[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3280-3281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-921]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment a 
proposed revision to a guide in its Regulatory Guide Series. This 
series has been developed to describe and make available to the public 
such information as methods acceptable to the NRC staff for 
implementing specific parts of the Commission's regulations, techniques 
used by the staff in evaluating specific problems or postulated 
accidents, and data needed by the staff in its review of applications 
for permits and licenses.
    The draft guide, temporarily identified by its task number, DG-8012 
(which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this draft 
guide), is a proposed Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 8.29, 
``Instruction Concerning Risks from Occupational Radiation Exposure.'' 
This guide is being revised to provide guidance on the instructions and 
information that should be provided to workers by licensees about 
health risks from occupational radiation exposure.
    This draft guide is being issued to involve the public in the early 
stages of the development of a regulatory position in this area. It has 
not received complete staff review and does not represent an official 
NRC staff position.
    Public comments are being solicited on the draft guide. Comments 
should be accompanied by supporting data. Written comments may be 
submitted to the Rules Review and Directives Branch, Division of 
Freedom of Information and Publications Services, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555. Comments will be most helpful if received by March 15, 1995.
    Comments may be submitted electronically, in either ASCII text or 
Wordperfect format (version 5.1 or later), by calling the NRC 
Electronic [[Page 3281]] Bulletin Board on FedWorld. The bulletin board 
may be accessed using a personal computer, a modem, and one of the 
commonly available communications software packages, or directly via 
Internet. Background documents on the rulemaking are also available for 
downloading and viewing on the bulletin board.
    If using a personal computer and modem, the NRC subsystem on 
FedWorld can be accessed directly by dialing the toll free number: 1-
800-303-9672. Communication software parameters should be set as 
follows: parity to none, data bits to 8, and stop bits to 1 (N, 8, 1). 
Using ANSI or VT-100 terminal emulation, the NRC NUREGs and RegGuides 
for Comment subsystem can then be accessed by selecting the ``Rules 
Menu'' option from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' For further information about 
options available for NRC at FedWorld consult the ``Help/Information 
Center'' from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' Users will find the ``FedWorld 
Online User's Guides'' particularly helpful. Many NRC subsystems and 
databases also have a ``Help/Information Center'' option that is 
tailored to the particular subsystem.
    The NRC subsystem on FedWorld can also be accessed by a direct dial 
phone number for the main FedWorld BBS: 703-321-8020; Telnet via 
Internet: fedworld. gov (192.239.93.3); File Transfer Protocol (FTP) 
via Internet: ftp.fedworld.gov (192.239.92.205); and World Wide Web 
using: http://www.fedworld.gov (this is the Uniform Resource Locator 
(URL)).
    If using a method other than the toll free number to contact 
FedWorld, the NRC subsystem will be accessed from the main FedWorld 
menu by selecting the ``F--Regulatory, Government Administration and 
State Systems,'' then selecting ``A--Regulatory Information Mall.'' At 
that point, a menu will be displayed that has an option ``A--U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' that will take you to the NRC Online 
main menu. You can also go directly to the NRC Online area by typing 
``/go nrc'' at a FedWorld command line. If you access NRC from 
FedWorld's main menu, you may return to FedWorld by selecting the 
``Return to FedWorld'' option from the NRC Online Main Menu. However, 
if you access NRC at FedWorld by using NRC's toll-free number, you will 
have full access to all NRC systems, but you will not have access to 
the main FedWorld system. For more information on NRC bulletin boards 
call Mr. Arthur Davis, Systems Integration and Development Branch, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 
415-5780; e-mail AXD[email protected].
    Although a time limit is given for comments on this draft, comments 
and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in guides 
currently being developed or improvements in all published guides are 
encouraged at any time.
    Regulatory guides are available for inspection at the Commission's 
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC. Requests for 
single copies of draft guides (which may be reproduced) or for 
placement on an automatic distribution list for single copies of future 
draft guides in specific divisions should be made in writing to the 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: 
Director, Distribution and Mail Services Section. Telephone requests 
cannot be accommodated. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and 
Commission approval is not required to reproduce them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of December 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank A. Costanzi,
Deputy Director, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 95-921 Filed 1-12-95; 8:45 am]
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