[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65705-65706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26217]


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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-1186.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Garry, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 415-2766 or e-
mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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, ``Measuring, Evaluating, 
and Reporting Radioactive Materials in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents and 
Solid Wastes,'' is temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1186, 
which should be mentioned in all related correspondence.
    DG-1186, which is proposed Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.21, 
describes a method that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for 
use in measuring, evaluating, and reporting on radioactivity in 
effluent discharges and in solid radioactive waste shipments. The 
regulatory guide also provides guidance on determining and reporting 
the public dose from nuclear power plant operations.
    The regulatory basis for the radiological effluent control program 
is established in Title 10, Section 20.1501, ``Surveys,'' of the Code 
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 20.1501); 10 CFR 50.36a, ``Technical 
Specifications on Effluents from Nuclear Power Reactors;'' and 10 CFR 
20.1302, ``Compliance with Dose Limits for Individual Members of the 
Public.'' The 10 CFR 20.1501 regulations require that surveys be made 
that are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the magnitude 
and extent of radiation levels, concentrations or quantities of 
radioactive material, and the potential radiological hazards. The 
regulations at 10 CFR 50.36a require plant technical specifications 
with operating procedures for the control of effluents and the 
reporting of the quantity of each of the principal radionuclides 
released to unrestricted areas in liquid and gaseous effluents and 
other information used to estimate the maximum potential annual 
radiation doses to the public from effluent releases. In 10 CFR 
20.1302, the NRC establishes requirements for surveys in the 
unrestricted and controlled areas and for radioactive materials in 
effluents released to unrestricted and controlled areas to demonstrate 
compliance with the dose limits for individual members of the public. 
This regulatory guide describes methods for implementing these 
requirements.

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-1186. Comments may be 
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data, and should 
mention DG-1186 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-1186 may be directed to 
Steve Garry at (301) 415-2766 or e-mail to [email protected].

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    Comments would be most helpful if received by December 30, 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-1186 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. 
ML080660617.
    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 28 day of October, 2008.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea D. Valentin,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
 [FR Doc. E8-26217 Filed 11-3-08; 8:45 am]
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