[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64029-64030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25256]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2013-0237]
Cost-Benefit Analysis for Radwaste Systems for Light-Water-Cooled
Nuclear Power Reactors
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
revision 1 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.110, ``Cost-Benefit Analysis for
Radwaste Systems for Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Reactors,'' in
which the NRC made editorial corrections and formatting changes with no
substantive changes in the staff regulatory positions. This guide
describes methods and procedures that the staff of the NRC considers
acceptable for performing a cost-benefit analysis for liquid and
gaseous radwaste system components for light water nuclear power
reactors.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0237 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may access publicly-available information related to this action by the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0237. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
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]. Revision 1 of RG 1.110 is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13241A052.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's Public Document 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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen C. Burton, Region III,
telephone: 301-415-7000; email: [email protected], U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC's
``Regulatory Guide'' series. Regulatory guides were developed to
describe and make available to the public information and 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. The NRC
typically seeks public comment on a draft version of a regulatory guide
by announcing its availability for comment in the Federal Register.
However, as explained in section III.F. of the NRC's Management
Directive Handbook 6.6, ``Regulatory Guides,'' (ADAMS Accession No.
ML110330475) the NRC may directly issue a final regulatory guide
without a draft version or public comment period if the changes to the
regulatory guide are non-substantive.
The NRC is issuing Revision 1 of RG 1.110 directly as a final
regulatory guide because the changes between Revision 0 and Revision 1
are non-substantive. Regulatory Guide 1.110 was revised to incorporate
editorial changes and the NRC's current format for regulatory guides.
These changes were intended to improve clarity and did not alter the
staff regulatory guidance.
In the course of a periodic review of the guide, the NRC staff
identified several technical issues (ADAMS Accession No. ML13238A095).
Nonetheless, the current version is successfully being used by the NRC
staff in their safety reviews and by applicants in preparing license
applications under parts 50 and 52 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR).
The NRC staff currently is considering revising RG 1.110 as part of
rulemaking efforts being planned in response to the Staff Requirements
Memorandum for SECY-12-0064, ``Recommendation for Policy and Technical
Direction to Revise Radiation Protection Regulations and Guidance''
(ADAMS Accession No. ML12306A119). The rulemaking effort for 10 CFR
part 50, appendix I, ``Numerical Guides for Design Objectives and
Limiting Conditions for Operation to Meet the Criterion `As Low as is
Reasonably Achievable' for Radioactive Material in Light-Water-Cooled
Nuclear Power Reactor Effluents,'' will include the development of a
technical basis, public meetings and industry workshops, and revision
of NRC guidance documents and computer codes. This effort should also
incorporate the update of the cost-benefit ratio for person-rem, which
would be a significant update.
II. 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
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CFR part 52. The changes in Revision 1 of RG 1.110 are limited to
editorial changes to improve clarity and formatting changes to align
with the NRC's new standardized regulatory guide format. These changes
do not fall within the kinds of agency actions that constitute
backfitting or are subject to limitations in the issue finality
provisions of part 52. Accordingly, the NRC did not address the Backfit
Rule or issue finality provisions of part 52.
III. Congressional Review Act
This regulatory guide is a rule as defined in the Congressional
Review Act (5 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 801-808). However, the Office of
Management and Budget has not found it to be a major rule as defined in
the Congressional Review Act.
IV. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides
Revision 1 of RG 1.110 is being issued without public comment.
However, you may at any time submit suggestions to the NRC for
improvement of existing regulatory guides or for the development of new
regulatory guides to address new issues. Suggestions can be submitted
by the form available online at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. Suggestions will be considered
in future updates and enhancements of the regulatory guide.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of October 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering,
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2013-25256 Filed 10-24-13; 8:45 am]
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