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and the type of training the worker 

received. 

The standards on PPE protection for 

the eyes and face (§ 1915.153), head 

(§ 1915.155), feet (§ 1915.156), hands 

and body (§ 1915.157), lifesaving 

equipment (§ 1915.158), personal fall 

arrest systems (§ 1915.159), and 

positioning device systems (§ 1915.160) 

do not contain any separate information 

collection requirements. 

II. Special Issues for Comment 

OSHA has a particular interest in 

comments on the following issues: 

• Whether the proposed information 

collection requirements are necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

Agency’s functions, including whether 

the information is useful; 

• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of 

the burden (time and costs) of the 

information collection requirements, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• The quality, utility, and clarity of 

the information collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden on 

employers who must comply; for 

example, by using automated or other 

technological information collection 

and transmission techniques. 

III. Proposed Actions 

OSHA is requesting that OMB extend 

its approval of the collection of 

information requirements contained in 

the Standard on Personal Protective 

Equipment (PPE) for Shipyard 

Employment (29 CFR part 1915, subpart 

I). The Agency is requesting an 

adjustment to the burden hours from 

2,041 to 2,827 hours (an increase of 786 

hours). The increase in the burden 

hours can be attributed to the number of 

existing workers increasing from 62,191 

to 86,764. 

OSHA will summarize the comments 

submitted in response to this notice, 

and will include this summary in its 

request to OMB to extend the approval 

of the information collection 

requirements contained in the Standard 

on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 

for Shipyard Employment (29 CFR Part 

1915, Subpart I). 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Personal Protective Equipment 

Standard for Shipyard Employment (29 

CFR part 1915, subpart I). 

OMB Number: 1218–0215. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Total Responses: 108,335. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Time per Response: Varies 

from 1 minute (.02 hour) for employers 

to maintain the certification record for 

each worker to 5 minutes to record the 

hazard assessment for each occupation 

covered. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,827. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $0. 

IV. Public Participation—Submission of 

Comments on This Notice and Internet 

Access to Comments and Submissions 

You may submit comments in 

response to this document as follows: 

(1) Electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal; (2) by 

facsimile (FAX); or (3) by hard copy. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the Agency name 

and OSHA docket number for the ICR 

(Docket No. OSHA–2009–0017). You 

may supplement electronic submissions 

by uploading document files 

electronically. If you wish to mail 

additional materials in reference to an 

electronic or facsimile submission, you 

must submit them to the OSHA Docket 

Office (see the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). The additional 

materials must clearly identify your 

electronic comments by your name, 

date, and the docket number so the 

Agency can attach them to your 

comments. 

Because of security procedures, the 

use of regular mail may cause a 

significant delay in the receipt of 

comments. For information about 

security procedures concerning the 

delivery of materials by hand, express 

delivery, messenger, or courier service, 

please contact the OSHA Docket Office 

at (202) 693–2350 (TTY (877) 889– 

5627). 

Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions commenters about submitting 

personal information such as social 

security numbers and date of birth. 

Although all submissions are listed in 

the http://www.regulations.gov index, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publically available to 

read or download through this Web site. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site to submit 

comments and access the docket is 

available through the Web site’s ‘‘User 

Tips’’ link. Contact the OSHA Docket 

Office for information about materials 

not available through the Web site, and 

for assistance in using the Internet to 

locate docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

Jordan Barab, Acting Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, directed the 

preparation of this notice. The authority 

for this notice is the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 

et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order 

No. 5–2007 (72 FR 31160). 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of 

August 2009. 

Jordan Barab, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E9–21332 Filed 9–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2009–0385] 

Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, 

Availability 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and 

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, 

DG–1226. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Helton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, telephone: (301) 251–7594 or email to Donald.Helton@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment a draft guide in the agency’s 

‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series 

was developed to describe and make 

available to the public such information 

as methods that are acceptable to the 

NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the NRC’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. 

The draft regulatory guide (DG), titled, 

‘‘An Approach for Using Probabilistic 

Risk Assessment in Risk-Informed 

Decisions on Plant-Specific Changes to 

the Licensing Basis,’’ is temporarily 

identified by its task number, DG–1226, 

which should be mentioned in all 

related correspondence. DG–1226 is 

proposed Revision 2 of Regulatory 

Guide 1.174, dated November 2002. The 

NRC’s policy statement on probabilistic 

risk assessment (PRA) encourages 

greater use of this analysis technique to 

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improve regulatory efficiency. A 

description of current risk-informed 

initiatives may be found in (1) recent 

updates to the NRC staff’s Risk-Informed 

and Performance-Based Plan (RPP) 

formerly known as the Risk-Informed 

Regulation Implementation Plan, and (2) 

the agency Internet site at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/riskinformed.html. 

