[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 113 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36846-36847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14758]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Service Provider Licenses

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of Availability and Request for Comments.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is announcing the availability of, and requesting 
comments on, draft NUREG-1556, Volume 18, ``Consolidated Guidance about 
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Service Provider 
Licenses,'' dated May 2000.
    The NRC is using Business Process Redesign techniques to redesign 
its materials 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 NUREG report is the 18th guidance document developed to 
support an improved materials licensing process.
    This guidance is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and the 
NRC staff, and will also be available to Agreement States. This 
document combines and updates the guidance found in the following draft 
regulatory guides: ``Guide for the Application for a License for the 
Use of Radioactive Materials for Calibrating Radiation Survey and 
Monitoring Instruments,'' ``Guide for the Application for the Use of 
Radioactive Materials in Leak-Testing Services,'' and ``Guide for the 
Applications for the Use of Radioactive Materials in Servicing 
Preregistered Gauges, Measuring Devices, and Sealed Sources Used in 
Such Devices.'' Additionally, NRC staff included information contained 
in the corresponding Standard Review Plans for these three draft 
regulatory guides. This draft report takes a more risk-informed, 
performance-based approach to licensing service providers, and reduces 
the information (amount and level of detail) needed to support an 
application for these activities. This document is strictly for public 
comment and is not for use in preparing or reviewing service provider 
licenses until it is published in final form. It is being distributed 
for comment to encourage public participation in its development.

DATES: The comment period ends August 11, 2000. 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, D.C. 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

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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 18, by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, ATTN: Mrs. Carrie Brown, Mail Stop TWFN 9-C-24, Washington, 
D.C. 20555-0001. Alternatively, submit requests through the Internet by 
addressing electronic mail to [email protected]. A copy of draft NUREG-1556, 
Volume 18, is also available for inspection and/or copying for a fee in 
the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), 
Washington, D.C. 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 requests comments on 
this licensing guidance NUREG specifically with respect to the clarity 
and effectiveness of the language used. Comments should be sent to the 
address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Carrie Brown, TWFN 9-F-24, 
Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, D.C. 20555, telephone (301) 415-8092; electronic mail 
address: [email protected].

Electronic Access

    Draft NUREG-1556, Vol. 18 is available electronically by visiting 
the NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov/nrc/nucmat.html).

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of June, 2000.
Catherine Haney,
Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial 
and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
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