Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 7, 2001 / Notices 9393

addressing electronic mail to

cxb@nrc.gov. A copy of final NUREG–

1556, Volume 20, is also available for

inspection and/or copying for a fee in

the NRC Public Document Room, 11555

Rockville Pike, Room 01–F21, Rockville,

Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Mrs. Carrie Brown, TWFN 9–F–31,

Division of Industrial and Medical

Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301)

415–8092; electronic mail address:

cxb@nrc.gov.

Electronic Access

Final NUREG–1556, Vol. 20 is

available electronically by visiting the

NRC’s Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov/

nrc/nucmat.html).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day

of January, 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Patricia K. Holahan,

Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch,

Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear

Safety, NMSS.

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Consolidated Guidance About

Materials Licenses: Program-Specific

Guidance About Licenses Authorizing

Distribution to General Licensees

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of availability of final

NUREG.

SUMMARY: The NRC is announcing the

availability of the final NUREG–1556,

Volume 16, ‘‘Consolidated Guidance

about Materials Licenses: ProgramSpecific Guidance about Licenses

Authorizing Distribution to General

Licensees,’’ dated December 2000.

The NRC is using Business Process

Redesign techniques to redesign its

material 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 NUREGseries of reports. This final NUREG

report is the sixteenth program-specific

guidance developed to support an

improved materials licensing process.

This final NUREG has been developed

in parallel with the final rulemaking on

10 CFR parts 30, 31, 32, 170, and 171,

‘‘Requirements for Certain Generally

Licensed Industrial Devices Containing

Byproduct Material.’’ The final rule was

published in the Federal Register on

December 18, 2000 (65 FR 79161). This

guidance is intended for use by

applicants, licensees, NRC license

reviewers, and other NRC personnel.

A free single copy of final NUREG–

1556, Volume 16, may be requested by

writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, ATTN: Mrs. Carrie Brown,

Mail Stop TWFN 9–F–31, Washington,

DC 20555–0001. Alternatively, submit

requests through the Internet by

addressing electronic mail to

cxb@nrc.gov. A copy of the final

NUREG–1556, Volume 16, is also

available for inspection and/or copying

for a fee in the NRC Public Document

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room 01–

F21, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Mrs. Carrie Brown, Mail Stop TWFN 9–

F–31, Division of Industrial and Medical

Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301)

415–8092; electronic mail address:

cxb@nrc.gov.

Electronic Access

Final NUREG–1556, Vol. 16 is

available electronically by visiting

NRC’s Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov/

NRC/nucmat.html).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day

of January, 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Patricia K. Holahan,

Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch,

Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear

Safety, NMSS.

[FR Doc. 01–3135 Filed 2–6–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Consolidated Guidance About

Materials Licenses: Program-Specific

Guidance About Possession Licenses

for Manufacturing and Distribution

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of final

NUREG.

SUMMARY: The NRC is announcing the

availability of the final NUREG–1556,

Volume 12, ‘‘Consolidated Guidance

about Materials Licenses: ProgramSpecific Guidance about Possession

Licenses for Manufacturing and

Distribution,’’ dated December 2000.

The NRC is using Business Process

Redesign 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 NUREGseries of reports. This final NUREG

report is the 12th program-specific

guidance developed to support an

improved materials licensing process.

This guidance is intended for use by

applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff,

and will also be available to Agreement

States. This document combines and

updates the guidance found in

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; Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)

Policy and Guidance Directive FC 84–1,

‘‘Review Responsibility—Manufacturing

and Distribution of Products to Persons

Exempt Pursuant to 10 CFR 32.11

through 32.26,’’ dated April 1984;

NMSS Policy and Guidance Directive

FC 85–6, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for

Applications for Licenses and

Approvals to Authorize Distribution of

Various Items to Group Medical

Licensees,’’ dated February 1985; and

Draft Regulatory Guide DG–0007,

‘‘Guide for the Preparation of

Applications for Licenses to Authorize

Distribution of Various Items to

Commercial Nuclear Pharmacies and

Medical Use Licensees,’’ dated March

1997. This final report takes a more riskinformed, performance-based approach

to licensing possession for

manufacturing and distribution, and

reduces the amount of detailed

information needed to support an

application.

A free single copy of final NUREG–

1556, Volume 12, may be requested by

writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, ATTN: Mrs. Carrie Brown,

Mail Stop TWFN 9–F–31, Washington,

DC 20555–0001. Alternatively, submit

requests through the Internet by

addressing electronic mail to

cxb@nrc.gov. A copy of final NUREG–

1556, Volume 12, is also available for

inspection and/or copying for a fee in

the NRC Public Document Room, 11555

Rockville Pike, Room 01–F21, Rockville,

Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Mrs. Carrie Brown, Mail Stop TWFN 9–

F–31, Division of Industrial and Medical

Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,