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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Parts 50 and 52
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
10 CFR Parts 50 and 52
 
[NRC-2024-0019]
[NRC-2024-0019]
 
Regulatory Guide: Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Production and Utilization Facilities AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Regulatory Guide: Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid
ACTION: Final guide; issuance.  
 
Storage Batteries for Production and Utilization Facilities
 
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
 
ACTION: Final guide; issuance.


==SUMMARY==
==SUMMARY==
: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 3 to
: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.128, Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Production and Utilization Facilities. This RG describes an approach that is acceptable to the NRC staff to meet regulatory requirements for the installation design and installation of vented lead-acid storage batteries in production and utilization facilities.
 
Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.128, Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid
 
Storage Batteries for Production and Utilization Facilities. This RG describes an
 
approach that is acceptable to the NRC staff to meet regulatory requirements for the
 
installation design and installation of vented lead-acid storage batteries in production
 
and utilization facilities.
 
DATES: Revision 3 to RG 1.128 is available on April 25, 2024.
DATES: Revision 3 to RG 1.128 is available on April 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0019 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0019. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individuals listed in the For Further Information Contact section of this document.
NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public


ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0019 when contacting the NRC
2 Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 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.
 
NRCs PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
about the availability of information regar ding this document. You may obtain publicly
Revision 3 to RG 1.128 and the regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML24052A077 and ML23277A279, respectively.
 
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them.
available information related to this document using any of the following methods:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Eudy, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3104, email: Michael.Eudy@nrc.gov and Sheila Ray, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-3653, email:
* Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and
 
search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0019. Address questions about Docket IDs in
 
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email:
 
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individuals listed in the
 
For Further Information Contact section of this document.
* NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
 
search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please
 
contact the NRCs Public Document Room (P DR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at
 
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.
* NRCs PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly
 
available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR,
 
please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-
 
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
 
Federal holidays.
 
Revision 3 to RG 1.128 and the regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS
 
under Accession Nos. ML24052A077 and ML23277A279, respectively.
 
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to
 
reproduce them.
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Eudy, Office of Nuclear
 
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3104, email: Michael.Eudy@nrc.gov and
 
Sheila Ray, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-3653, email:
 
Sheila.Ray@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the NRC, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Sheila.Ray@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the NRC, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion The NRC is issuing a revision in the NRCs Regulatory Guide series. This series was developed to describe methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agencys regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to describe information


I. Discussion
3 that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
 
The proposed Revision 3 to RG 1.128 was issued with a temporary identification of Draft Regulatory Guide, (DG)-1421 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23277A276.) This revision of this guide (Revision 3) describes an approach that is acceptable to the NRC staff to meet the regulatory requirements for installation, inspection, and testing for Class 1E power, instrumentation, and control equipment at production and utilization facilities.
The NRC is issuing a revision in the NRCs Regulatory Guide series. This
RG 1.128, Revision 3 endorses, with clarifications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard 484-2019, IEEE Recommended Practice for Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications.
 
II. Additional Information The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-1421 in the Federal Register on January 8, 2024 (89 FR 895) for a 30-day public comment period. The public comment period closed on February 7, 2024. Public comments on DG-1421 and the staff responses to the public comments are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML24052A078.
series was developed to describe methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for
As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671), this document is being published in the Rules section of the Federal Register to comply with publication requirements under chapter 1 of title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
 
III. Congressional Review Act This RG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808).
implementing specific parts of the agencys regulations, to explain techniques that the
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, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality  
staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to describe information
 
2 that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
 
The proposed Revision 3 to RG 1.128 was issued with a temporary identification
 
of Draft Regulatory Guide, (DG)-1421 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23277A276.) This
 
revision of this guide (Revision 3) describes an approach that is acceptable to the NRC
 
staff to meet the regulatory requirements for installation, inspection, and testing for Class
 
1E power, instrumentation, and control equipm ent at production and utilization facilities.
 
RG 1.128, Revision 3 endorses, with clarifications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics
 
Engineers (IEEE) Standard 484-2019, IEEE Recommended Practice for Installation
 
Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications.
 
