80 FR 57883 - Chilled Water System
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 57883-57884] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-24306] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2014-0184] Chilled Water System AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Standard review plan-final section; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a final revision to Section 9.2.7, ``Chilled Water System,'' of NUREG- 0800, ``Standard Review Plan (SRP) for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition.'' DATES: The effective date of this Standard Review Plan update is October 26, 2015. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0184 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods:Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0184. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the individual 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 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 [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. The final revision for the SRP, Section 9.2.7, ``Chilled Water System,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15103A559. A redline strikeout comparing the proposed and final revision of the document can be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14328A622. 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. The NRC posts its issued staff guidance on the NRC's external Web page (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0800/). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Notich, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-6256, email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background On August 5, 2014 (79 FR 45498), the NRC published for public comment the proposed SRP Section 9.2.7, ``Chilled Water,'' in Chapter 9, ``Auxiliary Systems,'' of NUREG-0800. The NRC staff received comments on the draft section. After consideration of comments received on the proposed revision, the NRC staff reformatted guidance for the review of nonsafety-related structures, systems, and components (SSCs) into a tabular format, and separated it from the core review guidance used for review of safety-related SSCs. A summary of comments received and the staff's disposition of the comments are available in a separate document, ``Response to Public Comments on Draft Standard Review Plan, Section 9.2.7, ``Chilled Water System,'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML14328A663). II. Backfitting and Issue Finality The SRP Section 9.2.7, provides guidance to the staff for reviewing applications for a construction permit and an operating license under part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), with respect to systems associated with chilled water. The SRP Section 9.2.7 also provides guidance for reviewing an application for a standard design approval, a standard design certification, a combined license, and a manufacturing license under 10 CFR part 52 with respect to the same subject matters. Issuance of this SRP section revision does not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) nor is it inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. The NRC's position is based upon the following considerations: 1. The SRP positions would not constitute backfitting, inasmuch as the SRP is internal guidance to NRC staff. The SRP provides internal guidance to the NRC staff on how to review an application for NRC regulatory approval in the form of licensing. Changes in internal staff guidance are not matters for which either nuclear power plant applicants or licensees are protected under either the Backfit Rule or the issue finality provisions of 10 CFR part 52. 2. The NRC staff has no intention to impose the SRP positions on existing licensees either now or in the future. The NRC staff does not intend to impose or apply the positions described in the SRP to existing licenses and regulatory approvals. Hence, the issuance of this SRP--even if considered guidance within the purview of the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52--does not need to be evaluated as if it were a backfit or as being inconsistent with issue finality provisions. If, in the future, the NRC staff seeks to impose a position in the SRP on holders of already issued licenses in a manner that does not provide issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality provision, then the staff must make the showing as set forth in the Backfit Rule or address the criteria for avoiding issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality provision. 3. Backfitting and issue finality do not--with limited exceptions not applicable here--protect current or future applicants. Applicants and potential applicants are not, with certain exceptions, protected by either the Backfit Rule or any issue finality provisions under 10 CFR part 52. Neither the Backfit Rule nor the issue finality provisions under 10 CFR part 52--with certain exclusions--were intended to apply to every NRC action that substantially changes the expectations of current and future applicants. The exceptions to the general principle are applicable whenever an applicant references a 10 CFR part 52 license (e.g., an early site permit) or NRC regulatory approval (e.g., a design certification rule) with specified issue finality provisions. The NRC staff does not, at this time, intend to impose the positions represented in the SRP in a manner that is inconsistent with any issue finality provisions. If, in the future, the staff seeks to impose a position in the SRP section in a manner that does not provide issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality [[Page 57884]] provision, then the staff must address the criteria for avoiding issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality provision. III. Congressional Review Act This action is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of September, 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Kimyata Morgan Butler, Acting Chief, New Reactor Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2015-24306 Filed 9-24-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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Dates: November 30, 2015–June 30, ADAMS under Accession No. 52. The NRC’s position is based upon
2016. ML15103A559. A redline strikeout the following considerations:
comparing the proposed and final 1. The SRP positions would not
Nadene G. Kennedy, constitute backfitting, inasmuch as the
revision of the document can be found
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of in ADAMS under Accession No. SRP is internal guidance to NRC staff.
Polar Programs. The SRP provides internal guidance
ML14328A622.
[FR Doc. 2015–24308 Filed 9–24–15; 8:45 am] to the NRC staff on how to review an
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
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purchase copies of public documents at application for NRC regulatory approval
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One in the form of licensing. Changes in
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville internal staff guidance are not matters
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• The NRC posts its issued staff
under either the Backfit Rule or the
[NRC–2014–0184] guidance on the NRC’s external Web
issue finality provisions of 10 CFR part
page (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
52.
