[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 135 (Friday, July 15, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 40879-40880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13933]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150-AH72


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Standardized 
NUHOMS[supreg]-24P, -52B, -61BT, -32PT, -24PHB, and -24PTH 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 NUHOMS[supreg]-24P, -52B, 
-61BT, -32PT, -24PHB, and -24PTH cask system listing within the list of 
approved spent fuel storage casks to include Amendment No. 8 to the 
Certificate of Compliance (CoC). The NRC is taking this action because 
the NRC staff has become aware of changes in the Technical 
Specifications (TS) associated with this CoC. A notice withdrawing the 
companion proposed rule is published in the proposed rule section of 
this Federal Register.

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 May 25, 2005 (70 FR 29931), the NRC 
published in the Federal Register a direct final rule amending its 
regulations in 10 CFR 72.214 to revise the Standardized NUHOMS[supreg] 
System listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' 
to include Amendment No. 8 to the CoC. Amendment No. 8 modifies the 
present cask system by adding a new spent fuel storage and transfer 
system, designated the NUHOMS[supreg]-24PTH System. The direct final 
rule was to become effective on August 8, 2005. The NRC also 
concurrently published a companion proposed rule on May 25, 2005 (70 FR 
30015).
    The NRC has become aware of changes in the TS associated with this 
CoC; therefore, the NRC is withdrawing the direct final rule. The NRC 
will publish a direct final rule, and its

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companion proposed rule, after the needed revisions to the TS are made.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of July, 2005.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Martin J. Virgilio,
Acting Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-13933 Filed 7-14-05; 8:45 am]
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