[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 50862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20721]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2012-0026]
Notice To Extend the Comment Period for the 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: Extension of comment period.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is extending
the comment period for the proposed revision to ``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, which published in the Federal Register on May 29, 2015. The
comment period for the proposed revised guidance, which would have
ended on August 27, 2015, is extended until October 13, 2015.
DATES: The comment period is extended until October 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by Docket ID FEMA-2012-0026 and
may be submitted 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 Please note that this draft
guidance is not a rulemaking and the Federal Rulemaking Portal is being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., 8
NE., 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., 8 NE., 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) with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) as a joint policy document. (45 FR 85862, December 30, 1980).
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. FEMA and the NRC are proposing to revise NUREG-
0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1 to address stakeholder interest and the various
emergency planning and preparedness lessons learned since its initial
publication.
On May 29, 2015, both FEMA and the NRC published notices to solicit
public input 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. (80 FR 30697 and
80 FR 30739). Based on comments received, and because FEMA and the NRC
have specifically requested the public's comments on the proposed
revised guidance in an attempt to benefit from the experience of all
interested parties, the comment period will be extended for an
additional 45 days. This notice announces the extension of the public
comment period to October 13, 2015.
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: August 12, 2015.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2015-20721 Filed 8-20-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-21-P