[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28158-28159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10945]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0096]


Control of Heavy Loads at Nuclear Facilities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 4, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
solicited comments on draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1381, ``Control 
of Heavy Loads at Nuclear Facilities.'' The public comment period was 
originally scheduled to close on June 3, 2021. The NRC has decided to 
extend the public comment period to allow more time for members of the 
public to develop and submit their comments.

DATES: The due date for comments requested in the document published on 
May 4, 2021 (86 FR 23750) is extended another 30 days. Comments should 
be filed no later than July 5, 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.

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-2021-0096. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [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: Steven R. Jones, Office of Nuclear

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Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2712, email: 
[email protected]; or Stanley Gardocki, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, telephone: 301-415-1067, email: [email protected]. 
Both are staff of the 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-2021-0096 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-2021-0096.
     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-2021-0096 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 will post 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.
    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 May 4, 2021, the NRC published a document in the Federal 
Register (86 FR 23750) requesting comments on DG-1381, ``Control of 
Heavy Loads at Nuclear Facilities.'' This DG is a proposed new 
regulatory guide to endorse selected national consensus standards 
related to heavy load handling that replace NRC technical reports. The 
national consensus standards provide greater flexibility in the 
selection of lifting equipment and have incorporated recent operating 
experience to provide a more accurate risk-informed perspective of 
heavy load handling activities. This is a new regulatory guide 
incorporating guidance for risk-informing heavy load handling 
activities. The public comment period was originally scheduled to close 
on June 3, 2021. Upon the request of industry, specifically Nuclear 
Energy Institute, the NRC has decided to extend the public comment 
period on this document until July 5, 2021, to allow more time for 
members of the public to submit their comments.

    Dated: May 19, 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. 2021-10945 Filed 5-24-21; 8:45 am]
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