[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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