[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35014-35015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14686]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Solicitation of Public Comments on Draft NMSS Policy and 
Procedures Letter 1-82 and Backfit Guidance

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 
(NMSS) has drafted guidance for the NRC staff on applying the backfit 
requirements of 10 CFR part 70 to fuel cycle facilities. The draft 
guidance is titled, NMSS Policy and Procedures Letter (P&PL) 1-82, ``10 
CFR part 70 Backfit Guidance.'' The P&PL is now available for 
stakeholder review and comment.

DATES: Written comments must be filed within 30 days of the publication 
of this Federal Register notice. Comments received after this date will 
be considered, however the Commission will only be able to ensure the 
incorporation of comments received on or before this date.

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Availability of Documents

    A copy of this draft P&PL is available in the NRC's Agency-Wide 
Document Access and Management System (ADAMS). This document can be 
viewed by searching for ADAMS accession no. ML030730680. ADAMS is 
accessible from the NRC Web site at www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 
Comments should be clear and reproducible, and include name, 
affiliation (as applicable) and address of sender. Comments on this 
document must be sent to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, ADM, 
U.S. NRC, Washington, DC, 20555, or may be hand-delivered to 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, between the hours of 7:45 
a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal work-days. All comments will be made 
available for public inspection in ADAMS and at the NRC headquarters 
public document room (PDR). Following evaluation of the comments, 
changes will be made to the final version of the P&PL and the guidance 
published for NRC staff use. The draft P&PL is available to read and 
copy for a fee at the NRC's PDR located at 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland, 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Billy Gleaves, Mechanical Systems 
Engineer, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. NRC, 
Mail Stop T8 A33, Washington, DC, 20555, or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the draft P&PL 1-82 is to 
provide guidance to the NRC staff for implementing the backfit 
provisions in 10 CFR 70.76. In this context, 10 CFR 70.76 will become 
effective upon issuance of the final NMSS P&PL 1-82 for all Part 70 
requirements, except for subpart H, and following NRC approval of a 
licensee's ISA Summary, the requirements of 10 CFR 70.76 become 
effective for Subpart H requirements.
    The availability of this document is the latest step in an NRC 
effort to improve the efficiency of the NRC's fuel cycle oversight 
program and to enable open communications with stakeholders.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of June, 2003.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Susan M. Frant,
Chief, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 03-14686 Filed 6-10-03; 8:45 am]
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