[Federal Register: April 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 66)]
[Notices]
[Page 18584]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Issuance, Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-1194.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M. Lintz, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 415-4051 or e-
mail: MPL2@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public
comment a draft guide in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This
series was 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.
The draft regulatory guide entitled ``Guidance to Operators at the
Controls and to Senior Operators in the Control Room of a Nuclear Power
Unit'' is temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1194, which
should be mentioned in all related correspondence.
This guide describes staffing practices and methods generally
considered by the NRC to be satisfactory for complying with the
Commission's regulations that require the presence of an operator at
the controls of a nuclear power unit and a senior operator in the
control room. These practices and methods are the result of NRC review
of operating experience and they reflect the latest methods and
approaches acceptable to the NRC staff. If future information results
in alternative methods, the NRC staff will review such methods to
determine their acceptability.
II. Further Information
The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-1194. Comments may be
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data, and should
mention DG-1194 in the subject line. Comments submitted in writing or
in electronic form will be made available to the public in their
entirety through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS).
Personal information will not be removed from your comments. You
may submit comments by any of the following methods:
1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch,
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
2. E-mail comments to: NRCREP@nrc.gov.
3. Hand-deliver comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing
Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and
4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
4. Fax comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch,
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301)
415-5144.
Requests for technical information about DG-1194 may be directed to
the NRC Senior Program Manager, M. Lintz, at (301) 415-4051 or e-mail
at MPL2@NRC.Gov.
Comments would be most helpful if received by June 6, 2008.
Comments received after that date will be considered if it is practical
to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date. 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.
Electronic copies of DG-1194 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.
ML080220459.
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 PDR@nrc.gov.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is
not required to reproduce them.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of March, 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea D. Valentin,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering,
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E8-7053 Filed 4-3-08; 8:45 am]
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