[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 53446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21566]


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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-3035.

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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: 

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 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), entitled, ``General Fire 
Protection Guide for Plutonium Processing and Fuel Fabrication 
Plants,'' is temporarily identified by its task number, DG-3035, which 
should be mentioned in all related correspondence. DG-3035 is the 
proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 3.16, dated January 1974.
    DG-3035 identifies NUREG-1718, ``Standard Review Plan for the 
Review of an Application for a Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication 
Facility,'' issued August 2000 (SRP), as the method that the staff of 
the NRC considers acceptable for use in complying with Title 10, 
Section 70.23(a)(3) and (a)(4), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 
CFR 70.23(a)(3) and (a)(4)) with respect to fire protection, and with 
10 CFR 70.61, ``Performance Requirements,'' with respect to potential 
radiological consequences from fires, for a mixed oxide (MOX) facility.
    The NRC regulations in 10 CFR Part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of 
Special Nuclear Material,'' establish procedures and criteria for the 
licensing of special nuclear material (SNM). In 10 CFR Part 70, Subpart 
D, ``License Applications,'' the regulations specify the contents of 
license applications and the requirements for approving applications. 
As stipulated in 10 CFR 70.23(a) and (b), the requirements for approval 
include that the applicant's proposed equipment, facilities, and 
procedures be adequate to protect health and minimize danger to life or 
property.

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-3035. Comments may be 
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data, and should 
mention DG-3035 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 the comments. 
Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
    1. Mail to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.
    2. E-mail to: [email protected].
    3. Hand-deliver 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 to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415-5144.
    Requests for technical information about DG-3035 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 13, 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-3035 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. 
ML081910233.
    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 9th 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. E8-21566 Filed 9-15-08; 8:45 am]
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