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NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the agency’s regulations, 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific problems or 

postulated accidents, and data that the 

staff needs in its review of applications 

for permits and licenses. 

Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.47 

was issued with a temporary 

identification as Draft Regulatory Guide, 

DG–1205. This guide describes a 

method that the staff of the NRC 

considers acceptable for use in 

complying with the NRC’s regulations 

with respect to bypassed and inoperable 

status indication for nuclear power 

plant safety systems. 

The regulatory framework that the 

NRC has established for nuclear power 

plants consists of a number of 

regulations and supporting guidelines 

applicable to bypassed and inoperable 

status indication, including, but not 

limited to, General Design Criterion 

(GDC) 1, ‘‘Quality Standards and 

Records,’’ GDC 13, ‘‘Instrumentation and 

Control,’’ GDC 19, ‘‘Control Room,’’ GDC 

21, ‘‘Protection System Reliability and 

Testability,’’ GDC 22, ‘‘Protection System 

Independence,’’ and GDC 24, 

‘‘Separation of Protection and Control 

Systems,’’ as set forth in Appendix A, 

‘‘General Design Criteria for Nuclear 

Power Plants,’’ to Title 10, Part 50, 

‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and 

Utilization Facilities,’’ of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR part 50). 

GDC 1 requires that structures, systems, 

and components important to safety be 

designed and installed to quality 

standards commensurate with the 

importance-to-safety of the functions to 

be performed. GDC 13 requires that 

appropriate controls be provided to 

maintain variables and systems that can 

affect the fission process, the integrity of 

the reactor core, the reactor coolant 

pressure boundary, and the containment 

and its associated systems within 

prescribed operating ranges. GDC 19 

requires that a control room be provided 

from which actions can be taken to 

operate the nuclear power unit safely 

under normal operating conditions. 

GDC 21 requires that the protection 

system be designed for high functional 

reliability and inservice testability. GDC 

22 requires that the protection system be 

designed to ensure that the effects of 

normal operating, maintenance, and 

testing on redundant channels do not 

result in the loss of the protection 

function or be demonstrated to be 

acceptable on some other defined basis. 

GDC 24 requires that interconnection of 

the protection and control systems be 

limited to ensure that safety is not 

significantly impaired. 

II. Further Information 

In October 2008, DG–1205 was 

published with a public comment 

period of 60 days from the issuance of 

the guide. The public comment period 

closed on December 22, 2008. The staff’s 

responses to the comments received are 

located in the NRC’s Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) under Accession No. 

ML092330085. 

Electronic copies of Regulatory Guide 

1.47, Revision 1 are available through 

the NRC’s public Web site under 

‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. 

In addition, regulatory guides are 

available for inspection at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room (PDR) located at 

Room O–1F21, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852–2738. The PDR’s 

mailing address is USNRC PDR, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. The PDR 

can also be reached by telephone at 

(301) 415–4737 or (800) 397–4209, by 

fax at (301) 415–3548, and by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day 

of February 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Andrea D. Valentin, 

Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, 

Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4435 Filed 3–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2009–0384] 

Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance and 

availability of Regulatory Guide 1.40. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Koshy, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, telephone: (301) 251–7663, e-mail: 

Thomas.Koshy@nrc.gov, or R.A. Jervey, 

telephone: (301) 251–7404, e-mail: 

Richard.Jervey@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a revision 

to an existing guide in the agency’s 

‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series 

was developed to describe and make 

available to the public information such 

as methods that are acceptable to the 

NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the agency’s regulations, 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific problems or 

postulated accidents, and data that the 

staff needs in its review of applications 

for permits and licenses. 

Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.40, 

‘‘Qualification of Continuous Duty 

Safety-Related Motors for Nuclear 

Power Plants,’’ was issued with a 

temporary identification as Draft 

Regulatory Guide DG–1150. 

This RG describes a method that the 

staff of the NRC deems acceptable for 

complying with the Commission’s 

regulations for qualification of 

continuous duty safety-related motors 

for nuclear power plants. 

The Commission’s regulations in Title 

10, Part 50, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of 

Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 

part 50), require that structures, 

systems, and components in a nuclear 

power plant that are important to safety 

be designed to accommodate the effects 

of environmental conditions (i.e., they 

must remain functional under 

postulated design-basis events). Toward 

that end, General Design Criteria 1, 2, 4, 

and 23 of Appendix A, ‘‘General Design 

Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ to 

10 CFR Part 50 contain the general 

requirements. The specific requirements 

pertaining to qualification of certain 

electrical equipment important to safety 

appear in 10 CFR 50.49, ‘‘Environmental 

Qualification of Electric Equipment 

Important to Safety for Nuclear Power 

Plants.’’ In addition, Criterion III, 

‘‘Design Control,’’ of Appendix B, 

‘‘Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear 

Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing 

Plants,’’ to 10 CFR part 50, requires that 

test programs, when used to verify the 

adequacy of a specific design feature, 

should include suitable qualification 

testing of a prototype unit under the 

most adverse design conditions. 

II. Further Information 

In August 2009, DG–1150 was 

published with a public comment 

period of 60 days from the issuance of 

the guide. The public comment period 

closed on October 30, 2009. The staff’s 

responses to the comments received are 

located in the NRC’s Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System under accession number 

ML093080126. Electronic copies of RG 

1.40, Revision 1 are available through 

the NRC’s public Web site under 

‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ at http:// 

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www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. 

