[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10198-10199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03436]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2019-0111]


Restart of a Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down by an Earthquake

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory guide; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing 
regulatory guide (RG), RG 1.167 ``Restart of a Nuclear Power Plant Shut 
Down by an Earthquake.'' The guide is being withdrawn because its 
guidance has been incorporated into a related guide, namely RG 1.166 
``Pre-Earthquake Planning, Shutdown, and Restart of a Nuclear Power 
Plant Following an Earthquake.''

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DATES: The effective date of the withdrawal of RG 1.167 is February 21, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0111 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 Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0111. Address 
questions about NRC dockets IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individual(s) 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 ``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 available in ADAMS) is provided the first 
time that a document is referenced. The basis for withdrawal of RG 
1.167 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19266A631.
     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: Vladimir Graizer, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2380, email: 
[email protected]; Thomas Weaver, telephone: 301-415-2383, 
email: [email protected]; and Edward.O'Donnell, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3317, email: Edward 
O'[email protected]. All are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    Regulatory guides may be withdrawn by the NRC when their guidance 
no longer provides useful information, or is superseded by 
technological innovations, congressional actions, or other events. The 
NRC is withdrawing RG 1.167 because its guidance has been incorporated 
into RG 1.166, ``Pre-Earthquake Planning, Shutdown, and Restart of a 
Nuclear Power Plant Following an Earthquake'' (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML19266A616).

II. Further Information

    The withdrawal of RG 1.167 does not alter any prior or existing NRC 
licensing approval or the acceptability of licensee commitments to this 
RG. Although RG 1.167 is withdrawn, current licensees may continue to 
use it, and withdrawal does not affect any existing licenses or 
agreements. However, by withdrawing RG 1.167, the NRC no longer 
approves the guidance in this RG for use in future requests or 
applications for NRC licensing actions.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of February 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stanley J. Gardocki,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division 
of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2020-03436 Filed 2-20-20; 8:45 am]
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