[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7755]


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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-1084 
(which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this draft 
guide), is the Second Proposed Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide 1.8, 
``Qualification and Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants.'' 
The guide will be in Division 1, ``Power Reactors.'' This proposed 
revision is being developed to provide current guidance acceptable to 
the NRC staff regarding qualifications and training for nuclear power 
plant personnel. This regulatory guide would endorse an American 
Nuclear Society standard, ANSI/ANS-3.1-1993, ``Selection, 
Qualification, and Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants,'' 
with certain clarifications, additions, and exceptions.
    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 May 20, 1999.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
website through the NRC home page (http://ruleforum.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/
library?source=*&library=rg__lib&file=*. 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 Ms. I. Schoenfeld, (301)415-6778; 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 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 10th day of March 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John W. Craig,
Director, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 99-7755 Filed 3-29-99; 8:45 am]
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