Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 226 / Friday, November 22, 2024 / Proposed Rules 92609 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Parts 1, 2, 10, 11, 19, 20, 21, 

25, 26, 30, 40, 50, 51, 53, 70, 72, 73, 74, 

75, 95, 140, 150, 170, and 171 

[NRC–2019–0062] 

RIN 3150–AK31 

Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive 

Regulatory Framework for Advanced 

Reactors 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: On October 31, 2024, the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

solicited comments on the part 53 

proposed rulemaking, which would 

revise the NRC’s regulations by adding 

a risk-informed, performance-based, and 

technology-inclusive regulatory 

framework for commercial nuclear 

plants in response to the Nuclear Energy 

Innovation and Modernization Act 

(NEIMA). The public comment period 

was originally scheduled to close on 

December 30, 2024. The NRC has 

decided to extend the public comment 

period to allow more time for members 

of the public to develop and submit 

their comments and for the NRC staff to 

engage with stakeholders on the 

proposed rule language. 

DATES: The due date of comments 

requested in the document published on 

October 31, 2024 (89 FR 86918), is 

extended. Comments should be filed no 

later than February 28, 2025. Comments 

received after this 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. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods 

however, the NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2019–0062. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Helen 

Chang; telephone: 301–415–3228; email: 

Helen.Chang@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions contact the individuals listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• Email comments to: 

Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you 

do not receive an automatic email reply 

confirming receipt, then contact us at 

301–415–1677. 

• Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301– 

415–1101. 

• Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. 

• Hand deliver comments to: 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. 

eastern time, Federal workdays; 

telephone: 301–415–1677. 

You can read a plain language 

description of this proposed rule at 

https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ 

NRC-2019-0062. For additional 

direction on obtaining information and 

submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining 

Information and Submitting Comments’’ 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Beall, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301– 

415–3874; email: Robert.Beall@nrc.gov; 

or Anders Gilbertson, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301– 

415–1541; email: Anders.Gilbertson@

nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. NRC, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2019– 

0062 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publicly 

available information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2019–0062. 

• 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, 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, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2019–0062 in your 

comment submission. To facilitate NRC 

review, please distinguish between 

comments on the proposed rule and 

comments on the proposed guidance. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at https://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely 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 that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 

II. Discussion 

On October 31, 2024, the NRC 

solicited comments on the ‘‘RiskInformed, Technology-Inclusive 

Regulatory Framework for Advanced 

Reactors’’ proposed rule (also known as 

‘‘part 53’’). This proposed rule responds 

to NEIMA by creating an alternative 

regulatory framework for licensing 

future commercial nuclear plants. The 

new alternative requirements and 

implementing guidance would adopt 

technology-inclusive approaches and 

use risk-informed and performancebased techniques to ensure an 

equivalent level of safety to that of 

operating commercial nuclear plants 

while providing flexibility for licensing 

and regulating a variety of technologies 

and designs for commercial nuclear 

reactors. The public comment period 

was originally scheduled to close on 

December 30, 2024. The NRC has 

decided to extend the public comment 

period on this document until February 

28, 2025, to allow more time for 

members of the public to submit their 

comments and for the NRC staff to 

engage with stakeholders on the 

proposed rule language. 


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The NRC may post materials related 

to this document, including public 

comments, on the Federal rulemaking 

website at https://www.regulations.gov 

under Docket ID NRC–2019–0062. In 

addition, the Federal rulemaking 

website allows members of the public to 

receive alerts when changes or additions 

occur in a docket folder. To subscribe: 

(1) navigate to the docket folder (NRC– 

2019–0062); (2) click the ‘‘Dockets’’ 

link; (3) click the part 53 rulemaking 

link; (4) click the ‘‘Subscribe’’ link; (5) 

enter your email address in the pop-up 

window and click on the ‘‘Subscribe’’ 

link. 