Chilled Water System doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0800/). 2. The NRC staff has no intention to
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: impose the SRP positions on existing
Commission. Mark Notich, Office of New Reactors, licensees either now or in the future.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The NRC staff does not intend to
ACTION: Standard review plan-final
Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: impose or apply the positions described
section; issuance. in the SRP to existing licenses and
301–415–6256, email: Mark.Notich@
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory nrc.gov. regulatory approvals. Hence, the
Commission (NRC) is issuing a final issuance of this SRP—even if
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
revision to Section 9.2.7, ‘‘Chilled Water considered guidance within the purview
System,’’ of NUREG–0800, ‘‘Standard I. Background of the issue finality provisions in 10
Review Plan (SRP) for the Review of CFR part 52—does not need to be
On August 5, 2014 (79 FR 45498), the evaluated as if it were a backfit or as
Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear NRC published for public comment the
Power Plants: LWR Edition.’’ being inconsistent with issue finality
proposed SRP Section 9.2.7, ‘‘Chilled provisions. If, in the future, the NRC
DATES: The effective date of this Water,’’ in Chapter 9, ‘‘Auxiliary staff seeks to impose a position in the
Standard Review Plan update is October Systems,’’ of NUREG–0800. The NRC SRP on holders of already issued
26, 2015. staff received comments on the draft licenses in a manner that does not
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID section. After consideration of provide issue finality as described in the
NRC–2014–0184 when contacting the comments received on the proposed applicable issue finality provision, then
NRC about the availability of revision, the NRC staff reformatted the staff must make the showing as set
information regarding this document. guidance for the review of nonsafety- forth in the Backfit Rule or address the
You may obtain publicly-available related structures, systems, and criteria for avoiding issue finality as
information related to this document components (SSCs) into a tabular described in the applicable issue finality
using any of the following methods: format, and separated it from the core provision.
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to review guidance used for review of 3. Backfitting and issue finality do
http://www.regulations.gov and search safety-related SSCs. A summary of not—with limited exceptions not
for Docket ID NRC–2014–0184. Address comments received and the staff’s applicable here—protect current or
questions about NRC dockets to Carol disposition of the comments are future applicants.
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; available in a separate document, Applicants and potential applicants
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For ‘‘Response to Public Comments on Draft are not, with certain exceptions,
technical questions, contact the Standard Review Plan, Section 9.2.7, protected by either the Backfit Rule or
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER ‘‘Chilled Water System,’’ (ADAMS any issue finality provisions under 10
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this Accession No. ML14328A663). CFR part 52. Neither the Backfit Rule
document. II. Backfitting and Issue Finality nor the issue finality provisions under
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 10 CFR part 52—with certain
Access and Management System The SRP Section 9.2.7, provides exclusions—were intended to apply to
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- guidance to the staff for reviewing every NRC action that substantially
available documents online in the applications for a construction permit changes the expectations of current and
ADAMS Public Documents collection at and an operating license under part 50 future applicants.
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ of Title 10 of the Code of Federal The exceptions to the general
adams.html. To begin the search, select Regulations (10 CFR), with respect to principle are applicable whenever an
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then systems associated with chilled water. applicant references a 10 CFR part 52
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS The SRP Section 9.2.7 also provides license (e.g., an early site permit) or
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, guidance for reviewing an application NRC regulatory approval (e.g., a design
please contact the NRC’s Public for a standard design approval, a certification rule) with specified issue
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at standard design certification, a finality provisions. The NRC staff does
combined license, and a manufacturing
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1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by not, at this time, intend to impose the
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The license under 10 CFR part 52 with positions represented in the SRP in a
ADAMS accession number for each respect to the same subject matters. manner that is inconsistent with any
document referenced (if it available in Issuance of this SRP section revision issue finality provisions. If, in the
ADAMS) is provided the first time that does not constitute backfitting as future, the staff seeks to impose a
a document is referenced. The final defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit position in the SRP section in a manner
revision for the SRP, Section 9.2.7, Rule) nor is it inconsistent with the that does not provide issue finality as
‘‘Chilled Water System,’’ is available in issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part described in the applicable issue finality
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provision, then the staff must address email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For comment submission available to the
the criteria for avoiding issue finality as technical questions, contact the public in this docket.
