Draft Regulatory Guides: Design-Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants and Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards Due to Water Control Structure Failures and Incidents, 57372-57374 [2024-15479]

Download as PDF 57372 § 1222.52 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 135 / Monday, July 15, 2024 / Proposed Rules Assessments. * * * * * (e) Each importer of paper and paperbased packaging shall pay to the Board an assessment on the paper and paperbased packaging imported into the United States identified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) number listed in the following table. In the event that any HTSUS number subject to assessment is changed and such change is merely a replacement of a previous number and has no impact on the description of the paper and paper-based packaging involved, assessments will continue to be collected based on the new number. * * * * * (f) Each importer is responsible for paying the assessment directly to the Board within 30 calendar days after the end of the quarter in which the paper and paper-based packaging was imported. * * * * * ■ 15. § 1222.53, revise paragraphs (a)(1), (2)(iii) and (5) to read as follows: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with PROPOSALS1 § 1222.53 Exemption from assessment. (a) Minimum quantity exemption. (1) Manufacturers that manufacture less than 100,000 short tons of paper and paper-based packaging in a marketing year are exempt from paying assessments. Such manufacturers must apply to the Board, on a form provided by the Board, for a certificate of exemption. This is an annual exemption and manufacturers must reapply each year. Such manufacturers shall certify that they will manufacture less than 100,000 short tons of paper and paperbased packaging during the marketing year for which the exemption is claimed. Upon receipt of an application for exemption, the Board shall determine whether an exemption may be granted. The Board may request past manufacturing data to support the exemption request. The Board will issue, if deemed appropriate, a certificate of exemption to the eligible manufacturer. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer to retain a copy of the certificate of exemption. (2) * * * (iii) The Board shall refund to such importers considered exempt assessments that the importer paid to the Board no later than 60 calendar days after the Board receives such assessments. The Board will stop refund of assessments to such importers who during the marketing year import more than 100,000 short tons of paper and paper-based packaging. These importers will be notified accordingly. No interest VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:24 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 shall be paid on the assessments collected by the Board. * * * * * (5) In calculating whether a manufacturer or importer qualifies for an exemption, the combined quantity of all paper and paper-based packaging manufactured or imported by the manufacturer or importer during a marketing year shall count towards the 100,000 short-ton exemption. * * * * * ■ 16. In § 1222.81, revise paragraphs (b)(2) to read as follows: § 1222.81 Referenda. * * * * * (b) * * * (2) Not later than seven years after this Order becomes effective and every seven years thereafter, to determine whether manufacturers and importers favor the continuation of the Order. The Order shall continue if it is favored by a majority of manufacturers and importers voting in the referendum who, during a representative period determined by the Secretary, are each an eligible domestic manufacturer or an eligible importer and who also represent a majority of the volume of paper and paper-based packaging represented in the referendum; * * * * * ■ 17. In § 1222.82, revise paragraph (b) to read as follows: § 1222.82 Suspension or termination. * * * * * (b) The Secretary shall suspend or terminate this subpart at the end of the fiscal year whenever the Secretary determines that its suspension or termination is favored by a majority of manufacturers and importers voting in the referendum who, during a representative period determined by the Secretary, are each an eligible domestic manufacturer or an eligible importer and who also represent a majority of the volume of paper and paper-based packaging represented in the referendum; * * * * * ■ 18. In § 1222.101, revise paragraph (e) and (i) to read as follows: Subpart B—Referendum Procedures § 1222.101 Definitions. * * * * * (e) Eligible domestic manufacturer means any person who is currently a domestic manufacturer and who manufactured 100,000 short tons or more of paper and paper-based packaging during the representative period. * * * * * PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 (i) Manufacture means the process of transforming pulp into paper and paperbased packaging. * * * * * ■ 19. In § 1222.102, revise paragraph (a) to read as follows: § 1222.102 Voting. (a) Each eligible domestic manufacturer and importer of paper and paper-based packaging shall be entitled to cast only one ballot in the referendum. However, each domestic manufacturer in a landlord/tenant relationship or a divided ownership arrangement involving totally independent entities cooperating only to manufacture paper and paper-based packaging, in which more than one of the parties is a domestic manufacturer or importer, shall be entitled to cast one ballot in the referendum covering only such domestic manufacturer or importer’s share of ownership. * * * * * Erin Morris, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 2024–15138 Filed 