Clarification of Compensatory Measure Requirements for Physical Protection Program Deficiencies, 10686-10687 [2016-04347]

Download as PDF 10686 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 40 / Tuesday, March 1, 2016 / Notices NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Date of amendment request: May 4, 2015, as supplemented by letter dated August 5, 2015. Description of amendment request: The proposed amendments authorize modification of the Emergency Action Level (EAL) Technical Basis Document, EAL RA2.1, to revise the instrumentation used to classify an event under this EAL. Specifically, this would correct the equipment identification number from the ‘‘GW– RI–178–1 Process Vent Normal Range’’ monitor to the ‘‘VG–RI–180–1 Vent Stack ‘B’ Normal Range’’ monitor for Initiating Condition RA2, EAL RA2.1. Date of issuance: January 21, 2016. Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented within 90 days from the date of issuance. Amendment Nos.: 277 and 259. A publicly-available version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15307A300; documents related to these amendments are listed in the Safety Evaluation enclosed with these amendments. Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–4 and NPF–7: Amendments changed the licenses. Date of initial notice in Federal Register: July 7, 2015 (80 FR 38764). The supplemental letter dated August 5, 2015, provided additional information that clarified the application, did not expand the scope of the application as originally noticed, and did not change the staff’s original proposed no significant hazards consideration determination. The Commission’s related evaluation of the amendments is contained in a Safety Evaluation dated January 21, 2016. No significant hazards consideration comments received: Yes. asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Virginia Electric and Power Company, Docket Nos. 50–338 and 50–339, North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Louisa County, Virginia Clarification of Compensatory Measure Requirements for Physical Protection Program Deficiencies Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of February 2016. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Anne T. Boland, Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2016–04346 Filed 2–29–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:18 Feb 29, 2016 Jkt 238001 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [NRC–2016–0043] Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public comment on a draft regulatory issue summary (RIS) entitled, RIS 2016–XX, ‘‘Clarification on the Implementation of Compensatory Measures for Protective Strategy Deficiencies or Degraded or Inoperable Security Systems, Equipment, or Components.’’ The NRC intends to issue this RIS to remind licensees of the requirement to implement compensatory measures, supported by a site-specific analysis, to ensure that licensees maintain, at all times, the capability to detect, assess, interdict, and neutralize threats as identified in NRC regulations. Compensatory measures must be implemented for degraded or inoperable security systems, equipment, or components, and for protective strategy deficiencies identified during performance evaluation exercises and drills. SUMMARY: Submit comments by March 31, 2016. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specific subject): • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2016–0043. 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. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00122 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Daniel Cardenas, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–287– 0756; email: Daniel.Cardenas@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016– 0043 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this action by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2016–0043. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable 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 document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. This RIS is available under ADAMS Accession No. ML15040A596. • 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–2016– 0043 in your comment submission. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https:// www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely 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 that they do not want to be publicly E:\FR\FM\01MRN1.SGM 01MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 40 / Tuesday, March 1, 2016 / Notices asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS. II. Background The Commission directed the NRC staff in Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) ‘‘COMGEA/ COMWCO–14–0001—Proposed Initiative to Conduct a Lessons Learned Review of the NRC’s Force-on-Force Inspection Program’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML14043A063) to conduct a lessons-learned review of the NRC’s force-on-force inspection program. Through this review, the NRC staff identified that, in certain cases, licensees have implemented immediate compensatory measures where such measures are not required by NRC regulations and guidance. The NRC staff identified proposed enhancements to the force-on-force inspection program and communicated these to the Commission in SECY–14–0088, ‘‘Proposed Options to Address LessonsLearned Review of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Force-onForce Inspection Program in Response to Staff Requirements Memorandum— COMGEA/COMWCO–14–001’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML14139A231). One of the proposed enhancements was to issue a generic communication to licensees clarifying when compensatory measures must be immediately implemented. In SRM–SECY–14–0088, ‘‘Proposed Options to Address Lessons Learned Review of the NRC’s Force-onForce Inspection Program in Response to Staff Requirements—COMGEA/ COMWCO–14–0001’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML14353A433), the Commission directed the staff to issue a proposed generic communication to clarify the NRC’s expectations regarding the implementation of compensatory measures. Therefore, the NRC is issuing a draft RIS to communicate with stakeholders on this matter. The intent of this RIS is to remind addressees of the requirement for implementation of compensatory measures, supported by a site-specific analysis, to ensure that their physical protection program maintains, at all times, the capability to detect, assess, interdict, and neutralize threats, as identified in Section 73.1, ‘‘Purpose and Scope,’’ of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). Compensatory measures must be implemented for degraded or inoperable security systems, equipment, or components, and for protective strategy deficiencies VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:18 Feb 29, 2016 Jkt 238001 identified during performance evaluation exercises and drills. Licensees should use a site-specific analysis, based on all available information, to determine the specific timeframes and measures to compensate for protective strategy deficiencies, or degraded or inoperable security equipment, systems, or components. III. Proposed Action The NRC is requesting public comments on the draft RIS 2016–XX. The NRC staff will make a final determination regarding issuance of the RIS after it considers any public comments received in response to this request. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of February 2016. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. J. Todd Keene, Acting Chief, Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2016–04347 Filed 2–29–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Upon Written Request Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–2736. Extension: Form F–1, SEC File No. 270–249, OMB Control No. 3235–0258. 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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04347]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0043]


