[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 21, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 39995-39996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13143]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 50 and 52

[NRC-2023-0028]


Regulatory Guide: Sizing Large Lead-Acid Storage Batteries

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final guide; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.212, ``Sizing Large Lead-Acid 
Storage Batteries''. This RG describes an approach that is acceptable 
to the staff of the NRC to meet regulatory requirements for sizing 
large lead-acid storage batteries for production and utilization 
facilities.

DATES: Revision 2 to RG 1.212 is available on June 21, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0028 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-2023-0028. 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.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's 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 
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.
    Revision 2 to RG 1.212 and the regulatory analysis may be found in 
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML23118A344 and ML22307A144, respectively.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Eudy, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3104; email: 
[email protected] and Liliana Ramadan, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2463; 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 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 proposed Revision 2 to RG 1.212 was issued with a temporary 
identification of Draft Regulatory Guide, (DG)-1418. This revision of 
the RG (Revision 2) endorses, with some limitations and a 
clarification, IEEE Std. 485-2020, ``IEEE Recommended Practice for 
Sizing Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications,'' and applies 
to production and utilization facilities licensed under parts 50 and 52 
of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) within the 
scope of this RG.

II. Additional Information

    The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-1418 in the 
Federal Register on March 6, 2023 (88 FR 13735) for a 30-day public 
comment period. The public comment period closed on April 5, 2023. 
Public comments on DG-1418 and the staff responses to the public 
comments are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23118A345.
    As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671), 
this document is being published in the ``Rules'' section of the 
Federal Register to comply with publication requirements in 1 CFR 
chapter I.

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, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality

    Issuance of RG 1.212, Revision 2, does not constitute backfitting 
as defined in 10 CFR 50.109, ``Backfitting,'' and as described in NRC 
Management Directive (MD) 8.4, ``Management of Backfitting, Forward 
Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests''; affect the issue 
finality of an approval issued under 10 CFR part 52; or constitute 
forward fitting as defined in MD 8.4 because, as explained in this RG, 
licensees are not required to comply with the positions set forth in 
this RG.

V. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides

    A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the 
NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs. 
Suggestions can be submitted on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. 
Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements to 
the ``Regulatory Guide'' series.

    Dated: June 15, 2023.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2023-13143 Filed 6-20-23; 8:45 am]
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