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period of employment specified in the

service agreement because:

(1) The employee is separated

involuntarily on account of misconduct;

or

(2) The employee leaves the agency

voluntarily.

(c) If an employee fails to reimburse

the agency for the amount owed under

paragraph (a) of this section, a sum

equal to the amount outstanding must

be recovered from the employee under

the agency’s regulations for collection

by offset from an indebted Government

employee under 5 U.S.C. 5514 and

Subpart K of part 550 of this chapter, or

through the appropriate provisions

governing debt collection if the

individual is no longer a Federal

employee.

(d) Paragraph (a) of this section does

not apply when the employee fails to

complete a period of employment

established under a service agreement

because:

(1) The employee is involuntarily

separated for reasons other than

misconduct; or

(2) The employee leaves the agency

voluntarily to enter into the service of

any other agency, unless repayment is

otherwise specified in the service

agreement.

(e) The head of an agency may waive,

in whole or in part, a right of recovery

of an employee’s debt if he or she

determines that recovery would be

against equity and good conscience or

against the public interest.

(f) Any amount repaid, or recovered

from, an employee under this section

will be credited to the appropriation

account from which the amount

involved was originally paid. Any

amount so credited will be merged with

other sums in such account and will be

available for the same purposes and

period, and subject to the same

limitations (if any), as the sums with

which merged.

§ 537.110 Records.

Each agency must keep a record of

each determination made under this

part and make such records available for

review upon request from OPM. These

records may be destroyed after 3 years

or after the program has been formally

evaluated by OPM (whichever comes

first).

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BILLING CODE 6325–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150–AG34

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage

Casks: Standardized NUHOMS–24

and NUHOMS–52B Revision

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is proposing to

amend its regulations revising the

Transnuclear West (TN West), Inc.,

Standardized NUHOMS–24P and –52B

cask system (NUHOMS storage system)

listing within the ‘‘List of approved

spent fuel storage casks’’ to include

Amendment No. 2 to Certificate of

Compliance (CoC), No. 1004.

Amendment No. 2 will make two main

changes: it will update the Technical

Specifications’ fuel qualification tables

to reflect additional fuel parameters;

and it will allow storage of burnable

poison rod assemblies (BPRAs) in model

24P of the NUHOMS storage system,

along with the spent fuel. Amendment

No. 2 will also revise and renumber

several of the conditions in the CoC to

reflect the NRC’s new standard format

for CoCs. However, no technical

changes to the CoC’s conditions will be

made by this amendment. This

amendment will allow holders of power

reactor operating licenses to store spent

fuel in the TN West NUHOMS storage

system, as amended, under a general

license.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule

must be received on or before July 24,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to:

Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, Attn: Rulemakings and

Adjudications Staff. Deliver comments

to 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD,

between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm on

Federal workdays.

You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking

website (http://ruleforum.llnl.gov). This

site provides the capability to upload

comments as files (any format) if your

web browser supports that function. For

information about the interactive

rulemaking site, contact Ms. Carol

Gallagher (301) 415–5905; e-mail

CAG@nrc.gov.

Certain documents related to this rule,

including comments received, may be

examined at the NRC Public Document

Room, 2120 L Street NW. (Lower Level),

Washington, DC. These same documents

may also be viewed and downloaded

electronically via the rulemaking

website.

Documents created or received at the

NRC after April 1, 2000 are also

available electronically at the NRC

Public Electronic Reading Room on the

Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/

ADAMS/index.html. From this site, the

public can gain entry into the NRC’s

Agency wide Document Access and

Management System (ADAMS), which

provides text and image files of NRC’s

public documents. For more

information, contact the NRC’s Public

Document Room reference Staff at (202)

634–3273 or toll free at 1–800–397–

4209, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie P. Bush-Goddard, Ph.D.,

telephone (301) 415–6257, e-mail,

SPB@nrc.gov, of the Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information see the Direct

Final Rule published in the final rules

section of this Federal Register.

Procedural Background

Because the NRC considers this action

noncontroversial and routine, we are

publishing this proposed rule

concurrently as a direct final rule. The

direct final rule will become effective on

September 5, 2000. However, if the NRC

receives significant adverse comments

on the direct final rule by July 24, 2000,

then the NRC will publish a withdrawal

of the direct final rule. If the direct final

rule is withdrawn, the NRC will address

the comments received in response to

the 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

for this action if the direct final rule is

withdrawn.

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 72

Criminal penalties, Manpower

training programs, Nuclear materials,

Occupational safety and health,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Security measures, Spent

fuel.

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; and 5 U.S.C. 553; the NRC

is proposing to adopt the following

amendments to 10 CFR part 72.

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PART 72—LICENSING

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE

INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF SPENT

NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL

RADIOACTIVE WASTE

1. The authority citation for Part 72

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Secs. 51, 53, 57, 62, 63, 65, 69,

81, 161, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 68 Stat.

929, 930, 932, 933, 934, 935, 948, 953, 954,

955, as amended, sec. 234, 83 Stat. 444, as

amended (42 U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2077, 2092,

2093, 2095, 2099, 2111, 2201, 2232, 2233,

2234, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2282); sec. 274, Pub.

L. 86–373, 73 Stat. 688, as amended (42

U.S.C. 2021); sec. 201, as amended, 202, 206,

88 Stat. 1242, as amended, 1244, 1246 (42

U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846); Pub. L. 95–601, sec.

