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handling of pears grown in Oregon and
Washington shall be in conformity to,
and in compliance with, the terms and
conditions of the said Order as hereby
proposed to be amended as follows:
The provisions of the proposed
marketing order amending the Order
contained in the proposed rule issued
by the Administrator and published in
the Federal Register (88 FR 69888) on
October 10, 2023, will be and are the
terms and provisions of this order
amending the Order and are set forth in
full herein.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 927
Marketing agreements, Pears,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
PART 927—PEARS GROWN IN
OREGON AND WASHINGTON
1. The authority citation for 7 CFR
part 927 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674.
2. Amend § 927.52 by revising
paragraph (a) to read as follows:
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§ 927.52 Prerequisites to
recommendations.
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(a) Decisions of the Fresh Pear
Committee or the Processed Pear
Committee with respect to any
recommendations to the Secretary
pursuant to the establishment or
modification of a supplemental rate of
assessment for an individual variety or
subvariety of pears shall be made by
affirmative vote of not less than 75
percent of the applicable total number
of votes, computed in the manner
described in paragraph (b) of this
section, of all members. Decisions of the
Fresh Pear Committee pursuant to the
provisions of § 927.50 shall be made by
an affirmative vote of not less than 75
percent of the applicable total number
of votes, computed in the manner
prescribed in paragraph (b) of this
section, of all members.
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Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service.
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Trussell, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301–
415–6244, email: Gregory.Trussell@
nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC–2024–0034]
RIN 3150–AL07
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage
Casks: NAC International, Inc., NAC–
UMS Universal Storage System,
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015,
Renewal of Initial Certificate and
Amendment Nos. 1 Through 9
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Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is proposing to
amend its spent fuel storage regulations
by revising the NAC International, Inc.,
NAC–UMS Universal Storage System
listing within the ‘‘List of approved
spent fuel storage casks’’ to renew the
initial certificate and Amendment Nos.
1 through 9 of Certificate of Compliance
No. 1015. The renewal of the initial
certificate of compliance and
Amendment Nos. 1 through 9 for 40
years changes the certificate’s
conditions and technical specifications
to address aging management activities
related to the structures, systems, and
components important to safety of the
dry storage system to ensure that these
will maintain their intended functions
during the period of extended storage
operations.
SUMMARY:
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, the AMS proposes to amend
7 CFR part 927 as follows:
Submit comments by May 29,
2024. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the NRC is able to ensure
consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID NRC–2024–
0034, at https://www.regulations.gov. If
your material cannot be submitted using
https://www.regulations.gov, call or
email the individuals listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document for alternate instructions.
You can read a plain language
description of this proposed rule at
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/
NRC-2024-0034. 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:
Christopher Markley, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards;
telephone: 301–415–6293, email:
Christopher.Markley@nrc.gov and Greg
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I. Obtaining Information and Submitting
Comments
II. Rulemaking Procedure
III. Background
IV. Plain Writing
V. Availability of Documents
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2024–
0034, 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 website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2024–0034. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Helen
Chang, telephone: 301–415–3228, email:
Helen.Chang@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 obtain publicly
available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, please contact
the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. For the
convenience of the reader, instructions
about obtaining materials referenced in
this document are provided in the
‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section.
• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you
may examine and order copies of
publicly available documents, is open
by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern
time, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://
www.regulations.gov). Please include
Docket ID NRC–2024–0034 in your
comment submission.
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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 https://
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.
(a) The comment causes the NRC 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.
(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 to
make a change (other than editorial) to
the rule.
For a more detailed discussion of the
proposed rule changes and associated
analyses, see the direct final rule
published in the Rules and Regulations
section of this issue of the Federal
Register.
II. Rulemaking Procedure
Because the NRC considers this action
to be non-controversial, 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. The direct
final rule will become effective on July
15, 2024. However, if the NRC receives
any significant adverse comment by
May 29, 2024, 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 in a subsequent final rule. In
general, 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-andcomment process. For example, a
substantive response is required when:
III. Background
Section 218(a) of the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982, as amended,
requires that ‘‘[t]he 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
Nuclear Waste Policy Act states, in part,
that ‘‘[t]he 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 that 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 on October 19, 2000 (65 FR
62581), that approved the NAC–UMS
Universal Storage System design and
added it to the list of NRC-approved
cask designs in § 72.214 as Certificate of
Compliance (CoC) No. 1015.
