[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 66 (Friday, April 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 18584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7053]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Issuance, Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-1194.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M. Lintz, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 415-4051 or e-
mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public 
comment a draft guide in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This 
series was 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 ``Guidance to Operators at the 
Controls and to Senior Operators in the Control Room of a Nuclear Power 
Unit'' is temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1194, which 
should be mentioned in all related correspondence.
    This guide describes staffing practices and methods generally 
considered by the NRC to be satisfactory for complying with the 
Commission's regulations that require the presence of an operator at 
the controls of a nuclear power unit and a senior operator in the 
control room. These practices and methods are the result of NRC review 
of operating experience and they reflect the latest methods and 
approaches acceptable to the NRC staff. If future information results 
in alternative methods, the NRC staff will review such methods to 
determine their acceptability.

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-1194. Comments may be 
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data, and should 
mention DG-1194 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:
    1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    2. E-mail comments to: [email protected].
    3. 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.
    4. 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 DG-1194 may be directed to 
the NRC Senior Program Manager, M. Lintz, at (301) 415-4051 or e-mail 
at [email protected].
    Comments would be most helpful if received by June 6, 2008. 
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 DG-1194 are available through the NRC's public 
Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the ``Regulatory Guides'' 
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 No. 
ML080220459.
    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) 397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-
mail to [email protected].
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is 
not required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of March, 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea D. Valentin,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E8-7053 Filed 4-3-08; 8:45 am]
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