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(b) * * * 

Note to paragraph (b): Percentages in 

excess of the last percentage shown in the 

table shall be expressed in the same 

increments as the foregoing, and the dockage 

factor for each such increment shall be .001 

less than the dockage factor for the preceding 

increment. Deliveries in excess of 17.0 

percent would be off-grade; therefore, the 

dockage factor does not apply: Provided, 

That, for the 2023–2024 crop year, deliveries 

in excess of 21.0 percent would be off-grade; 

therefore, the dockage factor does not apply. 

(c) * * * 

Note to paragraph (c): Percentages in 

excess of the last percentage shown in the 

table shall be expressed in the same 

increments as the foregoing, and the dockage 

factor for each increment shall be .001 less 

than the dockage factor for the preceding 

increment. Deliveries in excess of 20.0 

percent would be off grade; therefore, the 

dockage factor does not apply. Provided, 

That, for the 2023–2024 crop year, deliveries 

in excess of 25.0 percent would be off-grade; 

therefore, the dockage factor does not apply. 

■ 3. In § 989.213, revise paragraph (a) 

and add a new paragraph (e) to read as 

follows: 

§ 989.213 Maturity Dockage. 

(a) General. Subject to prior agreement 

between handler and tenderer, Natural 

(sun-dried) Seedless, Golden Seedless, 

Dipped Seedless, Monukka, Other 

Seedless, and Other Seedless-Sulfured 

raisins containing from 35.0 percent 

through 49.9 percent, by weight, of wellmatured or reasonably well-matured 

raisins may be acquired by a handler 

under a weight dockage system. 

Provided, That, for the 2023–2024 crop 

year, such raisins containing from 30.0 

through 49.9 percent, by weight, of wellmatured or reasonably well-matured 

raisins may be acquired by a handler 

under a weight dockage system. The 

creditable weight of each lot of raisins 

acquired under the maturity dockage 

system shall be obtained by multiplying 

the net weight of the lot of raisins by the 

applicable dockage factor from the 

dockage table prescribed in paragraphs 

(b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section. 

* * * * * 

(e) For the 2023–2024 crop year, 

maturity dockage table applicable to lots 

of Natural (sun-dried) Seedless, Golden 

Seedless, Dipped Seedless, Monukka, 

Other Seedless, and Other SeedlessSulfured raisins which contain 30.0 

percent through 34.9 percent wellmatured or reasonably well-matured 

raisins: 

Percent well-matured or 

reasonably well-matured 

Dockage 

factor 

34.9 ............................................... .8480 

34.8 ............................................... .8460 

Percent well-matured or 

reasonably well-matured 

Dockage 

factor 

34.7 ............................................... .8440 

34.6 ............................................... .8420 

34.5 ............................................... .8400 

34.4 ............................................... .8380 

Note to paragraph (e): Percentages less 

than the last percentage shown in the table 

shall be expressed in the same increments as 

the foregoing, and the dockage factor for each 

such increment shall be .002 less than the 

dockage factor for the preceding increment. 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27095 Filed 12–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Parts 50, 52, and 100 

[NRC–2023–0097] 

Regulatory Guide: Damping Values for 

Seismic Design of Nuclear Power 

Plants 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final guide; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 2 

to Regulatory Guide (RG), 1.61, 

‘‘Damping Values for Seismic Design of 

Nuclear Power Plants.’’ This RG 

provides guidance on damping values 

that the NRC staff finds acceptable for 

use in the seismic response analysis of 

seismic Category I nuclear power plant 

structures, systems, and components. 

The specified damping values are 

intended for elastic dynamic seismic 

analysis where energy dissipation is 

accounted for by viscous damping. 

DATES: Revision 2 to RG 1.61 is available 

on December 11, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2023–0097 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–2023–0097. 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 individuals 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, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS 

accession number for each document 

referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) 

is provided the first time that it is 

mentioned in this document. 

• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you 

may examine and order copies of 

publicly available documents, is open 

by appointment. To make an 

appointment to visit the PDR, please 

send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 

or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern 

time (ET), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Revision 2 to RG 1.61 and the 

regulatory analysis may be found in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML23284A272 and ML22273A041, 

respectively. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marcos Rolon Acevedo, Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 

301–415–2208; email: Marcos.Rolon@

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 in the 

NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This 

series was developed to describe 

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 2 to RG 1.61 was issued with 

a temporary identification of Draft 

Regulatory Guide, DG–1364. RG 1.61, 

Revision 1, specifies the damping values 

that the NRC staff considers acceptable 

for complying with the agency’s 

regulations for seismic analysis. This 

revision of the RG (Revision 2) provides 


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glossary. 

additional guidance related to concrete 

properties and damping values for use 

in the development of in structure 

response spectra. It also includes 

guidance on damping for steel plate 

composite walls. In addition, it updates 

the guidance for piping damping in RG 

1.61, Revision 1. 

