81_FR_415 81 FR 412 - List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System; Amendment No. 9, Revision 1

81 FR 412 - List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System; Amendment No. 9, Revision 1

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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 3 (January 6, 2016)

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FR Document2015-33279

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International (Holtec or the applicant) HI-STORM 100 Cask System listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to include Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1014. Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, changes cooling time limits for thimble plug devices, removes certain testing requirements for the fabrication of Metamic HT neutron-absorbing structural material, and reduces certain minimum guaranteed values used in bounding calculations for this material. Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, also changes fuel definitions to classify certain boiling water reactor fuel within specified guidelines as undamaged fuel.

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10 CFR Part 72

[NRC-2015-0156]
RIN 3150-AJ63


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International 
HI-STORM 100 Cask System; Amendment No. 9, Revision 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to 
amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec 
International (Holtec or the applicant) HI-STORM 100 Cask System 
listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to 
include Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) 
No. 1014. Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, changes cooling time limits for 
thimble plug devices, removes certain testing requirements for the 
fabrication of Metamic HT neutron-absorbing structural material, and 
reduces certain minimum guaranteed values used in bounding calculations 
for this material. Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, also changes fuel 
definitions to classify certain boiling water reactor fuel within 
specified guidelines as undamaged fuel.

DATES: Submit comments by February 5, 2016. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC 
staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or 
before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject):
     Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0156. 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.
     Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do 
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact 
us at 301-415-1677.
     Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission at 301-415-1101.
     Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff.
     Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) Federal 
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
    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: Robert D. MacDougall, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-5175, email: 
[email protected]; 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-2015-0156 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-2015-0156.
     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]. 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: 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

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0156 in the subject line of 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 http://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. Procedural Background

    This proposed rule is limited to the changes contained in Amendment 
No. 9, Revision 1, to CoC No. 1014 and does not include other aspects 
of the Holtec HI-STORM 100 Cask System design. Because the NRC 
considers this action noncontroversial and routine, the NRC is 
publishing this proposed rule

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concurrently with a direct final rule in the Rules and Regulations 
section of this issue of the Federal Register. Adequate protection of 
public health and safety continues to be ensured. The direct final rule 
will become effective on March 21, 2016. If the NRC receives 
significant adverse comments on this proposed rule by February 5, 2016, 
then the NRC will publish a Federal Register notice withdrawing the 
direct final rule. If the direct final rule is withdrawn, the NRC will 
address the comments received in response to these proposed revisions 
in a subsequent final rule. Absent significant modifications to the 
proposed revisions requiring republication, the NRC will not initiate a 
second comment period on this action in the event the direct final rule 
is withdrawn.
    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. A comment is adverse and significant if:
    (1) The comment opposes the rule and provides a reason sufficient 
to require a substantive response in a notice-and-comment process. For 
example, a substantive response is required when:
    (a) The comment causes the NRC staff to reevaluate (or reconsider) 
its position or conduct additional analysis;
    (b) The comment raises an issue serious enough to warrant a 
substantive response to clarify or complete the record; or
    (c) The comment raises a relevant issue that was not previously 
addressed or considered by the NRC staff.
    (2) The comment proposes a change or an addition to the rule, and 
it is apparent that the rule would be ineffective or unacceptable 
without incorporation of the change or addition.
    (3) The comment causes the NRC staff to make a change (other than 
editorial) to the rule, CoC, or Technical Specifications.
    For additional procedural information and the regulatory analysis, 
see the direct final rule published in the Rules and Regulations 
section of this issue of the Federal Register.

