# Notice of Availability of Draft Interim Staff Guidance Document HLWRS-ISG-02, “Preclosure Safety Analysis—Level of Information and Reliability Estimation”; Extension of Comment Period
**AGENCY:**
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
**ACTION:**
Extension of comment period.
**SUMMARY:**
On September 29, 2006 (71 FR 57584), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published, for public comment, a Notice of Availability of Draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) document HLWRS-ISG-02, “Preclosure Safety Analysis—Level of Information and Reliability Estimation.” On October 26, 2006, the U.S. Department of Energy requested a 30-day extension to the public comment period for HLWRS-ISG-02, from November 13, 2006, to December 13, 2006. In response to this request, NRC is granting a 30-day extension to the public comment period for HLWRS-ISG-02, to December 13, 2006.
**DATES:**
The comment period has been extended and now expires on December 13, 2006.
**ADDRESSES:**
Mail written comments to: Robert Johnson, Senior Project Manager, Licensing and Inspection Directorate, High-Level Waste Repository Safety Division of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments can also be submitted by telephone, fax, or e-mail, which are as follows: *telephone:* (301) 415-6900; *fax number:* (301) 415-5399; or *e-mail: [email protected]* .
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:**
Jon Chen, Project Manager, Licensing and Inspection Directorate Division of High-Level Waste Repository Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, *Telephone:* (301) 415-5526; *fax number:* (301) 415-5399; *e-mail: [email protected].*
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of November, 2006.
N. King Stablein,
Chief, Project Management Branch B, Division of High-Level Waste Repository Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.