II. Additional Information
 
The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-1421 in the Federal
 
Register on January 8, 2024 (89 FR 895) for a 30-day public comment period. The
 
public comment period closed on February 7, 2024. Public comments on DG-1421 and
 
the staff responses to the public comments are available in ADAMS under Accession
 
No. ML24052A078.
 
As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671), this
 
document is being published in the Rules section of the Federal Register to comply
 
with publication requirements under chapter 1 of title 1 of the Code of Federal
 
Regulations (CFR).
 
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, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality
 
3 Issuance of RG 1.128, Revision 3, does not constitute backfitting as that term is
 
defined in 10 CFR 50.109, Backfitting, and as described in NRC Management Directive
 
(MD) 8.4, Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information
 
Requests; does not affect the issue finality of an approval issued under 10 CFR part 52,
 
Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants; and does not
 
constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 8.4 because, as
 
explained in RG 1.128, Revision 3, licensees would not be required to comply with the
 
positions set forth in the RG.
 
V. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides
 
A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the NRC for
 
improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs. Suggestions can be
 
submitted on the NRCs public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
 
collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. Suggestions will be considered in future updates
 
and enhancements to the Regulatory Guide series.


4 Issuance of RG 1.128, Revision 3, does not constitute backfitting as that term is defined in 10 CFR 50.109, Backfitting, and as described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4, Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests; does not affect the issue finality of an approval issued under 10 CFR part 52, Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants; and does not constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 8.4 because, as explained in RG 1.128, Revision 3, licensees would not be required to comply with the positions set forth in the RG.
V. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs. Suggestions can be submitted on the NRCs public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements to the Regulatory Guide series.
Dated: April 19, 2024.
Dated: April 19, 2024.
 
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
 
Meraj Rahimi, Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.}}
/RA/
 
Meraj Rahimi, Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
 
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Parts 50 and 52

[NRC-2024-0019]

Regulatory Guide: Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Production and Utilization Facilities AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final guide; issuance.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.128, Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Production and Utilization Facilities. This RG describes an approach that is acceptable to the NRC staff to meet regulatory requirements for the installation design and installation of vented lead-acid storage batteries in production and utilization facilities.

DATES: Revision 3 to RG 1.128 is available on April 25, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0019 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0019. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email:

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individuals listed in the For Further Information Contact section of this document.

NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public

2 Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 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.

NRCs PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Revision 3 to RG 1.128 and the regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML24052A077 and ML23277A279, respectively.

Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Eudy, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3104, email: Michael.Eudy@nrc.gov and Sheila Ray, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-3653, email:

Sheila.Ray@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the NRC, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion The NRC is issuing a revision in the NRCs Regulatory Guide series. This series was developed to describe methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agencys regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to describe information

3 that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses.

The proposed Revision 3 to RG 1.128 was issued with a temporary identification of Draft Regulatory Guide, (DG)-1421 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23277A276.) This revision of this guide (Revision 3) describes an approach that is acceptable to the NRC staff to meet the regulatory requirements for installation, inspection, and testing for Class 1E power, instrumentation, and control equipment at production and utilization facilities.

RG 1.128, Revision 3 endorses, with clarifications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard 484-2019, IEEE Recommended Practice for Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications.

II. Additional Information The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-1421 in the Federal Register on January 8, 2024 (89 FR 895) for a 30-day public comment period. The public comment period closed on February 7, 2024. Public comments on DG-1421 and the staff responses to the public comments are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML24052A078.

As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671), this document is being published in the Rules section of the Federal Register to comply with publication requirements under chapter 1 of title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

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, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality

4 Issuance of RG 1.128, Revision 3, does not constitute backfitting as that term is defined in 10 CFR 50.109, Backfitting, and as described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4, Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests; does not affect the issue finality of an approval issued under 10 CFR part 52, Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants; and does not constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 8.4 because, as explained in RG 1.128, Revision 3, licensees would not be required to comply with the positions set forth in the RG.

V. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs. Suggestions can be submitted on the NRCs public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements to the Regulatory Guide series.

Dated: April 19, 2024.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Meraj Rahimi, Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

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