[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17164-17165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05831]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

[NRC-2022-0109]
RIN 3150-AK-86


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International 
HI-STORM 100 Cask System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1014, Renewal 
of Initial Certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 Through 15

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On February 13, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) provided an opportunity for public comment on a proposed rule to 
revise the Holtec International HI-STORM 100 listing within the ``List 
of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to renew the initial certificate 
(Amendment No. 0) and Amendment Nos. 1 through 15 to Certificate of 
Compliance No. 1014. The NRC published the companion proposed rule 
concurrently with a direct final rule. The renewal of the initial 
certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 through 15 would revise the 
certificate of compliance's conditions and technical specifications to 
address aging management activities related to the structures, systems, 
and components important to safety of the dry storage system to ensure 
that these will maintain their intended functions during the period of 
extended storage operations. The public comment period closed on March 
15, 2023. The NRC is reopening the public comment period to allow 
additional time for members of the public to develop and submit 
comments.

DATES: The comment period for the document published on February 13, 
2023 (88 FR 9195) has been reopened. Comments should be filed no later 
than April 14, 2023. Comments received after this date will be 
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is only 
able to ensure consideration of comments received on or before this 
date.

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2022-0109 in your comment 
submission. The NRC requests that you submit comments through the 
Federal rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov. If your 
material cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, call or 
email the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section of this document for alternate instructions.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristina Banovac, telephone: 301-415-
7116, email: [email protected] and James Firth, telephone: 301-
415-6628, email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0109 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0109.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://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 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.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking Website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2022-0109 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at 
https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions 
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    On February 13, 2023, the NRC provided opportunity for public 
comment on a proposed rule to revise the Holtec International HI-STORM 
100 listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to 
renew the initial certificate (Amendment No. 0) and Amendment Nos. 1 
through 15 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1014 (88 FR 9195). The NRC 
published the companion proposed rule concurrently with a direct final 
rule (88 FR 9106; February 13, 2023). The renewal of the initial 
certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 through 15 would revise the 
certificate of compliance's conditions and technical specifications to 
address aging management activities related to the structures, systems, 
and components important to safety of the dry storage system to ensure 
that these will maintain their intended functions during the period of 
extended storage operations.

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    The proposed revisions relate to the renewal of the certificates of 
compliance to allow for continued storage of spent fuel under title 10 
of the Code of Federal Regulations part 72. These revisions are 
specifically discussed in Chapter 4 of the Preliminary Safety 
Evaluation Report (ADAMS Accession No. ML22098A303). The Proposed 
Certificates of Compliance and Proposed Technical Specifications 
documents referenced in the proposed rule contain the revised 
conditions and specifications discussed in the Preliminary Safety 
Evaluation Report. The proposed aging management programs and the 
proposed changes to the final safety analysis report are located in the 
Certificate of Compliance Renewal Application (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML21113A203), in Appendix A and Appendix D, respectively. Section IV 
(``Discussion of Changes'') in the direct final rule also describes the 
changes in the proposed renewal of Certificate of Compliance No. 1014. 
The proposed renewal only applies to the storage of spent fuel in an 
independent spent fuel storage installation at power reactor sites 
under a general license pursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR part 72; 
it does not address or apply to transportation of the HI-STORM 100 Cask 
System. Transport of the HI-STORM 100 Cask System would be subject to 
the separate requirements of 10 CFR part 71.
    The public comment period closed on March 15, 2023. The NRC 
received two requests to extend the comment period for the proposed 
rule and the concurrent direct final rule. The NRC is reopening the 
public comment period to allow additional time for members of the 
public to develop and submit comments. The comment period is reopened 
and now closes on April 14, 2023, which is 60 days after the initial 
opening of the public comment period.
    The NRC may post materials related to this document, including 
public comments, on the Federal rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2022-0109. In addition, the 
Federal rulemaking website allows members of the public to receive 
alerts when changes or additions occur in a docket folder. To 
subscribe: (1) navigate to the docket folder (NRC-2022-0109); (2) click 
the ``Subscribe'' link; and (3) enter an email address and click on the 
``Subscribe'' link.

    Dated: March 16, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy K. Bladey,
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, Division of 
Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2023-05831 Filed 3-21-23; 8:45 am]
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