Internal Commission Procedures
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Highlights
Chapter I — Commission Responsibilities
- Collegial Functions
- Chairman Duties
- Individual Commission Responsibilities
- Commission Administrative Procedures
- Changes to or Waiver of Commission Procedures
Chapter II -- Decision Documents
- SECY Papers
- Format for Staff Papers and Action Memoranda to the Commission
- Action Memoranda (COMs and COMSECYs)
- Staff Requirements Memoranda
- Release of Documents Under FOIA
Chapter III -- Voting
- Votes at Commission Meetings
- Votes on SECY Papers
- Action Dates
- Submission of Votes to the Secretary
- Recording of Commissioner Votes While Away from the Office
- Handling of Separate Views on Commission Documents Published in the Federal Register
- Handling of Separate Views in Commission Adjudicatory Decisions
- Comments on Draft Congressional Letters and Press Releases Associated with Decision Documents
- Votes on Action Memoranda (COMs and COMSECYs)
- Continuances and Extensions of Time
- Closure Process
- Tracking of Requirements and Tasks
- Motions for Reconsideration of a Decision
- Withdrawal of Papers Submitted to the Commission
Chapter IV -- Commission Meetings/Hearings
- Government in the Sunshine Act
- Development of Commission Schedule
- Format for Commission Meetings
- Conduct of Commission Meetings
- Meeting-Related Documents
- Staff Requirements Memoranda (SRM)
- Briefings of the Commission Technical/Legal Assistants
- Conduct of Mandatory Hearings on Applications for Combined Licenses
Chapter V -- Institutional Correspondence
- Incoming Correspondence
- Guidelines for Commission Response
- Commission Daily Reading File
- Outgoing Correspondence
Chapter VI -- Transmittal of Sensitive Documents to Congress
Chapter VII -- Congressional Hearings
Appendices
- Process for Obtaining Nominations for NRC's Advisory Committees
- Procedures for Handling Withheld Documents in Commissioners' Offices Under FOIA
- Sample Vote Sheet
- Basis for Determining Voting Results
- Resolution of 2-2 Vote
- Specialized Procedures when Commission Review Time for Adjudicatory Actions is Limited
- Staff Requirements Memorandum and Commission Voting Record
- Procedures for Staff Presentations at Commission Meetings
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances
- Security Procedures for Conducting Classified Meetings/Hearings
- Record of Non-Sunshine Act Discussion
- Correspondence Response Sheets
- Commission Office and Staff Instructions for Processing Congressional Request for Documents
- The Budget Process
- List of Positions for Which the Commission is the Awarding Authority for Performance Awards
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Friday, June 15, 2012