[Federal Register: December 28, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 249)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Draft Regulatory Guides; Issuance, Availability
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment
four draft guides 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 guides all pertain to licensees' use of Code Cases of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure
Vessel Code, and the guides are being developed to provide updated
guidance on the use of Code Cases. Code Cases provide alternatives that
have been developed and approved by ASME or they explain the intent of
existing Code requirements. The proposed Revision 32 of combined
Regulatory Guides 1.84 and 1.85, temporarily identified by its task
number, DG-1090 (which should be mentioned in all correspondence
concerning this draft guide), is ``Design, Fabrication, and Materials
Code Case Acceptability, ASME Section III.'' This draft guide provides
guidance that is acceptable to the NRC staff for licensees on the use
of ASME Section III Code Cases.
Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1091, ``Inservice Inspection Code Case
Acceptability, ASME Section XI, Division 1,'' is the proposed Revision
13 of Regulatory Guide 1.147, which provides guidance that is
acceptable to the NRC staff for licensees on the use of ASME Section XI
Code Cases.
Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1089, ``Operation and Maintenance Code
Case Acceptability, ASME OM Code,'' is being developed to provide
guidance that is acceptable to the NRC staff for licensees on the use
of ASME OM Code Cases.
Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1112, ``ASME Code Cases Not Approved for
Use,'' is being developed to provide guidance to licensees on the ASME
Code Cases that have not been approved by the NRC. The reasons the Code
Cases were not approved are also stated.
These draft guides have not received complete staff approval and do
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 March 25, 2002.
Comments may also be provided via the NRC's interactive rulemaking
web site through the NRC homepage
(http://www.nrc.gov). This site provides the availability 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 guides, contact Mr. W.E. Norris at (301)
415-6796; e-mail WEN@NRC.GOV.
Although a time limit is given for comments on these draft guides,
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; e-mail 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
Commission approval is not required to reproduce them.
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(5 U.S.C. 552(a))
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of December 2001.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael E. Mayfield,
Director, Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 01-31929 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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