81_FR_57660 81 FR 57497 - List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment No. 2

81 FR 57497 - List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment No. 2

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 163 (August 23, 2016)

Page Range57497-57499
FR Document2016-20091

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to add Amendment No. 2 to the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1032 for the Holtec International (Holtec) HI-STORM Flood/Wind (FW) Multipurpose Canister (MPC) Storage. Amendment No. 2 adds new fuel types to the HI-STORM FW MPC Storage System, includes new criticality calculations, updates an existing fuel type description, and includes changes previously incorporated in Amendment No. 0 to CoC No. 1032, Revision 1, and revises CoC Condition No. 8 to provide additional clarity and guidance.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57497-57499]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-20091]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

[NRC-2016-0103]
RIN 3150-AJ75


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International 
HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment No. 
2

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 ``List of 
Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to add Amendment No. 2 to the 
Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1032 for the Holtec International 
(Holtec) HI-STORM Flood/Wind (FW) Multipurpose Canister (MPC) Storage. 
Amendment No. 2 adds new fuel types to the HI-STORM FW MPC Storage 
System, includes new criticality calculations, updates an existing fuel 
type description, and includes changes previously incorporated in 
Amendment No. 0 to CoC No. 1032, Revision 1, and revises CoC Condition 
No. 8 to provide additional clarity and guidance.

DATES: Submit comments by September 22, 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-2016-0103. 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,

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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: Vanessa Cox, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-8342 or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0103 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-2016-0103.
     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-2016-0103 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 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. 2 to CoC
    No. 1032 and does not include other aspects of the Holtec HI-STORM 
FW MPC Storage System design. Because the NRC considers this action 
noncontroversial and routine, the NRC is publishing this proposed rule 
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 November 7, 2016. However, if the NRC receives 
significant adverse comments on this proposed rule by September 22, 
2016, then the NRC will publish a document that withdraws 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 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 [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 in 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 
dated March 28, 2011 (76 FR 17019), that approved the Holtec HI-STORM 
FW MPC Storage 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. 1032.

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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 as indicated.

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                Document                       ADAMS Accession No.
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Letter and License Application.........  ML15092A130
Supplement Letter......................  ML15114A423
Package with the Transmittal and         ML15170A433
 Request for Supplemental Information
 Responses Supporting HI-STORM FW CoC
 No. 1032, Amendment No. 2.
Supplement to HI-STORM FW CoC No. 1032,  ML15233A038
 Amendment 2.
Proposed CoC No. 1032, Amendment No. 2.  ML16054A625
Proposed CoC No. 1032, Amendment No. 2   ML16054A628
 --Appendix A.
Proposed CoC No. 1032, Amendment No. 2-- ML16054A627
 Technical Specifications, Appendix B.
CoC No. 1032, Amendment No. 2--          ML16054A624
 Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report.
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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-2016-0103. 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-2016-0103); (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).

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 adopting 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 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4332); Nuclear Waste 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.

0
2. In Sec.  72.214, Certificate of Compliance 1032 is revised to read 
as follows:


Sec.  72.214  List of approved spent fuel storage casks.

* * * * *
    Certificate Number: 1032.
    Initial Certificate Effective Date: June 13, 2011, superseded by 
Amendment Number 0, Revision 1, on April 25, 2016.
    Amendment Number 0, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2016.
    Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: December 17, 2014, superseded by 
Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, on June 2, 2015.
    Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, Effective Date: June 2, 2015.
    Amendment Number 2, Effective Date: November 7, 2016.
    SAR Submitted by: Holtec International, Inc.
    SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the Holtec 
International HI-STORM FW System.
    Docket Number: 72-1032.
    Certificate Expiration Date: June 12, 2031.
    Model Number: HI-STORM FW MPC-37, MPC-89.
* * * * *

     Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of August, 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Victor M. McCree,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-20091 Filed 8-22-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                    The assessment per kilograms is                                      List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1260                                            Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2901–2911 and 7
                                                  determined by dividing the conversion                                                                                                               U.S.C. 7401.
                                                                                                                           Administrative practice and
                                                  factor by the carcass weight and
                                                                                                                         procedure, Advertising, Agricultural                                         ■ 2. Amend § 1260.172 by revising
                                                  multiplying it by the pounds-to-
                                                                                                                         research, Imports, Marketing agreement,                                      paragraph (b) (2) to read as follows:
                                                  kilograms factor of 2.2046.
                                                                                                                         Meat and meat products, Reporting and
                                                  Calculations:                                                          recordkeeping requirements.                                                  § 1260.172           Assessments.
                                                    • Carcass and Bone-in Cuts
                                                                                                                           For the reasons stated in the                                              *     *     *      *    *
                                                                                                                         preamble, AMS proposes to amend 7                                              (b) * * *
                                                                                                                         CFR part 1260 as follows:
                                                                                                                                                                                                        (2) The assessment rates for imported
                                                      • Boneless Cuts
                                                                                                                         PART 1260—BEEF PROMOTION AND                                                 cattle, beef, beef products, veal, and veal
                                                                                                                         RESEARCH                                                                     products are as follows:

                                                    These rates appear as assessment rates                               ■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR
                                                  in the HTS code tables in § 1260.172.                                  part 1260 continues to read as follows:

                                                                                                                          IMPORTED BEEF AND BEEF PRODUCTS
                                                                                                                                                          [Veal]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Assessment
                                                                     HTS No.                                                                                        Item description                                                                rate per kg

                                                  0201.10.0510     ...........................................   Veal carcasses and half carcasses ...........................................................................                         .01431558
                                                  0201.10.1010     ...........................................   Misc. Veal ..................................................................................................................         .01431558
                                                  0201.10.5010     ...........................................   Misc. Veal ..................................................................................................................         .01431558
                                                  0202.10.0510     ...........................................   Veal carcasses and half carcasses ...........................................................................                         .01431558
                                                  0202.10.1010     ...........................................   Veal carcasses and half carcasses ...........................................................................                         .01431558
                                                  0202.10.5010     ...........................................   Veal carcasses and half carcasses ...........................................................................                         .01431558


                                                                                                                          IMPORTED BEEF AND BEEF PRODUCTS
                                                                                                                                                          [Veal]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Assessment
                                                                     HTS No.                                                                                        Item description                                                                rate per kg

                                                  0201.20.5010     ...........................................   Fresh or chilled bone in veal cuts .............................................................................                      .01431558
                                                  0201.20.5020     ...........................................   Other ..........................................................................................................................      .01431558
                                                  0201.30.5010     ...........................................   Fresh or chilled boneless veal cuts ...........................................................................                       .01889657
                                                  0201.30.5020     ...........................................   Other ..........................................................................................................................      .01889657
                                                  0202.30.5010     ...........................................   Frozen boneless veal cuts ........................................................................................                    .01889657
                                                  0202.30.5020     ...........................................   Other ..........................................................................................................................      .01889657



