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10 CFR Part 72
[NRC–2012–0020]
RIN 3150–AJ10
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage
Casks: Transnuclear, Inc. Standardized
NUHOMS® Cask System
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of
effective date.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is confirming the
effective date of January 7, 2014, for the
direct final rule that was published in
the Federal Register on October 24,
2013. This direct final rule amended the
NRC’s spent fuel storage regulations by
revising the Transnuclear, Inc.
Standardized NUHOMS® Cask System
listing within the ‘‘List of Approved
Spent Fuel Storage Casks’’ to include
Amendment No. 11 to Certificate of
Compliance (CoC) No. 1004.
DATES: The effective date of January 7,
2014, is confirmed for the direct final
rule published October 24, 2013 (78 FR
63375).
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2012–0020 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information for this direct final rule.
You may access publicly-available
information related to this direct final
rule by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2012–0020. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
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• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly
available documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced in this document
(if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
a document is referenced.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Trussell, Office of Federal and
State Materials and Environmental
Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–
6445, email: Gregory.Trussell@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
On October 24, 2013 (78 FR 63375),
the NRC published a direct final rule
amending its regulations at § 72.214 of
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) by revising the
Transnuclear, Inc. Standardized
NUHOMS® Cask System listing within
the ‘‘List of Approved Spent Fuel
Storage Casks’’ to include Amendment
No. 11 to CoC No. 1004. Amendment
No. 11 added a new transfer cask, the
OS197L, for use with the 32PT and
61BT dry shielded canisters, and
converted the CoC No. 1004 Technical
Specifications to the format in NUREG–
1745, ‘‘Standard Format and Content for
Technical Specifications for 10 CFR Part
72 Cask Certificates of Compliance.’’ In
addition, the amendment made several
other changes as described in Section
III, ‘‘Discussion of Changes,’’ section of
the direct final rule.
II. Public Comments on the Companion
Proposed Rule
In the direct final rule, the NRC stated
that if no significant adverse comments
were received, the direct final rule
would become effective on January 7,
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2014. The NRC received one public
comment on the companion proposed
rule (78 FR 63408), from Mr. Richard
Ochs (ADAMS Accession No.
ML13320A027). Mr. Ochs stated his
concern that the neutron emissions
inside the outer shell of nuclear waste
storage containers are dangerous to
living organisms, including insects,
microbes, bacteria or virus that attach to
dust that passes through the screened
windows in the outer steel covers of
storage containers. Specifically, Mr.
Ochs raises a concern based on the
emergence of Lyme’s Disease in Lyme,
Connecticut, which he asserts occurred
following an unintended release of
radioactive gas from the nearby
Millstone Nuclear Reactor. According to
his comment, ‘‘[T]he Deer Tick has
carried a spirochete bacteria for millions
of years, but after the Millstone release,
that spirochete was mutated, causing
the emergence of Lyme’s Disease.’’
The NRC staff reviewed this comment
and concluded that this comment is not
a significant adverse comment as
defined in NUREG–BR–0053, Revision
6, ‘‘United States Nuclear Regulatory
Commission Regulations Handbook’’
(ADAMS Accession No. ML052720461),
as it is beyond the scope of this
rulemaking. Instead, this comment
raises a generic concern regarding the
use of any spent fuel storage casks and
is not specific to any issue or concern
with the amendment to the cask
certificate that is the subject of this
rulemaking effort.
Moreover, the NRC staff has
concluded that there would be no
significant environmental impacts as
confirmed in Section VII, ‘‘Finding of
No Significant Environmental Impact:
Availability,’’ of the direct final rule.
This comment does not challenge that
finding because, as the Environmental
Assessment explained, this amendment
to the rule will not result in any
significant change in the types or
significant revisions in the amounts of
any effluent released, no significant
increase in the individual or cumulative
radiation exposure, and no significant
increase in the potential for or
consequences from radiological
accidents. This amendment continues to
ensure that the Commission’s
regulations regarding dose rates, found
in 10 CFR Part 20, are maintained. A
challenge to those dose rates, or the
method by which the Commission
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establishes those dose rates, would be
most appropriately addressed as a
petition for rulemaking pursuant to 10
CFR 2.802. Therefore, this rule will
become effective as scheduled.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day
of December 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Helen Chang,
Acting Chief, Rules, Announcements, and
Directives Branch, Division of Administrative
Services, Office of Administration.
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September 30, 2013
Federal Housing Finance
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ACTION: Orders.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
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supplement its Orders dated November
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For the convenience of the affected
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The text of the Supplemental Orders
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Federal Housing Finance Agency
Order Nos. 2013–OR–B–3, 2013–OR–FNMA–
3, and 2013–OR–FHLMC–3
SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER ON REPORTING
BY REGULATED ENTITIES OF STRESS
TESTING RESULTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
2013
Whereas, section 165(i)(2) of the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act (‘‘Dodd-Frank Act’’) requires
certain financial companies with total
consolidated assets of more than $10 billion,
and which are regulated by a primary Federal
financial regulatory agency, to conduct
annual stress tests to determine whether the
companies have the capital necessary to
absorb losses as a result of adverse economic
conditions;
Whereas, FHFA’s rule implementing
section 165(i)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Act is
codified as 12 CFR part 1238 and requires
that ‘‘[e]ach regulated entity must file a
report in the manner and form established by
FHFA.’’ 12 CFR § 1238.5(b);
Whereas, on November 26, 2012, FHFA
issued an Order to each regulated entity
accompanied by appendices numbered 1
through 10 and amended Summary
Instructions and Guidance relating to the
performance of stress tests as of September
30, 2013, and the reporting of the results of
such tests;
Whereas, FHFA’s Acting Director has
determined that it is appropriate to
supplement the appendices to the November
26, 2013 Orders with two additional
appendices;
Whereas, section 1314 of the Safety and
Soundness Act, 12 U.S.C. § 4514(a)
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authorizes the Director of FHFA to require
regulated entities, by general or specific
order, to submit such reports on their
management, activities, and operations as the
Director considers appropriate.
