List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1040, Revision 1 to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 2, 8910-8912 [2025-02209]

Download as PDF 8910 Proposed Rules Federal Register Vol. 90, No. 22 Tuesday, February 4, 2025 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ NRC-2024-0182. 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: NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Part 72 [NRC–2024–0182] RIN 3150–AL22 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI–STORM UMAX Canister Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1040, Revision 1 to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI– STORM UMAX Canister Storage System listing within the ‘‘List of approved spent fuel storage casks’’ to include Revision 1 to Amendment Nos. 0 through 2 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1040. Revision 1 to Amendment Nos. 0 through 2 updates the CoC appendix A technical specifications for radiation protection and the associated bases information to clearly articulate the basis for the dose rate limits for the closure lids, modify the dose rate limit values and the description of the location of the dose rate measurements, and make other editorial changes. DATES: Submit comments by March 6, 2025. 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– 0182, at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the individual 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 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with PROPOSALS1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:48 Feb 03, 2025 Jkt 265001 George Tartal, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301–415–0016, email: George.Tartal@nrc.gov and Kristina Banovac, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301– 415–7116, email: Kristina.Banovac@ nrc.gov. 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– 0182 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–2024–0182. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 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–2024–0182 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 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 April 21, 2025. However, if the NRC receives any significant adverse comment by March 6, 2025, 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 E:\FR\FM\04FEP1.SGM 04FEP1 8911 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 22 / Tuesday, February 4, 2025 / Proposed Rules 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: (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, CoC, or technical specifications. 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 March 6, 2015 (80 FR 12073), as corrected (80 FR 15679; March 25, 2015), that approved the Holtec International HI–STORM UMAX Canister Storage System design and added it to the list of NRC-approved cask designs in § 72.214 as CoC No. 1040. IV. Plain Writing The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–274) requires Federal agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, and 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. Document Proposed Certificate of Compliance and Technical Specifications Documents User Need Memo for Revision to Amendment Nos. 0, 1, and 2 of the Certificate of Compliance No. 1040 for the HI–STORM UMAX Canister Storage System. Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report for HI–STORM UMAX, CoC No. 1040, Revision to Amendment Nos. 0, 1, and 2 ............ Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 0, Revision 1 ............................................................................................................... Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 0, Revision 1, Appendix A ........................................................................................... Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 0, Revision 1, Appendix B ........................................................................................... Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 1, Revision 1 ............................................................................................................... Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 1, Revision 1, Appendix A ........................................................................................... Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 1, Revision 1, Appendix B ........................................................................................... Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 2, Revision 1 ............................................................................................................... Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 2, Revision 1, Appendix A ........................................................................................... Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 2, Revision 1, Appendix B ........................................................................................... ML24179A273 ML24179A263 ML24179A266 ML24179A264 ML24179A265 ML24179A269 ML24179A267 ML24179A268 ML24179A272 ML24179A270 ML24179A271 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with PROPOSALS1 Holtec International, Inc. HI–STORM UMAX Canister Storage System Revision 1 to Amendment Nos. 0 through 2 Request Documents Letter, ‘‘Holtec International—Submittal of Application for Revision to HI–STORM UMAX CoC Amendments 0, 1, and 2,’’ dated May 5, 2023. Letter, ‘‘Holtec International, Submittal of RSI Responses for Revision to HI–STORM UMAX CoC Amendments 0, 1, and 2,’’ dated January 31, 2024. Letter, ‘‘Holtec International, Submittal of RSI Supplemental Information for Revision to HI–STORM UMAX CoC Amendments 0, 1, and 2,’’ dated March 4, 2024. Letter, ‘‘Supplement to Application for Revision to Amendment Nos. 0, 1, and 2 of Certificate of Compliance No. 1040 for HI– STORM UMAX,’’ dated June 26, 2024. Ameren Missouri letter to Holtec, ‘‘Attachment 8—General Licensee Letters Regarding Revisions,’’ dated March 1, 2023 ......... Ameren Missouri letter to Holtec, ‘‘Ameren Missouri’s Intent to Adopt Revision 1 to Amendment 0 of Certificate of Compliance No. 1040 as applicable to the ISFSI at the Callaway Plant Site,’’ dated June 6, 2024. Email Re: Supplement to Application for Revision to Amendment Nos. 0, 1, and 2 of CoC No. 1040 for HI–STORM UMAX, dated June 26, 2024. