Plant-Specific Adoption, Revision 4 of the Improved Standard Technical Specifications, 27490-27491 [2012-11299]

Download as PDF 27490 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 91 / Thursday, May 10, 2012 / Notices pursuant to an order of the Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers, home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC regulation or other law requires submission of such information. With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants are requested not to include copyrighted materials in their submission. Petitions for leave to intervene must be filed no later than 60 days from May 10, 2012. Non-timely filings will not be entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer that the petition or request should be granted or the contentions should be admitted, based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii). Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of April 2012. For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Bruce A. Watson, Acting Deputy Director, Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs. [FR Doc. 2012–11297 Filed 5–9–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2012–0104] Plant-Specific Adoption, Revision 4 of the Improved Standard Technical Specifications Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of Availability. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is announcing the availability of Revision 4.0 of the Improved Standard Technical Specifications, NUREG–1430, ‘‘Standard Technical Specifications, Babcock and Wilcox Plants,’’ NUREG– 1431, ‘‘Standard Technical Specifications, Westinghouse Plants,’’ NUREG–1432, ‘‘Standard Technical Specifications, Combustion Engineering Plants,’’ NUREG–1433, ‘‘Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWR/4,’’ and NUREG– 1434, ‘‘Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWR/6.’’ mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:18 May 09, 2012 Jkt 226001 Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2012–0104 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–2012–0104. 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/readingrm/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. NUREG– 1430, ‘‘Standard Technical Specifications, Babcock and Wilcox Plants’’ Revision 4, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML12100A177 (Technical Specifications) and ML12100A178 (Bases), NUREG–1431, ‘‘Standard Technical Specifications, Westinghouse Plants’’ Revision 4, ADAMS Accession No. ML12100A222 (Technical Specifications) and ML12100A228 (Bases); NUREG–1432, ‘‘Standard Technical Specifications, Combustion Engineering Plants’’ Revision 4, ADAMS Accession No. ML12102A165 (Technical Specifications) and ML12102A165 (Bases), NUREG–1433, ‘‘Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWR/4’’ Revision 4, ADAMS Accession No. ML12104A192 (Technical Specifications) and ML12104A193 (Bases), and NUREG–1434, ‘‘Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWR/6’’ Revision 4, ADAMS Accession No. ML12104A195 (Technical Specifications) and ML12104A196 (Bases). • 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: Mr. Shaun M. Anderson, Reactor Systems Engineer, Technical Specifications Branch, Mail Stop: O–7 C2A, Division of Safety Systems, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555–0001; telephone 301–415– ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2039 or email at Shaun.Anderson@nrc. gov or Mr. Gerald Waig, Technical Specifications Branch, Mail Stop: O–7 C2A, Division of Safety Systems, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone 301–415–2260 or email; Gerald.Waig@ nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The changes reflected in Revision 4 result from the experience gained from plant operation using the improved standard technical specifications (STS) and extensive public technical meetings and discussions among the NRC staff and various nuclear power plant licensees and the Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) Owners Groups. The improved STS were developed based on the criteria in the Final Commission Policy Statement on Technical Specifications Improvements for Nuclear Power Reactors, dated July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132), which was subsequently codified by changes to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.36, published on July 19, 1995 (60 FR 36953). Licensees are encouraged to upgrade their technical specifications consistent with those criteria and conforming, to the practical extent, to Revision 4 to the improved STS. The Commission continues to place the highest priority on requests for complete conversions to the improved STS. Licensees adopting portions of the improved STS to existing technical specifications should adopt all related requirements, as applicable, to achieve a high degree of standardization and consistency. Licensees opting to apply for an improved STS conversion are responsible for reviewing the NRC staff STS and the applicable technical bases, providing any necessary plant-specific information, and assessing the completeness and accuracy of their license amendment request (LAR). The NRC will process each amendment application responding to the Notice of Availability according to applicable NRC rules and procedures. The proposed changes do not prevent licensees from requesting an alternate approach or proposing changes other than those proposed in the Improved STS, Revision 4. However, significant deviations from the approach recommended in this notice or the inclusion of additional changes to the license will require additional NRC staff review. This may increase the time and resources needed for the review or result in NRC staff rejection of the LAR. Licensees desiring significant deviations or additional changes should instead E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 91 / Thursday, May 10, 2012 / Notices 27491 submit an LAR that does not claim to adopt an Improved STS, Revision 4. NUREG NUREG–1430, NUREG–1431, NUREG–1432, NUREG–1433, NUREG–1434, ‘‘Standard ‘‘Standard ‘‘Standard ‘‘Standard ‘‘Standard Technical Technical Technical Technical Technical Specifications, Specifications, Specifications, Specifications, Specifications, Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of April 2012. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Robert Elliott, Chief, Technical Specifications Branch, Division of Safety Systems, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2012–11299 Filed 5–9–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. MC2012–14 and R2012–8; Order No. 1330] New Postal Product Postal Regulatory Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add a negotiated service agreement with Valassis Direct Mail, Inc. to the market dominant product list. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with this filing. DATES: Comments are due: May 23, 2012. Reply Comments are due: May 30, 2012. SUMMARY: Submit comments electronically via the Commission’s Filing Online system at https:// www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot submit their views electronically should contact the person identified in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by telephone for advice on alternatives to electronic filing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel at 202–789–6820. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ADDRESSES: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Notice of Filing III. Ordering Paragraphs I. Introduction On April 30, 2012, the Postal Service filed a request pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3622 and 3642, as well as 39 CFR 3010 and 3020 et seq., to add a negotiated VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:18 May 09, 2012 Jkt 226001 Volume 1 technical specifications Volume 2 bases Babcock and Wilcox Plants’’ ................................................ Westinghouse Plants’’ .......................................................... Combustion Engineering Plants’’ ......................................... General Electric BWR/4 Plants’’ .......................................... General Electric BWR/6 Plants’’ .......................................... ML12100A177 ML12100A222 ML12102A165 ML12104A192 ML12104A195 ML12100A178 ML12100A228 ML12102A169 ML12104A193 ML12104A196 service agreement (NSA) with Valassis Direct Mail, Inc. (Valassis) to the market dominant product list.1 Request. In support of its Request, the Postal Service filed six attachments as follows: • Attachment A—a copy of Governors’ Resolution No. 11–4, establishing mail classifications and rates corresponding to Domestic Market Dominant Agreements, Inbound International Market Dominant Agreements, and Other Non-Published Market Dominant Rates; • Attachment B—a copy of the instant contract; • Attachment C—proposed changes to the Mail Classification Schedule (MCS); • Attachment D—a proposed data collection plan; • Attachment E–a Statement of Supporting Justification as required by 39 CFR 3020.32, which the Postal Service is also using to satisfy the requirements of 39 CFR 3010.42(b)–(e); and • Attachment F—a financial model, by which the Postal Service demonstrates that it believes that the instant contract will generate an additional $13 million to $42 million in contribution. In its Request, the Postal Service identifies Michelle Yorgey, Acting Manager, Pricing Strategy, as the official able to provide responses to queries from the Commission. Id. at 2. David Mastervich, Manager, Saturation and Catalogs, provides the Statement of Supporting Justification. Id., Attachment E. In his Statement of Supporting Justification, Mr. Mastervich reviews the factors and objectives of section 3622(c) and concludes, inter alia, that the instant contract will provide an incentive for profitable new mail; will enhance the financial position of the Postal Service; will increase mail volume; and will not imperil the ability 1 Notice of the United States Postal Service of Filing of Contract and Supporting Data and Request to Add Valassis Direct Mail, Inc. Negotiated Service Agreement to the Market-Dominant Product List, April 30, 2012 (Request). PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 of Standard Mail (or the instant contract) to cover its attributable costs. Id. at 1–3. The Postal Service believes that this NSA conforms to the policies of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, and meets the statutory standards supporting the desirability of special classifications that improve the net financial position of the Postal Service by increasing contribution. Id. at 3. Instant contract. The Postal Service states that the objective of the instant contract is twofold: (a) To maintain the total contribution the Postal Service receives from Valassis Saturation Mail Postage, and (b) to provide an incentive for Valassis to find innovative ways to expand its use of Standard Mail. Request at 2. The Postal Service describes the instant contract and its four key components: Mailer eligibility, mail eligibility, mailing and volume commitments, and rebates on Standard Mail Saturation Flats Mail. Id. at 4. To be eligible for the contract prices, Valassis must initiate new shared saturation mail programs (limited to advertising of durable and semi-durable goods with a physical retail outlet presence in 30 or more states) in markets where it has maintained an existing Standard Mail Saturation mailing program on at least a monthly basis during the 2 years prior to the execution of the instant contract. Valassis must also maintain its preexisting shared mail program for the duration of the instant contract, and cannot transfer or consolidate advertising from current advertisers into the new program, extend the new program to ZIP Codes or carrier routes that are beyond the market profile of its existing programs, or migrate advertising circular business from the solo mail stream into its new program. Id. Mailpieces eligible under this program are Standard Mail Saturation Flats entered at a destination Sectional Center Facility (SCF) or Destination Delivery Unit (DDU). Id. at 3. Qualifying mailpieces must have dimensions between 6.125″ x 11.5″ x .25″ and E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27490-27491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11299]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2012-0104]


Plant-Specific Adoption, Revision 4 of the Improved Standard 
Technical Specifications

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) 
is announcing the availability of Revision 4.0 of the Improved Standard 
Technical Specifications, NUREG-1430, ``Standard Technical 
Specifications, Babcock and Wilcox Plants,'' NUREG-1431, ``Standard 
Technical Specifications, Westinghouse Plants,'' NUREG-1432, ``Standard 
Technical Specifications, Combustion Engineering Plants,'' NUREG-1433, 
``Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWR/4,'' 
and NUREG-1434, ``Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric 
Plants, BWR/6.''

