99-28413. Draft Regulatory Guide; Availability

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 209 (Friday, October 29, 1999)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide; Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment a 
new guide in its Regulatory Guide Series. This series has been 
developed to describe and make available to the public such information 
as methods acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts 
of the NRC's regulations, techniques used by the staff in evaluating 
specific problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the staff 
in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
    The draft guide, temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1094 
(which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this draft 
guide) has been developed to provide a comprehensive fire protection 
guidance document, and to identify the scope and depth of fire 
protection that the staff has determined to be acceptable for operating 
nuclear plants. This guide may be used for licensee self-assessments 
and as the deterministic basis for future rulemaking. This guide has 
been developed from a compilation of fire protection regulations, 
generic communications, Branch Technical Positions, and other NRC 
guidance. In addition, as appropriate, new guidance is provided where 
the existing guidance is weak or non-existent. The specific NRC fire 
protection requirements applicable to any given operating reactor are a 
function of licensing dates, specific license conditions, rule 
applicability statements, approved exemptions/deviations, and 
individual plant Safety Evaluation Reports (SERs). It is not possible 
to capture in a single guide all the compliance alternatives that have 
been previously accepted by the NRC for a given plant. This guide 
presents the best available methods for meeting fire protection 
requirements and objectives that are acceptable to the Commission, and 
will be used in the evaluation of fire protection programs for 
operating nuclear power plants. Nothing in this guide prohibits a 
licensee from proposing an alternative method(s) for complying with 
specified portions of the Commission's regulations.
    The draft guide has not received complete staff approval and does 
not represent an official NRC staff position.
    Comments may be accompanied by relevant information or supporting 
data. Written comments may be submitted to David L. Meyers, Chief, 
Rules and Directives Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Copies of comments 
received may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L 
Street, NW, (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments will be 
most helpful if received by January 7, 2000.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's Technical Conference 
website (http://techconf.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/topics). For information 
contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, [phone]; e-mail [email protected] For 
information about the draft guide and the related documents, contact 
Mr. E.A. Connell, [phone]; e-mail [email protected]
    Although a time limit is given for comments on this draft guide, 
comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
guides are encouraged at any time.
    Regulatory guides are available for inspection at the Commission's 
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW, (Lower Level), Washington, DC, 
and at http://techconf.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/topics. Requests for single 
copies of draft or final guides (which may be reproduced) or for 
placement on an automatic distribution list for single copies of future 
draft guides in specific divisions should be made in writing to the 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
Attention: Reproduction and Distribution Services Section; or by fax to 
[phone], or by e-mail to <>[email protected]. 
Telephone requests cannot be accommodated. Regulatory Guides are not 
copyrighted, and Commission approval is not required to reproduce them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 25th day of October 1999.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John N. Hannon,
Chief, Plant Systems Branch, Division of System Safety and Analysis, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-28413 Filed 10-28-99; 8:45 am]
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