[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36724-36725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17195]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance about Licenses of Broad Scope, dated April 1999

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
availability of NUREG-1556, Volume 11, ``Consolidated Guidance about 
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Licenses of Broad 
Scope,'' dated April 1999.

ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1556, Vol. 11, may be obtained by writing to 
the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. 
Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328. Copies are also available from 
the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, 
Springfield, Virginia 22161. A copy of the document 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: Ms. 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, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 16, 1998 (63 FR 49615), NRC 
announced the availability of draft

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NUREG-1556, Volume 11, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials 
Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Licenses of Broad Scope,'' 
and requested comments on it. This draft NUREG report was the eleventh 
program-specific guidance developed to support an improved materials 
licensing process. The NRC staff considered all the comments, including 
constructive suggestions to improve the document, in the preparation of 
the final NUREG report.
    The final version of NUREG-1556, Volume 11, is now available for 
use by applicants, licensees, NRC license reviewers, and other NRC 
staff. It 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. This option is discussed in detail in Chapter 
1 of this document. Draft NUREG-1556, Volume 11, is not intended to be 
used alone. Because 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.

Electronic Access

    NUREG-1556, Volume 11, will also be available electronically 
approximately 1 month after publication of this notice by visiting 
NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov) and choosing ``Nuclear 
Materials,'' and then ``NUREG-1556, Volume 11.''

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

    In accordance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act of 
1996, NRC has determined that this action is not a major rule and has 
verified this determination with the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of June, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial 
and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 99-17195 Filed 7-6-99; 8:45 am]
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