23220 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 94 / Monday, May 18, 2009 / Notices 

ACTION: Announcement of issuance for 

public comment, availability. 

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has issued for public 

comment a document entitled: NUREG/ 

CR–XXXX, ‘‘Criteria for Development of 

Evacuation Time Estimate Studies.’’ The 

Evacuation Time Estimate (ETE) is a 

calculation of the time to evacuate the 

plume exposure pathway emergency 

planning zone (EPZ), an area with a 

radius of about 10 miles around a 

nuclear power plant (NPP). The ETE is 

primarily used to inform protective 

action decisions during NPP 

radiological emergencies and may be 

used to assist in the development of 

traffic management plans to support an 

evacuation. This document is an 

acceptable template for use by NPP 

licensees to meet NRC requirements for 

the development of ETE studies. It also 

provides guidance for the update and 

review of ETEs. The format and criteria 

provided in this document will support 

consistent application of ETE 

methodology and will facilitate 

consistent NRC review of ETE studies. 

DATES: Comments must be filed no later 

than 75 days from the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 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: NUREG/CR–XXXX, 

‘‘Criteria for Development of Evacuation 

Time Estimate Studies,’’ is available for 

inspection and copying for a fee at the 

NRC Public Document Room, Public 

File Area O1–F21, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available 

documents created or received at the 

NRC after November 1, 1999, are 

available electronically at the NRC’s 

Electronic Reading Room at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. From 

this site, the public can gain entry into 

the NRC’s Agencywide Document 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS), which provides text and 

image files of NRC’s public documents. 

The ADAMS Accession number for this 

NUREG/CR is: ML090560622. If you do 

not have access to ADAMS or if there 

are problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, contact 

the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 

Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 

301–415–4737 or by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Comments will be made available to 

the public in their entirety; personal 

information, such as your name, 

address, telephone number, e-mail 

address, etc., will not be removed from 

your submission. You may submit 

comments by any one of the following 

methods: Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

Go to http://www.regulations.gov; 

search on Docket ID: NRC–2008–0122. 

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, Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– 

B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, and cite the publication date and 

page number of this Federal Register 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Frank J. (Jeff) Laughlin, Division of 

Preparedness and Response, Office of 

Nuclear Security and Incident 

Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. Telephone: 301–415–1113, or 

e-mail at jeff.laughlin@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NUREG/ 

CR–XXXX, ‘‘Criteria for Development of 

Evacuation Time Estimate Studies,’’ 

supersedes previous NRC guidance 

concerning the development of ETE 

studies. This document provides 

guidance for addressing new emergency 

planning (EP) requirements for nuclear 

power plants based on proposed 

changes to EP regulations in Title 10, 

‘‘Energy,’’ Part 50, ‘‘Domestic Licensing 

of Production and Utilization 

Facilities,’’ of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR Part 50), 

specifically Section 50.47, ‘‘Emergency 

Plans,’’ and Appendix E, ‘‘Emergency 

Planning and Preparedness for 

Production and Utilization Facilities’’ 

(reference RIN 3150–AI10). 

NRC is issuing guidance for the 

development of ETEs that requires 

licensees to analyze several scenarios 

including all directions and distances 

within the EPZ, across time of day, day 

of week, adverse and normal weather 

conditions and peak population special 

events. NRC is seeking comment from 

offsite response organizations as to the 

type of scenarios to be developed to 

adequately support offsite protective 

action decision-making and evacuation 

planning efforts. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day 

of May 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Christopher G. Miller, 

Deputy Director for Emergency Preparedness, 

Division of Preparedness and Response, 

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident 

Response. 

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Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, 

Availability 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and 

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, 

DG–1237. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven F. LaVie, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, telephone: (301) 415– 

1081 or e-mail to Steven.LaVie@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment a draft regulatory guide in the 

agency’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. 

This series was developed to describe 

and make available to the public such 

information as methods that are 

acceptable to the NRC staff for 

implementing specific parts of the 

NRC’s regulations, techniques that the 

staff uses in evaluating specific 

problems or postulated accidents, and 

data that the staff needs in its review of 

applications for permits and licenses. 

The draft regulatory guide (DG), titled, 

‘‘Guidance on Making Changes to 

Emergency Response Plans for Nuclear 

Power Reactors,’’ is temporarily 

identified by its task number, DG–1237, 

which should be mentioned in all 

related correspondence. This is a new 

guide. 

The NRC staff’s objectives for Title 10, 

section 50.54(q), of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR 50.54(q)) are to 

ensure that licensees (1) Follow and 

maintain the effectiveness of their 

approved emergency plans, (2) evaluate 

proposed changes to these plans for 

their impact on the effectiveness of the 

plans, and (3) obtain prior NRC 

approval for changes that would reduce 

the effectiveness of the plans. These 

actions are essential if these plans are to 

continue to provide reasonable 

assurance that adequate protective 

measures can and will be taken in the 

event of a radiological emergency. The 

NRC is proposing changes to 10 CFR 

50.54(q) based on lessons learned from 

operating experience and at the 

direction of the Commission. The 

purpose of this draft guide is to provide 

guidance on the implementation of 

proposed revision of 10 CFR 50.54(q) 

with respect to making changes to 

emergency response plans. The 


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1The Oglala Delegation’s request to make filings 

by email was initially directed to the Commission. 