                                                  *      *     *          *         *                                    SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                                       ADDRESSES:   You may submit comments
                                                    Dated: August 18, 2016                                               Commission (NRC) is proposing to                                             by any of the following methods (unless
                                                  Elanor Starmer,                                                        amend its spent fuel storage regulations                                     this document describes a different
                                                                                                                         by revising the ‘‘List of Approved Spent                                     method for submitting comments on a
                                                  Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
                                                  Service.                                                               Fuel Storage Casks’’ to add Amendment                                        specific subject):
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–20098 Filed 8–22–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                         No. 2 to the Certificate of Compliance                                         • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
                                                                                                                         (CoC) No. 1032 for the Holtec                                                http://www.regulations.gov and search
                                                  BILLING CODE 3410–02–P
                                                                                                                         International (Holtec) HI–STORM                                              for Docket ID NRC–2016–0103. Address
                                                                                                                         Flood/Wind (FW) Multipurpose                                                 questions about NRC dockets to Carol
                                                                                                                         Canister (MPC) Storage. Amendment                                            Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
                                                  NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                                     No. 2 adds new fuel types to the HI–                                         email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
                                                  COMMISSION                                                             STORM FW MPC Storage System,                                                 technical questions contact the
                                                  10 CFR Part 72                                                         includes new criticality calculations,                                       individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
                                                                                                                         updates an existing fuel type                                                INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
                                                  [NRC–2016–0103]                                                        description, and includes changes                                            document.
                                                  RIN 3150–AJ75
                                                                                                                         previously incorporated in Amendment                                           • Email comments to:
                                                                                                                         No. 0 to CoC No. 1032, Revision 1, and                                       Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you
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                                                  List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage                                    revises CoC Condition No. 8 to provide                                       do not receive an automatic email reply
                                                  Casks: Holtec International HI–STORM                                   additional clarity and guidance.                                             confirming receipt, then contact us at
                                                  Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister                                       DATES: Submit comments by September                                          301–415–1677.
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                                                  Storage System, Amendment No. 2                                        22, 2016. Comments received after this                                         • Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S.
                                                                                                                         date will be considered if it is practical                                   Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301–
                                                  AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory
                                                                                                                         to do so, but the NRC staff is able to                                       415–1101.
                                                  Commission.
                                                                                                                         ensure consideration only for comments                                         • Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S.
                                                  ACTION: Proposed rule.
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                                                  Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN:                        The NRC does not routinely edit                          (c) The comment raises a relevant
                                                  Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.                    comment submissions to remove                         issue that was not previously addressed
                                                     • Hand deliver comments to: 11555                    identifying or contact information.                   or considered by the NRC staff.
                                                  Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland                       If you are requesting or aggregating                   (2) The comment proposes a change
                                                  20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.                  comments from other persons for                       or an addition to the rule, and it is
                                                  (Eastern Time) Federal workdays;                        submission to the NRC, then you should                apparent that the rule would be
                                                  telephone: 301–415–1677.                                inform those persons not to include                   ineffective or unacceptable without
                                                     For additional direction on obtaining                identifying or contact information that               incorporation of the change or addition.
                                                  information and submitting comments,                    they do not want to be publicly
                                                  see ‘‘Obtaining Information and                         disclosed in their comment submission.                   (3) The comment causes the NRC staff
                                                  Submitting Comments’’ in the                            Your request should state that the NRC                to make a change (other than editorial)
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of                    does not routinely edit comment                       to the rule, CoC, or Technical
                                                  this document.                                          submissions to remove such information                Specifications.
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        before making the comment                                For additional procedural information
                                                  Vanessa Cox, Office of Nuclear Material                 submissions available to the public or                and the regulatory analysis, see the
                                                  Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear                     entering the comment into ADAMS.                      direct final rule published in the Rules
                                                  Regulatory Commission, Washington,                                                                            and Regulations section of this issue of
                                                                                                          II. Procedural Background
                                                  DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–                                                                            the Federal Register.
                                                  8342 or email: Vanessa.Cox@nrc.gov.                        This proposed rule is limited to the
                                                                                                          changes contained in Amendment No. 2                  III. Background
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                          to CoC                                                   Section 218(a) of the Nuclear Waste
                                                  I. Obtaining Information and                               No. 1032 and does not include other
                                                  Submitting Comments                                                                                           Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982, as
                                                                                                          aspects of the Holtec HI–STORM FW                     amended, requires that ‘‘the Secretary
                                                  A. Obtaining Information                                MPC Storage System design. Because                    [of the Department of Energy] shall
                                                                                                          the NRC considers this action                         establish a demonstration program, in
