[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 22129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08589]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0188]


Use of Accreditation in Lieu of Commercial Grade Surveys for 
Procurement of Laboratory Calibration and Test Services

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory issue summary; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2016-01, ``Nuclear Energy Institute 
Guidance for the use of Accreditation in Lieu of Commercial Grade 
Surveys for Procurement of Laboratory Calibration and Test Services.'' 
This RIS informs addressees of guidance prepared by the Nuclear Energy 
Institute for procurement of calibration and testing services performed 
by domestic and international laboratories, which the NRC staff has 
found acceptable for use.

DATES: The RIS is available as of April 14, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0188 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0188. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 
NRC RIS, ``Nuclear Energy Institute Guidance for the use of 
Accreditation in Lieu of Commercial Grade Surveys for Procurement of 
Laboratory Calibration and Test Services'' is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML15323A346. The NRC staff's responses to comments are 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15323A345.
     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.
     This RIS is also available on the NRC's public Web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/reg-issues/ 
(select ``2016'' and then select ``RIS-16-01'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexandra Popova, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2876, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC published a notice of opportunity 
for public comment on this RIS in the Federal Register (80 FR 47957) on 
August 10, 2015. The agency received comments from nine commenters. The 
staff considered all comments, which resulted in clarifications to the 
RIS. The evaluation of these comments and the resulting changes to the 
RIS are discussed in a publicly available memorandum which is in ADAMS 
under Accession No. ML15323A345.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of April 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sheldon D. Stuchell,
Chief, Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-08589 Filed 4-13-16; 8:45 am]
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