[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.
[FR Doc. 2021-03220 Filed 2-17-21; 8:45 am]
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