[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 The guide is being withdrawn because its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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