Dated: November 14, 2024. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Melissa Ralph, 

Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, 

Environmental, and Financial Support, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26937 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2024–2427; Project 

Identifier AD–2024–00484–T] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 

Company Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a 

new airworthiness directive (AD) for all 

The Boeing Company Model DC–9–81 

(MD–81), DC–9–82 (MD–82), DC–9–83 

(MD–83), DC–9–87 (MD–87), and MD– 

88 airplanes, and Model DC–9–10, DC– 

9–20, DC–9–30, DC–9–40, and DC–9–50 

series airplanes. This proposed AD was 

prompted by the discovery of jammed 

elevators during takeoff. This proposed 

AD would require revising the 

‘‘Certificate Limitations’’ section of the 

existing airplane flight manual (AFM) to 

include a procedure to confirm elevator 

surfaces are not jammed in the trailing 

edge down (TED) position. The FAA is 

proposing this AD to address the unsafe 

condition on these products. 

DATES: The FAA must receive comments 

on this proposed AD by January 6, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

AD Docket: You may examine the AD 

docket at regulations.gov under Docket 

No. FAA–2024–2427; or in person at 

Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The AD docket 

contains this NPRM, any comments 

received, and other information. The 

street address for Docket Operations is 

listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Venegas, Aviation Safety 

Engineer, FAA, 3960 Paramount 

Boulevard, Lakewood, CA 90712; 

phone: 562–627–5353; email: 

katherine.venegas@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites you to send any 

written relevant data, views, or 

arguments about this proposal. Send 

your comments to an address listed 

under the ADDRESSES section. Include 

‘‘Docket No. FAA–2024–2427; Project 

Identifier AD–2024–00484–T’’ at the 

beginning of your comments. The most 

helpful comments reference a specific 

portion of the proposal, explain the 

reason for any recommended change, 

and include supporting data. The FAA 

will consider all comments received by 

the closing date and may amend this 

proposal because of those comments. 

Except for Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) as described in the 

following paragraph, and other 

information as described in 14 CFR 

11.35, the FAA will post all comments 

received, without change, to 

regulations.gov, including any personal 

information you provide. The agency 

will also post a report summarizing each 

substantive verbal contact received 

about this NPRM. 

Confidential Business Information 

CBI is commercial or financial 

information that is both customarily and 

actually treated as private by its owner. 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt 

from public disclosure. If your 

comments responsive to this NPRM 

contain commercial or financial 

information that is customarily treated 

as private, that you actually treat as 

private, and that is relevant or 

responsive to this NPRM, it is important 

that you clearly designate the submitted 

comments as CBI. Please mark each 

page of your submission containing CBI 

as ‘‘PROPIN.’’ The FAA will treat such 

marked submissions as confidential 

under the FOIA, and they will not be 

placed in the public docket of this 

NPRM. Submissions containing CBI 

should be sent to Katherine Venegas, 

Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 3960 

Paramount Boulevard, Lakewood, CA 

90712; phone: 562–627–5353; email: 

katherine.venegas@faa.gov. Any 

commentary that the FAA receives that 

is not specifically designated as CBI will 

be placed in the public docket for this 

rulemaking. 

Background 

The FAA has received a report 

indicating that both the left and right 

elevator were jammed during takeoff 

resulting in a runway excursion. 

Elevator surface jamming in the TED 

direction caused by high-speed wind 

events can occur while the airplane is 

parked. This condition may not be 

detected by feel during preflight control 

column movement prior to takeoff. The 

FAA is issuing this AD to address the 

unsafe condition, which if not 

addressed, could result in a runway 

excursion during a rejected takeoff. 

FAA’s Determination 

The FAA is issuing this NPRM after 

determining that the unsafe condition 

described previously is likely to exist or 

develop on other products of the same 

type design. 

Proposed AD Requirements in This 

NPRM 

This proposed AD would require 

revising the ‘‘Certificate Limitations’’ 

section of the existing AFM to include 

a procedure to confirm elevator surfaces 

are not jammed in the TED position. 

Compliance With AFM Revisions 

Section 91.9 (14 CFR 91.9) prohibits 

any person from operating a civil 

aircraft without complying with the 

operating limitations specified in the 

AFM. FAA regulations also require 

operators to furnish pilots with any 

changes to the AFM (14 CFR 121.137) 

and pilots in command to be familiar 

with the AFM (14 CFR 91.505). 

Interim Action 

The FAA considers that this proposed 

AD would be an interim action. Boeing 

is developing a design change to address 

the unsafe condition. If final action is 


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