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FOREWORD i

I COMMISSION RESPONSIBILITIES I-1

 Collegial Functions I-1 

 Policy, Rulemaking, and Adjudication I-1 

 Appointments I-3 

 Personnel Appointment Process I-5 

 Chairman Duties I-5 

 Emergency Response I-8 

 Emergency Response Training I-10 

 Individual Commissioner Responsibilities I-11 

 Commission Administrative Procedures I-13 

 Changes to or Waiver of Commission Procedures I-13 

II DECISION DOCUMENTS II-1

 SECY Papers II-1 

 Format for Staff Papers and Action Memoranda II-4 

to the Commission

 Action Memoranda (COMs and COMSECYs) II-6 

 Staff Requirements Memoranda II-8 

 Release of Documents Under FOIA II-9 

 Management and Disposition of Commissioner II-9 

Records

III VOTING III-1

 Votes on SECY Papers III-2 

 Action Dates III-2 

 Submission of Votes to the Secretary III-4 

 Recording of Commissioner Votes While III-5 

Away from the Office

 Handling of Separate Views on Commission III-6 

Documents Published in the Federal Register

 Handling of Separate Views in Commission III-6 

Adjudicatory Decisions

 Comments on Draft Congressional Letters and III-6 

Press Releases Associated with Decision Documents

 Votes on Action Memoranda (COMs and III-7 

COMSECYs)

 Votes at Commission Meetings III-8 

 Continuances and Extensions of Time III-9

 Closure Process III-10 

 Commission Voting Record III-12 
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 Tracking of Requirements and Tasks III-12

 Motions for Reconsideration of a Decision III-13 

 Return or Withdrawal of Papers Submitted to III-14 

the Commission

IV COMMISSION MEETINGS/HEARINGS IV-1

 Government in the Sunshine Act IV-1 

 Development of Commission Schedule IV-1 

 Guidelines for Stakeholder Participation IV-3 

In Commission Meetings

 Format for Commission Meetings IV-5 

 Open/Public Commission Meetings IV-5 

 Closed Commission Meetings IV-6 

 Non-Sunshine Act Discussions IV-8 

 Conduct of Commission Meetings IV-8 

 Meeting-Related Documents IV-9 

 Documents in Advance of Meetings IV-9 

 Documents at Meetings IV-10 

 Staff Requirements Memoranda (SRM) IV-10 

 Briefings of the Commission Assistants IV-10 

 Conduct of Mandatory Hearings on Applications IV-11 

For Combined Licenses

 Before the Hearing IV-11 

 The Hearing IV-13 

 Commission Decision after the Hearing IV-14 

 Schedule for Uncontested Hearings IV-15 

 Template IV-16 

V INSTITUTIONAL CORRESPONDENCE V-1

 Incoming Correspondence V-1 

 Receipt and Review by the Office of the V-1 

Secretary

 Guidelines for Commission Response V-2 

 Action Assigned by the Office of the Secretary V-2 

 Requests for Additional Response V-4 

Preparation Time

 Commission Daily Reading File V-5 

 Outgoing Correspondence V-5 

 Procedures for Commission Correspondence V-6

 Procedures for Chairman's Correspondence V-8 

 Dispatch of Outgoing Correspondence and V-9 

Information Copies
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VI TRANSMITTAL OF SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS VI-1 

TO CONGRESS 

 Guidelines and Procedures VI-1 

VII CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS VII-1

 Preparation of Testimony and Supporting VII-1 

Information 

 Planning Meetings VII-1 

 Preparation of Testimony and Supporting VII-2 

Information 

 Commitments and Post-Hearing Questions VII-3 

APPENDICES

1 Process for Obtaining Nominations for NRC’s Advisory Committees 

2 Procedures for Handling Withheld Documents in Commissioners’ Offices 

Under FOIA 

3 Sample Vote Sheet 

4 Basis for Determining Voting Results 

5 Resolution of 2-2 Vote 

6 Specialized Procedures when Commission Review Time for Adjudicatory 

Actions is Limited 

7 Staff Requirements Memorandum and Commission Voting Record 

8 Procedures for Staff Presentations at Commission Meetings 

9 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances 

10 Security Procedures for Conducting Classified Meetings/Hearings 

11 Record of Non-Sunshine Act Discussion 

12 Correspondence Response Sheets 

13 Commission Office and Staff Instructions for Processing Congressional Request 

for Documents 

14 The Budget Process 

15 List of Positions for Which the Commission is the Awarding Authority for 

Performance Awards