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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards; Meeting Notice 

In accordance with the purposes of 

Sections 29 and 182b. of the Atomic 

Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a meeting 

on December 2–4, 2004, 11545 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of 

this meeting was previously published 

in the Federal Register on Monday, 

November 21, 2003 (68 FR 65743). 

Thursday, December 2, 2004, 

Conference Room T–2B3, Two White 

Flint North, Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–10 a.m.: Expert Elicitation 

on Large-Break LOCA Frequencies

(Open)—The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding the draft predecisional 

NUREG–XXX, ‘‘Estimating Loss-ofCoolant Accident (LOCA) Frequencies 

Through the Elicitation Process,’’ and 

the conclusions and recommendations 

of the Expert Elicitation Panel. 

10:15 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Proposed Rule 

for Risk-Informing 10 CFR 50.46

(Open)—The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding the proposed rule for riskinforming 10 CFR 50.46, ‘‘Acceptance 

Criteria for Emergency Core Cooling 

Systems for Light-Water Nuclear Power 

Reactors.’’

12:45 p.m.–2:45 p.m.: Technical Basis 

for Potential Revision of the Pressurized 

Thermal Shock (PTS) Screening Criteria 

in the PTS Rule (Open)—The Committee 

will hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff regarding the technical basis 

for potential revision of the PTS 

screening criteria in the PTS rule. 

3 p.m.–4:30 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss proposed ACRS reports on 

matters considered during this meeting. 

4:45 p.m.–7 p.m.: Safeguards and 

Security Matters (Closed)—The 

Committee will hear presentations by 

and hold discussions with 

representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding safeguards and security 

matters. 

Friday, December 3, 2004, Conference 

Room T–2B3, Two White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–9 a.m.: Peer Review 

Comments on the Technical Basis for 

Revising the PTS Screening Criteria

(Open)—The Committee will hold 

discussions with the Chairman of the 

Peer Review Panel, as needed, regarding 

the Panel’s comments on the technical 

basis for potential revision of the PTS 

screening criteria. 

9 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: Draft Commission 

Paper on Technology Neutral 

Framework for Future Plant Licensing—

Policy Issues (Open)—The Committee 

will hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff regarding the draft 

Commission Paper on ‘‘Regulatory 

Structure for New Plant Licensing, Part 

1: Technology Neutral Framework—

Policy Issues.’’

10:45 a.m.–11 a.m.: Subcommittee 

Report (Open)—The Committee will 

hear a report by the Chairman of the 

ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and 

Probabilistic Risk Assessment regarding 

the status of development of the draft 

NUREG document on Treatment of 

Uncertainties. 

11 a.m.–11:15 a.m.: Subcommittee 

Report (Open)—The Committee will 

hear a report by the Chairman of the 

ACRS Subcommittee on Plant License 

Renewal regarding interim review of the 

license renewal application for the 

Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 Nuclear 

Power Plant.

11:15 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Election of 

ACRS Officers for CY 2005 (Open)—The 

Committee will elect Chairman and Vice 

Chairman for the ACRS and Member-atLarge for the Planning and Procedures 

Subcommittee for CY 2005. 

1:45 p.m.–2:45 p.m.: Future ACRS 

Activities/Report of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the 

recommendations of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee regarding 

items proposed for consideration by the 

full Committee during future meetings. 

Also, it will hear a report of the 

Planning and Procedures Subcommittee 

on matters related to the conduct of 

ACRS business, including anticipated 

workload and member assignments. 

2:45 p.m.–3 p.m.: Reconciliation of 

ACRS Comments and 

Recommendations (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the responses 

from the NRC Executive Director for 

Operations (EDO) to comments and 

recommendations included in recent 

ACRS reports and letters. The EDO 

responses are expected to be made 

available to the Committee prior to the 

meeting. 

3:15 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will discuss proposed ACRS 

reports. 

Saturday, December 4, 2004, 

Conference Room T–2B3, Two White 

Flint North, Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of proposed ACRS reports. 

12:30 p.m.–1 p.m.: Miscellaneous

(Open)—The Committee will discuss 

matters related to the conduct of 

Committee activities and matters and 

specific issues that were not completed 

during previous meetings, as time and 

availability of information permit. 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 5, 2004 (69 FR 59620). In 

accordance with those procedures, oral 

or written views may be presented by 

members of the public, including 

representatives of the nuclear industry. 

Electronic recordings will be permitted 

only during the open portions of the 

meeting. Persons desiring to make oral 

statements should notify the Cognizant 

ACRS staff named below five days 

before the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made 

to allow necessary time during the 

meeting for such statements. Use of still, 

motion picture, and television cameras 

during the meeting may be limited to 

selected portions of the meeting as 

determined by the Chairman. 

Information regarding the time to be set 

aside for this purpose may be obtained 

by contacting the Cognizant ACRS staff 

prior to the meeting. In view of the 

possibility that the schedule for ACRS 

meetings may be adjusted by the 

Chairman as necessary to facilitate the 

conduct of the meeting, persons 

planning to attend should check with 

the Cognizant ACRS staff if such 

rescheduling would result in major 

inconvenience. 

In accordance with Subsection 10(d) 

Pub. L. 92–463, I have determined that 

it is necessary to close portions of this 

meeting noted above to discuss and 

protect information classified as 

national security information and 

safeguards information pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and (3). 

Further information regarding topics 

to be discussed, whether the meeting 

has been canceled or rescheduled, as

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well as the Chairman’s ruling on 

requests for the opportunity to present 

oral statements and the time allotted 

therefor can be obtained by contacting 

Mr. Sam Duraiswamy, Cognizant ACRS 

staff (301–415–7364), between 7:30 a.m. 

and 4:15 p.m., e.t. 

