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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Wednesday, August 5, 2009 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 50 

RIN 3150–AI53 

[NRC–2008–0663] 

Industry Codes and Standards; 

Amended Requirements 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The NRC is proposing to 

amend its regulation governing vessel 

head inspection requirements. This 

amendment would revise the upper 

range of the percentage of axial flaws 

permitted in a specimen set used in the 

qualification of nondestructive 

examination systems (procedures, 

personnel and equipment), for the 

performance of inservice inspection 

(ISI) of pressurized water reactor (PWR) 

upper reactor vessel head penetrations. 

This amendment is being proposed as a 

result of the withdrawal of a 

stakeholder’s recommendation 

necessitated by a typographical error in 

the original recommendation with 

respect to the maximum percentage of 

flaws that should be oriented axially. 

DATES: The comment period for this 

proposed rule ends on September 4, 

2009. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but the NRC is able to ensure only 

that comments received on or before 

this date will be considered. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of the following methods. 

Comments submitted in writing or in 

electronic form will be made available 

for public inspection. Because your 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information, 

the NRC cautions you against including 

any information that you do not want to 

be publicly disclosed. 

Federal eRulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

NRC–2008–0663. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 

301–492–3668; e-mail 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. 

E-mail comments to: 

Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you 

do not receive a reply e-mail confirming 

that we have received your comments, 

contact us directly at 301–415–1677. 

You can access publicly available 

documents related to this document 

using the following methods: 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): 

The public may examine and have 

copied for a fee. Publicly available 

documents related to this rulemaking, 

including comments, may be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’ s PDR, Public File 

Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. The PDR reproduction 

contractor will copy documents for a 

fee. 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS): 

Publicly available documents created or 

received at the NRC after November 1, 

1999, are available electronically at the 

NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at http: 

//www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

From this site, the public can gain entry 

into ADAMS, which provides text and 

image files of NRC’s public documents. 

If you do not have access to ADAMS or 

if there are problems in accessing the 

documents in ADAMS, contact the PDR 

Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737 or by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Manash K. Bagchi, Project Manager, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone 

301–415–2905, e-mail 

manash.bagchi@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the 

information provided in the direct final 

rule of the same title, which is found in 

the Rules and Regulations section of this 

Federal Register Notice. Because the 

NRC considers this rule to be noncontroversial, the agency is publishing 

this proposed rule concurrently as a 

direct final rule. The direct final rule 

will become effective on October 19, 

2009. However, if the NRC receives 

significant adverse comments on the 

direct final rule by September 4, 2009, 

then the NRC will publish a document 

that withdraws the direct final rule. If 

the direct final rule is withdrawn, the 

NRC will address the comments 

received in response to proposed 

revisions in a subsequent final rule. 

Absent significant modifications to the 

proposed revisions requiring 

publication, the NRC will not initiate a 

second comment period for this action 

in the event the direct final rule is 

withdrawn. 

Lists of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 50 

Antitrust, Classified information, 

Criminal penalties, Fire protection, 

Incorporation by Reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Nuclear 

power plants and reactors, Radiation 

protection, Reactor siting criteria, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble and under the authority of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; 

the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, 

as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 553; the NRC 

proposes to adopt the following 

amendments to 10 CFR Part 50. 

PART 50—DOMESTIC LICENSING OF 

PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION 

FACILITIES 

1. The authority citation for Part 50 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Secs. 102, 103, 104, 105, 161, 

182, 183, 186, 189, 68 Stat. 936, 937, 938, 

948, 953, 954, 955, 956, as amended, sec. 

234, 83 Stat. 444, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2201, 2232, 2233, 

2236, 2239, 2282); secs. 201, as amended, 

202, 206, 88 Stat. 1242, as amended, 1244, 

1246 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846); sec. 1704, 

112 Stat. 2750 (44 U.S.C. 3504 note); Energy 

Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58, 119 

Stat. 194 (2005). 

Section 50.7 also issued under Public Law 

95–601, sec. 10, 92 Stat. 2951 as amended by 

Public Law 102–486, Sec. 2902, 106 Stat. 

3123 (42 U.S.C. 5841). Section 50.10 also 

issued under secs. 101, 185, 68 Stat. 955, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 2131, 2235); sec. 102, 

Public Law 91–190, 83 Stat. 853 (42 U.S.C. 

4332). Sections 50.13, 50.54(dd), and 50.103 

also issued under sec. 108, 68 Stat. 939, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 2138). Sections 50.23, 

50.35, 50.55, and 50.56 also issued under sec. 

185, 68 Stat. 955 (42 U.S.C. 2235). Sections 

50.33a, 50.55a and Appendix Q also issued 

under sec. 102, Public Law 91–190, 83 Stat. 

853 (42 U.S.C. 4332). Sections 50.34 and 

50.54 also issued under sec. 204, 88 Stat. 

