56618 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 189 / Monday, September 29, 2008 / Notices 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, 

Availability 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and 

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, 

DG–5026. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valerie Barnes, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, telephone: (301) 415–5944 or email to Valerie.Barnes@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment a draft regulatory 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 (DG), 

entitled, ‘‘Fatigue Management for 

Nuclear Power Plant Personnel,’’ is 

temporarily identified by its task 

number, DG–5026, which should be 

mentioned in all related 

correspondence. This regulatory guide 

provides a method that the staff of the 

NRC considers acceptable for complying 

with the Commission’s regulations for 

managing personnel fatigue at nuclear 

power plants. 

The regulations established by the 

NRC in Title 10, Part 26, of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR part 26), 

‘‘Fitness for Duty Programs,’’ establish 

requirements for ensuring that 

personnel are fit to safely and 

competently perform their duties. 

Subpart I, ‘‘Managing Fatigue,’’ of 10 

CFR part 26 establishes requirements for 

managing personnel fatigue at nuclear 

power plants. The regulations in 

Subpart I provide a comprehensive and 

integrated approach to fatigue 

management, taking into account the 

multiple causes and effects of worker 

fatigue. The Commission recognizes that 

the potential for excessive fatigue is not 

solely based on extensive work hours, 

but also on other causal factors, such as 

stressful working conditions, sleep 

disorders, accumulation of sleep debt 

and the disruptions of circadian 

rhythms associated with shift work. 

These considerations are reflected in the 

requirements of the rule in order to 

ensure that licensees effectively manage 

worker fatigue and provide reasonable 

assurance that workers are able to safely 

and competently perform their duties. 

A public meeting will be held on 

October 10, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. in room T10–A1 of the NRC 

headquarters building at Two White 

Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, MD 20852 to discuss this 

draft regulatory guide. For those unable 

to attend in person, they may participate 

via teleconference. The call in number 

is 1–888–469–0975 followed by the pass 

code 37181 and the # key. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC staff is soliciting comments 

on DG–5026. Comments may be 

accompanied by relevant information or 

supporting data, and should mention 

DG–5026 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 the comments. Comments 

may be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

1. Mail to: Rulemaking, Directives, 

and Editing Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

2. E-mail to: nrcrep.resource@nrc.gov. 

3. Hand-deliver 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 to: Rulemaking, Directives, and 

Editing Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission at (301) 415–5144. 

Requests for technical information 

about DG–5026 may be directed to 

Valerie Barnes at (301) 415–5944 or email to Valerie Barnes. 

Comments would be most helpful if 

received by October 31, 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–5026 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/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also 

available in ADAMS (http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), 

under Accession No. ML081960515. 

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.resource@nrc.gov. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and Commission approval 

is not required to reproduce them. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd 

day of September, 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Stephen C. O’Connor, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development 

Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. E8–22780 Filed 9–26–08; 8:45 am] 

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Sunshine Federal Register Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission. 

DATES: Weeks of September 29, October 

6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 2008. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

Week of September 29, 2008 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of September 29, 2008. 

Week of October 6, 2008—Tentative. 

Monday, October 6, 2008 

12:55 p.m. Affirmation Session (Public 

Meeting) (Tentative). 

a. Oyster Creek, Indian Point, Pilgrim, 

and Vermont Yankee License 

Renewals, Docket Nos. 50–219–LR, 

50–247–LR, 50–286–LR, 50–293– 

LR, 50–271–LR, Petition To 

Suspend Proceedings (Tentative). 

b. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (Diablo 

Canyon ISFSI), Docket No. 72–26– 

ISFSI, Decision on the Merits of San 

Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace’s 

Contention 2 (Tentative). 

c. EnergySolutions (Radioactive Waste 

Import/Export)—EnergySolutions’ 

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