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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 93 / Friday, May 15, 2009 / Notices procedures give way to the normal process for litigating disputes concerning access to information. The availability of interlocutory review by the Commission of orders ruling on such NRC staff determinations (whether granting or denying access) is governed by 10 CFR 2.311.6 10. The Commission expects that the NRC staff and presiding officers (and any other reviewing officers) will consider and resolve requests for access to SUNSI and/or SGI, and motions for protective orders, in a timely fashion in order to minimize any unnecessary delays in identifying those petitioners who have standing and who have propounded contentions meeting the specificity and basis requirements in 10 22985 CFR part 2. Attachment 1 to this Order summarizes the general target schedule for processing and resolving requests under these procedures. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of May 2009. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary of the Commission. ATTACHMENT 1—GENERAL TARGET SCHEDULE FOR PROCESSING AND RESOLVING REQUESTS FOR ACCESS TO SENSITIVE UNCLASSIFIED NON-SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION (SUNSI) AND SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION (SGI) IN THIS PROCEEDING Day Event/activity 0 ......................... Publication of notice of receipt of update to application for facility operating license and notice of opportunity for hearing, including order with instructions for access requests. Deadline for submitting requests for access to SUNSI and/or SGI with information: supporting the standing of a potential party identified by name and address; describing the need for the information in order for the potential party to participate meaningfully in an adjudicatory proceeding; demonstrating that access should be granted (e.g., showing technical competence for access to SGI); and, for SGI, including application fee for fingerprint/background check. Deadline for submitting petition for intervention containing: (i) Demonstration of standing; (ii) all contentions whose formulation does not require access to SUNSI and/or SGI (+25 Answers to petition for intervention; +7 petitioner/requester reply). NRC staff informs the requester of the staff’s determination whether the request for access provides a reasonable basis to believe standing can be established and shows (1) need for SUNSI or (2) need to know for SGI. (For SUNSI, NRC staff also informs any party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information.) If NRC staff makes the finding of need for SUNSI and likelihood of standing, NRC staff begins document processing (preparation of redactions or review of redacted documents). If NRC staff makes the finding of need to know for SGI and likelihood of standing, NRC staff begins background check (including fingerprinting for a criminal history records check), information processing (preparation of redactions or review of redacted documents), and readiness inspections. If NRC staff finds no ‘‘need,’’ ‘‘need to know,’’ or likelihood of standing, the deadline for petitioner/requester to file a motion seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s denial of access; NRC staff files copy of access determination with the presiding officer (or Chief Administrative Judge or other designated officer, as appropriate). If NRC staff finds ‘‘need’’ for SUNSI, the deadline for any party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information to file a motion seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s grant of access. Deadline for NRC staff reply to motions to reverse NRC staff determination(s). (Receipt +30) If NRC staff finds standing and need for SUNSI, deadline for NRC staff to complete information processing and file motion for Protective Order and draft Non-Disclosure Affidavit. Deadline for applicant/licensee to file Non-Disclosure Agreement for SUNSI. (Receipt +180) If NRC staff finds standing, need to know for SGI, and trustworthiness and reliability, deadline for NRC staff to file motion for Protective Order and draft Non-disclosure Affidavit (or to make a determination that the proposed recipient of SGI is not trustworthy or reliable). NOTE: Before the Office of Administration makes an adverse determination regarding access, the proposed recipient must be provided an opportunity to correct or explain information. Deadline for petitioner to seek reversal of a final adverse NRC staff determination either before the presiding officer or another designated officer. 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(Answer receipt +7) Petitioner/Intervenor reply to answers. Decision on contention admission. 10 ....................... 60 ....................... 20 ....................... 25 ....................... 30 ....................... 40 ....................... 190 ..................... 205 ..................... A ........................ A + 3 .................. A + 28 ................ A + 53 ................ A + 60 ................ B ........................ [FR Doc. E9–11262 Filed 5–14–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 6 As of October 15, 2007, the NRC’s final ‘‘E– Filing Rule’’ became effective. See Use of Electronic Submissions in Agency Hearings (72 FR 49139; Aug. 28, 2007). Requesters should note that the filing requirements of that rule apply to appeals of NRC staff determinations (because they must be served on a presiding officer or the Commission, as applicable), but not to the initial SUNSI/SGI requests submitted to the NRC staff under these procedures. 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This series was developed to describe and make available to the public information such as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. Regulatory Guide 1.213 was issued with a temporary identification as Draft Regulatory Guide, DG–1149. This regulatory guide describes a method that the staff of the NRC deems acceptable for complying with the Commission’s regulations for qualification of safetyrelated motor control centers for nuclear power plants. The Commission’s regulations in Title 10, Part 50, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR part 50), require that structures, systems, and components in a nuclear power plant that are important to safety be designed to accommodate the effects of environmental conditions (i.e., they must remain functional under postulated design-basis events (DBEs)). Toward that end, General Design Criteria 1, 2, 4, and 23 of Appendix A, ‘‘General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ to 10 CFR Part 50 contain the general requirements. Augmenting those general requirements are the specific requirements pertaining to qualification of certain electrical equipment important to safety that appear in 10 CFR 50.49, ‘‘Environmental Qualification of Electric Equipment Important to Safety for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ In addition, Criterion III, ‘‘Design Control,’’ of Appendix B, ‘‘Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants,’’ to 10 CFR part 50, requires that test programs, when used to verify the adequacy of a specific design feature, should include suitable qualification testing of a prototype unit under the most severe DBE. II. Further Information In July 2008, DG–1149 was published with a public comment period of 60 days from the issuance of the guide. The public comment period closed on September 19, 2008. The staff’s responses to the public comments are located in the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), Accession Number ML083010458. Electronic copies of Regulatory Guide 1.213 are available through the NRC’s public Web site under ‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/. In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at Room O–1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852–2738. 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) 397–4209, by fax at (301) 415–3548, and by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of May, 2009. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Richard A. Jervey, Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 93 (Friday, May 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22985-22986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11389]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2008-0409]


Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Regulatory Guide 1.213, 
``Qualification of Safety-Related Motor Control Centers for Nuclear 
Power Plants.''

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Orr, Regulatory Guide Development 
Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
telephone (301) 251-7495 or e-mail to Mark.Orr@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is 
issuing a revision to an existing guide in the agency's ``Regulatory 
Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and make 
available to the public information such as methods that are acceptable 
to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency's 
regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific 
problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff needs in its 
review of applications for permits and licenses.
    Regulatory Guide 1.213 was issued with a temporary identification 
as Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1149. This regulatory guide describes a 
method that the staff of the NRC deems acceptable for complying with 
the Commission's regulations for qualification of safety-related motor 
control centers for nuclear power plants.
    The Commission's regulations in Title 10, Part 50, ``Domestic 
Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,'' of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (10 CFR part 50), require that structures, systems, 
and components in a nuclear power plant that are important to safety be 
designed to accommodate the effects of environmental conditions (i.e., 
they must remain functional under postulated design-basis events 
(DBEs)). Toward that end, General Design Criteria 1, 2, 4, and 23 of 
Appendix A, ``General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants,'' to 10 
CFR Part 50 contain the general requirements. Augmenting those general 
requirements are the specific requirements pertaining to qualification 
of certain electrical equipment important to safety that appear in 10 
CFR 50.49, ``Environmental Qualification of Electric Equipment 
Important to Safety for Nuclear Power Plants.'' In addition, Criterion 
III, ``Design Control,'' of Appendix B, ``Quality Assurance Criteria 
for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants,'' to 10 CFR part 
50, requires that test programs, when used to verify the adequacy of a 
specific design feature, should include suitable qualification testing 
of a prototype unit under the most severe DBE.

II. Further Information

    In July 2008, DG-1149 was published with a public comment period of 
60 days from the issuance of the guide. The public comment period 
closed on September 19, 2008. The staff's responses to the public 
comments are located in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management System (ADAMS), Accession Number ML083010458.
    Electronic copies of Regulatory Guide 1.213 are available through 
the NRC's public Web site under ``Regulatory Guides'' at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at Room O-1F21, One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-
2738. 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) 397-4209, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-mail to 
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of May, 2009.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Richard A. Jervey,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E9-11389 Filed 5-14-09; 8:45 am]
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