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PART 959—[REMOVED] 

■ 1. Part 959 is removed. 

PART 980—VEGETABLES; IMPORT 

REGULATIONS 

■ 2. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 980 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 3. In § 980.117, revise paragraphs (a) 

and (b) to read as follows: 

§ 980.117 Import regulations; onions. 

(a) Findings and determinations with 

respect to onions. 

(1) Under section 8e of the 

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 

of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674), 

it is hereby found that: 

(i) Grade, size, quality, and maturity 

regulations have been issued regularly 

under Marketing Order No. 958, as 

amended; 

(ii) The marketing of onions can be 

reasonably distinguished by the 

seasonal categories, i.e., late summer 

and early spring. The bulk of the late 

summer crop is harvested and placed in 

storage in late summer and early fall 

and marketed over a period of several 

months extending into the following 

spring. But the onions harvested from 

the early spring crop are generally 

marketed as soon as the onions are 

harvested. The marketing seasons for 

these crops overlap; 

(iii) Concurrent grade, size, quality, 

and maturity regulations under the 

marketing order are expected in future 

seasons, as in the past. 

(2) Therefore, it is hereby determined 

that: Imports of onions during the June 

5 through March 9 period, and the 

entire year for imports of pearl and 

cipolline varieties of onions, are in most 

direct competition with the marketing of 

onions produced in designated counties 

of Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon, 

covered by Marketing Order No. 958, as 

amended (7 CFR part 958). 

(b) Grade, size, quality, and maturity 

requirements. On and after the effective 

date hereof no person may import 

onions as defined herein unless they are 

inspected and meet the following 

requirements: During the period June 5 

through March 9 of each marketing year, 

and the entire year for pearl and 

cipolline onions, whenever onions 

grown in designated counties in Idaho 

and Malheur County, Oregon, are 

regulated under Marketing Order No. 

958, imported onions shall comply with 

the grade, size, quality, and maturity 

requirements imposed under that order. 

* * * * * 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

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BILLING CODE P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 72 

[NRC–2021–0052] 

RIN 3150–AK63 

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage 

Casks: NAC International NAC–UMS®

Universal Storage System, Certificate 

of Compliance No. 1015, Amendment 

No. 8 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is proposing to 

amend its spent fuel storage regulations 

by revising the NAC International NAC– 

UMS® Universal Storage System listing 

within the ‘‘List of approved spent fuel 

storage casks’’ to include Amendment 

No. 8 to Certificate of Compliance No. 

1015. Amendment No. 8 revises the 

certificate of compliance to add the 

storage of damaged boiling-water reactor 

spent fuel, including higher enrichment 

and higher burnup spent fuel; change 

the allowable fuel burnup range; expand 

the boiling-water reactor class 5 fuel 

inventory that could be stored in the 

cask; and revise definitions in the 

technical specifications. 

DATES: Submit comments by September 

7, 2021. 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–2021– 

0052, 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. 

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: 

Bernard White, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards; 

telephone: 301–415–6577; email: 

Bernard.White@nrc.gov or James Firth, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards; telephone: 301–415–6628, 

email: James.Firth@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–2021– 

0052 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–2021–0052. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Dawn 

Forder, telephone: 301–415–3407, 

email: Dawn.Forder@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions contact the 

individuals 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. 

• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

examine and order copies of public 

documents, is currently closed. You 

may submit your request to the PDR via 

email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1– 

800–397–4209 between 8:00 a.m. and 

4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2021– 

0052 in your comment submission. The 

NRC requests that you submit comments 

through the Federal rulemaking website 


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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. 

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 

October 19, 2021. However, if the NRC 

receives any significant adverse 

comment by September 7, 2021, 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. 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: 

(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, certificate of compliance, 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 casks approved for use 

under the terms, conditions, and 

specifications of their certificate of 

compliance or an amended certificate of 

compliance pursuant to this general 

license are listed in § 72.214. The NRC 

subsequently issued a final rule on 

October 19, 2000 (65 FR 62581), that 

approved the NAC International NAC– 

UMS® Universal Storage System and 

added it to the list of NRC-approved 

cask designs in § 72.214 as Certificate of 

Compliance No. 1015. 

The NAC International NAC–UMS®

Universal Storage System consists of the 

following components: (1) 

Transportable storage canister (TSC), 

which contains the spent fuel; (2) 

vertical concrete cask, which contains 

the TSC during storage; and (3) a 

transfer cask, which contains the TSC 

during loading, unloading, and transfer 

operations. Amendment No. 8 revises 

the certificate of compliance to (1) add 

the storage of damaged boiling-water 

reactor spent fuel, including higher 

enrichment and higher burnup spent 

fuel; (2) change the allowable fuel 

burnup range; and (3) expand the 

boiling-water reactor class 5 fuel 

inventory that could be stored in the 

cask; and (4) change definitions in the 

technical specifications that are 

associated with the contents of the spent 

nuclear fuel stored in the cask (e.g., high 

burnup fuel and initial peak planaraverage enrichment). 

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. 

Document ADAMS 

Accession No. 

Submission of a Request to Amend the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 for the NACUMS Cask System, December 18, 2019.ML20006D749 

Application for Amendment No. 8 to the Model No. NAC-UMS Storage Cask—Acceptance Letter, March 17, 2020 ..................... ML20076A546 


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Document ADAMS 

Accession No. 

NAC International, Submittal of Supplement to Amend the NRC Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 for the NAC–UMS Cask 

System, April 24, 2020.