Clarification of Compensatory Measure Requirements for Physical 
Protection Program Deficiencies

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public 
comment on a draft regulatory issue summary (RIS) entitled, RIS 2016-
XX, ``Clarification on the Implementation of Compensatory Measures for 
Protective Strategy Deficiencies or Degraded or Inoperable Security 
Systems, Equipment, or Components.'' The NRC intends to issue this RIS 
to remind licensees of the requirement to implement compensatory 
measures, supported by a site-specific analysis, to ensure that 
licensees maintain, at all times, the capability to detect, assess, 
interdict, and neutralize threats as identified in NRC regulations. 
Compensatory measures must be implemented for degraded or inoperable 
security systems, equipment, or components, and for protective strategy 
deficiencies identified during performance evaluation exercises and 
drills.

DATES: Submit comments by March 31, 2016. Comments received after this 
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission 
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this 
date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0043. 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.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Cardenas, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-
0756; email: Daniel.Cardenas@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0043 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0043.
     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 document 
(if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time 
that a document is referenced. This RIS is available under ADAMS 
Accession No. ML15040A596.
     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-2016-0043 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely 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 that they do not want to be 
publicly

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disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that 
the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such 
information before making the comment submissions available to the 
public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Background

    The Commission directed the NRC staff in Staff Requirements 
Memorandum (SRM) ``COMGEA/COMWCO-14-0001--Proposed Initiative to 
Conduct a Lessons Learned Review of the NRC's Force-on-Force Inspection 
Program'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML14043A063) to conduct a lessons-
learned review of the NRC's force-on-force inspection program. Through 
this review, the NRC staff identified that, in certain cases, licensees 
have implemented immediate compensatory measures where such measures 
are not required by NRC regulations and guidance. The NRC staff 
identified proposed enhancements to the force-on-force inspection 
program and communicated these to the Commission in SECY-14-0088, 
``Proposed Options to Address Lessons-Learned Review of the U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Force-on-Force Inspection Program in 
Response to Staff Requirements Memorandum--COMGEA/COMWCO-14-001'' 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML14139A231).
    One of the proposed enhancements was to issue a generic 
communication to licensees clarifying when compensatory measures must 
be immediately implemented. In SRM-SECY-14-0088, ``Proposed Options to 
Address Lessons Learned Review of the NRC's Force-on-Force Inspection 
Program in Response to Staff Requirements--COMGEA/COMWCO-14-0001'' 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML14353A433), the Commission directed the staff to 
issue a proposed generic communication to clarify the NRC's 
expectations regarding the implementation of compensatory measures. 
Therefore, the NRC is issuing a draft RIS to communicate with 
stakeholders on this matter.
    The intent of this RIS is to remind addressees of the requirement 
for implementation of compensatory measures, supported by a site-
specific analysis, to ensure that their physical protection program 
maintains, at all times, the capability to detect, assess, interdict, 
and neutralize threats, as identified in Section 73.1, ``Purpose and 
Scope,'' of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). 
Compensatory measures must be implemented for degraded or inoperable 
security systems, equipment, or components, and for protective strategy 
deficiencies identified during performance evaluation exercises and 
drills. Licensees should use a site-specific analysis, based on all 
available information, to determine the specific timeframes and 
measures to compensate for protective strategy deficiencies, or 
degraded or inoperable security equipment, systems, or components.

III. Proposed Action

    The NRC is requesting public comments on the draft RIS 2016-XX. The 
NRC staff will make a final determination regarding issuance of the RIS 
after it considers any public comments received in response to this 
request.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of February 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
J. Todd Keene,
Acting Chief, Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-04347 Filed 2-29-16; 8:45 am]
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