This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 50 

[NRC–2020–0253] 

Advanced Manufacturing Technologies 

Subtask 2A 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Public meeting and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a 

document for public comments as 

required by Subtask 2A of the Advanced 

Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) 

Action Plan, Revision 1. The document 

addresses the application of quality 

assurance (QA) criteria and NRC’s 

requirements in its regulations 

regarding, ‘‘Changes, Tests and 

Experiments,’’ to the implementation of 

AMT-fabricated components in U.S. 

nuclear power plants. 

DATES: Submit comments by January 14, 

2021. 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. The NRC 

will hold a public meeting as an online 

webinar. See Section IV. Public 

Meeting, of this document for additional 

information. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods (unless 

this document describes a different 

method for submitting comments on a 

specific subject); 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–2020–0253. Address 

questions about NRC Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 

telephone: 301–287–9127; email: 

Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual 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: 

Isaac Anchondo-Lopez, Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

817–200–1152; email: Isaac.AnchondoLopez@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2020– 

0253 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–2020–0253. 

• 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 pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. The draft document entitled 

‘‘Implementation of Quality Assurance 

Criteria and 10 CFR 50.59 for Nuclear 

Power Plant Components Produced 

Using Advanced Manufacturing 

Techniques’’ can be found by searching 

for ADAMS Accession No. 

ML20317A005. 

• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

examine and order copies of public 

documents is currently closed. You may 

submit your request to the PDR via 

email at PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 

1–800–397–4209 between 8:00 a.m. and 

4:00 p.m. (EST), 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–2020–0253 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. Background 

The NRC considers AMTs to consist 

of material processing and component 

fabrication methods that have not been 

traditionally used in the U.S. nuclear 

industry and have not yet received NRC 

approval through NRC-endorsed codes 

and standards or the approval of an 

industry submittal. There are several 

regulatory paths available to a licensee 

for utilizing an AMT in a nuclear 

application including: (1) Development 

of a Code or Standard that can be 

incorporated by reference in section 

50.55a of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR); (2) selection of an 

unregulated in-service application; (3) 

submission of generic technical reports 

or plant-specific submittals for NRC 

approval; and (4) implementation of the 

10 CFR 50.59, 10 CFR 70.72, or 10 CFR 

72.48 process. Industry indicated that 

plans for the initial installation of AMTfabricated components would involve 

the 10 CFR 50.59 process. Therefore, the 

NRC staff documented a description of 

the processes, consistent with the QA 

requirements in Appendix B to 10 CFR 


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part 50 and in accordance with 10 CFR 

50.59, ‘‘Changes, Tests and 

Experiments,’’ to support the staff’s 

performance of potential inspections of 

a licensee’s implementation of these 

requirements for AMT-fabricated 

components. 

III. Specific Considerations 

This report documents completion of 

the staff’s initial review of QA criteria 

and 10 CFR 50.59 requirements for AMT 

applications at U.S. nuclear power 

plants. This report does not represent a 

complete and final analysis of all 

aspects of QA criteria and 10 CFR 50.59 

requirements and guidance that might 

be applicable to the use of AMT 

components at U.S. nuclear power 

plants. This report does not create new 

regulatory requirements or establish 

new regulatory positions with respect to 

the use or manufacture of AMT 

components for nuclear power plants. 

The scope of this report is limited to the 

review of existing requirements and 

guidance to address AMT components 

and the consideration of potential 

regulatory and technical challenges. 

This report may be subject to future 

revision, as additional insights and 

operating experience for use of AMT 

components are gained. 

The NRC is requesting general 

comments on this document to be open 

and transparent in processes involving 

the installation of AMT-fabricated 

components. 

IV. Public Meeting 

The NRC plans to hold a public 

meeting during the public comment 

period for this action. A public meeting 

is planned for December 2020, via 

webinar. The public meeting will 

provide forums for the NRC staff to 

discuss issues and questions with 

members of the public. The NRC does 

not intend to provide any responses to 

comments submitted during the public 

meeting. The public meeting will be 

noticed on the NRC’s public meeting 

website at least 10 calendar days before 

the meeting. Members of the public 

should monitor the NRC’s public 

meeting website for additional 

information about the public meetings 

at https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

public-meetings/index.cfm. The NRC 

will post the notices for the public 

meetings and webinars and may post 

additional material related to this action 

to the Federal Rulemaking website at 

https://www.regulations.gov/ under 

Docket ID NRC–2020–0253. The Federal 

Rulemaking website allows you to 

receive alerts when changes or additions 

occur in a docket folder. To subscribe: 

(1) Navigate to the docket folder (NRC– 

2020–0253); (2) click the ‘‘Sign up for 

Email Alerts’’ link; and (3) enter your 

email address and select how frequently 

you would like to receive emails (daily, 

weekly, or monthly). 

Dated: November 23, 2020. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Anna H. Bradford, 

Director, Division of New and Renewed 

Licenses, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26272 Filed 11–27–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2020–1037; Project 

Identifier 2019–SW–077–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus 

Helicopters Deutschland GmbH 

Helicopters 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a 

new airworthiness directive (AD) for 

certain Airbus Helicopters Deutschland 

GmbH Model EC135P1, EC135P2, 

EC135P2+, EC135P3, EC135T1, 

EC135T2, EC135T2+, and EC135T3 

helicopters. This proposed AD would 

require removing certain Titanium (Ti) 

bolts from service and prohibit 

installing these Ti-bolts in a critical 

area. This proposed AD was prompted 

by a report of a broken Ti-bolt. The FAA 

is proposing this AD to address the 

unsafe condition on these products. 

DATES: The FAA must receive comments 

on this proposed AD by January 14, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the internet at https:// 

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2020– 

1037; or in person at Docket Operations 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

The AD docket contains this NPRM, the 

European Union Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA) AD, any comments received, 

and other information. The street 

address for Docket Operations is listed 

above. Comments will be available in 

the AD docket shortly after receipt. 

For service information identified in 

this NPRM, contact Airbus Helicopters, 

2701 N. Forum Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 

75052; telephone 972–641–0000 or 800– 

232–0323; fax 972–641–3775; or at 

https://www.airbus.com/helicopters/ 

services/technical-support.html. You 

may view this service information at the 

FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, 

Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood 

Pkwy., Room 6N–321, Fort Worth, TX 

76177. For information on the 

availability of this material at the FAA, 

call 817–222–5110. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Venegas, Aviation Safety 

Engineer, Los Angeles ACO, FAA, 3960 

Paramount Blvd., Lakewood, CA 90712; 

telephone 562–627–5353; email 

katherine.venegas@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites you to send any 

written relevant data, views, or 

arguments about this proposal. Send 

your comments to an address listed 

under ADDRESSES. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2020–1037; Product Identifier 

2019–SW–077–AD’’ at the beginning of 

your comments. The most helpful 

comments reference a specific portion of 

the proposal, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. The FAA will consider 

all comments received by the closing 

date and may amend this proposal 

because of those comments. 

Except for Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) as described in the 

following paragraph, and other 

information as described in 14 CFR 

11.35, the FAA will post all comments 

received, without change, to https:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. The 

agency will also post a report 

summarizing each substantive verbal 

contact received about this proposal. 

Confidential Business Information 

CBI is commercial or financial 

information that is both customarily and 


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