[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 206 (Thursday, October 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60695-60696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21017]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Final Regulatory Guides: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Issuance, Availability of Regulatory Guides 1.84, 1.147, and 
1.193.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wallace E. Norris, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-
6796 or e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
has issued revisions to existing guides in the agency's ``Regulatory 
Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and make 
available to the public information such as methods that are acceptable 
to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency'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.
    Revision 34 of Regulatory Guide 1.84, ``Design, Fabrication, and 
Materials Code Case Acceptability, ASME Section III,'' lists all 
Section III Code Cases that the NRC has approved for use. For Revision 
34 of the guide, the NRC staff reviewed the Section III Code Cases 
listed in Supplements 7-12 to the 2001 Edition of the American Society 
of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel (BPV) Code 
and Supplement 1 to the 2004 Edition. Appendix A to this guide lists 
the supplements reviewed, the applicable edition, and the date on which 
each supplement was approved by the ASME Board on Nuclear Codes and 
Standards. Appendix B is a list of the Section III Code Cases addressed 
in the seven supplements. Finally, Appendix C is a current list of all 
Section III Code Cases.
    In October 2006, the NRC published a draft of this guide as Draft 
Regulatory Guide (DG)-1133. The public comment period closed on January 
2, 2007. The staff's responses to the public comments are located in 
the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), 
Accession Number ML072080205.
    For Revision 15 of Regulatory Guide 1.147, ``Inservice Inspection 
Code Case Acceptability, ASME Section XI, Division I,'' the NRC staff 
reviewed the Section XI Code Cases listed in Supplements 7-12 to the 
2001 Edition, and Supplement 1 to the 2004 Edition of the ASME BPV 
Code. Appendix A to

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this guide lists the supplements reviewed, the edition, the supplement 
number, and the date on which the supplement was approved by the ASME 
Board on Nuclear Codes and Standards. Appendix B is a list of the 
Section XI Code Cases published by the ASME in the seven supplements. 
Finally, Appendix C is a current list of all Section XI Code Cases.
    Code cases approved by the NRC may be used voluntarily by licensees 
as an alternative to compliance with ASME Code provisions incorporated 
by reference into Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 
Section 50.55a.
    In October 2006, the NRC published proposed Revision 15 as DG-1134. 
The public comment period closed on January 2, 2007. The staff's 
responses to the public comments are located in the NRC's ADAMS, 
Accession Number ML072080205.
    Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.193, ``ASME Code Cases Not 
Approved for Use,'' lists the code cases that the NRC determined 
unacceptable for use on a generic basis. 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 the proposed alternatives result in an 
acceptable level of quality and safety. To do so licensees must submit 
a plant-specific request that addresses the NRC's concerns about the 
code case at issue.
    On May 19, 2006, the NRC published a draft of this guide as DG-
1135. The public comment period closed on July 14, 2006, and no 
comments were received. However, changes made to Regulatory Guides 1.84 
and 1.147 resulted in changes to Regulatory Guide 1.193.
    Electronic copies of Regulatory Guides 1.84, 1.147 and 1.193 are 
available through the NRC's public Web site under ``Regulatory Guides'' 
at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/.
    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].
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of October, 2007.

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