[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68308-68309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27042]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2014-0004]


Aging Management of Loss of Coating or Lining Integrity for 
Internal Coatings/Linings on In-Scope Piping, Piping Components, Heat 
Exchangers, and Tanks

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Interim staff guidance; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing the 
final License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance (LR-ISG), LR-ISG-2013-01, 
``Aging Management of Loss of Coating or Lining Integrity for Internal 
Coatings/Linings on In-Scope Piping, Piping Components, Heat 
Exchangers, and Tanks.'' This LR-ISG provides changes to NRC staff-
recommended aging management programs (AMPs), aging management review 
(AMR) items, and definitions in NUREG-1801, Revision 2, ``Generic Aging 
Lessons Learned (GALL) Report,'' and the NRC staff's Final Safety 
Analysis Report Supplement program descriptions and AMR items contained 
in NUREG-1800, Revision 2, ``Standard Review Plan for Review of License 
Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants'' (SRP-LR).

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0004 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0004. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the NRC 
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections. 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 final LR-ISG-2013-01 is available 
electronically in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14225A059. The SRP-LR and 
GALL Report are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML103490036 and 
ML103490041, respectively.
     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.
     NRC's Interim Staff Guidance Web site: LR-ISG documents 
are also available online under the ``License Renewal'' heading at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/isg/license-renewal.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Holston, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-8573; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background

    The NRC issues LR-ISGs to communicate insights and lessons learned 
and to address emergent issues not covered in license renewal guidance 
documents, such as the GALL Report and SRP-LR. In this way, the NRC 
staff and stakeholders may use the guidance in an LR-ISG document 
before it is incorporated into a formal license renewal guidance 
document revision. The NRC staff issues LR-ISGs in accordance with the 
LR-ISG Process, Revision 2 (ADAMS Accession No. ML100920158), for which 
a notice of availability was published in the Federal Register on June 
22, 2010 (75 FR 35510).
    The NRC staff has developed LR-ISG-2013-01 to address loss of 
coating or lining integrity for internal coatings applied to the 
internal surfaces of piping, piping components, heat exchangers, and 
tanks within the scope of license renewal. On January 10, 2014 (79 FR 
1904), the NRC requested public comments on draft LR-ISG-2013-01 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML13262A442).
    These changes address new recommendations related to managing loss 
of coating integrity for coatings applied to the internal surfaces of 
piping, piping components, heat exchangers, and tanks within the scope 
of part 54 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 
``Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power 
Plants.'' The NRC published Revision 2 of the SRP-LR and the GALL 
Report in December 2010, and they are available in ADAMS under 
Accession Nos. ML103490036 and ML103490041, respectively.
    The NRC received comments from the Nuclear Energy Institute by 
letter dated February 24, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14058A181), and 
Daniel L. Cox, PE, by letter dated February 7, 2014 (ADAMS Accession 
No. ML14055A250). No other comments were submitted. The NRC considered 
these comments in developing the final LR-ISG. Detailed responses to 
the comments can be found in Appendix E of the final LR-ISG.
    The final LR-ISG-2013-01 is approved for NRC staff and stakeholder 
use and will be incorporated into NRC's next formal license renewal 
guidance document revision.

Backfitting and Issue Finality

    Issuance of this final LR-ISG 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, 
``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.'' 
As discussed in the ``Backfitting and Issue Finality'' section of the 
final LR-ISG-2013-01, the LR-ISG is directed to holders of operating 
licenses or combined licenses who are currently in the license renewal 
process. The LR-ISG is not directed to holders of operating licenses or 
combined licenses until they apply for license renewal. The LR-ISG is 
also not directed to licensees who already hold renewed operating or 
combined licenses.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of November, 2014.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher G. Miller,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
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