[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 31 (Thursday, February 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10133-10134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03220]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2020-0245]


Environmental Qualification of Certain Electrical Equipment 
Important to Safety for Nuclear Power Plants

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment; reopening of 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: On December 17, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) solicited comments on draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1361, 
``Environmental Qualification of Certain Electrical Equipment Important 
to Safety for Nuclear Power Plants.'' The public comment period closed 
on February 16, 2021. The NRC has decided to reopen the public comment 
period for an additional 60 days to allow more time for members of the 
public to develop and submit their comments.

DATES: The comment period for the document published on December 17, 
2020 (85 FR 81958) has been reopened. Comments should be filed no later 
than April 19, 2021. Comments received after this date will be 
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to 
ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. 
Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in connection 
with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed or 
improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking website:
     Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0245. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; e-mail: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
     Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Eudy, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3104, email: 
[email protected], or Matthew McConnell, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, telephone: 301-415-1597, email: [email protected], 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0245 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-2020-0245.
     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 [email protected].
     Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request 
to the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 
301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2020-0245 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove 
identifying or contact information.

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    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    On December 17, 2020, the NRC solicited comments on DG-1361. The 
public comment period closed on February 16, 2021. DG-1361 is proposed 
revision 2 of regulatory guide (RG) 1.89 of the same name. The proposed 
revision describes an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the 
NRC to meet regulatory requirements for environmental qualification of 
certain electric equipment important to safety for nuclear power 
plants. The previous revision of RG 1.89 was issued in June 1984 and 
endorsed the use of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 
(IEEE) Standard (Std.) 323-1974. This proposed revision incorporates 
additional information regarding the dual logo International 
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)/IEEE Std. 60780-323, ``Nuclear 
Facilities--Electrical Equipment Important to Safety--Qualification,'' 
Edition 1, 2016-02. The NRC received two requests to extend the public 
comment period (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML20142A003 and ML21041A128), but 
the agency was unable to extend the comment period before the close of 
the comment period. The NRC has decided to reopen the public comment 
period for an additional 60 days to allow more time for members of the 
public to develop and submit their comments.

    Dated: February 11, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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