[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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