The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its procedures to permit the Director of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards to issue a site-specific license to a qualified applicant for the interim storage of spent fuel in an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at a reactor site following satisfactory completion of NRC safety and environmental reviews and after any public hearing on the application. The amendment eliminates the need for express Commission authorization for each ISFSI license, but does not affect the scope of NRC review of an ISFSI license application or change the present opportunity for public hearing provided for in the NRC rules of practice.