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types of effluents that may be released

offsite, or would significantly increase

the allowable individual or cumulative

occupational radiation exposure.

Accordingly, the Commission concludes

that this proposed exemption will have

no significant radiological or

nonradiological environmental impacts.

Alternative to the Proposed Action

Since there is no significant

environmental impact associated with

the proposed action, any alternatives

with equal or greater environmental

impact are not evaluated. The

alternative to the proposed action would

be to deny approval of the exemption

and, therefore, require the

preoperational test acceptance criteria

and test report to be submitted 30 days

prior to receipt of spent fuel, rather than

3 days as proposed. This alternative

would have no significant

environmental impacts as well.

However, denial of the requested

exemption could result in loss of full

core offload capability. The licensee is

not required to maintain a full core

offload capability, however, it is an

operationally advantageous capability.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

An official from the State of Virginia

Bureau of Radiological Health was

contacted about this EA for the

proposed action and had no concerns.

Finding of No Significant Impact

The environmental impacts of the

proposed action have been reviewed in

accordance with the requirements set

forth in 10 CFR part 51. Based upon the

foregoing EA, the Commission finds that

the proposed action of granting an

exemption from 10 CFR 72.82(e) so that

Virginia Power may submit a

preoperational test acceptance criteria

and test report 3 days prior to receipt of

spent fuel at the North Anna ISFSI will

not significantly impact the quality of

the human environment. Accordingly,

the Commission has determined not to

prepare an environmental impact

statement for the proposed exemption.

This application was docketed under

10 CFR part 72, Docket 72–16. For

further details with respect to this

action, see the application for an ISFSI

license dated May 9, 1995, and the

request for exemption dated June 12,

1998, which is available for public

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20555, and the Local

Public Document Room at the

University of Virginia, Alderman

Library, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day

of June 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

William F. Kane,

Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

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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.

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 programspecific 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 XRay 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 DLM1@NRC.GOV.

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.

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