[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 145 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16343]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2015-0220]
Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
Revision 6 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.29, ``Seismic Design
Classification for Nuclear Power Plants.'' This RG describes a method
that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for use in identifying
and classifying those features of light-water-reactor nuclear power
plants that must be designed to withstand the effects of the safe-
shutdown earthquake. Revision 6 corrects a minor error in the numbering
of the elements in Section C, ``Staff Regulatory Guidance.''
DATES: RG 1.29 is available on August 2, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0220 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-2015-0220. 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.
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.
Revision 6 to RG 1.29 and the regulatory analysis may be found in
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML21155A003 and ML21155A004, respectively.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yuken Wong, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, telephone: 301-415-0500, email: [email protected] and
Edward O'Donnell, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone:
301-415-3317, email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the
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.
II. Additional Information
RG 1.29, Revision 6 corrects a minor error in the numbering within
the Section C, ``Staff Regulatory Guidance.'' What was C.1.i became
C.2. This results in C.2 becoming C.3 and C.3 became C.4. In addition,
RG 1.29 was reformatted to conform with the current template for
Regulatory Guides.
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 and Issue Finality
Issuance of RG 1.29 does 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''; constitute forward fitting as that term is
defined and described in MD 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 would not be required to comply with
the positions set forth in this RG.
Dated: July 27, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2021-16343 Filed 7-30-21; 8:45 am]
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