III. Background

    Section 218(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982, as 
amended, requires that ``the Secretary [of the U.S. Department of 
Energy] shall establish a demonstration program, in cooperation with 
the private sector, for the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel at 
civilian nuclear power reactor sites, with the objective of 
establishing one or more technologies that the [U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory] Commission may, by rule, approve for use at the sites of 
civilian nuclear power reactors without, to the maximum extent 
practicable, the need for additional site-specific approvals by the 
Commission.'' Section 133 of the NWPA states, in part, that ``[the 
Commission] shall, by rule, establish procedures for the licensing of 
any technology approved by the Commission under Section 219(a) [sic: 
218(a)] for use at the site of any civilian nuclear power reactor.''
    To implement this mandate, the Commission approved dry storage of 
spent nuclear fuel in NRC-approved casks under a general license by 
publishing a final rule which added a new subpart K in part 72 of title 
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) entitled, ``General 
License for Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor Sites'' (55 FR 
29181; July 18, 1990). This rule also established a new subpart L 
within 10 CFR part 72 entitled, ``Approval of Spent Fuel Storage 
Casks,'' which contains procedures and criteria for obtaining NRC 
approval of spent fuel storage cask designs. The NRC subsequently 
issued a final rule (65 FR 25241; May 1, 2000) that approved the HI-
STORM 100 Cask System design and added it to the list of NRC-approved 
cask designs in 10 CFR 72.214, ``List of approved spent fuel storage 
casks,'' as CoC No. 1014. Most recently, the NRC issued a final rule 
effective on March 11, 2014 (78 FR 73379), that approved the HI-STORM 
100 Cask System design amendment subject to this rulemaking and added 
it to the list of NRC-approved cask designs in 10 CFR 72.214 as CoC No. 
1014, Amendment No. 9.

IV. Plain Writing

    The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-274) requires Federal 
agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, well-organized manner 
that also follows other best practices appropriate to the subject or 
field and the intended audience. The NRC has written this document to 
be consistent with the Plain Writing Act as well as the Presidential 
Memorandum, ``Plain Language in Government Writing,'' published June 
10, 1998 (63 FR 31883). The NRC requests comment on the proposed rule 
with respect to clarity and effectiveness of the language used.

V. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through one or more of the following methods, as 
indicated.

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             Document                  ADAMS  accession No.
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Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 9,  ML15156A941
 Revision 1.
Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 9,  ML15156A956
 Revision 1 Technical
 Specifications, Appendix A.
Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 9,  ML15156A970
 Revision 1 Technical
 Specifications, Appendix B.
Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 9,  ML15156A982
 Revision 1 Technical
 Specifications, Appendix A-100U.
Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 9,  ML15156B000
 Revision 1 Technical
 Specifications, Appendix B-100U.
Preliminary CoC 1014 Amendment No.  ML15156B011
 9, Revision 1 Safety Evaluation
 Report.
Request for Revision Application    ML14182A486
 dated July 1, 2014.
Notification by general licensees   ML15240A233
 of voluntary acceptance of
 Revision 1 requirements dated
 August 28, 2015.
Interim Staff Guidance 1,           ML071420268
 Classifying the Condition of
 Spent Nuclear Fuel for Interim
 Storage and Transportation Based
 on Function.
Interim Staff Guidance 11,          ML033230335
 Revision 3, Cladding
 Considerations for the
 Transportation and Storage of
 Spent Fuel.
Interim Staff Guidance 23,          ML103130171
 Application of ASTM Standard
 Practice C1671-07 when performing
 technical reviews of spent fuel
 storage and transportation
 packaging licensing actions.
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    The NRC may post materials related to this document, including 
public comments, on the Federal rulemaking Web site at http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2015-0156. The Federal 
Rulemaking Web site allows you to receive alerts when changes or 
additions occur in a docket folder. To subscribe: (1) Navigate to the 
docket folder (NRC-2015-0156); (2) click the ``Sign up for Email 
Alerts'' link; and (3) enter your email address and select how 
frequently you would like to receive emails (daily, weekly, or 
monthly).

