[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32762]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NUREG-1609]


Standard Review Plan for Transportation Packages for Radioactive 
Material; Notice of Issuance and Availability

    The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a draft 
report NUREG-1609 entitled ``Standard Review Plan for Transportation 
Packages for Radioactive Material'' for review and comment.
    The Standard Review Plan for Transportation Packages for 
Radioactive Material provides guidance for the review and approval of 
applications for packages used to transport radioactive material (other 
than irradiated nuclear fuel) under Title 10 of Code of Federal 
Regulations, Chapter 1, part 71 (10 CFR part 71). The document is 
intended for use by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff. 
Its objectives are to (1) summarize 10 CFR Part 71 requirements for 
package approval, (2) describe the procedures by which the NRC staff 
determines that these requirements have been satisfied, and (3) 
document the practices developed by the staff in previous reviews of 
package applications.
    Draft NUREG-1609 is available for inspection and copying for a fee 
at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW (Lower Level), 
Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. A free copy of draft NUREG-1609 may be 
requested by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Printing and Graphics Branch, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Comments on all aspects of this draft document are solicited and 
will be considered and may be incorporated in the Standard Review Plan, 
as appropriate. Appendix B to draft NUREG-1609 contains a data form 
that will be used to aid the NRC staff in transcribing the comments. A 
photocopy of the form in Appendix B or a similar form containing the 
same information should be used. Comments on draft NUREG-1609 should be 
submitted by March 31, 1998. The Standard Review Plan is scheduled for 
publication as an NRC NUREG document in 1998.
    A separate Standard Review Plan for Transportation Packages for 
Spent Nuclear Fuel (NUREG-1617) is in preparation. Draft NUREG-1617 is 
scheduled to be published for comment in the spring of 1998.
    Mail comments to: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of 
Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6 D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments may be hand-delivered 
to 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland between 7:30 am and 4:15 
pm on Federal workdays.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
website through the NRC home page (http://www.nrc.gov). This site 
provides the availability to upload comments as files (any format), if 
your web browser supports that function. For information about the 
interactive rulemaking website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, (301) 415-
5905; e-mail [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10 day of December, 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cass R. Chappell,
Section Chief, Package Certification Section, Spent Fuel Project 
Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-32762 Filed 12-15-97; 8:45 am]
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