[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 140 (Thursday, July 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18427]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Guidance about 
Administrative Licensing Procedures

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 20, ``Consolidated Guidance about 
Materials Licenses: Guidance about Administrative Licensing 
Procedures,'' dated July 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 20th guidance document developed for the 
new process.
    This guidance is intended for use by the NRC staff, and will also 
be available to Agreement States, applicants, and licensees. This 
document combines and updates the guidance for NRC license reviewers 
and licensing assistants previously found in the documents listed in 
Appendix A of the NUREG. When published in final form, NRC licensing 
staff will use these administrative procedures to process license 
applications and prepare licenses. Note that this document is strictly 
for public comment and is not for use in preparing or reviewing license 
applications until it is published in final form. It is being 
distributed for comments to encourage public participation in its 
development.

DATES: The comment period ends October 3, 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 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 20, by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, ATTN: Mrs. Carrie Brown, Mail Stop TWFN 9-C24, 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 20, 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-C24, 
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. 20 is available electronically by visiting 
the NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov/nrc/nucmat.html).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of July, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Catherine Haney,
Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial 
and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 00-18427 Filed 7-19-00; 8:45 am]
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