[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21303]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability, and Notice of 
Public Meeting

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment a 
draft of a guide planned 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, temporarily identified by its task number, DG-4005 
(which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this draft 
guide), is titled ``Preparation of Supplemental Environmental Reports 
for Applications To Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses.'' The 
guide is intended for Division 4, ``Environmental and Siting.'' This 
draft guide is being developed to provide guidance on the format and 
content of an environmental report to be submitted as part of an 
application for the renewal of a nuclear power plant operating license.
    The draft guide has not received complete staff review and does not 
represent an official NRC staff position.
    Public comments are being solicited on Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
4005. Comments may be accompanied by additional relevant information or 
supporting data. Written comments may be submitted to the Rules and 
Directives Branch, 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 October 
23, 1998.
    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].
    Although a time limit is given for comments on this draft guide, 
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.
    A public meeting will be held on Friday, September 25. 1998, to 
answer questions about DG-4005 and to take comments on how it may be 
improved. The meeting will begin at 9:00 AM and end at 5:00 PM or 
earlier. It will be held in the NRC Auditorium at Two White Flint 
North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738. Individuals 
wishing to comment at the meeting are encouraged to inform Mr. Donald 
Cleary by September 18, 1998. Individuals not preregistered to speak 
will be given the opportunity to do so as time permits. Mr. Cleary's 
telephone number is (301) 415-3903, his e-mail address is [email protected], 
and his mail address is U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, O-11E1, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    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 or final 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: 
Reproduction and Distribution Services Section; or by fax at (301) 415-
2289; or by email to [email protected]. 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 July 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John W. Craig,
Director, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 98-21303 Filed 8-7-98; 8:45 am]
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