[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 53628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20844]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a draft regulatory 
guide for public comment. Regulatory Guides are 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.
    This draft guide, temporarily identified by its task number, DG-
1117 (which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this 
draft guide), is Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1117, ``Control of 
Combustible Gas Concentrations in Containment.'' This draft guide is 
being developed to propose guidance acceptable to the NRC staff on 
meeting the requirements of a proposed amendment to 10 CFR 50.44. The 
Proposed Section 50.44 would provide requirements for the mitigation of 
combustible gas generated by a beyond-design-basis accident.
    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, MD. 
Comments will be most helpful if received by October 16, 2002.
    Comments received after this date will be considered if it is 
practical to do so, but the NRC is able to assure consideration only 
for comments received on or before this date.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
web site through the NRC home page. 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. D.C. Cullison at (301) 415-1212; 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, 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]. Regulatory 
guides are posted on NRC's web page, <http://WWW.NRC.GOV in 
the Electronic Reading Room. 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 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 August 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mabel F. Lee,
Director, Program Management, Policy Development and Analysis Staff, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 02-20844 Filed 8-15-02; 8:45 am]
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