~s Orders of Extension of Constructton Ca-

. pletton Dates and Rehted Safety Evaluation Operating Licenses and Nl)ttces Prelitnary and finol Pestgq Awrovals Qrders to Show Cause, Orders for Rectss10P, Revocation, or Suspenstop_

  • Lttted Work Authorlattons b, Notices of Avatlablltty of ER

_..C. Notices of Issuance of DES and fES c~..;.espondenc~ related to the Batlly dewatert,ig prob_laa Annua.J Report to Cong~ss JRANSf41JJAL PROCEOURE Through OCA ttRR Tr4n5111ttt1l fo1111 w/copy to OCA NRR TranS11tttal,for,11 w/copy to OCA HRR Transttt11.=iora w/copy to OCA NRR Tr1nsatttal fof'III w/copy to OCA NRR Tr*n!illtttal Fora w/copy to OCA NRR Tr1n5111ttt4J Fo1111 w/copy to OCA NRR Tran5111lttal fora1 w/copy to OCA HRC TranS11tttal fora 121 (for a,b, &c)

To: Udall llart

  • Dingell Direct to*,pectf1c MOC Dtstrtbutton to.... coordtpate OCA I

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Al>>tltUSTRATION ltcense fee Manage111ent Br*~h Technical Info and OoClalent Control Security D1v1ston of Rules and Records OFFICE Of TH£ CONTROLLER PROVISl(!t Of JNFOAMTION TO CQNGR(SS

8. ll>N-RWTINE
  • TYPES Of l~FOflMIU!i Notice of Rule Change

~rrespondence and requests for.

reports/bulk c()fltes of doclal8nts

-lf'foraation concerntng ti* handl int of NRt chutfied 1nfonaat10fl.

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t Budgetary Jnforaat1on vta Telephone Requests Responses -to Budgeury Questions Referred to Ofv1s1on of Budget by OCA

  • All Congressional correspondence ts routed thru OCA
  • (tlote; All EOO staff offices ro~te OCA fte91s through EOO)

IIIAHSMITTAL PROCEDURE*

lbrougti OCA I,

I ThrQllgh OCA Ttarough OCA To:

S£E/CJIA (Udall)

SNR/CEPW (tt1rt)

Through OCA

. Tt!rough OCA D1rect to C011111ttees (generally House and Senate Appropr1attons) with lllellO to f11e and copy to OCA Dtrect to C<J11Dtttees (generally Authortzatton) with meao to file and copy to OCA I

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(Conttnued) - Page 2 fllC !!_FICE STATE PROGRAMS HANAGEM£NT IHFORHATION AHO PROGRM CONTROL flUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH lllClEAR AATERJALS SAFETY Atl> SAFEGUARDS STANDARDS DEVELOPHENT IHSPECTION ANO ENFORCEMENT llJCLEAR REACTOR RE6UlATlOlt Dtvtsfon of Operating Reactors Otvtston of Project Hanag.. nt Otvts ton of Stte Safety * Envtro1111ental Analysts I* *--

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B NQN-BtllIINE TYPES Qf INFORMTUlN Requests for-data and 1nfor94ttoq Requests for cc,e1es of reeori. GI\\ State Progr111 *ct1v1u._ or for cqntractor r-,oru..

Teltptiontt requests for knowledgeable witnesses Telephone requests for published report, and lnfof'llllt1on

~qi.Ml~~~ f9r _P.{>C~fltS _.

Testtony. answers to questions, etc, Heettngs w/Congress Responses to call~

.Re~ponses to r,quests Telephone requests for tafo'11111tlon -

eg,, Ft. St. Vrafn Telephone requests for lnforaatton

  • briefings Congress notified \\llhen * *tter b c:ontrover51al or extensively adjudicated, e.g., fCCS.fuel den-slftcilton, Seabrook.

