[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7973-7974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2950]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Draft Regulatory Guide; Extension of Comment Period
On December 16, 2004 (69 FR 75359-75360), the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued for public comment a draft revision
to an existing guide in the agency's Regulatory Guide Series. Draft
Regulatory Guide DG-1130, entitled ``Criteria for Use of Computers in
Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants,'' is the proposed Revision 2 of
Regulatory Guide 1.152. As such, DG-1130 describes a method that is
acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with the NRC's regulations
for promoting high functional reliability and design quality for the
use of computers in safety systems of nuclear plants. In addition, DG-
1130 contains the staff's regulatory position on the ``Standard
Criteria for Digital Computers in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power
Generating Stations,'' * which the Nuclear Power Engineering Committee
of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has
promulgated as IEEE Std 7-4.3.2-2003. It is the staff's intent to
endorse IEEE Std 7-4.3.2-2003, with certain exceptions, as an
acceptable method for satisfying the NRC's regulations with respect to
(1) high functional reliability and design requirements for computers
used in safety systems of nuclear power plants, and (2) independence
between safety software and nonsafety software residing on the same
computer.
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* IEEE publications may be purchased from the IEEE Service
Center, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854.
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To date, the NRC has received only one comment letter concerning
draft regulatory guide DG-1130; however, several stakeholders have
asked the NRC to extend the comment period, which is currently
scheduled to expire on February 11, 2005. Given that the draft
regulatory guide addresses a relatively new area of technology (i.e.,
cyber-security), stakeholders may need additional time to assess the
proposed regulatory guidance. Consequently, the NRC has decided to
extend the comment period until March 14, 2005.
Comments received after March 14, 2005, 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 that date. Although a time limit is
given, the NRC welcomes comments and suggestions at any time in
connection with items for inclusion in guides that are currently being
developed, as well as improvements to previously published guides.
Comments on draft regulatory guide DG-1130 may be accompanied by
relevant information or supporting data. Please mention DG-1130 in the
subject line of your comments. Comments on this draft regulatory guide
submitted in writing or in electronic form will be made available to
the public in their entirety in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access
andManagement System (ADAMS). Personal information will not be removed
from your comments. You may submit comments by any of the following
methods.
Mail comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
E-mail comments to: [email protected]. You may also submit comments
via the NRC's rulemaking Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Address
questions about our rulemaking Web site to Carol A. Gallagher (301)
415-5905; e-mail [email protected].
Hand-deliver comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on
Federal workdays.
Fax comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415-5144.
Requests for technical information about draft regulatory guide DG-
1130 may be directed to Satish K. Aggarwal, Senior Program Manager, at
(301) 415-6005 or via e-mail to [email protected].
Electronic copies of the draft regulatory guide are available
through the NRC's public Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the
Regulatory Guides document collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading
Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic
copies are also available in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html,
under Accession No. ML043170314. Note, however, that the NRC has
temporarily suspended public access to ADAMS so that the agency can
complete security reviews of publicly available documents and remove
potentially sensitive information. Please check the NRC's Web site for
updates concerning the resumption of public access to ADAMS.
In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland; the PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-3548; and by e-
mail to [email protected]. Requests for single copies of draft or final
guides (which may be reproduced) or for placement on an automatic
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distribution list for single copies of future draft guides in specific
divisions should be made in writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Reproduction and
Distribution Services Section; by e-mail to [email protected]; or by
fax to (301) 415-2289. Telephone requests cannot be accommodated.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is not
required to reproduce them.
(5 U.S.C. 552(a))
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of February, 2005.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael E. Mayfield,
Director, Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 05-2950 Filed 2-15-05; 8:45 am]
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