57080 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 180 / Friday, September 17, 2010 / Notices 

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Chief 

Technology Officer Briefing. 

• IT Committee Work Plan Actions/ 

Assignments. 

• Logistics. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public up to the seating capacity of the 

room. It is imperative that this meeting 

be held on this date to accommodate the 

scheduling priorities of the key 

participants. Visitors will need to show 

a valid picture identification such as a 

driver’s license to enter the NASA Ames 

Conference Center and must state that 

they are attending the NASA Advisory 

Council Information Technology 

Infrastructure Committee meeting in the 

Ballroom. All non-U.S. citizens must fax 

a copy of their passport, and print or 

type their name, current address, 

citizenship, company affiliation (if 

applicable) to include address, 

telephone number, and their title, place 

of birth, date of birth, U.S. visa 

information to include type, number 

and expiration date, U.S. Social Security 

Number (if applicable), and place and 

date of entry into the U.S., to Ms. Tereda 

J. Frazier, Executive Secretary, 

Information Technology Infrastructure 

Committee, NASA Advisory Council, at 

e-mail tereda.j.frazier@nasa.gov or by 

telephone at (202) 358–2595 by no later 

than September 20, 2010. To expedite 

admittance, attendees with U.S. 

citizenship can provide identifying 

information 3 working days in advance 

by contacting Ms. Tereda J. Frazier via 

e-mail at tereda.j.frazier@nasa.gov or by 

telephone at 202–358–2595. Persons 

with disabilities who require assistance 

should indicate this. 

September 13, 2010. 

P. Diane Rausch, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23237 Filed 9–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2010–0178; Docket No. 50–228; 

License No. R–98] 

In the Matter of Aerotest Operations, 

Inc. (Aerotest Radiography and 

Research Reactor); Order Extending 

the Effectiveness of the Approval of 

the Indirect Transfer of Facility 

Operating License 

I 

Aerotest Operations, Inc., (Aerotest, 

the licensee) is the holder of Facility 

Operating License No. R–98 which 

authorizes the possession, use, and 

operation of the Aerotest Radiography 

and Research Reactor (ARRR) located in 

San Ramon, California, under the 

provisions of Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 

50.21(c) for research and development 

purposes. Aerotest is a wholly owned 

subsidiary of OEA Aerospace, Inc., 

which is wholly owned by OEA, Inc. 

OEA, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary 

of Autoliv ASP, Inc., (Autoliv), which is 

owned by Autoliv, Inc. 

II 

The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission’s (NRC) Order dated July 6, 

2010, consented to the indirect transfer 

of control of the above facility from its 

current owner, Autoliv to X-Ray 

Industries, Inc. (X-Ray), (together, the 

applicants), pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80. 

By its terms, the Order of July 6, 2010, 

would become null and void if the 

license transfer was not completed by 

September 13, 2010, unless upon 

application and for good cause shown, 

such date was extended by the 

Commission. 

III 

By letter dated September 3, 2010, 

Aerotest submitted a request for an 

extension of the effectiveness of the 

Order of July 6, 2010, such that the 

Order would remain effective through 

September 28, 2010. According to the 

submittal, ‘‘Aerotest, along with the 

Buyer and Seller (the ‘‘Parties’’) have 

diligently pursued necessary agreements 

from the U.S. Department of Energy 

(‘‘DOE’’) and U.S. Department of Defense 

(‘‘DoD’’) with regard to used nuclear fuel 

at the ARRR. However, such agreements 

have proved difficult to secure for 

reasons beyond the control of Aerotest 

and the other Parties. 

Aerotest expects to be able to inform 

the NRC by September 17, 2010, of the 

date by which an agreement with the 

DOE and DoD on used nuclear fuel will 

be able to be completed. At that time, 

Aerotest expects to be able to identify a 

date by which all U. S. Government 

agreements will be in hand so that the 

transfer may be consummated. 

