[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10481-10483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03490]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 73
[NRC-2022-0157]
Draft Regulatory Guide: Perimeter Intrusion Alarm Systems
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed guide; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment draft Regulatory Guide (DG), DG-5065, ``Perimeter
Intrusion Alarm Systems.'' This DG is proposed Revision
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4 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 5.44 of the same name. This proposed
revision describes an approach acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting
requirements in NRC regulations related to the functions of perimeter
intrusion detection sensors and detection methods.
DATES: Submit comments by March 23, 2023. Comments received after this
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.
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-2022-0157. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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: Al Tardiff, Office of Nuclear Security
and Incident Response, telephone: 301-287-3613, email:
[email protected], or Stanley Gardocki, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research, telephone: 301-415-1067, email: [email protected].
Both are staff members 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-2022-0157 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding 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-2022-0157.
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.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] 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-2022-0157 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. Additional Information
The NRC is issuing for public comment a DG in the NRC's
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe
methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific
parts of the agency's regulations, to explain techniques that the staff
uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to
describe information that the staff needs in its review of applications
for permits and licenses.
The DG, entitled ``Perimeter Intrusion Alarm Systems,'' (ADAMS
Accession No. ML22194A912) is temporarily identified by its task number
DG-5065, which is proposed Revision 4 of RG 5.44 of the same name.
This DG provides implementing guidance acceptable to the NRC staff
for meeting requirements in NRC regulations related to the functions of
perimeter intrusion detection sensors and detection methods. The DG
provides guidance on sensors and methods that can be integrated to form
an effective perimeter intrusion detection system. In addition, the DG
provides guidance on selecting perimeter intrusion detection systems
and on applications for nuclear power reactors, independent spent fuel
storage installations, and certain special nuclear material processing
facilities.
The staff is also issuing for public comment a draft regulatory
analysis (ADAMS Accession No. ML22021B494). The staff developed a
regulatory analysis to assess the value of issuing or revising a
regulatory guide as well as alternative courses of action.
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 1 of title I of the Code of Federal Regulations.
III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality
Issuance of DG-5065, if finalized, would not constitute backfitting
as defined in section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Backfitting,'' 10 CFR 70.76, ``Backfitting,''
and 10 CFR 72.62, ``Backfitting,'' and as described in NRC Management
Directive (MD) 8.4, ``Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue
Finality, and Information Requests'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML18093B087);
constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD
8.4; or affect issue finality of any approval issued under 10 CFR part
52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power
Plants.'' As explained in DG-5065, applicants and licensees would not
be required to comply with the positions set forth in this guide.
IV. 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 RGs or for the
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development of new RGs. Suggestions can be submitted on the NRC's
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.
Dated: February 14, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2023-03490 Filed 2-17-23; 8:45 am]
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