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List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 72

    Administrative practice and procedure, Criminal penalties, 
Hazardous waste, Indians, Intergovernmental relations, Manpower 
training programs, Nuclear energy, Nuclear materials, Occupational 
safety and health, Penalties, Radiation protection, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Spent fuel, 
Whistleblowing.
    For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization 
Act of 1974, as amended; the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as 
amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553; the NRC is proposing to adopt the 
following amendments to 10 CFR part 72:

PART 72--LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF 
SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, AND REACTOR-
RELATED GREATER THAN CLASS C WASTE

0
1. The authority citation for part 72 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 51, 53, 57, 62, 63, 
65, 69, 81, 161, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 223, 234, 274 (42 
U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2099, 2111, 2201, 2210e, 
2232, 2233, 2234, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy 
Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 
5841, 5842, 5846, 5851); National Environmental Policy Act of 1982, 
secs. 117(a), 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 141, 145(g), 148, 218(a) (42 
U.S.C. 10137(a), 10152, 10153, 10154, 10155, 10157, 10161, 10165(g), 
10168, 10198(a)); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.
    Section 72.44(g) also issued under Nuclear Waste Policy Act secs. 
142(b) and 148(c), (d) (42 U.S.C. 10162(b), 10168(c), (d)).
    Section 72.46 also issued under Atomic Energy Act sec. 189 (42 
U.S.C. 2239); Nuclear Waste Policy Act sec. 134 (42 U.S.C. 10154).
    Section 72.96(d) also issued under Nuclear Waste Policy Act sec. 
145(g) (42 U.S.C. 10165(g)).
    Subpart J also issued under Nuclear Waste Policy Act secs. 117(a), 
141(h) (42 U.S.C. 10137(a), 10161(h)).
    Subpart K also issued under sec. 218(a) (42 U.S.C. 10198).
0
2. In Sec.  72.214, Certificate of Compliance No. 1014 is revised to 
read as follows:


Sec.  72.214  List of approved spent fuel storage casks.

* * * * *
    Certificate Number: 1014.
    Initial Certificate Effective Date: May 31, 2000.
    Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: July 15, 2002.
    Amendment Number 2 Effective Date: June 7, 2005.
    Amendment Number 3 Effective Date: May 29, 2007.
    Amendment Number 4 Effective Date: January 8, 2008.
    Amendment Number 5 Effective Date: July 14, 2008.
    Amendment Number 6 Effective Date: August 17, 2009.
    Amendment Number 7 Effective Date: December 28, 2009.
    Amendment Number 8 Effective Date: May 2, 2012, as corrected on 
November 16, 2012. (ADAMS Accession No. ML12213A170).
    Amendment Number 9 Effective Date: March 11, 2014, superseded by 
Amendment Number 9, Revision 1 on March 21, 2016.
    Amendment Number 9, Revision 1, Effective Date: March 21, 2016.
    SAR Submitted by: Holtec International.
    SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the HI-STORM 100 Cask 
System.
    Docket Number: 72-1014.
    Certificate Expiration Date: May 31, 2020.
    Model Number: HI-STORM 100.
* * * * *

