[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8329-8330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02407]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 7, 2024 /
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 50 and 52
[NRC-2023-0089]
Regulatory Guide: Guidelines for Lightning Protection for
Production and Utilization Facilities
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Final guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide (RG), 1.204, ``Guidelines for Lightning
Protection for Production and Utilization Facilities.'' This regulatory
guide (RG) revision endorses, with clarifications and exceptions, the
methods described in four Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) Standards (Std.). This revision also addresses one
National Fire Protection Association standard and one Underwriters
Laboratory standard as useful secondary references for demonstrating
compliance with the applicable NRC regulations for adequate lightning
protection of safety-related systems, structures, and components.
DATES: Revision 1 to RG 1.204 is available on February 7, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0089 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-2023-0089. 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, at 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: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 1 to RG 1.204 and the regulatory analysis may be found in
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML23241A957 and ML22208A234, respectively.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Hardin, telephone: (301) 415-2181;
email: [email protected] and James Steckel, telephone: (301) 415-1026;
email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research at 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 1 to RG 1.204 was issued with a temporary
identification of draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1409. Revision 0 of RG
1.204 was issued in November 2005 to endorse IEEE Std. 665-1995; IEEE
Std. 666-1991; IEEE Std. 1050-1996; and IEEE Std. C62.23-1995. The IEEE
standards 1050, 666 and C62.23 were revised in 2004, 2007 and 2017,
respectively. This revision updates the RG and endorses IEEE Std. 665-
1995, IEEE Std. 1050-2004; IEEE Std. 666-2007; and IEEE Std. C62.23-
2017, with certain clarifications. This revision also addresses one
National Fire Protection Association standard and one Underwriters
Laboratory standard as useful secondary references for demonstrating
compliance with the applicable NRC regulations for adequate lightning
protection of safety-related systems, structures, and components.
II. Additional Information
The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-1409 in the
Federal Register on May 3, 2023 (88 FR 27714) for a 30-day public
comment period. The public comment period closed on June 2, 2023.
Public comments on DG-1409 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available under ADAMS under Accession No. ML23241A965.
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 under 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
The NRC staff may use this RG as a reference in its regulatory
processes, such as licensing, inspection, or enforcement. However, the
NRC staff does not intend to use the guidance in this RG to support NRC
staff actions in a manner that would constitute backfitting as that
term is 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,'' nor does the NRC
staff
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intend to use the guidance to affect the issue finality of an approval
under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for
Nuclear Power Plants.'' The staff also does not intend to use the
guidance to support NRC staff actions in a manner that constitutes
forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 8.4. If a
licensee believes that the NRC is using this RG in a manner
inconsistent with the discussion in the Implementation section of the
RG, then the licensee may file a backfitting or forward fitting appeal
with the NRC in accordance with the process in MD 8.4.
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: February 1, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2024-02407 Filed 2-6-24; 8:45 am]
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