[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4059-4060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01492]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0217]


Monitoring Criteria and Methods to Calculate Occupational 
Radiation Doses

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On December 17, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) solicited comments on draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-8060, 
``Monitoring Criteria and Methods to Calculate Occupational Radiation 
Doses.'' The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on 
January 31, 2022. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment 
period to allow more time for members of the public to develop and 
submit their comments.

DATES: The due date for comments requested in the document published on 
December 17, 2021 (86 FR 71676) is extended until March 2, 2022. 
Comments should be filed no later than March 2, 2022. Comments received 
after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but 
the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking Website:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0217. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
     Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
    For additional direction on accessing information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Garry, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2766, email: 
[email protected], and Harriet Karagiannis, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-2493, email: 
[email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0217 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this action. You may 
obtain publicly available information related to this action, by any of 
the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0217.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For questions regarding use of ADAMS, please contact the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 
301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected].
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking Website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2021-0217 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enters the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. 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. Additional Information

    This DG, titled ``Monitoring Criteria and Methods to Calculate 
Occupational Radiation Doses,'' is temporarily identified by its task 
number, DG-8060. The DG is a proposed Revision 1 of RG 8.34 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML21068A160). The proposed revision of RG 8.34 (Revision 
1) describes acceptable methods for calculating the total effective 
dose equivalent. Proposed Revision 1 also provides acceptable methods 
for:
     Performing prospective dose evaluations,
     monitoring of unintended doses,
     monitoring dose from hot particles,
     assessing dose from wound injuries,
     calculating soluble uranium intakes, and
     processing of dosimetry devices.
    On October 25, 2013, the NRC staff issued DG-8031, ``Monitoring 
Criteria and Methods to Calculate Occupational Radiation Doses,'' 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13168A098), for public comment (78 FR 64030). 
DG-8031 was the proposed Revision 1 to RG 8.34. The NRC staff has 
elected not to finalize DG-8031 and is issuing DG-8060 as a 
replacement. The staff notes that DG-8060 considers and addresses 
technical issues and public comments related to the issuance of DG-
8031.

III. Discussion

    On December 17, 2021, the NRC published in the Federal Register (86 
FR 71676) requesting comments on DG-8060, ``Monitoring Criteria and 
Methods to Calculate Occupational Radiation Doses.'' Upon the request 
of the Nuclear Energy Institute, the NRC has decided to extend the 
public comment period on this document until March 2, 2022, to allow 
more time for members of the public to submit their comments.

    Dated: January 20, 2022.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2022-01492 Filed 1-25-22; 8:45 am]
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