81 FR 57944 - Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Digital I&C Systems; Notice of Meeting

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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 164 (August 24, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-20261

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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the 
ACRS Subcommittee on Digital I&C Systems; Notice of Meeting

    The ACRS Subcommittee on Digital I&C Systems will hold a meeting on 
September 7, 2016, Room T-2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland.
    The meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows:

Wednesday, September 7, 2016--8:30 a.m. Until 12 p.m.

    The Subcommittee will review the Methods for Assuring Safety and 
Dependability when Applying Digital Instrumentation and Control 
Systems. The Subcommittee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with the NRC staff, representatives from EPRI, and other 
interested persons regarding this matter. The Subcommittee will gather 
information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and formulate proposed 
positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the Full 
Committee.
    Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/or 
written comments should notify the Designated Federal Official (DFO), 
Christina Antonescu (Telephone 301-415-6792 or Email: 
[email protected]) five days prior to the meeting, if 
possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Thirty-five 
hard copies of each presentation or handout should be provided to the 
DFO thirty minutes before the meeting. In addition, one electronic copy 
of each presentation should be emailed to the DFO one day before the 
meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be provided within this 
timeframe, presenters should provide the DFO with a CD containing each 
presentation at least thirty minutes before the meeting. Electronic 
recordings will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting 
that are open to the public. Detailed procedures for the conduct of

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and participation in ACRS meetings were published in the Federal 
Register on October 21, 2015, (80 FR 63846).
    Detailed meeting agendas and meeting transcripts are available on 
the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acrs. 
Information regarding topics to be discussed, changes to the agenda, 
whether the meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, and the time 
allotted to present oral statements can be obtained from the Web site 
cited above or by contacting the identified DFO. Moreover, in view of 
the possibility that the schedule for ACRS meetings may be adjusted by 
the Chairman as necessary to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, 
persons planning to attend should check with these references if such 
rescheduling would result in a major inconvenience.
    If attending this meeting, please enter through the One White Flint 
North Building, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. After registering 
with security, please contact Mr. Theron Brown (Telephone 240-888-9835) 
to be escorted to the meeting room.

