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incident occurred, and a description of 

the aircraft load. 

Weather information at the accident/ 

incident site—requests the weather 

observation facility, source of weather 

information, type, method, and 

completeness of weather briefing, 

temperature, altimeter setting, density 

altitude, dew point, type and intensity 

of precipitation, forecasted and actual 

icing conditions, light condition, 

visibility and restrictions, sky and 

lowest cloud condition, type and height 

of ceiling, wind direction, speed, and 

gusts, type and severity of turbulence, 

and Notices to Airman and similar 

advisories in effect at the time of the 

flight. 

Damage to aircraft and other 

property—requests information about 

aircraft damage, fire, or explosion, and 

provides space a narrative description of 

damage to the aircraft and other 

property. 

Narrative history of flight—requests 

the operator to describe the 

circumstances of the accident or 

incident. This section instructs the 

operator to: ‘‘Describe what occurred in 

chronological order, including 

circumstances leading to and nature of 

accident/incident. Describe terrain and 

include wreckage distribution sketch if 

pertinent. Attach extra sheets if needed. 

State departure time and location, 

services obtained, and intended 

destination. Provide as much detail as 

possible.’’ 

Recommendation—requests the 

operator to make a recommendation 

about how this accident or incident 

could have been prevented. 

Mechanical malfunction/failure—if 

the operator believes the accident/ 

incident resulted from a mechanical 

malfunction or failure, this section 

requests the name of the part, 

manufacturer, part number, serial 

number, total time/cycles on the part, 

total time since the part was inspected 

or overhauled, and a description of the 

failure. 

Fuel and services information— 

requests the amount of fuel on board at 

the last takeoff (in gallons), the type of 

fuel, and any other services that may 

have occurred prior to takeoff. 

Evacuation of aircraft—if an 

emergency evacuation occurred, the 

form requests the operator to describe 

how occupants exited and how many 

occupants exited each exit. 

Other aircraft—collision—if an air or 

ground collision occurred, this section 

requests the registration number, 

manufacturer, model, owner and pilot 

of, and damage to the other aircraft. 

Additional information—provides 

space for an operator to provide 

additional information about any of the 

previous sections. 

The form concludes with a signature 

line and certification that the 

information provided on the form is 

complete and accurate to the best of the 

operator’s knowledge. 

III. Use of Information Provided on 

Form 6120.1 

In general, the NTSB uses the 

information provided on Form 6120.1 to 

determine the facts, conditions, and 

circumstances for aircraft accident 

prevention activities and for statistical 

purposes. The NTSB typically receives 

several notifications for each accident or 

incident, but only requests completion 

of Form 6120.1 once the NTSB has 

determined it will pursue an 

investigation into the event. 

The NTSB’s investigations of aviation 

accidents and incidents are exhaustive. 

The NTSB utilizes a ‘‘party process,’’ as 

described in 49 CFR part 831, in which 

the NTSB invites outside entities to 

assist with an investigation as a ‘‘party.’’ 

The NTSB extends party status to those 

organizations that can provide the 

necessary technical assistance to the 

investigation. The investigator-in-charge 

(IIC), for example, often confers party 

status to the operator, aircraft, systems, 

and powerplant manufacturers, and 

labor organizations involved because of 

the accident circumstances. Everyone 

involved in an NTSB investigation, 

including the parties, depend on 

accurate information contained in Form 

6120.1 to determine which areas 

warrant focus and attention. Overall, the 

NTSB considers Form 6120.1 to be 

critical to its statutory function of 

investigation accidents and incidents, 

and subsequently issuing safety 

recommendations to prevent future 

accidents and incidents. 

The NTSB has carefully considered 

whether Form 6120.1 is duplicative of 

any other agency’s collection of 

information. The NTSB is unaware of 

any form the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) disseminates that 

requests the same information as Form 

6120.1. However, the NTSB notes some 

operators may choose to provide a 

voluntary report to the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

(NASA) in accordance with the Aviation 

Safety Reporting Program (ASRP). 

