[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 107 (Monday, June 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29719-29720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13633]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment a 
draft of a guide for 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 is temporarily identified by its Task Number, DG-
0008 (which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this 
draft guide). DG-0008, ``Applications for the Use of Sealed Sources in 
Portable Gauging Devices,'' is being developed to provide guidance to 
applicants and licensees in preparing applications for new licenses, 
license amendments, and license renewals for the use of sealed sources 
in portable gauging devices.
    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 this 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 August 31, 1995.
    Comments may be submitted electronically, in either ASCII text or 
Wordperfect format (version 5.1 or later), by calling the NRC 
Electronic 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.
    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, or by using 
Telnet via Internet, fedworld.gov. If using 703-321-8020 to contact 
FedWorld, the NRC subsystem will be accessed from the main FedWorld 
menu by selecting the ``Regulatory, Government Administration and State 
System,'' then selecting ``Regulatory Information Mall.'' At that 
point, a menu will be displayed that has an option ``U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission'' that will take you to the NRC Online main menu. 
The NRC Online area also can be accessed directly 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.
    If you contact FedWorld using Telnet, you will see the NRC area and 
menus, including the Rules menu. Although you will be able to download 
documents and leave messages, you will not be able to write comments or 
upload files (comments). If you contact FedWorld using FTP, all files 
can be accessed and downloaded but uploads are not allowed; all you 
will see is a list of files without descriptions (normal Gopher look). 
An index file listing all files within a subdirectory, with 
descriptions, is included. There is a 15-minute time limit for FTP 
access.
    Although FedWorld can be accessed through the World Wide Web, like 
FTP that mode only provides access for downloading files and does not 
display the NRC Rules menu.
    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].
    For more information on this Draft Regulatory Guide DG-0008, 
contact Ms. P.C. Vacca at the Office of the Nuclear Safety and 
Standards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, 
telephone (301) 415-7908; e-mail [email protected].
    Although a time limit is given for comments on these drafts, 
comments and suggestions in connection with (1) items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or (2) 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 maybe 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 Service 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))

    [[Page 29720]] Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of 
May 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bill M. Morris,
Director, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 95-13633 Filed 6-2-95; 8:45 am]
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