Withdrawal of Regulatory Issue Summary 2012-10, “NRC Staff Position on Applying Surveillance Requirements 3.0.2 and 3.0.3 to Administrative Controls Program Tests”, 10911 [2018-04986]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 49 / Tuesday, March 13, 2018 / Notices Delegation of Authority to Close Advisory Committee Meetings dated April 15, 2016. Dated: March 7, 2018. Elizabeth Voyatzis, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2018–04960 Filed 3–12–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7536–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2018–0049] Withdrawal of Regulatory Issue Summary 2012–10, ‘‘NRC Staff Position on Applying Surveillance Requirements 3.0.2 and 3.0.3 to Administrative Controls Program Tests’’ Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Generic communications; withdrawal. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing Regulatory Issue Summary 2012–10, ‘‘NRC Staff Position on Applying Surveillance Requirements 3.0.2 and 3.0.3 to Administrative Controls Program Tests.’’ This document is being withdrawn because it contains guidance to addressees that is no longer applicable. SUMMARY: The effective date of the withdrawal of RIS 2012–10,’’NRC Staff Position on Applying Surveillance Requirements 3.0.2 and 3.0.3 to Administrative Controls Program Tests’’ is March 13, 2018. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–0049 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2018–0049. Address questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; email: Jennifer.Borges@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 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 amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:47 Mar 12, 2018 Jkt 244001 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 (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document. • 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: Tanya M. Mensah, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–3610, email: Tanya.Mensah@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC is withdrawing Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2012–10, ‘‘NRC Staff Position on Applying Surveillance Requirements 3.0.2 and 3.0.3 to Administrative Controls Program Tests’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML12079A393), because the guidance contained in the document is no longer applicable. Specifically, on August 23, 2012, RIS 2012–10 was issued to inform addresses of Enforcement Guidance Memorandum (EGM) 12–001, ‘‘Dispositioning Noncompliance with Administrative Controls Technical Specifications Programmatic Requirements that Extend Test Frequencies and Allow Performance of Missed Tests.’’ Following the issuance of EGM–12–001, the NRC staff concluded that the staff’s position taken in EGM–12–001 was incorrect. In addition, the period of enforcement discretion in EGM–12–001 has expired. Therefore, by memorandum dated February 14, 2018, EGM–12–001 was withdrawn by the NRC staff (ADAMS Accession No. ML18016A475). A summary of the NRC staff’s basis for withdrawing EGM–12– 001 is included in the memorandum. The NRC’s generic communication website will be updated to reflect RIS 2012–10 as withdrawn. The generic communications website is accessible at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/gen-comm/. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of March 2018. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Tanya M. Mensah, Senior Project Manager, ROP and Generic Communications Branch, Division of Inspection and Regional Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2018–04986 Filed 3–12–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 10911 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2018–0045] Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Biweekly notice. AGENCY: Pursuant to Section 189a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration, notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person. This biweekly notice includes all notices of amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, from February 13 to February 26, 2018. The last biweekly notice was published on February 27, 2018. SUMMARY: Comments must be filed by April 12, 2018. A request for a hearing must be filed by May 14, 2018. 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2018–0045. Address questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • Mail comments to: May Ma, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– A60M, 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. DATES: E:\FR\FM\13MRN1.SGM 13MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-04986]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2018-0049]


Withdrawal of Regulatory Issue Summary 2012-10, ``NRC Staff 
Position on Applying Surveillance Requirements 3.0.2 and 3.0.3 to 
Administrative Controls Program Tests''

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Generic communications; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing 
Regulatory Issue Summary 2012-10, ``NRC Staff Position on Applying 
Surveillance Requirements 3.0.2 and 3.0.3 to Administrative Controls 
Program Tests.'' This document is being withdrawn because it contains 
guidance to addressees that is no longer applicable.

DATES: The effective date of the withdrawal of RIS 2012-10,''NRC Staff 
Position on Applying Surveillance Requirements 3.0.2 and 3.0.3 to 
Administrative Controls Program Tests'' is March 13, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0049 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0049. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this 
document.
     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: Tanya M. Mensah, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3610, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC is withdrawing Regulatory Issue 
Summary (RIS) 2012-10, ``NRC Staff Position on Applying Surveillance 
Requirements 3.0.2 and 3.0.3 to Administrative Controls Program Tests'' 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML12079A393), because the guidance contained in 
the document is no longer applicable. Specifically, on August 23, 2012, 
RIS 2012-10 was issued to inform addresses of Enforcement Guidance 
Memorandum (EGM) 12-001, ``Dispositioning Noncompliance with 
Administrative Controls Technical Specifications Programmatic 
Requirements that Extend Test Frequencies and Allow Performance of 
Missed Tests.'' Following the issuance of EGM-12-001, the NRC staff 
concluded that the staff's position taken in EGM-12-001 was incorrect. 
In addition, the period of enforcement discretion in EGM-12-001 has 
expired. Therefore, by memorandum dated February 14, 2018, EGM-12-001 
was withdrawn by the NRC staff (ADAMS Accession No. ML18016A475). A 
summary of the NRC staff's basis for withdrawing EGM-12-001 is included 
in the memorandum.
    The NRC's generic communication website will be updated to reflect 
RIS 2012-10 as withdrawn. The generic communications website is 
accessible at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of March 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tanya M. Mensah,
Senior Project Manager, ROP and Generic Communications Branch, Division 
of Inspection and Regional Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2018-04986 Filed 3-12-18; 8:45 am]
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