Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Exempt Distribution Licenses,'' Dated September 1998

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 203 (Wednesday, October 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 56269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28190]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Exempt Distribution Licenses,'' Dated September 1998

Agency

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Action

Notice of availability.

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Summary

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the completion and availability of NUREG-1556, Vol. 8, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Exempt Distribution Licenses,'' dated September 1998.

Addresses

Copies of NUREG-1556, Vol. 8, may be obtained by writing to the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P. O. Box 37082, Washington, D.C. 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, D.C. 20555-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Anthony Kirkwood, Mail Stop TWFN 8-F- 5, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555. Telephone: 301-415-6140.

Supplementary Information

On April 7, 1997 (62 FR 16630), NRC announced the availability of draft NUREG-1562, ``Standard Review Plan for Applications for Licenses to Distribute Byproduct Material to Persons Exempt from the Requirements for an NRC License,'' dated January 1997, and requested comments on it. The final version of NUREG-1562 will be published as NUREG-1556, Vol. 8, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Exempt Distribution Licenses,'' dated September 1998. In finalizing the NUREG report, the staff considered all the comments, including constructive suggestions, to improve the document. This report is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and NRC staff, and will also be available to Agreement States. It combines, updates, and supersedes the guidance found in Draft NUREG-1562, ``Standard Review Plan for Applications for Licenses to Distribute Byproduct Material to Persons Exempt from the Requirements for an NRC License.'' When published, this final report should be used in applications for exempt distribution. NRC staff will use this final report in reviewing these applications.

Electronic Access

NUREG-1556, Volume 8, will be available electronically, approximately 1 month after the date of this notice, by visiting NRC's Home Page (www.nrc.gov) and choosing ``Nuclear Materials,'' and then ``NUREG-1556, Volume 8.''

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 14th day of October, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Josephine M. Piccone, Acting Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. 98-28190 Filed 10-20-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P