Superseded or Outdated Generic Communications

AGENCY:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION:

Generic communications; withdrawal.

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing selected generic communications because they have been superseded or they contain information that is no longer applicable.

DATES:

The effective date of the withdrawals is May 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES:

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0101 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0101. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
• NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select “ADAMS Public Documents” and then select “Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.” For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided in a table in the “Availability of Documents” section of this document.
• NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Angela M. Baxter, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2976; email: Angela.Baxter@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

The NRC is withdrawing selected generic communications because they have been superseded or they contain information that is no longer applicable. The withdrawal includes the original generic communication and any supplements or revisions. The NRC plans to publish withdrawals of selected generic communications on a quarterly basis until all generic communications are brought up to date. A withdrawal does not change licensee commitments to the document. The withdrawn generic communications will not be available for use in the future. The generic communications Web site (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/) will be updated to reflect the withdrawals. The following generic communications are withdrawn:

• Generic communications regarding the “Operator Licensing Examination Schedule” and “Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations” are withdrawn because the NRC routinely requests updates from licensee's regarding its licensing examination schedule. Each generic communication on this topic supersedes the previous request. These generic communications include: Generic Letter (GL) 1983-01, GL 1983-40, GL 1985-04, GL 1985-18, GL 1986-14, GL 1987-14, GL 1988-13, GL 1989-03, GL 1990-07, GL 1991-12, GL 1992-06, Administrative Letter (AL) 1993-03, AL 1994-12, AL 1996-01, AL 1997-02, AL 1999-03, Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2000-14, RIS 2001-17, RIS 2002-09, RIS 2003-14, RIS 2004-10, RIS 2005-19, RIS 2006-15, RIS 2007-17, RIS 2008-16, RIS 2009-11, RIS 2010-08, RIS 2011-04, RIS 2012-07, RIS 2013-06, and RIS 2014-05.
• AL 1993-02, “Implementing the Revised Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) Program,” and AL 1998-07, “Interim Suspension of the Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) Program,” are withdrawn because the Commission approved termination of the SALP program in the staff requirements memorandum for SECY-00-0049, “Results of the Revised Oversight Process Pilot Program,” dated February 24, 2000.
• AL 1993-04, “Announcement of Forthcoming Public Meetings on Whistleblower Protection Activities,” is withdrawn because these meetings have been held. There is no summary or transcript available for these meetings.
• AL 1993-05, “Announcement of Public Workshop on the Form and Content of Design Certification Rules,” is withdrawn. The workshops were held and the transcript is publicly available in ADAMS (see “Availability of Documents” section).
• AL 1994-01, “Forthcoming NRC Meeting with Industry to Discuss the Potential for Pressure Locking and Thermal Binding of Gate Valves,” is withdrawn because the meeting has been held. There is no summary or transcript available for this meeting.
• AL 1994-04, “Change of the NRC Operations Center Commercial Telephone and Facsimile Numbers,” and AL 1995-01, “Change in Commercial Telephone and Facsimile Numbers at Nuclear Regulatory Commission Headquarters,” are withdrawn because the changes and updates have been implemented and distributed. The current telephone numbers at the NRC Headquarters and Operations Center are available on the NRC's public Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/contactus/.
• AL 1994-05, “Notification Concerning Changes to 10 CFR part 55” [part 55 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, “Operators' Licenses”], is withdrawn because it was for notification only.
• AL 1994-08, “Consolidation of the NRC Region V and Region IV Offices,” is withdrawn because the consolidation has taken place. A list of current NRC Headquarters and Regional offices is available on the NRC's public Web site, http://www.nrc.gov.
• AL 1994-10, “Distribution of NUREG-1478, `Non-Power Reactor Operator Licensing Examiner Standards,' ” is withdrawn because the distribution was for information only. To view the latest version of NUREG-1478, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1478/.
• AL 1994-13, “Access to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bulletin Board Systems,” is withdrawn because availability of the NRC bulletin board system has been superseded by the NRC public Web site and list server program. To stay current with news and information from the NRC, you may subscribe to multiple automatic updates by email, including RSS feeds, GovDelivery subscription services, and Lyris subscription services. To enroll, or for more information about the individual updates available, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html.
• AL 1994-14, “Distribution of Supplement to NUREG-1021, `Operator Licensing Examiner Standards,' ” is withdrawn because the distribution was for information only. To view the latest version of NUREG-1021, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1021/.
• AL 1994-15, “Reorganization of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,” and AL 1999-01, “Reorganization of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,” are withdrawn because the reorganization has been accomplished. For current organizational information, including branch level functional statements and an organization chart for the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/nrrfuncdesc.html. To view current organizational information and functional descriptions for all offices within the NRC, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization.html.
• AL 1994-17, “Addressing Correspondence to the NRC,” is withdrawn. AL 1994-17 indicates that all written correspondence is to be addressed to the NRC's Document Control Desk to ensure the correspondence is entered into the NRC's Nuclear Document Control System (NUDOCS). The NRC staff no longer uses NUDOCS; ADAMS is the current records management system.
• AL 1995-05, “Revisions to Staff Guidance for Implementing NRC Policy on Notices of Enforcement Discretion,” is withdrawn because it has been superseded by RIS 2005-01, Revision 1, “Changes to Notice of Enforcement Discretion Process and Staff Guidance,” which transmits NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0410, “Notices of Enforcement Discretion,” dated March 13, 2013.
• AL 1998-02, “Revisions to Event Reporting Guidelines for Power Reactors,” is withdrawn because this information is now available on the NRC's public Web site. For a complete listing of NRC reports associated with events, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/.
• AL 1998-05, “Availability of Summaries in Electronic Format of Technical Reports by the Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data,” is withdrawn because this information is now available on the NRC's public Web site. For a complete listing of reports or brochures on regulatory decisions, results of research, results of incident investigations, and other technical and administrative information, please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/.
• AL 1998-08, “Availability of Revised NRC Form 3, `Notice to Employees,' and Closure of NRC Walnut Creek Field Office,” is withdrawn. AL 1999-04, “Availability of Revised NRC Form 3, `Notice to Employees,' ” transmitted a revised version of Form 3 and is also withdrawn. To view a current version of NRC Form 3 (5/2012), please go to http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/forms/nrc3.pdf. A list of current NRC Headquarters and Regional offices is available on NRC's public Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/locations.html.
• GL 1991-18, Revision 1, “Information to Licensees Regarding NRC Inspection Manual Section on Resolution of Degraded and Nonconforming Condition,” is withdrawn. GL 1991-18 has been superseded by RIS 2005-20, Revision 2, “Revision to NRC Inspection Manual Part 9900 Technical Guidance—`Operability Determination & Functionality Assessments for Resolution of Degraded or Nonconforming conditions Adverse to Quality for Safety,' ” which announced Inspection Manual Chapter 0326 as the current operating guidance.

II. Availability of Documents

The documents identified in the following table are available to interested persons as indicated.