SECY-20-0033, Weekly Information Report - Week Ending April 10, 2020
| ML20104A221 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 04/14/2020 |
| From: | Catherine Haney NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
| S. Miotla, 415-5914 | |
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| SECY-20-0033 | |
| Download: ML20104A221 (8) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT APRIL 14, 2020 SECY-20-0033 FOR:
The Commissioners FROM:
Catherine Haney Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING APRIL 10, 2020 CONTENTS Enclosure Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer A
Office of the Chief Information Officer B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation C
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D
Office of the Secretary E
Office of Administration F
Catherine Haney Assistant for Operations, OEDO
Contact:
S. Miotla, OEDO 301-415-5914 Catherine Haney Digitally signed by Catherine Haney Date: 2020.04.14 08:53:37 -04'00'
ML20104A221 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/AO NAME SMiotla CHaney DATE 04/13/20 04/14/20 APRIL 14, 2020 ENCLOSURE A Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)
Items of Interest Week Ending APRIL 10, 2020 ARRIVALS TATE, MEGAN E.
MANAGEMENT ANALYST OIG LYONS, TAMEKA HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST OCHCO GILDEN, LOUIS S.
SR. CONTRACT SPECIALIST ADM COLBERT, LEZLIE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SPECIALIST OCIO ARROYO, CHRISTINE V.
SR. WRITER/EDITOR OIG RETIREMENTS HOLDER, PHYLLIS B.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT R-IV DEPARTURES RIOS, CARLOS E.
SENIOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR OIG MICEWSKI, LAURA H.
SENIOR RESIDENT INSPECTOR (BWR/TL)
R-I LYSIAK, ERIC M.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER RES KHODORKOVSKY, LAWRENCE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT NRR FREEMAN, ERIC E.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICER OIP JONES, CLINTON SENIOR RESIDENT INSPECTOR R-II CHERUBINI, JOHN R.
SENIOR PHYSICAL SECURITY INSPECTOR R-I CHASE, FRANKLIN REACTOR INSPECTOR R-II
APRIL 14, 2020 ENCLOSURE B Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
Items of Interest Week Ending APRIL 10, 2020 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of April 6 - April 10 Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description as submitted by requester Received Date 2020-000209 Marc Cecotti Any document including, but not limited to, reports, memorandum, attachments, electronic or handwritten correspondence containing the following terms: Bigelow Aerospace, Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, or BAASS, from January 2008 till December 2011.
04/06/2020 2020-000210 Kym Hunter Southern Environmental Law Center All record in the possession of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) that in any way relate to CEQs proposed rulemaking to update CEQs implementing regulations for the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
including but not limited to all records that in any way relate to CEQs Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) titled Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, published in the Federal Register on June 20, 2018.
04/09/2020 2020-000211 Nancy Burton CT Coalition Against Millstone All applications to the NRC by the owners and operators of the Millstone nuclear power station seeking exemptions to 10 CFR 26.205(d)(1)-
(d)(7) as submitted since on or after March 28, 2020 concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and the NRC response to each requested exemption.
4/10/2020
APRIL 14, 2020 ENCLOSURE C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
Items of Interest Week Ending APRIL 10, 2020 Staff Completes Safety Review of the General Electric-Hitachi ABWR Design Certification Renewal Application On March 30, 2020, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation staff completed its technical review of the General Electric-Hitachi (GEH) advanced boiling-water reactor (ABWR) design certification (DC) renewal application. GEH submitted the ABWR DC renewal application on December 7, 2010, and this is the first DC renewal that has been completed under 10 CFR Part
- 52.
Staff Hosts Public Webinar on Regulatory Improvements to Support the Licensing of Advanced Reactors On April 2, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held a public webinar with over 200 stakeholders on regulatory improvements to support the licensing of advanced reactors. Topics included environmental reviews, digital instrumentation and control, fuel cycle, policy issues, financial qualification, and insurance and liability. This meeting was in support of Strategy 3 (regulatory framework) and Strategy 5 (resolution of policy issues) of the advanced reactor Implementation Action Plans.
Staff Approves First Part 26 Exemption Request Related to COVID-19 On April 2, 2020, the staff received the first Part 26 exemption request related to COVID-19 that was submitted in the accordance with the process outlined in the NRCs March 28, 2020, letter.
