[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25979-25980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12363]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment 
proposed revisions of three guides 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 NRC'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 guides are temporarily identified as DG-1048, which is 
the proposed Revision 31 to Regulatory Guide 1.84, ``Design and 
Fabrication Code Case Acceptability, ASME Section III, Division 1''; 
DG-1049, which is the proposed Revision 31 to Regulatory Guide 1.85, 
``Materials Code Case Acceptability, ASME Section III, Division 1''; 
and DG-1050, which is the proposed Revision 12 to Regulatory Guide 
1.147, ``Inservice Inspection Code Case Acceptability, ASME Section XI, 
Division 1,'' and they will be in Division 1, ``Power Reactors.'' DG-
1048 and DG-1049 are being developed to provide updated guidance on 
ASME Code Cases that are acceptable to the NRC staff for use in light-
water-cooled nuclear power plants. DG-1050 is being developed to 
provide updated guidance on ASME Code Cases that are acceptable to the 
NRC staff for use in inservice inspections of light-water-cooled 
nuclear power plants.
    These draft guides are being issued to involve the public in the 
early stages of regulatory positions in these areas. The draft guides 
have not received complete staff review and do not represent an 
official NRC staff position.
    Public comments are being solicited on the guides. 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. Copies of comments 
received may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street 
NW., Washington, DC. Comments will be most helpful if received by July 
21, 1997.
    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, 703-321-3339, or by using 
Telnet via Internet, fedworld.gov. If using 703-321-3339 to contact 
FedWorld, the NRC subsystem will be accessed from the main FedWorld 
menu by selecting the ``Regulatory, Government Administration and State 
Systems,'' 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

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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 the draft regulatory guides, 
contact E.O. Woolridge, telephone (301) 415-6004; e-mail [email protected].
    Although a time limit is given for comments on these draft guides, 
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 active or 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: 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 28th day of April 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lawrence C. Shao,
Director, Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 97-12363 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]
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