Energia i regulacje · 4/27/2004

Public Records

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to reflect changes regarding officials who initially deny access to records or deny access to records whose initial denial has been appealed, and to reflect a change of an appellate official due to a reorganization. This amendment would have the Executive Assistant to the Secretary of the Commission, rather than the Assistant Secretary, make the initial determination to deny NRC records in whole or in part under the Commission's regulations. An appeal of a denial of request for waiver or reduction of fees, or denial of a request for expedited processing would be appealed to the Executive Director for Operations, rather than the Secretary of the Commission. The proposed rule would establish NRC procedures to give predisclosure notification to submitters of confidential business or commercial information, and would make a number of additional clarifying and conforming amendments.