On August 28, 2007 (72 FR 49352),
the NRC amended the scope of the
general licenses issued under 10 CFR
72.210 to include the storage of spent
fuel in an independent spent fuel
storage installations (ISFSI) at power
reactor sites to persons authorized to
possess or operate nuclear power
reactors under 10 CFR part 52. On
February 16, 2011 (76 FR 8872), the
NRC amended subparts K and L in 10
CFR part 72, to extend and clarify the
term limits for certificates of compliance
and to revise the conditions for spent
fuel storage cask renewals, including
adding requirements for the safety
analysis report to include time-limited
aging analyses and a description of
aging management programs. The NRC
also clarified the terminology used in
the regulations to use ‘‘renewal’’ rather
than ‘‘reapproval’’ to better reflect that
extending the term of a currently
approved cask design is based on the
cask design standards in effect at the
time the CoC was approved rather than
current standards.
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. 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 31885).
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.
ADAMS accession No./Web link/
Federal Register citation
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Proposed Certificate of Compliance
Proposed
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Proposed
Proposed
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ML23213A156.
ML23213A157.
ML23213A158.
ML23213A159.
ML23213A160.
Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report
Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report for Renewed Certificate of Compliance No. 1015, Amendments Nos.
1 through 9.
ML23213A161.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and Technical Specifications
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Environmental Documents
‘‘Environmental Assessment for Proposed Rule Entitled, ‘‘Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel in NRC-Approved
Storage Casks at Nuclear Power Reactor Sites.’’ (1989).
‘‘Environmental Assessment and Findings of No Significant Impact for the Final Rule Amending 10 CFR
Part 72 License and Certificate of Compliance Terms.’’ (2010).
Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: Final Report
(NUREG–2157, Volumes 1 and 2). (2014).
ML051230231.
ML100710441.
ML14198A440 (package).
NAC International, Inc., NAC–UMS Universal Storage System Renewal Application Documents
NAC International, Inc., NAC–UMS Universal Storage System, Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Renewal
Application, October 13, 2020.
NAC International, Inc., Request for Additional Information Responses NAC–UMS Cask System, Revision
22A, March 3, 2022.
Replacement Page for Responses to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Request for Additional
Information for the Request to Renew the NAC–UMS Cask System Certificate of Compliance No. 1015,
March 18, 2022.
NAC, Supplement to the NRC’s Request for Additional Information for the Request to Renew the NAC–
UMS Cask System Certificate of Compliance No. 1015, July 28, 2022.
Request to Withdraw Administrative Controls for Adverse Weather Events During Operations from NAC–
MPC CoC Renewal Application, December 21, 2022.
ML20293A102.
ML22062A764.
ML22077A076.
ML22209A078 (package).
ML22355A120.
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‘‘General License for Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor Sites.’’ (July 18, 1990) ...................................
‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ (August 28, 2007) .................................
‘‘License and Certificate of Compliance Terms.’’ (February 16, 2011) .............................................................
‘‘Agreement State Program Policy Statement; Correction.’’ (October 18, 2017) ..............................................
Nuclear Energy Institute NEI 14–03, Revision 2, ‘‘Format, Content and Implementation Guidance for Dry
Cask Storage Operations-Based Aging Management.’’ (December 21, 2016).
Regulatory Guide 3.76, Revision 0, ‘‘Implementation of Aging Management Requirements for Spent Fuel
Storage Renewals.’’ (July 31, 2021).
‘‘List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC–UMS Addition.’’ (October 19, 2000) ...............................
Presidential Memorandum, ‘‘Plain Language in Government Writing.’’ (June 10, 1998) .................................
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72 FR 49352.
76 FR 8872.
82 FR 48535.
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65 FR 62581.
63 FR 31885.
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Dated: April 9, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Raymond Furstenau,
Acting Executive Director for Operations.
