[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 21, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 39995-39996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13143]
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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 21, 2023 /
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 50 and 52
[NRC-2023-0028]
Regulatory Guide: Sizing Large Lead-Acid Storage Batteries
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Final guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.212, ``Sizing Large Lead-Acid
Storage Batteries''. This RG describes an approach that is acceptable
to the staff of the NRC to meet regulatory requirements for sizing
large lead-acid storage batteries for production and utilization
facilities.
DATES: Revision 2 to RG 1.212 is available on June 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0028 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0028. 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.
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.
Revision 2 to RG 1.212 and the regulatory analysis may be found in
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML23118A344 and ML22307A144, respectively.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Eudy, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3104; email:
[email protected] and Liliana Ramadan, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2463; email: [email protected].
Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC is issuing a revision 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 proposed Revision 2 to RG 1.212 was issued with a temporary
identification of Draft Regulatory Guide, (DG)-1418. This revision of
the RG (Revision 2) endorses, with some limitations and a
clarification, IEEE Std. 485-2020, ``IEEE Recommended Practice for
Sizing Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications,'' and applies
to production and utilization facilities licensed under parts 50 and 52
of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) within the
scope of this RG.
II. Additional Information
The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-1418 in the
Federal Register on March 6, 2023 (88 FR 13735) for a 30-day public
comment period. The public comment period closed on April 5, 2023.
Public comments on DG-1418 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23118A345.
As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671),
this document is being published in the ``Rules'' section of the
Federal Register to comply with publication requirements in 1 CFR
chapter I.
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, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality
Issuance of RG 1.212, Revision 2, does not constitute backfitting
as defined in 10 CFR 50.109, ``Backfitting,'' and as described in NRC
Management Directive (MD) 8.4, ``Management of Backfitting, Forward
Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests''; affect the issue
finality of an approval issued under 10 CFR part 52; or constitute
forward fitting as defined in MD 8.4 because, as explained in this RG,
licensees are not required to comply with the positions set forth in
this RG.
V. 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 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: June 15, 2023.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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