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kilometers) south-southeast of the
central processing facility (CPF) at the
existing Crow Butte license area.
Uranium recovery operations at the
MEA would include injection of
lixiviant into and pumping of water
from the uranium-bearing aquifer,
removal of uranium from the pumped
water using ion exchange, and transport
of loaded ion exchange resin to the
existing Crow Butte CPF for further
processing into yellowcake. Approval of
the proposed action would authorize
CBR to conduct uranium recovery
operations at the MEA in accordance
with its license amendment application,
NRC source materials license SUA–
1534, and the requirements in 10 CFR
part 40, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Source
Material.’’
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
In the draft EA, the NRC staff assessed
the potential environmental impacts
from the construction, operation, aquifer
restoration, and decommissioning of the
proposed MEA on the following
resource areas: land use; geology and
soils; water resources; ecological
resources; climatology, meteorology,
and air quality; historic and cultural
resources; demographics and
socioeconomics; environmental justice;
transportation; noise; scenic and visual
resources; public and occupational
health; and hazardous materials and
waste management. The NRC staff also
considered the cumulative impacts from
past, present, and reasonably
foreseeable future actions when
combined with the proposed action.
All long-term impacts were
determined to be SMALL. The NRC staff
concluded that approval of the proposed
action would not result in a significant
increase in short-term or long-term
radiological risk to public health or the
environment. The NRC staff identified a
potential for MODERATE short-term
impacts to a few resource areas,
including noise (temporary impacts to
the nearest resident to the MEA during
construction), ecological resources
(localized and temporary impacts
resulting from the loss and slow
recovery of forest habitat), and
groundwater resources (short-term
lowering of the potentiometric surface
of the Basal Chadron Sandstone
aquifer). While potential MODERATE
impacts would be expected for specific
aspects of these resource areas, the
impacts are short-term and temporary.
Therefore, the NRC staff concluded that
the overall impacts related to these
resource areas would be SMALL.
Furthermore, the NRC staff found that
there would be no significant negative
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cumulative impact to any resource area
from the MEA when added to other
past, present, and reasonably
foreseeable future actions, and that a
potential positive cumulative
socioeconomic impact could result from
additional tax revenue, employment,
and local purchases.
Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed
action, the staff considered denial of the
proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’
alternative). Under the no-action
alternative, the NRC would not
authorize CBR to construct and operate
the MEA. In situ uranium recovery
activities would not occur within the
MEA and the associated environmental
impacts also would not occur.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
(Draft).
In accordance with the NEPA and 10
CFR part 51, the NRC staff has
conducted an environmental review of a
request for a license amendment to NRC
source materials license SUA–1534 that
would authorize construction and
operation of the MEA. Based on its
environmental review of the proposed
action, as documented in the draft EA,
the NRC staff has preliminarily
determined that granting the requested
license amendment would not
significantly affect the quality of the
human environment. Therefore, the
NRC staff has preliminarily determined,
pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31, that
preparation of an environmental impact
statement is not required for the
proposed action and a FONSI is
appropriate.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day
of December 2017.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Brian W. Smith,
Acting Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety,
Safeguards, and Environmental Review,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards.
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY
CORPORATION
Proposed Submission of Information
Collection for OMB Review; Comment
Request; Annual Reporting (Form 5500
Series)
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice of request for extension
of OMB approval, with modifications.
AGENCY:
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The Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) extend approval, with
modifications, under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, of its collection
of information for Annual Reporting
(OMB control number 1212–0057,
which expires on August 31, 2020). This
notice informs the public of PBGC’s
request and solicits public comment on
the collection of information.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
January 16, 2018 to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
via electronic mail at OIRA_DOCKET@
omb.eop.gov or by fax to (202) 395–
6974. A copy of the request is posted at
https://www.pbgc.gov/prac/pg/other/
guidance/paperwork-notices. It may also
be obtained without charge by writing to
the Disclosure Division of the Office of
the General Counsel of PBGC at 1200 K
Street NW, Washington, DC 20005,
faxing a request to 202–326–4042, or
calling 202–326–4040 during normal
business hours. TTY and TDD users
may call the Federal relay service tollfree at 1 800–877–8339 and ask to be
connected to 202–326–4040. The
Disclosure Division will email, fax, or
mail the request to you, at your request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo
Amato Burns (burns.jo.amato@
pbgc.gov), Regulatory Affairs Division,
Office of the General Counsel, Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K
Street NW, Washington, DC 20005–
4026, 202 326–4400, extension 3072, or
Daniel S. Liebman (Liebman.Daniel@
pbgc.gov), Acting Assistant General
Counsel, same address and phone
number, extension 6510. TTY and TDD
users may call the Federal relay service
toll-free at 800–877–8339 and ask to be
connected to 202–326–4400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (ERISA) contains three
separate sets of provisions—in Title I
(Labor provisions), Title II (Internal
Revenue Code provisions), and Title IV
(PBGC provisions)—requiring
administrators of employee pension and
welfare benefit plans (collectively
referred to as employee benefit plans) to
file returns or reports annually with the
federal government.