10, 92 Stat. 2951 as amended by Pub. L.

10d—48b, sec. 7902, 10b Stat. 31b3 (42

U.S.C. 5851); sec. 102, Pub. L. 91–190, 83

Stat. 853 (42 U.S.C. 4332); secs. 131, 132,

133, 135, 137, 141, Pub. L. 97–425, 96 Stat.

2229, 2230, 2232, 2241, sec. 148, Pub. L.

100–203, 101 Stat. 1330–235 (42 U.S.C.

10151, 10152, 10153, 10155, 10157, 10161,

10168).

Section 72.44(g) also issued under secs.

142(b) and 148(c), (d), Pub. L. 100–203, 101

Stat. 1330–232, 1330–236 (42 U.S.C.

10162(b), 10168(c),(d)). Section 72.46 also

issued under sec. 189, 68 Stat. 955 (42 U.S.C.

2239); sec. 134, Pub. L. 97–425, 96 Stat. 2230

(42 U.S.C. 10154). Section 72.96(d) also

issued under sec. 145(g), Pub. L. 100–203,

101 Stat. 1330–235 (42 U.S.C. 10165(g)).

Subpart J also issued under secs. 2(2), 2(15),

2(19), 117(a), 141(h), Pub. L. 97–425, 96 Stat.

2202, 2203, 2204, 2222, 2244, (42 U.S.C.

10101, 10137(a), 10161(h)). Subparts K and L

are also issued under sec. 133, 98 Stat. 2230

(42 U.S.C. 10153) and sec. 218(a), 96 Stat.

2252 (42 U.S.C. 10198).

2. In § 72.214, Certificate of

Compliance (CoC) 1004 is revised to

read as follows:

§ 72.214 List of approved spent fuel

storage casks.

* * * * *

Certificate Number: 1004.

Initial Certificate Effective Date: January

23, 1995.

Amendment No. 1 Effective Date: April

27, 2000.

Amendment No. 2 Effective Date:

September 5, 2000. SAR Submitted by: Transnuclear West,

Inc.

SAR Title: Transnuclear West, Inc.,

‘‘Final Safety Analysis Report for the

Standardized NUHOMS Horizontal

Modular Storage System for Irradiated

Nuclear Fuel’’.

Docket Number: 72–1004.

Certificate Expiration Date: January 23,

2015.

Model Number: Standardized

NUHOMS–24P and NUHOMS–

52B.

* * * * *

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day

of May, 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

William D. Travers,

Executive Director for Operations.

[FR Doc. 00–15543 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150–AG55

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage

Casks: VSC–24 Revision

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is proposing to

amend its regulations revising the

Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates

(PSNA) VSC–24 cask system listing

within the ‘‘List of approved spent fuel

storage casks’’ to include Amendment

No. 2 to the Certificate of Compliance

(CoC). Amendment No. 2 will revise the

Technical Specifications and CoC

regarding welding and nondestructive

examination of welds, the method for

determining cask drain time during

loading, the minimum temperature for

moving the loaded multi-assembly

sealed basket (MSB), artificial thermal

loads other than spent fuel that may be

used to obtain temperature data, and the

maximum permissible air outlet

temperature. In addition, the

amendment includes changes to the

Technical Specifications and CoC to

correct typographical errors and to make

other minor clarifications and changes.

This amendment will allow the holders

of power reactor operating licenses to

store spent fuel in the VSC–24 cask

system, as amended, under a general

license.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule

must be received on or before July 24,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to:

Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001. Attention: Rulemakings and

Adjudications Staff. Deliver comments to 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30

a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking

website (http://ruleforumllnl.gov). This

site provides the capability to upload

comments as files (any format), if your

web browser supports that function. For

information about the interactive

rulemaking website, contact Ms. Carol

Gallagher, (301) 415–5905 (e-mail:

cag@nrc.gov).

Copies of any comments received may

be examined at the NRC Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW.

(Lower Level), Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gordon Gundersen, telephone (301)

415–6195, e-mail, GEG1@nrc.gov of the

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information see the Direct

Final Rule published in the rules

section of this Federal Register.

Procedural Background

Because NRC considers this action

noncontroversial and routine, we are

publishing this proposed rule

concurrently as a direct final rule. The

direct final rule will become effective on

September 5, 2000. However, if the NRC

receives significant adverse comments

on the direct final rule by July 24, 2000,

then the NRC will publish a notice to

withdraw the direct final rule. If the

direct final rule is withdrawn, the NRC

will address the comments received in

response to the 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

for this action in the event the direct

final rule is withdrawn.

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 72

Criminal penalties, Manpower

training programs, Nuclear materials,

Occupational safety and health,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Security measures, Spent

fuel.

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; and 5 U.S.C. 553; the NRC

is proposing to adopt the following

amendments to 10 CFR part 72.

PART 72—LICENSING

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE

INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF SPENT

NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL

RADIOACTIVE WASTE

1. The authority citation for Part 72

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Secs. 51, 53, 57, 62, 63, 65, 69,

81, 161, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 68 Stat.

929, 930, 932, 933, 934, 935, 948, 953, 954,

955, as amended, sec. 234, 83 Stat. 444, as

amended (42 U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2077, 2092,

2093, 2095, 2099, 2111, 2201, 2232, 2233,

2234, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2282); sec. 274, Pub.