94-17500. Two-Year Trial Program for Conducting Open Enforcement Conferences; Continuation of Trial Program

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 

Two-Year Trial Program for Conducting Open Enforcement 
Conferences; Continuation of Trial Program

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Supplement to Policy Statement; Continuation of Trial Program.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a 
supplement to its two-year trial program for conducting open 
enforcement conferences. The purpose of this supplement is to inform 
the public of the NRC's continuation of the trail program until the 
commission acts upon the NRC staff's recommendations regarding open 
enforcement conferences.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Lieberman, Director, Office of 
Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555 
(301-504-2741).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission published a policy statement 
on the implementation of a two-year trial program to allow selected 
enforcement conferences to be open to public observation on July 10, 
1992 (57 FR 30762). The purpose of the trial program was to determine 
whether to maintain the current policy stated in Section V of the 
``General Statement of Policy and Procedure for Enforcement Action,'' 
(Enforcement Policy) 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C that, ``enforcement 
conferences will not normally be open to the public,'' or to adopt a 
new policy that would allow most enforcement conferences to be open to 
attendance by all members of the public. Comments were required to be 
provided to the Commission on or before the completion date of the 
trial program. A correction to the original notice was issued on July 
17, 1992 (57 FR 31754) to correctly identify the scheduled completion 
of the trial program as July 11, 1994.
    On May 13, 1994, the Executive Director for Operations directed a 
reexamination of the NRC enforcement program by a Review Team of senior 
NRC staff. As part of this comprehensive review of the Enforcement 
Policy, the NRC intends to consider the issue of whether the Commission 
should establish open enforcement conferences as the normal practice. 
In the interim, the NRC is continuing the open enforcement conference 
trial program pending the outcome of the Enforcement Policy Review. The 
Review Team intends to complete its review of the Enforcement Policy in 
early 1995.
    As part of its review of the Enforcement Policy, the NRC intends to 
issue a Federal Register notice soliciting public comments to assist 
the Review Team. This notice will include soliciting comments on the 
issue of open enforcement conferences.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, this 13th day of July 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James Lieberman,
Director, Office of Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 94-17500 Filed 7-18-94; 8:45 am]
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