[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13832-13833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6906]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment a 
proposed revision of a guide 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 guide, temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1076 
(which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this draft 
guide), is a proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.54 and is titled 
``Service Level I, II, and III Protective Coatings Applied to Nuclear 
Power Plants.'' This proposed revision is being developed to update the 
NRC's guidance on the selection, qualification, application, and 
maintenance of protective coatings in nuclear power plants by endorsing 
the current versions of multiple consensus standards developed by the 
American Society for Testing and Materials.
    The draft guide has not received complete staff approval and does 
not represent an official NRC staff position.
    Comments may be accompanied by 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 July 30, 1999.
    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]. For information about the draft guide and the 
related documents, contact Mr. A.W. Serkiz, (301) 415-6563; 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.
    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

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to (301) 415-2289, or by e-mail to . 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 4th day of March 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John W. Craig,
Director, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 99-6906 Filed 3-19-99; 8:45 am]
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