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:48 Feb 03, 2025 Jkt 265001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\04FEP1.SGM 04FEP1 ML23125A237 ML24031A659 ML24072A501 ML24178A111 ML23125A246 ML24178A113 ML24178A112 8912 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 22 / Tuesday, February 4, 2025 / Proposed Rules 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–2024–0182. 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: (1) navigate to the docket folder (NRC– 2024–0182); (2) click the ‘‘Subscribe’’ link; and (3) enter an email address and click on the ‘‘Subscribe’’ link. Dated: January 16, 2025. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mirela Gavrilas, Executive Director for Operations. [FR Doc. 2025–02209 Filed 2–3–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 25 [Docket No. FAA–2024–2442; Notice No. 25– 24–06–SC] Special Conditions: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Model GVII– G400 Airplane; Automatic Speed Protection for Design Dive Speed (Dive Speed Definition) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of proposed special conditions. AGENCY: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with PROPOSALS1 Comments Invited This action proposes special conditions for the Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream) Model GVII– G400 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport-category airplanes. This design feature is a highspeed protection system. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards. DATES: Send comments on or before March 21, 2025. ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by Docket No. FAA–2024–2442 using any of the following methods: • Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your comments electronically. SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:48 Feb 03, 2025 Jkt 265001 • Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M–30, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001. • Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket Operations in Room W12–140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202–493–2251. Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions for accessing the docket or go to Docket Operations in Room W12–140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Martin, Airframe (P&S) Section, AIR–622, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 South 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198; telephone 206–231–3210; email todd.martin@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites interested people to take part in this rulemaking by sending written comments, data, or views. The most helpful comments reference a specific portion of the proposed special conditions, explain the reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data. The FAA will consider all comments received by the closing date for comments and will consider comments filed late if it is possible to do so without incurring delay. The FAA may change these special conditions based on the comments received. Privacy Except for Confidential Business Information (CBI) as described in the following paragraph, and other information as described in title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 11.35, the FAA will post all comments received without change to www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. The FAA will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal contact received about these special conditions. PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 Confidential Business Information 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 these special conditions contain commercial or financial information that is customarily treated as private, that you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or responsive to these special conditions, 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 the indicated comments will not be placed in the public docket of these proposed special conditions. Send submissions containing CBI to the individual listed in the For Further Information Contact section above. Comments the FAA receives, which are not specifically designated as CBI, will be placed in the public docket for these proposed special conditions. Background On June 30, 2020, Gulfstream applied for an amendment to Type Certificate No. T00021AT to include the new Model GVII–G400 airplane. The Gulfstream Model GVII–G400 airplane, which is a derivative of the Model GVII– G500 airplane currently approved under Type Certificate No. T00021AT, is a twin-engine, transport-category, business jet, with a maximum seating for 19 passengers, and a maximum takeoff weight of 73,500 pounds. Type Certification Basis Under the provisions of 14 CFR 21.101, Gulfstream must show that the Model GVII–G400 airplane meets the applicable provisions of the regulations listed in Type Certificate No. T00021AT, or the applicable regulations in effect on the date of application for the change, except for earlier amendments as agreed upon by the FAA. If the Administrator finds that the applicable airworthiness regulations (e.g., 14 CFR part 25) do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for the Gulfstream Model GVII–G400 airplane because of a novel or unusual design feature, special conditions are prescribed under the provisions of § 21.16. 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List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International 
HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 
1040, Revision 1 to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 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 Holtec 
International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System listing within the 
``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Revision 1 to 
Amendment Nos. 0 through 2 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1040. 
Revision 1 to Amendment Nos. 0 through 2 updates the CoC appendix A 
technical specifications for radiation protection and the associated 
bases information to clearly articulate the basis for the dose rate 
limits for the closure lids, modify the dose rate limit values and the 
description of the location of the dose rate measurements, and make 
other editorial changes.

