[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 51270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24635]


 ========================================================================
 Proposed Rules
                                                 Federal Register
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
 the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
 notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in 
 the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
 
 ========================================================================
 

  Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 183 / Wednesday, September 22, 1999 / 
Proposed Rules  

[[Page 51270]]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150--AG36


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: (VSC-24) Revision

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend 
its regulations revising the Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates (PSNA) 
VSC-24 cask system listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel 
Storage Casks'' to include Amendment No. 1 to the Certificate of 
Compliance. Amendment No. 1 will modify the present cask system design 
to permit a licensee to store burnable poison rod assemblies in the 
VSC-24 cask system design along with the spent fuel under a general 
license.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before 
October 22, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attn: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff. Hand deliver comments to 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, MD, between 7:30 am and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
website through the NRC's home page (http://www.nrc.gov). This site 
provides the availability to upload comments as files (any format) if 
your web browser supports that function. For information about the 
interactive rulemaking site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, (301) 415-
5905; e-mail [email protected].
    Certain documents related to this rule, including comments received 
by the NRC, may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L 
Street NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC. These documents also may be 
viewed and downloaded electronically via the interactive rulemaking 
website established by NRC for this rule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan Turel, telephone (301) 415-6234, 
e-mail, [email protected] of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information see the Direct 
Final Rule published in the final rules section of this Federal 
Register.

Procedural Background

    Because NRC considers this action noncontroversial and routine, we 
are publishing this proposed rule concurrently as a direct final rule. 
The direct final rule will become effective on December 6, 1999. 
However, if the NRC receives significant adverse comments on the direct 
final rule by October 22, 1999, then the NRC will publish a document to 
withdraw the direct final rule. If the direct final rule is withdrawn, 
the NRC will address the comments received in response to the proposed 
revisions in a subsequent final rule. Absent significant modifications 
to the proposed revisions requiring republication, the NRC will not 
initiate a second comment period for this action if the direct final 
rule is withdrawn.

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 72

    Administrative practice and procedure, Manpower training programs, 
Nuclear materials, Occupational safety and health, Penalties, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Spent fuel.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization 
Act of 1974, as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 553; the NRC is proposing to 
adopt the following amendments to 10 CFR part 72.

PART 72--LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF 
SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE

    1. The authority citation for part 72 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Secs. 51, 53, 57, 62, 63, 65, 69, 81, 161, 182, 183, 
184, 186, 187, 189, 68 Stat. 929, 930, 932, 933, 934, 935, 948, 953, 
954, 955, as amended, sec. 234, 83 Stat. 444, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
2071, 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2099, 2111, 2201, 2232, 2233, 
2234, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2282); sec. 274, Pub. L. 86-373, 73 Stat. 
688, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2021); sec. 201, as amended, 202, 206, 88 
Stat. 1242, as amended, 1244, 1246 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846); 
Pub. L. 95-601, sec. 10, 92 Stat. 2951 as amended by Pub. L. 10d--
48b, sec. 7902, 10b Stat. 31b3 (42 U.S.C. 5851); sec. 102, Pub. L. 
91-190, 83 Stat. 853 (42 U.S.C. 4332); secs. 131, 132, 133, 135, 
137, 141, Pub. L. 97-425, 96 Stat. 2229, 2230, 2232, 2241, sec. 148, 
Pub. L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330-235 (42 U.S.C. 10151, 10152, 10153, 
10155, 10157, 10161, 10168).
    Section 72.44(g) also issued under secs. 142(b) and 148(c), (d), 
Pub. L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330-232, 1330-236 (42 U.S.C. 10162(b), 
10168(c),(d)). Section 72.46 also issued under sec. 189, 68 Stat. 
955 (42 U.S.C. 2239); sec. 134, Pub. L. 97-425, 96 Stat. 2230 (42 
U.S.C. 10154). Section 72.96(d) also issued under sec. 145(g), Pub. 
L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330-235 (42 U.S.C. 10165(g)). Subpart J also 
issued under secs. 2(2), 2(15), 2(19), 117(a), 141(h), Pub. L. 97-
425, 96 Stat. 2202, 2203, 2204, 2222, 2244, (42 U.S.C. 10101, 
10137(a), 10161(h)). Subparts K and L are also issued under sec. 
133, 98 Stat. 2230 (42 U.S.C. 10153) and sec. 218(a), 96 Stat. 2252 
(42 U.S.C. 10198).

    2. In Sec. 72.214, the entry for Certificate of Compliance Number 
1007 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 72.214  List of approved spent fuel storage casks.

* * * * *
    Certificate Number: 1007.
    Initial Certificate Effective Date: May 7, 1993.
    Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: [75 days after publication of 
final rule in the Federal Register].
    SAR Submitted by: Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates.
    SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the Ventilated 
Storage Cask System.
    Docket Number: 72-1007.
    Certificate Expiration Date: May 7, 2013.
    Model Number: VSC-24.
* * * * *
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of September, 1999.
William D. Travers,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 99-24635 Filed 9-21-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P