[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37850-37851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15041]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2013-0021]
Quality Assurance Program Requirements (Operations)
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a
revision to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.33, ``Quality Assurance Program
Requirements (Operations).'' This RG describes methods that the staff
of the NRC considers acceptable for managerial and administrative
Quality Assurance (QA) controls for nuclear power plants during
operations.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0021 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, using the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0021. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: [email protected].
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
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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
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this notice (if
that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a
document is referenced. Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide 1.33, is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13109A458. The regulatory
analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13109A459.
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.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Hector Rodriguez-Luccioni
Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-251-7685; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC's
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and
make available to the public information such as methods that are
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the
agency'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.
Revision 3 of RG 1.33 was issued with a temporary identification as
Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1300. This guide describes the methods that
the NRC staff considers acceptable for complying with the provisions of
regulations in Sec. 50.34(b)(6)(ii), ``Contents of applications;
technical information'' of part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities,'' and in Sec. 52.79(a)(27), ``Contents of
applications; technical information in final safety analysis report,''
of 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for
Nuclear Power Plants.'' Both sections require compliance with 10 CFR
Part 50, Appendix B, ``Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power
Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants,'' which, in part, requires the
establishment of QA controls for the implementation of managerial and
administrative controls to assure safe operation.
II. Additional Information
DG-1300, was published in the Federal Register on February 4, 2013
(78 FR 7816) for a 60-day public comment period. The public comment
period closed on April 1, 2013. Public comments on DG-1300 and the
staff responses to the public comments are available under ADAMS
Accession Number ML13109A467.
This regulatory guide is a rule as designated in the Congressional
Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, OMB has not found it to be a
major rule as designated in the Congressional Review Act.
III. Backfitting and Issue Finality
Issuance of this final regulatory guide does not constitute
backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) and is not
otherwise inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR
Part 52. As discussed in the ``Implementation'' section of this
regulatory guide, the NRC has no current intention to impose this
regulatory guide on holders of current operating licenses or combined
licenses.
This regulatory guide may be applied to applications for operating
licenses and combined licenses docketed by the NRC as of the date of
issuance of the final regulatory guide, as well as future applications
for operating licenses and combined licenses submitted after the
issuance of the regulatory guide. Such action does not constitute
backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109(a)(1) or is otherwise
inconsistent with the applicable issue finality provision in 10 CFR
part 52, inasmuch as such applicants or potential applicants are not
within the scope of entities protected by the Backfit Rule or the
relevant issue finality provisions in part 52.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of June 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering,
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2013-15041 Filed 6-21-13; 8:45 am]
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