[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26492]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a revision to 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 
Commission'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.
    Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 8.15, ``Acceptable Programs for 
Respiratory Protection,'' describes a respiratory protection program 
that is acceptable to the NRC staff. The guide also provides guidance 
on performing evaluations to determine whether the use of respirators 
optimizes the sum of internal and external dose and other risks.
    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. Written comments may be submitted to 
the Rules and Directives Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
    Recently published regulatory guides are available on the NRC's web 
site at  in the Reference Library under Regulatory Guides. 
Regulatory guides are also available for inspection at the Commission's 
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC. Single copies 
of regulatory guides may be obtained free of charge by writing the 
Reproduction and Distribution Services Section, OCIO, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax at (301) 
415-2289. Issued guides may also be purchased from the National 
Technical Information Service on a standing order basis. Details on 
this service may be obtained by writing NTIS, 5285 Port Royal Road, 
Springfield, VA 22161. 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 30th day of September 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ashok C. Thadani,
Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 99-26492 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]
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