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NRC RIN: 3150-AF12 Publication ID: Spring 1999 
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 37 individuals. 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. 
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  04/00/1999    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Related RINs: Related to 3150-AG62 
Agency Contact:
Garmon West Jr.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response,
Washington, DC 20555
Phone:301 415-0211
Email: fitnessforduty@nrc.gov