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Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Child Care and Development Fund Plan for States/Territories for FFY 2019-2021, 57986 2017-26472 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Drawbridge Operations: Middle River, between Bacon Island and Lower Jones Tract, CA, 57825 2017-26463 Safety Zones: Ohio River, Ironton, OH, 57828-57830 2017-26476 Sector Key West COTP Zone Post Storm Recovery, Atlantic Ocean, FL, 57826-57828 2017-26462 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 57949 2017-26471 Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement List; Additions and Deletions, 57956-57959 2017-26504 2017-26503 Defense Acquisition Defense Acquisition Regulations System NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 57959-57960 2017-26500 Defense Department Defense Department See Defense Acquisition Regulations System RULES Military Commissions, 57825 2017-26433 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 57962-57963 2017-26513 Arms Sales, 57960-57968 2017-26452 2017-26454 2017-26491 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Applications: Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc., 58027 2017-26507 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: AK; Updates to Materials Incorporated by Reference, 57836-57848 2017-26082 Delaware;

Reasonably Available Control Technology State Implementation Plan Under the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard, 57849-57853 2017-26301 District of Columbia; Interstate Transport Requirements for the 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide Standard; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule, 57835-57836 2017-26404 Illinois; Redesignation of the Chicago and Granite City Areas to Attainment of the 2008 Lead Standard; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule, 57853 2017-26417 Illinois; Regional Haze Progress Report;

Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule, 57836 2017-26411 Michigan; Regional Haze Progress Report; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule, 57835 2017-26409 Minnesota; Regional Haze Progress Report; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule, 57848 2017-26413 Missouri Air Quality Implementation Plans; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule, 57848 2017-26405 Missouri Air Quality Implementation Plans; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2012 Annual Fine Particulate Matter (PM <sup>2.5</sup> ) National Ambient Air Quality Standard;

Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule, 57848-57849 2017-26406 Ohio; Redesignation of the Fulton County Area to Attainment of the 2008 Lead Standard; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule, 57854 2017-26415 Wisconsin; Regional Haze Progress Report; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule, 57836 2017-26407 Pesticide Tolerances: Indoxacarb, 57860-57866 2017-26517 Sedaxane, 57867-57872 2017-26519 Ziram, 57854-57860 2017-25713 Tolerance Exemptions: Bacillus subtilis strain BU1814, 57872-57874 2017-26518 Voluntary Consensus Standards Update;

Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule, 57874-57875 2017-26655 PROPOSED RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Redesignation of the Illinois portion of the St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, Missouri-Illinois Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone Standard, 57892-57905 2017-26419 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Light-Duty In-Use Vehicle Testing Program, 57975-57976 2017-26527 Recordkeeping and Reporting for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program, 57973-57974 2017-26529 Certain New Chemicals or Significant New Uses:

Statements of Findings for August and September 2017, 57970-57971 2017-26520 Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of West Virginia, 57975 2017-26541 Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc., 57974-57975 2017-26490 Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket, 57976-57981 2017-26534 Pesticide Emergency Exemptions: Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations, 57971-57973 2017-26521 Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for Hawaii, 57981-57982 2017-26535 Farm Credit System Insurance Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation NOTICES Meetings:

Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Board, 57982 2017-26474 Farm Service Farm Service Agency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Emergency Conservation Program and Biomass Crop Assistance Program, 57947 2017-26464 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration PROPOSED RULES Class E Airspace; Amendments: Massena, NY, 57888-57889 2017-26423 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission RULES Elimination of Main Studio Rule, 57876-57884 2017-24982 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Combined Filings, 57968-57969 2017-26497 2017-26498 Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, etc.: Rugraw, LLC; Lassen Lodge Hydroelectric Project, 57969-57970 2017-26499 Federal Register Office Federal Register Office NOTICES Publication Procedures for Federal Register Documents During a Funding Hiatus, 58028 2017-26280 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System PROPOSED RULES Credit by Federal Reserve Banks; Extensions, 57886-57888 2017-26465 Federal Trade Federal Trade Commission RULES Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding the Applicability of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule to the Collection and Use of Voice Recordings, 58076-58077 2017-26509 PROPOSED RULES Contact Lens Marketplace and Analyzing Proposed Changes to Contact Lens Rule:

Public Workshop, 57889-57891 2017-26445 NOTICES Proposed Consent Agreements: Cowboy AG LLC, 57982-57984 2017-26443 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Depredation Orders, 58022-58024 2017-26446 Endangered and Threatened Species: Issuance of Recovery Permits and Interstate Commerce Permits, 58014-58022 2017-26531 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Guidance: Abbreviated New Drug Applications for Certain Highly Purified Synthetic Peptide Drug Products That Refer to Listed Drugs of Recombinant Deoxyribonucleic Acid Origin, 58004-58005 2017-26436 Changes to Existing Medical Software Policies Resulting from the 21st Century Cures Act, 57991-57993 2017-26442 Clinical and Patient Decision Support Software, 57987-57988 2017-26439 Registration and Product Listing for Owners and Operators of Domestic Tobacco Product Establishments, 57993-57994 2017-26469 Software as a Medical Device—Clinical Evaluation, 57994-57996 2017-26441 Meetings:

