[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41885-41886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17588]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 52

[NRC-2015-0224]
RIN 3150-AJ67


Advanced Power Reactor 1400 (APR1400) Design Certification

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the 
effective date of September 19, 2019, for the direct final rule that 
was published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2019. This direct 
final rule amended NRC's regulations to certify the Advanced Power 
Reactor 1400 standard

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design so that applicants or licensees intending to construct and 
operate an Advanced Power Reactor 1400 standard design may do so by 
referencing the design certification rule.

DATES: Effective date: The effective date of September 19, 2019, for 
the direct final rule published May 22, 2019 (84 FR 23439), is 
confirmed.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0224 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0224. 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 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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected].
     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: Yanely Malave-Velez, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-1519, email: 
[email protected] or William Ward, Office of New Reactors, 
telephone: 301-415-7038, email: [email protected]. Both are staff of 
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 22, 2019 (84 FR 23439), the NRC 
published a direct final rule amending its regulations in part 52 of 
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, ``Domestic Licensing of 
Production and Utilization Facilities,'' to certify the APR1400 
standard design so that applicants or licensees intending to construct 
and operate an APR1400 design may do so by referencing the design 
certification rule. In the direct final rule, the NRC stated that if no 
significant adverse comments were received, the direct final rule would 
become effective on September 19, 2019. The NRC received one comment on 
the direct final rule from Jeffrey A. Ciocco, available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML19176A175.
    The comment was in favor of the design certification and determined 
to not be significant and adverse. Because no significant adverse 
comments were received, the direct final rule will become effective as 
scheduled.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

    The direct final rule contains a new or amended collection of 
information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.). On July 2, 2019, NRC submitted the collection of 
information (3150-0236) to the Office of Management and Budget for 
review and approval. NRC will publish a separate notice in the Federal 
Register with the effective date of the information collection.

Public Protection Notification

    The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to a collection of information unless the document requesting 
or requiring the collection displays a currently valid OMB control 
number.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of August 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, Division of 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2019-17588 Filed 8-15-19; 8:45 am]
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