[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 23, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 66464-66465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25260]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 50
[NRC-2021-0194]
Guidance for Implementation of 10 CFR 50.59, ``Changes, Tests and
Experiments,'' at Non-Power Production or Utilization Facilities
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 a draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-2007, ``Guidance for
Implementation of 10 CFR 50.59, ``Changes, Tests and Experiments,'' at
Non-power Production or Utilization Facilities.'' This DG describes an
approach that is acceptable to the NRC staff to meet the regulatory
requirements ``Changes, tests and experiments,'' at a nonpower
production and utilization facility (NPUF), as defined in the DG.
DATES: Submit comments by December 23, 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-2021-0194. 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: Michael Eudy, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3104, email:
[email protected] and Duane Hardesty, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, telephone: 301-415-3724, 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-2021-0194 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:
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Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0194.
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].
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR),
Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an
email to [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-2021-0194 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
methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific
parts of the agency's regulations, to explain techniques that the staff
uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to
describe information that the staff needs in its review of applications
for permits and licenses.
The DG, entitled ``Guidance for Implementation of 10 CFR 50.59,
``Changes, Tests and Experiments,'' at Non-power Production or
Utilization Facilities,'' is temporarily identified by its task number,
DG-2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21243A103).
This DG, if finalized, would describe an approach that is
acceptable to the staff of the NRC to meet the regulatory requirements
of Sec. 50.59 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
at NPUFs, as defined in the DG. It would endorse, with clarifications
and an exception, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 21-06, ``Guidelines
for 10 CFR 50.59 Implementation at Non-power Production and Utilization
Facilities,'' issued August 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21236A089).
The staff is also issuing for public comment a draft regulatory
analysis (ADAMS Accession No. ML21243A104) for DG-1389. The staff
developed the regulatory analysis to assess the value of issuing DG-
2007 as well as alternative courses of action.
III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality
The issuance of this DG, if finalized, would not constitute
backfitting, as that term is defined in 10 CFR 50.109, ``Backfitting,''
because Sec. 50.109 does not apply to research reactors, testing
facilities, and other non-power facilities licensed under 10 CFR part
50, as documented in the preamble to the proposed rule, ``Non-Power
Production or Utilization Facility License Renewal'' (82 FR 15643;
March 30, 2017).
Dated: November 15, 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. 2021-25260 Filed 11-22-21; 8:45 am]
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