Rules and Regulations. Regulatory guide; issuance

Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Action: Regulatory guide; issuance
Citation: FR Doc. 2018-07118 · NRC-2017-0171

Summary

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 0 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.234, “Evaluating Deviations and Reporting Defects and Noncompliance Under 10 CFR Part 21.” This RG describes methods that the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) considers acceptable for complying with the provisions of the regulations.

Dates

Revision 0 to RG 1.234 is available on April 9, 2018.

Supplementary Information

I. Discussion The NRC is issuing a new 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. Revision 0 of RG 1.234 was issued with a temporary identification of Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1291. This RG describes methods that the NRC staff considers acceptable for complying with the provisions of part 21 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Reporting of Defects and Noncompliance. II. Additional Information The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-1291 in the Federal Register on August 4, 2017 (Volume 82 FR page 36457) for a 60-day public comment period. The public comment period closed on October 3, 2017. Public comments on DG-1291 and the staff responses to the public comments are available under ADAMS under Accession No. ML17338A074. 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 This RG approves a method for evaluating and reporting defects under 10 CFR part 21. Issuance of this RG would not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) and would not otherwise be inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As discussed in the “Implementation” section of this RG, the NRC has no current intention to impose this guide, if finalized, on holders of current operating licenses or combined licenses. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of April, 2018. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Thomas H. Boyce, Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2018-07118 Filed 4-6-18; 8:45 am]