[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32488]


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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 new guide in 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 NRC'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, temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1082 
(which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this draft 
guide), is titled ``Assessing and Managing Risk Before Maintenance 
Activities at Nuclear Power Plants.'' This guide is being developed to 
propose guidance on implementing certain provisions of the NRC's 
Maintenance Rule by endorsing a revised Section 11 of an industry 
guideline, NUMARC 93-01, ``Industry Guideline for Monitoring the 
Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants,'' which was 
prepared by the Nuclear Energy Institute.
    This draft guide has not received complete staff approval and does 
not represent an official NRC staff position.
    Comments may be accompanied by relevant information or supporting 
data. Written comments may be submitted to the Rules and Directives 
Branch, 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 January 10, 2000.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
website through the NRC home page (http://www.nrc.gov). This site 
provides the availability to upload comments as files (any format), if 
your web browser supports that function. For information about the 
interactive rulemaking website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, (301) 415-
5905; e-mail [email protected]. For information about the draft guide and the 
related documents, contact Mr. W.E. Scott at (301) 415-1020; 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: 
Reproduction and Distribution Services Section; or by fax to (301) 415-
2289, or by e-mail to . 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 26th day of November 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Charles E. Ader,
Director, Program Management, Policy, Development & Analysis Staff, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 99-32488 Filed 12-14-99; 8:45 am]
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