Fostering Digital Health Innovation: Developing the Software Precertification Program; Public Workshop, 57988-57990 2017-26457 Oncology Center of Excellence Listening Session, 58003-58004 2017-26440 Prescription Drug User Fee Act VI Commitment to Assess Current Practices of the Food and Drug Administration and Sponsors in Communicating During Investigational New Drug Development; Establishment of a Public Docket, 57990-57991 2017-26437 Report on the Performance of Drug and Biologics Firms in Conducting Postmarketing Requirements and Commitments, 57996-58003 2017-26470 Food and Nutrition Food and Nutrition Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Pre-Screening Tool, 57948-57949 2017-26494 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See U.S. Customs and Border Protection See U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Evaluation of the HUD-DOJ Pay for Success Re-Entry Permanent Supportive Housing Demonstration, 58013-58014 2017-26525 Family Self-Sufficiency Program Demonstration, 58012-58013 2017-26522 Requirements for Single Family Mortgage Instruments, 58011-58012 2017-26526 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See National Park Service International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China, 57951-57952 2017-26488 Monosodium Glutamate from the People's Republic of China, 57949-57951 2017-26486 Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia, 57952-57953 2017-26489 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from China, 58025-58026 2017-26456 Investigations;

Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Large Residential Washers, 58026-58027 2017-26451 Justice Department Justice Department See Drug Enforcement Administration Land Land Management Bureau RULES Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation: Delay and Suspension of Certain Requirements, 58050-58073 2017-26389 National Archives National Archives and Records Administration See Federal Register Office National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Generic Submission for Formative Research, Pre-testing, Stakeholder Measures and Advocate Forms at National Cancer Institute, 58006-58007 2017-26495 Prospective Grants of Exclusive Patent Licenses: N-Acetyl Mannosamine as a Therapeutic Agent, 58007-58008 2017-26540 Requests for Information: Office of Disease Prevention Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2019 - 2023, 58005-58006 2017-26453 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries, 57885 2017-26492 PROPOSED RULES Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; 2018 and 2019 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish, 57906-57924 2017-26477 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska: Gulf of Alaska; 2018 and 2019 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish, 57924-57946 2017-26473 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 57953-57955 2017-26467 2017-26468 Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Economic Impacts of Diving and Snorkeling Expenditures in Hawaii, 57954 2017-26466 Endangered and Threatened Species: Initiation of a 5-Year Review for the Endangered Western Distinct Population Segment of Steller Sea Lion, 57955-57956 2017-26435 Permits: Endangered Species; File Nos. 21198 and 21434, 57954-57955 2017-26493 National Park National Park Service NOTICES National Register of Historic Places: Pending Nominations and Related Actions, 58024-58025 2017-26496 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission RULES List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks:

TN Americas LLC, Standardized NUHOMS Horizontal Modular Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1004, Renewal of Initial Certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 Through 11 and 13, Revision 1, and 14, 57819-57821 2017-26508 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Acquisition Regulation, 58030 2017-26511 Exemptions and Combined Licenses; Amendments: Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4;

Clarification of Protection and Safety Monitoring System Interdivisional Cables in Auxiliary Building Fire Areas, 58028-58030 2017-26512 Pipeline Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration NOTICES Pipeline Safety: Random Drug Testing Rate; Contractor Management Information System Reporting; and Obtaining Drug and Alcohol Management Information System Sign-In Information, 58047 2017-26484 Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility User Fee, 58045-58046 2017-26485 Presidential Documents Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS Bears Ears National Monument;

Modification (Proc. 9681), 58079-58087 2017-26709 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument; Modification (Proc. 9682), 58089-58096 2017-26714 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Applications: CBOE Vest Financial, LLC, et al, 58030-58032 2017-26434 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: ICE Clear Credit LLC, 58034-58035 2017-26449 Investors Exchange LLC, 58039-58042 2017-26447 Nasdaq BX, Inc., 58042-58045 2017-26448 New York Stock Exchange LLC, 58032-58034 2017-26459 NYSE American LLC, 58036-58039 2017-26450 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Abandonment Exemptions:

BNSF Railway Co. in Benton County, MN, 58045 2017-26515 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Treasury Treasury Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Survey of U.S. Ownership of Foreign Securities, 58047-58048 2017-26458 Customs U.S. Customs and Border Protection RULES Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments for Inflation, 57821-57825 2017-26506 NOTICES Delay of Transition of the Generating, Transmitting and Updating of Daily and Monthly Statements from the Automated Commercial System to the Automated Commercial Environment, 58010-58011 2017-26481 Revenue Modernization:

