G/TBT/N/USA/1989  
4 May 2023  
(23-3140) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) [2020]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if  different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  [X]: Endorses acceptable methods for demonstrating compliance with the 
applicable NRC regulations for adequate lightning protection of safety -related systems, 
structures, and components.  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tari ff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Lightning 
protection of nuclear power plants; Occupational safety. Industrial hygiene (ICS code(s): 
13.100); Accident and disaster control (ICS code(s): 13.200); Nuclear power plants. 
Safety (ICS code(s): 27.120.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Regulatory 
Guide: Guidelines for Lightning Protection for Production and Utilization Facilities; (2 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Draft guide; request for comment - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft regulatory guide (DG), DG -1409, 
"Guidelines for Lightning Protection for Production and Utilization Facilities." This DG is 
the proposed R evision 1 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.204 , "Guidelines for Lightning 
Protection of Nuclear Power Plants.'' DG -1409 describes an approach that is acceptable 
to the staff of the NRC to meet regul atory requirements for adequate lightning protection 
of safety -related systems, structures, and components (SSCs). This DG endorses, with 
clarifications, the methods described in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 
(IEEE) Standard (Std.) 665 -1995, "IEEE Standard for Generating Station Grounding"; 
IEEE Std. 666 -2007, "IEEE Design Guide for Electrical Power Service Systems for 
Genera ting Stations"; IEEE Std. 1050 -2004, "IEEE Guide for Instrumentation and Control 
Equipment Grounding in Generating Stations"; and IEEE S td. C62.23 -2017, "IEEE 
Application Guide for Surge Protection of Electric Generating Plants."  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/USA/1989  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 27714, 3 May 2023; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Parts 50 and 52:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-03/html/2023 -09390.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-03/pdf/2023 -09390.pdf  
This draft guide; request for comment is identified by Docket Number NRC -2023-0089. 
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NRC -2023-0089/document  and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searchi ng the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . 
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their 
stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time  on 2 June 2023 will be shared with the regulator and 
will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment 
period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  2 June 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_09443_00_e.pdf