[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 145 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41525-41526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16340]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2021-0147]
Evaluations of Explosions Postulated To Occur at Nearby
Facilities and on Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment draft regulatory guide (DG)-1388, ``Evaluations of
Explosions Postulated to Occur at Nearby Facilities and on
Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants.'' This DG is proposed
Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.91. RG 1.91 describes methods
that the NRC finds acceptable for applicants and licensees of nuclear
power reactors to use in evaluating postulated accidental explosions at
nearby facilities and transportation routes.
DATES: Submit comments by September 1, 2021. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC
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-2021-0147. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
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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], Ronaldo Jenkins, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research, telephone: 301-415-6978, email: [email protected], and
Kenneth See, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-
1508, email: [email protected]. They are all 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-2021-0147 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-2021-0147.
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]. The ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first
time that it is mentioned in this document.
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. (ET), 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-2021-0147 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. Additional Information
The NRC is issuing for public comment a DG 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
NRC's regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating
specific issues or postulated events, and data that the staff needs in
its review of applications for permits and licenses.
This proposed Revision 3 to RG 1.91, entitled ``Evaluations of
Explosions Postulated to Occur at Nearby Facilities and on
Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants,'' is temporarily
identified by its task number, DG-1388 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML21105A439). The staff is also issuing for public comment a draft
regulatory analysis (ADAMS Accession No. ML21105A438).
The NRC published Revision 2 of RG 1.91, ``Evaluations of
Explosions Postulated to Occur on Transportation Routes near Nuclear
Power Plants,'' in April 2013 to provide licensees and applicants with
agency-approved guidance regarding methods acceptable to the NRC staff
for determining if the risk of damage at the site caused by an
accidental explosion at a nearby facility or on a transportation route
is sufficiently high to warrant a detailed investigation to ensure
safety-related systems, structures, and components are unaffected. The
current version of RG 1.91 (Revision 2) does not reflect the changes
and updates with respect to the following NRC report or current
methodologies as appropriate.
This proposed revision (Revision 3) reflects updates with
information pertinent to addressing the recommendations of the NRC
report entitled, ``Report of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Expert Evaluation Team on Concerns Pertaining to Gas Transmission Lines
Near the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.'' (ADAMS Accession No.
ML20100F635) issued in April 2020 and current methodologies as
appropriate.
III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality
DG-1388, if finalized, would not constitute backfitting as defined
in section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR), ``Backfitting,'' and as described in NRC Management Directive
(MD) 8.4, ``Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality,
and Information Requests'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML18093B087); would not
constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD
8.4; and would not affect the issue finality of any approval issued
under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certificates, and Approvals for
Nuclear Power Plants.'' As explained in DG-1388, applicants and
licensees are not required to comply with the positions set forth in
DG-1388.
Dated: July 27, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Programs, Management Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2021-16340 Filed 7-30-21; 8:45 am]
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