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Subcommittee regarding items 

proposed for consideration by the 

full Committee during future ACRS 

meetings, and matters related to the 

conduct of ACRS business, 

including anticipated workload and 

member assignments. 

[Note: A portion of this session may be 

closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) 

to discuss organizational and personnel 

matters that relate solely to internal 

personnel rules and practices of ACRS, and 

information the release of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy.] 

1 p.m.–1:15 p.m.: Reconciliation of 

ACRS Comments and 

Recommendations (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the 

responses from the NRC Executive 

Director for Operations to 

comments and recommendations 

included in recent ACRS reports 

and letters. 

1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.: Draft ACRS Report 

on the NRC Safety Research 

Program (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss a draft ACRS report on 

the NRC Safety Research Program. 

Conference Room T8–A1, Two White 

Flint North, Rockville, Maryland 

3:45 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS 

Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss proposed ACRS reports 

on matters discussed during this 

meeting. 

Saturday, October 10, 2009, Conference 

Room T8–A1 Two White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The 

Committee will continue its 

discussion of proposed ACRS 

reports. 

1:30 p.m.–2 p.m.: Miscellaneous 

(Open)—The Committee will 

continue its discussion related to 

the conduct of Committee activities 

and specific issues that were not 

completed during previous 

meetings. 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 6, 2008, (73 FR 58268–58269). 

In accordance with those procedures, 

oral or written views may be presented 

by members of the public, including 

representatives of the nuclear industry. 

Thirty-five hard copies of each 

presentation or handout should be 

provided to the Designated Federal 

Official 30 minutes before the meeting. 

In addition, one electronic copy of each 

presentation should be emailed to the 

Designated Federal Official one day 

before meeting. If an electronic copy 

cannot be provided within this 

timeframe, presenters should provide 

the Designated Federal Official with a 

CD containing each presentation at least 

30 minutes before the meeting. 

Electronic recordings will be permitted 

only during the open portions of the 

meeting. Persons desiring to make oral 

statements should notify the Cognizant 

ACRS staff named below five days 

before the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made 

to allow necessary time during the 

meeting for such statements. Use of still, 

motion picture, and television cameras 

during the meeting may be limited to 

selected portions of the meeting as 

determined by the Chairman. 

Information regarding the time to be set 

aside for this purpose may be obtained 

by contacting the Cognizant ACRS staff 

prior to the meeting. In view of the 

possibility that the schedule for ACRS 

meetings may be adjusted by the 

Chairman as necessary to facilitate the 

conduct of the meeting, persons 

planning to attend should check with 

the Cognizant ACRS staff if such 

rescheduling would result in major 

inconvenience. 

In accordance with Subsection 10(d) 

Public Law 92–463, I have determined 

that it may be necessary to close a 

portion of this meeting noted above to 

discuss organizational and personnel 

matters that relate solely to internal 

personnel rules and practices of ACRS, 

and information the release of which 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6). 

Further information regarding topics 

to be discussed, whether the meeting 

has been canceled or rescheduled, as 

well as the Chairman’s ruling on 

requests for the opportunity to present 

oral statements and the time allotted 

therefor can be obtained by contacting 

Girija Shukla, Cognizant ACRS staff 

(301–415–6855), between 7:15 a.m. and 

5 p.m. (ET). ACRS meeting agenda, 

meeting transcripts, and letter reports 

are available through the NRC Public 

Document Room at 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov, or by calling the 

PDR at 1–800–397–4209, or from the 

Publicly Available Records System 

(PARS) component of NRC’s document 

system (ADAMS) which is accessible 

from the NRC Web site at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/ACRS/. 

Video teleconferencing service is 

available for observing open sessions of 

ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use 

this service for observing ACRS 

meetings should contact Mr. Theron 

Brown, ACRS Audio Visual Technician 

(301–415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 

3:45 p.m., (ET), at least 10 days before 

the meeting to ensure the availability of 

this service. Individuals or 

organizations requesting this service 

will be responsible for telephone line 

charges and for providing the 

equipment and facilities that they use to 

establish the video teleconferencing 

link. The availability of video 

teleconferencing services is not 

guaranteed. 

Dated: September 21, 2009. 

Andrew L. Bates, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–23194 Filed 9–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2009–0417] 

Solicitation of Public Comments on the 

Implementation of the Reactor 

Oversight Process 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC is soliciting 

comments from members of the public, 

licensees, and interest groups related to 

the implementation of the Reactor 

Oversight Process (ROP). An electronic 

version of the survey questions and 

additional information about the ROP 

are available at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/index.html. 

This solicitation will provide insights 

into the self-assessment process and a 

summary of the feedback will be 

included in the annual ROP selfassessment report to the Commission. 

DATES: The comment period expires on 

November 6, 2009. The NRC will 

consider comments received after this 

date if it is practical to do so, but is able 

to ensure consideration of only those 

comments received on or before this 

date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit completed 

questionnaires and/or comments by any 

one of the following methods. Please 

include Docket ID NRC–2009–0417 in 

the subject line of your comments. 

