[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8411-8412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3676]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0189]


Office of New Reactors: Interim Staff Guidance on Assessing the 
Consequences of an Accidental Release of Radioactive Materials From 
Liquid Waste Tanks; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The NRC published a request for public comment in the Federal 
Register on May 4, 2009, on proposed Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/
COL-ISG-013, ``Assessing the Consequences of an Accidental Release of 
Radioactive Materials from Liquid Waste Tanks'' (Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML090830488). The 
NRC has completed a related ISG, DC/COL-ISG-014, ``Assessing Ground 
Water Flow and Transport of Accidental Radionuclide Releases,'' and is 
making it available for public comment by separate document published 
today in the Federal Register. The NRC believes that the public will be 
better served by being able to review and comment on both documents at 
this time. This action is necessary to reopen the comment period for 
ISG DC/COL-ISG-013.

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2009-0189 in the subject line 
of your comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form 
will be posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web 
site Regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to 
remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you 
against including any information in your submission that you do not 
want to be publicly disclosed.
    The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those 
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any 
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed.

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    You may submit comments by any one of the following methods:
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and 
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2009-0189. Comments may 
be submitted electronically through this Web site. Address questions 
about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher at 301-492-3668; e-mail at 
[email protected].
    Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and 
Directives Branch (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of 
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to RDB at 301-492-
3446.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the following methods:
    NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have 
copied for a fee publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public 
File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): 
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are 
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain 
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public 
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems 
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected].
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting 
materials related to this notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2009-0189.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edward H. Roach, Acting Chief, 
Health Physics Branch, Division of Construction Inspection and 
Operational Programs, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001; telephone at 301-415-1973 or e-
mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC requested public comment on May 4, 
2009 (74 FR 20510), on its Proposed Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/
COL-ISG-013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML090830488). The purpose of this ISG 
is to modify and provide Combined License (COL) and Design 
Certification (DC) applicants additional clarity and guidance for the 
application of Standard Review Plan (SRP) Sections 11.2 and 2.4.13 on 
the characterization of hydro geological properties of a site 
associated with the effects of accidental releases of radioactive 
liquid on existing or likely future uses of ground and surface water 
resources in meeting the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, Part 100 (10 CFR 100.10 or 100.20) and Appendix B 
to 10 CFR part 20 on effluent concentration limits. This ISG would 
revise the staff guidance previously issued in March 2007 in the SRP 
NUREG-0080, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis 
Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' Sections 11.2 and 2.4.13. These two 
SRP sections are not internally consistent in identifying acceptable 
criteria for assessing the consequences of accidental releases of 
radioactive materials, or in providing guidance to the staff and 
applicants to establish conditions for such releases and define 
acceptable assumptions to describe exposure scenarios and pathways to 
members of the public. The NRC staff issues DC/COL-ISGs to facilitate 
timely implementation of current staff guidance and to facilitate 
activities associated with review of applications for DCs and COLs by 
the Office of New Reactors. The NRC staff will also incorporate the 
approved DC/COL-ISG-013 into the next revision of the SRP and related 
guidance documents.
    The NRC staff is issuing this notice to reopen the public comment 
period for proposed DC/COL-ISG-013. After the NRC staff considers all 
public comments, it will make a determination regarding proposed DC/
COL-ISG-013. The agency posts its issued staff guidance on the agency's 
Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/isg/.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of February 2010.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
William F. Burton,
 Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Development Branch, Division of New 
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
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