[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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