[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 55416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24203]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Construction Inspection Program for Reactors Built Under 10 
CFR Part 52; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft document; reopening of the comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 30, 2003, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
issued the ``Draft 10 CFR Construction Inspection Program Framework 
Document,'' which set forth the basis for the construction inspection 
program for reactors built under 10 CFR part 52. The framework document 
details the proposed audits and inspections to be conducted by the NRC 
during the Early Site Permit (ESP) and Combined License (COL) phases. 
The document also discusses how the NRC staff will verify satisfactory 
completion of the inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria 
(ITAAC) and review operational programs. The original request for 
comments was contained in an announcement of a public workshop on 
issues related to the construction inspection program for reactors 
built under 10 CFR part 52 (68 FR 34012). The comment period expired on 
September 15, 2003. Comment periods for several other documents related 
to construction of reactors under 10 CFR part 52 were also occurring 
during the same time period. In order to allow all stakeholders an 
opportunity to provide comments on the Construction Inspection Program 
Framework Document, the Commission has decided to reopen the comment 
period until October 30, 2003. The draft document is available for 
public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room located at One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Public File Area O1 F21, Rockville, 
Maryland, or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of 
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) 
(ADAMS ML031400849). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web 
site, htp://www.nrc.gov, in the Public Electronic Reading Room. For 
more information, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) reference 
staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 202-634-3273 or by e-mail to [email protected].

DATES: Submit comments on the Draft Construction Inspection Program 
Framework Document by October 30, 2003. Comments received after the due 
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission 
is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the draft guidance to: Chief, 
Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, 
Office of Administration, Mail Stop T6-D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments may be hand-delivered 
to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 
a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Comments may be submitted 
electronically by the Internet to the NRC at [email protected]. All 
comments received by the Commission, including those made by Federal, 
State, and local agencies, Indian tribes, and other interested persons, 
will be made available electronically at the Commission's Public 
Document Room in Rockville, Maryland, or from the Publicly Available 
Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ms. Mary Ann M. Ashley, Inspection 
Program Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001. Ms. Ashley may be reached at (301) 415-1073 or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of September 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stuart A. Richards,
Chief, Inspection Program Branch, Division of Inspection Program 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 03-24203 Filed 9-24-03; 8:45 am]
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