PBGC, the Department of Labor
(DOL), and the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) work together to produce the Form
5500 Annual Return/Report of
Employee Benefit Plan and Form 5500–
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SF Short Form Annual Return/Report of
Small Employee Benefit Plan (Form
5500 Series), through which the
regulated public can satisfy the
combined annual reporting/filing
requirements applicable to employee
benefit plans.
PBGC is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of this collection of
information with the following changes
proposed by PBGC to the 2018 Schedule
MB (Multiemployer Defined Benefit
Plan Actuarial Information) and the
2018 Schedule SB (Single Employer
Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial
Information), and related instructions,
as described below. The two schedules
are part of the Form 5500 series.
PBGC is proposing three
modifications to the 2018 Schedule MB
instructions, one modification to the
Schedule SB instructions, and one
modification to the Schedule SB form.
These modifications affect some, but not
all, multiemployer defined benefit plans
and relatively few single-employers
defined benefit plans covered by Title
IV of ERISA. The modifications are
described in greater detail in the
supporting statement submitted to OMB
with this information collection, along
with PBGC’s rationale for each
modification.
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Changes Proposed to Schedule MB
Instructions
PBGC is proposing to change the
instructions to require new attachments
in two situations:
1. Where contributions are reported as
being made to a multiemployer plan,
PBGC is proposing that for each
reported contribution, the aggregate
amount of withdrawal liability
payments included in the contribution
be reported.
2. For multiemployer plans in critical
status or critical and declining status
(i.e., where Code C or Code D is entered
on Line 4b), plans currently report the
year the plan is projected to become
insolvent or emerge from troubled status
on Line 4f. However, they are not
required to provide supporting
documentation for these projections.
PBGC is proposing that basic supporting
documentation be included as an
attachment to Line 4f unless the plan is
projected to emerge from critical status
within 30 years.
3. The current instructions are unclear
about which year should be entered in
line 4f if the plan is neither projected to
emerge from critical status nor become
insolvent within 30 years. PBGC
proposes that such a plan should enter
‘‘9999’’ in line 4f in this event.
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Changes Proposed to Schedule SB
Instructions and Form
With regard to the Schedule SB
instructions and form, PBGC is
proposing to change the instructions
related to an attachment that is
currently required of plans for which
the IRS has granted permission to use a
substitute mortality table. The current
instructions for Schedule SB, item 23,
reflect IRS regulations on the use of
substitute mortality tables (26 CFR
1.430(h)(3)–2) as they pertain to plan
years beginning before January 1, 2018.
Those rules have changed with respect
to plan years beginning on or after
January 1, 2018. In its 60-day notice,
PBGC proposed requiring plans to
report additional information,
consistent with IRS’ proposal to amend
its regulation, as part of the item 23
attachment.
After PBGC’s 60-day notice, the IRS
finalized its mortality table regulation,
which set forth the prescribed mortality
tables for plan years beginning in or
after 2018. Unlike the proposed rule, the
final rule provides an option to delay
use of the new mortality tables until
2019 if the plan sponsor determines that
using the new tables for 2018 would be
‘‘administratively impracticable or
would result in an adverse business
impact that is greater than de minimis.
. . .’’ As a result of this change, PBGC
is proposing an additional change to
Schedule SB, item 23 (one that was not
included in the 60-day notice), as well
as to the related instructions as
explained below.
Currently, plans check one of three
boxes on Schedule SB to indicate
whether they used one of two versions
of the prescribed mortality table or a
substitute table. Instead of having three
choices as to which mortality table is
used for 2018, plans will have six
choices: Three options if they delay the
use of the new tables and three options
if they do not delay. For this reason,
PBGC is proposing that six checkboxes
appear on the 2018 Schedule SB instead
of three.
On September 19, 2017 (82 FR 43798),
PBGC published a notice informing the
public that it intended to request OMB
approval of the modifications and
solicited public comment. PBGC
received three comments. The
comments and PBGC’s responses are
described in the supporting statement
submitted to OMB for this information
collection.
