[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 45793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18012]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Office of New Reactors;

    Interim Staff Guidance on Evaluation and Acceptance Criteria for 10 
CFR 20.1406 to Support Design Certification and Combined License 
Applications
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is soliciting public comment on its Proposed Interim 
Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL-ISG-06 (ADAMS Accession No. ML081850160). 
This ISG is to clarify the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
position on what is an acceptable level of detail and content for 
demonstrating compliance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations Section 20.1406 (10 CFR 20.1406). Regulatory Guide (RG) 
4.21, ``Minimization of Contamination and Waste Generation: Life Cycle 
Planning,'' provides an acceptable method of demonstrating compliance. 
This ISG provides further clarification on the evaluation and 
acceptance criteria that will be used by NRC staff in reaching a 
reasonable assurance finding that a Design Certification (DC) or 
Combined License (COL) applicant has complied with the requirements of 
10 CFR 20.1406. The NRC staff issues DC/COL-ISGs to facilitate timely 
implementation of the current staff guidance and to facilitate 
activities associated with review of applications for DC and COLs by 
the Office of New Reactors. The NRC staff will also incorporate the 
approved DC/COL-ISG-006 into the next revision of the Standard Review 
Plan and related guidance documents.

DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 30 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register . Comments received 
after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but 
the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to: Chief, Rules and Directives 
Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC, 20555-0001.
    Comments should be delivered to: 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland, Room T-6D59, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal 
workdays. Persons may also provide comments via e-mail to Timothy J. 
Frye at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#76021f1b19021e0f5810040f133618041558111900"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef9b8682809b8796c1899d968aaf819d8cc1888099">[email protected]</span></a>. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image 
files of NRC's public documents. These documents may be accessed 
through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have 
access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents 
located in ADAMS should contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84f4e0f6c4eaf6e7aae3ebf2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9aeafee8daf4e8f9b4fdf5ec">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Timothy J. Frye, Chief, Health 
Physics Branch, Division of Construction, Inspection, & Operational 
Programs, Office of the New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-3900 or e-
mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a0e1317150e1203541c08031f3a140819541d150c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dca8b5b1b3a8b4a5f2baaea5b99cb2aebff2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agency posts its issued staff guidance 
in the agency external Web page (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/isg/).
    The NRC staff is issuing this notice to solicit public comments on 
the proposed COL/DC-ISG-006. After the NRC staff considers any public 
comments, it will make a determination regarding the proposed COL/DC-
ISG-006.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of July 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
William D. Reckley,
Branch Chief, Rulemaking, Guidance and Advanced Reactors Branch, 
Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E8-18012 Filed 8-5-08; 8:45 am]
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