[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36963-36964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16068]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2019-0153]
Standard Format and Content of License Termination Plans for
Nuclear Power Reactors
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.179, ``Standard Format and
Content of License Termination Plans for Nuclear Power Reactors.'' This
RG (Revision 2) provides general procedures acceptable to the NRC staff
for the preparation of license termination plans (LTPs) for nuclear
power reactors. This RG also describes the acceptable format and
content of LTPs for nuclear power reactor licensees to terminate their
licenses and release their sites. Revision 2 does not contain
substantive changes in the NRC staff's regulatory guidance since
Revision 1 was issued. It provides updated references, minor
corrections, and other editorial changes.
DATES: Revision 2 to RG 1.179 is available on July 30, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0153 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document,
using the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0153. Address
questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges
Roman; telephone: 301-287-9127; 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 Document collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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 in this notice (if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.
Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 1.179 may be found in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML19128A067.
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.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Giebel, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-5526, email:
[email protected], and Harriet Karagiannis, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-2493, email:
[email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing 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.
The NRC typically seeks public comment on a draft version of a
regulatory guide by announcing its availability for comment in the
Federal Register. However, the NRC may directly issue a final
regulatory guide without a draft version or public comment period if
the changes to the regulatory guide are non-substantive.
The NRC is issuing Revision 2 of RG 1.179 directly as a final RG
because the changes are non-substantive. Revision 2 of RG 1.179
incorporates updated references, minor corrections, and other editorial
changes to be aligned with NUREG-1700, ``Standard Review Plan for
Evaluating Nuclear Power Reactor License Termination Plans,'' Revision
2, issued April 2018. The changes in Revision 2 of the RG are
administrative in nature. The changes are intended to improve clarity
and do not substantially alter the NRC staff's regulatory guidance for
the acceptable format and content of LTPs for nuclear power reactor
licensees.
II. Backfitting and Issue Finality
Issuance of this regulatory guide does not constitute backfitting
as defined in
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title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.109,
``Backfitting'' (the Backfit Rule), and is not otherwise inconsistent
with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As discussed in
the ``Implementation'' section of RG 1.179, revision 2, the NRC has no
current intention to impose the RG on current holders of an operating
license or combined license.
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. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides
Revision 2 of RG 1.179 is being issued without public comment.
However, you may at any time submit suggestions to the NRC for
improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs to
address new issues. Suggestions can be submitted by the form available
online at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. Suggestions will be considered in future updates and
enhancements of the RG.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of July 2019.
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. 2019-16068 Filed 7-29-19; 8:45 am]
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