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comments by any of the following 

methods: 

1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking and 

Directives Branch, Mail Stop: TWB–05– 

B01M, Office of Administration, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

2. Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

[NRC–2010–0031]. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 

(301) 492–3668; e-mail 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

3. Fax comments to: Rulemaking and 

Directives Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission at (301) 492–3446. 

Requests for technical information 

about DG–4017 may be directed to the 

NRC contact, Gregory Chapman at (301) 

492–3106 or e-mail to 

Gregory.Chapman@nrc.gov. 

Comments would be most helpful if 

received by April 5, 2010. Comments 

received after that 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. Although a time limit is given, 

comments and suggestions in 

connection with items for inclusion in 

guides currently being developed or 

improvements in all published guides 

are encouraged at any time. 

Electronic copies of DG–4017 are 

available through the NRC’s public Web 

site under Draft Regulatory Guides in 

the ‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ collection of 

the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also 

available in ADAMS (http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), 

under Accession No. ML091810092. 

In addition, regulatory guides are 

available for inspection at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room (PDR) located at 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. The PDR’s mailing address is 

USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. The PDR can also be reached by 

telephone at (301) 415–4737 or (800) 

397–4205, by fax at (301) 415–3548, and 

by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and Commission approval 

is not required to reproduce them. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day 

of January, 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

John N. Ridgely, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development 

Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

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[Docket No. 50–482; NRC–2010–0032] 

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating 

Corporation, Wolf Creek Generating 

Station; Environmental Assessment 

and Finding of No Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an exemption, pursuant to 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) § 73.5, ‘‘Specific 

exemptions,’’ from the implementation 

date for certain new requirements of 10 

CFR Part 73, ‘‘Physical protection of 

plants and materials,’’ for Renewed 

Facility Operating License No. NPF–42, 

issued to Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating 

Corporation (WCNOC, the licensee), for 

operation of the Wolf Creek Generating 

Station (WCGS), located in Coffey 

County, Kansas. In accordance with 10 

CFR 51.21, the NRC prepared an 

environmental assessment documenting 

its finding. The NRC concluded that the 

proposed actions will have no 

significant environmental impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would exempt 

WCGS from the required 

implementation date of March 31, 2010, 

for several new requirements of 10 CFR 

Part 73. Specifically, WCGS would be 

granted an exemption from being in full 

compliance with certain new 

requirements contained in 10 CFR 73.55 

by the March 31, 2010, deadline. 

WCNOC has proposed an alternate full 

compliance implementation date of 

December 31, 2010, approximately 9 

months beyond the date required by 10 

CFR Part 73. The proposed action, an 

extension of the schedule for 

completion of certain actions required 

by the revised 10 CFR Part 73, does not 

involve any physical changes to the 

reactor, fuel, plant structures, support 

structures, water, or land at the WCGS 

site. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application dated 

December 15, 2009. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed action is needed to 

provide the licensee with additional 

time to perform the required upgrades to 

the WCGS security system due to long 

lead time for procuring the materials, 

unfavorable weather months affecting 

construction, and resource limitations 

due to concurrent project activity. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its 

environmental assessment of the 

proposed exemption. The staff has 

concluded that the proposed action to 

extend the implementation deadline 

would not significantly affect plant 

safety and would not have a significant 

adverse effect on the probability of an 

accident occurring. 

The proposed action would not result 

in an increased radiological hazard 

beyond those previously analyzed in the 

environmental assessment and finding 

of no significant impact made by the 

Commission in promulgating its 

revisions to 10 CFR Part 73 as discussed 

in a Federal Register notice dated 

March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13967). There 

will be no change to radioactive 

effluents that affect radiation exposures 

to plant workers and members of the 

public. Therefore, no changes or 

different types of radiological impacts 

are expected as a result of the proposed 

exemption. 

The proposed action does not result 

in changes to land use or water use, or 

result in changes to the quality or 

quantity of non-radiological effluents. 

No changes to the National Pollution 

Discharge Elimination System permit 

are needed. No effects on the aquatic or 

terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the 

plant, or to threatened, endangered, or 

protected species under the Endangered 

Species Act, or impacts to essential fish 

habitat covered by the MagnusonSteven’s Act are expected. There are no 

impacts to the air or ambient air quality. 

There are no impacts to historical and 

cultural resources. There would be no 

impact to socioeconomic resources. 

Therefore, no changes to or different 

types of non-radiological environmental 

impacts are expected as a result of the 

proposed exemption. 

Accordingly, the NRC concludes that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action. In addition, in promulgating its 

revisions to 10 CFR Part 73, the 

Commission prepared an environmental 

assessment and published a finding of 

no significant impact [Part 73, Power 

Reactor Security Requirements, 74 FR 

13926, 13967 (March 27, 2009)]. 

Therefore, the extension of the 

implementation date of the new 

requirements of 10 CFR Part 73 to 

December 31, 2010, would not have any 

significant environmental impacts. 