Comments submitted in writing or in 

electronic form will be posted on the 

NRC Web site and on the Federal 

rulemaking Web site Regulations.gov. 

Because your comments will not be 

edited to remove any identifying or 

contact information, the NRC cautions 

you against including any information 

in your submission that you do not want 

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The NRC requests that any party 

soliciting or aggregating comments 

received from other persons for 

submission to the NRC inform those 

persons that the NRC will not edit their 

comments to remove any identifying or 

contact information, and therefore, they 

should not include any information in 

their comments that they do not want 

publicly disclosed. 

Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

NRC–2009–0417. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 

301–492–3668; e-mail 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, 

Chief, Rulemaking and Directives 

Branch (RDB), Office of Administration, 

Mail Stop: TWB–05–B01M, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, or by fax 

to RDB at (301) 492–3446. 

You can access publicly available 

documents related to this notice using 

the following methods: 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): 

The public may examine and have 

copied for a fee publicly available 

documents at the NRC’s PDR, Public 

File Area O1 F21, One White Flint 

North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS): 

Publicly available documents created or 

received at the NRC are available 

electronically at the NRC’s Electronic 

Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, 

the public can gain entry into ADAMS, 

which provides text and image files of 

NRC’s public documents. If you do not 

have access to ADAMS or if there are 

problems in accessing the documents 

located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s 

PDR reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 

301–415–4737, or by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Federal Rulemaking Website: Public 

comments and supporting materials 

related to this notice can be found at 

http://www.regulations.gov by searching 

on Docket ID: NRC–2009–0417. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ronald Frahm, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation (Mail Stop: OWFN 7G13), 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington DC 20555–0001. Mr. Frahm 

can also be reached by telephone at 

301–415–2986 or by e-mail at 

Ronald.Frahm@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Program Overview 

The mission of the NRC is to license 

and regulate the Nation’s civilian use of 

byproduct, source, and special nuclear 

materials to ensure adequate protection 

of public health and safety, promote the 

common defense and security, and 

protect the environment. This mission is 

accomplished through the following 

activities: 

• License nuclear facilities and the 

possession, use, and disposal of nuclear 

materials. 

• Develop and implement 

requirements governing licensed 

activities. 

• Inspect and enforce licensee 

activities to ensure compliance with 

these requirements and the law. 

Although the NRC’s responsibility is 

to monitor and regulate licensees’ 

performance, the primary responsibility 

for safe operation and handling of 

nuclear materials rests with each 

licensee. 

As the nuclear industry in the United 

States has matured, the NRC and its 

licensees have learned much about how 

to safely operate nuclear facilities and 

handle nuclear materials. In April 2000, 

the NRC began to implement more 

effective and efficient inspection, 

assessment, and enforcement 

approaches, which apply insights from 

these years of regulatory oversight and 

nuclear facility operation. Key elements 

of the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) 

include NRC inspection procedures, 

plant performance indicators, a 

significance determination process, and 

an assessment program that incorporates 

various risk-informed thresholds to help 

determine the level of NRC oversight 

and enforcement. Since ROP 

development began in 1998, the NRC 

has frequently communicated with the 

public by various initiatives: conducted 

public meetings in the vicinity of each 

licensed commercial nuclear power 

plant, issued Federal Register Notices to 

solicit feedback on the ROP, published 

press releases about the process, 

conducted multiple public workshops, 

placed pertinent background 

information in the NRC’s Public 

Document Room, and maintained an 

NRC Web site containing easily 

accessible information about the ROP 

and licensee performance. 

NRC Public Stakeholder Comments 

The NRC continues to be interested in 

receiving feedback from members of the 

public, various public stakeholders, and 

industry groups on their insights 

regarding the calendar year 2009 

implementation of the ROP. In 

particular, the NRC is seeking responses 

to the questions listed below, which 

will provide important information that 

the NRC can use in ongoing program 

improvement. A summary of the 

feedback obtained will be provided to 

the Commission and included in the 

annual ROP self-assessment report. 

Questions 

In responding to these questions, 

please describe your experiences with 

the NRC’s reactor oversight process. If 

additional space is needed, please 

attach to the back of the survey. If there 

are experiences or opinions that you 

would like to express that cannot be 

directly captured by the questions, 

please document them in the last 

question of the survey. 

Questions Related to Specific Reactor 

Oversight Process (ROP) Program Areas 

(As appropriate, please provide 

specific examples and suggestions for 

improvement.) 

(1) Does the Performance Indicator 

Program provide useful insights, 

particularly when combined with the 

inspection program, to help ensure 

plant safety and/or security? 

Comments: 

(2) Does appropriate overlap exist 

between the Performance Indicator 

Program and the Inspection Program to 

provide for a comprehensive indication 

of licensee performance? 