Therefore, Aerotest requests an 

extension until seven (7) business days 

after September 17, 2010 or until 

September 28, 2010. An extension of the 

Transfer Order until September 28, 2010 

is expected to give Aerotest adequate 

time to identify how long an extension 

is needed to complete agreements on 

used nuclear fuel with DOE and DoD.’’ 

The applicant stated in its September 

3, 2010, extension request that the 

transaction will not be completed by 

September 13, 2010. 

The NRC staff has considered the 

submittal of September 3, 2010, request 

for extension, and has determined that 

good cause to extend the effectiveness of 

the Order of July 6, 2010, has been 

shown in that the delay in completing 

the transaction was not caused by the 

licensee. 

IV 

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 

161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the 

Act), 42 U.S.C.2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), 

and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, it is hereby 

ordered that the effectiveness of the 

Order of July 6, 2010, described herein 

be extended until October 15, 2010, 

subject to the conditions set forth in the 

July 6, 2010, Order, and subject to the 

following additional conditions: 

A. No later than September 28, 2010, a 

description of the agreements the parties 

anticipate reaching with the U.S. Department 

of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense 

regarding the ultimate fuel disposition shall 

be submitted in writing to the NRC Director, 

Division of Policy and Rulemaking. The 

September 28 submission shall also provide 

an estimated date for completion of the 

transfer. 

B. The parties shall provide a written 

report to the NRC Director, Division of Policy 

and Rulemaking, on a weekly basis, progress 

made toward completion of the transfer. 

It is further ordered that if the 

proposed transfer is not consummated 

by October 15, 2010, the Order of July 

6, 2010, shall become null and void, 

unless upon application, on or before 

September 28, 2010, and for good cause 

shown, such date is further extended by 

Order. 

This Order is effective upon issuance. 

For further details with respect to this 

Order, see the submittal dated 

September 3, 2010, (Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) Accession No. 

ML102510500), which is available for 

public inspection at the Commission’s 

Public Document Room (PDR), located 

at One White Flint North, Public File 

Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 

floor), Rockville, Maryland, and 

accessible electronically from the 

ADAMS Public Electronic Reading 

Room on the Internet at the NRC Web 

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

adams.html. Persons who do not have 

access to ADAMS or who encounter 

problems in accessing the documents 

located in ADAMS, should contact the 

NRC PDR reference staff by telephone at 

1–800–397–4209, or 301–415–4737, or 

by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 


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1The Commission may use a policy statement to 

address matters relating to areas that are within 

NRC jurisdiction and are of particular interest to the 

Commission in order to guide staff’s activities and 

to express its expectations; however, policy 

statements, unlike regulations/rules are not binding 

upon, or enforceable against, NRC or Agreement 

State licensees and certificate holders. 

2The reference in the November 2009 FRN to 

‘‘licensee and certificate holder’’ included licensees, 

certificate holders, permit holders, authorization 

holders, holders of quality assurance program 

approvals, and applicants for a license, certificate, 

permit, authorization, or quality assurance program 

approval. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 13th day 

of September, 2010. For the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission. 

Timothy J. McGinty, 

Director Division of Policy and Rulemaking, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23250 Filed 9–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2010–0282] 

Revised Draft Safety Culture Policy 

Statement: Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Issuance of revised Draft Safety 

Culture Policy Statement and notice of 

opportunity for public comment. 

DATES: Comments are requested 30 days 

from the date of this Federal Register 

Notice. Comments received after this 

date will be considered if it is practical 

to do so, but the NRC is only able to 

assure consideration of comments 

received on or before this date. Please 

refer to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for additional information 

including specific questions for which 

the NRC is requesting comment. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of the following methods. 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2010– 

0282 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 

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. Additionally, 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 Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

NRC–2010–0282. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 

301–492–3668; e-mail 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

Mail comments to: Cindy K. Blady, 

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and 

Directives Branch (RADB), Division of 

Administrative Services, Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– 

B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, or by fax to RADB at (301) 492– 

3446. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria E. Schwartz or Catherine 

Thompson at the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Office of 

Enforcement, Mail Stop O–4 A15A, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001 or by email or telephone to 

Maria.Schwartz@nrc.gov, (301) 415– 

1888, or Catherine.Thompson@nrc.gov, 

(301) 415–3409. 