The NRC staff’s safety evaluation will 

be provided in the exemption that will 

be issued as part of the letter to the 

licensee approving the exemption to the 

regulation, if granted. 


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Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the NRC staff considered denial 

of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). Denial of the 

exemption request would result in no 

change in current environmental 

impacts. If the proposed action was 

denied, the licensee would have to 

comply with the March 31, 2010, 

implementation deadline. The 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

exemption and the ‘‘no-action’’ 

alternative are similar. 

Alternative Use of Resources 

The action does not involve the use of 

any different resources than those 

considered in the Final Environmental 

Statement for the WCGS, NUREG–0878, 

dated June 1982, as supplemented 

through the ‘‘Generic Environmental 

Impact Statement for License Renewal 

of Nuclear Plants: Wolf Creek 

Generating Station—Final Report 

(NUREG–1437, Supplement 32),’’ dated 

May 2008. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on January 12, 2010, the NRC staff 

consulted with the Kansas State official, 

Mr. Tom Conley of the Kansas 

Department of Health and Environment, 

regarding the environmental impact of 

the proposed action. The State official 

had no comments. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

On the basis of the environmental 

assessment, the NRC concludes that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment. Accordingly, the 

NRC has determined not to prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter 

dated December 15, 2009. Portions of 

the December 15, 2009, submittal 

contain security-related and safeguards 

information and, accordingly, is being 

withheld from the public. The redacted 

version of the December 15, 2009, letter 

was submitted by the licensee on 

January 12, 2010, and may be examined, 

and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room (PDR), located 

at One White Flint North, Public File 

Area O–1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike 

(first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Publicly available records will be 

accessible electronically from the 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) Public 

Electronic Reading Room on the Internet 

at the NRC Web site, http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

Persons who do not have access to 

ADAMS or who encounter problems in 

accessing the documents located in 

ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR 

Reference staff by telephone at 1–800– 

397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or send an 

e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day 

of January 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Balwant K. Singal, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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[NRC–2010–0033] 

Office of New Reactors; Interim Staff 

Guidance on the Review of Nuclear 

Power Plant Designs Using a Gas 

Turbine Driven Standby Emergency 

Alternating Current Power System 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Solicitation of public comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC staff is soliciting 

public comment on its proposed Interim 

Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL–ISG–021 

titled ‘‘Interim Staff Guidance on the 

Review of Nuclear Power Plant Designs 

Using a Gas Turbine Driven Standby 

Emergency Alternating Current Power 

System,’’ (Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS) Accession No. 

ML092640035). This ISG provides new 

guidance information for applicants 

submitting a combined license (COL) or 

design certification (DC) for 

construction and operation of new 

reactors submitted under Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations, Part 52. In 

addition, it supplements the guidance 

provided to the NRC staff in other 

sections of NUREG–0800, ‘‘Standard 

Review Plan for the Review of Safety 

Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power 

Plants,’’ March 2007, Standard Review 

Plan (SRP), Section 8.3.1 and Sections 

9.5.4 through 9.5.8. The NRC staff issues 

DC/COL–ISGs to facilitate timely 

implementation of current staff 

guidance and to facilitate activities 

associated with review of applications 

for DCs and COLs by the Office of New 

Reactors (NRO). The NRC staff intends 

to incorporate the final approved DC/ 

COL–ISG–021 into the next revision of 

SRP Section 8.3.1 and Sections 9.5.4 

through 9.5.8 and Regulatory Guide 

1.206, ‘‘Combined License Applications 

for Nuclear Power Plants (LWR 

Edition),’’ June 2007. 

Background: Emergency diesel 

generators are widely used as the 

standby emergency power sources for 

the onsite alternating current (AC) 

power system. It is anticipated that new 

reactor designs will incorporate gas 

turbines to supply the standby 

emergency alternating current power 

system. This ISG document provides 

guidance on the implementation of 

emergency gas turbine generators 

(EGTGs) used as AC power sources to 

supply power to safety-related 

equipment or equipment important to 

safety for all operational events and 

during accident conditions. Only EGTG 

systems that are air cooled and diesel oil 

fueled are considered in this interim 

guidance. 

DATES: Comments must be filed no later 

than 30 days from the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 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 one of the following methods. 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2010– 

0033 in the subject line of your 

comments. Comments submitted in 

writing or in electronic form will be 

posted on the NRC website and on the 

Federal rulemaking Web site 

Regulations.gov. Because your 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information, 

the NRC cautions you against including 

any information in your submission that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed. 

The NRC requests that any party 

soliciting or aggregating comments 

received from other persons for 

submission to the NRC inform those 

persons that the NRC will not edit their 

comments to remove any identifying or 

contact information, and therefore, they 

should not include any information in 

their comments that they do not want 

publicly disclosed. 

Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

NRC–2010–0033. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 

301–492–3668; e-mail 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, 

Chief, Rulemaking and Directives 

Branch (RDB), Division of 

Administrative Services, Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– 


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