    Dated: August 17, 2016.
Mark L. Banks,
Chief, Technical Support Branch, Advisory Committee on Reactor 
Safeguards.
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As discussed above, the requested Staff Analysis: Since the proposed a significant effect on the quality of the
exemption will exempt PG&E from action involves only a change regarding human environment.
submitting LRA updates while the the submission of updates, which is Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th
NRC’s review of the application is administrative in nature, it does not Day of August 2016.
suspended. Because the NRC staff contribute to any significant increase in For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
would not review an update to the occupational or public radiation Jane E. Marshall,
DCPP LRA, should it be provided, exposure. Acting Director, Division of License Renewal,
application of 10 CFR 54.21(b) is not IV. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(iv): There is Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
necessary to achieve the underlying no significant construction impact.
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purpose of the rule. Therefore, special Staff Analysis: Since the proposed
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circumstances exist under 10 CFR action involves only a change regarding
50.12(a)(2)(ii). the submission of updates, which is
administrative in nature; it does not
Eligibility for Categorical Exclusion NUCLEAR REGULATORY
involve any construction impact.
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V. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(v): There is no
With respect to the exemption’s significant increase in the potential for Advisory Committee on Reactor
impact on the quality of the human or consequences from radiological Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the
environment, the NRC has determined accidents. ACRS Subcommittee on Digital I&C
that this specific exemption request is Staff Analysis: The proposed action Systems; Notice of Meeting
eligible for categorical exclusion as involves only a change regarding the
identified in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25). Under submission of updates, which is The ACRS Subcommittee on Digital
10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), granting of an administrative in nature and does not I&C Systems will hold a meeting on
exemption from the requirements of any impact the probability or consequences September 7, 2016, Room T–2B1, 11545
regulation of 10 CFR chapter 1 (which of accidents. Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
includes 10 CFR 54.21(b)) is an action VI. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi): The The meeting will be open to public
that is a categorical exclusion, provided requirements from which this attendance.
that it meets the requirements of 10 CFR exemption is sought involve 10 CFR The agenda for the subject meeting
51.22(c)(25)(i) through (vi). The NRC 51.22(c)(25)(vi)(B) (reporting shall be as follows:
staff’s determination that each of the requirements) and 10 CFR Wednesday, September 7, 2016—8:30
applicable criteria for this categorical 51.22(c)(25)(vi)(G) (scheduling a.m. Until 12 p.m.
exclusion is met as follows: requirements).
Staff Analysis: The exemption request The Subcommittee will review the
I. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(i): There is no Methods for Assuring Safety and
involves requirements in both of these
significant hazards consideration. Dependability when Applying Digital
categories because it involves
Staff Analysis: The criteria for Instrumentation and Control Systems.
suspending the requirement contained
determining if an exemption involves a The Subcommittee will hear
in 10 CFR 54.21(b) to provide an update
significant hazards consideration are presentations by and hold discussions
to the DCPP LRA each year following
found in 10 CFR 50.92. The action with the NRC staff, representatives from
submittal of the LRA.
involves only changes regarding the EPRI, and other interested persons
submission of updates to an application IV. Conclusions regarding this matter. The
for which the licensing review is The NRC has determined that, Subcommittee will gather information,
currently suspended. Therefore, there pursuant to 10 CFR 54.15, and in analyze relevant issues and facts, and
are no significant hazard considerations accordance with 10 CFR 50.12, the formulate proposed positions and
because granting the exemption would exemption is authorized by law, will not actions, as appropriate, for deliberation
not: present an undue risk to the public by the Full Committee.
(1) Involve a significant increase in health and safety, and is consistent with Members of the public desiring to
the probability or consequences of an the common defense and security. Also, provide oral statements and/or written
accident previously evaluated; or special circumstances exist under 10 comments should notify the Designated
(2) Create the possibility of a new or CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii). Therefore, the NRC Federal Official (DFO), Christina
different kind of accident from any hereby grants PG&E this exemption from Antonescu (Telephone 301–415–6792 or
accident previously evaluated; or the requirements of 10 CFR 54.21(b) to Email: Christina.Antonescu@nrc.gov)
(3) Involve a significant reduction in allow PG&E to dispense with the five days prior to the meeting, if
a margin of safety. submission of updates to the DCPP LRA possible, so that appropriate
II. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(ii): There is no while the NRC’s review of the LRA is arrangements can be made. Thirty-five
significant change in the types or suspended. Should PG&E resume the hard copies of each presentation or
significant increase in the amounts of license renewal process for DCPP, the handout should be provided to the DFO
any effluents that may be released NRC will require it to provide an thirty minutes before the meeting. In
offsite. amendment to the DCPP LRA that addition, one electronic copy of each
Staff Analysis: The proposed action identifies applicable changes to the CLB presentation should be emailed to the
involves only a change regarding the of the facility since the period of time DFO one day before the meeting. If an
submission of updates, which is covered in PG&E’s December 21, 2015, electronic copy cannot be provided
administrative in nature, and does not update by a date agreed upon between within this timeframe, presenters
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involve any changes in the types or PG&E and the NRC. should provide the DFO with a CD
significant increase in the amounts of Additionally, pursuant to 10 CFR containing each presentation at least
effluents that may be released offsite. 51.22, the Commission has determined thirty minutes before the meeting.
III. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(iii): There is that the exemption request meets the Electronic recordings will be permitted
no significant increase in individual or applicable categorical exclusion criteria only during those portions of the
cumulative public or occupational set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), and the meeting that are open to the public.
radiation exposure. granting of this exemption will not have Detailed procedures for the conduct of

