[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 72019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33350]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
RIN 3150-AG36
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: (VSC-24) Revision;
Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct final rule; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing a
direct final rule that would have revised the Pacific Sierra Nuclear
Associates (PSNA) VSC-24 cask system listing within the ``List of
Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to include Amendment No. 1 to the
Certificate of Compliance. The NRC is taking this action because it has
received significant adverse comments in response to an identical
proposed rule which was concurrently published with the direct final
rule.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan Turel, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555. Telephone (301) 415-6234 (E-mail: spt@nrc.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 22, 1999 (64 FR 51187), the NRC
published in the Federal Register a direct final rule amending its
regulations in 10 CFR 72.214 to revise the PSNA VSC-24 cask system
listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to
include Amendment No. 1 to the Certificate of Compliance. Amendment No.
1 modifies the present cask system design to permit a licensee to store
burnable poison rod assemblies in VSC-24 casks along with the spent
fuel under the provisions of the general license issued under 10 CFR
72.210. The direct final rule was to become effective on December 6,
1999. The NRC also concurrently published an identical proposed rule on
September 22, 1999 (64 FR 51270).
In the September 22, 1999, direct final rule, NRC stated that if
any significant adverse comments were received, a notice of timely
withdrawal of the direct final rule would be published in the Federal
Register. As a result, the direct final rule would not take effect.
On December 3, 1999, the NRC published a document extending the
effective date of the direct final rule from December 6, 1999 to
January 5, 2000 (64 FR 67700). The NRC received significant adverse
comments on the direct final rule; therefore, the NRC is withdrawing
the direct final rule. As stated in the September 22, 1999, direct
final rule, NRC will address the comments received on the September 22,
1999, companion proposed rule in a subsequent final rule. The NRC will
not initiate a second comment period on this action.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of December, 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carl J. Paperiello,
Acting Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 99-33350 Filed 12-22-99; 8:45 am]
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