80 FR 67437 - Clarification of Licensee Actions in Support of Enforcement Guidance for Tornado-Generated Missiles

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 211 (November 2, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment its draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DSS-ISG-2015-XX, ``Clarification of Licensee Actions in Receipt of Enforcement Discretion per Enforcement Guidance Memorandum (EGM) 15-002, `Enforcement Discretion for Tornado-generated Missile Protection Noncompliance.' '' This draft ISG will provide clarifying guidance for NRC staff understanding of expectations for consistent oversight associated with implementing enforcement discretion for tornado missile protection noncompliance per EGM 15-002. This guidance will allow consistent enforcement and regulation of licensees that implement corrective actions outlined in EGM 15-002.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 211 (Monday, November 2, 2015)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0231]


Clarification of Licensee Actions in Support of Enforcement 
Guidance for Tornado-Generated Missiles

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft interim staff guidance; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for 
public comment its draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DSS-ISG-2015-XX, 
``Clarification of Licensee Actions in Receipt of Enforcement 
Discretion per Enforcement Guidance Memorandum (EGM) 15-002, 
`Enforcement Discretion for Tornado-generated Missile Protection 
Noncompliance.' '' This draft ISG will provide clarifying guidance for 
NRC staff understanding of expectations for consistent oversight 
associated with implementing enforcement discretion for tornado missile 
protection noncompliance per EGM 15-002. This guidance will allow 
consistent enforcement and regulation of licensees that implement 
corrective actions outlined in EGM 15-002.

DATES: Submit comments by December 2, 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.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0231. 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.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Keene, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-1994, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0231 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0231.
     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 is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. The draft ISG is available in ADAMS 
under Accession No. ML15259A029.
     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-2015-0231 in 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 enter 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 submission. 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 submissions into ADAMS.

II. Background

    Following the issuance of EGM 15-002 (ADAMS Accession No, 
ML15111A269), the NRC staff received internal and external stakeholder 
comments requesting clarification in complying with NRC expectations 
for implementing enforcement discretion in accordance with the EGM 15-
002, specifically the implementation of compensatory measures and 
guidance on addressing operability status of equipment once the EGM is 
implemented. Therefore, the NRC staff has developed draft ISG DSS-ISG-
2015-XX, ``Clarification of Licensee Actions in Receipt of Enforcement 
Discretion per Enforcement Guidance Memorandum (EGM) 15-002, 
`Enforcement Discretion for Tornado-generated Missile Protection 
Noncompliance,' '' to provide clarification concerning the 
implementation of EGM 15-002.
    The NRC is requesting public comments on the draft ISG to ensure 
that it provides sufficiently clear guidance to the NRC staff 
concerning expectations for implementation of EGM 15-002.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of October 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alex Garmoe,
Acting Chief, Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-27857 Filed 10-30-15; 8:45 am]
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