Standard Format and Content of License Termination Plans for Nuclear Power Reactors, 36963-36964 [2019-16068]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 146 / Tuesday, July 30, 2019 / Notices jspears on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ Existing licensees and applicants of final design certification rules will not be required to comply with the positions set forth in this draft regulatory guide. Further information on the staff’s use of the draft regulatory guide, if finalized, is contained in the draft regulatory guide under Section D., ‘‘Implementation.’’ 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 discussed below—were intended to apply to every NRC action which substantially changes the expectations of current and future applicants. Therefore, the positions in any final draft regulatory guide, if imposed on applicants, would not represent backfitting (except as discussed below). The exceptions to the general principle are applicable whenever a 10 CFR part 50 operating license applicant references a construction permit or a combined license applicant references a 10 CFR part 52 license (i.e., an early site permit or a manufacturing license) or regulatory approval (i.e., a design certification rule or design approval). The staff does not, at this time, intend to impose the positions represented in the draft regulatory guide in a manner that is inconsistent with the Backfit Rule or any issue finality provisions in these 10 CFR part 52 licenses and regulatory approvals. If, in the future, the staff seeks to impose a position in this regulatory guide in a manner that constitutes backfitting under the Backfit Rule or does not provide issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality provision, then the staff will address the backfitting provisions in the Backtit Rule or criteria for avoiding issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality provision. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of July 2019. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Thomas H. Boyce, Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2019–16067 Filed 7–29–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:42 Jul 29, 2019 Jkt 247001 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2019–0153] Standard Format and Content of License Termination Plans for Nuclear Power Reactors Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.179, ‘‘Standard Format and Content of License Termination Plans for Nuclear Power Reactors.’’ This RG (Revision 2) provides general procedures acceptable to the NRC staff for the preparation of license termination plans (LTPs) for nuclear power reactors. This RG also describes the acceptable format and content of LTPs for nuclear power reactor licensees to terminate their licenses and release their sites. Revision 2 does not contain substantive changes in the NRC staff’s regulatory guidance since Revision 1 was issued. It provides updated references, minor corrections, and other editorial changes. DATES: Revision 2 to RG 1.179 is available on July 30, 2019. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2019–0153 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document, using the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC–2019–0153. Address questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges Roman; telephone: 301–287–9127; email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individuals 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 Document collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, 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. Revision 2 to SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 36963 Regulatory Guide 1.179 may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19128A067. • 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. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Giebel, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301– 415–5526, email: Steve.Giebel@nrc.gov, and Harriet Karagiannis, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301–415–2493, email: Harriet.Karagiannis@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Discussion The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the public information regarding methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, techniques that the NRC staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and data that the NRC staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. The NRC typically seeks public comment on a draft version of a regulatory guide by announcing its availability for comment in the Federal Register. However, the NRC may directly issue a final regulatory guide without a draft version or public comment period if the changes to the regulatory guide are non-substantive. The NRC is issuing Revision 2 of RG 1.179 directly as a final RG because the changes are non-substantive. Revision 2 of RG 1.179 incorporates updated references, minor corrections, and other editorial changes to be aligned with NUREG–1700, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for Evaluating Nuclear Power Reactor License Termination Plans,’’ Revision 2, issued April 2018. The changes in Revision 2 of the RG are administrative in nature. The changes are intended to improve clarity and do not substantially alter the NRC staff’s regulatory guidance for the acceptable format and content of LTPs for nuclear power reactor licensees. II. Backfitting and Issue Finality Issuance of this regulatory guide does not constitute backfitting as defined in E:\FR\FM\30JYN1.SGM 30JYN1 36964 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 146 / Tuesday, July 30, 2019 / Notices title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.109, ‘‘Backfitting’’ (the Backfit Rule), and is not otherwise inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As discussed in the ‘‘Implementation’’ section of RG 1.179, revision 2, the NRC has no current intention to impose the RG on current holders of an operating license or combined license. III. Congressional Review Act This RG 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. IV. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides Revision 2 of RG 1.179 is being issued without public comment. However, you may at any time submit suggestions to the NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs to address new issues. Suggestions can be submitted by the form available online at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/reg-guides/ contactus.html. Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements of the RG. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of July 2019. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Thomas H. Boyce, Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2019–16068 Filed 7–29–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2019–0150] Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Biweekly notice. Pursuant to 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 jspears on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:42 Jul 29, 2019 Jkt 247001 available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, 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. I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments II. Background 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. A. Obtaining Information AGENCY: SUMMARY: 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 June 29, 2019, to July 15, 2019. The last biweekly notice was published on July 16, 2019. DATES: Comments must be filed by August 29, 2019. A request for a hearing must be filed by September 30, 2019. 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–2019–0150. Address questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov 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: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff. 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: Paula Blechman, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 2242, email: Paula.Blechman@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2019– 0150, facility name, unit number(s), plant docket number, application date, and subject 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2019–0150. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2019– 0150, facility name, unit number(s), plant docket number, application date, and subject 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 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. E:\FR\FM\30JYN1.SGM 30JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36963-36964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16068]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2019-0153]


