96-8906. Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 10, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 16016-16017]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-8906]
    
    
    
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    NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
    
    Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability
    
        The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment a 
    draft of a guide planned 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 guide is a proposed Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide 5.44, 
    and it is temporarily identified as DG-5007, ``Perimeter Intrusion 
    Alarm Systems.'' The guide will be in Division 5, ``Materials and Plant 
    Protection.'' This regulatory guide is being revised to describe the 
    functions of perimeter intrusion detection sensors and detection 
    methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting the 
    Commission's regulations. The guide will also provide guidance on 
    selecting perimeter intrusion detection sensors and methods that can be 
    integrated to form an effective perimeter intrusion detection system.
        No backfitting is intended or approved in connection with the 
    issuance of this regulatory guide. Any backfitting that may result from 
    imposition of new positions in the future would be justified separately 
    in accordance with the criteria of 10 CFR 50.109 and NRC backfitting 
    procedures.
        This draft guide is being issued to involve the public in the early 
    stages of the development of a regulatory position in this area. It has 
    not received complete staff review and does not represent an official 
    NRC staff position.
        Public comments are being solicited on the guide. 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. Copies of comments 
    received may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street 
    NW., Washington, DC. Comments will be most helpful if received by June 
    25, 1996.
        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 for 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 (301) 415-5780; e-mail 
    AXD3@nrc.gov. For
    
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    more information on this draft regulatory guide, contact Ms. Elizabeth 
    Suarez, telephone (301) 415-8094; 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., Washington, DC. 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, Attention: 
    Distribution and Mail Services Section; or by fax at (301) 415-2260. 
    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 28th day of March 1995.
    
        For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    Bill M. Morris,
    Director, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear 
    Regulatory Research.
    [FR Doc. 96-8906 Filed 4-9-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
04/10/1996
Department:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-8906
Pages:
16016-16017 (2 pages)
PDF File:
96-8906.pdf