[Federal Register: October 9, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 195)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment a
draft of a new 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-1077
(which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this draft
guide), is ``Guidelines for Environmental Qualification of
Microprocessor-Based Equipment Important to Safety in Nuclear Power
Plants.'' This draft guide is being developed to provide guidance to
licensees and applicants on methods acceptable to the NRC staff for
evaluating the environmental qualification procedures for
microprocessor-based equipment that is important to safety for service
in nuclear power plants.
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, MD.
Comments will be most helpful if received by December 14, 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; e-mail cag@nrc.gov. For information about the draft guide and
the related documents, contact Ms. C. Antonescu at (301)415-6792; e-
mail cea1@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, MD; the PDR's mailing
address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555; telephone (301) 415-4737 or
(800) 397-4205; fax (301) 415-3548; email pdr@nrc.gov. 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 e-mail to
distribution@nrc.gov; or by fax to (301) 415-2289. Telephone requests
cannot be accommodated. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and
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Commission approval is not required to reproduce them.
(5 U.S.C. 552(a))
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of September 2001.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael E. Mayfield,
Director, Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 01-25188 Filed 10-5-01; 8:45 am]
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