[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 174 (Thursday, September 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 54707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20389]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability, Workshop

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a draft new 
appendix to a 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 its review of applications for permits and licenses, and data needed 
by the NRC staff in its review of applications for permits and 
licenses.
    The NRC has issued for comment draft Regulatory Guide DG-1138, 
which is a preliminary draft of the staff's regulatory position on 
ANSI/ANS 58.21-2003, ``External Events PRA Methodology Standard.'' The 
staff's position is documented in Appendix C, ``NRC Staff Regulatory 
Position on ANS External Hazards PRA Standard'' to Regulatory Guide 
1.200, ``An Approach for Determining the Technical Adequacy of 
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Results for Risk-Informed Activities.'' 
Regulatory Guide 1.200 was issued for trial use in February 2004 and 
did not contain Appendix C. The NRC staff is only soliciting comments 
on Appendix C to RG 1.200; Appendix C has not been issued for use. It 
is the staff's intent to issue a draft Revision 1 to RG 1.200 with 
Appendix C for public review and comment before issuing Revision 1 to 
RG 1.200 as final for use in mid-2005.
    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on draft Appendix C. Comments 
may be accompanied by relevant information or supporting data. Please 
mention DG-1138 in the subject line of your comments. Comments on 
regulatory guides submitted in writing or in electronic form will be 
made available to the public in their entirety on the NRC rulemaking 
Web site. Personal information will not be removed from your comments. 
You may submit comments by any one of the following methods.
    Mail comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.
    E-mail comments to: [email protected]. You may also submit comments 
via the NRC's rulemaking Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Address 
questions about our rulemaking Web site to Carol Gallagher (301) 415-
5905; e-mail [email protected].
    Hand deliver comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, 
between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
    Fax comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415-5144.
    Requests for information about the draft Appendix C may be directed 
to Mr. A. Singh at (301) 415-0250; e-mail [email protected].
    Comments will be most helpful if received by October 29, 2004. 
Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical 
to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given for 
comments on this draft Appendix C, 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.
    The NRC intends to conduct a workshop on November 9, 2004, to be 
held in the auditorium at NRC headquarters, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland, (the agenda will be announced in a future public 
notice), to discuss and explain the staff's position on the ANS 
standard, and the staff's response to the public comments received. In 
the workshop, the staff will discuss each public comment and the basis 
for the staff's position, and answer questions.
    Electronic copies of the draft Appendix C and RG 1.200 are 
available on the NRC's Web site http://www.nrc.gov in the ``Reference 
Library'' under ``Regulatory Guides''. Electronic copies are also 
available in NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room (ADAMS System) at the 
same Web site; draft Appendix C is under ADAMS Accession Number 
ML042430314. 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; e-mail 
[email protected]. 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 31st day of August 2004.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Charles E. Ader,
Director, Division of Risk Analysis and Applications, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 04-20389 Filed 9-8-04; 8:45 am]
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