described in the applicable issue finality individual listed in the FOR FURTHER The NRC cautions you not to include
provision. INFORMATION CONTACT section of this identifying or contact information in
document. comment submisssions that you do not
III. Congressional Review Act • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, want to be publicly disclosed in your
This action is a rule as defined in the Office of Administration, Mail Stop: O– comment submission. The NRC will
Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 12H8, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory post all comment submissions at http://
801–808). However, the Office of Commission, Washington, DC 20555– www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
Management and Budget has not found 0001. comment submissions into ADAMS,
it to be a major rule as defined in the For additional direction on obtaining and the NRC does not routinely edit
Congressional Review Act. information and submitting comments, comment submissions to remove
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day see ‘‘Obtaining Information and identifying or contact information.
of September, 2015. Submitting Comments’’ in the If you are requesting or aggregating
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of comments from other persons for
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
this document. submission to the NRC, then you should
Kimyata Morgan Butler,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: inform those persons not to include
Acting Chief, New Reactor Rulemaking and identifying or contact information that
Guidance Branch, Division of Advanced Matthew Humberstone, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. they do not want to be publicly
Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New
Reactors. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, disclosed in their comment submission.
Washington DC 20555–0001; telephone: Your request should state that the NRC
[FR Doc. 2015–24306 Filed 9–24–15; 8:45 am]
301–415–1464; email: does not routinely edit comment
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Matthew.Humberstone@nrc.gov. submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
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submissions available to the public or
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Submitting Comments ADAMS.
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A. Obtaining Information II. Background
Review and Submission of Updates to Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015– The NRC issues RISs to communicate
the Final Safety Analysis Reports, 0226 when contacting the NRC about with stakeholders on a broad range of
Emergency Preparedness Documents, the availability of information for this regulatory matters. This may include
and Fire Protection Documents action. You may obtain publicly- communicating and restating staff
available information related to this technical positions on regulatory
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory matters. The NRC staff has developed
Commission. action by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to draft RIS 2015–XX to remind licensees
ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; http://www.regulations.gov and search of the review and submission
request for comment. for Docket ID NRC–2015–0226. requirements of section 2.390 of Title 10
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents of the Code of Federal Regulations
Access and Management System (CFR), ‘‘Public Inspections, Exemptions,
Commission (NRC) is seeking public
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- Requests for Withholding,’’ regarding
comment on a draft regulatory issue
available documents online in the information to be withheld from public
summary (RIS), RIS 2015–XX, ‘‘Review
ADAMS Public Documents collection at disclosure, as well as to recommend that
and Submission of Updates to the Final
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ the updates to the FSARs required by
Safety Analysis Reports, Emergency
adams.html. To begin the search, select paragraph (e) of 10 CFR 50.71,
Preparedness Documents, and Fire
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then ‘‘Maintenance of records, making of
Protection Documents.’’ This RIS
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS reports,’’ be made electronically on a
reminds addressees of the review and
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, total FSAR replacement basis, as
submission requirements regarding
please contact the NRC’s Public described in paragraph (b)(6) of 10 CFR
information to be withheld from public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 50.4, ‘‘Written communications.’’
disclosure, and recommends a format Specifically, the NRC is issuing this
for submission of updates to the Final 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft RIS for the following purposes:
Safety Analysis Reports (FSARs). • To remind licensees of the potential
RIS, ‘‘Review and Submission of
DATES: Submit comments by October 26, for physical protection information,
Updates to the Final Safety Analysis
2015. Comments received after this date Reports, Emergency Preparedness which the NRC is required to protect in
will be considered if it is practical to do Documents, and Fire Protection the same manner as commercial or
so, but the Commission is able to assure Documents’’ is available in ADAMS financial information for the purposes of
consideration only for comments under Accession No. ML15177A074. withholding from public disclosure
received before this date. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1), to be
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments purchase copies of public documents at contained in documents that will be
by any of the following methods (unless the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One proactively released to the public in
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this document describes a different White Flint North, 11555 Rockville accordance with the Commission
method for submitting comments on a Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. direction in Staff Requirements
specific subject): Memorandum (SRM)–SECY–15–0032
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to B. Submitting Comments (ADAMS Accession No. ML15167A090).
http://www.regulations.gov and search Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– Specifically, the NRC reminds licensees
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0226. Address 0226 in the subject line of your of the potential for physical protection
questions about NRC dockets to Carol comment submission, in order to ensure information to be contained in
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; that the NRC is able to make your Preliminary Safety Analysis Reports,
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| Action | Standard review plan-final section; issuance. | |
| Dates | The effective date of this Standard Review Plan update is October 26, 2015. | |
| Contact | Mark Notich, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-6256, email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 57883 |
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