[Federal Register: July 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 129)] [Notices] [Page 36724-36725] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr07jy99-125] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Licenses of Broad Scope, dated April 1999 AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the availability of NUREG-1556, Volume 11, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Licenses of Broad Scope,'' dated April 1999. ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1556, Vol. 11, may be obtained by writing to the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328. Copies are also available from the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161. A copy of the document is also available for inspection and/or copying for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555-0001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ms. Sally L. Merchant, 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) 415-7874, e-mail: slm2@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 16, 1998 (63 FR 49615), NRC announced the availability of draft [[Page 36725]] NUREG-1556, Volume 11, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Licenses of Broad Scope,'' and requested comments on it. This draft NUREG report was the eleventh program-specific guidance developed to support an improved materials licensing process. The NRC staff considered all the comments, including constructive suggestions to improve the document, in the preparation of the final NUREG report. The final version of NUREG-1556, Volume 11, is now available for use by applicants, licensees, NRC license reviewers, and other NRC staff. It supersedes the guidance for applicants and licensees previously found in Draft Regulatory Guide DG-0005 dated October 1994. Included in this guidance is a new option for Type A licensees of broad scope to have increased flexibility to make changes in some program areas and revise some procedures previously approved by NRC without amendment of the license. This option is discussed in detail in Chapter 1 of this document. Draft NUREG-1556, Volume 11, is not intended to be used alone. Because broad-scope licensees may be involved in many different program areas (e.g., medicine, research and development, manufacturing and distribution, etc.), this document frequently refers the user to other more program-specific guidance documents in the NUREG-1556 series. Electronic Access NUREG-1556, Volume 11, will also be available electronically approximately 1 month after publication of this notice by visiting NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov) and choosing ``Nuclear Materials,'' and then ``NUREG-1556, Volume 11.'' Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act In accordance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act of 1996, NRC has determined that this action is not a major rule and has verified this determination with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of June, 1999. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Patricia K. Holahan, Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS. [FR Doc. 99-17195 Filed 7-6-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P