[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 177 (Thursday, September 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52890-52891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21103]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, 
DG-3031.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Breeda Reilly, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 492-3110 or e-
mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public 
comment a draft regulatory 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 (DG), titled, ``Standard Format and 
Content for the Health and Safety Sections of License Renewal 
Applications for Uranium Processing and Fuel Fabrication,'' is 
temporarily identified by its task number, DG-3031, which should be 
mentioned in all related correspondence.
    The proposed Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 3.52 endorses the 
methods and procedures for evaluation and verification of the licensing 
of special nuclear material (SNM) of NUREG-1520, ``Standard Review Plan 
for the Review of a License Application for a Fuel Cycle Facility'' as 
a process that has been found acceptable to the NRC for meeting the 
regulatory requirements.
    The regulations of the NRC in Title 10, Part 70, ``Domestic 
Licensing of Special Nuclear Material'' of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR Part 70) establish procedures and criteria for the 
licensing of SNM. In 10 CFR 70.73, ``Renewal of Licenses,'' the 
regulations specify that applications for renewal of licenses 
(including licenses for enriched uranium processing, fuel fabrication, 
uranium enrichment, enriched uranium hexafluoride conversion, plutonium 
processing, fabrication of mixed-oxide fuel, and scrap recovery of SNM) 
be filed in accordance with 10 CFR 2.109, ``Effect of Timely Renewal 
Application''; 10 CFR 70.21, ``Filing''; 10 CFR 70.22, ``Contents of 
Applications''; 10 CFR 70.33, ``Renewal of Licenses''; 10 CFR 70.38, 
``Expiration and Termination of Licenses and Decommissioning of Sites 
and Separate Buildings or Outdoor Areas''; and 10 CFR 70.65, 
``Additional Content of Applications.''
    While the regulations provide general information for filing 
license renewal applications, NUREG-1520 identifies the specific 
information to be submitted by an applicant and evaluated by the staff. 
NUREG-1520 both provides guidance on the information to be included in 
licensing applications and establishes a format for presenting the 
information. Use of a standard format helps ensure uniformity and 
completeness in the preparation of licensing applications.

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-3031. Comments may be 
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data, and should 
mention DG-3031 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-3031 may be directed to 
Breeda Reilly at (301) 492-3110 or e-mail to [email protected].
    Comments would be most helpful if received by November 10, 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-3031 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. 
ML082110220.
    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 4th day of September, 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. E8-21103 Filed 9-10-08; 8:45 am]
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