[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 203 (Monday, October 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 59574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20730]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Withdrawal of Regulatory Guides

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Withdrawal of Regulatory Guides 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marquis P. Orr, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-
6373 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing 
Regulatory Guide 9.1, ``Regulatory Staff Position Statement on 
Antitrust Matters,'' published December 1973; Regulatory Guide 9.2, 
``Information Needed by the NRC Staff in Connection with its Antitrust 
Review of Construction Permit Applications for Nuclear Power Plants,'' 
initially published October 1974, and revised June 1976; and Regulatory 
Guide 9.3, ``Information Needed by the AEC Regulatory Staff in 
Connection with its Antitrust Review of Operating License Applications 
for Nuclear Power Plants,'' published October 1974. The NRC is 
withdrawing these three regulatory guides because they are no longer 
required.
    These three regulatory guides address the antitrust review 
conducted by the staff during the evaluation of new plant construction 
and operating license applications. The review was required by Section 
105.c of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Section 625 of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-058) removed the NRC's authority 
to perform these antitrust reviews for applications submitted after the 
date of enactment of the law. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 was passed 
by the U.S. Congress on July 29, 2005, and signed into law by President 
George W. Bush on August 8, 2005. Consequently, the staff has 
determined that Regulatory Guides 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3 are no longer 
required.

II. Further Information

    The withdrawal of Regulatory Guides 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3 does not, in 
and of itself, alter any prior or existing licensing commitments based 
on their use. The guidance provided in these regulatory guides is no 
longer applicable. Regulatory guides may be withdrawn when their 
guidance is superseded by congressional action or otherwise no longer 
provides useful information.
    Regulatory guides are available for inspection or downloading 
through the NRC's public Web site under ``Regulatory Guides'' in the 
NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections. Regulatory guides are also available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), Room O-1F21, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738. The PDR's mailing 
address is U.S. NRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR staff can 
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].
    Regulatory Guides are not copyrighted and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of October, 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael R. Johnson,
Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E7-20730 Filed 10-19-07; 8:45 am]
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