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Recommended Practice for Dealing
With Outlying Observations
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; withdrawal.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is withdrawing
Regulatory Guide (RG) 5.36,
‘‘Recommended Practice for Dealing
with Outlying Observations.’’ This RG is
being withdrawn because guidance for
licensees to develop written procedures
describing statistical analyses of nuclear
material accounting data, specifically
when dealing with outlying
observations in samples and for testing
their statistical significance, is no longer
needed.
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The effective date of the
withdrawal of RG 5.36 is March 29,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2017–0077 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly-available
information related to this document,
using the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2017–0077. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Document 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 in this notice (if
that document is available in ADAMS)
is provided the first time that a
document is referenced. The basis for
the withdrawal of this guide is in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML16225A444.
• 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.
Regulatory guides are not
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required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Glenn Tuttle, Office of Nuclear
Materials Safety and Safeguards,
telephone: 301–415–7230; email:
Glenn.Tuttle@nrc.gov; and Harriet
Karagiannis, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301–
415–2493; email: Harriet.Karagiannis@
nrc.gov. Both are staff members of the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC
staff issued RG 5.36 in June 1974 to
provide guidance on meeting the
requirements related to material control
and accounting (MC&A) statistical
control procedures in section 70.22(b) of
title 10 of the Code of Federal
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Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Contents of
applications.’’ This requirement,
regarding submittal of the licensees
description of its material control and
accounting (MC&A) procedures, did not
specifically require the methodology
that the guidance in RG 5.36 addressed
and no longer exists in 10 CFR 70.22(b).
The MC&A requirements have all been
moved to 10 CFR part 74, and no
specific requirements exist for
performing outlier testing.
Regulatory guide 5.36 endorsed
American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) Standard E178–74,
‘‘Recommended Practice for Dealing
with Outlying Observations,’’ with
qualifications. ASTM E178–74 provided
a common method used in testing for
outlying observations. However, the
NRC is not aware that any licensee ever
used this particular RG or the ASTM
standard it endorsed since it is not
required by NRC regulations.
Instructions on performing such an
analysis, if a licensee chose to test their
MC&A data for outliers, can be found in
NUREG/CR–4604 (PNL–5849),
‘‘Statistical Methods for Nuclear
Material Management’’ (ADAMS
Accession No. ML103430339). NUREG/
CR–4604 was developed to be a
comprehensive guidance document on
statistical methods that licensees may
use in evaluating MC&A data.
Withdrawal of an RG means that the
guide no longer provides useful
information or has been superseded by
other guidance, technological
innovations, congressional actions, or
other events. The NRC is withdrawing
RG 5.36 because it is no longer needed.
The withdrawal of RG 5.36 does not
alter any prior or existing NRC licensing
approvals or the acceptability of
licensee commitments to RG 5.36.
Although RG 5.36 is withdrawn, current
licensees may continue to use it, and
withdrawal does not affect any existing
licenses or agreements.
However, by withdrawing RG 5.36,
the NRC will no longer specifically
approve its use in future requests or
applications for NRC licensing actions.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day
of March 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic
Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office
of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2017-0077]
Recommended Practice for Dealing With Outlying Observations
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing
Regulatory Guide (RG) 5.36, ``Recommended Practice for Dealing with
Outlying Observations.'' This RG is being withdrawn because guidance
for licensees to develop written procedures describing statistical
analyses of nuclear material accounting data, specifically when dealing
with outlying observations in samples and for testing their statistical
significance, is no longer needed.
DATES: The effective date of the withdrawal of RG 5.36 is March 29,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0077 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document,
using the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0077. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Document 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 in this notice (if
that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a
document is referenced. The basis for the withdrawal of this guide is
in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16225A444.
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.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glenn Tuttle, Office of Nuclear
Materials Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-7230; email:
Glenn.Tuttle@nrc.gov; and Harriet Karagiannis, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-2493; email:
Harriet.Karagiannis@nrc.gov. Both are staff members of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC staff issued RG 5.36 in June 1974 to
provide guidance on meeting the requirements related to material
control and accounting (MC&A) statistical control procedures in section
70.22(b) of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
``Contents of applications.'' This requirement, regarding submittal of
the licensees description of its material control and accounting (MC&A)
procedures, did not specifically require the methodology that the
guidance in RG 5.36 addressed and no longer exists in 10 CFR 70.22(b).
The MC&A requirements have all been moved to 10 CFR part 74, and no
specific requirements exist for performing outlier testing.
Regulatory guide 5.36 endorsed American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) Standard E178-74, ``Recommended Practice for Dealing
with Outlying Observations,'' with qualifications. ASTM E178-74
provided a common method used in testing for outlying observations.
However, the NRC is not aware that any licensee ever used this
particular RG or the ASTM standard it endorsed since it is not required
by NRC regulations. Instructions on performing such an analysis, if a
licensee chose to test their MC&A data for outliers, can be found in
NUREG/CR-4604 (PNL-5849), ``Statistical Methods for Nuclear Material
Management'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML103430339). NUREG/CR-4604 was
developed to be a comprehensive guidance document on statistical
methods that licensees may use in evaluating MC&A data.
Withdrawal of an RG means that the guide no longer provides useful
information or has been superseded by other guidance, technological
innovations, congressional actions, or other events. The NRC is
withdrawing RG 5.36 because it is no longer needed. The withdrawal of
RG 5.36 does not alter any prior or existing NRC licensing approvals or
the acceptability of licensee commitments to RG 5.36. Although RG 5.36
is withdrawn, current licensees may continue to use it, and withdrawal
does not affect any existing licenses or agreements.
However, by withdrawing RG 5.36, the NRC will no longer
specifically approve its use in future requests or applications for NRC
licensing actions.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of March 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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