                                                     Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016–
                                                                                                          noncontroversial and routine, the NRC                 cooperation with the private sector, for
                                                  0103 when contacting the NRC about
                                                                                                          is publishing this proposed rule                      the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel at
                                                  the availability of information for this
                                                                                                          concurrently with a direct final rule in
                                                  action. You may obtain publicly-                                                                              civilian nuclear power reactor sites,
                                                                                                          the Rules and Regulations section of this
                                                  available information related to this                                                                         with the objective of establishing one or
                                                                                                          issue of the Federal Register. Adequate
                                                  action by any of the following methods:                                                                       more technologies that the [Nuclear
                                                                                                          protection of public health and safety
                                                     • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to                                                                       Regulatory] Commission may, by rule,
                                                                                                          continues to be ensured. The direct final
                                                  http://www.regulations.gov and search                                                                         approve for use at the sites of civilian
                                                                                                          rule will become effective on November
                                                  for Docket ID NRC–2016–0103.                                                                                  nuclear power reactors without, to the
                                                     • NRC’s Agencywide Documents                         7, 2016. However, if the NRC receives
                                                                                                                                                                maximum extent practicable, the need
                                                  Access and Management System                            significant adverse comments on this
                                                                                                                                                                for additional site-specific approvals by
                                                  (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-                       proposed rule by September 22, 2016,
                                                                                                                                                                the Commission.’’ Section 133 of the
                                                  available documents online in the                       then the NRC will publish a document
                                                                                                                                                                NWPA states, in part, that ‘‘[the
                                                  ADAMS Public Documents collection at                    that withdraws the direct final rule. If
                                                                                                          the direct final rule is withdrawn, the               Commission] shall, by rule, establish
                                                  http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/                                                                                procedures for the licensing of any
                                                  adams.html. To begin the search, select                 NRC will address the comments
                                                                                                          received in response to these proposed                technology approved by the
                                                  ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then                                                                           Commission under Section 219(a) [sic:
                                                  select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS                          revisions in a subsequent final rule.
                                                                                                          Absent significant modifications to the               218(a)] for use at the site of any civilian
                                                  Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,                                                                            nuclear power reactor.’’
                                                  please contact the NRC’s Public                         proposed revisions requiring
                                                                                                          republication, the NRC will not initiate                 To implement this mandate, the
                                                  Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
                                                                                                          a second comment period on this action                Commission approved dry storage of
                                                  1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
                                                                                                          in the event the direct final rule is                 spent nuclear fuel in NRC-approved
                                                  email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the
                                                                                                          withdrawn.                                            casks under a general license by
                                                  convenience of the reader, instructions
                                                                                                             A significant adverse comment is a                 publishing a final rule which added a
                                                  about obtaining materials referenced in
                                                  this document are provided in the                       comment where the commenter                           new subpart K in part 72 of title 10 of
                                                  ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section.                  explains why the rule would be                        the Code of Federal Regulations (10
                                                     • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and                     inappropriate, including challenges to                CFR) entitled, ‘‘General License for
                                                  purchase copies of public documents at                  the rule’s underlying premise or                      Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor
                                                  the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One                         approach, or would be ineffective or                  Sites’’ (55 FR 29181; July 18, 1990). This
                                                  White Flint North, 11555 Rockville                      unacceptable without a change. A                      rule also established a new subpart L in
                                                  Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.                        comment is adverse and significant if:                10 CFR part 72 entitled, ‘‘Approval of
                                                                                                             (1) The comment opposes the rule and               Spent Fuel Storage Casks,’’ which
                                                  B. Submitting Comments                                  provides a reason sufficient to require a             contains procedures and criteria for
                                                    Please include Docket ID NRC–2016–                    substantive response in a notice-and-                 obtaining NRC approval of spent fuel
                                                  0103 in your comment submission.                        comment process. For example, a                       storage cask designs. The NRC
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                                                    The NRC cautions you not to include                   substantive response is required when:                subsequently issued a final rule dated
                                                  identifying or contact information that                    (a) The comment causes the NRC staff               March 28, 2011 (76 FR 17019), that
                                                  you do not want to be publicly                          to reevaluate (or reconsider) its position            approved the Holtec HI–STORM FW
                                                  disclosed in your comment submission.                   or conduct additional analysis;                       MPC Storage System design and added
                                                  The NRC will post all comment                              (b) The comment raises an issue                    it to the list of NRC-approved cask
                                                  submissions at http://                                  serious enough to warrant a substantive               designs in 10 CFR 72.214, ‘‘List of
                                                  www.regulations.gov as well as enter the                response to clarify or complete the                   approved spent fuel storage casks,’’ as
                                                  comment submissions into ADAMS.                         record; or                                            CoC No. 1032.


