[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 173 (Thursday, September 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52826-52827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14865]


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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 new 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 regulatory guide, entitled ``Combined License 
Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (LWR Edition),'' is temporarily 
identified by its task number, DG-1145, which should be mentioned in 
all related correspondence. This proposed regulatory guide contains 
guidance for use in submitting combined license (COL) applications in 
compliance with the Commission's regulations in Title 10 Part 52 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 52), ``Early Site Permits; 
Design Certifications; and Combined Licenses for Nuclear Power 
Plants.'' Specifically, 10 CFR Part 52 governs the issuance of early 
site permits, standard design certifications, and combined licenses for 
nuclear power plants.
    In February 1972, the NRC initially published Regulatory Guide 
1.70, ``Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis Reports for 
Nuclear Power Plants (LWR Edition),'' which the nuclear industry has 
since used in preparing applications for construction permits and 
operating licenses for new nuclear power plants. The NRC most recently 
revised Regulatory Guide 1.70 in November 1978 and, since that time, 
the Commission has established a new process for licensing new 
reactors. That process, described in detail in 10 CFR Part 52, allows 
an applicant to reference an early site permit (ESP), a design 
certification (DC), both, or neither, in a COL application. The NRC has 
developed Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1145 to provide guidance to 
applicants who plan to use this new process.
    The NRC initially issued 10 CFR Part 52 in April 1989 to offer 
alternative licensing (ESP, standard DC, COL, and manufacturing 
license) processes for new nuclear power plants. More recently, the 
agency proposed a revision of the rule on March 13, 2006, (71 FR 
12782), to clarify the applicability of various requirements to each of 
the licensing processes. This Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1145, is based 
on the proposed revised rule. The specific requirements pertaining to 
technical requirements for content of applications are contained in 
proposed 10 CFR 52.79, ``Contents of applications, general 
requirements'' and proposed 10 CFR 52.80, ``Contents of applications, 
additional technical information.'' The final Regulatory Guide will be 
conformed to the final rule that is adopted by the Commission, and will 
be issued when that final rule is available.
    At this time, the NRC staff is soliciting comments on Draft 
Regulatory Guide DG-1145. Comments may be accompanied by relevant 
information or supporting data, and should mention DG-1145 in the 
subject line. Comments 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/cgi-bin/rulemake?source=rg&st=draftrg. Address questions about our rulemaking

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Web site to Carol A. Gallagher at (301) 415-5905 or by e-mail to 
[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-
1145 may be directed to the NRC Project Manager, Eric Oesterle, at 
(301) 415-1365 or [email protected].
    Comments would be most helpful if received by October 21, 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 Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1145 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 ADAMS (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), under Package Accession ML061800499.
    In addition, Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1145 and other related 
publicly available documents, including public comments received, can 
be viewed electronically on computers in the NRC's Public Document Room 
(PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 
The PDR reproduction contractor will make copies of documents for a 
fee. 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].
    Please note that the NRC does not intend to distribute printed 
copies of Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1145, unless specifically requested 
on an individual basis. Such 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 1st day of September, 2006.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Charles E. Ader,
Acting Director, Division of Risk Assessment and Special Projects, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E6-14865 Filed 9-6-06; 8:45 am]
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