License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance LR-ISG-2011-05: Ongoing Review of Operating Experience, 15818-15819 [2012-6409]

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ACTION: Interim staff guidance; issuance. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing the final 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 reviews of plant-specific and industry- SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:10 Mar 15, 2012 Jkt 226001 wide operating experience as an attribute of aging management programs used at nuclear power plants as described in NUREG–1801, Revision 2, ‘‘Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report,’’ (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (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). ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2011–0191 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publicly-available, using the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2011–0191. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may access publiclyavailable documents online in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documentsz,’’ 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 final LR–ISG–2011–05 is available under ADAMS Accession No. ML12044A215. • 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. • NRC’s Interim Staff Guidance Web Site: LR–ISG documents are also available online under the ‘‘License Renewal’’ heading at https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/#int. 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; email: Matthew.Homiack@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Information The NRC issues LR–ISG to communicate insights and lessons learned and to address emergent issues PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 not covered in license renewal guidance documents. 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 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 final LR–ISG–2011–05 revises 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 (76 FR 52995), 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 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11304A259), and the comment period was extended until October 23, 2011. During this time, the NRC staff 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 staff identified this need through its ongoing reviews of license renewal applications and through 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, information to consider in operating experience evaluations, criteria for identifying and E:\FR\FM\16MRN1.SGM 16MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 52 / Friday, March 16, 2012 / Notices categorizing operating experience as related to aging, and guidelines for reporting operating experience on agerelated degradation to the industry. The NRC staff outlined these changes at the October 12, 2011, public meeting and a revised draft LR–ISG was issued for public comment on November 25, 2011 (76 FR 72725). The NRC received comments from Exelon Generation Company, LLC, by letter dated October 18, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11298A171), and from the NEI by letters dated October 18, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11293A041), and December 15, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11354A228). No other comments were submitted. The NRC considered these comments in developing the final LR–ISG. Detailed responses to the comments can be found in Appendix C of the final LR–ISG. The final LR–ISG–2011–05 is approved for NRC staff and stakeholder use and will be incorporated into NRC’s next formal license renewal guidance document revision. Backfitting and Issue Finality Issuance of this final LR–ISG does not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) and is not otherwise inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in Part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ of 10 CFR. As discussed in the ‘‘Backfitting Discussion’’ section of final LR–ISG– 2011–05, the LR–ISG is directed to holders of operating licenses or combined licenses who are currently in the license renewal process. The LR– ISG is not directed to holders of operating licenses or combined licenses until they apply for license renewal. The LR–ISG is also not directed to licensees who already hold renewed operating or combined licenses. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of March 2012. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Melanie A. Galloway, Acting Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 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Purpose The Exchange proposes to amend the Fee Schedule to (i) Increase the fee for MPL 4 orders removing liquidity from the Book, the Tape B Securities fee for orders routed outside the Book to any away market centers, and the fees for Tape A, Tape B, and Tape C Securities that take liquidity from the Book where the per share price is below $1.00, (ii) add three new Step Up Tiers and a new Investor Tier, (iii) revise the requirements and credits for the Tracking Order 5 Tiers, (iv) raise the fee cap for Market and Auction-Only Orders executed in an Opening, Market Order or Trading Halt Auction, and (v) make other technical changes. MPL Orders Currently, MPL orders receive a rebate of $0.0015 for orders that provide liquidity and are charged a fee of $0.0025 for orders that take liquidity in Tape A, Tape B and Tape C Securities. The Exchange proposes to raise the fee to $0.0030 for orders that take liquidity in Tape A, Tape B, and Tape C Securities. The Exchange does not propose to change the rebate for MPL orders. This change will apply to the Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and Basic Rate pricing levels for securities with a per share price above $1.00. Tape B Orders Currently, Tape B orders are charged a fee of $0.0029 for orders that are routed outside the Book to any away market centers for clients at Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, Step Up Tier 1, and Step Up Tier 2. The Exchange proposes to raise the fee to $0.0030 for orders that are routed outside the Book to any away market centers. This change will apply 4 An MPL order is a version of the Passive Liquidity order, except it is executable only at the midpoint of the Protected Best Bid and Offer. A Passive Liquidity order is an order to buy or sell a stated amount of a security at a specified, undisplayed price. 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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2011-0191]


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

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Interim staff guidance; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing the 
final 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 reviews of plant-specific 
and industry-wide operating experience as an attribute of aging 
management programs used at nuclear power plants as described in NUREG-
1801, Revision 2, ``Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report,'' 
(Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (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).

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0191 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may access information related to this document, which the NRC 
possesses and is publicly-available, using the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0191. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may access publicly-available documents online in the NRC 
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the 
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documentsz,'' 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 final LR-ISG-
2011-05 is available under ADAMS Accession No. ML12044A215.
     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.
     NRC's Interim Staff Guidance Web Site: LR-ISG documents 
are also available online under the ``License Renewal'' heading at 
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/#int.

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; email: Matthew.Homiack@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background Information

    The NRC issues LR-ISG to communicate insights and lessons learned 
and to address emergent issues not covered in license renewal guidance 
documents. 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 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 final LR-ISG-2011-05 
revises 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 (76 FR 52995), 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 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11304A259), and the comment 
period was extended until October 23, 2011.
    During this time, the NRC staff 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 staff identified this need through its ongoing 
reviews of license renewal applications and through 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, information to consider in 
operating experience evaluations, criteria for identifying and

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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 a revised draft LR-ISG was issued for public comment 
on November 25, 2011 (76 FR 72725).
    The NRC received comments from Exelon Generation Company, LLC, by 
letter dated October 18, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11298A171), and 
from the NEI by letters dated October 18, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML11293A041), and December 15, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11354A228). 
No other comments were submitted. The NRC considered these comments in 
developing the final LR-ISG. Detailed responses to the comments can be 
found in Appendix C of the final LR-ISG.
    The final LR-ISG-2011-05 is approved for NRC staff and stakeholder 
use and will be incorporated into NRC's next formal license renewal 
guidance document revision.

Backfitting and Issue Finality

    Issuance of this final LR-ISG does not constitute backfitting as 
defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) and is not otherwise 
inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in Part 52, ``Licenses, 
Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' of 10 CFR. As 
discussed in the ``Backfitting Discussion'' section of final LR-ISG-
2011-05, the LR-ISG is directed to holders of operating licenses or 
combined licenses who are currently in the license renewal process. The 
LR-ISG is not directed to holders of operating licenses or combined 
licenses until they apply for license renewal. The LR-ISG is also not 
directed to licensees who already hold renewed operating or combined 
licenses.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of March 2012.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Melanie A. Galloway,
Acting Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
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