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of December, 2015. 
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Glenn M. Tracy,
Acting, Executive Director for Operations.
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                                               and ‘‘important to safety’’ directly                    plug devices, removes certain testing                  the availability of information for this
                                               resulted in adverse consequences to                     requirements for the fabrication of                    action. You may obtain publicly-
                                               external stakeholders. The NRC’s                        Metamic HT neutron-absorbing                           available information related to this
                                               evaluation of the cost and benefits of                  structural material, and reduces certain               action by any of the following methods:
                                               adopting a formal definition would be                   minimum guaranteed values used in                         • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
                                               enhanced if commenters provided a                       bounding calculations for this material.               http://www.regulations.gov and search
                                               quantitative estimate of the costs and/or               Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, also                      for Docket ID NRC–2015–0156.
                                               unachieved benefits due to the lack of                  changes fuel definitions to classify                      • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
                                               formal definitions of these two terms.                  certain boiling water reactor fuel within              Access and Management System
                                                 3. What regulations would have to be                  specified guidelines as undamaged fuel.                (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
                                               revised to reflect the new definition,                  DATES: Submit comments by February 5,                  available documents online in the
                                               and what would be the nature                            2016. Comments received after this date                ADAMS Public Documents collection at
                                               (objective) of the revision for each                    will be considered if it is practical to do            http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
                                               provision of the regulation which must                  so, but the NRC staff is able to ensure                adams.html. To begin the search, select
                                               be revised?                                             consideration only for comments                        ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
                                                 4. What, if any, guidance would be                    received on or before this date.                       select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
                                               needed to implement the new                             ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                     Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
                                               definition, and what should be the                      by any of the following methods (unless                please contact the NRC’s Public
                                               scope, level of detail, and content of the              this document describes a different                    Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
                                               guidance?                                               method for submitting comments on a                    1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
                                                                                                       specific subject):                                     email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the
                                               VI. Conclusion                                                                                                 convenience of the reader, instructions
                                                                                                          • Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to
                                                  The NRC has determined that the                      http://www.regulations.gov and search                  about obtaining materials referenced in
                                               petition meets the threshold sufficiency                for Docket ID NRC–2015–0156. Address                   this document are provided in the
                                               requirements for docketing a petition for               questions about NRC dockets to Carol                   ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section.
                                               rulemaking under 10 CFR 2.802,                          Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;                       • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                               ‘‘Petition for rulemaking,’’ and the                    email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For                    purchase copies of public documents at
                                               petition has been docketed as PRM–50–                   technical questions, contact the                       the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
                                               112. The NRC will examine the issues                    individual listed in the FOR FURTHER                   White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
                                               raised in PRM–50–112 to determine                       INFORMATION CONTACT section of this                    Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                               whether they should be considered in                    document.                                              B. Submitting Comments
                                               rulemaking.                                                • Email comments to:
                                                                                                       Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you                      Please include Docket ID NRC–2015–
                                                 Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day
                                               of December, 2015.                                      do not receive an automatic email reply                0156 in the subject line of your
                                                                                                       confirming receipt, then contact us at                 comment submission.
                                                 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.                                                                         The NRC cautions you not to include