1245 (42 U.S.C. 5844). Sections 50.58, 50.91, 


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and 50.92 also issued under Public Law 97– 

415, 96 Stat. 2073 (42 U.S.C. 2239). Section 

50.78 also issued under sec. 122, 68 Stat. 939 

(42 U.S.C. 2152). Sections 50.80—50.81 also 

issued under sec. 184, 68 Stat. 954, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 2234). Appendix F also 

issued under sec. 187, 68 Stat. 955 (42 U.S.C. 

2237). 

2. In § 50.55a, paragraph 

(g)(6)(ii)(D)(4)(ii) is revised to read as 

follows: 

§ 50.55a Codes and Standards 

* * * * * 

(g) * * * 

(6) * * * 

(ii) * * * 

(D) * * * 

(4) * * * 

(ii) The specimen set must have a 

minimum of ten (10) flaws which 

provide an acoustic response similar to 

PWSCC indications. All flaws must be 

greater than 10 percent of the nominal 

pipe wall thickness. A minimum of 20 

percent of the total flaws must initiate 

from the inside surface and 20 percent 

from the outside surface. At least 20 

percent of the flaws must be in the 

depth ranges of 10–30 percent through 

wall thickness and at least 20 percent 

within depth range of 31–50 percent 

through wall thickness. At least 20 

percent and no more that 60 percent of 

the flaws must be oriented axially. 

* * * * * 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day 

of July 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Bruce S. Mallett, 

Acting Executive Director for Operations. 

[FR Doc. E9–18549 Filed 8–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2007–29087; Directorate 

Identifier 2007–NM–094–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Boeing 

Model 737–600, –700, –700C, –800 and 

–900 Series Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Supplemental notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM); 

reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: We are revising an earlier 

proposed airworthiness directive (AD) 

for certain Boeing Model 737–600, –700, 

–700C, –800 and –900 series airplanes. 

The original NPRM would have 

required repetitive lubrication of the left 

and right main landing gear (MLG) 

forward trunnion pins; and an 

inspection for discrepancies of the 

transition radius, lead-in chamfer, and 

cross bolt bore of the MLG forward 

trunnion pins, and repair or 

replacement if necessary. Doing the 

applicable inspections and repairs/ 

replacements, or overhauling the 

trunnion pins as proposed in the 

original NPRM, would end the 

repetitive lubrication requirements of 

this proposed AD. The original NPRM 

resulted from a report that the protective 

finishes on the forward trunnion pins 

for the left and right MLG might have 

been damaged during final assembly. 

This action revises the original NPRM 

by changing the inspection of the 

trunnion pins to allow inspection insitu. If a certain repair is done, this 

action would require repetitive 

inspections for discrepancies of the 

transition radius. We are proposing this 

supplemental NPRM to prevent cracking 

of the forward trunnion pin, which 

could result in fracture of the pin and 

consequent collapse of the MLG. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this supplemental NPRM by August 31, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://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: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact Boeing 

Commercial Airplanes, Attention: Data 

& Services Management, P.O. Box 3707, 

MC 2H–65, Seattle, Washington 98124– 

2207; telephone 206–544–5000, 

extension 1, fax 206–766–5680; e-mail 

me.boecom@boeing.com; Internet 

https://www.myboeingfleet.com. You 

may review copies of the referenced 

service information at the FAA, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 

Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington. 

For information on the availability of 

this material at the FAA, call 425–227– 

1221 or 425–227–1152. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov; or in person at the 

Docket Management Facility between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD 

docket contains this proposed AD, the 

regulatory evaluation, any comments 

received, and other information. The 

street address for the Docket Office 

(telephone 800–647–5527) is in the 

ADDRESSES section. Comments will be 

available in the AD docket shortly after 

receipt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Marsh, Aerospace Engineer, 

Airframe Branch, ANM–120S, FAA, 

Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, 

1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, 

Washington 98057–3356; telephone 

(425) 917–6440; fax (425) 917–6590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite you to send any written 

relevant data, views, or arguments about 

this proposed AD. Send your comments 

to an address listed under the 

ADDRESSES section. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2007–29087; Directorate Identifier 

2007–NM–094–AD’’ at the beginning of 

your comments. We specifically invite 

comments on the overall regulatory, 

economic, environmental, and energy 

aspects of this proposed AD. We will 

consider all comments received by the 

closing date and may amend this 

proposed AD because of those 

comments. 

We will post all comments we 

receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. We 

will also post a report summarizing each 

substantive verbal contact we receive 

about this proposed AD. 

Discussion 

We issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) (the ‘‘original 

NPRM’’) to amend 14 CFR part 39 to 

include an airworthiness directive (AD) 

that would apply to certain Boeing 

Model 737–600, –700, –700C, –800 and 

–900 series airplanes. That original 

NPRM was published in the Federal 

Register on August 31, 2007 (72 FR 

50292). That original NPRM proposed to 

require repetitive lubrication of the left 

and right main landing gear (MLG) 

forward trunnion pins; and an 

inspection for discrepancies of the 

transition radius, lead-in chamfer, and 

cross bolt bore of the MLG forward 

trunnion pins, and repair or 

replacement if necessary. The NPRM 

specified that the applicable inspections 


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