[Federal Register: April 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 79)]
[Notices]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2008-0500]
Proposed Revisions to the License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance
Process and Regulatory Issue Summary 2007-16; Granting of Request To
Extend the Comment Period
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Granting of request to extend the comment period.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Matthew Homiack, Division of
License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-
1683; or e-mail to Matthew.Homiack@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC published in the Federal Register, 74 FR 13272, on March
26, 2009, a request for public comment on proposed revisions to the
License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance (LR-ISG) Process and NRC
Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2007-16, ``Implementation of the
Requirements of 10 CFR 54.37(b) for Holders of Renewed Licenses.'' The
proposed LR-ISG process revision incorporates changes to the existing
process dated December 12, 2003, and basic framework for developing and
implementing LR-ISGs. The proposed RIS revision clarifies the role of
the LR-ISG process for including ``newly identified'' systems,
structures, and components in accordance with Section 54.37(b) of Title
10, Part 54, ``Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for
Nuclear Power Plants,'' of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR
54.37(b)). After the NRC staff considers any public comments, it will
make a final determination regarding the proposed revisions to the LR-
ISG process and RIS 2007-16.
II. Further Information
The NRC staff requested receipt of comments on the proposed LR-ISG
process and RIS revisions by April 27, 2009. By this action, the NRC
staff is extending the comment period until May 27, 2009. Comments
received after May 27, 2009, will be considered, if it is practical to
do so, but the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for
comments received on or before this date.
III. Request To Extend the Comment Period
Basis for the Request
By letter dated April 6, 2009, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
requested the following extension:
``On March 26, 2009, a Federal Register Notice was issued to
request public comments on draft Revisions to the License Renewal
Interim Staff Guidance Process (LR-ISG) and Regulatory Issue Summary
(RIS) 2007-16. The Federal Register notice requested comments on these
documents by April 27, 2009. We believe the industry will have
substantive comments on these documents and feel that it would be
beneficial to discuss the draft LR-ISG and the RIS in our next
quarterly license renewal meeting (scheduled for April 28, 2009) before
submitting our comments. Therefore, we respectfully request an
extension of the April 27 date until May 29 to allow discussion with
the Staff and time to collect industry comments after that
discussion.''
Response to Request
The request for an extension to the comment period is approved for
30 days.
The NRC staff understands that industry stakeholders may have
substantive comments on the proposed document revisions. The NRC staff
agrees that discussions at a public meeting could be beneficial so that
NEI and other stakeholders can better prepare and submit their
comments. The NRC staff believes that these comments could be helpful
in finalizing the revised LR-ISG process and RIS 2007-16. Therefore,
the staff is approving a 30-day extension to the original public
comment period, with the public comment period to end on May 27, 2009.
The staff plans to discuss the two documents with the NEI at a public
meeting on April 29, 2009, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at NRC's headquarters
in Rockville, MD. The public will be provided the opportunity to
participate in this meeting prior to its closing. Interested members of
the public may participate by teleconference. Additional details are
available in the meeting notice available on the NRC's public Web site
at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/idmws/
ViewDocByAccession.asp?AccessionNumber=ML090830226.
Members of the public are invited and encouraged to submit comments
electronically to http://www.regulations.gov. Search on Docket ID: NRC-
2008-0500 and follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments
may also be sent by mail to Michael Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and
Directives Branch, Mail Stop TWB-05-B01M, Office of Administration,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Requests for technical information may be directed to the NRC
contact, Mr. Matthew Homiack, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, at (301) 415-1683, or e-mail to
Matthew.Homiack@nrc.gov.
You can access publicly available documents related to the March
26, 2009, notice using the following methods:
Regulations.gov: Documents related to this notice, including public
comments,
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are accessible at http://www.regulations.gov, by searching on Docket
ID: NRC-2008-0500.
NRC's Electronic Reading Room: Electronic copies of the proposed
revisions to the LR-ISG process and RIS 2007-16 are available through
the NRC's Electronic Reading Room on the NRC's public Web site. The
proposed LR-ISG process revision can be found under tracking number LR-
ISG-2007-01 under the ``License Renewal'' heading at http://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/isg. The proposed revision to
RIS 2007-16 can be found under the ``Documents for Comment'' heading at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm.
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have
copied for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public
File Area O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC after
November 1, 1999, are available electronically at the NRC's Electronic
Reading Room on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. From this site, the public can gain entry into ADAMS, which
provides text and image files of NRC's public documents. The proposed
revisions to the LR-ISG process and RIS are available under ADAMS
Accession Nos. ML082180346 and ML083500028, respectively. If you do not
have access to the Internet or if there are any problems in accessing
the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of April 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian E. Holian,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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