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it to be a major rule as defined in the 

Congressional Review Act. 

IV. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and 

Issue Finality 

Revision 4 of RG 1.105 endorses 

ANSI/ISA 67.04.01–2018 and 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’’; constitute 

forward fitting as that term is defined 

and described in MD 8.4; or affect the 

issue finality of any approval issued 

under 10 CFR part 52. As explained in 

Revision 4 to RG 1.105, applicants and 

licensees are not required to comply 

with the positions set forth in the RG. 

Dated: February 16, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Meraj Rahimi, 

Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic 

Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office 

of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03466 Filed 2–19–21; 8:45 am] 

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Design Limits, Loading Combinations, 

Materials, Construction and Testing of 

Concrete Containments 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 4 

to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.136, ‘‘Design 

Limits, Loading Combinations, 

Materials, Construction and Testing of 

Concrete Containments.’’ It updates the 

guidance for materials, design, 

construction, fabrication, examination, 

and testing of concrete containments in 

nuclear power plants through 

endorsement, with exceptions, of the 

2019 edition of the American Society of 

Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler & 

Pressure Vessel (B&PV) Code, Section 

III, Division 2 (American Concrete 

Institute (ACI) Standard 359–19), ‘‘Code 

for Concrete Containments.’’ 

DATES: Revision 4 to RG 1.136 is 

available on February 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2020–0159 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–2020–0159. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual 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 pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. Revision 4 to RG 1.136 and the 

regulatory analysis may be found in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML20301A167 and ML20105A216, 

respectively. 

• 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 or 301–415–4737, 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George Thomas, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301– 

415–6181, email: George.Thomas2@

nrc.gov and Edward O’Donnell, Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 

301–415–3317, email: 

Edward.ODonnell@nrc.gov. Both are 

staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

The NRC is issuing a revision to an 

existing guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory 

Guide’’ series. This series was 

developed to describe and make 

available to the public information 

regarding 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. 

Revision 4 of RG 1.136 was issued 

with a temporary identification of Draft 

Regulatory Guide, DG–1372. This 

revision provides guidance to meet 

regulatory requirements for materials, 

design, construction, fabrication, 

examination, and testing of concrete 

containments in nuclear power plants. 

This revision of the guide endorses, 

with exceptions, the 2019 edition of 

Division 2 of the ASME B&PV Code, 

Section III (ACI Standard 359–19), 

‘‘Code for Concrete Containments.’’ This 

revision of the guide also addresses the 

acceptability of the Section III Code 

Cases related to Division 2 of the ASME 

B&PV Code, Section III. 

II. Additional Information 

The NRC published a notice of the 

availability of DG–1372 in the Federal 

Register on July 8, 2020 (85 FR 41071) 

for a 60-day public comment period. 

The public comment period closed on 

September 8, 2020. Public comments on 

DG–1372 and the staff responses to the 

public comments are available in 

ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML20301A168. 

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 

This regulatory guide provides 

guidance for materials, design, 

construction, fabrication, examination, 

and testing of concrete containments in 

nuclear power plants through 

endorsement, with exceptions, of the 

2019 edition of Division 2 of the ASME 

B&PV Code, Section III (ACI Standard 

359–19), ‘‘Code for Concrete 

Containments.’’ The issuance of this 

regulatory guide does not constitute 

backfitting as defined in section 50.109 

of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR), ‘‘Backfitting,’’ and as 

described in NRC Management Directive 

8.4, ‘‘Management of Backfitting, 

Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and 

Information Requests,’’ or affect issue 

finality of any approval issued under 10 

CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certificates, and 

Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ 

because, as explained in this regulatory 

guide, licensees are not required to 

comply with the positions set forth in 

this regulatory guide. 

Dated: February 16, 2021. 


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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Meraj Rahimi, 

Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic 

Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office 

of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03457 Filed 2–19–21; 8:45 am] 

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[NRC–2019–0253] 

Final Revision to Branch Technical 

Position 7–19 Guidance for Evaluation 

of Defense in Depth and Diversity to 

Address Common-Cause Failure Due 

to Latent Design Defects in Digital 

Safety Systems; Correction 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Standard review plan-final 

section revision; issuance; correction. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice 

that was published in the Federal 

Register on January 29, 2021, regarding 

the final revision to Branch Technical 

Position (BTP) 7–19, ‘‘Guidance for 

Evaluation of Defense in Depth and 

Diversity to Address Common-Cause 

Failure Due to Latent Design Defects in 

Digital Safety Systems.’’ This action is 

necessary to correct the Agency 

Document Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) Accession number for 

the staff responses to public comments 

on the draft version of BTP 7–19. 

DATES: The correction takes effect on 

February 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2019–0253 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–2019–0253. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual 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 pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. The final revision 8 of BTP 7– 

19, Final Revision to Branch Technical 

Position 7–19 Guidance for Evaluation 

of Defense in Depth and Diversity to 

Address Common-Cause Failure Due to 

Latent Design Defects in Digital Safety 

Systems is available in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML20339A642. 

• 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 or 301–415–4737, 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark D. Notich, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

3053, email: Mark.Notich@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 29, 2021 the NRC issued a 

notice in the Federal Register for the 

final revision of BTP 7–19 (86 FR 7577). 

The notice included the incorrect 

ADAMS Accession Number for the BTP 

7–19, Revision 8, public comment 

resolution document. This document 

corrects the ADAMS Accession Number 

for the BTP 7–19, Revision 8, public 

comment resolution document. The 

public comment resolution document is 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML20339A646. 

Dated: February 16, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Dennis C. Morey, 

Chief, Licensing Project Branch, Division of 

Operating Reactors, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03435 Filed 2–19–21; 8:45 am] 

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Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Weeks of February 15, 

22, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public. 

Week of February 15, 2021 

Thursday, February 18, 2021 

9:55 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public 

Meeting) (Tentative) 

a. Holtec International (HI–STORE 

Consolidated Interim Storage 

Facility), Sierra Club Appeal of 

LBP–20–6 (Tentative) 

b. DTE Electric Co. (Fermi 2), Appeal 

of LBP–20–7 (Denial of Hearing 

Request Related to Spent Fuel Pool 

License Amendment) (Tentative) 

(Contact: Wesley Held: 301–287– 

3591) 

Additional Information: Due to 

COVID–19, there will be no physical 

public attendance. The public is invited 

to attend the Commission’s meeting live 

in one of two ways; via webcast at the 

Web address—https://video.nrc.gov/ or 

via teleconference. Details for joining 

the teleconference in listen only mode 

may be found at https://www.nrc.gov/ 

pmns/mtg. 

10:00 a.m. Briefing on Equal 

Employment Opportunity, 

Affirmative Employment, and Small 

Business (Public Meeting) 

(Contact: Nadim Khan: 301–415– 

1119) 

Additional Information: Due to 

COVID–19, there will be no physical 

public attendance. The public is invited 

to attend the Commission’s meeting live 

in one of two ways; via webcast at the 

Web address—https://video.nrc.gov/ or 

via teleconference. Details for joining 

the teleconference in listen only mode 

may be found at https://www.nrc.gov/ 

pmns/mtg. 

Week of February 22, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of February 22, 2021. 

Week of March 1, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of March 1, 2021. 

Week of March 8, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of March 8, 2021. 

Week of March 15, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of March 15, 2021. 

Week of March 22, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of March 22, 2021. 

Week of March 29, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of March 29, 2021. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For more information or to verify the 

status of meetings, contact Wesley Held 

at 301–287–3591 or via email at 

Wesley.Held@nrc.gov. The schedule for 

Commission meetings is subject to 

change on short notice. 


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