[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 8958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02073]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2016-0233]
Pressurized Water Reactor Control Rod Ejection and Boiling Water
Reactor Control Rod Drop Accidents
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On November 21, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) solicited comments on draft regulatory guide (DG) DG-1327,
``Pressurized Water Reactor Control Rod Ejection and Boiling Water
Reactor Control Rod Drop Accidents.'' The public comment period was
originally scheduled to close on February 21, 2017. The NRC has decided
to extend the public comment period to allow more time for members of
the public to develop and submit their comments.
DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on
November 21, 2016 (81 FR 83288), is extended. Comments should be filed
no later than April 21, 2017. Comments received after this date will be
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to
ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specified subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0233. 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.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: OWFN-12H-08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Clifford, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-4043, email:
[email protected] and Edward O'Donnell, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3317, email:
[email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0233 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this action. You may
obtain publically-available information related to this action, by any
of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0233.
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]. The
DG is electronically available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML16124A200.
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.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2016-0233 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information
that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment
submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enters the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
On November 21, 2016, the NRC solicited comments on draft
regulatory guide (DG) DG-1327, ``Pressurized Water Reactor Control Rod
Ejection and Boiling Water Reactor Control Rod Drop Accidents.'' The
public comment period was originally scheduled to close on February 21,
2017. Because this DG proposes new guidance for analyzing accidents
such as control rod ejection for pressurized water reactors and control
rod drop for boiling-water reactors, the NRC has decided to extend the
public comment period to allow more time for members of the public to
develop and submit their comments. The NRC has decided to extend the
public comment period on this document until April 21, 2017, to allow
more time for members of the public to submit their comments.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of January, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2017-02073 Filed 1-31-17; 8:45 am]
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