[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 31382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13359]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2010-0287]


Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Regulatory Guide 8.2, 
Revision 1, ``Administrative Practices in Radiation Surveys and 
Monitoring.''

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harriet Karagiannis, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 251-
7477 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.
    Proposed revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 8.2, ``Administrative 
Practices in Radiation Surveys and Monitoring,'' was issued with a 
temporary identification as Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-8035 on August 
30, 2010 (75 FR 52996). This guidance sets forth the NRC staff's views 
of acceptable administrative practices associated with surveys and 
monitoring of radiation arising from NRC licensed activities. This 
guidance is intended primarily for NRC licensee administrative and 
management personnel that are involved in, or are planning to initiate, 
activities involving the handling of radioactive materials or exposure 
to radiation.
    The administrative requirements for surveys and monitoring of 
radiation are specified in Title 10, of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, part 20, ``Standards for Protection against Radiation'' 
(10 CFR part 20), and are applicable to all NRC-licensed activities. 
Part 20 requires surveys in order to evaluate the significance of 
radiation levels that may be present. In addition, part 20 requires 
radiation monitoring in order to obtain measurements for the evaluation 
of potential exposures and doses.

II. Further Information

    On August 30, 2010, DG-8035 was published with a request for public 
comments (75 FR 52996). The public comment period closed on October 29, 
2010. Electronic copies of Regulatory Guide 8.2, Revision 1 are 
available through the NRC's public Web site under ``Regulatory Guides'' 
at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/and through the NRC's 
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, under ADAMS Accession No. 
ML110460093. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML110460099. Staff's responses to public comments on DG-
8035 are available under ML110460108.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) located at Room O-1F21, 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 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 17th day of May, 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2011-13359 Filed 5-27-11; 8:45 am]
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