[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 35 (Thursday, February 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11484-11485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03533]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-09; NRC-2017-0051]


Department of Energy; Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent Fuel 
Storage Installation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application, docketing.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has docketed a 
license amendment application from the Department of Energy (DOE or the 
licensee) for amendment of Materials License No. SNM-2504, for the Fort 
St. Vrain independent spent fuel storage installation located in 
Platteville, Colorado. If granted, the amendment would update the 
licensee delegation of authority in the license, the technical 
specifications, and the final safety analysis report. These documents 
currently delegate authority under the license to the Manager, DOE 
Idaho Operations Office. The amendment would replace that reference 
with the Deputy Manager, Idaho Cleanup Project in each of the 
documents.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0051 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-2017-0051. 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.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
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 it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this 
document.
     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: Jose R. Cuadrado, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0606; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    By letter dated September 8, 2016, DOE submitted to the NRC an 
application to amend the license, technical specifications, and the 
final safety analysis report, for the Fort St. Vrain independent spent 
fuel storage installation, located in Platteville, Colorado (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML16258A179). Materials License No. SNM-2504 authorizes 
the licensee to receive, store, and transfer spent nuclear fuel from 
the decommissioned FSV

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Nuclear Generating Station. The proposed amendment would revise the 
licensee delegation of authority in the license, the technical 
specifications, and the final safety analysis report. These documents 
currently delegate authority under the license to the Manager, DOE 
Idaho Operations Office. This amendment would replace that reference 
with the Deputy Manager, Idaho Cleanup Project in each of the 
documents.
    In a letter to DOE dated December 9, 2016, the NRC notified DOE 
that the application was acceptable to begin a technical review (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML16347A129). The NRC's Office of Nuclear Materials 
Safety and Safeguards has docketed this application under Docket No. 
72-09. If the NRC approves the amendment, the approval will be 
documented in an amendment to NRC Materials License No. SNM-2504. The 
Commission will approve the license amendment if it determines that the 
request complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the NRC's rules and regulations, 
and make findings consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act 
and part 51 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). 
These findings will be documented in a safety evaluation report.

II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing

    The Commission may issue either a notice of hearing or a notice of 
proposed action and opportunity for hearing in accordance with 10 CFR 
72.46(b)(1) or, if a determination is made that the amendment does not 
present a genuine issue as to whether public health and safety will be 
significantly affected, take immediate action on the amendment in 
accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2), and provide notice of the action 
taken and an opportunity for interested persons to request a hearing on 
whether the action should be rescinded or modified.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of February 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bernard H. White, IV,
Acting Chief, Spent Fuel Licensing Branch, Division of Spent Fuel 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2017-03533 Filed 2-22-17; 8:45 am]
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