Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 6, 2001 / Proposed Rules 13459

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble, 7 CFR part 993 is proposed to

be amended as follows:

PART 993—DRIED PRUNES

PRODUCED IN CALIFORNIA

1. The authority citation for 7 CFR

part 993 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674.

Note: This section will not appear in the

Code of Federal Regulations.

A new § 993.408 is added to read as

follows:

§ 993.408 Undersized prune regulation for

the 2001–02 crop year.

Pursuant to §§ 993.49(c) and 993.52,

an undersized prune regulation for the

2001–02 crop year is hereby established.

Undersized prunes are prunes which

pass through openings as follows: for

French prunes, 24⁄32 of an inch in

diameter; for non-French prunes, 30⁄32 of

an inch in diameter.

Dated: February 28, 2001.

Kenneth C. Clayton,

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing

Service.

[FR Doc. 01–5321 Filed 3–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–U

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150–AG70

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 listing within the ‘‘List

of approved spent fuel storage casks’’ to

include Amendment No. 3 to the

Certificate of Compliance (CoC). This

amendment will allow holders of power

reactor operating licenses as general

licensees to store Combustion

Engineering 16x16 spent fuel assemblies

in accordance with revised technical

specifications in the VSC–24 cask

system. The proposed Amendment No.

3 to the VSC–24 CoC changes Technical

Specifications 1.2.1 and 1.2.6 to modify

the fuel specifications for Combustion

Engineering 16x16 spent fuel stored in

the VSC–24 cask system, modifies the

text in TS 1.2.7 for accuracy, modifies

the text in Certificate Section 2.b. to

remove ambiguity, modifies Certificate

Section 3 to be consistent with TS 1.1.4,

modifies Certificate Section 4 for

consistency with TS 1.1.3, and modifies

Certificate Section 5 to remove

ambiguity.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule

must be received on or before April 5,

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 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 by the

NRC, may be examined at the NRC

Public Document Room, 11555

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. These

documents may also be viewed and

downloaded electronically via the

rulemaking website.

Documents created or received at the

NRC after November 1, 1999 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

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 in ADAMS under Accession No.

ML003733556. For more information,

contact the NRC’s Public Document

Room Reference Staff at 1–800–397–

4209, 301–415–4737 or by e-mail at

pdr@nrc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan

Turel, telephone (301) 415–6234, e-mail,

spt@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

The NRC is also publishing this

proposed rule as a direct final rule

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

direct final rule will become effective on

May 21, 2001. However, if the NRC

receives significant adverse comments

on the direct final rule by April 5, 2001,

then the NRC will publish a document

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 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.

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,

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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 1007 is revised to read as

follows:

§ 72.214 List of approved spent fuel

storage casks.

* * * * *

Certificate Number: 1007

Initial Certificate Effective Date: May 7,

1993

Amendment Number 1 Effective Date:

May 30, 2000

Amendment Number 2 Effective Date:

September 5, 2000

Amendment Number 3 Effective Date:

May 21, 2001

SAR Submitted by: Pacific Sierra

Nuclear Associates

SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report

for the Ventilated Storage Cask

System

Docket Number: 72–1007

Certificate Expiration Date: May 7, 2013

Model Number: VSC–24

* * * * *

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day

of February, 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

William D. Travers,

Executive Director for Operations.

[FR Doc. 01–5398 Filed 3–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01–01–011]

RIN 2115–AE47

Drawbridge Operation Regulations;

Harlem River, NY

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to

temporarily change the drawbridge

operating regulations for the two

Broadway bridges, at mile 6.8, across

the Harlem River at New York City, New

York. This temporary rule would allow

the bridge owner to not open the bridges

for the passage of vessels from May 15,

2001 through August 15, 2001, in order

to facilitate bridge painting operations at

the bridge. Vessels that can pass under

the bridges without bridge openings

may do so at any time.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast

Guard on or before March 27, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to

Commander (obr), First Coast Guard

District, Bridge Branch, at 408 Atlantic

Avenue, Boston, MA. 02110–3350, or

deliver them to the same address

between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

The telephone number is (617) 223–

8364. The First Coast Guard District,

Bridge Branch, maintains the public

docket for this rulemaking. Comments

and material received from the public,

as well as documents indicated in this

preamble as being available in the

docket, will become part of this docket

and will be available for inspection or

copying at the First Coast Guard

District, Bridge Branch, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except, Federal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Jose Arca, Project Officer, First Coast

Guard District, (212) 668–7165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

We encourage you to participate in

this rulemaking by submitting

comments or related material. If you do

so, please include your name and

address, identify the docket number for

this rulemaking (CGD01–01–011),

indicate the specific section of this

document to which each comment

applies, and give the reason for each

comment. Please submit all comments

and related material in an unbound

format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches,

suitable for copying. If you would like

to know if they reached us, please

enclose a stamped, self-addressed

postcard or envelope. We will consider

all comments and material received

during the comment period. We may

change this proposed rule in view of

them.

Public Meeting

We do not now plan to hold a public

meeting. But you may submit a request

for a meeting by writing to the First

Coast Guard District, Bridge Branch, at

the address under ADDRESSES explaining

why one would be beneficial. If we

determine that one would aid this

rulemaking, we will hold one at a time

and place announced by a later notice

in the Federal Register.

Background and Purpose

The two Broadway bridges, at mile

6.8, across the Harlem River have a

vertical clearance of 24 feet at mean

high water and 29 feet at mean low

water. The existing operating

regulations at 33 CFR 117.789(c) require

the two Broadway bridges to open on

signal from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. if at least

a four-hour advance notice is given.

From 5 p.m. to 10 a.m. the bridges need

not open for vessel traffic.

The owner of the bridges, the New

York City Department of Transportation

(NYCDOT), requested a temporary

change to the operating regulations for

the bridges to allow the bridges to

remain in the closed position from May

15, 2001 through August 15, 2001, to

facilitate painting operations. Vessels

that can pass under the bridges without

openings may do so at all times.

An abbreviated comment period of 21

days is appropriate because it is

anticipated that the closure will have

little or no effect on the public since the

bridge has opened only once in the past

two years.

Discussion of Proposal

The Coast Guard proposes to

temporarily revise the operating

regulations in 33 CFR 117.789 to require

that the two Broadway Bridges, at mile

6.8, need not open for vessel traffic from

May 15, 2001 through August 15, 2001.

Regulatory Evaluation

This rule is not a ‘‘significant

regulatory action’’ under section 3(f) of

Executive Order 12866 and does not

require an assessment of potential costs

and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of that

Order. The Office of Management and

Budget has not reviewed it under that

Order. It is not ‘‘significant’’ under the

regulatory policies and procedures of

the Department of Transportation (DOT)

(44 FR 11040; February 26, 1979). This

conclusion is based on the fact that

keeping the bridges closed should have

no significant impact on navigation

because the bridges opened only one

time from 1999 through 2001.

Regulatory Evaluation

This proposed rule is not a

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under

section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866

and does not require an assessment of

potential costs and benefits under

6(a)(3) of that Order. The Office of

Management and Budget has not

reviewed it under that Order. It is not

significant under the regulatory policies

and procedures of the Department of

Transportation (DOT) (44 FR 11040,

Feb. 26, 1979).

We expect the economic impact of

this proposed rule to be so minimal that

a full Regulatory Evaluation, under

paragraph 10e of the regulatory policies

and procedures of DOT, is unnecessary.

This conclusion is based on the fact that

the closure of the bridges should have

no significant impact on navigation