Measuring, Evaluating, and Reporting Radioactive Material in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents and Solid Waste, 326-327 [2020-29154]

Download as PDF 326 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 5, 2021 / Notices Copyright Royalty Board’s regulations. 37 CFR 351.1(b)(1). Only attorneys admitted to the bar in one or more states or the District of Columbia and members in good standing will be allowed to represent parties before the Judges. Only an individual may represent herself or himself and appear without legal counsel. Authority: 37 CFR 303.2. Dated: December 28, 2020. Jesse M. Feder, Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. [FR Doc. 2020–29018 Filed 1–4–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 1410–72–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2020–0278] Measuring, Evaluating, and Reporting Radioactive Material in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents and Solid Waste Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment. AGENCY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG–1377, ‘‘Measuring, Evaluating, and Reporting Radioactive Material in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents and Solid Waste.’’ This DG is proposed revision 3 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.21 of the same name. The proposed revision describes an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the NRC to meet regulatory requirements for; (1) measuring, evaluating, and reporting plant related radioactivity in effluents and solid radioactive waste shipments from NRC licensed facilities, and (2) assessing and reporting the public dose to demonstrate compliance with NRC regulations. SUMMARY: Submit comments by February 19, 2021. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal Rulemaking Website: jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:09 Jan 04, 2021 Jkt 253001 • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2020–0278. Address questions about Docket IDs to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301–287–9221; email: Jennifer.BorgesRoman@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN– 7A06, 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: Steven Garry, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301–415–2766, email: Steven.Garry@nrc.gov, and Kyle Song, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301–415–3637, email: Kyle.Song@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2020– 0278 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this action. You may obtain publicly available 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–2020–0278. • 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 ‘‘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. DG–1377 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20287A423 and the regulatory analysis for DG–1377 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20287A434. • Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of public documents is currently closed. You may submit your request to the PDR via PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1– 800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. B. Submitting Comments The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal Rulemaking Website (https:// www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC–2020–0278 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 posts all comment submissions at https:// www.regulations.gov as well as enters 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 submissions into ADAMS. II. Additional Information The NRC is issuing for public comment a DG in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series was developed to describe methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to describe information that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. The DG, titled, ‘‘Measuring, Evaluating, and Reporting Radioactive Material in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents and Solid Waste,’’ is a proposed revision temporarily identified by its task number, DG–1377 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20287A423). The draft guide is proposed revision 3 of RG 1.21 of the same name (ADAMS Accession No. ML091170109). The guide proposes revised guidance for measuring, evaluating, and reporting plant-related radioactivity in effluents and solid radioactive waste shipments from NRC licensed facilities. This guidance provides clarity and consistency regarding the assessing and E:\FR\FM\05JAN1.SGM 05JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 5, 2021 / Notices reporting the public dose to demonstrate compliance with part 20 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Standards For Protection Against Radiation’’ and 40 CFR part 190, ‘‘Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Nuclear Power Operations.’’ Substantial changes are integrated in this revision. This revision provides (1) guidance on acceptable methods for calibration of accident-range radiation monitors and accident-range effluent monitors, (2) updated guidance on reviewing and updating long-term, annual average X/Q and D/Q values used for determining dose to individual members of the public, (3) clarification on reporting requirements for low-level waste shipments from the site that waste classification does not need to be reported, and (4) clarification that drinking water sampling would only be performed under the guidance when the calculated dose from I–131 is greater than 1 mrem/yr. This guide also incorporates the risk-informed principles of the Reactor Oversight Process. A risk-informed, performancebased approach to regulatory decision making combines the ‘‘risk informed’’ and ‘‘performance based’’ elements discussed in the staff requirements memorandum to SECY 98–144, ‘‘Staff Requirements—SECY–98–144—White Paper on Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Regulation,’’ dated February 24, 1999 (ADAMS Accession No. ML003753593). In particular, the guidance in this RG gives licensees the option of deciding on what effluents to monitor based on a risk-significance basis. The staff is also issuing for public comment a draft regulatory analysis (ADAMS Accession No. ML20287A434). The staff develops a regulatory analysis to assess the value of issuing or revising a regulatory guide as well as alternative courses of action. jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting and Issue Finality The draft regulatory guide (DG–1377), if finalized, would not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109, ‘‘Backfitting,’’ and as described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4, ‘‘Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests.’’ It also would not constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 8.4; or affect the issue finality of any approval issued under 10 CFR part 52. As explained in DG–1377, applicants and licensees would not be required to comply with the positions set forth in DG–1377. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Jan 04, 2021 Jkt 253001 Dated: December 30, 2020. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mekonen M. Bayssie, Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 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Chazell, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301–415–7469 or at Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In November 1998, the Commission approved amendments to title 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 2 that renamed the Licensing Support System Advisory Review Panel as the Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel (LSNARP). The Licensing Support Network (LSN) was shut down in 2011 and the document collection was submitted to the Office of the Secretary. The document collection was made publicly available in the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System in August 2016 and contains over 3.69 million documents associated the proposed high-level waste facility at Yucca Mountain. Membership on the Panel will continue to be drawn from those whose interests could be affected by the use of the LSN document collection, including the Department of Energy, the SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 327 NRC, the State of Nevada, the National Congress of American Indians, affected units of local governments in Nevada, the Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force, and nuclear industry groups. Federal agencies with expertise and experience in electronic information management systems may also participate on the Panel. The NRC has determined that renewal of the charter for the LSNARP until December 30, 2022, is in the public interest in connection with duties imposed on the Commission by law. This action is being taken in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act after consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration. Dated: December 30, 2020. Russell E. 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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2021)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2020-0278]


