[Federal Register: February 26, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 38)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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; e-mail 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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