80 FR 21639 - List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1014, Amendment No. 8, Revision No. 1

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Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 75 (April 20, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing a direct final rule that would have amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to add Amendment No. 8, Revision No. 1. This rule would have superseded Amendment No. 8 (effective May 2, 2012, and corrected on November 16, 2012), to the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1014. The NRC is taking this action because it has received at least one significant adverse comment in response to a companion proposed rule that was concurrently published with the direct final rule.

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[NRC-2014-0233]
RIN 3150-AJ47


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International 
HI-STORM 100 Cask System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1014, Amendment 
No. 8, Revision No. 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Direct final rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing a 
direct final rule that would have amended the NRC's spent fuel storage 
regulations by revising the Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask 
System listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' 
to add Amendment No. 8, Revision No. 1. This rule would have superseded 
Amendment No. 8 (effective May 2, 2012, and corrected on November 16, 
2012), to the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1014. The NRC is 
taking this action because it has received at least one significant 
adverse comment in response to a companion proposed rule that was 
concurrently published with the direct final rule.

DATES: Effective April 20, 2015, the NRC withdraws the direct final 
rule published at 80 FR 6430 on February 5, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0233 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0233. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; 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 http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then 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].
     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: Gregory R. Trussell, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6445; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 5, 2015 (80 FR 6430), the NRC 
published in the Federal Register a direct final rule amending its 
regulations in part 72 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
to amend the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising the 
Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System listing within the ``List 
of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to add Amendment No. 8, Revision 
No. 1, which would have superseded Amendment No. 8 (effective May 2, 
2012, and corrected on November 16, 2012), to the Certificate of 
Compliance (CoC) No. 1014. The direct final rule was to become 
effective on April 21, 2015. The NRC also concurrently published a 
companion proposed rule on February 5, 2015 (80 FR 6466).
    In the February 5, 2015, proposed rule, the NRC stated that if any 
significant adverse comments were received, then the NRC would withdraw 
the direct final rule by publishing a document in the Federal Register. 
As a result, the direct final rule would not take effect. The NRC 
received 16 comments from private citizens. The comments are available 
at www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2014-0233. The NRC 
determined that at least one of the comments is significant and adverse 
as defined in Section II, ``Procedural Background,'' of the direct 
final rule, because the comment raises an issue serious enough to 
warrant a substantive response to clarify or complete the record. 
Therefore, the NRC is withdrawing the direct final rule.
    As stated in the February 5, 2015, proposed rule, the NRC will 
address the comments in a subsequent final rule. The NRC will not 
initiate a second comment period on this action.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of April, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark A. Satorius,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-09023 Filed 4-17-15; 8:45 am]
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