[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 205 (Monday, October 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 65753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2011-0212]


Monitoring the Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear Power 
Plants

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 6, 2011 (76 FR 55137), the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) re-issued Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1278, 
``Monitoring the Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear Power 
Plants,'' in the Federal Register for a 60 day public comment period. 
The NRC is extending the public comment period for DG-1278 from October 
31, 2011 to November 11, 2011. This guide endorses Revision 4A to 
Nuclear Management and Resources Council (NUMARC) 93-01, ``Industry 
Guideline for Monitoring the Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear 
Power Plants,'' which provides methods that are acceptable to the NRC 
staff for complying with the provisions of Section 50.65, 
``Requirements for Monitoring the Effectiveness of Maintenance at 
Nuclear Power Plants,'' of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization 
Facilities.''

DATES: Submit comments by November 11, 2011. Comments received after 
this date 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 
this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in 
connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed 
or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time.

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0212 in the subject line 
of your comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form 
will be posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web 
site, http://www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be 
edited to remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC 
cautions you against including any information in your submission that 
you do not want to be publicly disclosed.
    The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those 
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any 
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed. You may submit comments by any one of the following 
methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-
2011-0212. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 
telephone: 301-492-3668; e-mail: [email protected].
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, 
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
     Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this 
regulatory guide 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, O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC 
are available online in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain entry into ADAMS, 
which provides text and image files of the NRC's public documents. If 
you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing 
the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR reference staff 
at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected]. 
The draft regulatory guide is available electronically under ADAMS 
Accession Number ML111640267.
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Public comments and 
supporting materials related to this regulatory guide can be found at 
http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2011-0212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert G. Carpenter, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-251-
7483 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 6, 2011 (76 FR 55137), the NRC 
published a notice of issuance and availability of DG-1278. By e-mail 
dated October 11, 2011, the Nuclear Energy Institute (ADAMS Accession 
No. ML11286A027) requested an extension of the stated comment period 
for the purpose of providing sufficient review while attending planned 
public meetings related to the subject matter of the proposed guide. It 
is the desire of the NRC to receive comments of a high quality from all 
stakeholders. Several factors have been considered in granting an 
extension. The requested comment period extension is reasonable and 
does not affect NRC deadlines. The additional time will allow 
stakeholders to discuss the proposed guide during related meetings. 
Therefore the comment submittal period is extended from the original 
date of October 31, 2011 to November 11, 2011.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of October, 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2011-27442 Filed 10-21-11; 8:45 am]
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