[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 53454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21567]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 8.1.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark P. Orr, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-6373 or e-
mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing 
Regulatory Guide 8.1, ``Radiation Symbol,'' published February 2, 1973. 
The NRC is withdrawing this regulatory guide because it is no longer 
required.
    Regulatory Guide 8.1 references Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, Subsection 20.203 (10 CFR 20.203), which has been deleted 
from the CFR. The current regulations for the radiation symbol are 
found in 10 CFR 20.1901, ``Caution Signs.'' The guide is no longer 
required because the current regulations in 10 CFR 20.1901(a) provide a 
specific description for the design of the approved trefoil radiation 
symbol. The instructions in 10 CFR 20.1901(a) are sufficient and no 
additional guidance is needed.
    Regulatory Guide 8.1 is a one-page guide that endorses American 
National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard N2.1-1969, ``Radiation 
Symbol,'' dated October 27, 1969. This standard was revised in 1989 and 
issued as ANSI N2.1-1989. It was later withdrawn in accordance with the 
ANSI policy not to extend a standard's period of endorsement beyond 10 
years and it has not been replaced.

II. Further Information

    The withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 8.1 does not, in and of itself, 
alter any prior or existing licensing commitments based on its use. The 
guidance provided in this regulatory guide is no longer necessary. 
Regulatory guides may be withdrawn when their guidance is superseded by 
congressional action or no longer provides 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-1 F21, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738. The PDR's 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, and by e-mail to [email protected].
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th 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. E8-21567 Filed 9-15-08; 8:45 am]
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