Draft License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance LR-ISG-2011-05: Ongoing Review of Operating Experience, 72725-72727 [2011-30397]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 227 / Friday, November 25, 2011 / Notices demonstration that isotopic ratios in tissue samples from a given species are correlated with those of the prey items included in the diet. As stable isotope composition does not change over time, the isotope signature of seals collected by the historic explorers early in the 20th century will reflect the diet of Weddell seals at that time. These data will be compared to the isotopic signature of Weddell seals in the Ross Sea today. Such data may provide evidence of a potential shift in the diet of this apex predator that might be indicative of ecosystem change. Location Cape Evans (ASPA 155), Backdoor Bay (ASPA 157), and Hut Point (ASPA 158). Dates December 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012. Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. [FR Doc. 2011–30336 Filed 11–23–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 52–018 and 52–019; NRC– 2008–0170; Docket Nos. 52–022 and 52–023; NRC–2008–0231; Docket Nos. 52–029 and 52–030; NRC–2008–0558; Docket Nos. 52– 040 and 52–041; NRC–2009–0337] Notice of Availability of Combined License Applications ACTION: Combined license applications; receipt. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is giving notice once each week for four consecutive weeks of combined license (COL) applications from Progress Energy Florida, Inc., Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., and Florida Power & Light Company. ADDRESSES: You can access publicly available documents related to this action using the following methods: • NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC’s PDR, O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are available online in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. From this page, the public wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:31 Nov 23, 2011 Jkt 226001 can gain entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of the NRC’s public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff at 1–(800) 397–4209, (301) 415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession numbers for the initial application cover letters are as follows: ML073510494 for William States Lee III Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2, ML080580078 for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Units 2 and 3; ML082260277 for Levy Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2; and ML091830589 for Turkey Point Units 6 and 7. • Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Public comments and supporting materials related to this action can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC–2008–0170 (William States Lee III Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2), NRC–2008–0231 (Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Units 2 and 3), NRC–2008–0558 (Levy Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2), and NRC– 2009–0337 (Turkey Point Units 6 and 7). Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, telephone: (301) 492– 3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. The applications are also available at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/newreactors/col.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Habib, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: (301) 415–1035, email: Donald.Habib@nrc.gov. The following parties have filed applications for COLs with the NRC, pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants:’’ 1. On December 12, 2007, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, submitted an application for COLs for two AP1000 advanced passive pressurized water reactors designated as William States Lee III Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2 in Cherokee County, South Carolina. 2. On February 18, 2008, Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., submitted an application for COLs for two AP1000 advanced passive pressurized water reactors designated as Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Units 2 and 3 in Wake County, North Carolina. 3. On July 28, 2008, Progress Energy Florida, Inc., submitted an application for COLs for two AP1000 advanced passive pressurized water reactors SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 72725 designated as Levy Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 in Levy County, Florida. 4. On June 30, 2009, Florida Power & Light Company submitted an application for COLs for two AP1000 advanced passive pressurized water reactors designated as Turkey Point Units 6 and 7 in Miami-Dade County, Florida. These four applications are currently under review by the NRC staff. An applicant may seek a COL in accordance with Subpart C of 10 CFR Part 52. The information submitted by the applicant includes certain administrative information, such as financial qualifications submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 52.77, as well as technical information submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 52.79. These notices are being provided in accordance with the requirements in 10 CFR 50.43(a)(3). Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of November 2011. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jeffrey Cruz, Chief, AP1000 Projects Branch 1, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2011–30407 Filed 11–23–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2011–0191] Draft License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance LR–ISG–2011–05: Ongoing Review of Operating Experience Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Revision of draft interim staff guidance; request for public comment. AGENCY: On August 24, 2011, in the Federal Register (76 FR 52995), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requested public comments on Draft License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance (LR–ISG), LR–ISG–2011–05, ‘‘Ongoing Review of Operating Experience.’’ This LR–ISG provides guidance and clarification concerning ongoing review of plant-specific and industry-wide operating experience as an attribute of aging management programs used at nuclear power plants. As noticed on September 20, 2011 (76 FR 58311), the public comment period was extended and, as of October 23, 2011, is now closed. However, since issuing the draft LR–ISG for public comment, the NRC has identified the need to incorporate additional guidance. As such, the NRC is re-issuing draft LR–ISG–2011–05 to request public comments on the changes. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\25NON1.SGM 25NON1 72726 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 227 / Friday, November 25, 2011 / Notices The comment period on the revised draft LR–ISG–2011–05 expires on December 15, 2011. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC–2011–0191 in the subject line of your comments. For additional instructions on submitting comments and instructions on accessing documents related to this action, see ‘‘Submitting Comments and Accessing Information’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. You may submit comments by any one of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC–2011–0191. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, telephone: (301) 492–3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. • Fax comments to: RADB at (301) 492–3446. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Matthew Homiack, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001; telephone: (301) 415–1683; or email: Matthew.Homiack@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DATES: wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Submitting Comments and Accessing Information Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site, https:// www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against including any information in your submission that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not include any information in their comments that they do not want publicly disclosed. VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:31 Nov 23, 2011 Jkt 226001 You can access publicly available documents related to this notice using the following methods: • NRC’s Public Document Room: The public may examine and have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC’s Public Document Room, O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are available online in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. From this page, the public can gain entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of the NRC’s public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff at 1-(800) 397–4209, (301) 415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The revised draft LR–ISG–2011–05 is available electronically under ADAMS Accession No. ML11293A022. In this document, bars in the margin denote changes to the draft LR–ISG since it was initially issued for public comment. • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC–2011– 0191. • NRC’s Interim Staff Guidance Web site: LR–ISG documents are available online under the ‘‘License Renewal’’ heading at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/#int. Background The NRC issues LR–ISG to communicate insights and lessons learned and to address emergent issues not covered in license renewal guidance documents, such as NUREG–1801, Revision 2, ‘‘Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML103490041), and NUREG–1800, Revision 2, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants’’ (SRP–LR) (ADAMS Accession No. ML103490036). In this way, the NRC staff and stakeholders may use the guidance in an LR–ISG document until it is incorporated into a formal license renewal guidance document revision. The NRC staff issues LR–ISG in accordance with the LR–ISG Process, Revision 2 (ADAMS Accession No. ML100920158), for which a notice of availability was published in the Federal Register on June 22, 2010 (75 FR 35510). PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The NRC staff developed draft LR– ISG–2011–05 to clarify guidance on how the ongoing review of operating experience should be used to ensure the effectiveness of the license renewal aging management programs used at nuclear power plants to meet the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 54, ‘‘Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ The draft LR–ISG proposes to revise the NRC staff’s recommended aging management programs in the GALL Report and the NRC staff’s aging management review procedures and acceptance criteria in the SRP–LR. On August 24, 2011, the NRC requested public comments on draft LR– ISG–2011–05. By letter dated August 29, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11242A114), the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) requested a 30-day extension to the comment period and a public meeting to discuss draft comments and questions concerning implementation of the LR–ISG. The NRC staff granted the NEI’s requests, as noticed on September 20, 2011 (76 FR 58311). The public meeting was held on October 12, 2011, and the comment period was extended until October 23, 2011. Since first issuing draft LR–ISG– 2011–05 for comment, the NRC has identified the need to include additional guidance on areas where license renewal applicants should ensure their programmatic activities for operating experience reviews are appropriate for considering operating experience related to aging management. The NRC identified the need for this additional guidance through its ongoing reviews of license renewal applications and through recent insights gained on how nuclear power plant licensees carry out their operating experience review activities. The additional guidance covers areas where enhancements may need to be made for license renewal, such as the specific kind of information that should be considered as operating experience; the training of plant personnel who screen, assign, evaluate, and submit operating experience information; information to consider in operating experience evaluations; criteria for identifying and categorizing operating experience as related to aging; and guidelines for reporting operating experience on age-related degradation to the industry. The NRC staff outlined these changes at the October 12, 2011, public meeting, and is now requesting public comments on them. The revised draft LR–ISG–2011–05 includes change bars in the margin to help comment providers identify those areas that have E:\FR\FM\25NON1.SGM 25NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 227 / Friday, November 25, 2011 / Notices changed. By this action, the NRC is requesting comments on these changes. The NRC will make a final determination regarding issuance of the LR–ISG after considering comments received in response to this request, in addition to those comments received in response to the original request. By the Commission. Ruth Ann Abrams, Acting Secretary. