[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 19510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8310]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2011-0075]


Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Models For Plant-Specific 
Adoption of Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
422, Revision 2, ``Change In Technical Specifications End States (CE 
NPSD-1186),'' For Combustion Engineering (CE) Pressurized Water Reactor 
(PWR) Plants Using the Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process 
(CLIIP)

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is announcing the availability of the model 
application (with model no significant hazards consideration (NSHC) 
determination) and model safety evaluation (SE) for plant-specific 
adoption of TSTF Traveler TSTF-422, Revision 2, ``Change in Technical 
Specifications End States (CE NPSD-1186),'' for CE plants using the 
CLIIP. TSTF-422, Revision 2, is available in the Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession Number 
ML093570241. TSTF-422, Revision 2, modifies the Required Action with 
the preferred end state with the addition of a Note to prohibit the use 
of the provisions of Limiting Condition for Operation 3.0.4.a to enter 
the end state Mode within the Applicability during startup. The Bases 
of each Required Action is revised to describe the Note. This model SE 
will facilitate expedited approval of plant-specific adoption of TSTF-
422, Revision 2. Please note, this NOA supersedes in its entirety the 
NOA for TSTF-422, Revision 1, published in the Federal Register on July 
5, 2005 (70 FR 38729-38731, ADAMS Package Accession Number 
ML051650144).
    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the following methods:
    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 O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    NRC's Agencywide Documents 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/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain 
entry into the ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's 
public documents. If you do not have access to the ADAMS, or if there 
are problems in accessing the documents located in the ADAMS, contact 
the NRC's PDR reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-
mail to [email protected].
    The model application (with model NSHC determination) and model SE 
for plant-specific adoption of TSTF-422, Revision 2, are available 
electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML103270197. No comments 
were received to the Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment announced 
in the Federal Register on May 4, 2005 (70 FR 23238).
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Supporting materials related to this 
notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on 
Docket ID: NRC-2011-0075.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ravinder Grover, Technical 
Specifications Branch, Mail Stop: O-7 C2A, Division of Inspection and 
Regional Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-
2166 or e-mail; [email protected] or Ms. Michelle C. Honcharik, 
Senior Project Manager, Licensing Processes Branch, Mail Stop: O-12 D1, 
Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-1774 or e-mail at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSTF-422, Revision 2, is applicable to all 
CE PWR plants. Licensees opting to apply for this TS change are 
responsible for reviewing the NRC staff's model SE, referencing the 
applicable technical justifications, and providing any necessary plant-
specific information. The NRC will process each amendment application 
responding to this NOA according to applicable NRC rules and 
procedures.
    The proposed models do not prevent licensees from requesting an 
alternate approach or proposing changes other than those proposed in 
TSTF-422, Revision 2. However, significant deviations from the approach 
recommended in this notice or the inclusion of additional changes to 
the license require additional NRC staff review. This may increase the 
time and resources needed for the review or result in NRC staff 
rejection of the license amendment request (LAR). Licensees desiring 
significant deviations or additional changes should instead submit an 
LAR that does not claim to adopt TSTF-422, Revision 2.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of March, 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John R. Jolicoeur,
Chief, Licensing Processes Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation .
[FR Doc. 2011-8310 Filed 4-6-11; 8:45 am]
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