STP Procedure Approval

STP INFORMATION QUALITY GUIDELINES

Procedure Number: AD-700

Issue Date: October 11, 2002

Expiration Date: October 11, 2005

Paul H. Lohaus Original signed by:

Director, STP Paul H. Lohaus Date: 10/10/2002

Josephine M. Piccone Original signed by:

Deputy Director, STP Josephine M. Piccone Date: 10/11/2002

Stephen N. Salomon Original signed by:

Procedure Contact, STP Stephen N. Salomon Date: 10/10/2002

NOTE

The STP Director’s Secretary is responsible for the maintenance of this master copy document

as part of the STP Procedure Manual. Any changes to the procedure will be the responsibility of

the STP Procedure Contact. Copies of STP procedures will be distributed for information.
Procedure Title:

STP INFORMATION QUALITY

GUIDELINES

Procedure Number: AD-700

Page: 1 of 2 

Issue Date: 

10/11/2002

I. INTRODUCTION

This procedure ensures that the Office of State and Tribal Programs (STP) adheres to the

NRC conformance to the NRC Information Quality Guidelines and those of the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) as described in the Information Quality Draft Instruction

effective and published October 1, 2002. (A Management Directive will be forthcoming

and based on how well the NRC offices adhere to the Draft.)

II. OBJECTIVES

To provide guidance to STP staff regarding the dissemination of information that meets

the information quality criteria for utility, integrity, and objectivity as described in the

information quality standards found in the Instruction Quality Handbook. STP will

evaluate requests that it receives from the public to correct information that does not meet

NRC standards and/or OMB guidelines based on significance and impact of the

correction.

III. BACKGROUND

There is a tradition of maintenance of information utility, integrity, and objectivity

through the two program areas served by STP, the Agreement State Program and Federal,

State and Tribal Liaison Program. In addition, through this procedure, a process is

outlined by which STP will help ensure that NRC will correct information that does not

meet the quality standards and for processing information correction requests and appeals

as described in the Draft Information Quality Guidelines.

IV. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

A. The Director and Deputy Director, STP, ensure that the STP staff is

knowledgeable of the policies and NRC Information Quality Guidelines, set

standards for work products; and develop work products to the appropriate level

of quality.

B. The Director, STP, appoints an Information Office Coordinator (IOC) to facilitate

the review of requests for correction and be responsible for the management of the

information within STP.

C. The Deputy Director is responsible for implementation of the Information

Correction Request Process in the Information Quality Handbook.
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D. The STP Information Office Coordinator (IOC) should follow this STP procedure

to ensure that the Deputy Director reviews the initial information correction

request (ICR). The IOC also coordinates with the Information Quality

Coordinator (IQC) who has overall agency responsibility for ICR review and

appeals process and provides consistency to the agency’s response to ICRs.

V. GUIDANCE

A. Information Quality Draft Instruction will be followed by STP staff for 

information in NRC’s guidelines or those of OMB.

B. NRC’s information quality reviews, and therefore those of STP, will apply to

information that is publicly disseminated for the first time on or after October 1,

2002. See Instruction for extenuating circumstances.

C. STP Information products subject to the public seeking correction include

published proposed and final rules and final policy statements and supporting

documents for materials. These documents are coordinated with the Office of

Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards and other NRC offices, as needed.

There are many documents for which STP does not have to consider the public seeking

correction. The Information Quality Draft Instruction lists these in the Handbook, Part II,

Table 2.

VI. REFERENCES

1. Information Quality Draft Instruction published October 1, 2002.

2. Publication of NRC Information Quality Guidelines (67 FR 61695) 

also http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/info-quality.html.

3. Office of Management and Budget, Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the

Quality, Objectivity, Utility and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal

Agencies, Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 36, February 22, 2002

4. Regulatory Analysis Guidelines of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

NUREG-BR-0058, Rev. 3.

5. Regulatory Analysis Technical Evaluation Handbook, NUREG/BR-0184.