NASA will not accept ASRP reports 

about aircraft accidents; however, it is 

possible that an operator could report an 

incident listed in 49 CFR 830.5 to the 

NTSB on Form 6120.1, and 

contemporaneously submit an ASRP 

report about the incident to NASA. 

Completing and filing Form 6120.1 is 

required. 49 CFR 830.15(a). The NTSB 

generally does not accept partially 

completed forms. NTSB investigators 

will exercise their discretion in 

requiring an operator to complete a 

partially completed form. 

Currently, the NTSB accepts paper 

copies of Form 6120.1 sent via postal 

mail or facsimile, and a fillable PDF 

version of Form 6120.1 available on the 

NTSB Web site sent via email. The 

NTSB has received comments from 

various respondents who have 

requested an automated version of the 

form be available on the NTSB Web site. 

The NTSB is currently working to make 

the form available in such a manner, 

and is committed to providing the 

simplest manner of submission for all 

respondents. 

The NTSB has carefully reviewed the 

form to ensure that it has used plain, 

coherent, and unambiguous language. 

The NTSB estimates that respondents 

will spend approximately 60 minutes 

completing the form. The NTSB 

estimates that approximately 1,500 

operators will complete the form per 

year, but this number may vary, given 

the unpredictable nature and frequency 

of aviation accidents and incidents. 

Robert L. Sumwalt, III, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19177 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7533–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2017–0187] 

Piping Systems and Components— 

Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and 

Acceptance Criteria 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Standard review plan-draft 

section revision; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is requesting public 

comment on draft NUREG–0800, 

‘‘Standard Review Plan for the Review 

of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear 

Power Plants: LWR Edition,’’ Section 

14.3.3, ‘‘Piping Systems and 

Components—Inspections, Tests, 

Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria.’’ The 

NRC seeks comments on the proposed 

draft section revision of the Standard 

Review Plan (SRP) concerning guidance 

for the review of combined construction 

and operating license applications and 

amendments for piping systems and 

components. 

DATES: Comments must be filed no later 

than November 13, 2017. Comments 


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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: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2017–0187. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, 

Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 

TWFN–8–D36M, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark D. Notich, Office of New Reactors, 

telephone: 301–415–3053; email: 

Mark.Notich@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–2017– 

0187 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2017–0187. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

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

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

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 

revision and current revision to 

NUREG–0800, Section 14.3.3, ‘‘Piping 

Systems and Components—Inspections, 

Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance 

Criteria’’ is available in ADAMS under 

Accession Nos. ML17060A205 and 

ML070660622. The redline-strikeout 

version comparing the draft revision 

and the current version is available 

under Accession No. ML17131A155. 

• 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–2017– 

0187 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 will post all comment 

submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter 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 into ADAMS. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC seeks public comment on 

the proposed draft section revision of 

SRP Section 14.3.3. The changes to SRP 

Chapter 14 reflect the current staff 

reviews, methods, and practices based 

on lessons learned from the NRC’s 

reviews of design certification and 

combined license applications 

completed since the last revision of this 

chapter. The draft SRP section would 

also provide guidance for reviewing an 

application for a combined license 

under part 52 of title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR). 

Following NRC staff evaluation of 

public comments, the NRC intends to 

finalize SRP Section 14.3.3 in ADAMS 

and post it on the NRC’s public Web site 

at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/nuregs/staff/sr0800/. The 

SRP is guidance for the NRC staff. The 

SRP is not a substitute for the NRC’s 

regulations, and compliance with the 

SRP is not required. 

III. Backfitting and Issue Finality 

Issuance of this draft SRP section, if 

finalized, would not constitute 

backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109, 

(the Backfit Rule) or otherwise be 

inconsistent with the issue finality 

provisions in 10 CFR part 52. The NRC’s 

position is based upon the following 

considerations. 

1. The draft SRP positions, if 

finalized, would not constitute 

backfitting, inasmuch as the SRP is 

internal guidance to NRC staff directed 

at the NRC staff with respect to their 

regulatory responsibilities. 

