Document ID: FEMA-2008-0022-0123
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Guidance for Protective Action Recommendations for General Emergencies; Supplement 3; Draft for Comment
Posted Date: 2010-06-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 109)]
[Notices]               
[Page 32493-32494]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr08jn10-129]                         

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID NRC-2010-0080]

 
NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-, Rev. 1, Supplement 3, Guidance for 
Protective Action Recommendations for General Emergencies; Draft for 
Comment

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting and extension of public comment period.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) are reopening the comment period and 
announcing the date, time and location for one in a series of public 
meetings that will be held to discuss the proposed Supplement 3 to 
NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev.1, Guidance for Protective Action 
Recommendations for General Emergencies (NUREG Supp 3). NUREG Supp 3 
addresses onsite and offsite nuclear power plant preparedness.

DATES: Meeting Date: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 9, 
2010 from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. (Central Daylight Time).
    Registration Date: Those interested in participating in this 
meeting by teleconference or webconference should call or e-mail the 
person listed below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section as 
soon as possible, but no later than 1 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on 
Tuesday, June 8, 2010.
    Comment Period: The public comment period originally scheduled to 
close on May 24, 2010, has been extended to August 9, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel La Crosse, 
200 Harborview Plaza, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601; Ph: 608-784-6680.
    You may submit comments on the proposed Supplement 3, identified by 
Docket ID NRC-2010-0080, by visiting http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the instructions listed on how to submit comments. (Note: This process 
applies to all government requests for comments--even though as in the 
case of this draft guidance document, they may not be for regulatory 
purposes). For further information and methods for submitting comments, 
see the ``Announcement of Issuance for Public Comment, Availability'' 
(at 75 FR 10524, on March 8, 2010) or call or e-mail the contact person 
listed below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Ralston, Emergency

[[Page 32494]]

Management Specialist, Professional Services and Integration Branch, 
Technological Hazards Division, Protection and National Preparedness, 
michelle.ralston@dhs.gov, (202) 212-2310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These meetings will be conducted jointly by 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA) and will address Supplement 3 to NUREG-0654/
FEMA-REP-1, Rev.1, Guidance for Protective Action Recommendations for 
General Emergencies (NUREG Supp 3). Draft NUREG Supp 3 has been 
proposed by these two agencies to address emergency planning and 
preparedness for Nuclear Power Plants. This document addresses both 
onsite (the plants themselves) and offsite (State, local, Tribal 
offsite response organizations) planning and preparedness. FEMA and the 
NRC are soliciting comments for the joint document through the notice 
of availability, titled ``Announcement of Issuance for Public Comment, 
Availability'' (75 FR 10524, published on March 8, 2010). The document 
is available at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID NRC-2010-0080). 
Please note that the public comment period on this document has been 
extended to August 9, 2010.
    NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, is a joint FEMA/NRC policy document 
that contains the Evaluation Criteria that FEMA and the NRC use to 
determine compliance with the 16 Planning Standards that are located in 
FEMA's regulations at 44 CFR 350.5, and the NRC's regulations at 10 CFR 
part 50. The agencies use these Planning Standards, and associated 
Evaluation Criteria, to measure the adequacy of emergency preparedness 
plans of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) owners and operators and the State, 
local, and Tribal jurisdictions in which they are sited.
    NUREG Supp 3 provides additional guidance directed to NPP 
licensees, State, local, and Tribal jurisdictions. Elements of this 
draft guidance include increased offsite response organization 
involvement in the development of protective action strategies, 
consideration of staged evacuation as the initial protective action at 
General Emergency, increased use of shelter-in-place for certain 
scenarios, and guidance to improve communications with the public 
before and during an emergency. The substance of this joint draft 
guidance aligns with changes proposed in the NRC Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking entitled ``Enhancements to Emergency Preparedness 
Regulations'' (74 FR 23254, published on May 18, 2009), and Interim 
Staff Guidance as well as the changes proposed in FEMA's draft 
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Manual and Supplement 4 to 
NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev.1 (74 FR 23198 published on May 18, 2009).
    The purpose of these public meetings is to (1) Introduce the 
proposed draft guidance jointly; (2) answer questions about the 
proposed draft guidance document and to describe the next steps in the 
guidance document process; (3) ensure openness during the guidance 
document process; (4) provide additional opportunities for public 
participation in the guidance document process; and, (5) build positive 
relations, confidence, and trust in the guidance document process.
    Public Meeting Date, Time, and Location:
    Wednesday, June 9, 2010.
    Meeting Location: Radisson Hotel La Crosse, 200 Harborview Plaza, 
La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601; Ph: 608-784-6680.
    Times: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. (Central Daylight Time); Please note that the 
meeting may close early if all business is finished.
    Two additional meetings, with precise times and locations yet to be 
determined, are tentatively scheduled for the month of July, 2010. When 
these meeting times and locations are confirmed, a notice will be 
published in the Federal Register.
    Teleconferencing: Interested members of the public unable to attend 
the meeting may participate by telephone via a toll-free 
teleconference. For details, please call the contact person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Those interested in 
participating in this meeting by teleconference should call or email 
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section as 
soon as possible, but no later than 1 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on 
Tuesday, June 8, 2010.
    Webconferencing: Interested members of the public unable to attend 
the meeting may participate remotely on the internet. For details, 
please call the contact person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section as soon as possible, but no later than 1 p.m. (Eastern 
Standard Time) on Tuesday, June 8, 2010.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    FEMA provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with 
disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation 
to participate in this meeting (e.g., sign language), or need this 
meeting notice or other information from the meeting in another format, 
please notify the person listed above in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section as soon as possible so that arrangements can be made.

Timothy W. Manning,
Deputy Administrator, Protection and National Preparedness, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-13711 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-21-P