DATES: Submit comments by March 6, 2025. 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-2024-0182, 
at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted 
using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the individual 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-2024-0182. 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: George Tartal, Office of Nuclear 
Materials Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-0016, email: 
[email protected] and Kristina Banovac, Office of Nuclear Materials 
Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-7116, 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-2024-0182 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-2024-0182. 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-2024-0182 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 
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 April 21, 
2025. However, if the NRC receives any significant adverse comment by 
March 6, 2025, 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

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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, CoC, or technical specifications.
    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 
March 6, 2015 (80 FR 12073), as corrected (80 FR 15679; March 25, 
2015), that approved the Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister 
Storage System design and added it to the list of NRC-approved cask 
designs in Sec.  72.214 as CoC No. 1040.

IV. Plain Writing

    The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-274) requires Federal 
agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, and 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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                Document                        ADAMS accession No.
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     Proposed Certificate of Compliance and Technical Specifications
                                Documents
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User Need Memo for Revision to Amendment  ML24179A273
 Nos. 0, 1, and 2 of the Certificate of
 Compliance No. 1040 for the HI-STORM
 UMAX Canister Storage System.
Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report for  ML24179A263
 HI-STORM UMAX, CoC No. 1040, Revision
 to Amendment Nos. 0, 1, and 2.
Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 0,   ML24179A266
 Revision 1.
Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 0,   ML24179A264
 Revision 1, Appendix A.
Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 0,   ML24179A265
 Revision 1, Appendix B.
Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 1,   ML24179A269
 Revision 1.
Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 1,   ML24179A267
 Revision 1, Appendix A.
Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 1,   ML24179A268
 Revision 1, Appendix B.
Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 2,   ML24179A272
 Revision 1.
Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 2,   ML24179A270
 Revision 1, Appendix A.
Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 2,   ML24179A271
 Revision 1, Appendix B.
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    Holtec International, Inc. HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System
       Revision 1 to Amendment Nos. 0 through 2 Request Documents
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Letter, ``Holtec International--          ML23125A237
 Submittal of Application for Revision
 to HI-STORM UMAX CoC Amendments 0, 1,
 and 2,'' dated May 5, 2023.
Letter, ``Holtec International,           ML24031A659
 Submittal of RSI Responses for Revision
 to HI-STORM UMAX CoC Amendments 0, 1,
 and 2,'' dated January 31, 2024.
Letter, ``Holtec International,           ML24072A501
 Submittal of RSI Supplemental
 Information for Revision to HI-STORM
 UMAX CoC Amendments 0, 1, and 2,''
 dated March 4, 2024.
Letter, ``Supplement to Application for   ML24178A111
 Revision to Amendment Nos. 0, 1, and 2
 of Certificate of Compliance No. 1040
 for HI-STORM UMAX,'' dated June 26,
 2024.
Ameren Missouri letter to Holtec,         ML23125A246
 ``Attachment 8--General Licensee
 Letters Regarding Revisions,'' dated
 March 1, 2023.
Ameren Missouri letter to Holtec,         ML24178A113
 ``Ameren Missouri's Intent to Adopt
 Revision 1 to Amendment 0 of
 Certificate of Compliance No. 1040 as
 applicable to the ISFSI at the Callaway
 Plant Site,'' dated June 6, 2024.
Email Re: Supplement to Application for   ML24178A112
 Revision to Amendment Nos. 0, 1, and 2
 of CoC No. 1040 for HI-STORM UMAX,
 dated June 26, 2024.
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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-2024-0182. In addition, the 
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[FR Doc. 2025-02209 Filed 2-3-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P

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