The SRP provides internal guidance 

to the NRC staff on how to review an 

application for NRC regulatory approval 

in the form of licensing. Changes in 

internal staff guidance are not matters 

for which either nuclear power plant 

applicants or licensees are protected 

under either the Backfit Rule or the 

issue finality provisions of 10 CFR part 

52. 

2. The NRC staff has no intention to 

impose the SRP positions on current 

licensees or already-issued regulatory 

approvals either now or in the future. 

The NRC staff does not intend to 

impose or apply the positions described 

in the draft SRP to existing (already 

issued) licenses and regulatory 

approvals. Hence, the issuance of a final 

SRP, even if considered guidance within 

the purview of the issue finality 

provisions in 10 CFR part 52, would not 

need to be evaluated as if it were a 

backfit or as being inconsistent with 

issue finality provisions. If, in the 

future, the NRC staff seeks to impose a 

position in the SRP on holders of 

already issued licenses in a manner that 

does not provide issue finality as 

described in the applicable issue finality 

provision, then the staff must make the 

showing as set forth in the Backfit Rule 

or address the criteria for avoiding issue 

finality as described in the applicable 

issue finality provision. 

3. Backfitting and issue finality do 

not—with limited exceptions not 

applicable here—protect current or 

future applicants. 

Applicants and potential applicants 

are not, with certain exceptions, 

protected by either the Backfit Rule or 

any issue finality provisions under 10 

CFR part 52. This is because neither the 

Backfit Rule nor the issue finality 

provisions under 10 CFR part 52—with 

certain exclusions discussed below— 

were intended to apply to every NRC 

action that substantially changes the 

expectations of current and future 

applicants. 

The exceptions to the general 

principle are applicable whenever an 

applicant references a 10 CFR part 52 

license (e.g., an early site permit) and/ 

or NRC regulatory approval (e.g., a 

design certification rule) with specified 

issue finality provisions. The NRC staff 

does not, at this time, intend to impose 


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the positions represented in the draft 

SRP in a manner that is inconsistent 

with any issue finality provisions. If, in 

the future, the staff seeks to impose a 

position in the draft SRP in a manner 

which does not provide issue finality as 

described in the applicable issue finality 

provisions, then the staff must address 

the criteria for avoiding issue finality as 

described in the applicable issue finality 

provision. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day 

of August 2017. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Joseph Colaccino, 

Chief, Licensing Branch 3, Division of New 

Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19090 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2017–0190] 

Technical Basis for the Proposed 

Guidance in NUREG–0654/FEMA– 

REP–1, Section II.B 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: NUREG technical basis; request 

for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment a technical basis for the 

proposed guidance in NUREG–0654/ 

FEMA–REP–1, Section II.B, ‘‘Emergency 

Response Organization.’’ This document 

is intended to support the proposed 

guidance by providing a technical basis. 

DATES: Submit comments by October 11, 

2017. 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 before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2017–0190. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, 

Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 

TWFN–8–D36M, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don 

A. Johnson, Office of Nuclear Security 

and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–287– 

9230; email: Don.Johnson@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2017– 

0190 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2017–0190. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

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

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

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 

technical basis for the proposed 

guidance in NUREG–0654/FEMA–REP– 

1, Section II.B, ‘‘Emergency Response 

Organization,’’ is in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML16117A427. 

• 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–2017– 

0190 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 will post all comment 

submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter 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 into ADAMS. 

II. Discussion 

The NRC is requesting comment on 

this draft technical basis. This 

document is intended to provide 

additional information for the proposed 

guidance in NUREG–0654/FEMA–REP– 

1, Section II.B, ‘‘Emergency Response 

Organization.’’ 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day 

of September 2017. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Bo M. Pham, 

Acting Deputy Director, Division of 

Preparedness and Response, Office of Nuclear 

Security and Incident Response. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19093 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2017–183 and CP2017–284] 

New Postal Products 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing for the 

Commission’s consideration concerning 

negotiated service agreements. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: September 

13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to negotiated service agreement(s). The 


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