[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 23 (Thursday, February 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6055-6056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02122]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2015-0159]
LR-ISG-2015-01, Changes to Buried and Underground Piping and Tank
Recommendations
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-2015-01,
``Changes to Buried and Underground Piping and
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Tank Recommendations.'' This LR-ISG will replace NRC staff-recommended
aging management program (AMP) XI.M41, ``Buried and Underground Piping
and Tanks,'' and its associated Updated Final Safety Evaluation Report
(UFSAR) Summary Description in LR-ISG-2011-03, ``Changes to the Generic
Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report Revision 2 AMP XI.M41, `Buried and
Underground Piping and Tanks'.'' These changes address new
recommendations related to buried and underground piping and tanks
within the scope of the NRC's regulations for the renewal of operating
licenses for nuclear power plants.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0159 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-2015-0159. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone 301-415-3463;
email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the
individuals 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
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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
final LR-ISG-2015-01 is available electronically in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML15308A018.
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, telephone: 301-415-
8573; email: [email protected] or Brian Allik, telephone: 301-
415-1082; email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
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, NUREG-1801, Rev. 2 (Dec. 2010), and
the Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for
Nuclear Power Plants (SRP-LR), NUREG-1800, Rev. 2 (Dec. 2010), which
are available under ADAMS Accession Nos. ML103490041 and ML103490036,
respectively. 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-2015-01 to address new
recommendations related to buried and underground piping 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.''
On June 29, 2015, (80 FR 37028) the NRC requested public comments
on draft LR-ISG-2015-01 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15125A377).
The NRC received comments from the Nuclear Energy Institute by
letter dated August 6, 2015, (ADAMS Accession No. ML15225A076), Hank
Kleinfelder by letter dated August 6, 2015, (ADAMS Accession No.
ML15225A077), Anonymous by letter dated August 7, 2015, (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15225A078), Kevin Anstee for Entergy--River Bend
Station by letter dated August 10, 2015, (ADAMS Accession No.
ML15244A392), and Steven Daily by letter dated August 10, 2015, (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15244A391). 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 D of the final LR-
ISG.
The final LR-ISG-2015-01 is approved for NRC staff and stakeholder
use and will be incorporated into the NRC's next formal license renewal
guidance document revision.
Congressional Review Act
This ISG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5
U.S.C. 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.
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-2015-01, 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. However, the NRC could also use the LR-ISG in
evaluating voluntary, licensee-initiated changes to previously approved
aging management programs.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of January, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jane E. Marshall,
Deputy Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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