[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23010-23011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09041]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-26; NRC-2015-0233]


Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Diablo Canyon Independent Spent 
Fuel Storage Installation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviewed an 
application by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E or the licensee) for 
amendment of Materials License No. SNM-2511, which authorizes the 
storage of spent nuclear fuel at the Diablo Canyon Independent Spent 
Fuel Storage Installation. The licensee requested the removal of 
preferential loading references from the Technical Specifications (TS). 
The licensee also requested that the NRC approve several editorial 
corrections to the TS to improve the readability and human factors 
usage of the TS.

DATES: April 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0233 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0233. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
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then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS,

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please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if that document 
is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is 
referenced.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Allen, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6877, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter dated September 16, 2015 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML15259A590), as supplemented January 27, 2016 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML16027A357), PG&E submitted a license amendment request 
(LAR) to the NRC in accordance with section 72.56 of title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). The LAR requested that the TS of 
Materials License No. SNM-2511 be amended by (a) removing references to 
preferential loading from the TS, and (b) making editorial corrections 
to the TS, to improve their readability and human factors usage. The 
NRC staff (staff) docketed the application, and in accordance with 10 
CFR 72.46(b)(1), a Notice of Proposed Action and a Notice of 
Opportunity for Hearing was published in the Federal Register on 
October 30, 2015 (80 FR 66938). No requests for a hearing or leave to 
intervene were submitted.
    The staff has completed its review of the September, 2015 LAR, and 
has determined that it complies with the standards and requirements of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), as well as the 
NRC's rules and regulations. As required by the Act and the NRC's rules 
and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter 1, the staff made the appropriate 
findings which are contained in a Safety Evaluation Report (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML16048A478). The NRC has thus granted the LAR and has 
accordingly issued Amendment No. 5 to Materials License No. SNM-2511.

Environmental Consideration

    The staff's environmental review of the proposed action is set 
forth in the Safety Evaluation Report. The staff found that the LAR met 
the categorical exclusion criteria in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11). 
Specifically, the staff determined that granting the LAR (i) does not 
produce a significant change in either the type or amount of effluents 
released to the environment; (ii) does not produce a significant 
increase in occupational radiation exposure; (iii) does not have 
significant construction impacts; and (iv) does not produce a 
significant increase in the potential for or consequences from 
radiological accidents. Accordingly, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), 
neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact 
statement was required for this proposed action. This amendment was 
effective upon issuance.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of April, 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Steve Ruffin,
Acting Chief, Spent Fuel Licensing Branch, Division of Spent Fuel 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2016-09041 Filed 4-18-16; 8:45 am]
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