[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 67073-67074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31923]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150-AG83


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC-UMS Revision; 
Confirmation of Effective Date

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the 
effective date of December 31, 2001, for the direct final rule that 
appeared in the Federal Register of October 16, 2001 (66 FR 52486). 
This direct final rule amended the NRC's regulations by revising the 
NAC-UMS Universal Storage System listing within the list of approved 
spent fuel storage casks to include Amendment No. 2 to Certificate of 
Compliance No. 1015. This document confirms the effective date.

DATES: The effective date of December 31, 2001, is confirmed for this 
direct final rule.

ADDRESSES: Documents related to this rulemaking, including comments 
received, may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. These same documents may also be viewed 
and downloaded electronically via the rulemaking Web site (http://ruleforum.llnl.gov). For information about the interactive rulemaking 
Web site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher (301) 415-5905; e-mail 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e7d7f797e504c5d10595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="42010305022c30216c252d34">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jayne M. McCausland, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-6219 (e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#63090e0e51230d11004d040c15"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="157f787827557b67763b727a63">[email protected]</span></a>).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 16, 2001 (66 FR 52486), the NRC 
published in the Federal Register a direct final rule amending its 
regulations in 10 CFR part 72 by revising the NAC-UMS Universal Storage 
System listing within the list of approved spent fuel storage casks to 
include Amendment No. 2 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1015. 
Amendment No. 2 modifies the present cask system design to add 
miscellaneous spent fuel related components to the approved contents 
list for the NAC-UMS Universal Storage System and change the required 
actions in response to a failure of the cask heat removal system. 
Several other minor administrative changes were made and are discussed 
in Section 12 of the Safety Evaluation Report. Also, specific changes 
to were made to Technical Specifications that permit the storage of 
these components and the other requested changes. Conditions 1b and 6 
of the Certificate of Compliance were also changed. In the direct final 
rule, NRC stated that if no significant adverse comments were

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received, the direct final rule would become final on the date noted 
above. The NRC did not receive any comments that warranted withdrawal 
of the direct final rule. Therefore, this rule will become effective as 
scheduled.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of December 2001.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael T. Lesar,
Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative 
Services, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-31923 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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