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the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
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Title of Collection: ‘‘National Science
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Physical Security Hardware—
Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and
Acceptance Criteria
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Standard review plan—final
section revision; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing a final
revision to Section 14.3.12, ‘‘Physical
Security Hardware—Inspections, Tests,
Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria
(ITAAC),’’ of NUREG–0800, ‘‘Standard
Review Plan (SRP) for the Review of
Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear
Power Plants: LWR Edition.’’
DATES: The effective date of this SRP
update is June 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2016–0126 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 Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2016–0126. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced in this notice (if
that document is available in ADAMS)
is provided the first time that a
document is referenced. The final
revision, previously issued draft
revision for public use and comment,
and redline strikeout comparing final
revision with draft revision are available
in ADAMS under the following
Accession Nos.: ML16320A125,
ML16032A050, and ML16342B303,
respectively.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Notich, Office of New Reactors,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–3053; email: Mark.Notich@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
On July 13, 2016 (81 FR 45312), the
NRC published for public comment a
proposed revision of Section 14.3.12,
‘‘Physical Security Hardware—
Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and
Acceptance Criteria,’’ of NUREG–0800,
‘‘Standard Review Plan (SRP) for the
Review of Safety Analysis Reports for
Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition.’’
The public comment period closed on
August 12, 2016. A summary of
comments received and the staff’s
disposition of the comments are
available in a separate document,
‘‘Response to Public Comments on Draft
Standard Review Plan, Section 14.3.12,
‘‘Physical Security Hardware—
Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and
Acceptance Criteria,’’ (ADAMS
Accession No. ML16320A193).
Subsequent to revising the text of SRP
Section 14.3.12 to address public
comments, the staff made an editorial
change to the introductory paragraph on
page 1 of this SRP Section. This edit did
not change the staff’s approach to
reviewing physical security information
in licensing applications.
II. Backfitting and Issue Finality
Chapter 14 of the SRP provides
guidance to the staff for initial test
program and ITAAC-design certification
under part 52 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR). Section
14.3.12 of the SRP provides guidance for
reviewing an application for an early
site permit, a standard design approval,
a standard design certification, a
combined license, and a manufacturing
license under 10 CFR part 52 with
respect to systems associated with
physical security.
Issuance of this SRP section revision
does not constitute backfitting as
defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit
Rule) nor is it inconsistent with the
issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part
52. The NRC’s position is based upon
the following considerations.
1. The SRP positions would not
constitute backfitting, inasmuch as the
SRP is internal guidance to NRC staff.
The SRP provides internal guidance
to the NRC staff on how to review an
application for NRC regulatory approval
in the form of licensing. Changes in
internal staff guidance are not matters
for which either nuclear power plant
applicants or licensees are protected
under either the Backfit Rule or the
issue finality provisions of 10 CFR part
52.
2. The NRC staff has no intention to
impose the SRP positions on existing
licensees either now or in the future.
The NRC staff does not intend to
impose or apply the positions described
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in the SRP to existing licenses and
regulatory approvals. Hence, the
issuance of this SRP—even if
considered guidance within the purview
of the issue finality provisions in 10
CFR part 52—does not need to be
evaluated as if it were a backfit or as
being inconsistent with issue finality
provisions. If, in the future, the NRC
staff seeks to impose a position in the
SRP on holders of already issued
licenses in a manner that does not
provide issue finality as described in the
applicable issue finality provision, then
the staff must make the showing as set
forth in the Backfit Rule or address the
criteria for avoiding issue finality as
described in the applicable issue finality
provision.
3. Backfitting and issue finality do
not—with limited exceptions not
applicable here—protect current or
future applicants.
Applicants and potential applicants
are not, with certain exceptions,
protected by either the Backfit Rule or
any issue finality provisions under 10
CFR part 52. Neither the Backfit Rule
nor the issue finality provisions under
10 CFR part 52—with certain
exclusions—were intended to apply to
every NRC action that substantially
changes the expectations of current and
future applicants.
The exceptions to the general
principle are applicable whenever an
applicant references a 10 CFR part 52
license (e.g., an early site permit) or
NRC regulatory approval (e.g., a design
certification rule) with specified issue
finality provisions. The NRC staff does
not, at this time, intend to impose the
positions represented in the SRP in a
manner that is inconsistent with any
issue finality provisions. If, in the
future, the staff seeks to impose a
position in the SRP section in a manner
that does not provide issue finality as
described in the applicable issue finality
provision, then the staff must address
the criteria for avoiding issue finality as
described in the applicable issue finality
provision.
