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

9590 

Vol. 77, No. 33 

Friday, February 17, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

8 CFR Part 1292 

[EOIR Docket No. 176] 

RIN 1125–AA72 

Recognition and Accreditation 

AGENCY: Executive Office for 

Immigration Review, Department of 

Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Executive Office for 

Immigration Review (EOIR) is reviewing 

and considering amendments to the 

regulations governing the recognition of 

organizations and accreditation of 

representatives who appear before EOIR. 

EOIR seeks public comment on issues 

affecting these regulations and will host 

two open public meetings to discuss 

these regulations. The first meeting will 

be limited to a discussion of the 

recognition of organizations and the 

second will address accreditation of 

representatives. 

DATES: Dates and Times: The first 

meeting will be held on Wednesday, 

March 14, 2012 at 1 p.m. The second 

meeting will be held on Wednesday, 

March 21, 2012 at 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1800, Falls 

Church, VA 22041. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

RSVP for the meeting: Lauren Alder 

Reid, Counsel for Legislative and Public 

Affairs, 703–305–0289, 

PAO.EOIR@usdoj.gov. For each meeting, 

attendance will be limited to the first 

forty (40) individuals to RSVP. EOIR 

will also offer a conference call option 

for those who cannot physically attend 

the meeting. To attend the meeting via 

conference call, please RSVP with the 

name(s) of the attendee(s), the attendee’s 

organization, and an email address 

where instructions may be sent for 

accessing the conference call. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

EOIR is reviewing and considering 

amendments to the regulations at 8 CFR 

1292.2 governing the recognition of 

organizations and accreditation of 

representatives who appear before EOIR. 

EOIR will be hosting two open public 

meetings to discuss these regulations. 

The purpose of these meetings is to 

solicit the views of non-governmental 

organizations and other interested 

members of the public regarding 

potential amendments to these 

regulations. 

Agenda for March 14, 2012, Meeting 

The first meeting, which will be held 

on March 14, 2012, will focus on issues 

addressing the recognition of 

organizations. An agenda for the first 

meeting is listed below. 

1. Introductions. 

2. Discussion of required 

documentation to establish eligibility for 

recognition. What documentation must 

an organization be required to provide 

in order to establish that it meets the 

eligibility requirements for recognition? 

For example, should EOIR require the 

organization to submit incorporation or 

tax documents to prove non-profit 

status? 

3. Discussion of fraud prevention. 

EOIR is committed to preventing fraud 

and is mindful that the recognition and 

accreditation program may be 

susceptible to abuse. How can EOIR 

both prevent abuse of the system by 

organizations that may seek to exploit or 

misuse their recognized status, and 

encourage the participation of legitimate 

organizations in the program? 

4. Discussion of nominal fees. 

Currently, recognized organizations are 

allowed to charge only a ‘‘nominal fee’’ 

for their services in order to ensure that 

they are serving a non-profit, religious, 

charitable, or social service purpose. See 

8 CFR 1292.1(a)(1). Should recognized 

organizations be able to charge more 

than a nominal fee for their services? If 

so, under what circumstances? Would a 

system, in which an organization’s 

eligibility for recognition is determined 

based on the percentage of its revenue 

from client fees, be an effective measure 

to ensure that the recognized 

organization is serving a non-profit 

religious, charitable, or social service 

purpose? 

5. Discussion of withdrawal of 

recognition. Are the current procedures 

for withdrawal of recognition for an 

organization effective? See 8 CFR 

1292.2(c). If not, how can the process be 

improved? 

6. Discussion of definition of ‘‘lowincome.’’ EOIR is considering defining 

‘‘low-income’’ by using percentages of 

the Federal Poverty Guidelines 

amounts. For example, the Legal 

Services Corporation provides that the 

income of service recipients may not 

exceed 125% of the current official 

Federal Poverty Guidelines amounts. 

See 45 CFR part 1611. How should 

‘‘low-income’’ be defined? 

7. Adjourn. 

Agenda for March 21, 2012 Meeting 

The second meeting, which will be 

held on March 21, 2012, will focus on 

issues addressing the accreditation of 

representatives. An agenda for the 

second meeting is listed below. 

1. Introductions. 

2. Discussion of required training for 

accredited representatives. In order to 

ensure that accredited representatives 

maintain sufficient knowledge in 

immigration law and procedure to 

represent individuals adequately before 

the Department of Homeland Security 

and EOIR, should EOIR require that 

accredited representatives fulfill an 

annual immigration training 

requirement similar to a Continuing 

Legal Education (CLE) requirement for 

attorneys? What would be the 

appropriate amount and type of annual 

training for accredited representatives 

(e.g., requiring fifteen hours of CLE 

annually as many state bar associations 

require for licensed attorneys)? 