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14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA–2023–1488; Project
Identifier AD–2023–00182–T]
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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing
Company Airplanes
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Supplemental notice of
proposed rulemaking (SNPRM).
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The FAA is revising a notice
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that
applied to certain The Boeing Company
Model 757–200, –200CB, and –200PF
series airplanes. This action revises the
NPRM by adding airplanes to the
applicability. The FAA is proposing this
airworthiness directive (AD) to address
the unsafe condition on these products.
Since these actions would impose an
additional burden over that in the
NPRM, the FAA is requesting comments
on this SNPRM.
DATES: The FAA must receive comments
on this SNPRM by June 13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
using the procedures found in 14 CFR
11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail
address above between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
AD Docket: You may examine the AD
docket at regulations.gov under Docket
No. FAA–2023–1488; or in person at
Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The AD docket
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contains this SNPRM, any comments
received, and other information. The
street address for Docket Operations is
listed above.
Material Incorporated by Reference:
• For service information identified
in this SNPRM, contact Boeing
Commercial Airplanes, Attention:
Contractual & Data Services (C&DS),
2600 Westminster Blvd., MC 110–SK57,
Seal Beach, CA 90740–5600; telephone
562–797–1717; website
myboeingfleet.com.
• You may view this service
information at the FAA, Airworthiness
Products Section, Operational Safety
Branch, 2200 South 216th St., Des
Moines, WA. For information on the
availability of this material at the FAA,
call 206–231–3195. It is also available at
regulations.gov by searching for and
locating Docket No. FAA–2023–1488.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wayne Ha, Aviation Safety Engineer,
FAA, 2200 South 216th Street, Des
Moines, WA 98198; phone: 562–627–
5238; email: wayne.ha@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The FAA invites you to send any
written relevant data, views, or
arguments about this proposal. Send
your comments to an address listed
under ADDRESSES. Include ‘‘Docket No.
FAA–2023–1488; Project Identifier AD–
2023–00182–T’’ at the beginning of your
comments. The most helpful comments
reference a specific portion of the
proposal, explain the reason for any
recommended change, and include
supporting data. The FAA will consider
all comments received by the closing
date and may again revise this proposal
because of those comments.
Except for Confidential Business
Information (CBI) as described in the
following paragraph, and other
information as described in 14 CFR
11.35, the FAA will post all comments
received, without change, to
regulations.gov, including any personal
information you provide. The agency
will also post a report summarizing each
substantive verbal contact received
about this proposed AD.
Confidential Business Information
CBI is commercial or financial
information that is both customarily and
actually treated as private by its owner.
Under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt
from public disclosure. If your
comments responsive to this SNPRM
contain commercial or financial
information that is customarily treated
as private, that you actually treat as
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private, and that is relevant or
responsive to this SNPRM, it is
important that you clearly designate the
submitted comments as CBI. Please
mark each page of your submission
containing CBI as ‘‘PROPIN.’’ The FAA
will treat such marked submissions as
confidential under the FOIA, and they
will not be placed in the public docket
of this SNPRM. Submissions containing
CBI should be sent to Wayne Ha,
Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 2200
South 216th Street, Des Moines, WA
98198; phone: 562–627–5238; email:
wayne.ha@faa.gov. Any commentary
that the FAA receives that is not
specifically designated as CBI will be
placed in the public docket for this
rulemaking.
Background
The FAA issued an NPRM to amend
14 CFR part 39 by adding an AD that
would apply to The Boeing Company
Model 757–200, –200CB, and –200PF
series airplanes. The NPRM published
in the Federal Register on August 4,
2023 (88 FR 51745). The NPRM was
prompted by a report of cracks found at
the main deck cargo door cutout
forward and aft hinge attachment holes.
In the NPRM, the FAA proposed to
require a maintenance record check for
repairs at the forward and aft hinge
areas of the main deck cargo door
cutout; repetitive open-hole high
frequency eddy current (HFEC)
inspections for cracks in the unrepaired
areas of the bear strap, skin, doubler,
and upper sill chord at the main deck
cargo door forward and aft hinge
attachment holes; and corrective actions
including obtaining and following
procedures for alternative inspections
and crack repairs.