                                               Annette L. Vietti-Cook,                                 301–415–1677.
                                                                                                          • Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S.                  identifying or contact information that
                                               Secretary of the Commission.                                                                                   you do not want to be publicly
                                                                                                       Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301–
                                               [FR Doc. 2015–33287 Filed 1–5–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                       415–1101.                                              disclosed in your comment submission.
                                               BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
                                                                                                          • Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S.                 The NRC will post all comment
                                                                                                       Nuclear Regulatory Commission,                         submissions at http://
                                                                                                       Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN:                       www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
                                               NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                                                                             comment submissions into ADAMS.
                                                                                                       Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
                                               COMMISSION                                                 • Hand deliver comments to: 11555                   The NRC does not routinely edit
                                                                                                       Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland                    comment submissions to remove
                                               10 CFR Part 72                                                                                                 identifying or contact information.
                                                                                                       20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.
                                               [NRC–2015–0156]                                         (Eastern Time) Federal workdays;                         If you are requesting or aggregating
                                                                                                       telephone: 301–415–1677.                               comments from other persons for
                                               RIN 3150–AJ63
                                                                                                          For additional direction on obtaining               submission to the NRC, then you should
                                               List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage                     information and submitting comments,                   inform those persons not to include
                                               Casks: Holtec International HI–STORM                    see ‘‘Obtaining Information and                        identifying or contact information that
                                               100 Cask System; Amendment No. 9,                       Submitting Comments’’ in the                           they do not want to be publicly
                                               Revision 1                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of                   disclosed in their comment submission.
                                                                                                       this document.                                         Your request should state that the NRC
                                               AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                                                                                    does not routinely edit comment
                                                                                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               Commission.                                                                                                    submissions to remove such information
                                                                                                       Robert D. MacDougall, Office of Nuclear
                                               ACTION: Proposed rule.                                  Material Safety and Safeguards,                        before making the comment
                                                                                                       telephone: 301–415–5175, email:                        submissions available to the public or
                                               SUMMARY:    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                                                                        entering the comment into ADAMS.
                                               Commission (NRC) is proposing to                        Robert.MacDougall@nrc.gov; U.S.
                                               amend its spent fuel storage regulations                Nuclear Regulatory Commission,                         II. Procedural Background
                                                                                                       Washington DC 20555–0001.
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                                               by revising the Holtec International                                                                              This proposed rule is limited to the
                                               (Holtec or the applicant) HI–STORM                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                             changes contained in Amendment No.
                                               100 Cask System listing within the ‘‘List               I. Obtaining Information and                           9, Revision 1, to CoC No. 1014 and does
                                               of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks’’                  Submitting Comments                                    not include other aspects of the Holtec
                                               to include Amendment No. 9, Revision                                                                           HI–STORM 100 Cask System design.
                                               1, to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No.               A. Obtaining Information                               Because the NRC considers this action
                                               1014. Amendment No. 9, Revision 1,                        Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–                  noncontroversial and routine, the NRC
                                               changes cooling time limits for thimble                 0156 when contacting the NRC about                     is publishing this proposed rule


