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requires that, before ruling on the 

motion, the Judges publish a notice in 

the Federal Register seeking responses 

to the motion for partial distribution to 

ascertain whether any claimant entitled 

to receive the subject royalties has a 

reasonable objection to the requested 

distribution. Accordingly, this Notice 

seeks comments from interested 

claimants on whether any reasonable 

objection exists that would preclude the 

distribution of 60% of the 2013 cable 

royalty funds to the Phase I Claimants. 

Parties making objection to the partial 

distribution must advise the Judges of 

the existence and extent of all objections 

by the end of the comment period. The 

Judges will not consider any objections 

with respect to the partial distribution 

motion that come to their attention after 

the close of the comment period. 

The Judges have caused the Motion of 

the Phase I Claimants for Partial 

Distribution to be posted on the 

Copyright Royalty Board Web site at 

http://www.loc.gov/crb. 

Dated: February 26, 2015. 

Suzanne M. Barnett, 

Chief U.S. Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04509 Filed 3–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2015–0045] 

Reviewing and Assessing the Financial 

Condition of Operating Power Reactor 

Licensees, Including Requests for 

Additional Information 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Interim staff guidance; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing Interim 

Staff Guidance (ISG), OL/FR–ISG–2014– 

01, ‘‘Reviewing and Assessing the 

Financial Condition of Operating Power 

Reactor Licensees, Including Requests 

for Additional Information,’’ dated 

February 17, 2015. The ISG provides 

clarifying guidance to the NRC staff 

when reviewing licensee financial 

information, and when requesting 

additional information regarding 

licensee financial conditions, as 

authorized under the NRC’s regulations. 

Such review and inquiry are performed 

by NRC staff for currently operating 

power reactor licensees, absent a 

licensing action such as a license 

transfer. 

DATES: The ISG is available March 4, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2015–0045 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly-available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2015–0045. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

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

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS 

Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, 

please contact the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (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. The ISG is 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML14218A625. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Turtil, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone: 301–415–2308; email: 

Richard.Turtil@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

The purpose of this ISG is to clarify 

the process by which the NRC will 

review financial conditions of, and 

financial concerns about, currently 

operating power reactor licensees. This 

guidance is intended to provide 

consistency and transparency with 

regard to the NRC’s financial review 

process for licensees (in the absence of 

a license transfer or other similar 

licensing action). It addresses the NRC’s 

basis for financial Requests for 

Additional Information from licensees 

during operations, the NRC staff’s 

evaluation of Requests for Additional 

Information responses, and the closure 

of such inquiries. This ISG is intended 

to enhance the NRC’s financial review 

guidance presented in Section III(1)(d)— 

Post-OL Non-transfer Reviews, of 

NUREG–1577, Revision 1, ‘‘Standard 

Review Plan on Power Reactor Licensee 

Financial Qualifications and 

Decommissioning Funding Assurance,’’ 

dated December 2001, (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML013330264). The 

guidance in this ISG will be included in 

the next update to NUREG–1577. 

II. Backfitting and Issue Finality 

The NRC is issuing interim guidance 

for the NRC staff regarding its review of 

operating power reactor licensees’ 

financial information. Issuance of the 

ISG does not constitute backfitting as 

defined in § 50.109 of Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 

(the Backfit Rule) and is not otherwise 

inconsistent with the issue finality 

provisions in 10 CFR part 52. The NRC’s 

position is based upon the following 

considerations. 

1. The ISG positions do not constitute 

backfitting, inasmuch as the ISG is 

internal guidance to NRC staff. 

The ISG provides interim guidance to 

the NRC staff on how to review 

licensees’ financial information and 

request additional financial information. 

Changes in internal staff guidance are 

not matters for which applicants or 

licensees are protected under 10 CFR 

50.109 or issue finality provisions in 10 

CFR part 52. 

2. The NRC has no intention to 

impose the ISG on existing nuclear 

power plant licenses either now or in the 

future (absent a voluntary request for 

change from the licensee). 

