[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35079-35080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12346]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Final Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William D. Reckley, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Telephone (301) 415-
8668 or via e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 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 (1) 
methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific 
parts of the NRC's regulations, (2) techniques that the staff uses in 
evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and (3) data that 
the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
    The NRC is now issuing Regulatory Guide 1.206, ``Combined License 
Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (LWR Edition),'' which provides 
guidance for use in submitting combined license (COL) applications 
pursuant to the Commission regulations in Title 10, Part 52, of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Early Site Permits; Standard 
Design Certifications; and Combined Licenses for Nuclear Power 
Plants.'' Specifically, 10 CFR part 52 governs the issuance of early 
site permits, standard design certifications, combined licenses, 
standard design approvals, and manufacturing licenses for nuclear power 
plants. A draft of the final rule was made available to the public 
electronically via the NRC rulemaking Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov on May 21, 2007. Regulatory Guide 1.206 implements 
the requirements contained in the draft final rule. A final rule 
amending 10 CFR part 52 is expected to be published in the Federal 
Register later this year. Following issuance of the final rule, 
conforming changes will be made to the regulatory guide, as necessary. 
The regulatory positions in Section C of Regulatory Guide 1.206 are 
divided into the following parts:
    (1) Part I addresses the information requirements specified in 10 
CFR 52.79, ``Contents of applications; technical information.'' Part I 
provides a COL applicant with guidance regarding the information that 
the NRC needs to resolve all safety issues related to the proposed COL. 
This part is intended for use by the COL applicants who are not 
referencing certified designs or early site permits.
    (2) Part II addresses the information requirements specified in 10 
CFR 52.80, ``Contents of applications; additional information.'' The 
information requirements include the inspections, tests, analyses, and 
acceptance criteria; and the environmental report.
    (3) Part III is intended for use by COL applicants who reference 
either a certified design or both a certified design and an early site 
permit.
    (4) Part IV addresses a series of miscellaneous topics of interest 
to COL applicants, and includes, but is not limited to, a checklist for 
acceptance review of a COL application, and guidance and 
recommendations on COL application format.

II. Further Information

    The NRC previously solicited public comment on this guide by 
publishing a Federal Register notice (71 FR 52826) concerning Draft 
Regulatory Guide DG-1145 on September 1, 2006. Following the closure of 
the public comment period on October 21, 2006, the NRC staff considered 
all stakeholder comments in preparing Regulatory Guide 1.206. The NRC 
staff's responses to stakeholder comments received for DG-1145 are 
documented in a report that can be found on NRC's Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML071490067.
    The NRC staff encourages and welcomes comments and suggestions in 
connection with improvements to published regulatory guides, as well as 
items for inclusion in regulatory guides that are currently being 
developed. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods.
    1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    2. Hand-deliver comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing 
Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 
p.m. on Federal workdays.
    3. Fax comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 
415-5144.
    Requests for technical information about Regulatory Guide 1.206 may 
be directed to William D. Reckley at (301) 415-8668 or via e-mail to 
[email protected].
    Regulatory guides are available for inspection or downloading 
through the NRC's public Web site in the Regulatory Guides document 
collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections. Electronic copies of Regulatory Guide 1.206 
are available in ADAMS at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, 
under Accession No. ML070720184.
    Regulatory Guide 1.206 and other related publicly available 
documents can also be viewed electronically on computers in the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland. The PDR's 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 Regulatory Guide 1.206, unless specifically requested on an 
individual basis with adequate justification. Such requests should be 
made (1) in writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Reproduction and Distribution 
Services Section; (2) by e-mail to [email protected]; or (3) by fax 
to (301) 415-2289. Telephone requests cannot be accommodated.

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    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 20th day of June, 2007.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian W. Sheron,
Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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