80 FR 55878 - Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 180 (September 17, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-23365 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 55878-55879] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-23365] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2015-0220] Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1315, ``Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants.'' The DG describes a method that the NRC staff considers acceptable for use in identifying and classifying those features of light-water-reactor (LWR) nuclear power plants that must be designed to withstand the effects of the safe- shutdown earthquake (SSE). DG-1315 is proposed revision 5 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.29. DATES: Submit comments by November 16, 2015. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specified subject):Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0220. 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. Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN-12H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. [[Page 55879]] 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: Yiu Law, Office of New Reactors, telephone: 301-415-0523, email: Yiu.Law@nrc.gov or Edward O'Donnell, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3317, email: Edward.ODonnell@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0220 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain pubically-available information related to this document by the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0220. NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://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 DG is electronically available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15061A048. 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-2015-0220 in the subject line of your comment submission. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enters the comment submissions into ADAMS. 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 submissions. 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 into ADAMS. II. Additional Information The NRC is issuing for public comment a DG in the NRC's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was 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 issues or postulated events, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. The DG, entitled, ``Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants,'' is temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1315. DG- 1315 is proposed revision 5 of RG 1.29. The guide describes a method that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for use in identifying and classifying those features of LWR nuclear power plants that must be designed to withstand the effects of the SSE. This DG does not present new regulatory requirements, but is intended to clarify content in Section C, ``Staff Regulatory Guidance,'' by (1) addition of a reference to the definition of the reactor coolant pressure boundary in section 50.2 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and (2) a reorganization of systems and subsystems to add clarity to the staff guidance. It also adds a reference to a related international standard, and it was reformatted to align with current program guidance for regulatory guides. III. Backfitting and Issue Finality DG-1315 describes a method that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for use in identifying and classifying those features of LWR nuclear power plants that must be designed to withstand the effects of the SSE. Issuance of this DG, if finalized, would not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) and would not otherwise be inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As discussed in the ``Implementation'' section of this DG, the NRC has no current intention to impose this guided, if finalized, on holders of current operating licenses or combined licenses. This DG may be applied to applications for operating licenses, combined licenses, early site permits, and certified design rules docketed by the NRC as of the date of issuance of the final regulatory guide, as well as future applications submitted after the issuance of the regulatory guide. Such action would not constitute backfitting as defined in the Backfit Rule or be otherwise inconsistent with the applicable issue finality provision in 10 CFR part 52, inasmuch as such applicants or potential applicants are not within the scope of entities protected by the Backfit Rule or the relevant issue finality provisions in part 52. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of September, 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Thomas H. Boyce, Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2015-23365 Filed 9-16-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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Under section 71.301(d)(3), the plan • Evaluate whether the collection of included in the request for Office of
or revisions must be posted on the mine information is necessary for the proper Management and Budget approval of the
bulletin board within 1 working day performance of the functions of the information collection request; they will
following notification of approval and agency, including whether the also become a matter of public record.
remain posted for the period that the information has practical utility;
Sheila McConnell,
plan is in effect. • Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s
estimate of the burden of the collection Certifying Officer.
Under section 71.301(e), the operator
of information, including the validity of [FR Doc. 2015–23330 Filed 9–16–15; 8:45 am]
may review respirable dust control
plans and submit proposed revisions to the methodology and assumptions used; BILLING CODE 4510–43–P
such plans to the District Manager for • Suggest methods to enhance the
approval. quality, utility, and clarity of the
Dust Control Plan Provisions in information to be collected; and NUCLEAR REGULATORY
Response to Violations of the • Minimize the burden of the COMMISSION
Applicable Standard under Part 90: collection of information on those who
[NRC–2015–0220]
are to respond, including through the
Section 90.300(a) requires that if an
use of appropriate automated, Seismic Design Classification for
operator abates a violation of the
electronic, mechanical, or other Nuclear Power Plants
applicable standard by reducing the
technological collection techniques or
respirable dust level in the position of AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
other forms of information technology,
the part 90 miner, the operator must Commission.