Standard Format and Content of License Termination Plans for 
Nuclear Power Reactors

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.179, ``Standard Format and 
Content of License Termination Plans for Nuclear Power Reactors.'' This 
RG (Revision 2) provides general procedures acceptable to the NRC staff 
for the preparation of license termination plans (LTPs) for nuclear 
power reactors. This RG also describes the acceptable format and 
content of LTPs for nuclear power reactor licensees to terminate their 
licenses and release their sites. Revision 2 does not contain 
substantive changes in the NRC staff's regulatory guidance since 
Revision 1 was issued. It provides updated references, minor 
corrections, and other editorial changes.

DATES: Revision 2 to RG 1.179 is available on July 30, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0153 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document, 
using the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0153. Address 
questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges 
Roman; telephone: 301-287-9127; email: [email protected]. For 
technical questions, contact the individuals 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 Document collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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 in this notice (if that document is available in 
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. 
Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 1.179 may be found in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML19128A067.
     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.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Giebel, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-5526, email: 
[email protected], and Harriet Karagiannis, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-2493, email: 
[email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion

    The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC's 
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and 
make available to the public information regarding methods that are 
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
agency's regulations, techniques that the NRC staff uses in evaluating 
specific issues or postulated events, and data that the NRC staff needs 
in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
    The NRC typically seeks public comment on a draft version of a 
regulatory guide by announcing its availability for comment in the 
Federal Register. However, the NRC may directly issue a final 
regulatory guide without a draft version or public comment period if 
the changes to the regulatory guide are non-substantive.
    The NRC is issuing Revision 2 of RG 1.179 directly as a final RG 
because the changes are non-substantive. Revision 2 of RG 1.179 
incorporates updated references, minor corrections, and other editorial 
changes to be aligned with NUREG-1700, ``Standard Review Plan for 
Evaluating Nuclear Power Reactor License Termination Plans,'' Revision 
2, issued April 2018. The changes in Revision 2 of the RG are 
administrative in nature. The changes are intended to improve clarity 
and do not substantially alter the NRC staff's regulatory guidance for 
the acceptable format and content of LTPs for nuclear power reactor 
licensees.

II. Backfitting and Issue Finality

    Issuance of this regulatory guide does not constitute backfitting 
as defined in

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title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.109, 
``Backfitting'' (the Backfit Rule), and is not otherwise inconsistent 
with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As discussed in 
the ``Implementation'' section of RG 1.179, revision 2, the NRC has no 
current intention to impose the RG on current holders of an operating 
license or combined license.

III. Congressional Review Act

    This RG 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.

IV. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides

    Revision 2 of RG 1.179 is being issued without public comment. 
However, you may at any time submit suggestions to the NRC for 
improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs to 
address new issues. Suggestions can be submitted by the form available 
online at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. Suggestions will be considered in future updates and 
enhancements of the RG.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of July 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2019-16068 Filed 7-29-19; 8:45 am]
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