[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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