[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38223-38224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18055]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance About Well Logging, Tracer, and Field Flood Study Licenses,
Availability of Draft NUREG
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the
availability of and requesting comments on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 14,
``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance about Well Logging, Tracer, and Field
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Flood Study Licenses,'' dated May 1999. This draft NUREG report is
the14th program-specific guidance document developed to support an
improved material licensing process. NRC is using Business Process
Redesign (BPR) techniques to redesign its material licensing process,
as described in NUREG-1539, ``Methodology and Findings of the NRC's
Materials Licensing Process Redesign.'' A critical element of the new
process is consolidating and updating numerous guidance documents into
a NUREG-series of reports.
This draft guide has been developed in parallel with the proposed
revision of 10 CFR part 39, ``Energy Compensation Sources for Well
Logging and Other Regulatory Clarifications,'' published as a Proposed
Rule on April 19, 1999 (64 FR 19089). Comments received in response to
publication of this draft guidance will be considered in developing the
final guide. Finalization of the guidance will continue to parallel the
rulemaking resulting in a guidance document that is consistent with the
final rule. It is intended for use by applicants, licensees, NRC
license reviewers, and other NRC personnel.
This draft report takes a more risk-informed, performance-based
approach to licensing of well logging, tracer, and field flood study
operations, and reduces the information (amount and level of detail)
needed to support an application to use these devices. Note that this
document is strictly for public comment and is not for use in preparing
or reviewing applications until it is published in final form.
DATES: The comment period ends September 13, 1999. Comments received
after that time will be considered if practicable.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Chief, Rules and Directives
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hand-
deliver comments to 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between
7:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Federal workdays. Comments may also be
submitted through the Internet by addressing electronic mail to
dlm1@nrc.gov.
Those considering public comment may request a free single copy of
draft NUREG-1556, Volume 14, by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, ATTN: Mrs. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN 9-F-31,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Alternatively, submit requests through the
Internet by addressing electronic mail to slm2@nrc.gov. A copy of draft
NUREG-1556, Volume 14, is also available for inspection and/or copying
for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower
Level), Washington, DC 20555-0001.
The Presidential Memorandum dated June 1, 1998, entitled, ``Plain
Language in Government Writing,'' directed that the Federal
government's writing be in plain language. The NRC specifically
requests comments on this licensing guidance NUREG regarding the
clarity and effectiveness of the language used. Comments should be sent
to the address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN
9-F-31, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-7874; electronic
mail address: slm2@nrc.gov.
Electronic Access
Draft NUREG-1556, Vol. 14 is available electronically by visiting
NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/nucmat.html).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of June, 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial
and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 99-18055 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]
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