[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 119 (Thursday, June 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34964-34965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13868]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 3.42.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen C. O'Connor, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone 301-415-
2169, or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing 
Regulatory Guide 3.42, ``Emergency Planning for Fuel Cycle Facilities 
and Plants Licensed Under 10 CFR Parts 50 and 70,'' which was last 
revised in September 1979. Regulatory Guide 3.42 provides guidance in 
developing emergency plans for applicants for licenses of fuel cycle 
facilities under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 
Part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization 
Facilities,'' as well as for applicants for licenses of special nuclear 
material under 10 CFR Part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear 
Material.'' The NRC is withdrawing Regulatory Guide 3.42 because no 
fuel cycle facilities are currently licensed under both 10 CFR Part 50 
and 10 CFR Part 70. In addition, no fuel cycle facilities have an 
active license under 10 CFR Part 50. For fuel cycle and materials 
facilities licensed under 10 CFR Part 70, Regulatory Guide 3.67, 
``Standard Format and Content for Emergency Plans for Fuel Cycle and 
Materials Facilities,'' issued January 1992, provides adequate guidance 
for developing emergency plans.

II. Further Information

    The withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 3.42 does not, in and of itself, 
alter any prior or existing licensing commitments based on its use. The 
guidance provided in this regulatory guide no longer provides useful 
information. Regulatory guides may be withdrawn when their guidance is 
superseded by congressional action, the methods or techniques described 
in the regulatory guide no longer describe a preferred approach, or the 
regulatory guide does not provide 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, MD 20852-2738. The PDR 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, or by e-mail to [email protected].

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    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of June, 2008.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen C. O'Connor,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
 [FR Doc. E8-13868 Filed 6-18-08; 8:45 am]
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