ACRS meeting agenda, meeting 

transcripts, and letter reports are 

available through the NRC Public 

Document Room at pdr@nrc.gov, or by 

calling the PDR at 1–800–397–4209, or 

from the Publicly Available Records 

System (PARS) component of NRC’s 

document system (ADAMS) which is 

accessible from the NRC Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/

adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/

reading-rm/doc-collections/ (ACRS & 

ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas). 

Videoteleconferencing service is 

available for observing open sessions of 

ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use 

this service for observing ACRS 

meetings should contact Mr. Theron 

Brown, ACRS Audio Visual Technician 

(301–415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 

3:45 p.m., e.t., at least 10 days before the 

meeting to ensure the availability of this 

service. 

Individuals or organizations 

requesting this service will be 

responsible for telephone line charges 

and for providing the equipment and 

facilities that they use to establish the 

videoteleconferencing link. The 

availability of videoteleconferencing 

services is not guaranteed. 

The ACRS meeting dates for Calendar 

Year 2005 are provided below:

ACRS meeting No. Meeting dates 

............................... January 2005 (No 

meeting). 

519 ............................ February 10–12, 

2005. 

520 ............................ March 3–5, 2005. 

521 ............................ April 7–9, 2005. 

522 ............................ May 5–7, 2005. 

523 ............................ June 1–3, 2005. 

524 ............................ July 6–8, 2005. 

................................ August 2005 (No 

meeting). 

525 ............................ September 8–10, 

2005. 

526 ............................ October 6–8, 2005. 

527 ............................ November 3–5, 2005. 

528 ............................ December 8–10, 

2005. 

Dated: November 18, 2004. 

Andrew L. Bates, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–26005 Filed 11–23–04; 8:45 am] 

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Notice of Opportunity To Comment on 

Model Safety Evaluation on Technical 

Specification Improvement To Modify 

Requirements Regarding the Addition 

of LCO 3.0.8 on the Inoperability of 

Snubbers Using the Consolidated Line 

Item Improvement Process

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission.

ACTION: Request for comment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has prepared a 

model safety evaluation (SE) relating to 

the impact of inoperable non-technical 

specification snubbers on supported 

systems in technical specifications (TS). 

The NRC staff has also prepared a model 

no-significant-hazards-consideration 

(NSHC) determination relating to this 

matter. The purpose of these models is 

to permit the NRC to efficiently process 

amendments that propose to add an 

LCO 3.0.8 that provides a delay time for 

entering a supported system TS when 

the inoperability is due solely to an 

inoperable snubber, if risk is assessed 

and managed. Licensees of nuclear 

power reactors to which the models 

apply could then request amendments, 

confirming the applicability of the SE 

and NSHC determination to their 

reactors. The NRC staff is requesting 

comment on the model SE and model 

NSHC determination prior to 

announcing their availability for 

referencing in license amendment 

applications.

DATES: The comment period expires 

December 27, 2004. 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: Comments may be 

submitted either electronically or via 

U.S. mail. Submit written comments to 

Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, 

Division of Administrative Services, 

Office of Administration, Mail Stop: T–

6 D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001. Hand deliver comments to: 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 

between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on 

Federal workdays. Copies of comments 

received may be examined at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room, 11555 

Rockville Pike (Room O–1F21), 

Rockville, Maryland. Comments may be 

submitted by electronic mail to 

CLIIP@nrc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Boyce, Mail Stop: O–12H4, Division of 

Inspection Program Management, Office 

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone 

301–415–0184.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Regulatory Issue Summary 2000–06, 

‘‘Consolidated Line Item Improvement 

Process for Adopting Standard 

Technical Specification Changes for 

Power Reactors,’’ was issued on March 

20, 2000. The consolidated line item 

improvement process (CLIIP) is 

intended to improve the efficiency of 

NRC licensing processes by processing 

proposed changes to the standard 

technical specifications (STS) in a 

manner that supports subsequent 

license amendment applications. The 

CLIIP includes an opportunity for the 

public to comment on a proposed 

change to the STS after a preliminary 

assessment by the NRC staff and a 

finding that the change will likely be 

offered for adoption by licensees. This 

notice solicits comment on a proposed 

change that allows a delay time for 

entering a supported system TS when 

the inoperability is due solely to an 

inoperable snubber, if risk is assessed 

and managed. The CLIIP directs the 

NRC staff to evaluate any comments 

received for a proposed change to the 

STS and to either reconsider the change 

or announce the availability of the 

change for adoption by licensees. 

Licensees opting to apply for this TS 

change are responsible for reviewing the 

staff’s evaluation, referencing the 

applicable technical justifications, and 

providing any necessary plant-specific 

information. Each amendment 

application made in response to the 

notice of availability will be processed 

and noticed in accordance with 

applicable rules and NRC procedures. 

This notice involves the addition of 

LCO 3.0.8 to the TS which provides a 

delay time for entering a supported 

system TS when the inoperability is due 

solely to an inoperable snubber, if risk 

is assessed and managed. This change 

was proposed for incorporation into the 

standard technical specifications by the 

owners groups participants in the 

Technical Specification Task Force 

(TSTF) and is designated TSTF–372. 

TSTF–372 can be viewed on the NRC’s 

Web page at http://www.nrc.gov/

reactors/operating/licensing/

techspecs.html.

Applicability 

This proposal to modify technical 

specification requirements by the