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of November, 2011. Melanie A. Galloway, Acting Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [Docket No. A2012–51; Order No. 980] [FR Doc. 2011–30397 Filed 11–23–11; 8:45 am] This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Lafayette, Kentucky post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petitioners, and others to take appropriate action. DATES: November 18, 2011: Administrative record due (from Postal Service); December 12, 2011, 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time: Deadline for notices to intervene. See the Procedural Schedule in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for other dates of interest. ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically by accessing the ‘‘Filing Online’’ link in the banner at the top of the Commission’s Web site (https:// www.prc.gov) or by directly accessing the Commission’s Filing Online system at https://www.prc.gov/prc-pages/filingonline/login.aspx. Commenters who cannot submit their views electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section as the source for case-related information for advice on alternatives to electronic filing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, at (202) 789–6820 (case-related information) or DocketAdmins@prc.gov (electronic filing assistance). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 404(d), on November 3, 2011, the Commission received a petition for review of the Postal Service’s determination to close the Lafayette post office in Lafayette, Kentucky. The petition for review was filed by Ellin Francis, Mayor of Lafayette (Petitioner) and is postmarked October 17, 2011. The Commission hereby institutes a proceeding under 39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5) and establishes Docket No. A2012–51 to consider Petitioner’s appeal. If Petitioner would like to further explain her position with supplemental information or facts, Petitioner may POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meetings Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at 11 a.m. PLACE: Commission Hearing Room, 901 New York Avenue NW., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20268–0001. STATUS: Part of this meeting will be open to the public. The rest of the meeting will be closed to the public. The open session will be audiocast. The audiocast may be accessed via the Commission’s Web site at https:// www.prc.gov. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda for the Commission’s December 2011 meeting includes the items identified below. TIME AND DATE: Portions Open to the Public 1. Election of the Vice Chairman. 2. Report on legislative activities. 3. Report on public participation. 4. Report on international activities. 5. Report on the status of the strategic rulemaking process. 6. Report on pending dockets. 7. Report on the activities of the Office of the Secretary. Portion Closed to the Public 8. Discussion of pending litigation. wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, Postal Regulatory Commission, 901 New York Avenue NW., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20268–0001, at (202) 789–6820 (for agenda-related inquiries) and Shoshana M. Grove, Secretary of the Commission, at (202) 789–6800 or shoshana.grove@prc.gov (for inquiries related to meeting location, access for handicapped or disabled persons, the audiocast, or similar matters). VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:31 Nov 23, 2011 Jkt 226001 BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION Post Office Closing Postal Regulatory Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: BILLING CODE 7590–01–P Dated: November 21, 2011. [FR Doc. 2011–30512 Filed 11–22–11; 4:15 pm] PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 72727 either file a Participant Statement on PRC Form 61 or file a brief with the Commission no later than December 8, 2011. Categories of issues apparently raised. Petitioner contends that (1) the Postal Service failed to consider whether or not it will continue to provide a maximum degree of effective and regular postal services to the community (see 39 U.S.C. 404(d)(2)(A(iii)); and (2) there are factual errors contained in the Final Determination. After the Postal Service files the administrative record and the Commission reviews it, the Commission may find that there are more legal issues than those set forth above, or that the Postal Service’s determination disposes of one or more of those issues. The deadline for the Postal Service to file the applicable administrative record with the Commission is November 18, 2011. See 39 CFR 3001.113. In addition, the due date for any responsive pleading by the Postal Service is November 18, 2011. Availability; Web site posting. The Commission has posted the appeal and supporting material on its Web site at https://www.prc.gov. Additional filings in this case and participant’s submissions also will be posted on the Web site, if provided in electronic format or amenable to conversion, and not subject to a valid protective order. Information on how to use the Commission’s Web site is available online or by contacting the Commission’s webmaster via telephone at (202) 789–6873 or via electronic mail at prc-webmaster@prc.gov. The appeal and all related documents are also available for public inspection in the Commission’s docket section. Docket section hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except on Federal government holidays. Docket section personnel may be contacted via electronic mail at prcdockets@prc.gov or via telephone at (202) 789–6846. Filing of documents. All filings of documents in this case shall be made using the Internet (Filing Online) pursuant to Commission rules 9(a) and 10(a) at the Commission’s Web site, https://www.prc.gov, unless a waiver is obtained. See 39 CFR 3001.9(a) and 3001.10(a). 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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2011-0191]


