[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 85 (Monday, May 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19011-19012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07727]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72-09; NRC-2025-0075]
Department of Energy; Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation; License Amendment Application
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of docketing.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received and
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 (FSV) independent spent fuel storage
installation (ISFSI) located in Platteville, Colorado. The requested
amendment would revise certain license conditions and technical
specifications (TS) by adjusting references to relevant organizational
components of DOE, correcting prior clerical drafting errors, and
changing the description of a DOE official who is responsible for the
operation and nuclear safety of the FSV ISFSI and for ensuring its
compliance with certain conditions and requirements of the license and
applicable regulations. The NRC will process the application in
accordance with NRC regulations, as further explained in the
supplementary information section of this notice.
DATES: May 5, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0075 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0075. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; 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 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, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to [email protected]. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daneira Mel[eacute]ndez-Col[oacute]n,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-
7295; email: Daneira.Mel[eacute][email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
By letter dated November 14, 2024, DOE submitted to the NRC an
application to amend the license conditions and TS for the Fort St.
Vrain ISFSI, located in Platteville, Colorado. Materials License No.
SNM-2504 authorizes the licensee to receive, possess, store, and
transfer spent nuclear fuel from the decommissioned FSV Nuclear
Generating Station. The proposed amendment would revise TS 5.1.1 and
5.2.1.1 so that they explicitly designate the Manager for the Idaho
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Cleanup Project (ICP) as the DOE official who is responsible for the
operation and nuclear safety of the FSV ISFSI and for ensuring its
compliance with NRC license conditions and regulatory requirements. TS
5.1.1 currently designates the Deputy Manager for the ICP as the DOE
official who is responsible for the operation of the FSV ISFSI and for
ensuring its compliance with NRC license conditions and regulatory
requirements. The proposed amendment would also revise TS 5.6.1 so that
it identifies the Manager for the ICP, rather than the Deputy Manager,
as one of the two DOE officials who are responsible for submitting
certain reports that are required in connection with the license.
Additionally, the proposed amendment would correct clerical drafting
errors in TS 3.3.1 and 5.5.2.6 so that those technical specifications
accurately reflect changes that were previously approved and included
in License Amendment 10 but were inadvertently omitted from License
Amendment 11. The proposed amendment would also correct an erroneous
regulatory citation in TS 5.5.1.d, correct a typographical error in TS
5.5.2.5, and adjust references to relevant organizational components of
DOE in License Condition 14 and in TS 5.1.5, 5.4.2, and 5.5.2.7.
In a letter to DOE dated March 21, 2025, the NRC notified DOE that
the application was acceptable to begin a technical review. The NRC's
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards has docketed this
application under Docket No. 72-09, and the NRC is issuing this notice
of docketing as authorized and required by 10 CFR 72.16(e). The NRC
will approve the license amendment if it finds that the application
complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended, and the NRC's regulations, and the NRC will 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. The NRC 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 the health and safety of the public will be
significantly affected, take immediate action on the amendment in
accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2) and then promptly 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.
II. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in this notice are available to interested
persons through ADAMS.
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Document description ADAMS accession No.
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DOE Letter--License Amendment Request to Update the ML24324A062 (Package).
Licensee Designation of Authority Title for the Fort St.
Vrain Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Docket
72 0009, Materials License No. SNM-2504 (CLN250095), dated
November 14, 2024.
NRC Letter--Issuance of Amendment No. 10 to Renewed ML15258A217 (Package).
Materials License No. SNM-2504 for the Fort St. Vrain
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (TAC No.
L24994), dated March 17, 2016.
NRC Letter--Amendment No. 11 to Materials License No. SNM- ML17151A387 (Package).
2504 for the Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation, dated June 6, 2017.
NRC Letter--Application for License Amendment Request-- ML25073A130.
Amendment No. 12 to Materials License No. 2504 for the
Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation--Accepted for Review (CAC/EPID Nos. 001028/L-
2024-LLA-0161), dated March 21, 2025.
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Dated: April 29, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Yoira Diaz-Sanabria,
Chief, Spent Fuel Licensing Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Management,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2025-07727 Filed 5-2-25; 8:45 am]
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