7–12–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Parts 50, 52, and 100 [NRC–2024–0110] Draft Regulatory Guides: Design-Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants and Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards Due to Water Control Structure Failures and Incidents Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft guides; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment two related draft Regulatory Guides (DG) namely DG–1290, Revision 1, ‘‘Design-Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ proposed Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.59 of the same name and DG–1417, ‘‘Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards due to Water Control Structure Failures and Incidents,’’ proposed new RG 1.256. DG–1290 provides guidance for applicants for new nuclear power plants (NPPs) on acceptable methods for evaluating design-basis floods and DG– 1417 provides guidance for applicants on flooding hazards due to failure or other incidents at man-made water SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\15JYP1.SGM 15JYP1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 135 / Monday, July 15, 2024 / Proposed Rules control structures including, but not limited to, dams and levees. DATES: Submit comments by August 14, 2024. 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. 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–2024–0110. 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. • 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: Edward O’Donnell, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– 415–3317; email: Edward.O’Donnell@ nrc.gov; Joseph Kanney, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301–415–1920; email: Joseph.Kanney@ nrc.gov; and Kenneth See, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301–415–1508; email: Kenneth.See@ nrc.gov. All are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Obtaining Information B. Submitting Comments The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website (https:// www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC–2024–0110 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. Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2024– 0110 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–2024–0110. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at II. Additional Information The NRC is issuing for public comment two related DGs in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series, namely DG– 1290 and DG–1417. This series was developed to describe methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency’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. I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with PROPOSALS1 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, at 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: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:24 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 57373 DG–1290 was previously released for public comment on February 23, 2022, as announced in the Federal Register (87 FR 10260). The public comment period ended on April 11, 2022. That version of DG–1290 can be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19289E561 and the response to public comments can be found at ADAMS Accession No. ML23320A026. DG–1290, Revision 1 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23320A025) is being issued for a second round of comments due to changes reflecting public comments and proposed referencing of a complementary new guide, DG–1417 (RG 1.256, Revision 0) ‘‘Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards Due to Water Control Structure Failures and Incidents.’’ DG–1417 will be released for comment in conjunction with DG–1290, Revision 1. DG–1417 is a proposed new RG, RG 1.256, of the same name, and is temporarily identified by its task number, DG–1417 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22278A110). It was developed to provide guidance to applicants for new NPPs on acceptable methods for evaluating design-basis flooding hazards due to failure or other incidents at manmade water control structures including, but not limited to, dams and levees. If finalized, RG 1.256 would formally incorporate interim staff guidance (ISG) ‘‘Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards Due to Dam Failure’’ (JLD–ISG–2013–01) (ADAMS Accession No. ML13151A153) into NRC’s regulatory guidance framework. ISGs are meant to be withdrawn after their immediate purpose has been fulfilled or integrated formally into the NRC’s regulatory guidance framework. If DG–1417 is finalized as RG 1.256, JLD–ISG–2013–01 will be withdrawn. The staff is also issuing for public comment a draft regulatory analysis for DG–1417 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22278A111). The staff developed the regulatory analysis to assess the value of issuing or revising a RG, as well as alternative courses of action. A regulatory analysis for DG–1290 was released for comment on February 23, 2022, and although no comments were received it is available for comment and can be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML12121A020. As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671), this document is being published in the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’ section of the Federal Register to comply with publication requirements under chapter I of title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). E:\FR\FM\15JYP1.SGM 15JYP1 57374 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 135 / Monday, July 15, 2024 / Proposed Rules III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration