[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17607]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance About Academic, Research & Development, and Other Licenses of
Limited Scope, Availability of Draft NUREG
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the
availability of and requesting comment on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 7,
``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance about Academic, Research & Development, and Other Licenses of
Limited Scope,'' dated May 1998.
NRC is using Business Process Redesign (BPR) techniques to redesign
its materials 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 NUREG report is the seventh program-specific guidance
developed to support an improved materials licensing process.
The guidance is intended for use by applicants, licensees, NRC
license reviewers, and other NRC personnel. The draft NUREG combines
and updates the guidance for applicants and licensees previously found
in (1) Regulatory Guide 10.2, Revision 1, ``Guidance To Academic
Institutions Applying For Specific Byproduct Material Licenses of
Limited Scope,'' dated December 1976, (2) Regulatory Guide 10.7,
``Guide For The Preparation Of Applications For Licenses For Laboratory
and Industrial Use of Small Quantities of Byproduct Material,'' dated
August 1979, and (3) Draft Regulatory Guide FC 405-4, ``Guide for the
Preparation of Applications for Licenses for the Use of Sealed Sources
in Gas Chromatography Devices and X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzers,'' dated
February 1985. In addition, this draft report also contains pertinent
information found in Technical Assistance Requests and Information
Notices. This draft report is for public comment only, and is NOT for
use in preparing or reviewing applications until it is published in
final form. It is being distributed for comment to encourage public
participation in its development.
DATES: The comment period ends September 30, 1998. 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
[email protected]
Those considering public comment may request a free single copy of
draft NUREG-1556, Volume 7, 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 7, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN
9-F-31, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of
Nuclear Materials 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. 7 will be available electronically by
visiting NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/nucmat.html)
approximately two weeks after the publication date of this notice.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of June, 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frederick C. Combs,
Acting Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-17607 Filed 7-1-98; 8:45 am]
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