Mobile Collections and Receipt Pilot, 58008-58010 2017-26505 Immigration U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 58011 2017-26530 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department RULES Extra-Schedular Evaluations for Individual Disabilities, 57830-57835 2017-26523 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Interior Department, Land Management Bureau, 58050-58073 2017-26389 Part III Federal Trade Commission, 58076-58077 2017-26509 Part IV Presidential Documents, 58079-58087, 58089-58096 2017-26709 2017-26714 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, and notice of recently enacted public laws.

To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 82 235 Friday, December 8, 2017 Rules and Regulations NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Part 72 [NRC-2017-0138] RIN 3150-AK05 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: TN Americas LLC, Standardized NUHOMS® Horizontal Modular Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1004, Renewal of Initial Certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 Through 11 and 13, Revision 1, and 14 AGENCY:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date. SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(NRC)is confirming the effective date of December 11, 2017, for the direct final rule that was published in the **Federal Register** on September 27, 2017. This direct final rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Standardized NUHOMS® Horizontal Modular Storage System (NUHOMS® System) listing within the “List of approved spent fuel storage casks” to renew, for an additional 40-year period, the initial certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 through 11 and 13, Revision 1, and Amendment No. 14 of Certificate of Compliance

(CoC)No. 1004. These changes require, among other things, that all future amendments and revisions to this CoC include evaluations of the impacts to aging management activities ( *i.e.,* time-limited aging analyses (TLAAs) and aging management programs (AMPs)) to ensure that they remain adequate to timely identify any changes to spent fuel storage cask systems, structures, and components

(SSCs)within the scope of the renewal. DATES: *Effective date:* The effective date of December 11, 2017, for the direct final rule published September 27, 2017 (82 FR 44879), is confirmed. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0138 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 Web site:* Go to *http://www.regulations.gov* and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0138. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463; email: *Carol.Gallagher@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 *http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.* To begin the search, select “ADAMS Public Documents” and then 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.* The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time it is mentioned in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. • *NRC's PDR:* You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christian Jacobs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-6825; email: *Christian.Jacobs@nrc.gov,* or Robert D. MacDougall, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-5175; email: *Robert.MacDougall@nrc.gov.* Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Discussion On September 27, 2017 (82 FR 44879), the NRC published a direct final rule amending its spent fuel storage regulations in part 72 of title 10 of the *Code of Federal Regulations* (10 CFR) by revising the NUHOMS® System listing within the “List of approved spent fuel storage casks” to renew, for an additional 40-year period, the initial certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 through 11 and 13, Revision 1, and Amendment No. 14 of CoC No. 1004. These changes require, among other things, that all future amendments and revisions to this CoC include evaluations of impacts on TLAAs and AMPs to ensure that they remain adequate to timely identify any changes to spent fuel storage cask SSCs within the scope of the renewal. II. Public Comments on the Companion Proposed Rule In the direct final rule, the NRC stated that if no significant adverse comments were received, the direct final rule would become effective on December 11, 2017. The NRC received one comment submission on the companion proposed rule (82 FR 44971). An electronic copy of this submission can be obtained from the Federal Rulemaking Web site, *http://www.regulations.gov,* by searching for Docket ID NRC-2017-0138. The comment submission also is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17303A026. For the reasons discussed in more detail in Section III, “Public Comment Analysis,” of this document, none of the comments contained in the submission are considered significant adverse comments. III. Public Comment Analysis The NRC received one comment submission on the proposed rule from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC). The submission contained three comments styled as “comment/questions.” As explained in the September 27, 2017, direct final rule, the NRC would withdraw the direct final rule only if it received a “significant adverse comment.” This is a comment where the commenter explains why the rule would be inappropriate, challenges its underlying premise or approach, or shows why it 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-and-comment process. For example, a substantive response is required when:

(a)The comment causes the NRC staff 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 staff.

