[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78856-78857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30476]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guides: Granting Extension of Comment Periods

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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ACTION: Notice of Granting of Request to Extend the Comment Period of 
Draft Regulatory Guides, DG-1186 and DG-4013.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Garry, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 415-2766 or e-
mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued for public 
comment DG-1186, ``Measuring, Evaluating, and Reporting Radioactive 
Materials in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents and Solid Wastes,'' which was 
published in the Federal Register, 73 FR 65705, on November 4, 2008. 
DG-1186 is proposed Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.21.
    NRC also issued for public comment DG-4013, ``Environmental 
Monitoring for Nuclear Power Plants,'' which was published in the 
Federal Register, 73 FR 66685, on November 10, 2008. DG-4013 is 
proposed Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 4.1.
    The DGs are in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This 
series has been developed to describe and make available to the public 
such information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for 
implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques that 
the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, 
and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits 
and licenses.

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff requested receipt of comments on DG-1186 by December 
30, 2008, and the receipt of comments on DG-4013 by January 9, 2009. By 
this action, the NRC staff is extending the comment period until 
January 30, 2009, for DG-1186 and DG-4013. Comments received after 
January 30, 2009 for DG-1186 and DG-4013, would be considered if 
practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only 
for comments received on or before January 30, 2009. Although a time 
limit is given, 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.

III. Request To Extend the Comment Period

Basis for the Request

    The NRC received the following extension request:
    In a letter, the Nuclear Energy Institute requested that the public 
review and comment period on DG-1186 and DG-4013 be extended to January 
30, 2009. This will allow the public an opportunity to formulate 
comments because there is an NRC public meeting on the two draft guides 
scheduled for January 15, 2009.

Response to Request

    The request for an extension to the comment period is approved 
until January 30, 2009.
    Requests for technical information about DG-1186 and DG-4013 may be 
directed to the NRC contact, Steve Garry at (301) 415-2766 or e-mail to 
[email protected].
    Electronic copies of DG-1186 are available through the NRC's public 
Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the ``Regulatory Guides'' 
collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic copies are also available in 
ADAMS (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), under Accession No. 
ML080660617.
    Electronic copies of DG-4013 are also available through the NRC's 
public Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the ``Regulatory 
Guides'' collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic copies are also 
available in ADAMS (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), under 
Accession No. ML080660608.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at 
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-
mail to [email protected].
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is 
not required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of December, 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea D. Valentin,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E8-30476 Filed 12-22-08; 8:45 am]
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