ML20122A201 

Application for Amendment No. 8 to the Model No. NAC–UMS Storage Cask—Request for Additional Information, June 25, 

2020.

ML20170A800 

Submission of Responses to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Request for Additional Information for Certificate of 

Compliance No. 1015 for the NAC–UMS Cask System, August 7, 2020.

ML20227A066 

Memorandum to J. Cai re: User Need for Rulemaking for Amendment No. 8 Request, February 23, 2021 .................................... ML20358A255 

Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 Amendment No. 8, Technical Specifications, Appendix A ....................................... ML20358A257 

Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. 1015, Amendment No. 8, Technical Specifications Appendix B ....................................... ML20358A258 

Draft Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 Amendment No. 8 ............................................................................................................ ML20358A256 

Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 Amendment No. 8, Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report ........................................................ ML20358A259 

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–2021–0052. 

Dated: July 26, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Margaret M. Doane, 

Executive Director for Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16703 Filed 8–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

11 CFR Parts 104 and 109 

[Notice 2021–11] 

Rulemaking Petition: Subvendor 

Reporting 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Rulemaking Petition: 

Notification of availability. 

SUMMARY: On June 29, 2021, the Federal 

Election Commission received a Petition 

for rulemaking asking the Commission 

to amend its existing regulations 

regarding reporting expenditures and 

certain other disbursements. The 

proposed amendments would require 

political committees and persons who 

make independent expenditures and 

electioneering communications to 

itemize certain payments made by 

vendors to others on behalf of the 

reporting entities. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: All comments must be in 

writing. Commenters may submit 

comments electronically via the 

Commission’s website at http://

sers.fec.gov/fosers/, reference REG 

2021–02. 

Each commenter must provide, at a 

minimum, his or her first name, last 

name, city, and state. All properly 

submitted comments, including 

attachments, will become part of the 

public record, and the Commission will 

make comments available for public 

viewing on the Commission’s website 

and in the Commission’s Public Records 

Office. Accordingly, commenters should 

not provide in their comments any 

information that they do not wish to 

make public, such as a home street 

address, personal email address, date of 

birth, phone number, social security 

number, or driver’s license number, or 

any information that is restricted from 

disclosure, such as trade secrets or 

commercial or financial information 

that is privileged or confidential. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert M. Knop, Assistant General 

Counsel, or Ms. Joanna S. 

Waldstreicher, Attorney, Office of the 

General Counsel, at 

subvendorreporting@fec.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

29, 2021, the Commission received a 

Petition for Rulemaking from the 

Campaign Legal Center and the Center 

on Science & Technology Policy at Duke 

University (‘‘Petition’’). The Petition 

asks the Commission to amend its 

regulations at 11 CFR 104.3(b), 

109.10(e), and 104.20(c), to require that 

persons filing reports under those 

sections itemize all expenditures or 

disbursements made on behalf of or for 

the benefit of the political committee or 

other reporting person, including those 

made by an agent, independent 

contractor, vendor, or subvendor. 

The Federal Election Campaign Act 

(the ‘‘Act’’) and Commission regulations 

require that political committees 

disclose the name and address of each 

person to whom expenditures or certain 

other disbursements aggregating over 

$200 are made, as well as certain 

information about each expenditure or 

disbursement. 52 U.S.C. 30104(b)(5)(A), 

(b)(6)(B)(v); 11 CFR 104.3(b)(3)(i), 

(b)(4)(i). The Act and Commission 

regulations also require that 

disbursements aggregating over $200 for 

independent expenditures and 

electioneering communications 

similarly be disclosed. 52 U.S.C. 

30104(b)(6)(B)(iii), (c)(2)(A); 11 CFR 

109.10(e)(1)(ii–iii) (independent 

expenditures); 52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(2)(C); 

11 CFR 104.20(c)(4) (electioneering 

communications). 

The Petition notes that ‘‘if a disclosed 

vendor subcontracts with a third party, 

the payment to the subcontractor might 

not be disclosed,’’ Petition at 1, and 

asserts that ‘‘a substantial portion of 

FEC-reported political spending now 

consists of large payments to a small 

number of consulting firms that disguise 

where political money is ultimately 

going.’’ Petition at 3. The Petition 

asserts that this lack of disclosure about 

the ultimate recipients and purposes of 

political spending has a number of 

negative consequences: it ‘‘deprives 

voters of information they use to assess 

candidates and cast informed votes,’’ 

Petition at 4; it ‘‘becomes nearly 

impossible for researchers and 

academics to monitor digital political ad 

practices,’’ id.; it allows reporting 

entities to ‘‘disguise FECA violations, 

such as violations of the personal use 

ban’’ and ‘‘evidence of common vendor 

coordination between an authorized 

committee and a super PAC,’’ Petition at 

5; and it can ‘‘provide further cover for 

so-called ‘scam PACs,’’’ Petition at 6. 

The Petition asks the Commission to 

amend 11 CFR 104.3(b) to require 

additional disclosure by political 

committees, by adding a new 

subparagraph (5) that reads: 

(5)(i) Any person reporting expenditures or 

disbursements under this section must report 

expenditures or disbursements made by an 

agent or independent contractor, including 

any vendor or subvendor, on behalf of or for 

the benefit of the reporting person. 

(ii) An agent or contractor, including a 

vendor or subvendor, who makes an 

expenditure or disbursement on behalf of or 

for the benefit of a reporting committee or 

person that is required to be reported under 

this section shall promptly make known to 

the reporting committee or person all the 

information required for reporting the 

expenditure or disbursement. 

Petition at 6–7. 

The Petition also asks the 

Commission to amend sections 


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