III. Congressional Review Act
This action is not a rule as defined in
the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C.
801–808).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day
of May, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph Colaccino,
Chief, New Reactor Rulemaking and
Guidance Branch, Division of Engineering,
Infrastruture and Advanced Reactors, Office
of New Reactors.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a
final revision to Section 14.3.12, ``Physical Security Hardware--
Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC),'' of
NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan (SRP) for the Review of Safety
Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition.''
DATES: The effective date of this SRP update is June 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0126 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 Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0126. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual 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 ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and
then 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this notice (if
that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a
document is referenced. The final revision, previously issued draft
revision for public use and comment, and redline strikeout comparing
final revision with draft revision are available in ADAMS under the
following Accession Nos.: ML16320A125, ML16032A050, and ML16342B303,
respectively.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Notich, Office of New Reactors,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-3053; email: Mark.Notich@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On July 13, 2016 (81 FR 45312), the NRC published for public
comment a proposed revision of Section 14.3.12, ``Physical Security
Hardware--Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria,'' of
NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan (SRP) for the Review of Safety
Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition.'' The public
comment period closed on August 12, 2016. A summary of comments
received and the staff's disposition of the comments are available in a
separate document, ``Response to Public Comments on Draft Standard
Review Plan, Section 14.3.12, ``Physical Security Hardware--
Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria,'' (ADAMS
Accession No. ML16320A193). Subsequent to revising the text of SRP
Section 14.3.12 to address public comments, the staff made an editorial
change to the introductory paragraph on page 1 of this SRP Section.
This edit did not change the staff's approach to reviewing physical
security information in licensing applications.
II. Backfitting and Issue Finality
Chapter 14 of the SRP provides guidance to the staff for initial
test program and ITAAC-design certification under part 52 of title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). Section 14.3.12 of the SRP
provides guidance for reviewing an application for an early site
permit, a standard design approval, a standard design certification, a
combined license, and a manufacturing license under 10 CFR part 52 with
respect to systems associated with physical security.
Issuance of this SRP section revision does not constitute
backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) nor is it
inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. The
NRC's position is based upon the following considerations.
1. The SRP positions would not constitute backfitting, inasmuch as
the SRP is internal guidance to NRC staff.
The SRP provides internal guidance to the NRC staff on how to
review an application for NRC regulatory approval in the form of
licensing. Changes in internal staff guidance are not matters for which
either nuclear power plant applicants or licensees are protected under
either the Backfit Rule or the issue finality provisions of 10 CFR part
52.
2. The NRC staff has no intention to impose the SRP positions on
existing licensees either now or in the future.
The NRC staff does not intend to impose or apply the positions
described in the SRP to existing licenses and regulatory approvals.
Hence, the issuance of this SRP--even if considered guidance within the
purview of the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52--does not
need to be evaluated as if it were a backfit or as being inconsistent
with issue finality provisions. If, in the future, the NRC staff seeks
to impose a position in the SRP on holders of already issued licenses
in a manner that does not provide issue finality as described in the
applicable issue finality provision, then the staff must make the
showing as set forth in the Backfit Rule or address the criteria for
avoiding issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality
provision.
3. Backfitting and issue finality do not--with limited exceptions
not applicable here--protect current or future applicants.
Applicants and potential applicants are not, with certain
exceptions, protected by either the Backfit Rule or any issue finality
provisions under 10 CFR part 52. Neither the Backfit Rule nor the issue
finality provisions under 10 CFR part 52--with certain exclusions--were
intended to apply to every NRC action that substantially changes the
expectations of current and future applicants.
The exceptions to the general principle are applicable whenever an
applicant references a 10 CFR part 52 license (e.g., an early site
permit) or NRC regulatory approval (e.g., a design certification rule)
with specified issue finality provisions. The NRC staff does not, at
this time, intend to impose the positions represented in the SRP in a
manner that is inconsistent with any issue finality provisions. If, in
the future, the staff seeks to impose a position in the SRP section in
a manner that does not provide issue finality as described in the
applicable issue finality provision, then the staff must address the
criteria for avoiding issue finality as described in the applicable
issue finality provision.
III. Congressional Review Act
This action is not a rule as defined in the Congressional Review
Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of May, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph Colaccino,
Chief, New Reactor Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of
Engineering, Infrastruture and Advanced Reactors, Office of New
Reactors.
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