[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39745-39746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16426]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2012-0159]
Fuel Oil Systems for Emergency Power Supplies
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1282,
``Fuel Oil Systems for Emergency Power Supplies.'' This guide describes
a method that the NRC staff considers acceptable for use in complying
with the Commission's requirements regarding fuel oil systems for
safety-related emergency diesel generators and oil-fueled gas turbine
generators, including assurance of adequate fuel oil quality.
DATES: Submit comments by August 31, 2012. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff
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: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publically available,
by searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2012-
0159. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0159. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: [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.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Radlinski, Office of New Reactors,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
telephone: 301-415-8503 or by email at: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0159 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses
and is publicly available, by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0159.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. The draft regulatory guide
is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML121090447.
The regulatory analysis is also available under ADAMS Accession No.
ML121090459.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0159 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in
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comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. The
NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well
as enters the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not edit
comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information in their comment submissions
that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should
state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Further Information
The NRC is issuing for public comment a draft guide in the NRC's
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and
make available to the public such information as methods that are
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the
NRC's regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating
specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff
needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
The draft regulatory guide, entitled, ``Fuel Oil Systems for
Emergency Power Supplies,'' is temporarily identified by its task
number, DG-1282. The DG-1282 is proposed revision 2 of Regulatory Guide
1.137, ``Fuel Oil Systems for Standby Diesel Generators'' dated April
1979.
This guide describes a method that the NRC staff considers
acceptable for use in complying with the Commission's requirements
regarding fuel oil systems for safety-related emergency diesel
generators and oil-fueled gas turbine generators, including assurance
of adequate fuel oil quality.
Proper quantity and quality of fuel oil is necessary for proper
operation of the emergency diesel generators and gas turbine
generators. Appendix C to ANSI/ANS-59.51-1997, ``Recommended Fuel Oil
Practices,'' addresses recommended practices for maintaining fuel oil
quantity and quality. Although not a mandatory part of the standard,
the NRC staff believes Appendix C serves as an acceptable basis for a
program to maintain the quality of fuel oil, with additions, deletions,
and clarifications as contained in this guide.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of June, 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carol Moyer,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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