Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 241 / Friday, December 14, 2001 / Notices 64893

in the enforcement arena, the NRC has

identified a number of issues for public

comment. The NRC is seeking public

comment on the following specific

questions and also invites general

comments on the questions, and also

invites general comments on the use of

ADR in NRC enforcement cases.

It should be noted that the NRC’s

Discrimination Task Group already

addressed and initially rejected the use

of ADR in employment discrimination

cases in its draft report which has been

released for public comment (66 FR

32966 dated June 19, 2001 and http://

www.nrc.gov—;Electronic Reading

Room, ADAMS Accession No.

ML011200244). The Commission,

however, desires to more thoroughly

examine the use of ADR in enforcement

proceedings, including discrimination

cases. Accordingly, the Discrimination

Task Group will await evaluation of

comments received as a result of this

Federal Register Notice before finalizing

its recommendation on the use of ADR.

The specific questions are as follows.

1. Is there a need to provide

additional avenues, beyond the

encouragement of settlement in 10 CFR

2.203, for the use of ADR in NRC

enforcement activities?

2. What are the potential benefits of

using ADR in the NRC enforcement

process?

3. What are the potential

disadvantages of using ADR in the NRC

enforcement process?

4. What should be the scope of

disputes in which ADR techniques

could be utilized?

5. At what points in the existing

enforcement process might ADR be

used?

6. What types of ADR techniques

might be used most effectively in the

NRC enforcement process?

7. Does the nature of the existing

enforcement process for either reactor or

materials licensees limit the

effectiveness of ADR?

8. Would any need for confidentiality

in the ADR process be perceived

negatively by the public?

9. For policy reasons, are there any

enforcement areas where ADR should

not be used, e.g., wrongdoing,

employment discrimination, or

precedent-setting areas?

10. What factors should be considered

in instituting an ADR process for the

enforcement area?

11. What should serve as the source

of neutrals for use in the ADR process

for enforcement?

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day

of December 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Frank J. Congel,

Director, Office of Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 01–30926 Filed 12–13–01; 8:45 am]

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Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance,

Availability

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

has issued for public comment a draft of

a new guide in its Regulatory Guide

Series. This series has been developed

to describe and make available to the

public such information as methods

acceptable to the NRC staff for

implementing specific parts of the

NRC’s regulations, techniques used by

the staff in evaluating specific problems

or postulated accidents, and data

needed by the staff in its review of

applications for permits and licenses.

The draft guide, temporarily

identified by its task number, DG–1111

(which should be mentioned in all

correspondence concerning this draft

guide), is ‘‘Atmospheric Relative

Concentrations for Control Room

Radiological Habitability Assessments at

Nuclear Power Plants.’’ This draft guide

is being developed to provide guidance

on determining atmospheric relative

concentration (X/Q) values in support of

design basis control room radiological

habitability assessments at nuclear

power plants. This guide describes

methods acceptable to the NRC staff for

determining X/Q values that will be

used in control room radiological

habitability assessments performed in

support of applications for licenses and

license amendment requests.

This draft guide has not received

complete staff approval and does not

represent an official NRC staff position.

Comments may be accompanied by

relevant information or supporting data.

Written comments may be submitted to

the Rules and Directives Branch, Office

of Administration, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555. Copies of comments received

may be examined at the NRC Public

Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, MD. Comments will be most

helpful if received by March 15, 2002.

You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking web

site through the NRC home page (http:/

/www.nrc.gov). This site provides the

ability to upload comments as files (any

format) if your web browser supports

that function. For information about the

interactive rulemaking web site, contact

Ms. Carol Gallagher, (301) 415–5905; email CAG@NRC.GOV. For information

about the draft guide and the related

documents, contact Mr. S.F. LaVie at

(301) 415–1081; e-mail SFL@NRC.GOV.

Although a time limit is given for

comments on this draft guide,

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.

Regulatory guides are available for

inspection at the NRC’s Public

Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, MD; the PDR’s mailing

address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC

20555; telephone (301) 415–4737 or

(800) 397–4205; fax (301) 415–3548;

email PDR@NRC>GOV. Requests for

single copies of draft or final guides

(which may be reproduced) or for

placement on an automatic distribution

list for single copies of future draft

guides in specific divisions should be

made in writing to the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555, Attention: Reproduction and

Distribution Services Section; or by email to <DISTRIBUTION@NRC.GOV>;

or by fax to (301) 415–2289. Telephone

requests cannot be accommodated.

Regulatory guides are not copyrighted,

and Commission approval is not

required to reproduce them. (5 U.S.C.

552(a))

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day

of November 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Gina F. Thompson,

Senior Budget Analyst, Program Management,

Policy Development and Analysis Staff, Office

of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

[FR Doc. 01–30928 Filed 12–13–01; 8:45 am]

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