Fuel Oil Systems for Emergency Power Supplies, 39745-39746 [2012-16426]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 129 / Thursday, July 5, 2012 / Notices Signed at Washington, DC, on June 28, 2012. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2012–16468 Filed 7–3–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–26–P Contact: Terry Williams, (202) 314– 6100, terry.williams@ntsb.gov. NTSB Forum Manager: Jason Fedok, 202–314– 6645, jason.fedok@ntsb.gov. Candi R. Bing, Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2012–16410 Filed 7–3–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7533–01–P NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES General Aviation Search and Rescue The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will convene a 2-day forum focused on general aviation search and rescue operations on July 17 and 18, 2012. 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NTSB Media VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:48 Jul 03, 2012 Jkt 226001 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2012–0159] Fuel Oil Systems for Emergency Power Supplies Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG–1282, ‘‘Fuel Oil Systems for Emergency Power Supplies.’’ This guide describes a method that the NRC staff considers acceptable for use in complying with the Commission’s requirements regarding fuel oil systems for safetyrelated emergency diesel generators and oil-fueled gas turbine generators, including assurance of adequate fuel oil quality. DATES: Submit comments by August 31, 2012. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time. ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publically available, by searching on https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC–2012–0159. You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2012–0159. 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 39745 Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. • Fax comments to: RADB at 301– 492–3446. For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Accessing Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Radlinski, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–8503 or by email at: Robert.Radlinski@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments A. Accessing Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2012– 0159 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, by the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2012–0159. • 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. The draft regulatory guide is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML121090447. The regulatory analysis is also available under ADAMS Accession No. ML121090459. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them. • 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. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2012– 0159 in the subject line of your comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment submission available to the public in this docket. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information in E:\FR\FM\05JYN1.SGM 05JYN1 39746 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 129 / Thursday, July 5, 2012 / Notices TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enters the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information in their comment submissions that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. II. Further Information The NRC is issuing for public comment a draft guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the public such information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC’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. The draft regulatory guide, entitled, ‘‘Fuel Oil Systems for Emergency Power Supplies,’’ is temporarily identified by its task number, DG–1282. The DG–1282 is proposed revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.137, ‘‘Fuel Oil Systems for Standby Diesel Generators’’ dated April 1979. This guide describes a method that the NRC staff considers acceptable for use in complying with the Commission’s requirements regarding fuel oil systems for safety-related emergency diesel generators and oilfueled gas turbine generators, including assurance of adequate fuel oil quality. Proper quantity and quality of fuel oil is necessary for proper operation of the emergency diesel generators and gas turbine generators. Appendix C to ANSI/ANS–59.51–1997, ‘‘Recommended Fuel Oil Practices,’’ addresses recommended practices for maintaining fuel oil quantity and quality. Although not a mandatory part of the standard, the NRC staff believes Appendix C serves as an acceptable basis for a program to maintain the quality of fuel oil, with additions, deletions, and clarifications as contained in this guide. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of June, 2012. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:48 Jul 03, 2012 Jkt 226001 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Carol Moyer, Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2012–16426 Filed 7–3–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–336; NRC–2012–0158] Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Millstone Power Station, Unit 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is considering issuance of an exemption from the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Appendix R, ‘‘Fire Protection Program for Nuclear Power Facilities Operating Prior to January 1, 1979,’’ for Facility Operating License No. DPR–65 issued to Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNC or the licensee), for operation of the Millstone Power Station, Unit 2 (MPS2) located in town of Waterford, CT. Therefore, as required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC staff performed an environmental assessment. Based on the results of the environmental assessment, the NRC staff is issuing a finding of no significant impact. Environmental Assessment Identification of the Proposed Action DNC proposed that the NRC grant exemptions to certain NRC requirements pertaining to the NRC fire regulations. The proposed action is detailed in the licensee’s application dated June 30, 2011, as supplemented by letter dated February 29, 2012. The licensee’s application and supplemental submission are accessible electronically from the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession Nos. ML11188A213 and ML12069A016. Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2006–10, ‘‘Regulatory Expectations With Appendix R, Paragraph III.G.2 Operator Manual Actions,’’ documents the NRC position on the use of operator manual actions (OMAs) as part of a compliance strategy to meet the requirements of 10 CFR part 50, appendix R, Section III.G.2. The NRC requires plants which credit manual actions for 10 CFR part 50, appendix R, Section III.G.2 compliance to obtain NRC approval for the manual actions using the exemption process in accordance with the requirements of 10 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 CFR 50.12. In response, the licensee proposed this licensing action which would exempt MPS2 from certain requirements of 10 CFR part 50, appendix R, Section III.G.2. DNC proposed a number of OMAs in lieu of one of the means specified in Section III.G.2 to ensure a train of equipment used for hot shutdown is available when redundant trains are in the same fire area. Therefore, DNC requested exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR part 50, appendix R, Paragraph III.G.2 for MPS2 to the extent that OMAs are necessary to achieve and maintain hot shutdown for fire areas in which both trains of safe-shutdown cables or equipment are located in the same fire area. The Need for the Proposed Action The proposed action is requested to permit the licensee an alternate method from those specified in 10 CFR part 50, to achieve and maintain hot shutdown conditions in the event of a fire that could disable electrical cables and equipment in the fire areas of MPS2 listed in the licensee’s request for exemption. The criteria for granting specific exemptions from 10 CFR part 50 regulations are specified in 10 CFR 50.12. In accordance with 10 CFR 50.12(a)(1), the NRC is authorized to grant an exemption upon determining that the exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and is consistent with the common defense and security. Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action The NRC staff has completed its evaluation of the environmental impact of the proposed action. The NRC staff has concluded that such actions would not adversely affect the environment. 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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2012-0159]


