[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 18, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 28043-28044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11183]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 70


Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; Notice of 
Issuance of Final Backfit Guidance

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final issuance; effective date announcement.

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SUMMARY: The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) has issued the final 
document, NMSS 10 CFR Part 70 Backfit Guidance.
    The final document provides guidance for implementing the backfit 
provisions in 10 CFR 70.76. As a result of this final issuance and as 
discussed in 10 CFR 70.76, backfit provisions are now effective for all 
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requirements, except for subpart H, and following NRC approval of a 
licensee's Independent Safety Analysis (ISA) Summary, the requirements 
of 10 CFR 70.76 become effective for subpart H requirements.

DATES: The effective date of 10 CFR 70.76 is May 18, 2004.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the final document is available for public 
inspection and copying from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) 
component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from 
the NRC Web site at www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The ADAMS 
Accession Number is ML040980122. Documents can also be viewed 
electronically on the public computers located at the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR), O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction contractor will copy 
documents for a fee. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, should 
contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1 (800) 397-4209, 
or (301) 415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Gleaves, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 
Safeguards, Mail Stop T-8 A33, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Telephone (301) 415-5848, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of April, 2004.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 04-11183 Filed 5-17-04; 8:45 am]
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