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Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 7.10, ‘‘Establishing Quality Assurance Programs for Packaging Used in Transport of Radioactive Material,’’ provides guidance for use in developing quality assurance programs for packaging to be used in shipping Type B and fissile radioactive materials. This guidance describes a method that is acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with the related regulatory requirements in Title 10, Part 71, of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 71), ‘‘Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material.’’ In February 2004, the NRC staff published a draft of this guide as Draft Regulatory Guide DG–7004. Following the closure of the public comment period on April 25, 2004, the staff resolved all stakeholder comments in the course of preparing Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 7.10. 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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12756-12757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5007]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Final Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a revision 
to an existing guide in the agency's Regulatory Guide Series. This 
series has been developed to describe and make available to the public 
such information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for 
implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques that 
the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, 
and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits 
and licenses.
    Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 7.10, ``Establishing Quality 
Assurance Programs for Packaging Used in Transport of Radioactive 
Material,'' provides guidance for use in developing quality assurance 
programs for packaging to be used in shipping Type B and fissile 
radioactive materials. This guidance describes a method that is 
acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with the related regulatory 
requirements in Title 10, Part 71, of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(10 CFR Part 71), ``Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive 
Material.''
    In February 2004, the NRC staff published a draft of this guide as 
Draft Regulatory Guide DG-7004. Following the closure of the public 
comment period on April 25, 2004, the staff resolved all stakeholder 
comments in the course of preparing Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 
7.10.
    The NRC staff encourages and welcomes comments and suggestions in 
connection with improvements to published regulatory guides, as well as 
items for inclusion in regulatory guides that are currently being 
developed. You may submit comments by any of the following methods.
    Mail comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.
    Hand-deliver comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on 
Federal workdays.
    Fax comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415-5144.
    Requests for technical information about Revision 2 of Regulatory 
Guide 7.10 may be directed to James J. Pearson at (301) 415-1985 or via 
e-mail to JJP@nrc.gov.
    Regulatory guides are available for inspection or downloading 
through the NRC's public Web site in the Regulatory Guides document 
collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic copies of Revision 2 of 
Regulatory Guide 7.10 are also available in the NRC's Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html, under Accession No. ML050540330. Note, however, 
that the NRC has temporarily limited public access to ADAMS so that the 
agency can complete security reviews of publicly available documents 
and remove potentially sensitive information. Please check the NRC's 
Web site for updates concerning the resumption of public access to 
ADAMS.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland; the PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at 
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-
mail to PDR@nrc.gov. Requests for single copies of draft or final 
guides (which may be reproduced) or for placement on an automatic 
distribution list for single copies of future draft guides in specific 
divisions should be made in writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Reproduction and 
Distribution Services Section; by email to DISTRIBUTION@nrc.gov; or by 
fax to (301) 415-2289. Telephone requests cannot be accommodated.

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    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 4th day of March, 2005.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carl J. Paperiello,
Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 05-5007 Filed 3-14-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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