Comments: 

(3) Does NEI 99–02, ‘‘Regulatory 

Assessment Performance Indicator 

Guideline’’ provide clear guidance 

regarding Performance Indicators? 


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Comments: 

(4) Does the Performance Indicator 

Program effectively contribute to the 

identification of performance outliers 

based on risk-informed, objective, and 

predictable measures? 

Comments: 

(5) Does the Inspection Program 

adequately cover areas that are 

important to plant safety and/or 

security, and is it effective in identifying 

and ensuring the prompt correction of 

performance deficiencies? 

Comments: 

(6) Is the information contained in 

NRC inspection reports relevant, useful, 

and written in plain English? 

Comments: 

(7) Does the Significance 

Determination Process result in an 

appropriate regulatory response to 

performance issues? 

Comments: 

(8) Does the NRC take appropriate 

actions to address performance issues 

for those plants outside the Licensee 

Response Column of the Action Matrix? 

Comments: 

(9) Is the information contained in 

NRC assessment letters relevant, useful, 

and written in plain English? 

Comments: 

(10) Do the ROP safety culture 

enhancements help in identifying 

licensee safety culture weaknesses and 

focusing licensee and NRC attention 

appropriately? 

Comments: 

Questions related to the efficacy of the 

overall ROP. (As appropriate, please 

provide specific examples and 

suggestions for improvement.) 

(11) Are the ROP oversight activities 

predictable (i.e., controlled by the 

process) and reasonably objective (i.e., 

based on supported facts, rather than 

relying on subjective judgment)? 

Comments: 

(12) Is the ROP risk-informed, in that 

the NRC’s actions are appropriately 

graduated on the basis of increased 

significance? 

Comments: 

(13) Is the ROP understandable and 

are the processes, procedures and 

products clear and written in plain 

English? 

Comments: 

(14) Does the ROP provide adequate 

assurance, when combined with other 

NRC regulatory processes, that plants 

are being operated and maintained 

safely and securely? 

Comments: 


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(15) Are NRC actions related to the 

ROP effective (e.g., are NRC actions of 

high quality, efficient, timely, and 

realistic to enable the safe use of 

radioactive materials)? 

Comments: 

(16) Does the ROP ensure openness in 

the regulatory process (e.g., does the 

NRC appropriately inform stakeholders 

in the regulatory process)? 

Comments: 

(17) Has the public been afforded 

adequate opportunity to participate in 

the ROP and to provide inputs and 

comments (e.g., does the NRC 

appropriately involve stakeholders in 

the regulatory process)? 

Comments: 

(18) Has the NRC been responsive to 

public inputs and comments on the 

ROP? 

Comments: 

(19) Has the NRC implemented the 

ROP as defined by program documents? 

Comments: 

(20) Does the ROP result in 

unintended consequences? 

Comments: 

(21) Please provide any additional 

information or comments related to the 

Reactor Oversight Process. 

Comments: 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day 

of September, 2009. 

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

Michael Cheok, 

Deputy Director, Division of Inspection & 

Regional Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E9–23214 Filed 9–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB 

Review, Request for Comments 

Summary 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement 

Board (RRB) is forwarding an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to request a revision 

to a currently approved collection of 

information. Our ICR describes the 

information we seek to collect from the 

public. Review and approval by OIRA 

ensures that we impose appropriate 

paperwork burdens. 

The RRB invites comments on the 

proposed collections of information to 

determine (1) the practical utility of the 

collections; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden of the collections; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information that is the 

subject of collection; and (4) ways to 

minimize the burden of collections on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments to RRB or OIRA must contain 

the OMB control number of the ICR. For 

proper consideration of your comments, 

it is best if RRB and OIRA receive them 

within 30 days of publication date. 

Request for Medicare Payment; OMB 

3220–0131 

Under section 7(d) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act, the RRB administers the 

Medicare program for persons covered 

by the railroad retirement system. The 

collection obtains the information 

needed by Palmetto GBA, the Medicare 

carrier for railroad retirement 

beneficiaries, to pay claims for 

payments under Part B of the Medicare 

program. Authority for collecting the 

information is prescribed in 42 CFR 

424.32. 

The RRB currently utilizes Forms G– 

740S, Patient’s Request for Medicare 

Payment, (along with Centers for 

Medicare and Medicaid Services Form 

CMS–1500) to secure the information 

necessary to pay Part B Medicare 

Claims. One response is completed for 

each claim. Completion is required to 

obtain a benefit. 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Title: Request for Medicare Payment. 

OMB Control Number: OMB 3220– 

0131. 

Form(s) submitted: G–740S, CMS– 

1500. 

Expiration date of current OMB 

clearance: 9/30/2009. 

Type of request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected public: Individuals or 

households. 

Abstract: The Railroad Retirement 

Board (RRB) administers the Medicare 

program for persons covered by the 

Railroad Retirement System. The 

collection obtains the information 

needed by Palmetto GBA, the RRB’s 

carrier, to pay claims for services 

covered under part B of the program. 


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