SUMMARY: On November 6, 2009, the 

NRC published a draft policy 

statement,’’ Safety Culture Policy 

Statement,’’ in the Federal Register 

(FRN) (74 FR 57525; NRC ADAMS 

Accession Number ML093030375).1 The 

Statement of Policy (SOP) contained in 

the FRN focuses on the interface of 

nuclear safety and security in a positive 

safety culture, and highlights the 

Commission’s expectation that all 

licensees and certificate holders 2

establish and maintain a positive safety 

culture that protects public health and 

safety and the common defense and 

security when carrying out licensed 

activities. The FRN requested that 

interested persons provide comments 

within 90 days of its publication. On 

January 12, 2010, the comment period 

was extended to March 1, 2010 (75 FR 

1656; ML100050288). As part of its 

outreach activities, the NRC held a 

Safety Culture Workshop in February 

2010 that provided a venue for 

interested parties to provide comments 

on the draft safety culture policy 

statement. The additional goal of the 

workshop was for panelists representing 

a broad range of stakeholders to reach 

alignment on a common definition of 

safety culture and a high-level set of 

traits that describe areas important to a 

positive safety culture. The workshop 

panelists, with the assistance of the 

other workshop participants, developed 

both. Following the February workshop, 

the staff evaluated the public comments 

that were submitted in response to the 

November 2009 FRN. Additionally, the 

staff participated on panels and made 

presentations at various industry forums 

in order to provide information to 

stakeholders about the development of 

the safety culture policy statement and/ 

or to obtain additional input and to 

ascertain whether the draft definition 

and traits developed at the workshop 

accurately reflect a broad range of 

stakeholders’ views. 

In its ongoing effort to continue this 

dialogue with stakeholders, the NRC is 

publishing this FRN containing the 

revised draft SOP for a 30-day public 

comment period. The revised draft SOP, 

including the revised definition and 

traits, is based on careful consideration 

of the Commission guidance in the 

October 2009 Staff Requirements 

Memorandum (SRM) for SECY–09–0075 

(ML092920099), the NRC staff’s 

evaluation of the public comments 

received on the November 2009 FRN, 

the revised definition and traits 

developed at the February 2010 

workshop, and the outreach efforts the 

NRC staff has engaged in since February 

2010. 

The information contained in this 

FRN will be used to focus discussions 

at a public meeting the NRC is holding 

on September 28, 2010, at its Las Vegas, 

Nevada, hearing facility. Both this FRN 

and the September meeting are intended 

to provide additional opportunities for 

stakeholders to provide comments on 

the revised draft SOP, including the 

revised draft definition and traits. 

I. Background 

Previous Policy Statements 

While the NRC has increased its 

attention on the importance of a positive 

safety culture, the agency has long 

recognized the importance of a work 

environment with a safety-first focus. In 

1989, in response to an incident 

involving operators sleeping in the 

control room, the NRC issued a policy 

statement on the conduct of operations 

which describes the NRC’s expectation 

that licensees place appropriate 

emphasis on safety in the operations of 

nuclear power plants. The ‘‘Policy 

Statement on the Conduct of Nuclear 

Power Plant Operations’’ (54 FR 3424; 

January 24, 1989) states the 

Commission’s expectations of utility 

management and licensed operators 

with respect to the conduct of 

operations, noting that it applies to all 

individuals engaged in any activity 

which has a bearing on the safety of 

nuclear power plants. The Commission 

issued the policy statement to help 

foster the development and 

maintenance of a positive safety culture 

at these facilities. 


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