(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; or

(3)The comment causes the NRC staff to make a change (other than editorial) to the rule, CoC, or technical specifications (TSs). In this instance, the NRC determined that none of the comments submitted on the proposed rule are significant adverse comments. The comments either were already addressed by the NRC staff's safety evaluation report

(SER)(ADAMS Accession No. ML17131A121), or did not oppose the rule. The NRC has not made any changes to the direct final rule as a result of the public comments. However, the NRC is taking this opportunity to respond to the comments in an effort to clarify information about the direct final rule. The comments and the NRC's responses follow. Comment 1 The commenter questioned why the proposed renewal of CoC No. 1004 includes a timeframe of 180 days for each general licensee

(GL)to establish and implement its AMP procedures, which is shorter than the timeframe of 300 days that was granted for the renewal of CoC No. 1007. The commenter stated that the 180-day implementation period poses a hardship upon GLs with older spent fuel storage systems. NRC Response This comment did not raise an issue that was previously unaddressed by the NRC staff. During its review of the renewal application for CoC No. 1004, the NRC staff considered the appropriate timeframe for implementation of the AMP procedures. As stated in the SER, “[t]he timeframe [of 180 days] in the condition is to ensure operating procedures are developed in a timely manner and is consistent with conditions placed in specific licenses that have been renewed.” Specifically, the 180-day timeframe was successfully used for the renewals of the specific licenses under 10 CFR part 72 for the Prairie Island and Calvert Cliffs Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations (ISFSIs). The 180-day timeframe is also consistent with the guidance in NUREG-1927, Rev. 1, “Standard Review Plan for Renewal of Spent Fuel Dry Cask Storage System Licenses and Certificates of Compliance.” The commenter points to a statement in the NUREG that “the development of the infrastructure for AMP implementation generally should be no later than one year,” from the date of renewal; however, this does not preclude a shorter timeframe. The cask vendor, TN Americas LLC (TN), is preparing the AMP procedures for the GLs as an update to TN's Final Safety Analysis Report, and plans to provide these procedures within 90 days after the effective date of the renewal. This will allow at least an additional 90 days for the affected GLs to implement the procedures. Accordingly, the comment has not caused the NRC to reevaluate its position that a timeframe of 180 days is sufficient for AMP implementation. The comment questions why the AMP implementation timeframe for the renewed NUHOMS® CoC is shorter than that for the renewal of CoC No. 1007 for the EnergySolutions TM Corporation's VSC-24 Ventilated Storage Cask System (82 FR 31433). During the NRC's review of the CoC No. 1007 renewal application, the cask vendor requested that the NRC consider an implementation timeframe of 300 days instead of 180 days after the effective date of the renewal. In that case, the NRC determined that the additional time for implementation was reasonable because CoC No. 1007 was the first CoC to go through the CoC renewal process for GLs. During its review of the renewal application for CoC No. 1004, the NRC staff was aware that the renewed CoC No. 1007, as the first-of-its-kind GL CoC renewal, included more time for AMP implementation. The staff determined that the special circumstances considered for CoC No. 1007 were not present for CoC No. 1004. Accordingly, this comment does not raise a relevant issue that was not previously addressed or considered by the NRC staff. This comment does not meet the criteria for consideration as a significant adverse comment. The comment did not cause the NRC staff to reevaluate or reconsider its position or conduct additional analysis. Nor did the comment cause the NRC staff to make any change to the rule, CoC, or TSs. To the extent that the comment can be interpreted as requesting a change to the rule, *i.e.,* a longer timeframe for implementation of the AMP procedures, the comment does not show that the rule would be ineffective or unacceptable without incorporation of the change. Comment 2 The commenter questioned whether the words “implement these written procedures within 180 days” mean that all required AMP inspections must be performed and the results reported within 180 days. NRC Response The answer to the commenter's question is no. Implementing the written procedures does not mean that an affected GL must perform all the SSC inspections required by its AMP and report the results of its inspections within the 180-day implementation period. This comment does not meet the criteria for consideration as a significant adverse comment. The comment does not oppose the rule, and it did not cause the NRC staff to reevaluate or reconsider its position or conduct additional analysis. Nor did the comment cause the NRC staff to make any change to the rule, CoC, or TSs. Comment 3 The commenter asked if the language in the revised TSs that “[e]ach general licensee shall have a program to establish, implement, and maintain written procedures . . .” applies to all GLs, including those that have only recently begun loading casks under CoC No. 1004. The commenter further asked if a site that began loading casks in 2014 would be required to have the ISFSI AMP procedure in place after 180 days. NRC Response Under the renewed CoC, each GL using NUHOMS® systems will be required to have a program with approved written AMP procedures in place within 180 days after the effective date of the renewal, or 180 days after the 20th anniversary of the loading of the first dry storage system at its site, whichever is later. Thus, if a particular ISFSI has casks that were loaded in 2014, these casks would not be required to have AMP procedures in place until 2034 at the earliest. This comment does not meet the criteria for consideration as a significant adverse comment. The comment did not oppose the rule, and it did not cause the NRC staff to reevaluate or reconsider its position or conduct additional analysis. Nor did the comment cause the NRC staff to make any change to the rule, CoC, or TSs. Therefore, because no significant adverse comments were received, this direct final rule will become effective as scheduled on December 11, 2017. The final CoC, TS, and SER can be viewed in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17338A091. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of December 2017. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Cindy K. Bladey, Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, Division of Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2017-26508 Filed 12-7-17; 8:45 am]

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