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AST’s portfolio review committee 

recommended divestment of the Green 

Bank Telescope (GBT) from the AST 

portfolio, stating the following: ‘‘The 

GBT is the world’s most sensitive 

single-dish radio telescope at 

wavelengths shorter than 10 cm; 

however, its capabilities are not as 

critical to New World New Horizons 

[astronomy and astrophysics decadal 

survey] science goals as the higherranked facilities.’’ In response to these 

recommendations, in 2016, NSF 

completed a feasibility study to inform 

and define options for the Observatory’s 

future disposition that would involve 

significantly decreasing or eliminating 

NSF funding of Green Bank 

Observatory. NSF issued a Notice of 

Intent to prepare an EIS on October 19, 

2016, held scoping meetings on 

November 9, 2016, and held a 30-day 

public comment period that closed on 

November 25, 2016. 

Alternatives to be evaluated in the 

EIS, which may be refined through 

public input, include the following: 

• Collaboration with interested 

parties for continued science- and 

education-focused operations with 

reduced NSF funding (Agency-preferred 

Alternative). 

• Collaboration with interested 

parties for operation as a technology and 

education park. 

• Mothballing of facilities 

(suspension of operations in a manner 

such that operations could resume 

efficiently at some future date). 

• Demolition and site restoration. 

• No-Action Alternative: Continued 

NSF investment for science-focused 

operations. 

No final decisions will be made 

regarding the proposed changes to 

operations at Green Bank Observatory 

prior to issuance of an FEIS, and, 

subsequently, a Record of Decision for 

the Proposed Action. 

Public Meeting: A public meeting to 

address the DEIS and to solicit public 

input under Section 106 of the NHPA 

will take place in Green Bank with 

notification of the time and location 

published in the local newspapers, as 

follows: 

• Public meeting: November 30, 2017, 

at 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 

Green Bank Science Center 

155 Observatory Road 

Green Bank, WV 24915 

Telephone: (304) 456–2011 

The meeting will be transcribed by a 

court reporter. 

Dated: November 3, 2017. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2016–0201] 

Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation 

for Earthquakes 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide, issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 3 

of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.12, ‘‘Nuclear 

Power Plant Instrumentation for 

Earthquakes.’’ This revision to the guide 

addresses new reactor plant 

configurations and the state of practice 

of seismic instrumentation since 

Revision 2 of RG 1.12 in 1997. The 

revision describes the seismic 

instrumentation criteria, including 

instrumentation type, locations, 

characteristics, and maintenance, that 

the NRC staff considers acceptable for 

nuclear power plants. 

DATES: Revision 3 to RG 1.12 is available 

on November 8, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2016–0201 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 Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2016–0201. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@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 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 

ADAMS accession number for each 

document referenced (if it is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

it is mentioned. The RG 1.12 is available 

in ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML17094A831. 

• 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. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Tabatabai, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– 

415–2982, email: Sarah.Tabatabai@

nrc.gov; Vladimir Graizer, Office of New 

Reactors, telephone 301–415–0675, 

email: Vladimir.Graizer@nrc.gov, and 

Edward O’Donnell, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– 

415–3317, email: Edward.ODonnell@

nrc.gov. All are staff members of the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

The NRC is issuing a revision to an 

existing guide 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 3 of RG 1.12 was issued with 

a temporary identification of draft 

Regulatory Guide, DG–1332. The NRC 

revised the guide to incorporate 

advances in seismic instrumentation 

and operating experience since the 

issuance of Revision 2 of RG 1.12 in 

1997. The revision describes the seismic 

instrumentation criteria, including 

instrumentation type, locations, 

characteristics, and maintenance, that 

the NRC staff considers acceptable for 

nuclear power plants. 

II. Additional Information 

The NRC published a notice of the 

availability of DG–1332 in the Federal 

Register on September 21, 2016 (81 FR 

64954), for a 60-day public comment 

period. The public comment period 

closed on November 21, 2016. Public 

comments on DG–1332 and the staff 

responses to the public comments are 

available under ADAMS under 

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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 and Issue Finality 

This RG describes the seismic 

instrumentation criteria, including 

instrumentation type, locations, 

characteristics, and maintenance, that 

the staff of the NRC considers 

acceptable for nuclear power plants. 

Issuance of this RG does not constitute 

backfitting as defined in § 50.109 of title 

10 of the Code of the Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), (the Backfit Rule) 

and is not otherwise inconsistent with 

the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR 

part 52. As discussed in the 

‘‘Implementation’’ section of this RG, 

the NRC has no current intention to 

impose this guide on holders of current 

operating licenses or combined licenses. 

This RG may be applied to 

applications for operating licenses, 

combined licenses, early site permits, 

and certified design rules docketed by 

the NRC as of the date of issuance of the 

final regulatory guide, as well as future 

applications submitted after the 

issuance of the regulatory guide. Such 

action would not constitute backfitting 

as defined in the Backfit Rule or be 

otherwise inconsistent with the 

applicable issue finality provision in 10 

CFR part 52, inasmuch as such 

applicants or potential applicants are 

not within the scope of entities 

protected by the Backfit Rule or the 

relevant issue finality provisions in part 

52. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31th day 

of October, 2017. 

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. 2017–24333 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket No. 70–1257; NRC–2017–0148] 

AREVA, Inc.; Consideration of 

Approval of Transfer of License; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Application for indirect transfer 

of license; opportunity to comment, 

request a hearing, and petition for leave 

to intervene; correction. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice 

that was published in the Federal 

Register on June 29, 2017, regarding an 

application for indirect transfer of 

license filed by AREVA, Inc., on April 

14, 2017. This action is necessary to add 

licenses that were omitted from the 

original application. The original 

application requested NRC approval of 

the indirect transfer of Material License 

SNM–1227, Import License IW009, and 

Export Licenses XSNM3471, 

XSNM3551, XSNM3697, XSNM3747, 

XSOU8833, and XCOM1202, for the 

Richland, Washington Fuel 

Manufacturing Facility from AREVA 

SA, the current parent company of the 

license holder to Electricite de France 

(EDF). The amended application adds 

Export Licenses XCOM1304, 

XSNM3780, XSNM3781, XSNM3782, 

and XW015 to the requested action. 

DATES: Comments and/or a request for a 

hearing must be filed by December 8, 

2017. 

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–2017–0148. 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. 

• Email comments to: 

Hearingdocket@nrc.gov. If you do not 

receive an automatic email reply 

confirming receipt, then contact us at 

301–415–1677. 

• Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301– 

415–1101. 

• Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. 

• Hand deliver comments to: 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. 

(Eastern Time) Federal workdays; 

telephone: 301–415–1677. 

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: 

Kevin Ramsey, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–7506, email: Kevin.Ramsey@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2017– 

0148 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–2017–0148. 

• 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 

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. 

• 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– 

0148 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 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 

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