NaJor action$ or events I!!M!SNIJTM. PROCEOUHE Through OCA Through OCA Otrect, wtth *er,o to OCA Dtre,t, wtth *emo to OCA Direct Through EDO Only after no~tftcatton of EDO, OCA Dtrect response to HOC, wtth **emo to Otrector, tttSS. EDO, and OCA Direct, as appropriate

  • Direct by telephone OCA pottfted after the request Only through OCA (Not spectfted) j I
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PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO CONGRESS I. Udall CoD111ittee (House SubcOD111ittee on Energy and Environment)

Hart Colffllittee (Senate Comittee on Environment and Public Works)

1. Notices of Proposed Rulemaking
2. Notices of Rulemaking
3. Notices of Filing of Petitions for Rulemaking
4. Notices of Denials of Petitions for Rulemaking
5. Notices of NRC Meetings Regarding Rulemaking
6. Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking
7. Notices Regarding NRC Policy Statements
8. Notices Regarding Memoranda of Understanding
9. Report of proposa 1 to es tab 1 i sh a new system\\of--t:ecords ____ -.::_
10.

NRC.'s Annual Report on the administration of Freedom of Infonnation Act li. Budget Justification Books

12. Authorization Bill and Bill Analysis
13. Responses to Authorization Comittee Quest_fons
14. Markup of Authorization Testimony 15_. Infonnation on Reprogralfflli ng Actions as they occur
16. Federal Register Notices pertaining to public meetings, proposed regulations, effective regulations, and decisions on petitions for rulemaking.
17. Topical reports announced in the Federa1 Register, all regulatory guides and draft IAEA safety guides with Federal Register notice.
18.

Show Cause Orders Issued to Licensees

  • Enclosure 2 contains some items supplied by OCA that.are not included in the listing under Enclosure 1.
19. Limited Work Authorizations
20. Notices of Availability of ER
21. Notices of Issuance of DES and FES
22. Responses to Budgetary Questions Referred to Division of Budget by OCA 23~ Preliminary Notification of Event or Unusual Occurrence
24. Preliminary Notification of Safeguards Event
25. Notification of Significant Enforcement Action
26. Notice of Rule Change on License Fees
27. Fonnal reports_ of *major studies and Workshops
28. Quarterly report on status of NRC EEO activities
29. Current.Events and Operating Experiences l 30. Quarterly Abnonnal Occurrence Reports
31. Individual Abnormal Occurrence Reports

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32. Annually~ After April 12, 1'978: Improved Safety Research 'Reports
33. Quarterly Abnonna.1 Occurrence Reports
34. Reports on Un~sual Actions or Significant,Incidents
35. Show Cause Orders Issued to Licensees
36. Grant of Waiver to Nonna 1 Contract Procedures
37.

Brown Book

38. Press Releases
39.

NRC Co11111ents on GAO Reports

40. Significant ASLAP Board Orders
41. Sulllllilries and Announcements of ACRS Meetings
42. Weekly Agenda of Comnission Meetings II. Dingell Conmittee (House Conmittee on Interstate and Foreign C011111erce)
1. NRC's Annual Report on the administration of Freedom of Infonnation Act
2. Budget Justification Books
3. Authorization Bill and Bill Analysis
4. Responses to Authorization Conmittee Questions
5. Markup of Authorization Testimony
6.
  • Information on Reprogramming Actions as they occur
7. Limited Work Authorizations
8. Notices of Availability of ER
9. Notices of lssurance of DES and FES
10. Responses to Budgetary Questions Referred to Division of Budget by ClCA
11. Preliminary Not.ification of Event or Unusual Occurrence*

1e. Preliminary Notification of Safeguards Event.

13. Notification of Significant Enforcement Action:
14. Report of proposal to estab,lish a*new sys¥"

of records

15. Fonnal reports of major studies and Workshops
16. Quarterly report on status of NRC EEO activities.
17. Current Events and Operating Experiences
18. Quarterly Abnonnal Occurrence Reports
19. Individual Abnonnal Occurrence Reports I
20. Annually, After April 12, 1978: Improved Safety Research; Reports
21. Federal Register Notices pertaining to public meetings, proposed regulations, effective regulations, and decisions on petitions for rulemaking
22. Topical reports announced in the Federal Register, all regulatory guides and draft IAEA safety guides with Federal Register notice.
23. Quarterly Abnonnal Occurrence Reports
24. Reports on Unusual Actions or Significant Incidents
25.

Show Cause Orders Issued to Licensees

26. Notice of Rule Change for*License Fees
27. Grant of Waiver to Nonnal Contract Procedures
28.

Brown Book.

29. Press Releases *-
30.

NRC Conments on GAO Reports 3}. Significant ASLAP Orders

32.

