[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 84 (Monday, May 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24539-24540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10559]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2010-0181]


Final Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Regulatory Guide (RG) 
3.67, ``Standard Format and Content for Emergency Plans for Fuel Cycle 
and Materials Facilities.''

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin M. Ramsey, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-492-
3123 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a revision 
to an existing guide in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This 
series was developed to describe and make available to the public 
information such as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for 
implementing specific parts of the agency'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. Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 3.67, 
``Standard Format and Content for Emergency Plans for Fuel Cycle and 
Materials Facilities'' was issued for public comment in May 2010 with a 
temporary identification as Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-3039. The 
comment period ended on July 12, 2010 and the final guide was prepared 
considering the comments received.
    This guide provides guidance acceptable to the NRC staff on the 
information to be included in emergency plans and establishes a format 
for presenting the information. Use of a standard format will help 
ensure uniformity and completeness in the preparation of emergency 
plans.
    The NRC's regulations in 10 CFR part 30, ``Rules of General 
Applicability to Domestic Licensing of Byproduct Material;'' part 40, 
``Domestic Licensing of Source Material;'' part 63, ``Disposal

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of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at Yucca 
Mountain, Nevada;'' Part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear 
Material;'' part 72, ``Licensing Requirements for the Independent 
Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste, and 
Reactor-Related Greater Than Class C Waste;'' and part 76, 
``Certification of Gaseous Diffusion Plants,'' require some fuel cycle 
and materials licensees to prepare emergency plans. The information 
specified in this guide should be included in the licensee's emergency 
plan to comply with the requirements of 10 CFR 30.32(i)(3), 
40.31(j)(3), 63.161, 70.22(i)(3), 72.32, and 76.91.

II. Further Information

    In May 2010, DG-3039 was published with a public comment period of 
60 days from the issuance of the guide. The public comment period 
closed on July 12, 2010. Electronic copies of Regulatory Guide 3.67, 
Revision 1 are available through the NRC's public Web site under 
``Regulatory Guides'' 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. ML103360487. 
The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML103370659.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738. 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 1-800-397-4209, 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 21st day of April 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Harriet Karagiannis,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2011-10559 Filed 4-29-11; 8:45 am]
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