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
submit to the District Manager for
responses. ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request
approval a written respirable dust The information collection request for comment.
control plan for the part 90 miner in the will be available on http://
position identified in the citation within www.regulations.gov. MSHA cautions SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
15 calendar days after the citation is the commenter against providing any Commission (NRC) is issuing for public
terminated. The respirable dust control information in the submission that comment draft regulatory guide (DG),
plan and revisions thereof must be should not be publicly disclosed. Full DG–1315, ‘‘Seismic Design
suitable to the conditions and the comments, including personal Classification for Nuclear Power
mining system of the coal mine and be information provided, will be made Plants.’’ The DG describes a method that
adequate to continuously maintain available on www.regulations.gov and the NRC staff considers acceptable for
respirable dust within the applicable www.reginfo.gov. use in identifying and classifying those
standard for that part 90 miner. The public may also examine publicly features of light-water-reactor (LWR)
Section 90.301(d) requires the available documents at USDOL-Mine nuclear power plants that must be
operator to provide a copy of the current Safety and Health Administration, 201 designed to withstand the effects of the
respirable dust control plan to the part 12th Street South, Suite 4E401, safe-shutdown earthquake (SSE). DG–
90 miner. Arlington, VA 22202–5452. Sign in at 1315 is proposed revision 5 of
Under section 90.301(e), the operator the receptionist’s desk on the 4th floor Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.29.
may review respirable dust control via the East elevator. DATES: Submit comments by November
plans and submit proposed revisions to Questions about the information 16, 2015. Comments received after this
such plans to the District Manager for collection requirements may be directed date will be considered if it is practical
approval. to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure
Mine Ventilation Plan, Revisions, INFORMATION CONTACT section of this consideration only for comments
Notify Miners’ Representatives, Provide notice. received on or before this date.
Copy, and Posting: Section Although a time limit is given,
III. Current Actions
75.370(a)(3)(i) requires underground comments and suggestions in
coal mine operators to notify the miners’ This request for collection of connection with items for inclusion in
representative at least 5 days prior to information contains provisions for guides currently being developed or
submission of mine ventilation plan and Respirable Coal Mine Dust Sampling. improvements in all published guides
any revision and, if requested, provide MSHA has updated the data with are encouraged at any time.
a copy to the miners’ representative at respect to the number of respondents, ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
the time of notification. Section responses, burden hours, and burden by any of the following methods (unless
75.370(a)(3)(iii) and (f)(3) require the costs supporting this information this document describes a different
operator to post a copy of the proposed collection request. method for submitting comments on a
plan and any proposed revision, and the Type of Review: Revision of a specified subject):
MSHA-approved plan and any currently approved collection. • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
revisions, respectively, on the mine Agency: Mine Safety and Health http://www.regulations.gov and search
bulletin board. In addition, section Administration. for Docket ID NRC–2015–0220. Address
75.370(f)(1) requires the operator to OMB Number: 1219–0011. questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Affected Public: Business or other for-
provide a copy of the MSHA-approved Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
profit.
plan and any revisions to the miners’ Number of Respondents: 1,035. email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
representative, if requested. Frequency: On occasion. technical questions, contact the
Number of Responses: 1,704,366. individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER
II. Desired Focus of Comments
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Annual Burden Hours: 94,478 hours. INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
MSHA is soliciting comments Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper document.
concerning the proposed information Cost: $40,967. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
collection related to Respirable Coal MSHA Forms: Miner Operator Dust Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
Mine Dust Sampling. MSHA is Data Card. OWFN–12H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
particularly interested in comments Comments submitted in response to Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
that: this notice will be summarized and 0001.
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For additional direction on accessing If you are requesting or aggregating if finalized, on holders of current
information and submitting comments, comments from other persons for operating licenses or combined licenses.
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and submission to the NRC, then you should This DG may be applied to
Submitting Comments’’ in the inform those persons not to include applications for operating licenses,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of identifying or contact information that combined licenses, early site permits,
this document. they do not want to be publicly and certified design rules docketed by
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yiu disclosed in their comment the NRC as of the date of issuance of the
Law, Office of New Reactors, telephone: submissions. Your request should state final regulatory guide, as well as future
301–415–0523, email: Yiu.Law@nrc.gov that the NRC does not routinely edit applications submitted after the
or Edward O’Donnell, Office of Nuclear comment submissions to remove such issuance of the regulatory guide. Such
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– information before making the comment action would not constitute backfitting
415–3317, email: Edward.ODonnell@ submissions available to the public or as defined in the Backfit Rule or be
nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. entering the comment into ADAMS. otherwise inconsistent with the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, II. Additional Information applicable issue finality provision in 10
Washington, DC 20555–0001. CFR part 52, inasmuch as such
The NRC is issuing for public applicants or potential applicants are
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: comment a DG in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory not within the scope of entities
I. Obtaining Information and Guide’’ series. This series was protected by the Backfit Rule or the
Submitting Comments developed to describe and make relevant issue finality provisions in part
available to the public such information 52.
