[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 61734-61735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27330]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150-AH26


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Standardized 
NUHOMS[reg]	24P, 	52B, and 	61BT Revision; Withdrawal of 
Direct Final Rule

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Direct final rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing a 
direct final rule that would have revised the Transnuclear, Inc. (TN) 
Standardized NUHOMS[reg]-24P, -52B, and -61BT cask system 
listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to 
include Amendment No. 5 to the Certificate of Compliance. The NRC is 
taking this action because it has received significant adverse comments 
in response to an identical

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proposed rule which was concurrently published with the direct final 
rule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jayne M. McCausland, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-6219 (e-mail: [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 19, 2003 (68 FR 49683), the NRC 
published in the Federal Register a direct final rule amending its 
regulations in 10 CFR 72.214 to revise the Transnuclear, Inc. (TN) 
Standardized NUHOMS[reg]-24P, -52B, and -61BT cask system 
listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to 
include Amendment No. 5 to the Certificate of Compliance. Amendment No. 
5 would have modified the present cask system design to add another dry 
shielded canister (DSC), designated NUHOMS[reg]-32PT DSC, to 
the authorized contents of the Standardized NUHOMS[reg]-24P, 
-52B, and -61BT cask system. This canister is designed to accommodate 
32 pressurized water reactor assemblies with or without Burnable Poison 
Rod assemblies. It is designed for use with the existing 
NUHOMS[reg] Horizontal Storage Module and 
NUHOMS[reg] Transfer Cask under a general license. The 
direct final rule was to become effective on November 3, 2003. The NRC 
also concurrently published an identical proposed rule on August 19, 
2003 (68 FR 49726).
    In the August 19, 2003, direct final rule, NRC stated that if any 
significant adverse comments were received, a timely notice of 
withdrawal of the direct final rule would be published in the Federal 
Register. As a result, the direct final rule would not take effect.
    The NRC received significant adverse comment on the direct final 
rule; therefore, the NRC is withdrawing the direct final rule. As 
stated in the August 19, 2003, direct final rule, NRC will address the 
comments received on the August 19, 2003, companion proposed rule in a 
subsequent final rule. The NRC will not initiate a second comment 
period on this action.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of October, 2003.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Travers,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 03-27330 Filed 10-29-03; 8:45 am]
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