ML24201A101
| ML24201A101 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/19/2024 |
| From: | Meraj Rahimi NRC/RES/DE/RGDB |
| To: | |
| References | |
| NRC-2024-0110, RG-1.059, Rev 3 DG-1290, Rev 1, RG-1.0256, Rev 0 | |
| Download: ML24201A101 (5) | |
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[7590-01-P]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 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; extension of comment period.
SUMMARY
- On July 15, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) solicited
comments on 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. The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on
August 14, 2024. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to allow
more time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments.
DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on
July 15, 2024 (89 FR 57372) is extended. Co mments should be submitted no later than
September 13, 2024. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is
practical to do so, but the Commission 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 and
Joseph Kanney, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-414-1508;
email: Joseph.Kanney@nrc.gov. Both 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.
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- NRCs 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 NRCs Public Document Room (P DR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at
301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.
- NRCs 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.
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 identif ying or contact information that you
do not want to be publicly disclosed in y our comment submission. The NRC will post all
comment submissions at https://www.regulat ions.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 w ant 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
3 available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
On July 15, 2024, the NRC solicited comments on two related draft Regulatory
Guides namely DG-1290, Revision 1, Design-Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants
(ADAMS Accession No. ML23320A025) and DG-1417 Guidance for Assessment of
Flooding Hazards due to Water Control Structure Failures and Incidents (ADAMS
Accession No. ML22278A110). DG-1290 is proposed Revision 3 of RG 1.59 of the same
name and DG-1417 is proposed new RG 1.256. DG-1290 provides guidance for
applicants for new nuclear power plants 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 control structures including, but not limited
to, dams and levees. The public comment perio d was originally scheduled to close on
August 14, 2024. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period on these
documents until September 13, 2024, to allow more time for members of the public to
submit their comments.
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).
III. 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 Regulatory Guide (RGs) or for the development of new RGs.
Suggestions can be submitted on the NRCs 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.
4 Dated: July 19, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
Meraj Rahimi, Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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