[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38441-38442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18384]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-20]


Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Materials License SNM-2508; 
Department of Energy; TMI-2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has 
issued Amendment 3 to Materials License No. SNM-2508 held by the U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE) for the receipt, possession, storage and 
transfer of spent fuel in an independent spent fuel storage 
installation (ISFSI) located at the Idaho National Engineering and 
Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), within the Idaho Nuclear Technology 
and Engineering Center (INTEC) site in Scoville, Idaho. The amendment 
is effective as of the date of issuance.
    By letter dated October 4, 2000, as supplemented March 27, 2001, 
and May

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24, 2001, the Department of Energy (DOE) requested that the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) amend its materials license, make several 
administrative changes to the Technical Specifications, and review a 
TMI-2 specific Safeguards Contingency Plan. By letter dated April 2, 
2001, DOE requested the NRC amend its materials license to delete the 
``gamma'' designator for the dose limits provided in the Technical 
Specifications to allow for the monitoring of neutron dose components.
    This amendment complies with the standards and requirements of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's 
rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as 
required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 
CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2), a determination has been 
made that the amendment does not present a genuine issue as to whether 
public health and safety will be significantly affected. Therefore, the 
publication of a notice of proposed action and an opportunity for 
hearing or a notice of hearing is not warranted. Notice is hereby given 
of the right of interested persons to request a hearing on whether the 
action should be rescinded or modified.
    The Commission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11) 
and 10 CFR 51.22(c)(12), an environmental assessment need not be 
prepared in connection with issuance of the amendment.
    The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents Access and Management 
System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC's public 
documents. These documents may be accessed through the NRC's Public 
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are 
problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC 
Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737 or by email to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of July 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
E. William Brach,
Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 01-18384 Filed 7-23-01; 8:45 am]
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