Actions Since the NPRM Was Issued
Since the FAA issued the NPRM, the
FAA determined that airplanes that
have been modified from a passenger to
a freighter configuration using VT
Mobile Aerospace Engineering (VT
MAE) Supplemental Type Certificate
(STC) ST03562AT, ST03952AT, or
ST04242AT were inadvertently omitted
in the NPRM.
Comments
The FAA received comments from VT
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 33291-33294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08509]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2024-0034]
RIN 3150-AL07
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International,
Inc., NAC-UMS Universal Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No.
1015, Renewal of Initial Certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 Through 9
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 NAC
International, Inc., NAC-UMS Universal Storage System listing within
the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to renew the initial
certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 through 9 of Certificate of Compliance
No. 1015. The renewal of the initial certificate of compliance and
Amendment Nos. 1 through 9 for 40 years changes the certificate's
conditions and technical specifications to address aging management
activities related to the structures, systems, and components important
to safety of the dry storage system to ensure that these will maintain
their intended functions during the period of extended storage
operations.
DATES: Submit comments by May 29, 2024. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is
able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID NRC-2024-0034,
at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted
using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the individuals listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for
alternate instructions.
You can read a plain language description of this proposed rule at
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NRC-2024-0034. 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: Christopher Markley, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-6293, email:
[email protected] and Greg Trussell, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-6244, email:
[email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
II. Rulemaking Procedure
III. Background
IV. Plain Writing
V. Availability of Documents
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0034, 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 website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0034. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Helen Chang, telephone: 301-415-3228,
email: [email protected]. For technical questions contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by email to [email protected]. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2024-0034 in your comment submission.
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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
https://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. Rulemaking Procedure
Because the NRC considers this action to be non-controversial, 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. The direct final rule will become effective on July 15, 2024.
However, if the NRC receives any significant adverse comment by May 29,
2024, 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 in a subsequent final rule. In general, 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 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.
(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 to make a change (other than
editorial) to the rule.
For a more detailed discussion of the proposed rule changes and
associated analyses, 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 of 1982, as amended,
requires that ``[t]he 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 Nuclear
Waste Policy Act states, in part, that ``[t]he 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 that 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 on
October 19, 2000 (65 FR 62581), that approved the NAC-UMS Universal
Storage System design and added it to the list of NRC-approved cask
designs in Sec. 72.214 as Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1015.
On August 28, 2007 (72 FR 49352), the NRC amended the scope of the
general licenses issued under 10 CFR 72.210 to include the storage of
spent fuel in an independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSI)
at power reactor sites to persons authorized to possess or operate
nuclear power reactors under 10 CFR part 52. On February 16, 2011 (76
FR 8872), the NRC amended subparts K and L in 10 CFR part 72, to extend
and clarify the term limits for certificates of compliance and to
revise the conditions for spent fuel storage cask renewals, including
adding requirements for the safety analysis report to include time-
limited aging analyses and a description of aging management programs.
The NRC also clarified the terminology used in the regulations to use
``renewal'' rather than ``reapproval'' to better reflect that extending
the term of a currently approved cask design is based on the cask
design standards in effect at the time the CoC was approved rather than
current standards.
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.
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 31885). 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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ADAMS accession No./Web
Document link/Federal Register
citation
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Proposed Certificate of Compliance
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Proposed Renewed Certificate of Compliance ML23213A151.
No. 1015, Renewed Initial Certificate.
Proposed Renewed Certificate of Compliance ML23213A152.
No. 1015, Renewed Amendment 1.
Proposed Renewed Certificate of Compliance ML23213A153.
No. 1015, Renewed Amendment 2.
Proposed Renewed Certificate of Compliance ML23213A154.
No. 1015, Renewed Amendment 3.
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Proposed Renewed Certificate of Compliance ML23213A155.
No. 1015, Renewed Amendment 4.
Proposed Renewed Certificate of Compliance ML23213A156.
No. 1015, Renewed Amendment 5.
Proposed Renewed Certificate of Compliance ML23213A157.
No. 1015, Renewed Amendment 6.
Proposed Renewed Certificate of Compliance ML23213A158.
