[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 41794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14718]
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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 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 ``Minimization of
Contamination and Radioactive Waste Generation in Support of
Decommissioning,'' is temporarily identified by its task number, DG-
4012, which should be mentioned in all related correspondence.
The issuance of the final rule for Subpart E, ``Radiological
Criteria for License Termination,'' of Title 10, Part 20, ``Standards
for Protection Against Radiation,'' of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR part 20), published in Volume 62 of the Federal Register on
July 21, 1997 (62 FR 39058-92), included specific requirements in 10
CFR 20.1406, ``Minimization of Contamination,'' for the submission of
information by license applicants with regard to design and operational
procedures for minimizing contamination of the facility and the
environment and for minimizing radioactive waste generation and
facilitating decommissioning. As specifically stated, ``Applicants for
licenses, other than renewals, after August 20, 1997, shall describe in
the application how facility design and procedures for operation will
minimize, to the extent practicable, contamination of the facility and
the environment, facilitate eventual decommissioning, and minimize, to
the extent practicable, the generation of radioactive waste.''
Therefore, a license applicant should consider the total life cycle of
the facility, from initial facility layout and design to programs and
procedures for operation to final decontamination and dismantling at
the time of decommissioning. During the operating life of a facility,
the design and operating procedures might change, but the objectives of
10 CFR 20.1406 need to be addressed. The purpose of this regulatory
guide is to present guidance that will assist license applicants in
effectively implementing this licensing requirement.
The NRC staff is soliciting comments on Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
4012. Comments may be accompanied by relevant information or supporting
data, and should mention DG-4012 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: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing 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: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing
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: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, Office
of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415-
5144.
Requests for technical information about Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
4012 may be directed to NRC Senior Program Manager, Edward O'Donnell,
at (301) 415-6265 or e-mail [email protected].
Comments would be most helpful if received by November 1, 2007.
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-4012 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 Accession ML071210011.
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) 397-4209, 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) 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 15 day of June, 2007.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jimi T. Yerokun,
Chief, Risk Applications and Special Projects Branch, Division of Risk
Assessment and Special Projects, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E7-14718 Filed 7-30-07; 8:45 am]
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