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0104 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-2012-0104. 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 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. NUREG-1430, ``Standard 
Technical Specifications, Babcock and Wilcox Plants'' Revision 4, is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML12100A177 (Technical 
Specifications) and ML12100A178 (Bases), NUREG-1431, ``Standard 
Technical Specifications, Westinghouse Plants'' Revision 4, ADAMS 
Accession No. ML12100A222 (Technical Specifications) and ML12100A228 
(Bases); NUREG-1432, ``Standard Technical Specifications, Combustion 
Engineering Plants'' Revision 4, ADAMS Accession No. ML12102A165 
(Technical Specifications) and ML12102A165 (Bases), NUREG-1433, 
``Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWR/4'' 
Revision 4, ADAMS Accession No. ML12104A192 (Technical Specifications) 
and ML12104A193 (Bases), and NUREG-1434, ``Standard Technical 
Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWR/6'' Revision 4, ADAMS 
Accession No. ML12104A195 (Technical Specifications) and ML12104A196 
(Bases).
     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: Mr. Shaun M. Anderson, Reactor Systems 
Engineer, Technical Specifications Branch, Mail Stop: O-7 C2A, Division 
of Safety Systems, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-
2039 or email at Shaun.Anderson@nrc.gov or Mr. Gerald Waig, Technical 
Specifications Branch, Mail Stop: O-7 C2A, Division of Safety Systems, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-2260 or email; 
Gerald.Waig@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The changes reflected in Revision 4 result 
from the experience gained from plant operation using the improved 
standard technical specifications (STS) and extensive public technical 
meetings and discussions among the NRC staff and various nuclear power 
plant licensees and the Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) Owners 
Groups.
    The improved STS were developed based on the criteria in the Final 
Commission Policy Statement on Technical Specifications Improvements 
for Nuclear Power Reactors, dated July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132), which 
was subsequently codified by changes to Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR) 50.36, published on July 19, 1995 (60 FR 36953). 
Licensees are encouraged to upgrade their technical specifications 
consistent with those criteria and conforming, to the practical extent, 
to Revision 4 to the improved STS. The Commission continues to place 
the highest priority on requests for complete conversions to the 
improved STS. Licensees adopting portions of the improved STS to 
existing technical specifications should adopt all related 
requirements, as applicable, to achieve a high degree of 
standardization and consistency.
    Licensees opting to apply for an improved STS conversion are 
responsible for reviewing the NRC staff STS and the applicable 
technical bases, providing any necessary plant-specific information, 
and assessing the completeness and accuracy of their license amendment 
request (LAR). The NRC will process each amendment application 
responding to the Notice of Availability according to applicable NRC 
rules and procedures.
    The proposed changes do not prevent licensees from requesting an 
alternate approach or proposing changes other than those proposed in 
the Improved STS, Revision 4. However, significant deviations from the 
approach recommended in this notice or the inclusion of additional 
changes to the license will require additional NRC staff review. This 
may increase the time and resources needed for the review or result in 
NRC staff rejection of the LAR. Licensees desiring significant 
deviations or additional changes should instead

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submit an LAR that does not claim to adopt an Improved STS, Revision 4.

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                                             Volume 1
                  NUREG                      technical    Volume 2 bases
                                          specifications
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NUREG-1430, ``Standard Technical             ML12100A177     ML12100A178
 Specifications, Babcock and Wilcox
 Plants''...............................
NUREG-1431, ``Standard Technical             ML12100A222     ML12100A228
 Specifications, Westinghouse Plants''..
NUREG-1432, ``Standard Technical             ML12102A165     ML12102A169
 Specifications, Combustion Engineering
 Plants''...............................
NUREG-1433, ``Standard Technical             ML12104A192     ML12104A193
 Specifications, General Electric BWR/4
 Plants''...............................
NUREG-1434, ``Standard Technical             ML12104A195     ML12104A196
 Specifications, General Electric BWR/6
 Plants''...............................
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of April 2012.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert Elliott,
Chief, Technical Specifications Branch, Division of Safety Systems, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2012-11299 Filed 5-9-12; 8:45 am]
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