[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 39340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15565]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Issuance, Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1183.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tania Martinez-Navedo, U. S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Telephone: (301) 415-
6561; 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, ``Sizing of Large Lead-Acid 
Storage Batteries,'' is temporarily identified by its task number, DG-
1183, which should be mentioned in all related correspondence. This 
guide describes methods that the staff considers acceptable for use in 
complying with requirements and regulations with regard to satisfying 
criteria for the sizing of large lead-acid storage batteries for use in 
nuclear power plants. Specifically, the method described in this 
regulatory guide relates to requirements set forth in Title 10, Section 
50.55a, ``Codes and Standards,'' of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 
CFR 50.55a) (as amended by the Federal Register notice of April 13, 
1999; 64 FR 17944) and General Design Criteria (GDC) 1 and 17, as set 
forth in Appendix A, ``General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power 
Plants,'' to 10 CFR Part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and 
Utilization Facilities.''

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-1183. Comments may be 
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data, and should 
mention DG-1183 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-1183 may be directed to 
the NRC Senior Program Manager, Tania Martinez-Navedo at (301) 415-6561 
or by e-mail to [email protected].
    Comments would be most helpful if received by September 5, 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 September 5, 2008. 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-1183 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. 
ML080650493.
    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 2nd day of July, 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. E8-15565 Filed 7-8-08; 8:45 am]
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