[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 153 (Thursday, August 12, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 44262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17115]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 52
[NRC-2017-0090]
RIN 3150-AK04
Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) Design Certification
Renewal
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the
effective date of September 29, 2021, for the direct final rule that
was published in the Federal Register on July 1, 2021. This direct
final rule amended NRC's regulations to certify the U.S. Advanced
Boiling Water Reactor standard design so that applicants intending to
construct and operate an U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor standard
design may do so by referencing the design certification rule.
DATES: Effective date: The effective date of September 29, 2021, for
the direct final rule published July 1, 2021 (86 FR 34905), is
confirmed.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0090 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-2017-0090. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Dawn Forder; telephone: 301-415-3463;
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, at 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
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room P1-B35, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Andrukat, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-3561, email:
[email protected] or James Shea, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, telephone: 301-415-1388, email: [email protected]. Both
are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 1, 2021 (86 FR 34905), the NRC
published a direct final rule amending its regulations in part 52 of
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, ``Domestic licensing of
production and utilization facilities,'' to renew the design
certification for the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (U.S. ABWR)
standard design so that future applicants intending to construct and
operate the renewed U.S. ABWR design may do so by referencing the
design certification rule. In the direct final rule, the NRC stated
that if no significant adverse comments were received, the direct final
rule would become effective on September 29, 2021. The NRC did not
receive any comments on the direct final rule. Therefore, this direct
final rule will become effective as scheduled.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
This final rule does not contain any new or amended collections of
information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.). Existing collections of information were approved by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), control number 3150-0151. The
effective date of the information collection associated with this final
rule is September 29, 2021.
Public Protection Notification
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless the document requesting
or requiring the collection displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Dated August 6, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Richard F. Schofer,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch,
Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2021-17115 Filed 8-11-21; 8:45 am]
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