Su11111aries and announcements of ACRS meetings

33. Weekly agenda of Conmission, Meetings
  • III. Members of Congress,(As Appropriate*)

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1. Rainbow Books, Press Releases
2. Regulatory Guides, Licensee Event
3. Reports, Current Events and Operating Experiences
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New License Applications Received

5. Notification of events at plants involving large amounts of public attention
6. Correspondence related to the Bailly dewatering problem
7. Clearances for Staff Members of Congress
  • ~ Not all material is sent out to specific members and high priority items also go to the authorization cOlllllittees.

III. Meni>ers of Congress (Continued)

8. Reports of non-routine events in Agreement.States
9.

NMSS Abnonna l Occurrence Reports

10. Reports on Unusual ActiQns or Significant Incidents
11. Show Cause Orders Issued to Licensees
12. Safety Evaluation Reports and Notices
13. Supplements to Safety Evaluation Reports
14. Construction Pennits and Notices
15. Orders to Extension of Construction Completion Dates and Related Safety ~valuation
16. Operating Liclnses and Notices
17. Preliminary and Final Design Approvals 1 18. Orders to Show Cause, Orders for Reci sion, Rev_ocation, or Suspension
19. Individual Abnormal Occurrence Reports IV.

Bevill Conmittee (House Appropriations)

Johnston Co111nittee (Senate Appropriations)

1. Budget Justification Books
2. Authorization Bill and Bill Analysis
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Responses to Appropriation Comnittee Questions

4. Markup of Appropriations Testimony
5. Budgetary Infonnation via Telephone Requests
6. Annual certification of all position descriptions (Bevill only)

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.~ V. C2!!!2,troller General

1. Contract activities (Equal low bids; mistakes, protests)

VI. ~nate Comittee gn __ P2st Office & Civil Service

1. Annual certification of all position descriptions VII. 0MB
1. NRC's Privacy Act Annual Report
2. Appropriation Language and Appropriation Justification (A-11 Schedule}
3. Report of proposal to establish a new system of records VIII. ~eaker of House President of Senate J. Report of proposal to establish a new system-of records
2.

NRC's Annual Report on the administration of Freedom of Infonnation Act

3. Waiver Granted to nonnal Contract *Procedures IX. House Co11111ittee on Government Oeerations
1. NRC's Annual Report on the administration of Freedom of Infonnation Act
2.

NRC Conments on GAO Reports X. Glenn Subcomnittee.{Energy, fiu~lear _proliferation ~nd Federal Service)

Zablocki Subconmittee {International Relations)

1. Status of Pending Exports
2. Infonnation on Select Export License Cases

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.,. XI. Senate Governmental Affairs Co111t1ittee

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NRC COR111ents on GAO Reports.

ENCLOSURE 3 OCA Congressional contacts

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Appropriations:

SuLcamcittee an Public Works -

Chainnan Tan. Bevill Arm:.v! Services Subcam\\ittee on Intelligence and Military Application of Nuclear Enerl3Y

  • Chainnan Melvin Price Govemnent Operations Subc:amti.ttee a1 Environment, Energy and-Natural Resources Chaim,an.J.e;o J. Ryan Interior ar..d Insular Affairs Subccmnittee oo Energy and the Environment--chainnan Morris K. Udall International ~tions Subcarmittee en Intel:national Security and Scientific Affairs Olaiman Clement J. Zablocki Interstate and Foreign camerce Subccmnittee on Energy and PcMer ---Olainnan J~ D. Dingell 1 Subccmni.ttee on* Oversight and Investigations--chaii:man John E. M:>Ss Judiciary Subcxmnittee on Administrative Law and Govel:1:m!nt Relations Chainnan George Danielson Public Works aIXi Transportation Subccmni.ttee on Public Buildings and Grounds-Chai:r:man Norman Mineta
  • Science and Technology Subo:mnittee an Fossil and Nuclear Energy Resources, Develoµcent and Denalstration -

Chai.rrran Walter Flowers Subccmni ttee al Environment and the At:Irosphere-Chai:r:man George E. Brown

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Appropriations:

Subccmnittee of Public Works -

Chairman J. Benr.':!tt Jdmston came.to::, Science and Transportation Subcx::mnittee en Science, Technology, and Space -

ChaiJ::man Alai E. Stl--ven.son Energy and Natural Resources Suba:mnittee on Energy Resources and DevelOfmel'lt -

