[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33477-33478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16494]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0308]


Draft Regulatory Guide: issuance, availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of issuance and availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, 
DG-1215.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Prescott, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 415-3026, e-
mail: [email protected] or, R.A. Jervey, telephone (301) 251-7404, 
e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 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 (DG), titled, ``Quality Assurance 
Program

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Requirements (Design and Construction),'' is temporarily identified by 
its task number, DG-1215, which should be mentioned in all related 
correspondence. DG-1215 is proposed Revision 4 of Regulatory Guide 
1.28.
    DG-1215 describes methods that the NRC staff considers acceptable 
for complying with the provisions of Appendix B, ``Quality Assurance 
Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants,'' to 
Title 10, part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization 
Facilities,'' of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR part 50) for 
establishing and implementing a quality assurance (QA) program for the 
design and construction of nuclear power plants, fuel fabrication 
plants and fuel reprocessing plants.
    The methods described in this revision are similar to the methods 
described in Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.28, ``Quality Assurance Program 
Requirements (Design and Construction),'' Revision 3, which is the 
previously published version of this regulatory guide. RG 1.33, 
``Quality Assurance Program Requirements (Operation)'' addresses 
additional guidance for the establishment and execution of QA programs 
for nuclear power plants during the operations phase, which is 
unaffected by the revision to RG 1.28. DG-1215 endorses methods defined 
in American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) NQA-1, ``Quality 
Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications.'' The NRC is 
aware that the ASME standards committee has proposed minor changes to 
NQA-1 in a draft of ASME NQA-1a-2009, Addenda to ASME NQA-1-2008. If 
these addenda are issued in a timely manner, they will be considered 
for endorsement in RG 1.28, revision 4.

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-1215. Comments may be 
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data and should 
mention DG-1215 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 and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, MS TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    2. Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 
and search for documents filed under Docket ID [NRC-2009-0308]. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 301-492-3668; e-mail 
[email protected].
    3. Fax comments to: Rulemaking and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 492-3446.
    Requests for technical information about DG-1215 may be directed to 
the NRC contact, Paul Prescott at (301) 415-3026 or e-mail to 
[email protected].
    Comments would be most helpful if received by September 8, 2009. 
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-1215 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. 
ML090150402.
    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 6th day of July 2009.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark P. Orr,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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