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NRC RIN: 3150-AI10 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Enhancements to Emergency Preparedness Regulations and Guidance [NRC-2008-0122] 
Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to enhance the emergency preparedness regulations to address concerns post September 11, 2001, as well as improve the emergency preparedness process. It would codify certain voluntary protective measures that appear in U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Bulletin 2005-02, "Emergency Preparedness and Response Actions for Security-Based Events," dated July 18, 2005, and other generically applicable requirements similar to those previously imposed by Commission orders. In addition, the proposed rule would amend other licensee emergency plan requirements based on a comprehensive review of the NRC's emergency preparedness (EP) regulations and guidance. The requirements (1) enhance a licensee's ability to prepare and take certain EP actions and protective measures in the event of a radiological emergency; (2) address, in part, security-related EP issues identified after the terrorist events of September 11, 2001; (3) clarify regulations to effect consistent emergency plan implementation among licensees; and (4) modify certain EP requirements to be more effective and efficient. 
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 50    10 CFR 52   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201    42 USC 5841   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  03/12/2008  73 FR 13157   
ANPRM Comment Period End  07/01/2008    
NPRM  05/18/2009  74 FR 23254   
NPRM Comment Period End  08/03/2009    
NPRM Comment Period Extended  06/11/2009  74 FR 27724   
NPRM Extension Comment Period End  10/19/2009    
Final Rule  12/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Lauren Quiñones-Navarro
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone:301 415-2007
Email: lauren.quiñones@nrc.gov