[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 46329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19487]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-9 NRC-2010-0188]


Notice of Issuance of Renewed Materials License No. SNM-2504; 
Department of Energy; Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of license.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Staab, Project Manager, 
Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, D.C. 20555. Telephone: 301-492-3321; fax number: 301-492-
3342; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has 
issued renewed Materials License No. SNM-2504 to the Department of 
Energy (DOE) for the receipt, possession, transfer, and storage of 
spent fuel at the Fort St. Vrain (FSV) Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation (ISFSI), located in Weld County, Colorado. The renewed 
license authorizes operation of the FSV ISFSI in accordance with the 
provisions of the renewed license and its Technical Specifications. The 
renewed license expires on November 30, 2031.

II. Background

    By application dated November 10, 2009, as supplemented by DOE 
letter dated December 23, 2010, DOE requested renewal of its operating 
license for the FSV ISFSI. DOE requested the renewal of the original 
ISFSI license for a renewal period of 20 years.

III. Findings

    The application for the renewed license complies with the standards 
and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (the Act), as 
amended, and the Commission's regulations. The Commission has made 
appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules 
and regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 
1, which are set forth in the license. Public notice of the proposed 
action and opportunity for hearing regarding the proposed issuance of 
the renewed license was published in the Federal Register on May 28, 
2010 (75 FR 30075).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Supporting documentation is available 
for inspection online in the NRC Library at:  http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. A copy of the license application, dated 
November 10, 2009, and the staff's Environmental Assessment, dated May 
25, 2011, can be found at this site using the Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Numbers ML093230788 and 
ML111110339. The staff Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for this action was 
published in the Federal Register on May 25, 2011 (76 FR 30399).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of July, 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael D. Waters,
Chief, Licensing Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and 
Transportation, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2011-19487 Filed 8-1-11; 8:45 am]
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