[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 179 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49615-49616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24832]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Licenses of Broad Scope, Availability of Draft NUREG

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
availability of, and requesting comment on, draft NUREG-1556, Volume 
11, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance about Licenses of Broad Scope,'' dated August 1998.
    NRC is using Business Process Redesign techniques to redesign its 
materials licensing process, as described in NUREG-1539, ``Methodology 
and Findings of the NRC's Materials Licensing Process Redesign.'' A 
critical element of the new process is consolidating and updating 
numerous guidance documents into a NUREG-series of reports. This draft 
NUREG report is the 11th program-specific guidance developed to support 
the improved materials licensing process.
    It is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and staff and will 
also be available to Agreement States. This document combines, updates 
and supersedes the guidance for applicants and licensees previously 
found in Draft Regulatory Guide DG-0005 dated October 1994. Included in 
this guidance is a new option for Type A licensees of broad scope to 
have increased flexibility to make changes in some program areas and 
revise some procedures previously approved by NRC without amendment of 
the license.
    Draft NUREG-1556, Volume 11, is not intended to be used alone. 
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broad-scope licensees may be involved in many different program areas 
(e.g., medicine, research and development, manufacturing and 
distribution, etc.), this document frequently refers the user to other 
more program-specific guidance documents in the NUREG-1556 series. This 
document takes a more risk-informed, performance-based approach to the 
information needed to support an application for a license of broad 
scope. Note that this document is strictly for public comment and is 
not for use in preparing or reviewing licenses of broad scope until it 
is published in final form.

DATES: The comment period ends on December 7, 1998. Comments received 
after that time will be considered if practicable.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Chief, Rules and Directives 
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, 
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hand 
deliver comments to 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 
7:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Federal workdays. Comments may also be 
submitted through the Internet by addressing electronic mail to 
[email protected].
    Those considering public comment may request a free single copy of 
draft NUREG-1556, Volume 11, by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, ATTN: Mrs. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN 9-F-31, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Alternatively, submit requests through the 
Internet by addressing electronic mail to [email protected]. A copy of draft 
NUREG-1556, Volume 11, is also available for inspection and/or copying 
for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower 
Level), Washington, DC 20555-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN 
9-F-31, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-7874; electronic 
mail address: [email protected].

Electronic Access

    Draft NUREG-1556, Volume 11 will be available electronically by 
visiting NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/nucmat.html) 
approximately 2 weeks after the publication date of this notice.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of September, 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frederick C. Combs,
Acting Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-24832 Filed 9-15-98; 8:45 am]
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