No. 1015, Renewed Amendment 7.
Proposed Renewed Certificate of Compliance ML23213A159.
No. 1015, Renewed Amendment 8.
Proposed Renewed Certificate of Compliance ML23213A160.
No. 1015, Renewed Amendment 9.
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Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report
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Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report for ML23213A161.
Renewed Certificate of Compliance No.
1015, Amendments Nos. 1 through 9.
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Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and Technical Specifications
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Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A164.
Technical Specifications, Renewed Initial
Certificate.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A166.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 1.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A168.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 2.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A171.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 3, Appendix A.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A178.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 3, Appendix B.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A172.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 4, Appendix A.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A179.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 4, Appendix B.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A173.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 5, Appendix A.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A180.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 5, Appendix B.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A174.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 6, Appendix A.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A181.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 6, Appendix B.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A175.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 7, Appendix A.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A182.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 7, Appendix B.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A176.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 8, Appendix A.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A183.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 8, Appendix B.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A177.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 9, Appendix A.
Proposed Conditions for Cask Use and ML23213A184.
Technical Specifications, Renewed
Amendment 9, Appendix B.
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Environmental Documents
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``Environmental Assessment for Proposed ML051230231.
Rule Entitled, ``Storage of Spent Nuclear
Fuel in NRC-Approved Storage Casks at
Nuclear Power Reactor Sites.'' (1989).
``Environmental Assessment and Findings of ML100710441.
No Significant Impact for the Final Rule
Amending 10 CFR Part 72 License and
Certificate of Compliance Terms.'' (2010).
Generic Environmental Impact Statement for ML14198A440 (package).
Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel:
Final Report (NUREG-2157, Volumes 1 and
2). (2014).
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NAC International, Inc., NAC-UMS Universal Storage System Renewal
Application Documents
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NAC International, Inc., NAC-UMS Universal ML20293A102.
Storage System, Certificate of Compliance
(CoC) Renewal Application, October 13,
2020.
NAC International, Inc., Request for ML22062A764.
Additional Information Responses NAC-UMS
Cask System, Revision 22A, March 3, 2022.
Replacement Page for Responses to the ML22077A076.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC)
Request for Additional Information for the
Request to Renew the NAC-UMS Cask System
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015, March
18, 2022.
NAC, Supplement to the NRC's Request for ML22209A078 (package).
Additional Information for the Request to
Renew the NAC-UMS Cask System Certificate
of Compliance No. 1015, July 28, 2022.
Request to Withdraw Administrative Controls ML22355A120.
for Adverse Weather Events During
Operations from NAC-MPC CoC Renewal
Application, December 21, 2022.
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Other Documents
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``General License for Storage of Spent Fuel 55 FR 29181.
at Power Reactor Sites.'' (July 18, 1990).
``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals 72 FR 49352.
for Nuclear Power Plants.'' (August 28,
2007).
``License and Certificate of Compliance 76 FR 8872.
Terms.'' (February 16, 2011).
``Agreement State Program Policy Statement; 82 FR 48535.
Correction.'' (October 18, 2017).
Nuclear Energy Institute NEI 14-03, ML16356A210.
Revision 2, ``Format, Content and
Implementation Guidance for Dry Cask
Storage Operations-Based Aging
Management.'' (December 21, 2016).
Regulatory Guide 3.76, Revision 0, ML21098A022.
``Implementation of Aging Management
Requirements for Spent Fuel Storage
Renewals.'' (July 31, 2021).
``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage 65 FR 62581.
Casks: NAC-UMS Addition.'' (October 19,
2000).
Presidential Memorandum, ``Plain Language 63 FR 31885.
in Government Writing.'' (June 10, 1998).
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The NRC may post materials related to this document, including
public comments, on the Federal rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2024-0034. In addition, the
Federal rulemaking website allows members of the public to receive
alerts when changes or additions occur in a docket folder. To
subscribe:
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(1) navigate to the docket folder (NRC-2024-0034); (2) click the
``Subscribe'' link; and (3) enter an email address and click on the
``Subscribe'' link.
Dated: April 9, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Raymond Furstenau,
Acting Executive Director for Operations.
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