SECY-20-0025, Weekly Information Report - Week Ending March 6, 2020
| ML20076A575 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/16/2020 |
| From: | Catherine Haney NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
| S. Miotla, 415-5914 | |
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| SECY-20-0025 | |
| Download: ML20076A575 (9) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT MARCH 16, 2020 SECY-20-0025 FOR: The Commissioners FROM: Catherine Haney Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 6, 2020 CONTENTS Enclosure Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer A Office of the Chief Information Officer B Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C Office of the Secretary D
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Catherine Haney Assistant for Operations, OEDO
Contact:
S. Miotla, OEDO 301-415-5914
ML20076A575 *by email OFFICE OEDO OEDO/AO NAME SMiotla* CHaney*
DATE 03/16/20 03/16/20 Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)
Items of Interest Week Ending MARCH 6, 2020 ARRIVALS NONE RETIREMENTS NONE DEPARTURES BRIMFIELD, TERRENCE C. REACTOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER NRR MARCH 16, 2020 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
Items of Interest Week Ending MARCH 6, 2020 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of March 2 - March 6 Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization as submitted by requester Date 2020- Clay Keys A copy of the following FOIAs and 02/28/2020 000176 the agency's response: FOIA/PA-2013-00237 and FOIA/PA-2013-00273.
2020- Michael Association For Submission of questions 03/02/2020 000177 Ayele The Advancement pertaining to a variety of different of Civil Liberties matters that does not fall within NRC's responsibility.
2020- Amy A copy of all the Exhibits that the 03/02/2020 000178 Rosmarin Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reviewed and/or created in the process of investigating and writing its report, Concerns Pertaining to Gas Transmission Lines at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Case No.16-024.
2020- Amy A copy of all emails, notes, 03/02/2020 000179 Rosmarin memos, texts and letters that the person identified in the OIG report, Concerns Pertaining to Gas Transmission Lines at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant (Case No.16-024) as the Physical Scientist, received from anyone in the NRC, related to his work analyzing the risk associated with the Algonquin Incremental Market pipeline.
2020- Michael A copy of all email and letter 03/02/2020 000180 Ravnitzky correspondence between the NRC and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concerning the Indian Point nuclear power station and nearby high-pressure gas pipelines, for time period December 1, 2019, to the present.
2020- Douglas D. Copies of all records held by any 03/02/2020 000181 Johnson staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, that were created, MARCH 16, 2020 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization as submitted by requester Date received, modified, or forwarded during the period September 27, 2019, through October 31, 2019, inclusive, pertaining to an incursion of drones within the base parameter surrounding the Palo Verde nuclear generating station in Arizona.
2020- Michael Association For Appeal the administrative closure 03/03/2020 000182 Ayele The Advancement of the submission of questions of Civil Liberties pertaining to a variety of different matters that does not fall within NRC's responsibility (NRC-2020-000177).
2020- Anne Any records related to Alan Kurt 03/04/2020 000183 Roecklein Roecklein (deceased) employment and service at the NRC, including dates, job titles, and locations of service, duties performed (particularly related to work like Three Mile Island and the 9/11 Incident Response Center), and any awards or commendations that he received for his public service.
2020- Brittany A copy of NRC/DNFSB (Defense 03/04/2020 000184 Boser Nuclear Facilities Safety Board)
OIG report Case Number CD18 004.
2020- Nick Maxwell A copy, without redactions, of 03/05/2020 000185 ADAMS accession number ML20055E102, specifically, a memo with subject "Summary of Site Visit for Holtec CISF Project Cultural Resources Tribal Consultation (2043259.02), Lea County, New Mexico".
2020- Jeremy A copy of the letter sent to inform 03/05/2020 000186 Brent named individual of their license Johnson termination from Brunswick Nuclear Plant.
2020- Dr. Andrew Fermi 2 - DTE Access to the audio files 03/05/2020 000187 Spencer Energy associated with FOIA request NRC-2017-00555, "Recording of a telephone conversation between the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant (CNP) and the NRC Headquarters Operation Office (HOO) at about 310 hours0.00359 days <br />0.0861 hours <br />5.125661e-4 weeks <br />1.17955e-4 months <br /> on March 30, 2017, in MARCH 16, 2020 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization as submitted by requester Date which Indiana Michigan Power Company reported an Unusual Event in CNP Unit 1 due to loss of Control Room Annunciators".
