[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8666-8667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03593]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 50
[NRC-2011-0088]
RIN 3150-AI97
Incorporation by Reference of American Society of Mechanical
Engineers Codes and Code Cases
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to hold a
public meeting to discuss proposed amendments to its regulations to
incorporate by reference seven recent editions and addenda to the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) codes for nuclear power
plants, an ASME standard for quality assurance, and four ASME code
cases. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss public comments on the
proposed rule, in order to enhance the NRC's understanding of the
comments.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on March 2, 2016. See Section
II, Public Meeting, of this document for more information on the
meeting.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0088 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this meeting. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this meeting using
any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0088. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents 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].
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer C. Tobin, telephone: 301-415-
2328, email: [email protected] or Keith Hoffman, telephone: 301-
415-1294, email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On September 18, 2015 (80 FR 56820), the NRC published for public
comment a proposed rule to amend its regulations in Sec. 50.55a of
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). The public
comment period for the proposed rule closed on December 2, 2015. The
goal of this rulemaking is to revise the NRC's regulations to
incorporate by reference seven recent editions and addenda to the ASME
codes for nuclear power plants and an ASME standard for quality
assurance. The NRC is also proposing to incorporate by reference four
ASME code cases.
II. Public Meeting
The NRC plans to hold the public meeting on March 2, 2016, from
1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EST). Participation will be via teleconference
and Webinar only. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss public
comments on the proposed rule in order to enhance the NRC's
understanding of the associated comments. Stakeholders will have an
opportunity to ask questions and seek clarification from the NRC staff
about the proposed rule. The NRC will consider the information
developed at the meeting in developing the final rule. The final
rulemaking will not include formal comment responses to any oral
comments made at this meeting. In addition, the NRC is not providing an
additional opportunity to submit written public comments in connection
with this meeting.
Information for the teleconference and Webinar is available in the
meeting notice, which can be accessed through the NRC's public Web site
at: http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg.
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Participants must register at the Internet link in the meeting notice
to participate in the Webinar.
Additional details regarding the meeting will be posted at least 10
days prior to the public meeting on the NRC's public meeting Web site
at: http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of February 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lawrence E. Kokajko,
Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-03593 Filed 2-19-16; 8:45 am]
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