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                                               concurrently with a direct final rule in                         apparent that the rule would be                                  Sites’’ (55 FR 29181; July 18, 1990). This
                                               the Rules and Regulations section of this                        ineffective or unacceptable without                              rule also established a new subpart L
                                               issue of the Federal Register. Adequate                          incorporation of the change or addition.                         within 10 CFR part 72 entitled,
                                               protection of public health and safety                             (3) The comment causes the NRC staff                           ‘‘Approval of Spent Fuel Storage
                                               continues to be ensured. The direct final                        to make a change (other than editorial)                          Casks,’’ which contains procedures and
                                               rule will become effective on March 21,                          to the rule, CoC, or Technical                                   criteria for obtaining NRC approval of
                                               2016. If the NRC receives significant                            Specifications.                                                  spent fuel storage cask designs. The
                                               adverse comments on this proposed rule                             For additional procedural information                          NRC subsequently issued a final rule (65
                                               by February 5, 2016, then the NRC will                           and the regulatory analysis, see the                             FR 25241; May 1, 2000) that approved
                                               publish a Federal Register notice                                direct final rule published in the Rules                         the HI–STORM 100 Cask System design
                                               withdrawing the direct final rule. If the                        and Regulations section of this issue of                         and added it to the list of NRC-approved
                                               direct final rule is withdrawn, the NRC                          the Federal Register.
                                                                                                                                                                                 cask designs in 10 CFR 72.214, ‘‘List of
                                               will address the comments received in                            III. Background                                                  approved spent fuel storage casks,’’ as
                                               response to these proposed revisions in                                                                                           CoC No. 1014. Most recently, the NRC
                                               a subsequent final rule. Absent                                     Section 218(a) of the Nuclear Waste
                                                                                                                Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982, as                                    issued a final rule effective on March
                                               significant modifications to the                                                                                                  11, 2014 (78 FR 73379), that approved
                                               proposed revisions requiring                                     amended, requires that ‘‘the Secretary
                                                                                                                [of the U.S. Department of Energy] shall                         the HI–STORM 100 Cask System design
                                               republication, the NRC will not initiate
                                                                                                                establish a demonstration program, in                            amendment subject to this rulemaking
                                               a second comment period on this action
                                                                                                                cooperation with the private sector, for                         and added it to the list of NRC-approved
                                               in the event the direct final rule is
                                               withdrawn.                                                       the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel at                         cask designs in 10 CFR 72.214 as CoC
                                                  A significant adverse comment is a                            civilian nuclear power reactor sites,                            No. 1014, Amendment No. 9.
                                               comment where the commenter                                      with the objective of establishing one or
                                                                                                                                                                                 IV. Plain Writing
                                               explains why the rule would be                                   more technologies that the [U.S. Nuclear
                                               inappropriate, including challenges to                           Regulatory] Commission may, by rule,                               The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub.
                                               the rule’s underlying premise or                                 approve for use at the sites of civilian                         L. 111–274) requires Federal agencies to
                                               approach, or would be ineffective or                             nuclear power reactors without, to the                           write documents in a clear, concise,
                                               unacceptable without a change. A                                 maximum extent practicable, the need                             well-organized manner that also follows
                                               comment is adverse and significant if:                           for additional site-specific approvals by                        other best practices appropriate to the
                                                  (1) The comment opposes the rule and                          the Commission.’’ Section 133 of the                             subject or field and the intended
                                               provides a reason sufficient to require a                        NWPA states, in part, that ‘‘[the                                audience. The NRC has written this
                                               substantive response in a notice-and-                            Commission] shall, by rule, establish
                                                                                                                                                                                 document to be consistent with the
                                               comment process. For example, a                                  procedures for the licensing of any
                                                                                                                                                                                 Plain Writing Act as well as the
                                               substantive response is required when:                           technology approved by the
                                                                                                                                                                                 Presidential Memorandum, ‘‘Plain
                                                  (a) The comment causes the NRC staff                          Commission under Section 219(a) [sic:
                                                                                                                                                                                 Language in Government Writing,’’
                                               to reevaluate (or reconsider) its position                       218(a)] for use at the site of any civilian
                                                                                                                                                                                 published June 10, 1998 (63 FR 31883).
                                               or conduct additional analysis;                                  nuclear power reactor.’’
                                                                                                                   To implement this mandate, the                                The NRC requests comment on the
                                                  (b) The comment raises an issue
                                                                                                                Commission approved dry storage of                               proposed rule with respect to clarity
                                               serious enough to warrant a substantive
                                                                                                                spent nuclear fuel in NRC-approved                               and effectiveness of the language used.
                                               response to clarify or complete the
                                               record; or                                                       casks under a general license by                                 V. Availability of Documents
                                                  (c) The comment raises a relevant                             publishing a final rule which added a
                                               issue that was not previously addressed                          new subpart K in part 72 of title 10 of                            The documents identified in the
                                               or considered by the NRC staff.                                  the Code of Federal Regulations (10                              following table are available to
                                                  (2) The comment proposes a change                             CFR) entitled, ‘‘General License for                             interested persons through one or more
                                               or an addition to the rule, and it is                            Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor                           of the following methods, as indicated.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              ADAMS
                                                                                                                    Document                                                                               accession No.

