Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality Guidance
| Published date | 15 May 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 29358 |
| Record Number | 2020-09654 |
| Section | Proposed rules |
| Court | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29358-29359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09654]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Chapter I
[NRC-2018-0142]
Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality Guidance
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) issued for public comment draft NUREG-1409, ``Backfitting
Guidelines,'' Revision 1. The public comment period was originally
scheduled to close on May 22, 2020. In recognition of the impacts of
the current COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) across the nation,
the NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to allow more
time for members of the public to develop and submit comments.
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DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on
March 23, 2020 (85 FR 16278) is extended. Comments should be filed no
later than July 22, 2020. 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 before this date. The
NRC staff will continue to monitor the COVID-19 PHE to determine if an
additional extension may be warranted.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0142. Address
questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; 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: Tim Reed, telephone: 301-415-1462,
email: [email protected]; or Audrey Klett, telephone: 301-415-0489,
email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, 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-2018-0142 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-2018-0142.
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, 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.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2018-0142 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. Discussion
On March 23, 2020, the NRC issued for public comment draft NUREG-
1409, ``Backfitting Guidelines,'' Revision 1 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML18109A498). This draft NUREG provides guidance on the implementation
of the backfitting and issue finality provisions of the NRC's
regulations and the NRC's forward fitting policy in accordance with
Management Directive and Handbook 8.4, ``Management of Backfitting,
Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests'' dated
September 20, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18093B087). The public
comment period was originally scheduled to close on May 22, 2020. In
recognition of the impacts of the current COVID-19 PHE across the
nation, the NRC has decided to extend the public comment period on this
document until July 22, 2020, to allow more time for members of the
public to develop and submit comments.
Dated: April 30, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2020-09654 Filed 5-14-20; 8:45 am]
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