The NRC staff does not intend to 

impose or apply the positions described 

in the ISG to existing (already issued) 

licenses (e.g., operating licenses and 

combined licenses). Hence, the ISG— 

even if considered guidance which is 

within the purview of the issue finality 

provisions in 10 CFR part 52—need not 

be evaluated as if it were a backfit or as 

being inconsistent with issue finality 

provisions. 

Even if, in the future, the NRC staff 

seeks to impose a position in the ISG on 

holders of already issued licenses, such 

imposition would not provide any basis 

for the Backfit Rule or issue finality 

provisions to apply. The ISG concerns, 

in part, the NRC’s request for operating 

power reactor licensees’ financial 

information. Information collection and 

reporting requirements such as these are 

not subject to the Backfit Rule and issue 

finality provisions. 

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III. Congressional Review Act 

This action is a rule as defined in the 

Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 

801–808). However, the Office of 

Management and Budget has not found 

it to be a major rule as defined in the 

Congressional Review Act. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day 

of February 2015. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Scott A. Morris, 

Director, Division of Inspection and Regional 

Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04479 Filed 3–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2015–0044] 

Guidance for Evaluation of Acute 

Chemical Exposures and Proposed 

Quantitative Standards 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft interim staff guidance; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is soliciting public 

comment on its draft Interim Staff 

Guidance (ISG), ‘‘Guidance for 

Evaluation of Acute Chemical 

Exposures and Proposed Quantitative 

Standards.’’ The ISG supplements 

existing guidance in NUREG–1520, 

‘‘Standard Review Plan for the Review 

of a License Application for a Fuel 

Cycle Facility,’’ by providing additional 

guidance for the NRC to follow when 

evaluating descriptions of proposed 

quantitative standards. The ISG 

identifies sources of information on 

which proposed quantitative standards 

may be based. 

DATES: Submit comments by May 18, 

2015. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but the Commission is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods (unless 

this document describes a different 

method for submitting comments on a 

specific subject): 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2015–0044. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, 

Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 

OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

For additional direction on accessing 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marilyn Diaz, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 

20555–0001; telephone: 301–287–9068, 

email: Marilyn.Diaz@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–NRC– 

2015–0044 when contacting the NRC 

about the availability of information for 

this action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2015–0044. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

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

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS 

Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, 

please contact the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by 

email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft 

ISG is available in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML15051A029. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– 

0044 in the subject line of your 

comment submission, in order to ensure 

that the NRC is able to make your 

comment submission available to the 

public in this docket. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC posts all comment 

submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as entering 

the comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, then you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment submissions into 

ADAMS. 

II. Background 

A fuel cycle facility licensee that is 

regulated under part 70 of Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

and that is subject to subpart H, 

‘‘Additional Requirements for Certain 

Licensees Authorized to Possess a 

Critical Mass of Special Nuclear 

Material,’’ is required to conduct an 

Integrated safety analysis (ISA) and 

submit an ISA summary that supports 

the license application. As relevant to 

the ISG, the 10 CFR 70.65(b)(7) 

provision requires that for all credible 

acute chemical exposure events set forth 

in 10 CFR 70.61(b)(4) and (c)(4), the ISA 

summary describe ‘‘the proposed 

quantitative standards used to assess the 

consequences to an individual from 

acute chemical exposure to licensed 

material or chemicals produced from 

licensed materials.’’ 

The ISG will assist the NRC in 

determining whether ISA summaries 

and the underlying ISAs conducted by 

applicants or licensees adequately 

consider all credible acute chemical 

exposure events and exposure 

pathways. The ISG identifies several 

sources of chemical hazards information 

on which proposed quantitative 

standards may be based. As stated in the 

ISG, these sources of information 

include the Emergency Response 

Planning Guidelines (ERPGs), the Acute 

Exposure Guidelines Levels (AEGLs), 

Temporary Emergency Exposure Levels 

(TEELs), and the Globally Harmonized 

System of Classification and Labeling of 

Chemicals (GHS). The ERPGs, AEGLs, 

TEELs and GHS hazard statements 

contain information relevant to 

inhalation exposure pathways. As 

detailed in the ISG, the National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health Skin Notations, and the GHS 

hazards statements, contain useful data 

on which an applicant may base its 

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