97-7180. Regulatory Guides; Issuance and Availability

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13727-13728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7180]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Regulatory Guides; Issuance and Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment 
drafts of three guides for 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 Commission'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 guides are temporarily identified by their task numbers, 
DG-0006, DG-0007, and DG-0009 (which should be mentioned in all 
correspondence concerning these draft guides). DG-0006, ``Guide for the 
Preparation of Applications for Commercial Nuclear Pharmacy Licenses,'' 
is being developed to provide guidance to applicants and licensees in 
preparing applications for new licenses, license amendments, and 
license renewals for the possession, use, and distribution of byproduct 
material in commercial nuclear pharmacy operations. DG-0007, ``Guide 
for the Preparation of Applications for Licenses To Authorize 
Distribution of Various Items to Commercial Nuclear Pharmacies and 
Medical Use Licensees,'' is being developed to provide guidance to 
applicants and licensees on preparing applications for new licenses, 
license amendments, and license renewals for medical distribution 
licenses under 10 CFR Part 32, ``Specific Domestic Licenses To 
Manufacture or Transfer Certain Items Containing Byproduct Material.'' 
DG-0009, which is a proposed supplement to Revision 2 to Regulatory 
Guide 10.8, ``Guide for the Preparation of Applications for Medical Use 
Programs,'' is being developed to conform Regulatory Guide 10.8 with 
current medical use regulations. DG-0009 also proposes to add a new 
appendix to Regulatory Guide 10.8, Appendix Y, ``Provisions for 
Research Involving Human Subjects.'' All three of these guides are in 
conformance with new medical use regulations (59 FR 61767) that became 
effective on January 1, 1996.
    The development of these guides has included coordination with the 
NRC's Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (which 
includes a nuclear pharmacist), the NRC's Medical Visiting Fellow (a 
physician with special expertise in nuclear medicine), and a former NRC 
Medical Visiting Fellow (a nuclear pharmacist).
    These draft guides are being issued to involve the public in the 
early stages of the development of a regulatory position in these 
areas. They have not received complete staff review and do not 
represent an official NRC staff position.
    Public comments are being solicited on the draft guides. Comments 
should be accompanied by supporting data. Written comments may be 
submitted to the Rules Review and Directives Branch, Division of 
Freedom of Information and Publications Services, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555. Comments will be most helpful if received by July 31, 1997.
    Comments may be submitted electronically, in either ASCII text or 
Wordperfect format (version 5.1 or later), by calling the NRC 
Electronic Bulletin Board on FedWorld. The bulletin board may be 
accessed using a personal computer, a modem, and one of the commonly 
available communications software packages, or directly via Internet.
    If using a personal computer and modem, the NRC subsystem on 
FedWorld can be accessed directly by dialing the toll free number: 1-
800-303-9672. Communication software parameters should be set as 
follows: parity to none, data bits to 8, and stop bits to 1 (N,8,1). 
Using ANSI or VT-100 terminal emulation, the NRC NUREGs and RegGuides 
for Comment subsystem can then be accessed by selecting the ``Rules 
Menu'' option from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' For further information about 
options available for NRC at FedWorld, consult the ``Help/Information 
Center'' from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' Users will find the ``FedWorld 
Online User's Guides'' particularly helpful. Many NRC subsystems and 
databases also have a ``Help/Information Center'' option that is 
tailored to the particular subsystem.
    The NRC subsystem on FedWorld can also be accessed by a direct dial 
phone number for the main FedWorld BBS, 703-321-3339, or by using 
Telnet via Internet, fedworld.gov. If using 703-321-3339 to contact 
FedWorld, the NRC subsystem will be accessed from the main FedWorld 
menu by selecting the ``Regulatory, Government Administration and State 
Systems,'' then selecting ``Regulatory Information Mall.'' At that 
point, a menu will be displayed that has an option ``U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission'' that will take you to the NRC Online main menu. 
The NRC Online area also can be accessed directly by typing ``/go nrc'' 
at a FedWorld command line. If you access NRC from FedWorld's main 
menu, you may return to FedWorld by selecting the ``Return to 
FedWorld'' option from the NRC Online Main Menu. However, if you access 
NRC at FedWorld by using NRC's toll-free number, you will have full 
access to all NRC systems but you will not have access to the main 
FedWorld system.
    If you contact FedWorld using Telnet, you will see the NRC area and 
menus, including the Rules menu. Although you will be able to download 
documents and leave messages, you will not be able to write comments or 
upload files (comments). If you contact FedWorld using FTP, all files 
can be accessed and downloaded but uploads are not allowed; all you 
will see is a list of files without descriptions (normal Gopher look). 
An index file listing all files within a subdirectory, with 
descriptions, is included. There is a 15-minute time limit for FTP 
access.
    Although FedWorld can be accessed through the World Wide Web, like 
FTP that mode only provides access for downloading files and does not 
display the NRC Rules menu.
    For more information on NRC bulletin boards call Mr. Arthur Davis, 
Systems Integration and Development Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone [phone]; e-mail 
[e-mail]. For more information on these draft regulatory guides, 
contact Dr. D. Howe,

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[phone], email [e-mail]; or Dr. S. Jones, [phone], 
email [e-mail].
    Although a time limit is given for comments on these drafts, 
comments and suggestions in connection with (1) Items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or (2) 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., Washington, DC. Requests for 
single copies of final or draft 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, 
Attention: Director, Distribution and Mail Services Section, or by fax 
at [phone]. 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 4th day of March 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bill M. Morris,
Director, Division of Regulatory Applications Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 97-7180 Filed 3-20-97; 8:45 am]
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