[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 32615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8709]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public 
comment a draft of a revised guide in the agency's Regulatory Guide 
Series. This series has been developed to describe and make available 
to the public such information as methods that are acceptable to the 
NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, 
techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or 
postulated accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of 
applications for permits and licenses.
    The draft Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.193, ``ASME Code Cases 
Not Approved for Use,'' is temporarily identified by its task number, 
DG-1135, which should be mentioned in all related correspondence. Like 
its predecessors, this proposed revision lists the Code Cases that the 
NRC has determined are not acceptable for generic use as specified in 
Section III, ``Rules for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant 
Components,'' and Section XI, ``Rules for Inservice Inspection of 
Nuclear Power Plant Components,'' of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel 
(BPV) Code promulgated by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 
(ASME). (In so doing, this guide complements Revision 34 of Regulatory 
Guide 1.84, ``Design, Fabrication, and Materials Code Case 
Acceptability, ASME Section III,'' and Revision 15 of Regulatory Guide 
1.147, ``Inservice Inspection Code Case Acceptability, ASME Section XI, 
Division 1,'' which list the Code Cases that the NRC has determined to 
be acceptable alternatives to applicable provisions of Section III and 
Section XI, respectively.)
    Licensees may request NRC approval to implement one or more of the 
Code Cases listed in Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.193, as provided 
in 10 CFR 50.55a(a)(3), which permits the use of alternatives to the 
Code requirements referenced in 10 CFR 50.55a, provided that the 
proposed alternatives result in an acceptable level of quality and 
safety. To do so, a licensee must submit a plant-specific request that 
addresses the NRC's concern about the given Code Case.
    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
1135, and comments may be accompanied by relevant information or 
supporting data. Please mention DG-1135 in the subject line of your 
comments. Comments on this draft regulatory guide submitted in writing 
or in electronic form will be made available to the public in their 
entirety through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management 
System (ADAMS). Personal information will not be removed from your 
comments. You may submit comments by any 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 A. Gallagher (301) 
415-5905; e-mail [email protected].
    Hand-deliver comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 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 technical information about Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
1135 may be directed to Wallace E. Norris, at (301) 415-6796 or 
[email protected].
    Comments would be most helpful if received by July 14, 2006. 
Comments received after that 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, 
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.
    Electronic copies of the draft regulatory guide are available 
through the NRC's public Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the 
Regulatory Guides document collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading 
Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic 
copies are also available in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management System (ADAMS) at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, 
under Accession ML061210425.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland; the PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at 
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-
mail to [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 20555-0001, Attention: Reproduction and 
Distribution Services Section; 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 19th day of May, 2006.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
James T. Wiggins,
Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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