[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4629]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Regulatory Guides; Withdrawal

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is withdrawing Regulatory Guide 
8.14, ``Personnel Neutron Dosimeters.'' Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 
8.14, published in August 1977, endorsed ANSI N319-1976, ``American 
National Standard for Personnel Neutron Dosimeters (Neutron Energies 
Less Than 20 MeV),'' which has been replaced by ANSI N13.52-1999, 
``Personnel Neutron Dosimeters.'' Regulatory Guide 8.14 does not need 
to be revised because regulations are in place that require licensees 
to have an adequate dosimetry program.
    Licensees are required by 10 CFR 20.1501 to use dosimetry 
processors accredited through the National Voluntary Laboratory 
Accreditation Program (NVLAP). NVLAP requires processors to use new 
standards for personnel dosimetry, ANSI N13.52-1999 and ANSI N13.11-
1993, ``Personnel Dosimetry Performance-Criteria for Testing,'' to 
maintain an appropriate quality for dosimetry processing.
    Licensees should note that the guidance in Regulatory Positions 1.b 
and 1.c of Regulatory Guide 8.14 regarding the use of calculated 
neutron dose equivalents is also contained in Regulatory Guide 8.4, 
``Direct-Reading and Indirect-Reading Pocket Dosimeters.'' The use of 
calculated neutron dose equivalents is still applicable because 
Regulatory Guide 8.4 has not been withdrawn.
    Regulatory guides may be withdrawn when they are superseded by the 
NRC's regulations, when equivalent recommendations have been 
incorporated in applicable approved codes and standards, or when 
changes in methods and techniques or in the need for specific guidance 
have made them obsolete.
    Comments and suggestions in connection with regulatory guides being 
developed and effective guides are encouraged at any time. Written 
comments may be submitted to the Rules and Directives Branch, Division 
of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of February 2001.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret V. Federline,
Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 01-4629 Filed 2-23-01; 8:45 am]
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