If finalized, the NRC staff may use RG 1.256 as a reference in its regulatory processes, such as licensing, inspection, or enforcement. However, the NRC staff does not intend to use the proposed guidance in RG 1.256 to support NRC staff actions in a manner that would constitute backfitting as that term is 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,’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML18093B087); nor does the NRC staff intend to use the proposed guidance to affect the issue finality of an approval under 10 CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ The staff also does not intend to use the proposed guidance to support NRC staff actions in a manner that constitutes forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 8.4. If a licensee believes that the NRC is using this proposed RG in a manner inconsistent with the discussion in this Implementation section, then the licensee may file a backfitting or forward fitting appeal with the NRC in accordance with the process in MD 8.4. IV. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs. Suggestions can be submitted on the NRC’s public website at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/reg-guides/ contactus.html. Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements to the ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. Dated: July 10, 2024. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Meraj Rahimi, Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2024–15479 Filed 7–12–24; 8:45 am] ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with PROPOSALS1 BILLING CODE 7590–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:24 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA–2024–1884; Project Identifier AD–2023–00948–T] RIN 2120–AA64 Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). AGENCY: The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2023–08–04, which applies to certain The Boeing Company Model 787–8, 787–9, and 787–10 airplanes. AD 2023– 08–04 requires a detailed visual inspection of all door 1 and door 3 lavatory and galley potable water systems for any missing or incorrectly installed clamshell couplings, and applicable on-condition actions. Since the FAA issued AD 2023–08–04, Boeing has discovered that some couplings did not have the required safety strap and has developed a design solution that replaces the couplings with couplings that have safety straps to address the unsafe condition. This proposed AD would retain the requirements of AD 2023–08–04 and require a detailed inspection of all clamshell couplings for the presence and correct installation of safety straps at door 1 and door 3 lavatories and galleys with a potable water system, and applicable oncondition actions. The AD would also prohibit the installation of affected parts at inspection locations and remove Model 787–10 airplanes from the applicability. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products. DATES: The FAA must receive comments on this proposed AD by August 29, 2024. SUMMARY: You may send comments, using the procedures found in 14 CFR 11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • Fax: 202–493–2251. • Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. • Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail address above between 9 a.m. and 5 ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. AD Docket: You may examine the AD docket at regulations.gov under Docket No. FAA–2024–1884; or in person at Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD docket contains this NPRM, any comments received, and other information. The street address for Docket Operations is listed above. Material Incorporated by Reference: • For Boeing material identified in this NPRM, contact Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Attention: Contractual & Data Services (C&DS), 2600 Westminster Blvd., MC 110–SK57, Seal Beach, CA 90740–5600; telephone 562–797–1717; website myboeingfleet.com. • You may view this material at the FAA, Airworthiness Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA. For information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call 206–231–3195. It is also available at regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA–2024–1884. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Lucero, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198; phone: 206– 231–3569; email: Brandon.Lucero@ faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments Invited The FAA invites you to send any written relevant data, views, or arguments about this proposal. Send your comments to an address listed under ADDRESSES. Include ‘‘Docket No. FAA–2024–1884; Project Identifier AD– 2023–00948–T’’ at the beginning of your comments. The most helpful comments reference a specific portion of the proposal, explain the reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data. The FAA will consider all comments received by the closing date and may amend this proposal because of those comments. Except for Confidential Business Information (CBI) as described in the following paragraph, and other information as described in 14 CFR 11.35, the FAA will post all comments received, without change, to regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. The agency will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal contact received about this NPRM. Confidential Business Information CBI is commercial or financial information that is both customarily and E:\FR\FM\15JYP1.SGM 15JYP1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57372-57374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 50, 52, and 100

