Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 38 / Monday, February 26, 2001 / Notices 11611

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Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance,

Availability

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

has issued for public comment a

proposed revision of a guide in its

Regulatory Guide Series. This series has

been developed to describe and make

available to the public such information

as methods acceptable to the NRC staff

for implementing specific parts of the

NRC’s regulations, techniques used by

the staff in evaluating specific problems

or postulated accidents, and data

needed by the staff in its review of

applications for permits and licenses.

The draft guide, temporarily

identified by its task number, DG–1087

(which should be mentioned in all

correspondence concerning this draft

guide), is titled ‘‘Evaluating the

Habitability of a Nuclear Power Plant

Control Room During a Postulated

Hazardous Chemical Release.’’ DG–1087

is a proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory

Guide 1.78, and it is being revised to

propose guidance on control room

habitability during a postulated

hazardous chemical release, including

chlorine. When Revision 1 of Regulatory

Guide 1.78 is issued, it will incorporate

and withdraw Regulatory Guide 1.95,

‘‘Protection of Nuclear Power Plant

Control Room Operators Against an

Accidental Chlorine Release,’’ since

many of the regulatory positions in

these two guides are the same or similar.

This draft guide has not received

complete staff approval and does not

represent an official NRC staff position.

Comments may be accompanied by

relevant information or supporting data.

Written comments may be submitted to

the Rules and Directives Branch, Office

of Administration, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555. Copies of comments received

may be examined at the NRC Public

Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland. Comments will be

most helpful if received by April 10,

2001.

You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking web

site through the NRC home page (http:/

/www.nrc.gov). This site provides the

ability to upload comments as files (any

format), if your web browser supports

that function. For information about the

interactive rulemaking web site, contact

Ms. Carol Gallagher, (301) 415–5905; email CAG@NRC.GOV. For information

about the draft guide and the related

documents, contact Mr. S. Basu at (301)

415–6774; e-mail SXB2@NRC.GOV.

Although a time limit is given for

comments on this draft guide,

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.

Regulatory guides are available for

inspection at the NRC’s Public

Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland. The PDR’s mailing

address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC

20555; telephone (301) 415–4737 or

(800) 397–4209; fax (301) 415–3548.

Requests for single copies of draft or

final guides (which may be reproduced)

or for placement on an automatic

distribution list for single copies of

future draft guides in specific divisions

should be made in writing to the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, Attention:

Reproduction and Distribution Services

Section; or by fax to (301) 415–2289, or

by e-mail to

<DISTRIBUTION@NRC.GOV>.

Telephone requests cannot be

accommodated. Regulatory guides are

not copyrighted, and Commission

approval is not required to reproduce

them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day

of February 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Farouk Eltawila,

Acting Director, Division of Systems Analysis

and Regulatory Effectiveness, Office of

Nuclear Regulatory Research.

[FR Doc. 01–4627 Filed 2–23–01; 8:45 am]

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Regulatory Guides; Withdrawal

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

is withdrawing Regulatory Guide 8.14,

‘‘Personnel Neutron Dosimeters.’’

Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 8.14,

published in August 1977, endorsed

ANSI N319–1976, ‘‘American National

Standard for Personnel Neutron

Dosimeters (Neutron Energies Less Than

20 MeV),’’ which has been replaced by

ANSI N13.52–1999, ‘‘Personnel Neutron

Dosimeters.’’ Regulatory Guide 8.14

does not need to be revised because

regulations are in place that require

licensees to have an adequate dosimetry

program.

Licensees are required by 10 CFR

20.1501 to use dosimetry processors

accredited through the National

Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation

Program (NVLAP). NVLAP requires

processors to use new standards for

personnel dosimetry, ANSI N13.52–

1999 and ANSI N13.11–1993,

‘‘Personnel Dosimetry PerformanceCriteria for Testing,’’ to maintain an

appropriate quality for dosimetry

processing.

Licensees should note that the

guidance in Regulatory Positions 1.b

and 1.c of Regulatory Guide 8.14

regarding the use of calculated neutron

dose equivalents is also contained in

Regulatory Guide 8.4, ‘‘Direct-Reading

and Indirect-Reading Pocket

Dosimeters.’’ The use of calculated

neutron dose equivalents is still

applicable because Regulatory Guide 8.4

has not been withdrawn.

Regulatory guides may be withdrawn

when they are superseded by the NRC’s

regulations, when equivalent

recommendations have been

incorporated in applicable approved

codes and standards, or when changes

in methods and techniques or in the

need for specific guidance have made

them obsolete.

Comments and suggestions in

connection with regulatory guides being

developed and effective guides are

encouraged at any time. Written

comments may be submitted to the

Rules and Directives Branch, Division of

Administrative Services, Office of

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day

of February 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Margaret V. Federline,

Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory

Research.

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