[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 1139]] 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] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P