Office of New Reactors; Interim Staff Guidance on Assessment of Normal and Extreme Winter Precipitation Loads on the Roofs of Seismic Category I Structures, 49712 [E8-19554]

Download as PDF 49712 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 164 / Friday, August 22, 2008 / Notices jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES PWROG views changes in Addendum A substantial enough to warrant an extension of the public review period. Accordingly, we request a 60-day extension to the current review period.’’ Response to Request The request for an extension to the comment period is approved for 30 days. The staff understands that ASME/ ANS is working on an initial addendum (i.e., Addendum A) to Revision 1 of the ASME/ANS PRA Standard (RA–S– 2008). However, at this time, Addendum A has not been approved by ASME/ANS, and consequently is not available to the public. Since the ASME/ ANS ballot period has not closed, it is not known if there will be sufficient positive ballots approving Addendum A. Consequently, it is uncertain if and when ASME/ANS will issue Addendum A, and therefore, be available to the public. A 60-day extension to the public comment period for DG 1200 will impact the December 2008 publication date of Revision 2 of RG 1.200. With the uncertainty associated with the issuance of Addendum A of the ASME/ANS PRA standard, the staff does not support an extension of the comment period to DG 1200 that would impact the schedule for publishing Revision 2 to RG 1.200. However, the staff agrees with the PWROG with regard to the importance of Addendum A. The staff understands from ASME that the ballot closes September 12, 2008, at which time the status of Addendum A will be known. A 30-day extension to the comment period of DG 1200 will enable the staff the meet the publication schedule of December 2008 for Revision 2 to RG 1.200. Therefore, the staff is approving a 30-day extension to the public comment period, with the public comment period to end on September 24, 2008. Further, at that time, the status of Addendum A of the ASME/ANS PRA Standard will be known, and dependent on the content of Addendum A and the schedule for issuance, the staff may revisit the schedule for publishing Revision 2 of RG 1.200. Requests for technical information about DG–1200 may be directed to the NRC contact, Mary Drouin at (301) 415– 6675 or e-mail to Mary.Drouin@nrc.gov. Electronic copies of DG–1200 are available through the NRC’s public Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the ‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ collection of the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also available in ADAMS (https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), under Accession No. ML081200566. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:12 Aug 21, 2008 Jkt 214001 In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR’s mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555–0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at (301) 415–4737 or (800) 397–4205, by fax at (301) 415– 3548, and by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is not required to reproduce them. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of August 2008. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Stephen C. O’Connor, Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. E8–19635 Filed 8–21–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of New Reactors; Interim Staff Guidance on Assessment of Normal and Extreme Winter Precipitation Loads on the Roofs of Seismic Category I Structures Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). ACTION: Solicitation of public comment. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The NRC is soliciting public comment on its Proposed Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL–ISG–07 (ADAMS Accession No. ML081980084). The purpose of this ISG is to clarify the NRC position on identifying winter precipitation events as site characteristics and site parameters for determining normal and extreme winter precipitation loads on the roofs of Seismic Category I structures. This ISG revises the previously issued staff guidance in March 2007 in the Standard Review Plan (SRP) NUREG–0080, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ The NRC staff issues DC/ COL–ISGs to facilitate timely implementation of the current staff guidance and to facilitate activities associated with review of applications for design certifications (DCs) and combined licenses (COLs) by the Office of New Reactors. The NRC staff will also incorporate the approved DC/COL–ISG– 007 into the next revision of the SRP and related guidance documents. DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 30 days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Comments received after this PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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. Comments may be submitted to: Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and Editing Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. Comments should be delivered to: 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, Room T–6D59, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Persons may also provide comments via e-mail at charles.cox@nrc.gov. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC’s public documents. These documents may be accessed through the NRC’s Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC Public Document Room reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail at pdr.resource@nrc.gov. ADDRESSES: Mr. Charles R. Cox, Siting and Accident Consequence Branch, Division of Siting and Environmental Reviews, Office of the New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone 301–415– 2003 or e-mail at charles.cox@nrc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The agency posts its issued staff guidance in the agency external Web page (https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/isg/). The NRC staff is issuing this notice to solicit public comments on the proposed DC/COL–ISG–007. After the NRC staff considers any public comments, it will make a determination regarding the proposed DC/COL–ISG– 007. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated at Rockville, Maryland, the 15th day of August 2008. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Nanette Gilles, Acting Branch Chief Rulemaking, Guidance and Advanced Reactors Branch, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. E8–19554 Filed 8–21–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM 22AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 164 (Friday, August 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 49712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Office of New Reactors; Interim Staff Guidance on Assessment of 
Normal and Extreme Winter Precipitation Loads on the Roofs of Seismic 
Category I Structures

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is soliciting public comment on its Proposed Interim 
Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL-ISG-07 (ADAMS Accession No. ML081980084). 
The purpose of this ISG is to clarify the NRC position on identifying 
winter precipitation events as site characteristics and site parameters 
for determining normal and extreme winter precipitation loads on the 
roofs of Seismic Category I structures. This ISG revises the previously 
issued staff guidance in March 2007 in the Standard Review Plan (SRP) 
NUREG-0080, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis 
Reports for Nuclear Power Plants.'' The NRC staff issues DC/COL-ISGs to 
facilitate timely implementation of the current staff guidance and to 
facilitate activities associated with review of applications for design 
certifications (DCs) and combined licenses (COLs) by the Office of New 
Reactors. The NRC staff will also incorporate the approved DC/COL-ISG-
007 into the next revision of the SRP and related guidance documents.

DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 30 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. 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: Comments may be submitted to: Chief, Rulemaking, Directives 
and Editing Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Comments should be delivered to: 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland, Room T-6D59, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal 
workdays. Persons may also provide comments via e-mail at 
charles.cox@nrc.gov. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents Access 
and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of 
NRC's public documents. These documents may be accessed through the 
NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to 
ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in 
ADAMS should contact the NRC Public Document Room reference staff at 1-
800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr.resource@nrc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Charles R. Cox, Siting and 
Accident Consequence Branch, Division of Siting and Environmental 
Reviews, Office of the New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-2003 or e-mail 
at charles.cox@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agency posts its issued staff guidance 
in the agency external Web page (https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
collections/isg/).
    The NRC staff is issuing this notice to solicit public comments on 
the proposed DC/COL-ISG-007. After the NRC staff considers any public 
comments, it will make a determination regarding the proposed DC/COL-
ISG-007.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, the 15th day of August 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Nanette Gilles,
Acting Branch Chief Rulemaking, Guidance and Advanced Reactors Branch, 
Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E8-19554 Filed 8-21-08; 8:45 am]
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