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5Sequestration reductions pursuant to the 

Balanced Budget and Deficit Control Act (BBEDCA) 

Section 251A for 2022 were calculated and ordered 

in a separate report and are not affected by this 

determination. See: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BBEDCA_251A_

Sequestration_Report_FY2022.pdf 

IV. Legislative Revisions to the PAYGO 

Scorecards 

Section 7 of Public Law 117–71, the 

Protecting Medicare and American 

Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act, states, 

‘‘For the purposes of the annual report 

issued pursuant to section 5 of the 

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 

U.S.C. 934) after adjournment of the first 

session of the 117th Congress, and for 

determining whether a sequestration 

order is necessary under such section, 

the debit for the budget year on the 5- 

year scorecard, if any, and the 10-year 

scorecard, if any, shall be deducted from 

such scorecard in 2022 and added to 

such scorecard in 2023.’’ Accordingly, 

both the 5- and 10-year scorecards 

deduct the debit from 2022 and add that 

debit to 2023. 

V. Sequestration Order 

As shown on the scorecards, the 

budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation 

enacted in the first session of the 117th 

Congress, combined with section 7 of 

Public Law 117–71, resulted in no costs 

on either the 5-year or the 10-year 

scorecard in the budget year, which is 

2022 for the purposes of this Report. 

Because the costs for the budget year, as 

shown on the scorecards, were set to 

zero for the budget year, there is no 

‘‘debit’’ on either scorecard under 

section 3 of the PAYGO Act, 2 U.S.C. 

932, and a sequestration order is not 

required.5

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COMMISSION 

[NRC–2021–0087] 

Preparing Probabilistic Fracture 

Mechanics Submittals 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a new 

Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.245 (Revision 

0), ‘‘Preparing Probabilistic Fracture 

Mechanics Submittals’’ and 

accompanying NUREG/CR–7278, 

‘‘Technical Basis for the use of 

Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics in 

Regulatory Applications.’’ This RG 

describes a framework to develop the 

contents of a licensing submittal that the 

staff of the NRC considers acceptable 

when performing probabilistic fracture 

mechanics (PFM) analyses in support of 

regulatory applications. The NUREG 

provides the technical basis for RG 

1.245. 

DATES: Revision 0 to RG 1.245 is 

available on January 26, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2021–0087 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–2021–0087. 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, 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: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents, 

by appointment, at the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR), Room P1 B35, 

One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Revision 0 to RG 1.245, the associated 

regulatory analysis, and NUREG/CR– 

7278 may be found in ADAMS under 

Accession Nos. ML21334A158, 

ML21034A261, and ML22014A406, 

respectively. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Raynaud, telephone: 301–145– 

1987, email: Patrick.Raynaud@nrc.gov 

and Kyle Song, telephone: 301–415– 

3612, email: Kyle.Song@nrc.gov. Both 

are staff in the Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research at the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

The NRC is issuing a new guide in the 

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

series was developed to describe and 

make available to the public information 

regarding methods that are acceptable to 

the NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the agency’s regulations, 

techniques that the NRC staff uses in 

evaluating specific issues or postulated 

events, and data that the NRC staff 

needs in its review of applications for 

permits and licenses. 

RG 1.245 was issued with a temporary 

identification of Draft Regulatory Guide, 

DG–1382, ADAMS Accession No. 

ML21034A328. 

II. Additional Information 

The NRC published a notice of the 

availability of DG–1382 in the Federal 

Register on September 23, 2021 (86 FR 

52927) for a 30-day public comment 

period. The public comment period 

closed on October 25, 2021. Public 

comments and the staff responses to the 

public comments on DG–1382 are 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML21306A292. 

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 and Issue Finality 

RG 1.245 and NUREG/CR–7278 do 

not constitute backfitting as 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;’’ do not constitute forward 

fitting as that term is defined and 

described in MD 8.4; and do not affect 

the issue finality of any approval issued 

under 10 CFR part 52. As explained in 

RG 1.245, applicants and licensees are 

not be required to comply with the 

positions set forth in the RG. 

Dated: January 20, 2022. 


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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Meraj Rahimi, 

Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs 

Management Branch, Division of Engineering, 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01493 Filed 1–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2021–0217] 

Monitoring Criteria and Methods to 

Calculate Occupational Radiation 

Doses 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On December 17, 2021, the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) solicited comments on draft 

regulatory guide (DG), DG–8060, 

‘‘Monitoring Criteria and Methods to 

Calculate Occupational Radiation 

Doses.’’ The public comment period was 

originally scheduled to close on January 

31, 2022. 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. 

DATES: The due date for comments 

requested in the document published on 

December 17, 2021 (86 FR 71676) is 

extended until March 2, 2022. 

Comments should be filed no later than 

March 2, 2022. 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 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–2021–0217. 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. 

• Mail comments to: Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– 

A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, ATTN: Program Management, 

Announcements and Editing Staff. 

For additional direction on accessing 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Garry, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, telephone: 301–415–2766, 

email: Steven.Garry@nrc.gov, and 

Harriet Karagiannis, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– 

415–2493, email: Harriet.Karagiannis@

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

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021– 

0217 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information regarding 

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–2021–0217. 

• 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 

questions regarding use of ADAMS, 

please contact the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, or 301–415–4737, or 

by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents, 

by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, 

Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

(ET), 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–2021–0217 in your 

comment submission. 

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 posts all comment 

submissions at https://

www.regulations.gov as well as enters 

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 submissions into 

ADAMS. 

II. Additional Information 

This DG, titled ‘‘Monitoring Criteria 

and Methods to Calculate Occupational 

Radiation Doses,’’ is temporarily 

identified by its task number, DG–8060. 

The DG is a proposed Revision 1 of RG 

8.34 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML21068A160). The proposed revision 

of RG 8.34 (Revision 1) describes 

acceptable methods for calculating the 

total effective dose equivalent. Proposed 

Revision 1 also provides acceptable 

methods for: 

• Performing prospective dose 

evaluations, 

• monitoring of unintended doses, 

• monitoring dose from hot particles, 

• assessing dose from wound injuries, 

• calculating soluble uranium 

intakes, and 

• processing of dosimetry devices. 

On October 25, 2013, the NRC staff 

issued DG–8031, ‘‘Monitoring Criteria 

and Methods to Calculate Occupational 

Radiation Doses,’’ (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML13168A098), for public comment 

(78 FR 64030). DG–8031 was the 

proposed Revision 1 to RG 8.34. The 

NRC staff has elected not to finalize DG– 

8031 and is issuing DG–8060 as a 

replacement. The staff notes that DG– 

8060 considers and addresses technical 

issues and public comments related to 

the issuance of DG–8031. 

III. Discussion 

On December 17, 2021, the NRC 

published in the Federal Register (86 

FR 71676) requesting comments on DG– 

8060, ‘‘Monitoring Criteria and Methods 

to Calculate Occupational Radiation 

Doses.’’ Upon the request of the Nuclear 

Energy Institute, the NRC has decided to 

extend the public comment period on 

this document until March 2, 2022, to 

allow more time for members of the 

public to submit their comments. 

Dated: January 20, 2022. 


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