[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 71335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6549]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-27]


Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Issuance of Materials 
License SNM-2514 for the Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Issuance of Materials License.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James R. Hall, Senior Project Manager, 
Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. 
Telephone: (301) 415-1336; fax number: (301) 415-8555; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC 
or the Commission) has issued Materials License No. SNM-2514 to the 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for the receipt, possession, 
storage, and transfer of spent fuel at the Humboldt Bay Independent 
Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), to be located in Humboldt 
County, California. This Materials License is issued under the 
provisions of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 72 (10 
CFR part 72), and is effective as of the date of issuance. A license 
for an ISFSI under 10 CFR part 72 is issued for 20 years, but the 
licensee may seek to renew the license prior to its expiration.
    The Humboldt Bay ISFSI is licensed to provide interim storage in a 
dry cask storage system for up to 31 metric tons of uranium contained 
in intact and damaged fuel assemblies and associated radioactive 
materials resulting from the operation of the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, 
Unit 3. The dry cask storage system authorized for use is a site-
specific version of the HI-STAR 100 system, designated as the HI-STAR 
HB system, designed by Holtec International.
    Following receipt of PG&E's application dated December 15, 2003, 
the NRC staff published a ``Notice of Docketing, Notice of Proposed 
Action, and Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing for a Materials License 
for the Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation'' in 
the Federal Register on February 11, 2004 (69 FR 6701). In conjunction 
with the issuance of this license, the staff published a ``Notice of 
Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant 
Impact for the Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation,'' in the Federal Register on November 16, 2005 (70 FR 
69605). The staff's Environmental Assessment (EA) considered the 
impacts of the construction, operation and decommissioning of an ISFSI 
at the Humboldt Bay site, including impacts resulting from the use of 
the HI-STAR HB dry cask storage system. The staff has determined that 
no significant environmental impacts will result from the proposed 
Humboldt Bay ISFSI.
    The NRC staff has completed its environmental, safeguards, and 
safety reviews of the Humboldt Bay ISFSI license application and safety 
analysis report, as amended. The NRC staff issued Materials License No. 
SNM-2514 and its Safety Evaluation Report (SER) for the Humboldt Bay 
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation on November 17, 2005.
    Further details with respect to this action are provided in the 
application dated December 15, 2003, as amended October 1, 2004; the 
staff's EA, dated November 16, 2005; Materials License SNM-2514 and the 
staff's SER, dated November 17, 2005; and other related documents, 
which are publicly available in the records component of NRC's 
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). These 
documents may be accessed through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading 
Room on the Internet at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 
These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public 
computers located at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), O1F21, One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Persons 
who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing 
the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference 
staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or (301) 415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. The PDR reproduction contractor will copy documents for a 
fee.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of November, 2005.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James R. Hall,
Senior Project Manager, Licensing Section, Spent Fuel Project Office, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
 [FR Doc. E5-6549 Filed 11-25-05; 8:45 am]
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