Fuel Oil Systems for Emergency Power Supplies

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) 
is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1282, 
``Fuel Oil Systems for Emergency Power Supplies.'' This guide describes 
a method that the NRC staff considers acceptable for use in complying 
with the Commission's requirements regarding fuel oil systems for 
safety-related emergency diesel generators and oil-fueled gas turbine 
generators, including assurance of adequate fuel oil quality.

DATES: Submit comments by August 31, 2012. Comments received after this 
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff 
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in 
connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed 
or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time.

ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related 
to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publically available, 
by searching on https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2012-
0159. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0159. 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 additional direction on accessing information and submitting 
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Radlinski, Office of New Reactors, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
telephone: 301-415-8503 or by email at: Robert.Radlinski@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments

A. Accessing Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0159 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, by the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0159.
     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. The draft regulatory guide 
is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML121090447. 
The regulatory analysis is also available under ADAMS Accession No. 
ML121090459.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.
     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.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0159 in the subject line of your 
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make 
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information in

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comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. The 
NRC posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well 
as enters the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not edit 
comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information in their comment submissions 
that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should 
state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such 
information before making the comment submissions available to the 
public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.

II. Further Information

    The NRC is issuing for public comment a draft guide in the NRC's 
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and 
make available to the public such information as methods that are 
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
NRC'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.
    The draft regulatory guide, entitled, ``Fuel Oil Systems for 
Emergency Power Supplies,'' is temporarily identified by its task 
number, DG-1282. The DG-1282 is proposed revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 
1.137, ``Fuel Oil Systems for Standby Diesel Generators'' dated April 
1979.
    This guide describes a method that the NRC staff considers 
acceptable for use in complying with the Commission's requirements 
regarding fuel oil systems for safety-related emergency diesel 
generators and oil-fueled gas turbine generators, including assurance 
of adequate fuel oil quality.
    Proper quantity and quality of fuel oil is necessary for proper 
operation of the emergency diesel generators and gas turbine 
generators. Appendix C to ANSI/ANS-59.51-1997, ``Recommended Fuel Oil 
Practices,'' addresses recommended practices for maintaining fuel oil 
quantity and quality. Although not a mandatory part of the standard, 
the NRC staff believes Appendix C serves as an acceptable basis for a 
program to maintain the quality of fuel oil, with additions, deletions, 
and clarifications as contained in this guide.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of June, 2012.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Carol Moyer,
 Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2012-16426 Filed 7-3-12; 8:45 am]
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