[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 236 (Friday, December 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31076]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance About Portable Gauge Licenses: Request for Volunteers To
Participate in January 1997 Pilot Test
In an October 3, 1996, notice (61 FR 51729), NRC announced the
availability of draft NUREG-1556, Volume 1, ``Consolidated Guidance
about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Portable
Gauge Licenses.'' The October 3 notice indicated that draft NUREG-1556,
Volume 1, was ``strictly for public comment and NOT for use in
preparation or review of applications for portable gauge licenses until
the document is in final form.'' However, as part of the evaluation of
the document's content, format, and usefulness, NRC is seeking a small
number of volunteers (not to exceed 9) to participate in a pilot test
of the draft guidance to be conducted during the week of January 27,
1997, in NRC's Region II office in Atlanta, GA. Volunteers need not be
physically present in the NRC Region II office during the pilot, but
should be available throughout the period January 27 through 31, 1997,
by telephone and have the capability to receive and transmit messages
via electronic mail or facsimile.
Ideally, volunteers will be applicants for new portable gauge
licenses, willing to submit applications in accordance with draft
NUREG-1556, Volume 1 in both paper and electronic format, to work
closely with the NRC staff to resolve any identified deficiencies in
the application (so that all applications can be completely processed
during the one-week pilot test), and to provide NRC with comments on
their pilot test experience. To be useful in the pilot test,
applications accompanied by the appropriate fees as specified in 10 CFR
Part 170 need to be received in NRC's Region II office not later than
January 22, 1997. Rather than following the filing instructions in 10
CFR 30.6, for the purposes of the pilot test, applications should be
addressed as follows: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Mr.
John M. Pelchat, BPR Pilot Test, 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900,
Atlanta, GA 30323-0199.
Submitted applications will be reviewed following the draft NUREG-
1556, Volume 1 guidance. Upon completion of the review of each
submitted application and resolution of any identified deficiencies,
NRC will issue a valid license to the applicant.
In addition, portable gauge manufacturers, master material
licensees, and Agreement States may volunteer as they may be able to
contribute to the evaluation and improvement of the guidance in draft
NUREG-1556, Volume 1. John M. Pelchat, who can be reached at (404) 331-
5083 or via electronic mail at INTERNET:[email protected], is coordinating
volunteers and can answer questions about the pilot test.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29 day of November, 1996.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Donald A. Cool,
Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
[FR Doc. 96-31076 Filed 12-05-96; 8:45 am]
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