                                               Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 9, Revision 1 .....................................................................................................        ML15156A941
                                               Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 9, Revision 1 Technical Specifications, Appendix A ........................................                                ML15156A956
                                               Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 9, Revision 1 Technical Specifications, Appendix B ........................................                                ML15156A970
                                               Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 9, Revision 1 Technical Specifications, Appendix A–100U .............................                                      ML15156A982
                                               Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 9, Revision 1 Technical Specifications, Appendix B–100U .............................                                      ML15156B000
                                               Preliminary CoC 1014 Amendment No. 9, Revision 1 Safety Evaluation Report .........................................................                        ML15156B011
                                               Request for Revision Application dated July 1, 2014 ....................................................................................................   ML14182A486
                                               Notification by general licensees of voluntary acceptance of Revision 1 requirements dated August 28, 2015 .........                                       ML15240A233
                                               Interim Staff Guidance 1, Classifying the Condition of Spent Nuclear Fuel for Interim Storage and Transportation                                           ML071420268
                                                  Based on Function.
                                               Interim Staff Guidance 11, Revision 3, Cladding Considerations for the Transportation and Storage of Spent Fuel                                            ML033230335
                                               Interim Staff Guidance 23, Application of ASTM Standard Practice C1671–07 when performing technical reviews                                                ML103130171
                                                  of spent fuel storage and transportation packaging licensing actions.
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                                               List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 72                        Amendment Number 1 Effective Date:                   jurisdiction of Nebraska. EPA is
                                                  Administrative practice and                          July 15, 2002.                                         accepting the negative declaration in
                                               procedure, Criminal penalties,                            Amendment Number 2 Effective Date:                   accordance with the requirements of the
                                               Hazardous waste, Indians,                               June 7, 2005.                                          CAA.
                                               Intergovernmental relations, Manpower                     Amendment Number 3 Effective Date:                   DATES: Comments must be received on
                                               training programs, Nuclear energy,                      May 29, 2007.                                          or before February 5, 2016.
                                               Nuclear materials, Occupational safety                    Amendment Number 4 Effective Date:                   ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
                                               and health, Penalties, Radiation                        January 8, 2008.                                       identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07–
                                               protection, Reporting and recordkeeping                   Amendment Number 5 Effective Date:                   OAR–2015–0733, to http://
                                               requirements, Security measures, Spent                  July 14, 2008.                                         www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
                                               fuel, Whistleblowing.                                     Amendment Number 6 Effective Date:                   instructions for submitting comments.
                                                  For the reasons set out in the                       August 17, 2009.                                       Once submitted, comments cannot be
                                               preamble and under the authority of the                   Amendment Number 7 Effective Date:                   edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
                                               Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended;                  December 28, 2009.                                     The EPA may publish any comment
                                               the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974,                    Amendment Number 8 Effective Date:                   received to its public docket. Do not
                                               as amended; the Nuclear Waste Policy                    May 2, 2012, as corrected on November                  submit electronically any information
                                               Act of 1982, as amended; and 5 U.S.C.                   16, 2012. (ADAMS Accession No.                         you consider to be Confidential
                                               552 and 553; the NRC is proposing to                    ML12213A170).                                          Business Information (CBI) or other
                                               adopt the following amendments to 10                      Amendment Number 9 Effective Date:                   information whose disclosure is
                                               CFR part 72:                                            March 11, 2014, superseded by                          restricted by statute. Multimedia
                                                                                                       Amendment Number 9, Revision 1 on                      submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
                                               PART 72—LICENSING                                       March 21, 2016.                                        accompanied by a written comment.
                                               REQUIREMENTS FOR THE                                      Amendment Number 9, Revision 1,                      The written comment is considered the
                                               INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF SPENT                            Effective Date: March 21, 2016.                        official comment and should include
                                               NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL                                  SAR Submitted by: Holtec                             discussion of all points you wish to
                                               RADIOACTIVE WASTE, AND                                  International.                                         make. The EPA will generally not
                                               REACTOR-RELATED GREATER THAN                              SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis                     consider comments or comment
                                               CLASS C WASTE                                           Report for the HI–STORM 100 Cask                       contents located outside of the primary
                                                                                                       System.                                                submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or
                                               ■ 1. The authority citation for part 72                   Docket Number: 72–1014.                              other file sharing system). For
                                               continues to read as follows:                             Certificate Expiration Date: May 31,                 additional submission methods, the full
                                                 Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954,                 2020.                                                  EPA public comment policy,
                                               secs. 51, 53, 57, 62, 63, 65, 69, 81, 161, 182,           Model Number: HI–STORM 100.                          information about CBI or multimedia
                                               183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 223, 234, 274 (42
                                                                                                       *     *     *    *     *                               submissions, and general guidance on
