[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 28, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 4911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1372]
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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 28, 2009 /
Proposed Rules
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 50
[Docket No. PRM-50-69; NRC-2000-0019]
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC; Consideration of Petition in
Rulemaking Process
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Resolution of petition for rulemaking and closure of petition
docket.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will consider the
issues raised in a petition for rulemaking (PRM) submitted by
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (petitioner) in the NRC's rulemaking
process. The petition was dated November 4, 1999, and was docketed as
PRM-50-69. The petitioner requested that Table 1 in 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix G, be amended by removing requirements related to the metal
temperature of the closure head flange and vessel flange regions.
Specifically, the petitioner requested that footnotes (2) and (6) be
removed from Table 1.
DATES: The docket for the petition for rulemaking PRM-50-69 is closed
on January 28, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You can access publicly available documents related to this
petition for rulemaking using the following methods:
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Further NRC action on the issues
raised by this petition will be considered in the rulemaking activity
directed at revising 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix G. This rulemaking
activity is entitled, ``Modifications to Pressure-Temperature Limits,''
in NUREG-0936, ``NRC Regulatory Agenda: Semiannual Report,'' and is
designated with rulemaking identification number RIN 3150-AG98.
Information on this rulemaking activity can be monitored at the Federal
rulemaking portal, http://www.regulations.gov, by searching on
rulemaking docket ID NRC-2008-0582. The regulatory history regarding
PRM-50-69, including the public comments received, can be found by
searching on docket ID NRC-2000-0019. Address questions about NRC
dockets to Carol Gallagher 301-415-5905; e-mail
[email protected].
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have
copied for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public
File Area Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS):
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can
gain entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's
public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are
any problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the
NRC PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail
at [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Miller, Mail Stop O-9E3, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, United States Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone (301) 415-4117, or e-
mail [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Petition
The NRC received a petition for rulemaking (ADAMS Accession No.
ML003683190) from Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (the petitioner)
dated November 4, 1999, which was docketed as PRM-50-69. The petitioner
requested that the NRC eliminate reactor vessel closure head flange
temperature requirements in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix G, Table 1, by
removing footnotes (2) and (6). On February 8, 2000, the NRC published
a notice of receipt for this petition in the Federal Register (65 FR
6044) and requested public comment. The public comment period ended on
April 24, 2000. Thirteen comments were received, all in support of the
petition. These comments can be found by following the instructions
given in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Resolution of Petition
The NRC will consider the issues raised in PRM-50-69, including the
underlying issues relevant to the petition, and the comments submitted
on PRM-50-69, in the ongoing rulemaking activity to modify the pressure
and temperature limits contained in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix G. The NRC
believes that the underlying technical considerations regarding the
reactor vessel closure head flange temperature are sufficiently related
to the ongoing rulemaking activity on 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix G, that
the issues raised in PRM-50-69 should be considered in the rulemaking
activity.
The NRC is continuing work to develop the technical basis for this
rulemaking. The technical basis provided by the petitioner in WCAP-
15315, ``Reactor Vessel Closure Head/Vessel Flange Requirements
Evaluation for Operating PWR and BWR Plants,'' Revision 1, is being
considered in the development of the technical basis for the 10 CFR
Part 50, Appendix G rulemaking. Although the NRC will consider the
issues raised in the petition, the petitioner's concerns may not be
addressed exactly as the petitioner has requested. After the conclusion
of the NRC's development of the technical basis for the 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix G rule, the NRC will determine whether to adopt the
petitioner's requested rulemaking changes. During the rulemaking
process, the NRC will solicit comments from the public and will
consider all comments before issuing a final rule.
If the ongoing work to establish the technical basis for this
rulemaking does not support the issuance of a proposed rule, the NRC
will issue a supplemental Federal Register notice that addresses why
the petitioner's requested rulemaking changes were not adopted by the
NRC. With this resolution of the petition, the NRC closes the docket
for PRM-50-69.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of January, 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bruce S. Mallett,
Acting Executive Director for Operations.
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