II. Additional Information 

The NRC published a notice of the 

availability of DG–1364 in the Federal 

Register on June 13, 2023 (88 FR 38408) 

for a 30-day public comment period. 

The public comment period closed on 

July 13, 2023. Public comments on DG– 

1364 and the staff responses to the 

public comments are available under 

ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML23284A274. 

As noted in the Federal Register on 

December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671), this 

document is being published in the 

‘‘Rules’’ section of the Federal Register 

to comply with publication 

requirements under 1 CFR chapter I. 

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 

Issuance of RG 1.61 would not 

constitute backfitting as that term is 

defined in section 50.109 of title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), ‘‘Backfitting,’’ and as described in 

NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4, 

‘‘Management of Backfitting, Forward 

Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information 

Requests (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML18093B087);’’ constitute forward 

fitting as that term is defined and 

described in MD 8.4; or affect issue 

finality of an approval issued under 10 

CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, 

and Approvals for Nuclear Power 

Plants,’’ as explained in RG 1.61, 

licensees would not be required to 

comply with the positions set forth in 

RG 1.61. 

V. Submitting Suggestions for 

Improvement of Regulatory Guides 

A member of the public may, at any 

time, submit suggestions to the NRC for 

improvement of existing RGs or for the 

development of new RGs. Suggestions 

can be submitted on the NRC’s public 

website at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/reg-guides/ 

contactus.html. Suggestions will be 

considered in future updates and 

enhancements to the ‘‘Regulatory 

Guide’’ series. 

Dated: December 5, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Stephen M. Wyman, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs 

Management Branch, Division of Engineering, 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27070 Filed 12–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Part 609 

RIN 3052–AD53 

Cyber Risk Management 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit 

Administration (FCA, we, or our) 

rescinds and revises its regulations to 

reflect developments in cyber risk and 

continuously evolving business 

practices. We rename the regulations 

‘‘Cyber Risk Management.’’ The final 

rule requires each Farm Credit System 

(System or FCS) institution to 

implement a comprehensive, written 

cyber risk management program 

consistent with the size, risk profile, 

and complexity of the institution’s 

operations. 

DATES: This regulation is effective 

January 1, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Technical information: Dr. Ira D. 

Marshall, Senior Policy Analyst, Office 

of Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit 

Administration, McLean, VA 22102– 

5090, (703) 883–4414, TTY (703) 883– 

4056; 

or 

Legal information: Jane Virga, 

Assistant General Counsel, Office of 

General Counsel, Farm Credit 

Administration, McLean, VA 22102– 

5090, (703) 883–4020, TTY (703) 883– 

4056. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Objectives 

The objectives of this final rule are to: 

• Delete references to the 

requirements of ‘‘Electronic Signatures 

in Global and National Commerce Act’’ 

(E–SIGN) (Pub. L. 106–229), which 

became effective on October 1, 2000. E– 

SIGN is a statutory requirement that 

governs electronic transactions relating 

to the conduct of electronic business, 

consumer, or commercial affairs. E– 

SIGN continues to apply to System 

institutions as statutory requirements. 

• Revise part 609 to codify our 

existing expectations, as well as ensure 

the relevance and adequacy of risk 

management practices, corporate 

governance, and internal control 

systems at System institutions 

conducting business in an electronic 

environment. 

• Require each System institution to 

develop and implement a 

comprehensive, written cyber risk 

management program consistent with 

the size, risk profile, and complexity of 

the institution’s operations. 

II. Background 

The regulations at 12 CFR part 609 

were enacted in 2002 and repeated the 

statutory requirements of E–SIGN. Our 

existing information-technology (IT)- 

related regulations primarily focus on Ecommerce terminology and the concept 

of conducting business in an Ecommerce environment. Since then, 

there have been significant changes and 

advancements in IT and the System’s 

use of technology to conduct business. 

We are responsible, as the System’s 

regulator, to ensure the System’s use of 

IT is consistent with safe and sound 

operations and complies with the law. 

We amend the current E-commerce 

regulations at part 609 to revise the 

rules for a broader cyber risk focus and 

to codify our existing expectations on 

risk management practices, corporate 

governance, and internal control 

systems for conducting business in an 

electronic environment. The final 

regulations set forth core principles that 

serve as the foundation for creating a 

comprehensive cyber risk management 

program and framework. 

Key definitions include: 1

• Information security refers to the 

policies, procedures, and technologies 

used to protect information and 

information systems from unauthorized 

access, use, disclosure, disruption, 

modification, or destruction. 

• Cyber security is the process of 

protecting information assets and data 

by preventing, detecting, and 

responding to cyber attacks. 

• Cyber risk is any risk associated 

with financial loss, disruption, or 

damage to the reputation of an 

organization due to the failure or 

unauthorized or erroneous use of its 

information systems. 

A System institution’s policies, 

procedures, and internal controls that 

manage cyber risk must incorporate 

information security and cyber security 

concepts and sound business practices. 


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