[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1138-1139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-400]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a new 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.
    Regulatory Guide 10.12, ``Preparation of Petitions for Rulemaking 
Under 10 CFR 2.802 and Preparation and Submission of Proposals for 
Regulatory Guidance Documents,'' provides guidance to persons who 
submit petitions for rulemaking to the NRC concerning the type and 
quantity of information that would allow the NRC to process the 
petition in an expeditious manner. This guide also provides the 
procedures for submitting proposals to change existing regulatory 
guidance documents.
    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. Written comments may be submitted to 
the Publications Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and 
Publications Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
    Regulatory guides are available for inspection or copying for a fee 
at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., 
Washington, DC. Single copies of regulatory guides, both active and 
draft, may be obtained free of charge by writing the Office of 
Administration, Attn: Distribution and

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Services Section, USNRC, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax at (301) 
415-2260. Issued guides may also be purchased from the National 
Technical Information Service on a standing order basis. Details on 
this service may be obtained by writing NTIS, 5285 Port Royal Road, 
Springfield, VA 22161. 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 23rd day of December 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Morrison,
 Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 97-400 Filed 1-7-97; 8:45 am]
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