[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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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 55 / Wednesday, March 22, 2023 /
Proposed Rules
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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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