28916 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 102 / Friday, May 28, 2021 / Notices 

Protection for Existing Light-Water 

Nuclear Power Plants’’. This RG 

describes an approach that is acceptable 

to the NRC staff to meet the regulatory 

requirements in the NRC’s regulations 

and the National Fire Protection 

Association (NFPA) Standard 805, 

‘‘Performance-Based Standard for Fire 

Protection for Light Water Reactor 

Electric Generating Plants,’’ 2001 

Edition, which is incorporated by 

reference in the NRC’s regulations. 

DATES: Revision 2 to RG 1.205 is 

available on May 28, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2020–0231 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–2020–0231. 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. 

• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

examine and order copies of public 

documents, is currently closed. You 

may submit your request to the PDR via 

email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1– 

800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Revision 2 to RG 1.205 and the 

regulatory analysis may be found in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML21048A448 and ML20231A891, 

respectively. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Eudy, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– 

415–3104, email: Michael.Eudy@nrc.gov 

and Charles Moulton, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301– 

415–2715, email: Charles.Moulton@

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 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. 

Revision 2 to RG 1.205 was issued 

with a temporary identification of Draft 

Regulatory Guide, DG–1360. This 

revision of the guide (Revision 2) 

addresses new information identified 

since the guide was previously revised 

in 2009. This RG updates the previous 

staff positions and endorsements made 

regarding earlier versions of Nuclear 

Energy Institute (NEI) guidance 

documents, NEI–04–02, ‘‘Guidance for 

Implementing a Risk-Informed, 

Performance-Based Fire Protection 

Program Under 10 CFR 50.48(c),’’ and 

NEI 00–01, ‘‘Guidance for Post Fire Safe 

Shutdown Circuit Analysis.’’ This 

revision endorses NEI 04–02, Revision 

3, issued 2019, and portions of NEI–00– 

01, Revision 4, issued 2019, and 

includes guidance concerning fireinduced circuit failures. 

II. Additional Information 

The NRC published a notice of the 

availability of DG–1360 in the Federal 

Register on November 16, 2020 (85 FR 

73088) for a 45-day public comment 

period. The public comment period 

closed on December 31, 2020. Public 

comments on DG–1360 and the staff 

responses to the public comments are 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML21048A449. 

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 

RG 1.205, Revision 2, would 

incorporate the latest information 

concerning risk-informed, performancebased fire protection programs and 

supporting guidance. Issuance of RG 

1.205, Revision 2, would not constitute 

backfitting, as that term is defined in 

section 50.109 of title 10 of Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), 

‘‘Backfitting,’’ and as described in NRC 

Management Directive (MD) 8.4, 

‘‘Management of Backfitting, Forward 

Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information 

Requests’’; constitute forward fitting, as 

that term is defined and described in 

MD 8.4; or affect the issue finality of any 

approval issued under 10 CFR part 52. 

As explained in RG 1.205, Revision 2, 

applicants and licensees would not be 

required to comply with the positions 

set forth in RG 1.205, Revision 2. 

Dated: May 24, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Meraj Rahimi, 

Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic 

Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office 

of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11297 Filed 5–27–21; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

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Fire Protection for Nuclear Power 

Plants 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 4 

to Regulatory Guide (RG), 1.189, ‘‘Fire 

Protection for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ 

This RG describes an approach that is 

acceptable to the NRC staff to meet the 

regulatory requirements in the NRC’s 

regulations governing a civilian nuclear 

power generating plant’s fire protection 

program. 

DATES: Revision 4 to RG 1.189 is 

available on May 28, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2020–0230 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–2020–0230. 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. 

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 102 / Friday, May 28, 2021 / Notices 28917 

• 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. 

• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

examine and order copies of public 

documents is currently closed. You may 

submit your request to the PDR via 

email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 

1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Revision 4 to RG 1.189 and the 

regulatory analysis may be found in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML21048A441 and ML20231A874, 

respectively. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Eudy, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– 

415–1304, email: Michael.Eudy@nrc.gov 

and Charles Moulton, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301– 

415–2751, email: Charles.Moulton@

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 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. 

Revision 4 to RG 1.189 was issued 

with a temporary identification of Draft 

Regulatory Guide, DG–1359. This 

revision of the guide (Revision 4) 

addresses new issues identified since 

the guide was previously revised and 

released in 2018. This includes 

incorporation of the latest guidance on 

fire-induced circuit failures, multiple 

high impedance failures, open 

secondary circuits on current 

transformers, and shorting switches. 

Updates also include partial 

endorsements of Nuclear Energy 

Institute 00–01, ‘‘Guidance for Post Fire 

Safe Shutdown Circuit Analysis,’’ 

Revision 4, issued September 2016, and 

guidance based on NUREG/CR–7150, 

‘‘Joint Assessment of Cable Damage and 

Quantification of Effects from Fire 

(JACQUE–FIRE),’’ Volumes 1, 2, and 3 

(ADAMS Accession Nos. 

ML12313A105, ML14141A129, and 

ML17331B098.) 

II. Additional Information 

The NRC published a notice of the 

availability of DG–1359 in the Federal 

Register on November 16, 2020 (85 FR 

73089) for a 45-day public comment 

period. The public comment period 

closed on December 31, 2020. Public 

comments on DG–1359 and the staff 

responses to the public comments are 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML21048A440. 

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 

The issuance of RG 1.189, Revision 4, 

would provide the most recent guidance 

acceptable to the NRC staff for 

compliance with paragraph 50.48(a) and 

(b) of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) and 10 CFR part 

50, appendix R, ‘‘Fire Protection 

Program for Nuclear Power Facilities 

Operating Prior to January 1, 1979.’’ 

Issuance of RG 1.189, Revision 4, would 

not constitute backfitting, as that term is 

defined in 10 CFR 50.109, ‘‘Backfitting,’’ 

and as described in NRC Management 

Directive (MD) 8.4, ‘‘Management of 

Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue 

Finality, and Information Requests’’; 

constitute forward fitting, as that term is 

defined and described in MD 8.4; or 

affect the issue finality of any approval 

issued under 10 CFR part 52. As 

explained in RG 1.189, Revision 4, 

applicants and licensees would not be 

required to comply with the positions 

set forth in RG 1.189, Revision 4. 

Dated: May 24, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Meraj Rahimi, 

Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic 

Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office 

of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11298 Filed 5–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2021–0001] 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Weeks of May 31, June 

7, 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2021. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of May 31, 2021 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of May 31, 2021. 

Week of June 7, 2021—Tentative 

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 

10:00 a.m. Briefing on Human Capital 

and Equal Employment 

Opportunity (Public Meeting) 

(Contact: Anne DeFrancisco: 610– 

337–5078) 

Additional Information: Due to 

COVID–19, there will be no physical 

public attendance. The public is invited 

to attend the Commission’s meeting live 

by webcast at the Web address—https:// 

video.nrc.gov/. 

Thursday, June 10, 2021 

10:00 a.m. Briefing on Results of the 

Agency Action Review Meeting 

(Public Meeting) 

(Contact: Nicole Fields: 630–829– 

9570) 

Additional Information: Due to 

COVID–19, there will be no physical 

public attendance. The public is invited 

to attend the Commission’s meeting live 

by webcast at the Web address—https:// 

video.nrc.gov/. 

Week of June 14, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of June 14, 2021. 

Week of June 21, 2021—Tentative 

Tuesday, June 22, 2021 

9:00 a.m. Briefing on Transformation 

at the NRC—Midyear Review 

(Public Meeting) 

(Contact: Maria Arribas-Colon: 301– 

415–6026) 

Additional Information: Due to 

COVID–19, there will be no physical