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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 145 / Monday, August 2, 2021 / Notices NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2015–0220] Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 6 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.29, ‘‘Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ This RG describes a method that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for use in identifying and classifying those features of light-waterreactor nuclear power plants that must be designed to withstand the effects of the safe-shutdown earthquake. Revision 6 corrects a minor error in the numbering of the elements in Section C, ‘‘Staff Regulatory Guidance.’’ DATES: RG 1.29 is available on August 2, 2021. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–0220 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–2015–0220. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@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 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. 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. • 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1– 800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:21 Jul 30, 2021 Jkt 253001 Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Revision 6 to RG 1.29 and the regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML21155A003 and ML21155A004, respectively. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yuken Wong, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301–415–0500, email: Yuken.Wong@nrc.gov and Edward O’Donnell, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– 415–3317, email: Edward.Odonnell@ 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. II. Additional Information RG 1.29, Revision 6 corrects a minor error in the numbering within the Section C, ‘‘Staff Regulatory Guidance.’’ What was C.1.i became C.2. This results in C.2 becoming C.3 and C.3 became C.4. In addition, RG 1.29 was reformatted to conform with the current template for Regulatory Guides. 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. Backfitting and Issue Finality Issuance of RG 1.29 does not constitute backfitting as defined in Section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Backfitting,’’ and as described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4, ‘‘Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests’’; constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 8.4; or affect issue finality of any approval issued under 10 CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certificates, and Approvals PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41525 for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ As explained in this regulatory guide, applicants and licensees would not be required to comply with the positions set forth in this RG. Dated: July 27, 2021. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Meraj Rahimi, Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2021–16343 Filed 7–30–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2021–0147] Evaluations of Explosions Postulated To Occur at Nearby Facilities and on Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG)– 1388, ‘‘Evaluations of Explosions Postulated to Occur at Nearby Facilities and on Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants.’’ This DG is proposed Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.91. RG 1.91 describes methods that the NRC finds acceptable for applicants and licensees of nuclear power reactors to use in evaluating postulated accidental explosions at nearby facilities and transportation routes. DATES: Submit comments by September 1, 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–2021–0147. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\02AUN1.SGM 02AUN1 41526 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 145 / Monday, August 2, 2021 / Notices questions, contact the individuals 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: Michael Eudy, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– 415–3104, email: Michael.Eudy@ nrc.gov, Ronaldo Jenkins, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301–415–6978, email: Ronaldo.Jenkins@ nrc.gov, and Kenneth See, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301–415–1508, email: Kenneth.See@ nrc.gov. They are all staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021– 0147 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2021–0147. • 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. 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. • 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1– 800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:21 Jul 30, 2021 Jkt 253001 B. Submitting Comments The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal Rulemaking website (https:// www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC–2021–0147 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. 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, and make available to the public, information regarding methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC’s regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. This proposed Revision 3 to RG 1.91, entitled ‘‘Evaluations of Explosions Postulated to Occur at Nearby Facilities and on Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants,’’ is temporarily identified by its task number, DG–1388 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21105A439). The staff is also issuing for public comment a draft regulatory analysis (ADAMS Accession No. ML21105A438). The NRC published Revision 2 of RG 1.91, ‘‘Evaluations of Explosions Postulated to Occur on Transportation Routes near Nuclear Power Plants,’’ in April 2013 to provide licensees and applicants with agency-approved guidance regarding methods acceptable to the NRC staff for determining if the risk of damage at the site caused by an accidental explosion at a nearby facility or on a transportation route is sufficiently high to warrant a detailed PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 investigation to ensure safety-related systems, structures, and components are unaffected. The current version of RG 1.91 (Revision 2) does not reflect the changes and updates with respect to the following NRC report or current methodologies as appropriate. This proposed revision (Revision 3) reflects updates with information pertinent to addressing the recommendations of the NRC report entitled, ‘‘Report of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Expert Evaluation Team on Concerns Pertaining to Gas Transmission Lines Near the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML20100F635) issued in April 2020 and current methodologies as appropriate. III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality DG–1388, if finalized, would not constitute backfitting as defined in section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Backfitting,’’ and as described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4, ‘‘Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML18093B087); would not constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 8.4; and would not affect the issue finality of any approval issued under 10 CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certificates, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ As explained in DG– 1388, applicants and licensees are not required to comply with the positions set forth in DG–1388. Dated: July 27, 2021. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Meraj Rahimi, Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Programs, Management Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0147]


Evaluations of Explosions Postulated To Occur at Nearby 
Facilities and on Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for 
public comment draft regulatory guide (DG)-1388, ``Evaluations of 
Explosions Postulated to Occur at Nearby Facilities and on 
Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants.'' This DG is proposed 
Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.91. RG 1.91 describes methods 
that the NRC finds acceptable for applicants and licensees of nuclear 
power reactors to use in evaluating postulated accidental explosions at 
nearby facilities and transportation routes.

DATES: Submit comments by September 1, 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-2021-0147. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical

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questions, contact the individuals 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: Michael Eudy, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3104, email: 
[email protected], Ronaldo Jenkins, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, telephone: 301-415-6978, email: [email protected], and 
Kenneth See, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-
1508, email: [email protected]. They are all 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-2021-0147 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0147.
     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]. 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.
     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. (ET), 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-2021-0147 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.

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, and 
make available to the public, information regarding methods that are 
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
NRC's regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating 
specific issues or postulated events, and data that the staff needs in 
its review of applications for permits and licenses.
    This proposed Revision 3 to RG 1.91, entitled ``Evaluations of 
Explosions Postulated to Occur at Nearby Facilities and on 
Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants,'' is temporarily 
identified by its task number, DG-1388 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML21105A439). The staff is also issuing for public comment a draft 
regulatory analysis (ADAMS Accession No. ML21105A438).
    The NRC published Revision 2 of RG 1.91, ``Evaluations of 
Explosions Postulated to Occur on Transportation Routes near Nuclear 
Power Plants,'' in April 2013 to provide licensees and applicants with 
agency-approved guidance regarding methods acceptable to the NRC staff 
for determining if the risk of damage at the site caused by an 
accidental explosion at a nearby facility or on a transportation route 
is sufficiently high to warrant a detailed investigation to ensure 
safety-related systems, structures, and components are unaffected. The 
current version of RG 1.91 (Revision 2) does not reflect the changes 
and updates with respect to the following NRC report or current 
methodologies as appropriate.
    This proposed revision (Revision 3) reflects updates with 
information pertinent to addressing the recommendations of the NRC 
report entitled, ``Report of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
Expert Evaluation Team on Concerns Pertaining to Gas Transmission Lines 
Near the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.'' (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML20100F635) issued in April 2020 and current methodologies as 
appropriate.

III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality

    DG-1388, if finalized, would not constitute backfitting as defined 
in section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 
CFR), ``Backfitting,'' and as described in NRC Management Directive 
(MD) 8.4, ``Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, 
and Information Requests'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML18093B087); would not 
constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 
8.4; and would not affect the issue finality of any approval issued 
under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certificates, and Approvals for 
Nuclear Power Plants.'' As explained in DG-1388, applicants and 
licensees are not required to comply with the positions set forth in 
DG-1388.

    Dated: July 27, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Programs, Management Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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