Use of Accreditation in Lieu of Commercial Grade Surveys for Procurement of Laboratory Calibration and Test Services, 47957-47958 [2015-19549]

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Dated: August 5, 2015. Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2015–19673 Filed 8–6–15; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 7050–01–P I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2015–0188] Use of Accreditation in Lieu of Commercial Grade Surveys for Procurement of Laboratory Calibration and Test Services Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public comment on a draft regulatory issue summary (RIS), RIS 2015–0188, ‘‘Nuclear Energy Institute Guidance for the use of Accreditation in lieu of Commercial Grade Surveys for Procurement of Laboratory Calibration and Test Services.’’ This RIS informs addressees of guidance prepared by the Nuclear Energy Institute for procurement of calibration and testing services performed by domestic and international laboratories, which the NRC staff has found acceptable for use. DATES: Submit comments by October 9, 2015. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:16 Aug 07, 2015 so, but the Commission is able to assure consideration only for comments received before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2015–0188. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: O– 12H8, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Humberstone, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–1464; email: Matthew.Humberstone@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Jkt 235001 A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015– 0188 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this action by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2015–0188. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft RIS, ‘‘Nuclear Energy Institute Guidance for the use of Accreditation in lieu of Commercial Grade Surveys for Procurement of Laboratory Calibration and Test Services ’’ is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15090A236. PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 47957 • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– 0188 in the subject line of your comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment submission available to the public in this docket. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information in comment submisssions that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. II. Discussion The NRC is requesting public comments on a draft RIS. The NRC issues RISs to communicate with stakeholders on a broad range of regulatory matters. This may include communicating and restating staff technical positions on regulatory matters. The NRC staff has developed draft RIS 2015–0188, to inform addressees of industry implementation guidance developed by the Nuclear Energy Institute, Revision 1 to NEI 14– 05, ‘‘Guidelines for the Use of Accreditation in Lieu of Commercial Grade Surveys for Procurement of Laboratory Calibration and Test Services,’’ Revision 1 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14245A391), which the NRC staff has found acceptable for use with respect to procurement of calibration and testing services performed by domestic and international laboratories. The draft RIS 2015–0188, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15090A236. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of August 2015. E:\FR\FM\10AUN1.SGM 10AUN1 47958 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 153 / Monday, August 10, 2015 / Notices For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Sheldon D. Stuchell, Chief, Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 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[FR Doc. 2015–19549 Filed 8–7–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2015–0001] Sunshine Act Meeting Notice August 10, 17, 24, 31, September 7, 14, 2015. PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. STATUS: Public and closed. DATE: Week of August 10, 2015 Week of August 24, 2015—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of August 24, 2015. [FR Doc. 2015–19641 Filed 8–6–15; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Week of September 7, 2015—Tentative Human Factors Engineering Tuesday, September 8, 2015 9:30 a.m. Briefing on Project AIM 2020 (Public Meeting) (Contact: Karen Fitch: 301–415–7358) This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Week of August 31, 2015—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of August 31, 2015. AGENCY: Thursday, September 10, 2015 9:30 a.m. Briefing on NRC International Activities (Closed— Ex. 1 & 9) Week of September 14, 2015—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of September 14, 2015. * * * * * VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:16 Aug 07, 2015 Jkt 235001 [NRC–2015–0187] Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Standard review plan-draft section revision; request for comment. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting public comment on draft NUREG–0800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition,’’ Section 18.0, ‘‘Human Factors Engineering.’’ DATES: Comments must be filed no later than October 9, 2015. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specific subject): • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2015–0187. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: O12–H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark D. Notich, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone at 301–415–3053 or email at Mark.Notich@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information. Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015– 0187 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2015–0187. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. The proposed revision to SRP Section 18.0, ‘‘Human E:\FR\FM\10AUN1.SGM 10AUN1

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[FR Doc No: 2015-19549]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0188]


Use of Accreditation in Lieu of Commercial Grade Surveys for 
Procurement of Laboratory Calibration and Test Services

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public 
comment on a draft regulatory issue summary (RIS), RIS 2015-0188, 
``Nuclear Energy Institute Guidance for the use of Accreditation in 
lieu of Commercial Grade Surveys for Procurement of Laboratory 
Calibration and Test Services.'' This RIS informs addressees of 
guidance prepared by the Nuclear Energy Institute for procurement of 
calibration and testing services performed by domestic and 
international laboratories, which the NRC staff has found acceptable 
for use.

DATES: Submit comments by October 9, 2015. Comments received after this 
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission 
is able to assure consideration only for comments received before this 
date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0188. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: O-12H8, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Humberstone, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1464; email: 
Matthew.Humberstone@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0188 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0188.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 
draft RIS, ``Nuclear Energy Institute Guidance for the use of 
Accreditation in lieu of Commercial Grade Surveys for Procurement of 
Laboratory Calibration and Test Services '' is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML15090A236.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0188 in the subject line of your 
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make 
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information in comment submisssions that you do not want to be publicly 
disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment 
submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment 
submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not routinely edit comment 
submissions to remove identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    The NRC is requesting public comments on a draft RIS. The NRC 
issues RISs to communicate with stakeholders on a broad range of 
regulatory matters. This may include communicating and restating staff 
technical positions on regulatory matters. The NRC staff has developed 
draft RIS 2015-0188, to inform addressees of industry implementation 
guidance developed by the Nuclear Energy Institute, Revision 1 to NEI 
14-05, ``Guidelines for the Use of Accreditation in Lieu of Commercial 
Grade Surveys for Procurement of Laboratory Calibration and Test 
Services,'' Revision 1 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14245A391), which the NRC 
staff has found acceptable for use with respect to procurement of 
calibration and testing services performed by domestic and 
international laboratories. The draft RIS 2015-0188, is available in 
ADAMS under Accession No. ML15090A236.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of August 2015.


[[Page 47958]]


    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sheldon D. Stuchell,
Chief, Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-19549 Filed 8-7-15; 8:45 am]
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