[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.
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