In addition, regulatory guides are 

available for inspection at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room (PDR) located at 

Room O–1F21, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852–2738. The PDR’s 

mailing address is USNRC PDR, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. The PDR 

can also be reached by telephone at 

(301) 415–4737 or (800) 397–4209, by 

fax at (301) 415–3548, and by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd 

day of February 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Andrea D. Valentin, 

Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, 

Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4406 Filed 3–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Surrender of License of Small 

Business Investment Company 

Pursuant to the authority granted to 

the United States Small Business 

Administration under the Small 

Business Investment Act of 1958, under 

Section 309 of the Act and Section 

107.1900 of the Small Business 

Administration Rules and Regulations 

(13 CFR 107.1900) to function as a small 

business investment company under the 

Small business Investment Company 

License No. 09/79–0412 issued to 

Telesoft Partners, L.P., and said license 

is hereby declared null and void. 

United States Small Business 

Administration. 

Dated: January 5, 2010. 

Sean J. Green, 

AA/Investment. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4292 Filed 3–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE M 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Rule 248.30; SEC File No. 270–549; OMB 

Control No. 3235–0610] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Investor 

Education and Advocacy, 

Washington, DC 20549–0213. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission (the 

‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 

Rule 248.30 (17 CFR 248.30), under 

Regulation S–P is titled ‘‘Procedures to 

Safeguard Customer Records and 

Information; Disposal of Consumer 

Report Information.’’ Rule 248.30 (the 

‘‘safeguard rule’’) requires brokers, 

dealers, investment companies, and 

investment advisers registered with the 

Commission (‘‘registered investment 

advisers’’) (collectively ‘‘covered 

institutions’’) to adopt written policies 

and procedures for administrative, 

technical, and physical safeguards to 

protect customer records and 

information. The safeguards must be 

reasonably designed to ‘‘insure the 

security and confidentiality of customer 

records and information,’’ ‘‘protect 

against any anticipated threats or 

hazards to the security and integrity’’ of 

those records, and protect against 

unauthorized access to or use of those 

records or information, which ‘‘could 

result in substantial harm or 

inconvenience to any customer.’’ The 

safeguard rule’s requirement that 

covered institutions’ policies and 

procedures be documented in writing 

constitutes a collection of information 

and must be maintained on an ongoing 

basis. This requirement eliminates 

uncertainty as to required employee 

actions to protect customer records and 

information and promotes more 

systematic and organized reviews of 

safeguard policies and procedures by 

institutions. The information collection 

also assists the Commission’s 

examination staff in assessing the 

existence and adequacy of covered 

institutions’ safeguard policies and 

procedures. 

We estimate that as of the end of 

2009, there are 5253 broker-dealers, 

4522 investment companies, and 11,450 

investment advisers currently registered 

with the Commission, for a total of 

21,225 covered institutions. We expect 

that all of these covered institutions 

have already documented their 

safeguard policies and procedures in 

writing and therefore will incur no 

hourly burdens related to the initial 

documentation of policies and 

procedures. 

However, we expect that 

approximately 10 percent of the 21,225 

covered institutions currently registered 

with the Commission will review and 

update their policies and procedures 

each year, for a total of 2123 covered 

institutions that will spend time to 

update their policies and procedures. 

The amount of time spent reviewing and 

updating safeguard policies and 

procedures is likely to vary widely, 

based on the size of the entity, the 

complexity of its operations, and any 

significant changes in the security 

environment. We estimate that it will 

take a typical covered institution that 

reviews and updates its safeguard 

policies and procedures approximately 

20 hours to complete such a review and 

document the results, for a total hourly 

burden for all institutions of 42,460 

hours. 

Although existing covered institutions 

would not incur any initial hourly 

burden in complying with the 

safeguards rule, we expect that newly 

registered institutions would incur some 

hourly burdens associated with 

documenting their safeguard policies 

and procedures. We estimate that 

approximately 1500 broker-dealers, 

investment companies, or investment 

advisers register with the Commission 

annually. However, we also expect that 

approximately 70% of these newly 

registered covered institutions (1050) 

are affiliated with an existing covered 

institution, and will rely on an 

organization-wide set of previously 

documented safeguard policies and 

procedures created by their affiliates. 

We estimate that these affiliated newly 

registered covered institutions will 

incur a significantly reduced hourly 

burden in complying with the 

safeguards rule, as they will need only 

to review their affiliate’s existing 

policies and procedures, and identify 

and adopt the relevant policies for their 

business. Therefore, we expect that 

newly registered covered institutions 

with existing affiliates will incur an 

hourly burden of approximately 15 

hours in identifying and adopting 

safeguard policies and procedures for 

their business, for a total hourly burden 

for all affiliated new institutions of 

15,750 hours. 

Finally, we expect that the 450 newly 

registered entities that are not affiliated 

with an existing institution will incur a 

significantly higher hourly burden in 

reviewing and documenting their 

safeguard policies and procedures. We 

expect that virtually all of the newly 

registered covered entities that do not 

have an affiliate are likely to be small 

entities and are likely to have smaller 

and less complex operations, with a 

correspondingly smaller set of safeguard 

policies and procedures to document, 

compared to other larger existing 

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