[NRC-2024-0110]


Draft Regulatory Guides: Design-Basis Floods for Nuclear Power 
Plants and Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards Due to Water 
Control Structure Failures and Incidents

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft guides; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for 
public comment two related draft Regulatory Guides (DG) namely DG-1290, 
Revision 1, ``Design-Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants,'' proposed 
Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.59 of the same name and DG-1417, 
``Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards due to Water Control 
Structure Failures and Incidents,'' proposed new RG 1.256. DG-1290 
provides guidance for applicants for new nuclear power plants (NPPs) on 
acceptable methods for evaluating design-basis floods and DG-1417 
provides guidance for applicants on flooding hazards due to failure or 
other incidents at man-made water

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control structures including, but not limited to, dams and levees.

DATES: Submit comments by August 14, 2024. 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.

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-2024-0110. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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-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: Edward O'Donnell, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3317; email: 
Edward.O'[email protected]; Joseph Kanney, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, telephone: 301-415-1920; email: [email protected]; and 
Kenneth See, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-
1508; email: [email protected]. All 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-2024-0110 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-2024-0110.
     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, at 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: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an 
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (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-2024-0110 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 two related DGs in the NRC's 
``Regulatory Guide'' series, namely DG-1290 and DG-1417. This series 
was developed to describe methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff 
for implementing specific parts of the agency'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.
    DG-1290 was previously released for public comment on February 23, 
2022, as announced in the Federal Register (87 FR 10260). The public 
comment period ended on April 11, 2022. That version of DG-1290 can be 
found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19289E561 and the response to 
public comments can be found at ADAMS Accession No. ML23320A026. DG-
1290, Revision 1 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23320A025) is being issued for 
a second round of comments due to changes reflecting public comments 
and proposed referencing of a complementary new guide, DG-1417 (RG 
1.256, Revision 0) ``Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards Due to 
Water Control Structure Failures and Incidents.'' DG-1417 will be 
released for comment in conjunction with DG-1290, Revision 1.
    DG-1417 is a proposed new RG, RG 1.256, of the same name, and is 
temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1417 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML22278A110). It was developed to provide guidance to applicants for 
new NPPs on acceptable methods for evaluating design-basis flooding 
hazards due to failure or other incidents at man-made water control 
structures including, but not limited to, dams and levees. If 
finalized, RG 1.256 would formally incorporate interim staff guidance 
(ISG) ``Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards Due to Dam 
Failure'' (JLD-ISG-2013-01) (ADAMS Accession No. ML13151A153) into 
NRC's regulatory guidance framework. ISGs are meant to be withdrawn 
after their immediate purpose has been fulfilled or integrated formally 
into the NRC's regulatory guidance framework. If DG-1417 is finalized 
as RG 1.256, JLD-ISG-2013-01 will be withdrawn. The staff is also 
issuing for public comment a draft regulatory analysis for DG-1417 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML22278A111). The staff developed the regulatory 
analysis to assess the value of issuing or revising a RG, as well as 
alternative courses of action. A regulatory analysis for DG-1290 was 
released for comment on February 23, 2022, and although no comments 
were received it is available for comment and can be found in ADAMS 
under Accession No. ML12121A020.
    As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671), 
this document is being published in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of 
the Federal Register to comply with publication requirements under 
chapter I of title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

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III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality

    If finalized, the NRC staff may use RG 1.256 as a reference in its 
regulatory processes, such as licensing, inspection, or enforcement. 
However, the NRC staff does not intend to use the proposed guidance in 
RG 1.256 to support NRC staff actions in a manner that would constitute 
backfitting as that term is 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,'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML18093B087); nor does the NRC staff 
intend to use the proposed guidance to affect the issue finality of an 
approval under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and 
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.'' The staff also does not intend to 
use the proposed guidance to support NRC staff actions in a manner that 
constitutes forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 
8.4. If a licensee believes that the NRC is using this proposed RG in a 
manner inconsistent with the discussion in this Implementation section, 
then the licensee may file a backfitting or forward fitting appeal with 
the NRC in accordance with the process in MD 8.4.

IV. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides

    A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the 
NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs. 
Suggestions can be submitted on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. 
Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements to 
the ``Regulatory Guide'' series.

    Dated: July 10, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2024-15479 Filed 7-12-24; 8:45 am]
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