[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5633-5634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2289]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0550]


Notice of Extension of Comment Period for NUREG-1921, EPRI/NRC-
RES Fire Human Reliability Analysis Guidelines, Draft Report for 
Comment

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued for public 
comment a document entitled ``NUREG-1921 (EPRI 1019196), EPRI/NRC-RES 
Fire Human Reliability Analysis Guidelines, Draft Report for Comment'' 
(December 11, 2009; 74 FR 65810). This document extends the public 
comment period from February 15, 2010, to March 19, 2010.

DATES: The public comment period closes on March 19, 2010. Comments 
received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do 
so, but the NRC staff 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-2009-0550 in the subject line of your 
comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be 
posted on the NRC Web site 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-2009-0550. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 301-492-3668; e-mail 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#581b392a3734761f393434393f303d2a18362a3b763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89cae8fbe6e5a7cee8e5e5e8eee1ecfbc9e7fbeaa7eee6ff">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and 
Directives Branch (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of 
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to RDB at (301) 492-
3446.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the following methods:
    NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have 
copied for a fee publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public 
File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): 
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are 
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain 
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public 
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems 
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acdcc8de82dec9dfc3d9decfc9ecc2decf82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e1e0a1c401c0b1d011b1c0d0b2e001c0d40090118">[email protected]</span></a>. NUREG-1921 ``EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Human Reliability 
Analysis Guidelines'' is available electronically under ADAMS Accession 
Number ML093340307.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting 
materials related to this notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2009-0550.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kendra Hill, Division of Risk 
Analysis, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: 301-251-
3300, e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f143a313b2d3e71173633331f312d3c71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="246f414a4056450a6c4d4848644a56470a434b52">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NUREG-1921 (EPRI 1019196), ``EPRI/NRC-RES 
Fire Human Reliability Analysis Guidelines, Draft Report for Comment'' 
was written as a collaborative effort by the NRC's Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research (RES) and the Electric Power Research Institute 
(EPRI) to provide guidance on how to perform the human reliability 
analysis (HRA) for a fire probabilistic risk analysis. In 2007, EPRI 
and NRC-RES embarked on a cooperative project to develop explicit 
guidance for estimating human error probabilities for human error 
events under fire generated conditions, building upon existing HRA 
methods. This report describes the methodology and guidance developed 
through this project. This report includes guidance on addressing the 
range of fire procedures used in existing plants, the

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range of strategies for main control room abandonment, and the 
potential impact of fire-induced spurious electrical effects on crew 
performance.
    Due to the detailed nature of the processes described in this 
report and the level of effort required to provide a quality review, a 
request was submitted to the NRC for an extension of the public comment 
period for NUREG-1921 (EPRI 1019196). NRC-RES reviewed this request and 
has agreed to extend the public comment period an additional 32 days to 
March 19, 2010.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of January, 2010.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark Salley,
Chief, Fire Research Branch, Division of Risk Analysis, Office of 
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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