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and participation in ACRS meetings Members of the public desiring to NUCLEAR REGULATORY
were published in the Federal Register provide oral statements and/or written COMMISSION
on October 21, 2015, (80 FR 63846). comments should notify the Designated
Detailed meeting agendas and meeting Federal Official (DFO), Christopher Advisory Committee on Reactor
transcripts are available on the NRC Brown (Telephone 301–415–7111 or Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the
Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading- Email: Christopher.Brown@nrc.gov) five ACRS Subcommittee on Planning and
rm/doc-collections/acrs. Information days prior to the meeting, if possible, so Procedures; Notice of Meeting
regarding topics to be discussed, that appropriate arrangements can be
changes to the agenda, whether the The ACRS Subcommittee on Planning
made. Thirty-five hard copies of each and Procedures will hold a meeting on
meeting has been canceled or presentation or handout should be
rescheduled, and the time allotted to September 8, 2016, Room T–2B3, 11545
provided to the DFO thirty minutes Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
present oral statements can be obtained before the meeting. In addition, one
from the Web site cited above or by The meeting will be open to public
electronic copy of each presentation attendance with the exception of a
contacting the identified DFO.
should be emailed to the DFO one day portion that may be closed pursuant to
Moreover, in view of the possibility that
the schedule for ACRS meetings may be before the meeting. If an electronic copy 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss
adjusted by the Chairman as necessary cannot be provided within this organizational and personnel matters
to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, timeframe, presenters should provide that relate solely to the internal
persons planning to attend should check the DFO with a CD containing each personnel rules and practices of the
with these references if such presentation at least thirty minutes ACRS, and information the release of
rescheduling would result in a major before the meeting. Electronic which would constitute a clearly
inconvenience. recordings will be permitted only unwarranted invasion of personal
If attending this meeting, please enter during those portions of the meeting privacy.
that are open to the public. Detailed The agenda for the subject meeting
through the One White Flint North
procedures for the conduct of and shall be as follows:
Building, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD. After registering with participation in ACRS meetings were Thursday, September 8, 2016—12 p.m.
security, please contact Mr. Theron published in the Federal Register on Until 1 p.m.
Brown (Telephone 240–888–9835) to be October 21, 2015, (80 FR 63846). The Subcommittee will discuss
escorted to the meeting room. Detailed meeting agendas and meeting proposed ACRS activities and related
Dated: August 17, 2016. transcripts are available on the NRC matters. The Subcommittee will gather
Mark L. Banks, Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading- information, analyze relevant issues and
Chief, Technical Support Branch, Advisory rm/doc-collections/acrs. Information facts, and formulate proposed positions
Committee on Reactor Safeguards. regarding topics to be discussed, and actions, as appropriate, for
[FR Doc. 2016–20261 Filed 8–23–16; 8:45 am] changes to the agenda, whether the deliberation by the Full Committee.
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rescheduled, and the time allotted to provide oral statements and/or written
present oral statements can be obtained comments should notify the Designated
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from the Web site cited above or by
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contacting the identified DFO.
Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov) five days prior
Advisory Committee on Reactor Moreover, in view of the possibility that
to the meeting, if possible, so that
Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the the schedule for ACRS meetings may be arrangements can be made. Thirty-five
ACRS Subcommittee on Metallurgy & adjusted by the Chairman as necessary hard copies of each presentation or
Reactor Fuels; Notice of Meeting to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, handout should be provided to the DFO
persons planning to attend should check thirty minutes before the meeting. In
The ACRS Subcommittee on with these references if such addition, one electronic copy of each
Metallurgy & Reactor Fuels will hold a rescheduling would result in a major presentation should be emailed to the
meeting on September 20, 2016, Room inconvenience. DFO one day before the meeting. If an
T–2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
If attending this meeting, please enter electronic copy cannot be provided
Maryland.
through the One White Flint North within this timeframe, presenters
The meeting will be open to public
building, 11555 Rockville Pike, should provide the DFO with a CD
attendance.
Rockville, MD. After registering with containing each presentation at least
The agenda for the subject meeting
security, please contact Mr. Theron thirty minutes before the meeting.
shall be as follows:
Brown (Telephone 240–888–9835) to be Electronic recordings will be permitted
Tuesday, September 20, 2016—8:30 only during those portions of the
a.m. until 12:00 p.m. escorted to the meeting room.
meeting that are open to the public.
The Subcommittee will discuss the Dated: August 17, 2016. Detailed procedures for the conduct of
draft Managing Aging Processes in Mark L. Banks, and participation in ACRS meetings
Storage (MAPS) Report. The Chief, Technical Support Branch, Advisory were published in the Federal Register
Subcommittee will hear presentations Committee on Reactor Safeguards. on October 21, 2015 (80 FR 63846).
by and hold discussions with the NRC Information regarding changes to the
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

[FR Doc. 2016–20260 Filed 8–23–16; 8:45 am]
staff and other interested persons BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
agenda, whether the meeting has been
regarding this matter. The canceled or rescheduled, and the time
Subcommittee will gather information, allotted to present oral statements can
analyze relevant issues and facts, and be obtained by contacting the identified
formulate proposed positions and DFO. Moreover, in view of the
actions, as appropriate, for deliberation possibility that the schedule for ACRS
by the Full Committee. meetings may be adjusted by the

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FR Citation		81 FR 57944