3. Discussion of fraud prevention. 

EOIR is committed to preventing fraud 

and mindful that the recognition and 

accreditation program may be 

susceptible to abuse. How can EOIR 

both prevent abuse of the system by 

individuals who may seek to exploit or 

misuse their accredited status, and 

encourage the participation of legitimate 

individuals in the program? 

4. Discussion of adequate supervision. 

Generally, accredited representatives are 

non-attorneys who provide advice and 

representation to individuals. What is 

the best way to ensure that accredited 

representatives receive adequate 

supervision in order to provide effective 

assistance and representation? 

5. Adjourn. 

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Public Participation 

EOIR welcomes responses to these 

questions in the form of written 

submissions, as well as in-person 

discussion at each respective meeting. 

To facilitate EOIR’s ability to respond to 

comments at the meetings, the agency 

believes it will be most helpful to 

receive written answers to the questions 

before the meetings. Therefore, EOIR 

encourages parties to submit written 

answers no later than 5 p.m. on 

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, by email to 

PAO.EOIR@usdoj.gov. However, EOIR 

will also accept comments and written 

responses after the meetings. Final 

written submissions are due no later 

than 5 p.m. on Friday, March 30, 2012, 

by email to PAO.EOIR@usdoj.gov. 

The meetings are open to the public, 

but advance notice of attendance is 

required to ensure adequate seating. 

Persons planning to attend should 

notify Lauren Alder Reid, Counsel for 

Legislative and Public Affairs, 703–305– 

0289, PAO.EOIR@usdoj.gov. For each 

meeting, participation will be limited to 

the first forty (40) individuals to RSVP, 

with an additional conference call 

option available. 

Dated: February 7, 2012. 

Lauren Alder-Reid, 

Counsel for Legislative and Public Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3725 Filed 2–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–30–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 72 

RIN 3150–AJ05 

[NRC–2011–0221] 

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage 

Casks: HI–STORM 100, Revision 8 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

is proposing to amend its spent fuel 

storage cask regulations by revising the 

Holtec International HI–STORM 100 dry 

cask storage system listing within the 

‘‘List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage 

Casks’’ to include Amendment No. 8 to 

Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 

1014. Amendment No. 8 adds a new 

multipurpose canister (MPC)—68M to 

the approved models currently included 

in CoC No. 1014 with two new boiling 

water reactor fuel assembly/array 

classes, and a new pressurized water 

reactor fuel assembly/class to CoC No. 

1014 for loading into the MPC–32. In 

addition, the amendment makes several 

other changes as described under the 

‘‘Background’’ heading in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

DATES: Submit comments by March 19, 

2012. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but the NRC staff is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID 

NRC–2011–0221 in the subject line of 

your comments. For instructions on 

submitting comments and accessing 

documents related to this action, see 

‘‘Submitting Comments and Accessing 

Information’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

You may submit comments by any one 

of the following methods: 

• Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

NRC–2011–0221. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 

telephone: 301–492–3668, email: 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

• Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. 

• Email comments to: 

Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you 

do not receive a reply email confirming 

that we have received your comments, 

contact us directly at 301–415–1677. 

• Hand-deliver comments to: 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. 

EST Federal workdays (telephone: 301– 

415–1677). 

• Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301– 

415–1101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Trussell, Office of Federal and 

State Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415– 

6445, email: Gregory.Trussell@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Submitting Comments and Accessing 

Information 

Comments submitted in writing or in 

electronic form will be posted on the 

NRC Web site and on the Federal 

rulemaking Web site, http:// 

www.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 to be publicly 

disclosed. 

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. 

You can access publicly available 

documents related to this document 

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, Room O– 

1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): Publicly available documents 

created or received at the NRC are 

available online in the NRC Library 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 email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. 

• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: 

Public comments and supporting 

materials related to this proposed rule 

can be found at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by searching on 

Docket ID NRC–2011–0221. For 

additional information, see the direct 

final rule published in the Rules and 

Regulations section of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

Procedural Background 

This rule is limited to the changes 

contained in Amendment No. 8 to CoC 

No. 1014 and does not include other 

aspects of the HI–STORM 100 dry 

storage cask system. Because the NRC 

considers this action noncontroversial 

and routine, the NRC is publishing this 

proposed rule concurrently as a direct 

final rule in the Rules and Regulations 

section of this issue of the Federal 

Register. Adequate protection of public 

health and safety continues to be 

ensured. The direct final rule will 

become effective on May 2, 2012. 

However, if the NRC receives significant 

adverse comments on the direct final 

rule by March 19, 2012, then the NRC 

will publish a document that withdraws 

the direct final rule. If the direct final 

rule is withdrawn, the NRC will address 

the comments received in response to 

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