81 FR 54855 - Design, Inspection, and Testing Criteria for Air Filtration and Adsorption Units of Normal Atmosphere Cleanup Systems in Light Water Cooled Nuclear Power Plants

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 159 (August 17, 2016)

Page Range		54855-54856
FR Document		2016-19559

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.140, ``Design, Inspection, and Testing Criteria for Air Filtration and Adsorption Units of Normal Atmosphere Cleanup Systems in Light Water Cooled Nuclear Power Plants.'' This RG describes a method that the NRC staff considers acceptable to implement regulatory requirements with regard to the design, inspection, and testing of normal atmosphere cleanup systems for controlling releases of airborne radioactive materials to the environment during normal operations, including anticipated operational occurrences. This guide applies to all types of nuclear power plants that use water as the primary means of cooling.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 159 (Wednesday, August 17, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 17, 2016)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Design, Inspection, and Testing Criteria for Air Filtration and 
Adsorption Units of Normal Atmosphere Cleanup Systems in Light Water 
Cooled Nuclear Power Plants

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory Guide; Issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.140, ``Design, Inspection, and 
Testing Criteria for Air Filtration and Adsorption Units of Normal 
Atmosphere Cleanup Systems in Light Water Cooled Nuclear Power 
Plants.'' This RG describes a method that the NRC staff considers 
acceptable to implement regulatory requirements with regard to the 
design, inspection, and testing of normal atmosphere cleanup systems 
for controlling releases of airborne radioactive materials to the 
environment during normal operations, including anticipated operational 
occurrences. This guide applies to all types of nuclear power plants 
that use water as the primary means of cooling.

DATES: Revision 3 to RG 1.140 is available on August 17, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0152 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly available information related to this document, 
using the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0152. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals 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 Document 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 that document 
is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is 
referenced. Revision 3 to RG 1.140, and the regulatory analysis are 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16070A277 and ML16082A538, 
respectively.
     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.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerome Bettle, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-1314, email: 
[email protected]; and Stephen Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, telephone: 301-415-7000, email: [email protected]: Both 
are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC's 
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and 
make available to the public information regarding methods that are 
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
agency's regulations, techniques that the NRC staff uses in evaluating 
specific issues or postulated events, and data that the NRC staff needs 
in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
    Revision 3 of RG 1.140 was issued with a temporary identification 
of Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1280. Since the NRC issued Revision 2 of 
RG 1.140, in June 2001, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 
(ASME) Committee on Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment (CONAGT) has revised 
and expanded the scope of equipment covered by ASME-AG-1, ``Code on 
Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment,'' which the staff previously endorsed in 
RG 1.140. The revision to ASME-AG-1b consolidated some requirements 
from ASME-N509, ``Nuclear Power Plant Air Cleaning Units and 
Components''; ASME-N510, ``Testing of Nuclear Air-Treatment Systems''; 
and other documents previously endorsed by the staff in RG 1.140. In 
addition, CONAGT has developed and published a new standard, ASME N511-
2007, ``Inservice Testing of Nuclear Air Treatment, Heating Ventilation 
and Air Conditioning Systems.'' This new standard provides 
comprehensive test and inspection requirements and is written to 
complement the expanded ASME-AG-1b. Therefore, this guide was revised 
to address these changes to the referenced industry standards.

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II. Additional Information

    The DG-1280, was published in the Federal Register on June 29, 2012 
(77 FR 38857), for a 60-day public comment period. The public comment 
period closed on August 27, 2012. Public comments on DG-1280 and the 
NRC staff responses to the public comments are available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML16070A279.

III. Congressional Review Act

    This regulatory guide 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.

IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality

    Revision 3 of RG 1.140 describes a method that the NRC staff 
considers acceptable to implement regulatory requirements with regard 
to the design, inspection, and testing of normal atmosphere cleanup 
systems for controlling releases of airborne radioactive materials to 
the environment during normal operations, including anticipated 
operational occurrences. Issuance of this RG does not constitute 
backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) and is not 
otherwise inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR 
part 52. As discussed in the ``Implementation'' section of this RG, the 
NRC has no current intention to impose this RG on holders of current 
operating licenses or combined licenses.
    This RG 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 11th day of August, 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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The DG–1280, was published in the CORPORATION Catherine F. I. Andrade,
Federal Register on June 29, 2012 (77 OPIC Corporate Secretary.
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are available in ADAMS under PLACE: Offices of the Corporation,
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Request
III. Congressional Review Act York Avenue NW., Washington, DC.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
This regulatory guide is a rule as STATUS: Hearing OPEN to the Public at
requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of
defined in the Congressional Review 2:00 p.m.
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). However, the
PURPOSE: Public Hearing in conjunction which provides opportunity for public
Office of Management and Budget has
with each meeting of OPIC’s Board of comment on new or revised data
not found it to be a major rule as
Directors, to afford an opportunity for collections, the Railroad Retirement
defined in the Congressional Review Board (RRB) will publish periodic
any person to present views regarding
Act. summaries of proposed data collections.
the activities of the Corporation.
IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
PROCEDURES: Individuals wishing to the proposed information collection is
Revision 3 of RG 1.140 describes a address the hearing orally must provide necessary for the proper performance of
method that the NRC staff considers advance notice to OPIC’s Corporate the functions of the agency, including
acceptable to implement regulatory Secretary no later than 5:00 p.m. whether the information has practical
requirements with regard to the design, Wednesday, August 31, 2016. The utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
inspection, and testing of normal notice must include the individual’s estimate of the burden of the collection
atmosphere cleanup systems for name, title, organization, address, and of the information; (c) ways to enhance
controlling releases of airborne telephone number, and a concise the quality, utility, and clarity of the
radioactive materials to the environment summary of the subject matter to be information to be collected; and (d)
during normal operations, including presented. ways to minimize the burden related to
anticipated operational occurrences.
Oral presentations may not exceed ten the collection of information on
Issuance of this RG does not constitute
(10) minutes. The time for individual respondents, including the use of
backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109
presentations may be reduced automated collection techniques or
(the Backfit Rule) and is not otherwise
proportionately, if necessary, to afford other forms of information technology.
inconsistent with the issue finality
all participants who have submitted a 1. Title and purpose of information
provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As
timely request an opportunity to be collection: Application to Act as
discussed in the ‘‘Implementation’’
heard. Representative Payee; OMB 3220–0052.
section of this RG, the NRC has no Under Section 12 of the Railroad
current intention to impose this RG on Participants wishing to submit a
Retirement Act, the Railroad Retirement
holders of current operating licenses or written statement for the record must
Board (RRB) may pay benefits to a
combined licenses. submit a copy of such statement to
representative payee when an employee,
This RG may be applied to OPIC’s Corporate Secretary no later than
spouse or survivor annuitant is
applications for operating licenses, 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 31, 2016.
incompetent or is a minor. A
combined licenses, early site permits, Such statement must be typewritten,
representative payee may be a court-
and certified design rules docketed by double spaced, and may not exceed
appointed guardian, a statutory
the NRC as of the date of issuance of the twenty-five (25) pages.
conservator or an individual selected by
final regulatory guide, as well as future Upon receipt of the required notice, the RRB. The procedures pertaining to
applications submitted after the OPIC will prepare an agenda, which the appointment and responsibilities of
issuance of the regulatory guide. Such will be available at the hearing, that a representative payee are prescribed in
action would not constitute backfitting identifies speakers, the subject on which 20 CFR 266.
as defined in the Backfit Rule or be each participant will speak, and the The forms furnished by the RRB to
otherwise inconsistent with the time allotted for each presentation. apply for representative payee status,
applicable issue finality provision in 10 and for securing the information needed
CFR part 52, inasmuch as such A written summary of the hearing will
be compiled, and such summary will be to support the application follow. RRB
applicants or potential applicants are Form AA–5, Application for
not within the scope of entities made available, upon written request to
OPIC’s Corporate Secretary, at the cost Substitution of Payee, obtains
protected by the Backfit Rule or the information needed to determine the
relevant issue finality provisions in part of reproduction.
selection of a representative payee who
52. Written summaries of the projects to
will serve in the best interest of the
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day
be presented at the September 15, 2016
beneficiary. RRB Form G–478,
of August, 2016. Board meeting will be posted on OPIC’s
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Web site.
Capability to Manage Benefits, obtains
Thomas H. Boyce, CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: information about an annuitant’s
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Information on the hearing may be capability to manage their own benefits.
Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office obtained from Catherine F. I. Andrade at The form is completed by the
of Nuclear Regulatory Research. (202) 336–8768, via facsimile at (202) annuitant’s personal physician or by a
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Collection		Federal Register
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Section		Notices
Action		Regulatory Guide; Issuance.
Dates		Revision 3 to RG 1.140 is available on August 17, 2016.
Contact		Jerome Bettle, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-1314, email: [email protected]; and Stephen Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-7000, email: [email protected]: Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
FR Citation		81 FR 54855