A. Obtaining Information as methods that are acceptable to the
NRC staff for implementing specific Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015– of September, 2015.
0220 when contacting the NRC about parts of the NRC’s regulations,
techniques that the staff uses in For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
the availability of information regarding Thomas H. Boyce,
this document. You may obtain evaluating specific issues or postulated
events, and data that the staff needs in Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic
pubically-available information related Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office
to this document by the following its review of applications for permits
and licenses. of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
methods:
The DG, entitled, ‘‘Seismic Design [FR Doc. 2015–23365 Filed 9–16–15; 8:45 am]
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to Classification for Nuclear Power BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
http://www.regulations.gov and search Plants,’’ is temporarily identified by its
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0220. task number, DG–1315. DG–1315 is
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents proposed revision 5 of RG 1.29. The NUCLEAR REGULATORY
Access and Management System guide describes a method that the staff COMMISSION
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- of the NRC considers acceptable for use
available documents online in the in identifying and classifying those [NRC–2015–0102]
ADAMS Public Documents collection at features of LWR nuclear power plants
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ that must be designed to withstand the Information Collection: Destinations of
adams.html. To begin the search, select effects of the SSE. Released Patients Following Treatment
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then This DG does not present new with Iodine-131 and Estimation of
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS regulatory requirements, but is intended Doses to Members of the Public at
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, to clarify content in Section C, ‘‘Staff Locations Other Than Conventional
please contact the NRC’s Public Regulatory Guidance,’’ by (1) addition of Residences Receiving Such Patients
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at a reference to the definition of the
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
reactor coolant pressure boundary in
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The DG Commission.
section 50.2 of Title 10 of the Code of
is electronically available in ADAMS Federal Regulations (CFR), and (2) a ACTION: Proposed information
under Accession No. ML15061A048. reorganization of systems and collection: request for comment.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and subsystems to add clarity to the staff
purchase copies of public documents at SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
guidance. It also adds a reference to a Commission (NRC) has recently
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One related international standard, and it
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville submitted a proposed collection of
was reformatted to align with current information to the Office of
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. program guidance for regulatory guides. Management and Budget (OMB) for
B. Submitting Comments III. Backfitting and Issue Finality review. The information collection is
Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– DG–1315 describes a method that the entitled, ‘‘Destinations of Released
0220 in the subject line of your staff of the NRC considers acceptable for Patients Following Treatment with
comment submission. use in identifying and classifying those Iodine-131 and Estimation of Doses to
The NRC cautions you not to include features of LWR nuclear power plants Members of the Public at Locations
identifying or contact information that that must be designed to withstand the other than Conventional Residences
you do not want to be publicly effects of the SSE. Issuance of this DG, Receiving Such Patients.’’
disclosed in your comment submission. if finalized, would not constitute DATES: Submit comments by October 19,
2015.
tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
The NRC will post all comment backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109
submissions at http:// (the Backfit Rule) and would not ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly
www.regulations.gov as well as enters otherwise be inconsistent with the issue to OMB reviewer at: Vlad Dorjets, Desk
the comment submissions into ADAMS. finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As Officer, Office of Information and
The NRC does not routinely edit discussed in the ‘‘Implementation’’ Regulatory Affairs (3150–XXXX),
comment submissions to remove section of this DG, the NRC has no NEOB–10202, Office of Management
identifying or contact information. current intention to impose this guided, and Budget, Washington, DC 20503;
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| Dates | Submit comments by November 16, 2015. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time. | |
| Contact | Yiu Law, Office of New Reactors, telephone: 301-415-0523, email: [email protected] or Edward O'Donnell, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3317, email: [email protected] Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. | |
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