[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 59518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29445]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide and Draft Standard Review Plan; Issuance, 
Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment a 
draft of a regulatory 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 as DG-1085 (which should be 
mentioned in all correspondence concerning this draft guide), is 
``Standard Format and Content of Decommissioning Cost Estimates for 
Nuclear Power Reactors.'' DG-1085 is being developed to provide 
guidance to licensees on the various cost estimates that are required 
for different stages and methods of decommissioning nuclear power 
reactors.
    A conforming document, Draft NUREG-1713, ``Standard Review Plan for 
Decommissioning Cost Estimates for Nuclear Power Reactors,'' is also 
being issued for public comment. The NRC staff plans to use Draft 
NUREG-1713 in their review of licensees' cost estimates for 
decommissioning that are submitted to the NRC.
    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on these draft documents and 
will incorporate appropriate changes to these documents based on the 
comments received.
    This draft guide and draft standard review plan have not received 
complete staff approval and do 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, MD. 
Comments will be most helpful if received by January 30, 2002.
    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 standard review plan, contact Mr. W. Mike Ripley at (301) 
415-1112; e-mail [email protected].
    Although a time limit is given for comments on these drafts, 
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.
    Electronic copies of these drafts are available through NRC's 
interactive rulemaking web site (see above) and from the ADAMS Public 
Library component on the NRC's web site (the Electronic Reading Room), 
http://www.nrc.gov. These drafts are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD; the 
PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555; telephone 
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205; fax (301) 415-3548; email 
[email protected]. Requests for single copies of draft or final guides or 
standard review plans (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 e-mail to 
[email protected]; or by fax to (301) 415-2289. 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 8th day of November, 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mabel F. Lee,
Director, Program Management, Policy Development and Analysis Staff, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 01-29445 Filed 11-27-01; 8:45 am]
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