[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60580-60581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16357]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 50, 52, and 100

[NRC-2024-0110]


Draft Regulatory Guides: Design-Basis Floods for Nuclear Power 
Plants and Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards Due to Water 
Control Structure Failures and Incidents

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft guides; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 15, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
solicited comments on two related draft Regulatory Guides (DG) namely 
DG-1290, Revision 1, ``Design Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants,'' 
proposed Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.59 of the same name and 
DG-1417, ``Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards due to Water 
Control Structure Failures and Incidents,'' proposed new RG 1.256. The 
public comment period was originally scheduled to close on August 14, 
2024. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to allow 
more time for members of the public to develop and submit their 
comments.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on 
July 15, 2024 (89 FR 57372) is extended. Comments should be submitted 
no later than September 13, 2024. Comments received after this date 
will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is 
able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date.

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-2024-0110. 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: Edward O'Donnell, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3317; email: 
Edward.O'[email protected] and Joseph Kanney, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-414-1508; 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-2024-0110 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-2024-0110.
     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].
     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.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2024-0110 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. Discussion

    On July 15, 2024, the NRC solicited comments on two related draft 
Regulatory Guides namely DG-1290, Revision 1, ``Design-Basis Floods for 
Nuclear Power Plants'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML23320A025) and DG-1417 
``Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards due to Water Control 
Structure Failures and Incidents'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML22278A110). 
DG-1290 is proposed Revision 3 of RG 1.59 of the same name and DG-1417 
is proposed new RG 1.256. DG-1290 provides guidance for applicants for 
new nuclear power plants on acceptable methods for evaluating design-
basis floods and DG-1417 provides guidance for applicants on flooding 
hazards due to failure or other incidents at man-made water control 
structures including, but not limited to, dams and levees. The public 
comment period was originally scheduled to close on August 14, 2024. 
The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period on these 
documents until September 13,

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2024, to allow more time for members of the public to submit their 
comments.
    As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671), 
this document is being published in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of 
the Federal Register to comply with publication requirements under 
chapter I of title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

III. 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 Regulatory Guide (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: July 19, 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. 2024-16357 Filed 7-25-24; 8:45 am]
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