[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 236 (Friday, December 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31076]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Portable Gauge Licenses: Request for Volunteers To 
Participate in January 1997 Pilot Test

    In an October 3, 1996, notice (61 FR 51729), NRC announced the 
availability of draft NUREG-1556, Volume 1, ``Consolidated Guidance 
about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Portable 
Gauge Licenses.'' The October 3 notice indicated that draft NUREG-1556, 
Volume 1, was ``strictly for public comment and NOT for use in 
preparation or review of applications for portable gauge licenses until 
the document is in final form.'' However, as part of the evaluation of 
the document's content, format, and usefulness, NRC is seeking a small 
number of volunteers (not to exceed 9) to participate in a pilot test 
of the draft guidance to be conducted during the week of January 27, 
1997, in NRC's Region II office in Atlanta, GA. Volunteers need not be 
physically present in the NRC Region II office during the pilot, but 
should be available throughout the period January 27 through 31, 1997, 
by telephone and have the capability to receive and transmit messages 
via electronic mail or facsimile.
    Ideally, volunteers will be applicants for new portable gauge 
licenses, willing to submit applications in accordance with draft 
NUREG-1556, Volume 1 in both paper and electronic format, to work 
closely with the NRC staff to resolve any identified deficiencies in 
the application (so that all applications can be completely processed 
during the one-week pilot test), and to provide NRC with comments on 
their pilot test experience. To be useful in the pilot test, 
applications accompanied by the appropriate fees as specified in 10 CFR 
Part 170 need to be received in NRC's Region II office not later than 
January 22, 1997. Rather than following the filing instructions in 10 
CFR 30.6, for the purposes of the pilot test, applications should be 
addressed as follows: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Mr. 
John M. Pelchat, BPR Pilot Test, 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900, 
Atlanta, GA 30323-0199.
    Submitted applications will be reviewed following the draft NUREG-
1556, Volume 1 guidance. Upon completion of the review of each 
submitted application and resolution of any identified deficiencies, 
NRC will issue a valid license to the applicant.
    In addition, portable gauge manufacturers, master material 
licensees, and Agreement States may volunteer as they may be able to 
contribute to the evaluation and improvement of the guidance in draft 
NUREG-1556, Volume 1. John M. Pelchat, who can be reached at (404) 331-
5083 or via electronic mail at INTERNET:[email protected], is coordinating 
volunteers and can answer questions about the pilot test.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29 day of November, 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Donald A. Cool,
Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
[FR Doc. 96-31076 Filed 12-05-96; 8:45 am]
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