[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35827-35828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16153]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2017-0154]


Clarification on Endorsement of Nuclear Energy Institute Guidance 
in Designing Digital Upgrades in Instrumentation and Control Systems

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; request for comment and public 
meeting; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 3, 2017, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
solicited comments on ``Clarification on Endorsement of Nuclear Energy 
Institute Guidance in Designing Digital Upgrades in Instrumentation and 
Control Systems.'' The public comment period was originally scheduled 
to close on August 2, 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 
July 3, 2017 (82 FR 30913) is extended. Comments should be filed no 
later than August 16, 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:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0154. 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: TWFN- 8- D36M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tekia Govan, telephone: 301-415-6197, 
email: [email protected], or Jason Drake, telephone: 301-415-8378, 
email: [email protected]. Both are staff members of the Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 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-2017-0154 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-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-2017-0154.
     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 
draft RIS, ``NRC Draft Regulatory Issue Summary 2017-XX Supplement to 
RIS 2002-22,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17102B507.
     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-2017-0154 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 posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering 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 July 3, 2017, the NRC solicited comments on ``Clarification on 
Endorsement of Nuclear Energy Institute Guidance in Designing Digital 
Upgrades in Instrumentation and Control Systems.'' The purpose of the 
RIS is clarify the endorsed NEI 01-01 guidance regarding licensee 
upgrades to digital instrumentation and control systems. The public 
comment period was

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originally scheduled to close on August 2, 2017. The NRC has decided to 
extend the public comment period on this document until August 16, 
2017, to allow more time for members of the public to submit their 
comments.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of July, 2017.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alexander D. Garmoe,
Acting Chief, Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2017-16153 Filed 7-31-17; 8:45 am]
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