Measuring, Evaluating, and Reporting Radioactive Material in 
Liquid and Gaseous Effluents and Solid Waste

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 
comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1377, ``Measuring, Evaluating, 
and Reporting Radioactive Material in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents and 
Solid Waste.'' This DG is proposed revision 3 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 
1.21 of the same name. The proposed revision describes an approach that 
is acceptable to the staff of the NRC to meet regulatory requirements 
for; (1) measuring, evaluating, and reporting plant related 
radioactivity in effluents and solid radioactive waste shipments from 
NRC licensed facilities, and (2) assessing and reporting the public 
dose to demonstrate compliance with NRC regulations.

DATES: Submit comments by February 19, 2021. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC 
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in 
connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed 
or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking Website:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0278. Address 
questions about Docket IDs to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-9221; 
email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 
TWFN-7A06, 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: Steven Garry, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2766, email: 
[email protected], and Kyle Song, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, telephone: 301-415-3637, email: [email protected]. Both are 
staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0278 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this action. You may 
obtain publicly available 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-2020-0278.
     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 ``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]. DG-1377 is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML20287A423 and the regulatory analysis for DG-1377 is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20287A434.
     Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of public documents is currently closed. You may submit your request to 
the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 
301-415-4737 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking Website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2020-0278 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 posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enters 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 submissions into ADAMS.

II. Additional Information

    The NRC is issuing for public comment a DG in the NRC's 
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe 
methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific 
parts of the NRC's regulations, to explain techniques that the staff 
uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to 
describe information that the staff needs in its review of applications 
for permits and licenses.
    The DG, titled, ``Measuring, Evaluating, and Reporting Radioactive 
Material in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents and Solid Waste,'' is a 
proposed revision temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1377 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML20287A423). The draft guide is proposed revision 
3 of RG 1.21 of the same name (ADAMS Accession No. ML091170109). The 
guide proposes revised guidance for measuring, evaluating, and 
reporting plant-related radioactivity in effluents and solid 
radioactive waste shipments from NRC licensed facilities. This guidance 
provides clarity and consistency regarding the assessing and

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reporting the public dose to demonstrate compliance with part 20 of 
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Standards For 
Protection Against Radiation'' and 40 CFR part 190, ``Environmental 
Radiation Protection Standards for Nuclear Power Operations.''
    Substantial changes are integrated in this revision. This revision 
provides (1) guidance on acceptable methods for calibration of 
accident-range radiation monitors and accident-range effluent monitors, 
(2) updated guidance on reviewing and updating long-term, annual 
average X/Q and D/Q values used for determining dose to 
individual members of the public, (3) clarification on reporting 
requirements for low-level waste shipments from the site that waste 
classification does not need to be reported, and (4) clarification that 
drinking water sampling would only be performed under the guidance when 
the calculated dose from I-131 is greater than 1 mrem/yr. This guide 
also incorporates the risk-informed principles of the Reactor Oversight 
Process. A risk-informed, performance-based approach to regulatory 
decision making combines the ``risk informed'' and ``performance 
based'' elements discussed in the staff requirements memorandum to SECY 
98-144, ``Staff Requirements--SECY-98-144--White Paper on Risk-Informed 
and Performance-Based Regulation,'' dated February 24, 1999 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML003753593). In particular, the guidance in this RG 
gives licensees the option of deciding on what effluents to monitor 
based on a risk-significance basis.
    The staff is also issuing for public comment a draft regulatory 
analysis (ADAMS Accession No. ML20287A434). The staff develops a 
regulatory analysis to assess the value of issuing or revising a 
regulatory guide as well as alternative courses of action.

III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting and Issue Finality

    The draft regulatory guide (DG-1377), if finalized, would not 
constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109, ``Backfitting,'' 
and as described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4, ``Management of 
Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information 
Requests.'' It also would not constitute forward fitting as that term 
is defined and described in MD 8.4; or affect the issue finality of any 
approval issued under 10 CFR part 52. As explained in DG-1377, 
applicants and licensees would not be required to comply with the 
positions set forth in DG-1377.

    Dated: December 30, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mekonen M. Bayssie,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division 
of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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