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I. Background
On August 9, 2013 (78 FR 48727), the
NRC staff issued the previously
mentioned proposed revised SRP
sections for public comment. The NRC
staff received no comments on the
proposed revisions. This guidance is
being issued as final for use. There were
no changes made to the guidance since
it was issued for public comment.
Details of specific changes between
current SRP guidance and the final
guidance being issued here are included
at the end of each of the revised sections
themselves, under the ‘‘Description of
Changes’’ subsections.
II. Backfitting and Issue Finality
These SRP section revisions provide
guidance to the staff for reviewing
applications for a construction permit
and an operating license under part 50
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) with respect to
designs of structures, components,
equipment, and systems. The SRP also
provides guidance for reviewing an
application for a standard design
approval, a standard design
certification, a combined license, and a
manufacturing license under 10 CFR
Part 52 with respect to those same
subject matters.
Issuance of these SRP section
revisions does not constitute backfitting
as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit
Rule) nor is it inconsistent with the
issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part
52. The NRC’s position is based upon
the following considerations.
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1. The SRP Positions Would Not
Constitute Backfitting, Inasmuch as the
SRP Is Internal Guidance to NRC Staff
The SRP provides internal guidance
to the NRC staff on how to review an
application for NRC regulatory approval
in the form of licensing. Changes in
internal staff guidance are not matters
for which either nuclear power plant
applicants or licensees are protected
under either the Backfit Rule or the
issue finality provisions of 10 CFR part
52.
2. The NRC Staff Has No Intention To
Impose the SRP Positions on Existing
Licensees Either Now or in the Future
The NRC staff does not intend to
impose or apply the positions described
in the SRP to existing licenses and
regulatory approvals. Hence, the
issuance of this SRP—even if
considered guidance within the purview
of the issue finality provisions in 10
CFR part 52—does not need to be
evaluated as if it were a backfit or as
being inconsistent with issue finality
provisions. If, in the future, the NRC
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staff seeks to impose a position in the
SRP on holders of already-issued
licenses in a manner that does not
provide issue finality as described in the
applicable issue finality provision, then
the staff must make the showing as set
forth in the Backfit Rule or address the
criteria for avoiding issue finality as
described in the applicable issue finality
provision.
3. Backfitting and Issue Finality Do
Not—With Limited Exceptions Not
Applicable Here—Protect Current or
Future Applicant
Applicants and potential applicants
are not, with certain exceptions,
protected by either the Backfit Rule or
any issue finality provisions under 10
CFR part 52. Neither the Backfit Rule
nor the issue finality provisions under
10 CFR part 52—with certain
exclusions—were intended to apply to
every NRC action that substantially
changes the expectations of current and
future applicants. The exceptions to the
general principle are applicable
whenever an applicant references a 10
CFR part 52 license (e.g., an early site
permit) or NRC regulatory approval
(e.g., a design certification rule) with
specified issue finality provisions. The
NRC staff does not, at this time, intend
to impose the positions represented in
the SRP in a manner that is inconsistent
with any issue finality provisions. If, in
the future, the staff seeks to impose a
position in the SRP section in a manner
that does not provide issue finality as
described in the applicable issue finality
provision, then the staff must address
the criteria for avoiding issue finality as
described in the applicable issue finality
provision.
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POSTAL SERVICE
Board of Governors; Sunshine Act
Meeting; Cancellation of Closed
Session
On April 22, 2014, the
Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal
Service filed a public announcement
that it would meet in closed session on
May 8, 2014, at 12:45 p.m., Eastern
Daylight Time. That announcement
further stated that the Board would meet
in open session the following day, May
9, 2014, at 8:30 a.m., and would
reconvene in closed session at 10:30
a.m. if needed to complete its closed
session agenda. This announcement was
published in the Federal Register on
April 24, 2014, 79 FR 22837. The
purpose of the present announcement is
to inform the public that the closed
session of the Board’s meeting has been
cancelled. The previously announced
open session of the Board will begin as
scheduled at 8:30 a.m. on May 9, 2014.
Following the conclusion of the
scheduled public agenda, in accordance
with section 7.5(c)(2) of its Bylaws (39
CFR 7.5(c)(2)), the Board may vote to
continue the meeting in a closed session
to discuss appropriate matters.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Julie S. Moore, Secretary of the Board,
U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza
SW., Washington, DC 20260–1000.
Telephone (202) 268–4800.
DATE AND TIME:
Julie S. Moore,
Secretary.
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III. Congressional Review Act
[Release No. 34–72095; File No. SR–Phlx–
2014–29]
This action is a rule as defined in the
Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C.
801–808). However, the Office of
Management and Budget has not found
it to be a major rule as defined in the
Congressional Review Act.
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Proposed Rule Change Relating to
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day
of May 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen Koenick,
Acting Chief, Policy Branch, Division of
Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, Office
of New Reactors.
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POSTAL SERVICE
Board of Governors; Sunshine Act Meeting; Cancellation of Closed
Session
DATE AND TIME: On April 22, 2014, the Board of Governors of the U.S.
Postal Service filed a public announcement that it would meet in closed
session on May 8, 2014, at 12:45 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. That
announcement further stated that the Board would meet in open session
the following day, May 9, 2014, at 8:30 a.m., and would reconvene in
closed session at 10:30 a.m. if needed to complete its closed session
agenda. This announcement was published in the Federal Register on
April 24, 2014, 79 FR 22837. The purpose of the present announcement is
to inform the public that the closed session of the Board's meeting has
been cancelled. The previously announced open session of the Board will
begin as scheduled at 8:30 a.m. on May 9, 2014. Following the
conclusion of the scheduled public agenda, in accordance with section
7.5(c)(2) of its Bylaws (39 CFR 7.5(c)(2)), the Board may vote to
continue the meeting in a closed session to discuss appropriate
matters.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Julie S. Moore, Secretary of the
Board, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC
20260-1000. Telephone (202) 268-4800.
Julie S. Moore,
Secretary.
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