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                                                                                 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 163 / Tuesday, August 23, 2016 / Proposed Rules                                                                                         57499

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ADAMS
                                                                                                                                         Document                                                                                                  Accession No.

                                                  Letter and License Application .........................................................................................................................................................         ML15092A130
                                                  Supplement Letter ............................................................................................................................................................................   ML15114A423
                                                  Package with the Transmittal and Request for Supplemental Information Responses Supporting HI–STORM FW CoC No.                                                                                   ML15170A433
                                                    1032, Amendment No. 2.
                                                  Supplement to HI–STORM FW CoC No. 1032, Amendment 2 .......................................................................................................                                      ML15233A038
                                                  Proposed CoC No. 1032, Amendment No. 2 ...................................................................................................................................                       ML16054A625
                                                  Proposed CoC No. 1032, Amendment No. 2 —Appendix A ...........................................................................................................                                   ML16054A628
                                                  Proposed CoC No. 1032, Amendment No. 2—Technical Specifications, Appendix B ...................................................................                                                  ML16054A627
                                                  CoC No. 1032, Amendment No. 2—Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report ....................................................................................                                          ML16054A624



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                                                  under Docket ID NRC–2016–0103. The                                        2236, 2237, 2238, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy                               Executive Director for Operations.
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                                                  frequently you would like to receive                                      note.                                                                     12 CFR Part 1272
                                                  emails (daily, weekly, or monthly).
                                                                                                                            ■ 2. In § 72.214, Certificate of                                          RIN 2590–AA84
                                                  List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 72                                        Compliance 1032 is revised to read as
                                                                                                                            follows:                                                                  Federal Home Loan Bank New
                                                     Administrative practice and                                                                                                                      Business Activities
                                                  procedure, Criminal penalties,                                            § 72.214 List of approved spent fuel
                                                  Hazardous waste, Indians,                                                 storage casks.                                                            AGENCY:  Federal Housing Finance
                                                  Intergovernmental relations, Manpower                                     *     *     *     *     *                                                 Agency.
                                                  training programs, Nuclear energy,                                          Certificate Number: 1032.                                               ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking;
                                                  Nuclear materials, Occupational safety                                      Initial Certificate Effective Date: June                                request for comment.
                                                  and health, Penalties, Radiation                                          13, 2011, superseded by Amendment
                                                  protection, Reporting and recordkeeping                                   Number 0, Revision 1, on April 25,                                        SUMMARY:   The proposed rule would
                                                  requirements, Security measures, Spent                                    2016.                                                                     modify a part of the Federal Housing
                                                  fuel, Whistleblowing.                                                       Amendment Number 0, Revision 1,                                         Finance Agency (FHFA) regulations,
                                                                                                                            Effective Date: April 25, 2016.                                           which addresses requirements for the
                                                    For the reasons set out in the                                                                                                                    Federal Home Loan Banks’ (Banks) new
                                                  preamble and under the authority of the                                     Amendment Number 1 Effective Date:
                                                                                                                            December 17, 2014, superseded by                                          business activities (NBAs). The
                                                  Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended;                                                                                                              proposed rule would reduce the scope
                                                  the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974,                                    Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, on
                                                                                                                            June 2, 2015.                                                             of NBAs for which the Banks must seek
                                                  as amended; the Nuclear Waste Policy                                                                                                                approval from FHFA and would
                                                  Act of 1982, as amended; and 5 U.S.C.                                       Amendment Number 1, Revision 1,
                                                                                                                            Effective Date: June 2, 2015.                                             establish new timelines for agency
                                                  552 and 553; the NRC is adopting the                                                                                                                review and approval of NBA notices.
                                                  following amendments to 10 CFR part                                         Amendment Number 2, Effective
                                                                                                                            Date: November 7, 2016.                                                   The proposed rule also would
                                                  72.                                                                                                                                                 reorganize a part of our regulations to
                                                                                                                              SAR Submitted by: Holtec
                                                                                                                            International, Inc.                                                       clarify the protocol for FHFA review of
                                                  PART 72—LICENSING
                                                                                                                              SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis                                        NBAs.
                                                  REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
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                                                  INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF SPENT                                              Report for the Holtec International HI–                                   DATES: FHFA must receive written
                                                  NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL                                                  STORM FW System.                                                          comments on or before October 24,
                                                  RADIOACTIVE WASTE, AND                                                      Docket Number: 72–1032.                                                 2016.
                                                  REACTOR-RELATED GREATER THAN                                                Certificate Expiration Date: June 12,                                   ADDRESSES:  You may submit your
                                                  CLASS C WASTE                                                             2031.                                                                     comments on the proposed rule,
                                                                                                                              Model Number: HI–STORM FW                                               identified by regulatory information
                                                  ■ 1. The authority citation for part 72                                   MPC–37, MPC–89.                                                           number (RIN) 2590–AA84 by any of the
                                                  continues to read as follows:                                             *     *     *     *     *                                                 following methods:


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Document Created: 2018-02-09 11:40:06
Document Modified: 2018-02-09 11:40:06
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 September 22, 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.
ContactVanessa Cox, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-8342 or email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 57497 
RIN Number3150-AJ75
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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