[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24232-24233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10294]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has placed a draft guide on the 
website for public comment. This Regulatory Guide 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.
    This draft guide, temporarily identified by its task number, DG-
1094 (which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this 
draft guide), is a revision of DG-1094 (64FR58461) as a result of 
public comments and a public meeting held on February 23, 2000. A final 
draft guide, identified by the task number of DG-1097, will be 
published shortly for formal comment. This guide has been developed to 
provide a comprehensive fire protection guidance document, and to 
identify the scope and depth of fire protection that the staff has 
determined to be acceptable for operating nuclear plants. This guide 
may be used for licensee self-assessments and as the deterministic 
basis for future rulemaking. This guide has been developed from a 
compilation of fire protection regulations, generic communications, 
Branch Technical Positions, and other NRC guidance. In addition, as 
appropriate, new guidance is provided where the existing guidance is 
weak or non-existent. The specific NRC fire protection requirements 
applicable to any given operating reactor are a function of licensing 
dates, specific license conditions, rule applicability statements, 
approved exemptions/deviations, and individual plant Safety Evaluation 
Reports (SERs). It is not possible to capture in a single guide all the 
compliance alternatives that have been previously accepted by the NRC 
for a given plant. This guide presents the best available methods for 
meeting fire protection requirements and objectives that are acceptable 
to the Commission, and will be used in the evaluation of fire 
protection programs for operating nuclear power plants. Nothing in this 
guide prohibits a licensee from proposing an alternative method(s) for 
complying with specified portions of the Commission's regulations.
    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 David L. Meyer, Chief, 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, (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555-0001. The public 
comment period for this revision of DG-1094 will close at the same time 
as the public comment period for the final draft guide identified by 
the task number of DG-1097. All comments will be incorporated in the 
final regulatory guide to be issued in 2001.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
website (http://www.techconf.llnl.gov/cgi_bin/topics). This site 
provides the availability to upload comments as files (any format), if 
your web browser supports this 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. E.A. Connell, (301) 415-2838; 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, (Lower Level), Washington, DC. 
Current draft Regulatory Guides that have been issued for public 
comment can be found at our Rulemaking site: http://ruleforum.llnl.gov/
cg__bn/rulemake?source=rg. 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 20555-0001, Attention: Reproduction and 
Distribution Services Section; or by fax to (301) 415-2289, or by e-
mail to [email protected]>. 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)).


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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 18th day of April 2000.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John N. Hannon,
Chief, Plant Systems Branch, Division of Systems Safety and Analysis, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 00-10294 Filed 4-24-00; 8:45 am]
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