Now therefore, it is hereby ordered as
follows:
Each regulated entity shall report to FHFA
and to the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System the results of stress testing as
required by 12 CFR § 1238, in the form and
with the content described therein and in the
Summary Instructions and Guidance
accompanying the November 26, 2013
Orders, and using the scenarios provided in
Appendices 1 through 10 to those Orders and
Appendices 11 and 12 that accompany this
Order.
This Order is effective immediately.
Signed at Washington DC, this 13th day of
December, 2013.
Edward J. DeMarco,
Acting Director, Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
Dated: December 13, 2013.
Edward J. DeMarco,
Acting Director, Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
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–300 series airplanes, and Model A340–
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program on certain check valves in the
hydraulic systems that includes, among
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presence and integrity, traces of seepage
or black deposits, proper torque,
alignment of the check valve and
manifold, installing new lock wire, and
corrective actions if needed. This new
AD expands the applicability, reduces
the compliance time, changes torque
values of the check valve tightening,
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program for certain check valves in the
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[[Page 78693]]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2012-0020]
RIN 3150-AJ10
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Transnuclear, Inc.
Standardized NUHOMS[supreg] Cask System
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the
effective date of January 7, 2014, for the direct final rule that was
published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2013. This direct
final rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising
the Transnuclear, Inc. Standardized NUHOMS[supreg] Cask System listing
within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to include
Amendment No. 11 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1004.
DATES: The effective date of January 7, 2014, is confirmed for the
direct final rule published October 24, 2013 (78 FR 63375).
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0020 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information for this direct final rule.
You may access publicly-available information related to this direct
final rule by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0020. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at https://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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this document (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Trussell, Office of Federal
and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-
6445, email: Gregory.Trussell@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
On October 24, 2013 (78 FR 63375), the NRC published a direct final
rule amending its regulations at Sec. 72.214 of Title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) by revising the Transnuclear, Inc.
Standardized NUHOMS[supreg] Cask System listing within the ``List of
Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to include Amendment No. 11 to CoC
No. 1004. Amendment No. 11 added a new transfer cask, the OS197L, for
use with the 32PT and 61BT dry shielded canisters, and converted the
CoC No. 1004 Technical Specifications to the format in NUREG-1745,
``Standard Format and Content for Technical Specifications for 10 CFR
Part 72 Cask Certificates of Compliance.'' In addition, the amendment
made several other changes as described in Section III, ``Discussion of
Changes,'' section of the direct final rule.
II. Public Comments on the Companion Proposed Rule
In the direct final rule, the NRC stated that if no significant
adverse comments were received, the direct final rule would become
effective on January 7, 2014. The NRC received one public comment on
the companion proposed rule (78 FR 63408), from Mr. Richard Ochs (ADAMS
Accession No. ML13320A027). Mr. Ochs stated his concern that the
neutron emissions inside the outer shell of nuclear waste storage
containers are dangerous to living organisms, including insects,
microbes, bacteria or virus that attach to dust that passes through the
screened windows in the outer steel covers of storage containers.
Specifically, Mr. Ochs raises a concern based on the emergence of
Lyme's Disease in Lyme, Connecticut, which he asserts occurred
following an unintended release of radioactive gas from the nearby
Millstone Nuclear Reactor. According to his comment, ``[T]he Deer Tick
has carried a spirochete bacteria for millions of years, but after the
Millstone release, that spirochete was mutated, causing the emergence
of Lyme's Disease.''
The NRC staff reviewed this comment and concluded that this comment
is not a significant adverse comment as defined in NUREG-BR-0053,
Revision 6, ``United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulations
Handbook'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML052720461), as it is beyond the scope
of this rulemaking. Instead, this comment raises a generic concern
regarding the use of any spent fuel storage casks and is not specific
to any issue or concern with the amendment to the cask certificate that
is the subject of this rulemaking effort.
Moreover, the NRC staff has concluded that there would be no
significant environmental impacts as confirmed in Section VII,
``Finding of No Significant Environmental Impact: Availability,'' of
the direct final rule. This comment does not challenge that finding
because, as the Environmental Assessment explained, this amendment to
the rule will not result in any significant change in the types or
significant revisions in the amounts of any effluent released, no
significant increase in the individual or cumulative radiation
exposure, and no significant increase in the potential for or
consequences from radiological accidents. This amendment continues to
ensure that the Commission's regulations regarding dose rates, found in
10 CFR Part 20, are maintained. A challenge to those dose rates, or the
method by which the Commission
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establishes those dose rates, would be most appropriately addressed as
a petition for rulemaking pursuant to 10 CFR 2.802. Therefore, this
rule will become effective as scheduled.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of December 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Helen Chang,
Acting Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Division of
Administrative Services, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-31080 Filed 12-26-13; 8:45 am]
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