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ACTION: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a final version of Branch Technical Position (BTP) 8–9, ‘‘Open Phase Conditions in Electric Power System,’’ of NUREG– 0800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition.’’ DATES: The effective date of this Branch Technical Position is August 31, 2015. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014–0131 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2014–0131. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. The final version for BTP 8–9, ‘‘Open Phase Conditions in Electric Power System,’’ is available under ADAMS Accession No. ML15057A085. A redline strikeout comparing the proposed and final revision of the document can be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15056A316. • 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. • The NRC posts its issued staff guidance on the NRC’s external Web page (https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0800/). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark D. Notich, Office of New Reactors, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\30JYN1.SGM 30JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 146 / Thursday, July 30, 2015 / Notices U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–6992, email: Mark.Notich@ nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background On June 5, 2014 (79 FR 32580), the NRC published for public comment the proposed version of BTP 8–9, ‘‘Open Phase Conditions in Electric Power System,’’ in Chapter 8, ‘‘Electrical Power,’’ of NUREG–0800. The staff received many comments on the draft BTP. A summary of the comments and the staff’s disposition of the comments are available in a separate document, ‘‘Response to Public Comments on Draft Standard Review Plan, BTP 8–9, Open Phase Conditions in Electric Power System’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML15056A521). The BTP is guidance to the NRC Staff for reviewing applications for licenses for nuclear power reactors under 10 CFR parts 50 and 52 and amendments to licenses issued under parts 50 and 52. The NRC Staff intends to reference the BTP in NUREG–0800 for the same purpose. Lhorne on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES II. Backfitting and Issue Finality Branch Technical Position 8–9 provides 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), ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ with respect to compliance with General Design Criteria 17, ‘‘Electric Power Systems,’’ of Appendix A, ‘‘General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ BTP 8–9 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, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ with respect to those same subject matters. Issuance of BTP 8–9 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. 1. The BTP 8–9 Positions Would Not Constitute Backfitting, Inasmuch as the SRP Is Internal Guidance to NRC Staff The BTP 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:54 Jul 29, 2015 Jkt 235001 applicants or licensees are protected under either the Backfit Rule or the issue finality provisions of 10 CFR part 52. 2. Application of BTP 8–9 to Existing Licensees The NRC staff may consider imposing the positions described in the BTP on existing licenses, the NRC staff will address backfit considerations in any plant-specific action it takes. If, in the future, the NRC staff seeks to impose a position in the BTP 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 Applicants 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 BTP 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. III. Congressional Review Act 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. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of July 2015. PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45563 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Lawrence Burkhart, Acting Chief, New Reactor Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2015–18634 Filed 7–29–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–286; NRC–2012–0236] Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Indian Point Nuclear Generating, Unit No. 3 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant. AGENCY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., to withdraw its application dated August 14, 2012, for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR–64 for Indian Point Nuclear Generating, Unit No. 3. The proposed change would have changed the licensing basis for the emergency diesel generator fuel oil storage tank requirements, revised Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.3, ‘‘Diesel Fuel Oil, and Starting Air,’’ and relocated the specific numerical values for fuel oil storage requirements from the TSs to the TS Bases in accordance with Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF–501, Revision 1, ‘‘Relocate Stored Fuel Oil and Lube Oil Volume Values to Licensee Control.’’ ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2012–0236 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2012–0236. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 146 (Thursday, July 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45562-45563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18634]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2014-0131]


Open Phase Conditions in Electric Power System

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Branch technical position-final; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a 
final version of Branch Technical Position (BTP) 8-9, ``Open Phase 
Conditions in Electric Power System,'' of NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review 
Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power 
Plants: LWR Edition.''

DATES: The effective date of this Branch Technical Position is August 
31, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0131 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0131. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this notice (if 
that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a 
document is referenced. The final version for BTP 8-9, ``Open Phase 
Conditions in Electric Power System,'' is available under ADAMS 
Accession No. ML15057A085. A redline strikeout comparing the proposed 
and final revision of the document can be found in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML15056A316.
     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.
     The NRC posts its issued staff guidance on the NRC's 
external Web page (https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0800/).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark D. Notich, Office of New 
Reactors,

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
telephone: 301-415-6992, email: Mark.Notich@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On June 5, 2014 (79 FR 32580), the NRC published for public comment 
the proposed version of BTP 8-9, ``Open Phase Conditions in Electric 
Power System,'' in Chapter 8, ``Electrical Power,'' of NUREG-0800. The 
staff received many comments on the draft BTP. A summary of the 
comments and the staff's disposition of the comments are available in a 
separate document, ``Response to Public Comments on Draft Standard 
Review Plan, BTP 8-9, Open Phase Conditions in Electric Power System'' 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML15056A521). The BTP is guidance to the NRC Staff 
for reviewing applications for licenses for nuclear power reactors 
under 10 CFR parts 50 and 52 and amendments to licenses issued under 
parts 50 and 52. The NRC Staff intends to reference the BTP in NUREG-
0800 for the same purpose.

II. Backfitting and Issue Finality

    Branch Technical Position 8-9 provides 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), ``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization 
Facilities,'' with respect to compliance with General Design Criteria 
17, ``Electric Power Systems,'' of Appendix A, ``General Design 
Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants.'' BTP 8-9 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, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for 
Nuclear Power Plants,'' with respect to those same subject matters.
    Issuance of BTP 8-9 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.

1. The BTP 8-9 Positions Would Not Constitute Backfitting, Inasmuch as 
the SRP Is Internal Guidance to NRC Staff

    The BTP 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. Application of BTP 8-9 to Existing Licensees

    The NRC staff may consider imposing the positions described in the 
BTP on existing licenses, the NRC staff will address backfit 
considerations in any plant-specific action it takes. If, in the 
future, the NRC staff seeks to impose a position in the BTP 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 Applicants

    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 BTP 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.

III. Congressional Review Act

    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.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of July 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lawrence Burkhart,
Acting Chief, New Reactor Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of 
Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2015-18634 Filed 7-29-15; 8:45 am]
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