[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31894-31895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13045]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2012-0121]
Portable Gauge Licenses
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is revising its licensing guidance for portable gauge licensees. The
NRC is requesting public comment on NUREG-1556, Volume 1, Revision 2,
``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance About Portable Gauge Licenses.'' The document has been updated
to include safety culture, security of radioactive materials,
protection of sensitive information, a revised appendix on training for
portable gauge users, and changes in regulatory policies and practices.
This document is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and the NRC
staff and will also be available to Agreement States.
DATES: Submit comments by June 29, 2012. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is
able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publicly available,
by searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2012-
0121. You may submit comments by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0121. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: [email protected].
Mail comments to: Cindy 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.
Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tomas Herrera, Division of Materials
Safety and State Agreements, Office of Federal and State Materials and
Environmental Management Programs; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7138; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0121 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses
and are publicly available, by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0121.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. The NUREG-1556, Volume 1,
Revision 2, is under ADAMS Accession Number ML12139A008. The document
will also be posted on the NRC's public Web site on the: (1)
``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses (NUREG-1556)'' page at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/; and
(2) ``Draft NUREG-Series Publications for Comment'' page at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/docs4comment.html.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0121 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want publicly disclosed in your comment
submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
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ADAMS, and the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Specific Questions for Public Comment
The NRC welcomes comments on all aspects of this draft NUREG and is
especially interested in receiving comments on the examples and
pictures used in Appendix G, ``Operation, Emergency, and Security
Procedures,'' to demonstrate the security requirements in Title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 30.34(i). The NRC would like
comments on the following questions regarding the examples and pictures
in Appendix G:
1. Do the examples for two independent physical controls provide
helpful guidance to licensees? Please provide information to support
your response.
2. Are the pictures in the appendix helpful in demonstrating how to
secure a portable gauge in a vehicle? Please provide information to
support your response.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of May 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian J. McDermott,
Director, Division of Materials Safety and State Agreements, Office of
Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-13045 Filed 5-29-12; 8:45 am]
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