[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11288-11289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4558]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2011-0045]


Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, 
DG-7008, ``Leakage Tests on Packages for Shipment of Radioactive 
Materials.''

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard H. White, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-492-
3303 or 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 NRC staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated 
accidents, and data that the NRC staff needs in its review of 
applications for permits and licenses.
    The draft regulatory guide (DG), entitled, ``Leakage Tests on 
Packages for Shipment of Radioactive Materials'' is temporarily 
identified by its task number, DG-7008, which should be mentioned in 
all related correspondence. DG-7008 is proposed Revision 1 of 
Regulatory Guide 7.4, dated June 1975.
    This guide describes an approach that the NRC staff considers 
acceptable for meeting the containment criteria for Type B packages in 
Title 10, Section 71.51, ``Additional Requirements for Type B 
Packages,'' of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 71.51). The 
regulations at 10 CFR 71.51 require licensees to ensure that Type B 
packages, following tests for normal conditions of transport and 
hypothetical accident conditions, meet the containment criteria to 
minimize radioactive contamination and dose rates to the public. The 
NRC staff developed and published this guidance to help licensees meet 
these objectives, ensure package integrity, and minimize the 
distribution of contamination to the environment.
    This regulatory guide endorses the methods and procedures developed 
by the Standards Committee on Packaging

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and Transportation of Radioactive and Nonnuclear Hazardous Materials, 
N14, Subcommittee of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 
in ANSI N14.5-1997, ``Radioactive Materials--Leakage Tests on Packages 
for Shipment,'' issued 1997, as a process that the NRC staff considers 
acceptable for meeting the regulatory requirements.

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-7008. Comments may be 
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data and should 
mention DG-7008 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).

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0045 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.
    Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and 
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2011-0045. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher (301) 492-3668; e-mail 
[email protected].
    Mail comments to: Cindy K. Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and 
Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-
B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or 
by fax to RADB 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, Room 
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]. The draft regulatory guide is available 
electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML102350572.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard H. White, Project Manager, 
Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; Telephone: 301-492-3303; e-mail: 
[email protected].
    Comments would be most helpful if received by April 26, 2011. 
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-7008 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. 
ML102350572. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML102350573.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is 
not required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of January, 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2011-4558 Filed 2-28-11; 8:45 am]
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