[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30697-30698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13023]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2012-0026]
``Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological
Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power
Plants'' (NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 2)
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requests public
comments on the draft ``Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of
Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of
Nuclear Power Plants'' (NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 2).
DATES: Comments must be received by August 27, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket ID FEMA-2012-
0026, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. Please note that this draft
guidance is not a rulemaking and the Federal Rulemaking Portal is being
utilized only as a mechanism for receiving comments.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of
Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Eberst, Policy Supervisor,
Professional Services Branch, Technological Hazards Division,
Protection and National Preparedness Directorate,
[email protected]. (202) 341-4917.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or
material, all submissions will be posted, without change, to the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will
include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting
this information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act
notice, which can be viewed by clicking on the ``Privacy Notice'' link
on the homepage of www.regulations.gov.
You may submit your comments and material by methods specified in
the ADDRESSES section above. Please submit your comments and any
supporting material by only one means to avoid the receipt and review
of duplicate submissions.
Docket: The draft guidance is available in Docket ID FEMA-2012-
0026. For access to the docket to read background documents or comments
received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov and search for the Docket ID. Submitted comments
may also be inspected at FEMA, Office of Chief Counsel, 500 C Street
SW., Washington, DC 20472.
II. Background
In November 1980, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued
``Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency
Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants''
(NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1) jointly with the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) as a joint policy document. (45 FR 85862, December 30,
1980).
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NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1 was issued as a joint FEMA/NRC policy
document that provides guidance on the sixteen Planning Standards
referenced in FEMA's regulations at 44 CFR 350.5 and the NRC's
regulations at 10 CFR part 50. Both agencies use these Planning
Standards to evaluate the adequacy of the emergency plans of commercial
nuclear power plant owners and operators, and the emergency plans and
preparedness of State and local governments within the Emergency
Planning Zones surrounding commercial nuclear power plants.
Since the publication of NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1 in 1980,
four supplementary documents and one addendum (66 FR 22270, May 3,
2001) have been issued that update and modify specific planning and
procedural elements. These documents are available online at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID FEMA-2012-0026). FEMA and the NRC are
considering revising NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1 to address
stakeholder interest and the various emergency planning and
preparedness lessons learned since its initial publication.
Since the publication of these documents, there have been changes
to FEMA and NRC regulations, guidance, policies and advances in
technology. FEMA, working with the NRC, is soliciting comments from
stakeholders and interested members of the public on the draft document
``Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency
Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants,''
NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 2. The document is available online at
http://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID FEMA-2012-0026).
FEMA and the NRC held two public meetings on August 22, 2012 and
September 13, 2012 as well as two public stakeholder engagement
sessions held on October 29-31, 2013 and June 25, 2014. The purpose of
these public meetings were to: (1) Solicit input from stakeholders and
interested members of the public on the scope of future revisions to
NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev.1; (2) describe the proposed timeline for
the revisions to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev.1; (3) promote
transparency, public participation, and collaboration during the NUREG-
0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev.1 revision process; and (4) allow direct input to
the writing teams during the writing process. All of the presentation
material and meeting notes are available to review online at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID FEMA-2012-0026).
Through this Notice, FEMA and NRC are soliciting comments from
stakeholders and interested members of the public on the draft document
NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 2.
FEMA seeks comment on the draft guidance, which is available online
at http://www.regulations.gov in Docket ID FEMA-2012-0026. Based on the
comments received, FEMA may make appropriate revisions to the draft
document. FEMA will consider any comments received in the drafting of
the final policy. When FEMA issues a final policy, FEMA will publish a
notice of availability in the Federal Register and make the final
policy available at http://www.regulations.gov. The final policy will
not impose legally binding requirements.
Authority: NRC Authorization Acts of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-295) and
1982-1983 (Pub. L. 97-415); Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, Titles II and VI, Sections 201
and 611, 42 U.S.C. 5131 and 5196; Homeland Security Act of 2002, as
amended, Title VI, Chapter 1, Subchapter V, Sections 503 and 504, 6
U.S.C. 313 and 314; Security and Accountability for Every Port Act
of 2006, Title V, Section 612, 6 U.S.C. 314a; Department of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations for 1999, 42 U.S.C. 5196e; Post-Katrina Emergency
Management Reform Act of 2006, Title VI, Sections 602, 642, 643, and
644, 6 U.S.C. 701, 742, 743, and 744; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of
1978; E.O. 12241, as amended; E.O. 12127, as amended. E.O. 12148, as
amended; E.O. 12657, as amended; FEMA's regulations in Title 44,
Chapter I, Parts 350-354 of the CFR.
Dated: May 4, 2015.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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