Proposed Rules. Petition for rulemaking; consideration in the rulemaking process

Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Action: Petition for rulemaking; consideration in the rulemaking process
Citation: FR Doc. 2011-11946 · Docket No. PRM-26-3 · NRC-2009-0482 · 10 CFR 26

Summary

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has decided to consider the issues raised in a petition for rulemaking (PRM) submitted by Robert Meyer, on behalf of the Professional Reactor Operator Society (PROS), the petitioner, in the planned “Quality Control/Quality Verification” (QC/QV) rulemaking (Docket ID: NRC-2009-0090). The petitioner asked the NRC to amend the regulations that govern fitness-for-duty programs. Specifically, the petitioner asked the NRC to change the term “unit outage” to “site outage” and that the definition of “site outage” read “up to one week prior to disconnecting the reactor unit from the grid and up to 75-percent turbine power following reconnection to the grid.”

Supplementary Information

On November 27, 2009 (74 FR 62257), the NRC published Notice of Receipt of a PRM filed by Robert Meyer, on behalf of the PROS, and request for public comment. The comment period closed on February 10, 2010, and the NRC received four comments. The NRC determined that the issues raised in PRM-26-3 are appropriate for consideration and will consider them in the planned QC/QV rulemaking. The NRC staff will address the comments filed in PRM-26-3 as part of the QC/QV rulemaking. This PRM docket is closed. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of April 2011. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Martin J. Virgilio, Deputy Executive Director for Reactor and Preparedness Programs. [FR Doc. 2011-11946 Filed 5-13-11; 8:45 am]