The submittal was for the Limerick Generating Station Units 1 and 2, exemption from select requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 26 (Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20093M206). The approval letter can be found at ADAMS Accession No. ML20093M820.
APRIL 14, 2020 ENCLOSURE D Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
Items of Interest Week Ending APRIL 10, 2020 Transfer of Very Low-Level Waste to Exempt Persons for Disposal: Proposed Interpretive Rule; Extension of Comment Period; Chapter I of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) (NRC-2020-0065)
On April 9, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a notice in the Federal Register (85 FR 19907) extending the comment period for a notice published on March 6, 2020 (85 FR 13076), which solicited comments on a proposed interpretation of its low-level radioactive waste disposal regulations. The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on April 20, 2020. Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across the nation, the NRC has decided to extend the public comment period. Now, comments should be filed no later than July 20, 2020.
Fire Protection Compensatory Measures: Petition for Rulemaking; Denial; 10 CFR Part 50; (PRM-50-115; NRC-2017-0132)
On April 8, 2020, the NRC published a notice in the Federal Register (85 FR 19701) denying a petition for rulemaking (PRM)-50-115, dated May 1, 2017, submitted by David Lochbaum and Paul Gunter (the petitioners) on behalf of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Beyond Nuclear, respectively. The petitioners requested that the NRC issue regulations that establish acceptable conditions for the use of compensatory measures (e.g., fire watches, surveillance cameras) during periods when fire protection regulations are not met, as well as define the maximum duration that compensatory measures may be relied upon. The NRC is denying the petition because the petitioners did not present sufficient new information to warrant the requested changes in light of the NRCs relevant past decisions and current policies. Therefore, the NRC is denying PRM-50-115. The docket for PRM-50-115 was closed on April 8, 2020.
APRIL 14, 2020 ENCLOSURE E Office of the Secretary (SECY)
Items of Interest Week Ending APRIL 10, 2020 Document Released to Public Date of Document Subject Decision Documents
- 1. SECY-19-0071 07/15/19 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Fire Protection Compensatory Measures (PRM 115; NRC-2017-0132)
- 2. SRM-SECY-19-0071 03/11/20 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Fire Protection Compensatory Measures (PRM 115; NRC-2017-0132)
- 3. VR-SECY-19-0071 03/11/20 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Fire Protection Compensatory Measures (PRM 115; NRC-2017-0132)
Information Papers
- 1. SECY-20-0029 04/03/20 Weekly Information Report - Week Ending 03/20/20
- 2. SECY-20-0030 04/02/20 Weekly Information Report - Week Ending 03/27/20 Commission Correspondence
- 1. Letter to the Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr., et al., submits the February 2020 monthly status report on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) activities and use of unobligated carryover funds appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund, dated March 27, 2020.
- 2. Letter to the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, et al.,
submits the Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report of Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No Fear Act), dated March 30, 2020.
- 3. Letter to The President, submits the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act Compliance Report, dated March 30, 2020.
- 4. Letter to the Honorable John A. Barrasso, et al., responds to request that the Commission act on NRC staff recommendation for near term improvements to the Reactor Oversight Process, dated April 1, 2020.
Federal Register Notices Issued
- 1. Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) - Notice of Teleconference Public Meeting - April 30, 2020
APRIL 14, 2020 ENCLOSURE F Office of Administration (ADM)
Items of Interest Week Ending APRIL 10, 2020 FEDPASS, Project Management Methodology (PMM) 2.0 And Generic Issues Dashboard (GID) And Operating Reactors Dashboard (ORD) Operations And Maintenance Support Services On April 7, 2020, delivery order 31310020F0010 was awarded from General Services Administration Schedule GS35F496BA to NORTHRAMP LLC, in Reston, VA. The purpose of this delivery order is to provide technical assistance on the subject applications to integrate traditional project management best practices, capital planning requirements, and agency governance and oversight processes that deliver new technology and meet business needs more effectively. The base period of performance of this delivery order is from April 6, 2020, through April 5, 2021, with four one-year option periods extending to April 5, 2025. The total potential value over the life of the award is $4,238,700.65.