The Secretary of the Commission, in turn, referred 

the hearing request to the Chief Administrative 

Judge of the ASLBP for appropriate action. Absent 

instructions to the contrary, such broad referrals 

result in the entire hearing request, and all its 

issues, being referred to a Board for resolution. The 

Oglala Delegation’s request to make filings by email should therefore be resolved by the Board. 

proposed changes to 10 CFR 50.54(q) 

can be found at the Federal eRulemaking Portal (http:// 

www.regulations.gov) by searching on 

Docket ID: NRC–2008–0122. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC staff is soliciting comments 

on DG–1237. Comments may be 

accompanied by relevant information or 

supporting data, and should mention 

DG–1237 in the subject line. Comments 

submitted in writing or in electronic 

form will be made available to the 

public in their entirety through the 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS). 

Personal information will not be 

removed from the comments. Comments 

may be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

1. Mail to: Rulemaking and Directives 

Branch, Mail Stop: TWB–05–B01M, 

Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

2. Fax to: Rulemaking and Directives 

Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 

492–3446. 

Requests for technical information 

about DG–1237 may be directed to 

Steven F. LaVie at (301) 415–1081 or 

e-mail to Steven.LaVie@nrc.gov. 

Comments would be most helpful if 

received by September 1, 2009. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered if it is practical to do so, 

but the NRC is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

Although a time limit is given, 

comments and suggestions in 

connection with items for inclusion in 

guides currently being developed or 

improvements in all published guides 

are encouraged at any time. 

Electronic copies of DG–1237 are 

available through the NRC’s public Web 

site under Draft Regulatory Guides in 

the ‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ collection of 

the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also 

available in ADAMS (http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), 

under Accession No. ML090080534. 

In addition, regulatory guides are 

available for inspection at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room (PDR), which is 

located at 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland. The PDR’s mailing 

address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 

20555–0001. The PDR can also be 

reached by telephone at (301) 415–4737 

or (800) 397–4205, by fax at (301) 415– 

3548, and by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and Commission approval 

is not required to reproduce them. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day 

of May 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Andrea D. Valentin, 

Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, 

Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. E9–11390 Filed 5–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket No. 40–08502–MLR; ASLBP No. 09– 

887–01–MLR–BD01] 

Cogema Mining, Inc.; Establishment of 

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 

Pursuant to delegation by the 

Commission dated December 29, 1972, 

published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 

28,710 (1972), and the Commission’s 

regulations, see 10 CFR 2.104, 2.300, 

2.303, 2.309, 2.311, 2.318, and 2.321, 

notice is hereby given that an Atomic 

Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is 

being established to preside over the 

following proceeding: 

Cogema Mining, Inc. Irigaray and 

Christensen Ranch Facilities (License 

Renewal for Source Materials License 

SUA–1341) 

This Board is being established in 

response to requests for hearing that 

were filed pursuant to a Notice of 

Request to Renew Source Materials 

License SUA–1341, COGEMA Mining, 

Inc., Irigaray and Christensen Ranch 

Facilities, Johnson and Campbell 

Counties, WY, and Opportunity to 

Request a Hearing dated February 9, 

2009 (74 FR 6436). Requests for hearing 

dated April 10, 2009 were filed by: (1) 

The Powder River Basin Resource 

Council; and (2) the Oglala Delegation of 

the Great Sioux Nation Treaty Council 

(Oglala Delegation), which also seeks 

‘‘leave to make filings by e-mail due to 

problems with the NRC’s EIE document 

system encountered by [petitioner’s 

counsel] due to computer system and 

software incompatibilities’’ (Pet. for 

Hearing at 125).1

The Board is comprised of the 

following administrative judges: 

Alex S. Karlin, Chair, Atomic Safety and 

Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; 

Paul B. Abramson, Atomic Safety and 

Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; 

William M. Murphy, Atomic Safety and 

Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

Unless otherwise authorized by the 

Board, all correspondence, documents, 

and other materials shall be filed in 

accordance with the NRC E–Filing Rule, 

which the NRC promulgated in August 

2007 (72 FR 49,139). 

Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th 

day of May 2009. 

E. Roy Hawkens, 

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety 

and Licensing Board Panel. 

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Response 

[NRC–2008–0122] 

Interim Staff Guidance: Emergency 

Planning for Nuclear Power Plants; 

Solicitation of Public Comment 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Announcement of issuance for 

public comment, availability. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Nuclear 

Security and Incident Response (NSIR) 

is soliciting public comment on its 

proposed Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) 

NSIR/DPR–ISG–01, ‘‘Emergency 

Planning for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ 

This ISG would provide guidance for 

addressing new emergency planning 

(EP) requirements for nuclear power 

plants based on proposed changes to EP 

regulations in Title 10, ‘‘Energy,’’ Part 

50, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production 

and Utilization Facilities,’’ of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 50), 

specifically Section 50.47, ‘‘Emergency 

Plans,’’ and Appendix E, ‘‘Emergency 

Planning and Preparedness for 

Production and Utilization Facilities’’ 

(reference RIN 3150–AI10). The NRC 

staff will modify the ISG as necessary 

for consistency with the final EP rule as 

part of the overall comment resolution 

process for the ISG and EP rule changes. 

Additional guidance on topics not 

directly related to the EP final rule, such 


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