                                               U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095,
                                               2099, 2111, 2201, 2210e, 2232, 2233, 2234,                                                                     making effective comments, please visit
                                                                                                         Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd
                                               2236, 2237, 2238, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy             day of December, 2015. For the Nuclear                 http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
                                               Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202,             Regulatory Commission.                                 commenting-epa-dockets.
                                               206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846, 5851);            Glenn M. Tracy,                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               National Environmental Policy Act of 1982,                                                                     Paula Higbee, Environmental Protection
                                               secs. 117(a), 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 141,             Acting, Executive Director for Operations.
                                                                                                                                                              Agency, Air Planning and Development
                                               145(g), 148, 218(a) (42 U.S.C. 10137(a),                [FR Doc. 2015–33279 Filed 1–5–16; 8:45 am]
                                               10152, 10153, 10154, 10155, 10157, 10161,                                                                      Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard,
                                                                                                       BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
                                               10165(g), 10168, 10198(a)); 44 U.S.C. 3504                                                                     Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at 913–551–7028
                                               note.                                                                                                          or by email at higbee.paula@epa.gov.
                                                 Section 72.44(g) also issued under                                                                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
                                               Nuclear Waste Policy Act secs. 142(b)                   ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                                                                                                                                              final rules section of this Federal
                                               and 148(c), (d) (42 U.S.C. 10162(b),                    AGENCY
                                                                                                                                                              Register, EPA is approving the state’s
                                               10168(c), (d)).                                         40 CFR Part 62                                         SIP revision as a direct final rule
                                                 Section 72.46 also issued under                                                                              without prior proposal because the
                                               Atomic Energy Act sec. 189 (42 U.S.C.                   [EPA–R07–OAR–2015–0733; FRL–9941–05–                   Agency views this as a noncontroversial
                                               2239); Nuclear Waste Policy Act sec.                    Region 7]                                              revision amendment and anticipates no
                                               134 (42 U.S.C. 10154).                                                                                         relevant adverse comments to this
                                                 Section 72.96(d) also issued under                    Approval and Promulgation of State
                                                                                                                                                              action. A detailed rationale for the
                                               Nuclear Waste Policy Act sec. 145(g) (42                Plans for Designated Facilities and
                                                                                                                                                              approval is set forth in the direct final
                                               U.S.C. 10165(g)).                                       Pollutants; Nebraska; Sewage Sludge
                                                                                                                                                              rule. If no relevant adverse comments
                                                 Subpart J also issued under Nuclear                   Incinerators
                                                                                                                                                              are received in response to this action,
                                               Waste Policy Act secs. 117(a), 141(h) (42               AGENCY:  Environmental Protection                      no further activity is contemplated in
                                               U.S.C. 10137(a), 10161(h)).                             Agency (EPA).                                          relation to this action. If EPA receives
                                                 Subpart K also issued under sec.                                                                             relevant adverse comments, the direct
                                               218(a) (42 U.S.C. 10198).                               ACTION: Proposed rule.
                                                                                                                                                              final rule will be withdrawn and all
                                               ■ 2. In § 72.214, Certificate of
                                                                                                       SUMMARY:  The Environmental Protection                 public comments received will be
                                               Compliance No. 1014 is revised to read
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                                                                                                       Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the                   addressed in a subsequent final rule
                                               as follows:
                                                                                                       Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(d)/129                 based on this proposed action. EPA will
                                               § 72.214 List of approved spent fuel                    negative declaration for the state of                  not institute a second comment period
                                               storage casks.                                          Nebraska, for existing sewage sludge                   on this action. Any parties interested in
                                               *     *     *     *     *                               incinerator (SSI) units. This negative                 commenting on this action should do so
                                                 Certificate Number: 1014.                             declaration certifies that existing SSI                at this time. Please note that if EPA
                                                 Initial Certificate Effective Date: May               units subject to sections 111(d) and 129               receives adverse comment on part of
                                               31, 2000.                                               of the CAA do not exist within the                     this rule and if that part can be severed


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Document Created: 2016-01-06 04:02:02
Document Modified: 2016-01-06 04:02:02
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionProposed rule.
DatesSubmit comments by February 5, 2016. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
ContactRobert D. MacDougall, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-5175, email: [email protected]; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001.
FR Citation81 FR 412 
RIN Number3150-AJ63
CFR AssociatedAdministrative Practice and Procedure; Criminal Penalties; Hazardous Waste; Indians; Intergovernmental Relations; Manpower Training Programs; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Materials; Occupational Safety and Health; Penalties; Radiation Protection; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements; Security Measures; Spent Fuel and Whistleblowing

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