[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29120-29121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13161]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2016-0133]
Dedication of Commercial-Grade Items for Use in Nuclear Power
Plants
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
Revision 0 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.164, ``Dedication of Commercial-
Grade Items for Use in Nuclear Power Plants'' This RG provides new
guidance that describes methods that the NRC staff considers acceptable
in meeting regulatory requirements for dedication of commercial-grade
items used in nuclear power plants.
DATES: Revision 0 to RG 1.164 is available on June 27, 2017.
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ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0133 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-2016-0133. 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 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
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this
document. Revision 0 to RG 1.164 and the regulatory analysis may be
found in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML17041A206 and ML15313A423,
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Ortega-Luciano, Office of New
Reactors, telephone: 301-415-1159, email: [email protected] and Stephen Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research, telephone: 301-415-7000, email: [email protected]. Both
are staff members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC is issuing a new guide in the NRC's ``Regulatory Guide''
series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the
public information regarding methods that are acceptable to the NRC
staff for implementing specific parts of the agency's regulations,
techniques that the NRC staff uses in evaluating specific issues or
postulated events, and data that the NRC staff needs in its review of
applications for permits and licenses.
Revision 0 of RG 1.164 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17041A206) was issued
with a temporary identification of Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1292
(ADAMS Accession No. ML15313A425). This RG proposes new guidance that
describes methods that the NRC staff considers acceptable in meeting
regulatory requirements for dedication of commercial-grade items used
in nuclear power plants.
II. Additional Information
The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-1292 in the
Federal Register on July 8, 2016 (81 FR 44670), for a 60-day public
comment period. The public comment period closed on September 6, 2016.
Public comments on DG-1292 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available under ADAMS under Accession No. ML17041A202.
III. Congressional Review Act
This RG 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.
IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality
Regulatory Guide 1.164, Revision 0, describes a method that the
staff of the NRC considers acceptable for dedication of commercial-
grade items for use in nuclear power plants. Issuance of this RG does
not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit
Rule) and is not otherwise be inconsistent with the issue finality
provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As discussed in the ``Implementation''
section of this RG, the NRC has no current intention to impose this RG
on holders of current operating licenses or combined licenses.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of June 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Edward O'Donnell,
Acting Chief Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2017-13161 Filed 6-26-17; 8:45 am]
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