[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 104 (Friday, May 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32426-32427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11515]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2019-0100]


Safety Related Concrete Structures for Nuclear Power Plants 
(Other Than Reactor Vessels and Containments)

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.142, ``Safety Related Structures 
for Nuclear Power Plants (Other than Reactor Vessels and 
Containments).'' The guide was revised to endorse an updated version of 
American Concrete Institute code (ACI) 349-2013, ``Code Requirements 
for Nuclear Safety-Related Concrete Structures and Commentary.''

DATES: Revision 3 to RG 1.142 is available on May 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0100 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0100. Address 
questions about NRC dockets IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: nrc.gov">Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. 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, 301-415-4737, or 
by email to nrc.gov">pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
    Revision 3 to RG 1.142 and the regulatory analysis may be found in 
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML20141L613 and ML16172A239, respectively.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madhumita Sircar, telephone: 301-415-
1804; email: nrc.gov">Madhumita.Sircar@nrc.gov, and Edward O'Donnell, telephone: 
301-415-3317; email: Edward.Odonnell@

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nrc.gov. Both are staff members of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, 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.
    Revision 3 of RG 1.142 was issued with a temporary identification 
of Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1283. This revision (Revision 3) of RG 
1.142 endorses, with certain exceptions, American Concrete Institute 
(ACI) 349-13, ``Code Requirements for Nuclear Safety-Related Concrete 
Structures and Commentary,'' except for Appendix D, ``Anchoring to 
Concrete.'' Appendix D to ACI 349-13 is addressed by RG 1.199, 
``Anchoring Components and Structural Supports in Concrete.''

II. Additional Information

    The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-1283 in the 
Federal Register on April 23, 2019 (84 FR 16897) for a 60-day public 
comment period. The public comment period closed on June 24, 2019. 
Public comments on DG-1283 and the staff responses to the public 
comments are available under ADAMS under Accession No. ML20141L614.

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. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality

    Issuance of this regulatory guide does not constitute backfitting 
as defined in title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 
section 50.109, ``Backfitting,'' and as described in NRC Management 
Directive 8.4, ``Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue 
Finality, and Information Requests''; constitute forward fitting as 
that term is defined and described in Management Directive 8.4; or 
affect issue finality of any approval issued under 10 CFR part 52, 
``Licenses, Certificates, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.'' As 
explained in this regulatory guide, applicants and licensees are not 
required to comply with the positions set forth in this regulatory 
guide.

    Dated: May 22, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Edward F. O'Donnell,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division 
of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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