[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8411-8412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3676]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2009-0189]
Office of New Reactors: Interim Staff Guidance on Assessing the
Consequences of an Accidental Release of Radioactive Materials From
Liquid Waste Tanks; Reopening of Comment Period
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The NRC published a request for public comment in the Federal
Register on May 4, 2009, on proposed Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/
COL-ISG-013, ``Assessing the Consequences of an Accidental Release of
Radioactive Materials from Liquid Waste Tanks'' (Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML090830488). The
NRC has completed a related ISG, DC/COL-ISG-014, ``Assessing Ground
Water Flow and Transport of Accidental Radionuclide Releases,'' and is
making it available for public comment by separate document published
today in the Federal Register. The NRC believes that the public will be
better served by being able to review and comment on both documents at
this time. This action is necessary to reopen the comment period for
ISG DC/COL-ISG-013.
ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2009-0189 in the subject line
of your comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form
will be posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web
site Regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to
remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you
against including any information in your submission that you do not
want to be publicly disclosed.
The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not
include any information in their comments that they do not want
publicly disclosed.
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You may submit comments by any one of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2009-0189. Comments may
be submitted electronically through this Web site. Address questions
about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher at 301-492-3668; e-mail at
[email protected].
Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and
Directives Branch (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to RDB at 301-492-
3446.
You can access publicly available documents related to this notice
using the following methods:
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have
copied for a fee publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public
File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to
[email protected].
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting
materials related to this notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2009-0189.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edward H. Roach, Acting Chief,
Health Physics Branch, Division of Construction Inspection and
Operational Programs, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001; telephone at 301-415-1973 or e-
mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC requested public comment on May 4,
2009 (74 FR 20510), on its Proposed Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/
COL-ISG-013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML090830488). The purpose of this ISG
is to modify and provide Combined License (COL) and Design
Certification (DC) applicants additional clarity and guidance for the
application of Standard Review Plan (SRP) Sections 11.2 and 2.4.13 on
the characterization of hydro geological properties of a site
associated with the effects of accidental releases of radioactive
liquid on existing or likely future uses of ground and surface water
resources in meeting the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, Part 100 (10 CFR 100.10 or 100.20) and Appendix B
to 10 CFR part 20 on effluent concentration limits. This ISG would
revise the staff guidance previously issued in March 2007 in the SRP
NUREG-0080, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis
Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' Sections 11.2 and 2.4.13. These two
SRP sections are not internally consistent in identifying acceptable
criteria for assessing the consequences of accidental releases of
radioactive materials, or in providing guidance to the staff and
applicants to establish conditions for such releases and define
acceptable assumptions to describe exposure scenarios and pathways to
members of the public. The NRC staff issues DC/COL-ISGs to facilitate
timely implementation of current staff guidance and to facilitate
activities associated with review of applications for DCs and COLs by
the Office of New Reactors. The NRC staff will also incorporate the
approved DC/COL-ISG-013 into the next revision of the SRP and related
guidance documents.
The NRC staff is issuing this notice to reopen the public comment
period for proposed DC/COL-ISG-013. After the NRC staff considers all
public comments, it will make a determination regarding proposed DC/
COL-ISG-013. The agency posts its issued staff guidance on the agency's
Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/isg/.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of February 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
William F. Burton,
Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Development Branch, Division of New
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2010-3676 Filed 2-23-10; 8:45 am]
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