One significant activity undertaken in 

response to the policy statement is the 

use of PRA to support decisions to 

modify an individual plant’s licensing 

basis (LB). This regulatory guide 

provides guidance on the use of PRA 

findings and risk insights to support 

licensee requests for changes to a plant’s 

LB, as in requests for license 

amendments and technical specification 

changes under Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Sections 

50.90, ‘‘Application for Amendment of 

License, Construction Permit, or Early 

Site Permit,’’ through 50.92, ‘‘Issuance 

of Amendment.’’ It does not address 

licensee-initiated changes to the LB that 

do NOT require NRC review and 

approval (e.g., changes to the facility as 

described in the final safety analysis 

report (FSAR), the subject of 10 CFR 

50.59, ‘‘Changes, Tests, and 

Experiments’’). 

II. Further Information 

The NRC staff is soliciting comments 

on DG–1226. Comments may be 

accompanied by relevant information or 

supporting data and should mention 

DG–1226 in the subject line. Comments 

submitted in writing or in electronic 

form will be made available to the 

public in their entirety through the 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS). 

Because your comments will not be 

edited to remove any identifying or 

contact information, the NRC cautions 

you against including any information 

in your submission that you do not want 

to be publicly disclosed. 

The NRC requests that any party 

soliciting or aggregating comments 

received from other persons for 

submission to the NRC inform those 

persons that the NRC will not edit their 

comments to remove any identifying or 

contact information, and therefore, they 

should not include any information in 

their comments that they do not want 

publicly disclosed. You may submit 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking and 

Directives Branch, Mail Stop: TWB–05– 

B01M, Office of Administration, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

2. Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

[NRC–2009–0385]. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 

301–492–3668; e-mail 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

3. Fax comments to: Rulemaking and 

Directives Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission at (301) 492–3446. 

Requests for technical information 

about DG–1226 may be directed to the 

NRC contact, Donald Helton at (301) 

251–7594 or e-mail to 

Donald.Helton@nrc.gov. 

Comments would be most helpful if 

received by November 3, 2009. 

Comments received after that 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. 

Although a time limit is given, 

comments and suggestions in 

connection with items for inclusion in 

guides currently being developed or 

improvements in all published guides 

are encouraged at any time. 

Electronic copies of DG–1226 are 

available through the NRC’s public Web 

site under Draft Regulatory Guides in 

the ‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ collection of 

the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also 

available in ADAMS (http:// 

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

under Accession No. ML091200100. 

In addition, regulatory guides are 

available for inspection at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room (PDR) located at 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 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) 

397–4205, by fax at (301) 415–3548, and 

by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and Commission approval 

is not required to reproduce them. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25 day 

of August 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Andrea D. Valentin, 

Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, 

Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. E9–21470 Filed 9–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–348 and 50–364; NRC– 

2009–0375] 

Southern Nuclear Operating Company; 

Alabama Power Company; Joseph M. 

Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; 

Exemption 

1.0 Background 

Southern Nuclear Operating Company 

(SNC, the licensee) is the holder of 

Facility Operating License Numbers 

NPF–2 and NPF–8, which authorize 

operation of the Joseph M. Farley 

Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (FNP). The 

licenses provide, among other things, 

that the facility is subject to all rules, 

regulations, and orders of the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, 

the Commission) now or hereafter in 

effect. 

The facility consists of two 

pressurized water reactors located in 

Houston County, Alabama. 

2.0 Request/Action 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) Part 73, ‘‘Physical 

protection of plants and materials,’’ 

Section 73.55, ‘‘Requirements for 

physical protection of licensed activities 

in nuclear power reactors against 

radiological sabotage,’’ published March 

27, 2009, effective May 26, 2009, with 

a full implementation date of March 31, 

2010, requires licensees to protect, with 

high assurance, against radiological 

sabotage by designing and 

implementing comprehensive site 

security plans. 

By letter dated June 9, 2009, as 

supplemented by letter dated July 31, 

2009 the licensee requested an 

exemption in accordance with 10 CFR 

73.5, ‘‘Specific exemptions.’’ The 

licensee’s June 9, 2009, letter and 

certain portions of its July 31, 2009 

letter contain proprietary and safeguards 

information and, accordingly, are not 

available to the public. The licensee has 

requested an exemption from the March 

31, 2010, compliance date stating that it 

must complete a number of significant 

modifications to the current site security 

configuration before all requirements 

can be met. Specifically, the request is 

for three requirements that would be in 

place by December 15, 2010, versus the 

March 31, 2010 deadline. Being granted 

this exemption for the three items will 

allow the licensee to complete the 

modifications designed to update aging 

equipment and incorporate state-of-theart technology to meet or exceed 

regulatory requirements. 


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