[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 11611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4627]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment a 
proposed revision of 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 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.
    The draft guide, temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1087 
(which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this draft 
guide), is titled ``Evaluating the Habitability of a Nuclear Power 
Plant Control Room During a Postulated Hazardous Chemical Release.'' 
DG-1087 is a proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.78, and it is 
being revised to propose guidance on control room habitability during a 
postulated hazardous chemical release, including chlorine. When 
Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.78 is issued, it will incorporate and 
withdraw Regulatory Guide 1.95, ``Protection of Nuclear Power Plant 
Control Room Operators Against an Accidental Chlorine Release,'' since 
many of the regulatory positions in these two guides are the same or 
similar.
    This 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 the 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, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland. Comments will be most helpful if received by April 10, 2001.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
web site through the NRC home page (http://www.nrc.gov). This site 
provides the ability to upload comments as files (any format), if your 
web browser supports that function. For information about the 
interactive rulemaking web site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, (301) 
415-5905; e-mail [email protected]. For information about the draft guide and 
the related documents, contact Mr. S. Basu at (301) 415-6774; 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 NRC's Public 
Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR's 
mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555; telephone (301) 
415-4737 or (800) 397-4209; fax (301) 415-3548. 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, 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))

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of February 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Farouk Eltawila,
Acting Director, Division of Systems Analysis and Regulatory 
Effectiveness, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 01-4627 Filed 2-23-01; 8:45 am]
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