Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment a

proposed revision to 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 Commission'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-8016

(which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this draft

guide), is a proposed Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 8.37,

``Constraints for Air Effluents for Licensees Other Than Power

Reactors.'' This guide is being revised to provide guidance on

demonstrating compliance with proposed constraints for air effluents.

These constraints were delineated in amendments that were proposed for

10 CFR Part 20, ``Standards for Protection Against Radiation,'' on

December 13, 1995 (60 FR 63984).

This draft guide is being issued to involve the public in the early

stages of the development of a regulatory position in this area. It has

not received complete staff review and does not represent an official

NRC staff position.

Public comments are being solicited on the draft guide. Comments

should be accompanied by supporting data. Written comments may be

submitted to the Rules Review and Directives Branch, Division of

Freedom of Information and Publications Services, Office of

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC

20555. Comments will be most helpful if received by March 12, 1996.

Comments may be submitted electronically, in either ASCII text or

Wordperfect format (version 5.1 or later), by calling the NRC

Electronic Bulletin Board on FedWorld. The bulletin board may be

accessed using a personal computer, a modem, and one of the commonly

available communications software packages, or directly via Internet.

Background documents on the rulemaking are also available for

downloading and viewing on the bulletin board.

If using a personal computer and modem, the NRC subsystem on

FedWorld can be accessed directly by dialing the toll free number: 1-

800-303-9672. Communication software parameters should be set as

follows: parity to none, data bits to 8, and stop bits to 1 (N,8,1).

Using ANSI or VT-100 terminal emulation, the NRC NUREGs and RegGuides

for Comment subsystem can then be accessed by selecting the ``Rules

Menu'' option from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' For further information about

options available for NRC at FedWorld consult the ``Help/Information

Center'' from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' Users will find the ``FedWorld

Online User's Guides'' particularly helpful. Many NRC subsystems and

databases also have a ``Help/Information Center'' option that is

tailored to the particular subsystem.

The NRC subsystem on FedWorld can also be accessed by a direct dial

phone number for the main FedWorld BBS: 703-321-8020; Telnet via

Internet: fedworld.gov (192.239.93.3); File Transfer Protocol (FTP) via

Internet: ftp.fedworld.gov (192.239.92.205); and World Wide Web using:

http://www.fedworld.gov (this is the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)).

If using a method other than the toll free number to contact

FedWorld, the NRC subsystem will be accessed from the main FedWorld

menu by selecting the ``F--Regulatory, Government Administration and

State Systems,'' then selecting ``A--Regulatory Information Mall.'' At

that point, a menu will be displayed that has an option ``A--U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' that will take you to the NRC Online

main menu. You can also go directly to the NRC Online area by typing

``/go nrc'' at a FedWorld command line. If you access NRC from

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FedWorld's main menu, you may return to FedWorld by selecting the

``Return to FedWorld'' option from the NRC Online Main Menu. However,

if you access NRC at FedWorld by using NRC's toll-free number, you will

have full access to all NRC systems, but you will not have access to

the main FedWorld system. For more information on NRC bulletin boards

call Mr. Arthur Davis, Systems Integration and Development Branch, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301)

415-5780; e-mail AXD[email protected]. For more information on this Draft

Regulatory Guide DG-8016, contact Ms. Charleen Raddatz, telephone (301)

415-6215; e-mail [email protected].

Although a time limit is given for comments on this draft, 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 Commission's

Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC. Requests for

single copies of draft 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:

Director, Distribution and Mail Services Section. Telephone requests

cannot be accommodated. Regulatory Services Section. 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 26th day of December 1995.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Sher Bahadur,

Acting Director, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear

Regulatory Research.

[FR Doc. 96-679 Filed 1-19-96; 8:45 am]

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