This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 77, No. 82 

Friday, April 27, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 319 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0028] 

RIN 0579–AD61 

Importation of Fresh Bananas From 

the Philippines Into the Continental 

United States 

Correction 

In proposed rule document 2012– 

9063 appearing on pages 22510 through 

22514 in the issue of Monday, April 16, 

2012, make the following correction: 

On page 22513, in the second column, 

under Responses per Respondent, 

‘‘5,456’’ should read ‘‘5.456’’. 

[FR Doc. C1–2012–9063 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 50 

[Docket No. PRM–50–102; NRC–2011–0189] 

Petition for Rulemaking; Submitted by 

the Natural Resources Defense 

Council, Inc. 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; 

consideration in the rulemaking 

process. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

will consider the issues raised in the 

petition for rulemaking (PRM), PRM– 

50–102, submitted by the Natural 

Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC 

or the petitioner), in the rulemaking 

process. The petitioner requested that 

the NRC amend its regulations to 

require more realistic, hands-on training 

and exercises on Severe Accident 

Management Guidelines (SAMGs) and 

Extensive Damage Mitigation Guidelines 

(EDMGs). The NRC determined that the 

issues raised in the PRM are appropriate 

for consideration and will consider 

them in the ongoing Fukushima Near 

Term Task Force (NTTF) 

Recommendation 8 rulemaking. 

DATES: The docket for the petition for 

rulemaking, PRM–50–102, is closed on 

April 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Further NRC action on the 

issues raised by this petition will be 

accessible on the Federal rulemaking 

Web site, http://www.regulations.gov, by 

searching on Docket ID NRC–2012– 

0031, which is the rulemaking docket 

for the NTTF Recommendation 8 

rulemaking. 

You can access publicly available 

documents related to the petition, 

which the NRC possesses and is 

publicly available, using the following 

methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: 

Supporting materials related to this 

petition can be found at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by searching on 

the Docket IDs for PRM–50–102 or the 

NTTF Recommendation 8 rulemaking, 

NRC–2011–0189 and NRC–2012–0031, 

respectively. Address questions about 

NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 

telephone: 301–492–3668, email: 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

• NRC’s Public Document Room 

(PDR): You may examine and purchase 

copies of public documents at the NRC’s 

PDR, O1–F21, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may access publicly 

available documents online in the NRC 

Library at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, 

select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and 

then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS 

Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, 

contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by 

email to PDR.resource@nrc.gov. The 

ADAMS accession number for each 

document referenced in this notice (if 

that document is available in ADAMS) 

is provided the first time that a 

document is referenced. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Beall, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555; 

telephone: 301–415–3874; email: 

Robert.Beall@nrc.gov; or Scott Sloan, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301– 

415–1619; email: Scott.Sloan@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petition 

On September 20, 2011, the NRC 

published a notice of receipt (76 FR 

58165) of six PRMs filed by the NRDC, 

including PRM–50–102. The petitioner 

solely and specifically cited the 

‘‘Recommendations for Enhancing 

Reactor Safety in the 21st Century: The 

Near-Term Task Force Review of 

Insights from the Fukushima Dai-ichi 

Accident’’ (NTTF Report, ADAMS 

Accession No. ML111861807), dated 

July 12, 2011, as the rationale for the 

PRMs. For PRM–50–102, the petitioner 

cites Section 4.2.5, pages 46–50, of the 

NTTF Report, regarding the 

strengthening and integration of onsite 

emergency response capabilities such as 

emergency operating procedures (EOPs), 

SAMGs, and EDMGs. At the time of 

receipt of the PRMs, the Commission 

was still in the process of reviewing the 

NTTF Report, and the NRC did not 

institute a public comment period for 

the PRMs. 

In PRM–50–102, the petitioner 

requests the NRC to institute a 

rulemaking proceeding applicable to 

nuclear facilities licensed under Title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR) parts 50, 52, and other applicable 

regulations to revise 10 CFR 50.63 to 

require more realistic, hands-on training 

and exercises on SAMGs and EDMGs for 

all staff expected to implement the 

strategies and those licensee staff 

expected to make decisions during 

emergencies, including emergency 

coordinators and emergency directors. 

Reasons for Consideration 

The Commission has established a 

process for addressing a number of the 

recommendations in the NTTF Report, 

and the NRC determined that the issues 

raised in PRM–50–102 are appropriate 

for consideration and will consider 

them in the ongoing NTTF 

Recommendation 8 rulemaking based 

on Section 4.2.5 of the NTTF Report. 

The public will have the opportunity 

to provide comments on the issues 

raised by the petitioner in PRM–50–102 

as part of the NTTF Recommendation 8 

rulemaking. The NRC will consider the 

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