E6-18976. Notice of Availability of Draft Interim Staff Guidance Document HLWRS-ISG-02, “Preclosure Safety Analysis-Level of Information and Reliability Estimation”; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION:

Extension of comment period.

SUMMARY:

On September 29, 2006 (71 FR 57584), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published, for public comment, a Notice of Availability of Draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) document HLWRS-ISG-02, “Preclosure Safety Analysis—Level of Information and Reliability Estimation.” On October 26, 2006, the U.S. Department of Energy requested a 30-day extension to the public comment period for HLWRS-ISG-02, from November 13, 2006, to December 13, 2006. In response to this request, NRC is granting a 30-day extension to the public comment period for HLWRS-ISG-02, to December 13, 2006.

DATES:

The comment period has been extended and now expires on December 13, 2006.

ADDRESSES:

Mail written comments to: Robert Johnson, Senior Project Manager, Licensing and Inspection Directorate, High-Level Waste Repository Safety Division of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments can also be submitted by telephone, fax, or e-mail, which are as follows: telephone: [phone]; fax number: [phone]; or e-mail: [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Jon Chen, Project Manager, Licensing and Inspection Directorate Division of High-Level Waste Repository Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Telephone: [phone]; fax number: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail].

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of November, 2006.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

N. King Stablein,

Chief, Project Management Branch B, Division of High-Level Waste Repository Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.