[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4683-4684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02599]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2018-0220]
RIN 3150-AK17
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International
Multi-Purpose Canister Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No.
1025, Amendment Nos. 7 and 8
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the
effective date of March 4, 2019, for the direct final rule that was
published in the Federal Register on December 18, 2018. This direct
final rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising
the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment
Nos. 7 and 8 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1025 for the NAC
International Multi-Purpose Canister (NAC-MPC) Storage System.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of March 4, 2019, for the
direct final rule published December 18, 2018 (83 FR 64729), is
confirmed.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0220 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may
obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of
the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0220. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individuals 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 ``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 proposed amendment to the
certificate, the proposed changes to the technical specifications, and
the preliminary safety evaluation report are available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML18255A021. The final amendments to the certificate,
final changes to the technical specifications, and final safety
evaluation reports can be viewed in ADAMS under Accession Nos.
ML19038A249 for Amendment No. 7 and ML19039A088 for Amendment No. 8.
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: Bernard H. White, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-6577; email:
[email protected] or Gregory Trussell, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-6244; email:
[email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 18, 2018 (83 FR 64729), the NRC
published a direct final rule amending its regulations in part 72 of
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations by revising the ``List of
approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment Nos. 7 and 8
to Certificate of Compliance No. 1025 for the NAC-MPC Storage System.
Amendment No. 7 revises the technical specifications to eliminate the
requirements for the heat removal system to be operable for La Crosse
Boiling Water Reactor spent fuel stored in the NAC-MPC because
convective cooling is not required, and to eliminate duplicative
requirements. In addition, Amendment No. 8 removes duplicative
surveillance requirements in the technical specifications because these
requirements are already required by the revised Technical
Specification A 3.1.6,
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``CONCRETE CASK Heat Removal System.''
In the direct final rule, the NRC stated that if no significant
adverse comments were received, the direct final rule would become
effective on March 4, 2019. As described more fully in the direct final
rule, a significant adverse comment is a comment where the commenter
explains why the rule would be inappropriate, including challenges to
the rule's underlying premise or approach, or would be ineffective or
unacceptable without a change. Because no significant adverse comments
were received, the direct final rule will become effective as
scheduled.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of February 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy K. Bladey,
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, Division of
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2019-02599 Filed 2-15-19; 8:45 am]
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