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.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 66, No. 39

Tuesday, February 27, 2001

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150–AG72

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage

Casks: FuelSolutionsTM Revision

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is proposing to

amend its regulations revising the BNFL

Fuel Solutions FuelSolutionsTM cask

system listing within the ‘‘List of

Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks’’ to

include Amendment No. 1 to the

Certificate of Compliance (CoC).

Amendment No.1 will modify the

present cask system design to permit the

Big Rock Point nuclear facility to store

mixed-oxide fuel assemblies, partial

assemblies, and damaged fuel

assemblies (in a can) under a general

license.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule

must be received on or before March 29,

2001.

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 a.m.

and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.

Certain documents related to this

rulemaking, as well as all public

comments received on this rulemaking,

may be viewed and downloaded

electronically via the NRC’s rulemaking

website at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. You

may also provide comments via this

website by uploading 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 by the

NRC, may be examined at the NRC

Public Document Room, 11555

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. For more

information, contact the NRC Public

Document Room (PDR) Reference staff

at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737 or

by email to pdr@nrc.gov.

Documents created or received at the

NRC after November 1, 1999 are also

available electronically at the NRC’s

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

Agencywide Documents Access and

Management System (ADAMS), which

provides text and image files of NRC’s

public documents. An electronic copy

of the proposed CoC and preliminary

safety evaluation report (SER) can be

found under ADAMS Accession No(s).

ML003770047.

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 final rules

section of this Federal Register.

Procedural Background

This rule is limited to the changes

contained in Amendment No. 1 to CoC

No. 1026 and does not include other

aspects of the FuelSolutionsTM cask

system design. The NRC is using the

direct final rule procedure to

promulgate this amendment because it

represents a limited and routine change

to an existing CoC that is expected to be

noncontroversial. Adequate protection

of public health and safety continues to

be ensured. The NRC staff does not

consider this amendment to be

significant.

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

May 14, 2001. However, if the NRC

receives significant adverse comments

on the direct final rule by March 29,

2001, then the NRC will publish a

document to withdraw the direct final

rule. 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 change. 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.

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.

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),

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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) 1026 is revised to

read as follows:

§ 72.214 List of approved spent fuel

storage casks.

* * * * *

Certificate Number: 1026.

Initial Certificate Effective Date:

February 15, 2001.

Amendment Number 1 Effective Date:

May 14, 2001.

SAR Submitted by: BNFL Fuel

Solutions.

SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis

Report for the FuelSolutionsTM Spent

Fuel Management System.

Docket Number: 72–1026.

Certificate Expiration Date: February

15, 2021.

Model Number: WSNF–200, WSNF–

201, and WSNF–203 systems; W–150

storage cask, W–100 transfer cask; and

the W–21 and W–74 canisters

* * * * *

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day

of February, 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

William D. Travers,

Executive Director for Operations.

[FR Doc. 01–4766 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

12 CFR Part 225

[Regulation Y; Docket No. R–1091]

Bank Holding Companies and Change

in Bank Control

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Under Secretary for

Domestic Finance

12 CFR Part 1501

RIN 1505–AA84

Financial Subsidiaries

AGENCIES: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System and Department

of the Treasury.

ACTION: Joint proposed rule; extension of

comment period.

SUMMARY: On January 3, 2001, the Board

of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System and the Department of the

Treasury (collectively, the ‘‘Agencies’’)

published for public comment a joint

proposal that would permit financial

holding companies and financial

subsidiaries of national banks to engage

in real estate brokerage and real estate

management. The Agencies are

extending the comment period on the

proposal.

DATES: Comments must be received by

May 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number R–1091 and should be

mailed to Ms. Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary, Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20551 (or mailed electronically to

regs.comments@federalreserve.gov) and

to Real Estate Brokerage and

Management Regulation, Office of

Financial Institution Policy, U.S.

Department of the Treasury, 1500

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room SC

37, Washington, DC 20220 (or mailed

electronically to

financial.institutions@do.treas.gov).

Comments addressed to Ms. Johnson

also may be delivered to the Board’s

mailroom between 8:45 a.m. and 5:15

p.m. and, outside those hours, to the

Board’s security control room. Both the

mailroom and the security control room

are accessible from the Eccles Building

courtyard entrance, located on 20th

Street between Constitution Avenue and

C Street, NW. Members of the public

may inspect comments in room MP–500

of the Martin Building between 9 a.m.

and 5 p.m. on weekdays. Comments

addressed to the Treasury Department

may also be delivered to the Treasury

Department mail room between the

hours of 8:45 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. at the

15th Street entrance to the Treasury

Building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Board of Governors: Scott G. Alvarez,

Associate General Counsel (202/452–

3583), or Mark E. Van Der Weide,

Counsel (202/452–2263), Legal Division,

Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, 20th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

D.C. 20551.

Department of the Treasury: Gerry

Hughes, Senior Financial Analyst (202/

622–2740); Roberta K. McInerney,

Assistant General Counsel (Banking and

Finance) (202/622–0480); or Gary W.

Sutton, Senior Banking Counsel (202/

622–0480).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 3, 2001, the Agencies published

a joint proposal to seek comment on

whether to permit financial holding

companies and financial subsidiaries of

national banks to engage in real estate

brokerage and real estate management

(66 FR 307). The proposal stated that

any comments on the proposal must be

received by the Agencies by March 2,

2001.

In response to the solicitation of

comments, the Agencies have received a

substantial number of comments,

including requests to extend the

comment period. Given the wide public

interest in the proposal and the desire

of the Agencies to give the public

sufficient time to consider the proposal,

the Agencies have decided to extend the

comment period on the proposal

through May 1, 2001.

By order of the Board of Governors,

February 21, 2001.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

Dated: February 20, 2001.

Donald V. Hammond,

Acting Under Secretary for Domestic Finance,

Department of the Treasury.

[FR Doc. 01–4713 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. 2000–NE–35–AD]

RIN 2120–AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Pratt &

Whitney JT9D–7R4 Series Turbofan

Engines

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM).

SUMMARY: This document proposes the

adoption of a new airworthiness

directive (AD) that is applicable to Pratt

& Whitney (PW) JT9D–7R4 series

turbofan engines. This proposal would

require initial and repetitive fluorescent

penetrant inspection (FPI) of the high

pressure turbine (HPT) 1st stage disk aft

lugs, and if the aft lug(s) are cracked,

replacement of the HPT 1st stage disk

and HPT 1st stage airseals. Also, for

certain configuration HPT disk

assemblies, this proposal would require

replacement of the HPT 1st stage

airseals with newly designed airseals at

the next accessibility. This proposal is

prompted by reports of cracks in HPT

1st stage disk firtrees and failure of

firtree lugs. The actions specified by the

proposed AD are intended to prevent 1st

stage HPT disk firtree fracture, which

could result in an uncontained engine

failure, and damage to the airplane.