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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–1221 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. ML090750044. 

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 25th day 

of June 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Mark P. Orr, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development 

Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

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Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, 

Availability 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance and 

availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, 

DG–1224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Hixon, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, telephone: (301) 251–7639 or email to Jeffrey.Hixon@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment a draft 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, ‘‘Control of the Processing and 

Use of Stainless Steel,’’ is temporarily 

identified by its task number, DG–1224, 

which should be mentioned in all 

related correspondence. DG–1224 is 

proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory 

Guide 1.44, dated May 1973. 

General Design Criterion 1, ‘‘Quality 

Standards and Records,’’ and Criterion 

4, ‘‘Environmental and Dynamic Effects 

Design Bases,’’ of Appendix A, ‘‘General 

Design Criteria for Nuclear Power 

Plants,’’ to Title 10, Part 50, ‘‘Domestic 

Licensing of Production and Utilization 

Facilities,’’ of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR Part 50) require 

that components be designed, 

fabricated, erected, and tested to quality 

standards commensurate with the 

importance of the safety functions to be 

performed and that they be designed to 

accommodate the effects of and be 

compatible with the environmental 

conditions associated with normal 

operation, maintenance, testing, and 

postulated accident conditions. 

Appendix B, ‘‘Quality Assurance 

Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and 

Fuel Reprocessing Plants,’’ to 10 CFR 

Part 50 requires that measures be 

established to ensure materials control 

and control of special processes such as 

welding and heat treating and to ensure 

performance of reliable testing 

programs. This guide describes 

acceptable methods of implementing the 

above requirements with regard to 

control of the application and 

processing of stainless steel to avoid 

severe sensitization that could lead to 

stress-corrosion cracking. This guide 

applies to light-water-cooled reactors. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC staff is soliciting comments 

on DG–1224. Comments may be 

accompanied by relevant information or 

supporting data and should mention 

DG–1224 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 your comments. You may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking and 

Directives Branch, Mail Stop: TWB–05– 

B01M, Office of Administration, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

2. Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

[NRC–2009–0277]. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 

301–492–3668; e-mail 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

3. Fax comments to: Rulemaking and 

Directives Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission at (301) 492–3446. 

Requests for technical information 

about DG–1224 may be directed to the 

NRC contact, Jeffrey Hixon at (301) 251– 

7639 or e-mail to Jeffrey.Hixon@nrc.gov. 

Comments would be most helpful if 

received by August 31, 2009. 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–1224 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. ML090750744. 

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 25th day 

of June 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Mark P. Orr, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development 

Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

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