[Federal Register: July 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 131)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2009-0304]
Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Issuance, Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-1176.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nanette Gilles, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 415-
1180 or e-mail Nanette.Gilles@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public
comment a draft guide in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This
series was developed to describe and make available to the public such
information as 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 problems or postulated accidents,
and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits
and licenses.
The draft regulatory guide, entitled, ``Guidance for the Assessment
of Beyond-Design-Basis Aircraft Impacts,'' is temporarily identified by
its task number, DG-1176, which should be mentioned in all related
correspondence. This guide describes a method that the staff of the NRC
considers acceptable for use in satisfying its regulations in Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 50, ``Domestic
Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,'' regarding the
consideration of aircraft impacts for new nuclear power reactors. In
particular, this guide endorses the methodologies described in the
industry guidance document, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 07-13,
``Methodology for Performing Aircraft Impact Assessments for New Plant
Designs,'' Revision 7, issued May 2009. The public version of NEI 07-13
can be found in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS), Accession No. ML091490723. Publicly available documents
created or received at the NRC are available electronically at the
NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. From this page, the public can enter the ADAMS database,
which provides text and image files of the NRC's public documents.
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who have problems accessing
the documents located in ADAMS, may contact the reference staff in the
NRC's Public Document Room at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-
mail at pdr.resource@nrc.gov. Nonpublic versions of this regulatory
guide and NEI 07-13 contain more specific details about the methodology
for performing aircraft impact assessments and will be handled under
Safeguards Information (SGI) controls. Because the nonpublic guidance
documents will contain SGI, the documents will only be made available
to those individuals with a need to know and who are otherwise
qualified to have access to SGI. Plant designers (including their
employees and agents) who meet the NRC's requirements for access to SGI
will be entitled to use the more detailed guidance documents to perform
the aircraft impact assessments.
II. Further Information
The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-1176. Comments may be
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data, and should
mention DG-1176 in the subject line. Comments submitted in writing or
in electronic form will be made available to the public in their
entirety through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS). Personal information will not be removed from your
comments. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking and Directives Branch, Mail Stop:
TWB-05-B01M, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
2. Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov
and search for documents filed under Docket ID [NRC-2009-0304]. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 301-492-3668; e-mail
Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
3. Fax comments to: Rulemaking and Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 492-3446.
Requests for technical information about DG-1176 may be directed to
the DG-1176 may be directed to the NRC contact, Nanette Gilles at (301)
415-1180 or e-mail to Nanette.Gilles@nrc.gov.
Comments would be most helpful if received by September 8, 2009.
Comments received after that 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.
Electronic copies of DG-1176 are available through the NRC's public
Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the ``Regulatory Guides''
collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic copies are also available in
ADAMS (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), under Accession No.
ML073170252.
In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) located at 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland. The PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by
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telephone at (301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4209, by fax at (301) 415-
3548, and by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is
not required to reproduce them.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of July 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark P. Orr,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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