Chail:man Frank Church Suboarmittee en Energy Producticn and Supply -

Chaiman Floyd Haskell

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Enviroment and Public Works Subcarmittee an Nuclear Regula.ti.a,. -

Chainnan Gary Hart Government Affairs Subccmnittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services Chai.l.'man Jam Glenn Judic:w:y Subccmnittee on Administrative Practice and Proceciure-Chainren James Abourezk

  • 1Subccmnittee en Antitrust and ~ly Olai.:rman F.dward M. Kennedy

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AUTHOR!ZATICN Q'.:Y*lMl'l'l'EES:

Senate:

Succcmnittee ai Nuclear Regulation Ccmnittee ai Enviromnent and Public Works senator Gaey Hart, Chail:man House:

Subcxmni.ttee al Energy and the Envirorment Ccmni.ttee on Interior and Insular Affairs Representative Morris K. Udall, Chai.l:man House:

Subcarrnittee at Energy and PQ1er Ccmnittee at Interstate and Foi;_eign CClrmerce Representative Jdm D. Dingell, Chairman

--i APPOOPRIATICNS CXMaT!'EES:

Senate:

Subcxmni.ttee on Public Works Ccmnittee en ~ations Senator J. Bennett Jd'lnston, Chairman House:

Subcx::mm.ttee on Public works Carmittee on Appropriations Representative Thanas Bevill, Chainnan

ENCLOSURE 4 Off1 ce comments

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  • Enclosure 4 SUGGESTIONS FOR KEEPING CONGRESS FULLY AND CURRENTLY INFORMED I. One conclusion that emerges from many of the responses is that we don't really know what Congress wants in or~er to feel "fully and currently infonned.

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l. Develop guidance for the staff through consultation with Congressional c0flll1ittee staffs for the types

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of non... routine information that should be sent to Congress.

i. Set up Congressional f~llowships so that NRC employees i

would work on the-staffs of the major oversight cormri ttees for one-year tenns. This. should improve con111.mf cations between NRC. and th~ *Congress. thus giving us an understa~ding of Congressional needs.

3. Perhaps on a temporary basis, we could arrange to send OCA a sample of all issuances for review and discussion with representatives of Congressional COlllllfttees so that the COIIlllittees can decide what they would like to receive.
4. Conmission policy should encourage discussion with Congress of matters yet unresolved by the...
  • Conmission itself as a means of gaining feedback on the analysis of regulatory impact.

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We should support the policy of providing regulatory impact analysis to Congressional cormiittee staffs for infonnation and corrment.

6. The office of Congressional Affairs should include ad

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representation from program and statutory.offices for purposes of routine coordination and policy implementation.

7. For especially significant events occurring at licensed facilities. OCA should send a copy of the Preliminary

. Not~f~cation to the offices of Senators and Repre-sentatives in whose district the facilities are located. OCA could offer to arrange for a briefing if so desired.

8. For ~ignificant programmatic changes that have been approved in the budget process~ *NRC should notify the affected Congressional offices where the changes are initiated. For example, when the first resident inspector. ~ts assigned to a facility, OCA should notify the various subc01J111ittees and the Congressmen of that district.
9. Periodic (perhaps quarterly) briefings of the staffs of the principal comnittees should be held. Such briefings could be handled on a functional basis, e.g.,

safeguards.

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  • 10. Perhaps some of the docµments generated by the Office of Management and Program Analysi.s should be provided
  • Some examples are:
  • Nuclear Power Plant Operating Experience

~ Current Events - Power Reactors

  • Occupational Radiation Exposure Report
  • Radioactive Materials Released from Nuclear Power *Plants
  • Generic Activities Sumnary Status Report
11. It also appears evident from these responses that we lack a central, internal CODlllunications node, or network, whose responsibility it would be to channel expressions of. Congressional interest to the rest of the agency. This impression is perhap~ to be expected, since the survey soug.ht to.trace the* flow _of comnunications from the NRC to Congress. However, it may be eq~ally important to explore the mechanisms by which infonnation from Congress is gathered, received, and transmitted within our agency. Given this infonnation, we may then be able to ~ssess more fully the adequacy of our procedures.

We may then wish to devise options for improving our procedures for keeping the-Congress infonned.

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