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B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2014– 

0232 in the subject line of your 

comment submission, in order to ensure 

that the NRC is able to make your 

comment submission available to the 

public in this docket. 

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 http://

www.regulations.gov as well as entering 

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. Discussion 

On October 23, 2014, the NRC 

published for comment draft RIS 2014– 

XX. The purpose of draft RIS 2014–XX, 

‘‘Applicability of ASME Code Case N– 

770–1 As Conditioned In 10 CFR [Title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations] 

50.55a, ‘Codes and Standards,’ To 

Branch Connection Butt Welds,’’ is to 

inform addressees about reactor coolant 

system Alloy 82/182 branch connection 

dissimilar metal nozzle welds that may 

be of a butt weld configuration and 

therefore require inspection under 10 

CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(ii)(F). The RIS, if 

issued in final form, would be used by 

all holders of an operating license or 

construction permit for a pressurized 

water nuclear power reactor under 10 

CFR part 50, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of 

Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ 

except those who have permanently 

ceased operations and have certified 

that fuel has been permanently removed 

from the reactor vessel. The draft RIS 

explains that these entities should 

review this information for applicability 

to their Alloy 600 management plan to 

ensure all applicable butt welds are 

being inspected. 

The public comment period was 

originally scheduled to close on 

December 8, 2014. The NRC has decided 

to extend the public comment period to 

allow more time for members of the 

public to submit their comments. The 

deadline for submitting comments is 

extended to December 22, 2014. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day 

of November 2014. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Sheldon D. Stuchell, 

Chief, Generic Communications Branch, 

Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office 

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28122 Filed 11–28–14; 8:45 am] 

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[NRC–2014–0253] 

Fitness-for-Duty Programs for New 

Nuclear Power Plant Construction 

Sites 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request 

for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment draft regulatory guide (DG), 

DG–5036, ‘‘Fitness-for-Duty [FFD] 

Programs at New Reactor Construction 

Sites.’’ This DG provides new guidance 

for implementing fitness for duty 

requirements at nuclear power plant 

construction sites. 

DATES: Submit comments by January 27, 

2015. 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. 

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. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods (unless 

this document describes a different 

method for submitting comments on a 

specific subject): 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2014–0253. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, 

Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 

3WFN 06A–A44M, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

For additional direction on accessing 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Accessing Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wesley W. Held, Office of Nuclear 

Security and Incident Response, 

telephone: 301–415–1583, email: 

wesley.held@nrc.gov, or Richard A. 

Jervey, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research, telephone: 301–251–7404, 

email: richard.jervey@nrc.gov. 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–2014– 

0253 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information regarding 

this document. You may obtain 

publicly-available information related to 

this document, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2014–0253. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the NRC 

Library at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, 

select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and 

then 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 draft 

regulatory guide is available 

electronically in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML14205A141. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2014– 

0253 in the subject line of your 

comment submission, in order to ensure 

that the NRC is able to make your 

comment submission available to the 

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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 http://

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 

The NRC is issuing for public 

comment a DG in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory 

Guide’’ series. This series was 

developed to describe and make 

available to the public such information 

as methods that are acceptable to the 

NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the NRC’s regulations, 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific problems or 

postulated accidents, and data that the 

staff needs in its review of applications 

for permits and licenses. 

The DG, entitled, ‘‘Fitness-for-Duty 

Programs at New Reactor Construction 

Sites,’’ is temporarily identified by its 

task number, DG–5036. This guidance is 

provided to ensure the effective and 

consistent implementation of the 

requirements in subpart K, ‘‘FFD 

Programs for Construction,’’ of part 26, 

‘‘Fitness-for-Duty Programs,’’ in Title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR). Part 26 requires certain 

individuals involved in the construction 

of nuclear power plants to be fit-forduty. The requirements in part 26 are 

prescriptive in a number of areas, such 

as drug and alcohol testing; however, in 

other areas, such as those associated 

with subpart K, ‘‘FFD Program for 

Construction,’’ the regulations contain 

less prescriptive, performance-based 

requirements. The performance-based 

regulations in subpart K enable 

licensees, applicants, and other entities 

to develop, implement, and/or maintain 

site-specific (or fleet-wide) FFD 

programs in a manner that best suits 

their needs while still meeting 

regulatory requirements. However, this 

flexibility, without regulatory guidance, 

can challenge consistent and effective 

rule implementation. For example, a 

licensee can implement sanctions for 

FFD policy violations that are markedly 

more or less severe than sanctions for an 

equivalent violation at another 

licensee’s construction site. This DG 

endorses the methodologies described 

in industry guidance document Nuclear 

Energy Institute (NEI) 06–06, ‘‘Fitness 

for Duty Program Guidance for New 

Nuclear Power Plant Construction 

Sites,’’ revision 6, dated April 2013 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML13093A340). 

III. Backfitting and Issue Finality 

This DG, if finalized, would provide 

guidance on the methods acceptable to 

the NRC staff for complying with the 

NRC’s regulations associated with FFD 

programs of licensees or other entities 

during construction of new power 

reactors. The guide would apply to 

certain current and future applicants 

for, and holders of, power reactor 

licenses and construction permits under 

10 CFR part 50 and power reactor 

licenses and early site permits under 10 

CFR part 52. Issuance of DG–5036, if 

finalized, would not constitute 

backfitting under 10 CFR part 50 and 

would not otherwise be inconsistent 

with the issue finality provisions in 10 

CFR part 52. As discussed in the 

‘‘Implementation’’ section of DG–5036, 

the NRC has no current intention to 

impose the DG, if finalized, on current 

holders of 10 CFR part 50 operating 

licenses or 10 CFR part 52 combined 

licenses. 

This DG, if finalized, could be applied 

to applications for certain 10 CFR part 

50 operating licenses or construction 

permits and 10 CFR part 52 combined 

licenses and early site permits. Such 

action would not constitute backfitting 

as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 or be 

otherwise inconsistent with the 

applicable issue finality provision in 10 

CFR part 52, inasmuch as such 

applicants are not within the scope of 

entities protected by 10 CFR 50.109 or 

the relevant issue finality provisions in 

10 CFR part 52. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day 

of November, 2014. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Thomas H. Boyce, 

Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic 

Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office 

of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28063 Filed 11–26–14; 8:45 am] 

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[NRC–2014–0001] 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE: December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014; 

January 5, 2015. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

Week of December 1, 2014 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of December 1, 2014. 

Week of December 8, 2014—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of December 8, 2014. 

Week of December 15, 2014—Tentative 

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 

9:00 a.m. Update on Research and Test 

Reactor Initiatives (Public Meeting); 

(Contact: Alexander Adams, 301– 

415–1127) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/. 

Thursday, December 18, 2014 

9:30 a.m. Briefing on Equal 

Employment Opportunity, 

Diversity, and Small Business 

Programs (Public Meeting); 

(Contact: Larniece McKoy Moore, 

301–415–1942) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/. 

Week of December 22, 2014—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of December 22, 2014. 

Week of December 29, 2014—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of December 29, 2014. 

Week of January 5, 2015—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of January 5, 2015. 

* * * * * 

The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. For more information or to verify 

the status of meetings, contact Glenn 

Ellmers at (301) 415–0442 or via email 

at Glenn.Ellmers@nrc.gov. 

* * * * * 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/

public-meetings/schedule.html. 

* * * * * 

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 


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