[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 1997)]
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[FR Doc No: 97-3179]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Regulatory Analysis Technical Evaluation Handbook; Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announces the availability 
of ``Regulatory Analysis Technical Evaluation Handbook'', (NUREG/BR-
0184). This document is a Handbook to be used by the NRC and its 
contractors in the preparation of regulatory analyses to aid NRC 
decision-makers in deciding whether a proposed new regulatory 
requirement should be imposed. In addition, it is anticipated that the 
Handbook will be useful to the Agreement States in their assessment of 
new regulatory requirements. The Handbook is an updated and revised 
version of an earlier document, ``A Handbook for Value-Impact 
Assessment'' (NUREG/CR-3568), issued by the NRC in 1983.
    The 1983 document is being updated in this Handbook to accomplish 
the following objectives:
    <bullet>  To reflect the content of NRC's Regulatory Analysis 
Guidelines, NUREG/BR-0058, Rev. 2, issued in November 1995.
    <bullet> To expand the scope of the Handbook to include the entire 
regulatory analysis process and to address facilities other than power 
reactors.
    <bullet> To reflect NRC experience and improvements in data and 
methodology since the 1983 Handbook was issued.
    <bullet> To reflect the guidance in the 1996 document ``Economic 
Analysis of Federal Regulations Under Executive Order 12866''. This 
document was prepared by a Federal interagency regulatory working group 
convened by the Office of Management and Budget.
    NRC obtained peer review comments on the draft Handbook from the 
following organizations: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Brookhaven 
National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and Science and 
Engineering Associates, Inc. The comments of these organizations are 
reflected in the Handbook. The draft version of the Handbook has also 
been used by NRC staff members since September 1993 and staff comments 
have been incorporated. A draft version of the Handbook was made 
available to the public in September 1993 (58 FR 47160) but comments 
were not specifically requested.
    The Handbook is being issued in loose-leaf format to facilitate 
future revisions. NRC intends to periodically revise the Handbook as 
new and improved guidance, data, and methods become available. Comments 
on the Handbook from users and the public are welcome at any time. In 
particular, the NRC is requesting comments from the Agreement States on 
the Handbook's value in preparing regulatory documents for state 
rulemaking actions. Comments should be submitted to: Chief, Rules 
Review and Directives Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and 
Publication Services, Mail Stop T-6 D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Copies of NUREG/BR-0184 may be purchased from the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O Box 37082, Washington, 
DC 20402-9328. Copies are also available from the National Technical 
Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. A 
copy 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 20037.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of December, 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank A. Costanzi,
Deputy Director, Division of Regulatory Applications.
[FR Doc. 97-3179 Filed 2-7-97; 8:45 am]
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