2020- Billie Pirner Clifford & Garde, The complete investigative file in 03/06/2020 000188 Garde LLP the Office of Investigation (OI) report numbers 2-2018-033 and 2-2019-015, regarding retaliation allegations made by two former TVA employees, and all documents supporting OI's determination that TVA discriminated against the two employees in violation of the NRC's "Employee Protection" regulation, 10 CFR 50.7.
2020- Stephen A copy of named individual's 03/06/2020 000189 Henderson Generic Fundamentals Examination (GFE) taken at Brown's Ferry Nuclear Plant at the end of 2006 or the beginning of 2007.
MARCH 16, 2020 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
Items of Interest Week Ending MARCH 6, 2020 Transfer of Very Low-Level Waste to Exempt Persons for Disposal: Proposed Interpretive Rule; Request for Comments; Chapter I of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) (NRC-2020-0065)
On March 6, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a document in the Federal Register (85 FR 13076), issuing a proposed interpretation of its low-level radioactive waste disposal regulations. The NRCs intent is that this interpretive rule will allow licensees to transfer very low-level radioactive waste to exempt persons for the purpose of disposal by land burial. Comments on the proposed interpretive rule are due by April 20, 2020.
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International MAGNASTOR System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 8; Direct Final Rule; Confirmation of Effective Date; 10 CFR Part 72 [Regulatory Information Number 3150-AK38; NRC-2019-0195]
On March 5, 2020, the NRC published a document in the Federal Register (85 FR 12861) confirming the effective date of March 24, 2020, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on January 9, 2020 (85 FR 1096). This direct final rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising the List of approved spent fuel storage casks to include Amendment No. 8 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 for the NAC International, Inc.
MAGNASTOR System. The effective date of March 24, 2020, for the direct final rule published January 9, 2020, is confirmed.
Power Reactors in Extended Shutdowns; Petition for Rulemaking; Denial; 10 CFR Part 50
[Docket No. PRM-50-114; NRC-2016-0204]
On March 3, 2020, the NRC published a document in the Federal Register (85 FR 12442) denying a petition for rulemaking dated September 1, 2016, submitted by Mr. David Lochbaum on behalf of the Union of Concerned Scientists and two co-petitioners (the petitioners). The petition was docketed by the NRC on September 14, 2016, and was assigned Docket No. PRM-50-114. The petitioners requested that the NRC amend its regulations to promulgate regulations applicable to nuclear power reactors with operating licenses issued by the NRC but in an extended outage. The NRC is denying the petition because the NRC already has regulatory processes in place to address the issues identified in the petition. The docket for the petition for rulemaking, PRM-50-114, was closed on March 3, 2020.
MARCH 16, 2020 ENCLOSURE C
Office of the Secretary (SECY)
Items of Interest Week Ending MARCH 6, 2020 Document Released to Public Date of Subject Document Decision Documents
- 1. SECY-19-0121 12/11/19 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Power Reactors in Extended Shutdown (PRM 114; NRC-2016-0204)
- 2. Staff Requirements 02/11/20 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Power Memorandum Reactors in Extended Shutdown (PRM SECY-19-0121 114; NRC-2016-0204)
- 3. Commission Voting Record 02/11/20 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Power SECY-19-0121 Reactors in Extended Shutdown (PRM 114; NRC-2016-0204)
Information Papers
- 1. SECY-20-0004 02/27/20 Weekly Information Report - Week Ending 02/10/20
- 2. SECY-20-0016 02/28/20 Weekly Information Report - Week Ending 02/21/20
- 3. SECY-20-0020 02/28/20 Results of Exploratory Process for Developing a Generic Environmental Impact Statement for the Construction and Operation of Advanced Nuclear Reactors Memoranda
- 1. Staff Requirements 03/03/20 Overview of Accident Tolerant Fuel Activities Memorandum M200225 Commission Correspondence
- 1. Letter to the Honorable Lamar Alexander and Marcy Kaptur submits the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRCs) monthly Congressional Status Report for January 2020, dated February 24, 2020.
- 2. Letter to the Honorable Andy Kim, et al., responds to concerns regarding the NRCs Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation inspection program, dated February 25, 2020.
MARCH 16, 2020 ENCLOSURE D
- 3. Letter to the Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr., et al., submits the January 2020 monthly status report on the NRC activities and use of unobligated carryover funds appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund, dated February 27, 2020.
- 4. Letter to the Honorable John Barrasso, et al., submits the report for the first quarter in Fiscal Year 2020 on the licensing activities and regulatory duties of the NRC (for the reporting period of October 1 - December 31, 2019), dated February 27, 2020.
MARCH 16, 2020 ENCLOSURE D