[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38223-38224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18055]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Well Logging, Tracer, and Field Flood Study Licenses, 
Availability of Draft NUREG

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
availability of and requesting comments on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 14, 
``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance about Well Logging, Tracer, and Field

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Flood Study Licenses,'' dated May 1999. This draft NUREG report is 
the14th program-specific guidance document developed to support an 
improved material licensing process. NRC is using Business Process 
Redesign (BPR) techniques to redesign its material 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 guide has been developed in parallel with the proposed 
revision of 10 CFR part 39, ``Energy Compensation Sources for Well 
Logging and Other Regulatory Clarifications,'' published as a Proposed 
Rule on April 19, 1999 (64 FR 19089). Comments received in response to 
publication of this draft guidance will be considered in developing the 
final guide. Finalization of the guidance will continue to parallel the 
rulemaking resulting in a guidance document that is consistent with the 
final rule. It is intended for use by applicants, licensees, NRC 
license reviewers, and other NRC personnel.
    This draft report takes a more risk-informed, performance-based 
approach to licensing of well logging, tracer, and field flood study 
operations, and reduces the information (amount and level of detail) 
needed to support an application to use these devices. Note that this 
document is strictly for public comment and is not for use in preparing 
or reviewing applications until it is published in final form.

DATES: The comment period ends September 13, 1999. 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 14, 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 14, 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.
    The Presidential Memorandum dated June 1, 1998, entitled, ``Plain 
Language in Government Writing,'' directed that the Federal 
government's writing be in plain language. The NRC specifically 
requests comments on this licensing guidance NUREG regarding the 
clarity and effectiveness of the language used. Comments should be sent 
to the address listed above.

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, Vol. 14 is available electronically by visiting 
NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/nucmat.html).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd 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. 99-18055 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]
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