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###### Nuclear Regulatory Commission

          - [Project No. 753; NRC-2012-0071]

# AGENCY:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

# ACTION:

Notice of opportunity for public comment.

# SUMMARY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is requesting public comment on the proposed model safety evaluation (SE) for plant-specific adoption of Technical Specifications (TS) Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-522, Revision 0, “Revise Ventilation System Surveillance Requirements to Operate for 10 hours per Month.”

# DATES:

Comment period expires on April 23, 2012. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

# ADDRESSES:

                        You may access information and comment submissions related to this document by searching on                         *http://www.regulations.gov*                         under Docket ID NRC-2012-0071. You may submit comments by the following methods:                    
      -  Federal Rulemaking Web site:                          Go to                          http://www.regulations.gov                          and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0071. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-3668; email:                          Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov .                    
      -  Mail comments to:                          Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.                    
      -  Fax comments to:                          RADB at 301-492-3446.                    

                        For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see “Accessing Information and Submitting Comments” in the                         **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION**                         section of this document.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Ms. Michelle C. Honcharik, Senior Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-1774 or email at                         *michelle.honcharik@nrc.gov*. For technical questions please contact Mr. Matthew Hamm, Reactor Systems Engineer, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-1472 or email at                         *matthew.hamm@nrc.gov*.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

## Accessing Information and Submitting Comments

### A. Accessing Information

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0071 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document by the following methods:
    -  Federal Rulemaking Web Site:                      Go to                      http://www.regulations.gov                      and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0071.                
    -  NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):                      You may access publicly-available documents online in the NRC Library at                      http://www.nrc.gov/​reading-rm/​adams.html . To begin the search, select “ADAMS Public Documents” and then 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 . TSTF-522, Revision 0, includes a model application and is available in ADAMS under Accession Number ML100890316. The proposed model SE for plant-specific adoption of TSTF-522, Revision 0, is also available under ADAMS Accession Number ML113540250.                
    -  NRC's PDR:                      You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.                

### B. Submitting Comments

Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0071 in the subject line of your comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment submission available to the public in this docket.

                    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC posts all comment submissions at                     *http://www.regulations.gov*                     as well as entering the comment submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not 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 in their comment submissions that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.

## Background

The proposed change revises the Improved Standard Technical Specification (ISTS), NUREG-1430, “Standard Technical Specifications Babcock and Wilcox Plants,” NUREG-1431, “Standard Technical Specifications Westinghouse Plants,” NUREG-1432, “Standard Technical Specifications Combustion Engineering Plants,” NUREG-1433, “Standard Technical Specifications General Electric Plants BWR [Boiling Water Reactor]/4,” and NUREG-1434, “Standard Technical Specifications General Electric Plants, BWR/6.” Specifically, the proposed change revises Surveillance Requirements (SRs) for the following systems: The iodine cleanup system/shield building air cleanup system, the control room emergency filtration system, the emergency core cooling system (ECCS) pump room exhaust air cleanup system, and the fuel building air cleanup system. This TS improvement is part of the consolidated line item improvement process (CLIIP).

## Additional Technical Details

TSTF-522, Revision 0, is applicable to all nuclear power plants. The proposed change revises SRs for the following systems: The iodine cleanup system/shield building air cleanup system, the control room emergency filtration system, the ECCS pump room exhaust air cleanup system, and the fuel building air cleanup system. In particular SRs 3.6.11.1/3.6.13.1, 3.7.10.1, 3.7.12.1, 3.7.13.1, and 3.7.14.1, which currently require operating the heaters in the respective systems for at least 10 continuous hours every 31 days, would be changed to require at least 15 continuous minutes of heater operation every 31 days.

                    This notice provides an opportunity for the public to comment on proposed changes to the ISTS after a preliminary assessment and finding by the NRC staff that the agency will likely offer the changes for adoption by licensees. This notice solicits comment on proposed changes to the ISTS, which if implemented by a licensee will modify the plant-specific TS. The NRC staff will evaluate any comments received for the proposed changes and reconsider the                           ( print page 16870)                        changes or announce the availability of the changes for adoption by licensees as part of the CLIIP. Licensees opting to apply for this TS change are responsible for reviewing the NRC staff's SE, and the applicable technical justifications, providing any necessary plant-specific information, and assessing the completeness and accuracy of their license amendment request (LAR). The NRC will process each amendment application responding to the notice of availability according to applicable NRC rules and procedures.                

The proposed changes do not prevent licensees from requesting an alternate approach or proposing changes other than those proposed in TSTF-522, Revision 0. However, significant deviations from the approach recommended in this notice or the inclusion of additional changes to the license require additional NRC staff review. This may increase the time and resources needed for the review or result in NRC staff rejection of the LAR. Licensees desiring significant deviations or additional changes should instead submit an LAR that does not claim to adopt TSTF-522, Revision 0.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of March 2012.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John R. Jolicoeur, 

Chief, Licensing Processes Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 2012-6894 Filed 3-21-12; 8:45 am]

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