[Federal Register: November 24, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 226)]
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Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Licenses Authorizing Distribution to General Licensees

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of Availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is announcing the availability of, and requesting 
comments on, draft NUREG-1556, Volume 16, ``Consolidated Guidance about 
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Licenses 
Authorizing Distribution to General Licensees,'' dated September 1999. 
This draft NUREG report is the 16th program-specific guidance document 
developed to support an improved material licensing process. 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 NUREG-series of reports.
    This draft guide has been developed in parallel with the proposed 
rulemaking on 10 CFR Parts 30, 31, 32, 170, and 171, ``Requirements for 
Certain Generally Licensed Industrial Devices Containing Byproduct 
Material.'' The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on 
July 26, 1999 (64 FR 40295). Comments received in response to 
publication of this draft guidance will be considered in developing the 
final guide. Finalization of the guidance will continue to parallel the 
rulemaking, resulting in a guidance document that is consistent with 
the final rule. It is intended for use by applicants, licensees, NRC 
license reviewers, and other NRC personnel.
    NRC is requesting comments such as whether a risk-informed, 
performance-based approach to licensing is valid, as well as comments 
on the information provided. Note that this document is strictly for 
public comment and is not for use in preparing or reviewing 
applications, until it is published in final form.

DATES: The comment period ends January 24, 2000. Comments received 
after that time will be considered if practicable.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Chief, Rules and Directives 
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hand-
deliver comments to 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 
7:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Federal workdays. Comments may also be 
submitted through the Internet by addressing electronic mail to 
dlm1@nrc.gov.
    Those considering public comment may request a free single copy of 
draft NUREG-1556, Volume 16, by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, ATTN: Mrs. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN 9-F-31, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.

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Alternatively, submit requests through the Internet by addressing 
electronic mail to slm2@nrc.gov. A copy of draft NUREG-1556, Volume 16, 
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.
    The Presidential Memorandum dated June 1, 1998, entitled, ``Plain 
Language in Government Writing,'' directed that the Federal 
Government's writing be in plain language. The NRC specifically 
requests comments on this licensing guidance NUREG about the clarity 
and effectiveness of the language used. Comments should be sent to the 
address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mrs. 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; electronic 
mail address: slm2@nrc.gov.

Electronic Access

    Draft 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 12th day of November 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Catherine Haney,
Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial 
and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
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