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Federal Register: December 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 234)NoticesPage 67495From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Fixed Gauges Licenses,'' Dated October 1998

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the availability of NUREG-1556, Volume 4, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Fixed Gauges Licenses,'' dated October 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1556, Vol. 4, may be obtained by writing to the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328. Copies are also available from the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161. A copy of the document is also available for inspection and/or copying for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN 9-F-31, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone: 301-415-7874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 23, 1997 (62 FR 67100), NRC announced the availability of draft NUREG-1556, Volume 4, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Fixed Gauges Licenses,'' dated October 1997, and requested comments on it. This draft NUREG report was the fourth program-specific guidance developed to support an improved materials licensing process. The NRC staff considered all the comments, including constructive suggestions to improve the document, in the preparation of the final NUREG report.

The final version of NUREG-1556, Volume 4, is now available for use by applicants, licensees, NRC license reviewers, and other NRC staff. It supersedes the guidance for applicants and licensees previously found in Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/Impact Statement, FC 404-4, ``Guide for the Preparation of Applications for Licenses for the Use of Sealed Sources and Nonportable Gauging Devices,'' dated January 1985, in Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) Policy and Guidance Directive (P&GD), FC 85-4, ``Standard Review Plan for Applications for Use of Sealed Sources and Nonportable Gauging Devices,'' dated February 6, 1985, and in NMSS P&GD, FC 85-8, Revision 1, ``Licensing of Fixed Gauges and Similar Devices,'' dated June 29, 1988. In addition, the draft report also contained information found in pertinent Technical Assistance Requests and Information Notices. NRC staff will use this final report in reviewing these applications.

NUREG-1556, Volume 4, will also be available electronically approximately 1 month after publication of this notice by visiting NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov) and choosing ``Nuclear Materials,'' and then ``NUREG-1556, Volume 4.''

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

In accordance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act of 1996, NRC has determined that this action is not a major rule and has verified this determination with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of November, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Donald A. Cool, Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

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