Federal Register: May 18, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 96)

DOCID: FR Doc 04-11183

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

CFR Citation: 10 CFR Part 70

NOTICE: RULES

ACTION: Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Final issuance; effective date announcement.

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; Notice of Issuance of Final Backfit Guidance

DATES: The effective date of 10 CFR 70.76 is May 18, 2004.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) has issued the final document, NMSS 10 CFR Part 70 Backfit Guidance.

The final document provides guidance for implementing the backfit provisions in 10 CFR 70.76. As a result of this final issuance and as discussed in 10 CFR 70.76, backfit provisions are now effective for all part 70
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requirements, except for subpart H, and following NRC approval of a licensee's Independent Safety Analysis (ISA) Summary, the requirements of 10 CFR 70.76 become effective for subpart H requirements.

SUMMARY:

Backfit guidance,

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

William Gleaves, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Mail Stop T8 A33, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 205550001, Telephone (301) 4155848, or by email at
bcg@nrc.gov
.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of April, 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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