[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 100 (Thursday, May 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29791-29792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11473]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Issuance, Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-1195.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Satish Aggarwal, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 415-
6005 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

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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 (DG), entitled, ``Availability of 
Electric Power Sources,'' is temporarily identified by its task number, 
DG-1195, which should be mentioned in all related correspondence.
    This draft regulatory guide is revision 1 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 
1.93, ``Availability of Electric Power Sources,'' dated December 1974. 
An earlier revision 1 to RG 1.93 was issued in October 2006 as DG-1153. 
Subsequent to its publication the staff received numerous comments from 
the public and members of the NRC staff. As a result, significant 
changes were made to the original draft guide (DG-1153). These changes 
necessitated reissuing revision 1 of RG 1.93 as a new DG for public 
comment.
    This guide describes the operating procedures and restrictions that 
the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for implementation when the 
available electric power sources are less than the limiting conditions 
for operation. This guide is applicable to single and multi-unit 
plants. 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-1195. Comments may be 
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data, and should 
mention DG-1195 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-1195 may be directed to 
the NRC Senior Program Manager, Satish Aggarwal at (301) 415-6005 or e-
mail at [email protected].
    Comments would be most helpful if received by July 25, 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-1195 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. 
ML080570075.
    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 15th day of May, 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen C. O'Connor,
Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of 
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E8-11473 Filed 5-21-08; 8:45 am]
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