[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 19118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7296]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Office of New Reactors; Interim Staff Guidance; Limited Work 
Authorizations; Solicitation of Public Comment

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is soliciting public comment on its Proposed Interim 
Staff Guidance (ISG) COL/ESP-ISG-004. This ISG would replace the 
previous guidance issued in June 2007 in Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.206, 
``Combined License Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (LWR 
Edition),'' concerning requests for limited work authorizations 
submitted as part of an early site permit or combined license 
application. Upon receiving public comments, the NRC staff will 
evaluate and disposition the comments, as appropriate. Once the NRC 
staff completes the COL/ESP-ISG, the staff will issue it for use. The 
NRC staff will also incorporate the approved COL/ESP-ISG-004 into the 
next revisions of the RG 1.206 and NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan 
for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' 
and related guidance documents.
    Several sections of NUREG-1555, ``Environmental Standard Review 
Plan,'' (ESRP) are currently being revised; the public and industry 
have already commented on these revised sections. The NRC staff also 
plans to revise the rest of the ESRP sections over the next several 
months. The NRC staff plans to include any changes in the ESRP sections 
necessary for consistency with the revised LWA rule as part of that 
overall revision process. The NRC staff also plans to update Regulatory 
Guide 4.2, ``Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power 
Stations,'' over the next several months. This update will also include 
any revisions necessary for consistency with the revised LWA rule.

DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 30 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Comments received 
after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but 
the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to: Chief, Rules and Directives 
Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments should be delivered to: 11545 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, Room T-6D59, between 7:30 a.m. and 
4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Persons may also provide comments via e-
mail to [email protected]. The NRC maintains an Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and 
image files of NRC's public documents. These documents may be accessed 
through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have 
access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents 
located in ADAMS should contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nanette V. Gilles, Division of New 
Reactor Licensing, Office of the New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-1180 or e-mail 
at [email protected] or Mr. Richard Emch, Division of Site and 
Environmental Reviews, Office of the New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-
1590 or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC posts its issued staff guidance on 
the NRC external Web page (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/isg/).
    The NRC staff is issuing this notice to solicit public comments on 
the proposed COL/ESP-ISG-004. After the NRC staff considers any public 
comments, it will make a determination regarding the proposed COL/ESP-
ISG-004.

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

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
 [FR Doc. E8-7296 Filed 4-7-08; 8:45 am]
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