[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14503-14504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6169]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150-AG67


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: HI-STAR 100 Revision

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend 
its regulations by revising the Holtec International HI-STAR 100 cask 
system listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' 
to include Amendment No. 2 to the Certificate of Compliance (CoC). 
Amendment No. 2 revises the HI-STAR 100 cask system Appendix B of the 
Technical Specifications (TS), Item 1.4.6, ``Specific Parameters and 
Analysis for the Storage Pad and Foundation'' to simplify the language 
of this specification. The current 60-g limit for cask drop and tipover 
events in TS Item 1.4.6 would remain unchanged. This amendment would 
allow the holders of power reactor operating licenses to store spent 
fuel in the HI-STAR 100 cask system, as amended, under a general 
license.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before 
April 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Attention: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff.
    Deliver comments to 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 
between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
website (http://ruleforum.llnl.gov). This site provides the capability 
to upload comments as files (any format), if your web browser supports 
that function. For information about the interactive rulemaking 
website, 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, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. These documents also may be viewed and 
downloaded electronically via the rulemaking website.
    Documents created or received at the NRC after November 1, 1999 are 
also available electronically at the NRC's Public Electronic Reading 
Room on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. From 
this site, the public can gain entry into the NRC's Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and 
image files of the NRC's public documents. An electronic copy of the 
proposed CoC and Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report (SER) can be 
found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML003770774. For more information, 
contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-
397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by email to [email protected].

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 rules section of this Federal Register.

Procedural Background

    Because NRC considers this action noncontroversial and routine, we 
are publishing this proposed rule concurrently with a direct final 
rule. The direct final rule will become effective on May 29, 2001. 
However, if the NRC receives significant adverse comments on the direct 
final rule by April 12, 2001, 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 in the event the 
direct final rule is withdrawn.

List of Subjects In 10 CFR Part 72

    Criminal penalties, Manpower training programs, Nuclear materials, 
Occupational safety and health, 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. Section 72.214, Certificate of Compliance (CoC) 1008 is revised 
to read as follows:


Sec. 72.214  List of approved spent fuel storage casks.

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Certificate Number: 1008.
Initial Certificate Effective Date: October 4, 1999.
Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: December 26, 2000.
Amendment Number 2 Effective Date: May 29, 2001.
SAR Submitted by: Holtec International.
SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the HI-STAR 1008 Cask 
System.
Docket Number: 72-1008.
Certificate Expiration Date: October 4, 2019.
Model Number: HI-STAR 100.
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of March, 2001.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Travers,
Executive Director for Operations.
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