[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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