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RIN: 3150-AF12

Publication ID: Spring 1998

Title: Fitness for Duty
Abstract: The proposed rule would amend the Commission's fitness-for-duty regulations. This proposed rule would also address the petition for rulemaking submitted by Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) (PRM-26-1), and address the Regulatory Review Group items on audit frequency and annual submittal of data. VEPCO requested that the Commission amend its fitness-for-duty regulations to change the frequency that licensees are required to audit their fitness-for-duty programs from annually to biennially. The Commission and the EDO approved the staff proposals in SECY-92-308, but asked that the staff resubmit the proposed rule to address a backfit analysis. The staff proposals were submitted to the Commission in SECY-95-262 in October 1995, and were published in the Federal Register on May 9, 1996 (61 FR 21105). The public comment period closed on August 7, 1996. Approximately 1000 comments were received from public meetings and from 37 individuals. The staff has analyzed the comments and revised the proposed rule appropriately. The staff met with the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) in July 1997 to discuss the revised rule. The staff is preparing an analysis of the application of the backfit rule to each proposed change to facilitate Commission understanding of the issues. The staff also plans to meet with the ACRS to review generic requirements before submitting the rulemaking package to the EDO in April 1998.
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 26
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201 42 USC 5841

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	05/09/1996	61 FR 21105
NPRM Comment Period End	08/07/1996
Final Action	06/00/1998

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Related RINs: Related to 3150-AG62
Agency Contact: Loren L Bush Jr. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001 Phone:301 415-2944