Draft License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance LR-ISG-2011-05: 
Ongoing Review of Operating Experience

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Revision of draft interim staff guidance; request for public 
comment.

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SUMMARY: On August 24, 2011, in the Federal Register (76 FR 52995), the 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requested public comments on 
Draft License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance (LR-ISG), LR-ISG-2011-05, 
``Ongoing Review of Operating Experience.'' This LR-ISG provides 
guidance and clarification concerning ongoing review of plant-specific 
and industry-wide operating experience as an attribute of aging 
management programs used at nuclear power plants. As noticed on 
September 20, 2011 (76 FR 58311), the public comment period was 
extended and, as of October 23, 2011, is now closed. However, since 
issuing the draft LR-ISG for public comment, the NRC has identified the 
need to incorporate additional guidance. As such, the NRC is re-issuing 
draft LR-ISG-2011-05 to request public comments on the changes.

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DATES: The comment period on the revised draft LR-ISG-2011-05 expires 
on December 15, 2011. Comments received after this date will be 
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure 
consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0191 in the subject line 
of your comments. For additional instructions on submitting comments 
and instructions on accessing documents related to this action, see 
``Submitting Comments and Accessing Information'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document. You may submit comments by any 
one of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-
2011-0191. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 
telephone: (301) 492-3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, 
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
     Fax comments to: RADB at (301) 492-3446.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Matthew Homiack, Division of 
License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: (301) 415-
1683; or email: Matthew.Homiack@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Submitting Comments and Accessing Information

    Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted 
on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site, https://www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove 
any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against 
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be 
publicly disclosed.
    The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those 
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any 
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the following methods:
     NRC's Public Document Room: The public may examine and 
have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's 
Public Document Room, O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC 
are available online in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain entry into ADAMS, 
which provides text and image files of the NRC's public documents. If 
you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing 
the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR reference staff 
at 1-(800) 397-4209, (301) 415-4737, or by email to 
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The revised draft LR-ISG-2011-05 is available 
electronically under ADAMS Accession No. ML11293A022. In this document, 
bars in the margin denote changes to the draft LR-ISG since it was 
initially issued for public comment.
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and 
supporting materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2011-0191.
     NRC's Interim Staff Guidance Web site: LR-ISG documents 
are available online under the ``License Renewal'' heading at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/#int.

Background

    The NRC issues LR-ISG to communicate insights and lessons learned 
and to address emergent issues not covered in license renewal guidance 
documents, such as NUREG-1801, Revision 2, ``Generic Aging Lessons 
Learned (GALL) Report'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML103490041), and NUREG-
1800, Revision 2, ``Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal 
Applications for Nuclear Power Plants'' (SRP-LR) (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML103490036). In this way, the NRC staff and stakeholders may use the 
guidance in an LR-ISG document until it is incorporated into a formal 
license renewal guidance document revision. The NRC staff issues LR-ISG 
in accordance with the LR-ISG Process, Revision 2 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML100920158), for which a notice of availability was published in the 
Federal Register on June 22, 2010 (75 FR 35510).
    The NRC staff developed draft LR-ISG-2011-05 to clarify guidance on 
how the ongoing review of operating experience should be used to ensure 
the effectiveness of the license renewal aging management programs used 
at nuclear power plants to meet the requirements of Title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 54, ``Requirements for 
Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.'' The draft LR-
ISG proposes to revise the NRC staff's recommended aging management 
programs in the GALL Report and the NRC staff's aging management review 
procedures and acceptance criteria in the SRP-LR.
    On August 24, 2011, the NRC requested public comments on draft LR-
ISG-2011-05. By letter dated August 29, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML11242A114), the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) requested a 30-day 
extension to the comment period and a public meeting to discuss draft 
comments and questions concerning implementation of the LR-ISG. The NRC 
staff granted the NEI's requests, as noticed on September 20, 2011 (76 
FR 58311). The public meeting was held on October 12, 2011, and the 
comment period was extended until October 23, 2011.
    Since first issuing draft LR-ISG-2011-05 for comment, the NRC has 
identified the need to include additional guidance on areas where 
license renewal applicants should ensure their programmatic activities 
for operating experience reviews are appropriate for considering 
operating experience related to aging management. The NRC identified 
the need for this additional guidance through its ongoing reviews of 
license renewal applications and through recent insights gained on how 
nuclear power plant licensees carry out their operating experience 
review activities. The additional guidance covers areas where 
enhancements may need to be made for license renewal, such as the 
specific kind of information that should be considered as operating 
experience; the training of plant personnel who screen, assign, 
evaluate, and submit operating experience information; information to 
consider in operating experience evaluations; criteria for identifying 
and categorizing operating experience as related to aging; and 
guidelines for reporting operating experience on age-related 
degradation to the industry. The NRC staff outlined these changes at 
the October 12, 2011, public meeting, and is now requesting public 
comments on them. The revised draft LR-ISG-2011-05 includes change bars 
in the margin to help comment providers identify those areas that have

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changed. By this action, the NRC is requesting comments on these 
changes.
    The NRC will make a final determination regarding issuance of the 
LR-ISG after considering comments received in response to this request, 
in addition to those comments received in response to the original 
request.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of November, 2011.
Melanie A. Galloway,
Acting Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
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