This collection of information has
been approved by OMB under control
number 1212–0057 through August 31,
2020. PBGC is requesting that OMB
extend its approval for three years with
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changes. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
PBGC estimates that it will receive
approximately 23,900 Form 5500 and
Form 5500–SF filings per year under
this collection of information. PBGC
further estimates that the total annual
burden of this collection of information
for PBGC will be 1,300 hours and
$1,613,000.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Daniel S. Liebman,
Acting Assistant General Counsel for
Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Submission for Review: Application for
Refund of Retirement Deductions,
SF 3106 and Current/Former Spouse(s)
Notification of Application for Refund
of Retirement Deductions Under FERS,
SF 3106A
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Retirement Services,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
offers the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to
comment on a revised information
collection, Application for Refund of
Retirement Deductions, Federal
Employees Retirement System, SF 3106
and Current/Former Spouse’s
Notification of Application for Refund
of Retirement Deductions Under the
Federal Employees Retirement System,
SF 3106A.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until January 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for the Office of Personnel
Management or sent via electronic mail
to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or
faxed to (202) 395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of this information collection, with
applicable supporting documentation,
may be obtained by contacting the
Retirement Services Publications Team,
SUMMARY:
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
Proposed Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Annual Reporting (Form 5500 Series)
AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
ACTION: Notice of request for extension of OMB approval, with
modifications.
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SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting
that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval, with
modifications, under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, of its
collection of information for Annual Reporting (OMB control number
1212-0057, which expires on August 31, 2020). This notice informs the
public of PBGC's request and solicits public comment on the collection
of information.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by January 16, 2018 to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk
Officer for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, via electronic mail
at [email protected] or by fax to (202) 395-6974. A copy of the
request is posted at https://www.pbgc.gov/prac/pg/other/guidance/paperwork-notices. It may also be obtained without charge by writing to
the Disclosure Division of the Office of the General Counsel of PBGC at
1200 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, faxing a request to 202-326-
4042, or calling 202-326-4040 during normal business hours. TTY and TDD
users may call the Federal relay service toll-free at 1 800-877-8339
and ask to be connected to 202-326-4040. The Disclosure Division will
email, fax, or mail the request to you, at your request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Amato Burns
([email protected]), Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of the
General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street
NW, Washington, DC 20005-4026, 202 326-4400, extension 3072, or Daniel
S. Liebman ([email protected]), Acting Assistant General Counsel,
same address and phone number, extension 6510. TTY and TDD users may
call the Federal relay service toll-free at 800-877-8339 and ask to be
connected to 202-326-4400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 (ERISA) contains three separate sets of provisions--in Title I
(Labor provisions), Title II (Internal Revenue Code provisions), and
Title IV (PBGC provisions)--requiring administrators of employee
pension and welfare benefit plans (collectively referred to as employee
benefit plans) to file returns or reports annually with the federal
government.
PBGC, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) work together to produce the Form 5500 Annual Return/
Report of Employee Benefit Plan and Form 5500-
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SF Short Form Annual Return/Report of Small Employee Benefit Plan (Form
5500 Series), through which the regulated public can satisfy the
combined annual reporting/filing requirements applicable to employee
benefit plans.
PBGC is requesting that OMB extend its approval of this collection
of information with the following changes proposed by PBGC to the 2018
Schedule MB (Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Information)
and the 2018 Schedule SB (Single Employer Defined Benefit Plan
Actuarial Information), and related instructions, as described below.
The two schedules are part of the Form 5500 series.
PBGC is proposing three modifications to the 2018 Schedule MB
instructions, one modification to the Schedule SB instructions, and one
modification to the Schedule SB form. These modifications affect some,
but not all, multiemployer defined benefit plans and relatively few
single-employers defined benefit plans covered by Title IV of ERISA.
The modifications are described in greater detail in the supporting
statement submitted to OMB with this information collection, along with
PBGC's rationale for each modification.
Changes Proposed to Schedule MB Instructions
PBGC is proposing to change the instructions to require new
attachments in two situations:
1. Where contributions are reported as being made to a
multiemployer plan, PBGC is proposing that for each reported
contribution, the aggregate amount of withdrawal liability payments
included in the contribution be reported.
2. For multiemployer plans in critical status or critical and
declining status (i.e., where Code C or Code D is entered on Line 4b),
plans currently report the year the plan is projected to become
insolvent or emerge from troubled status on Line 4f. However, they are
not required to provide supporting documentation for these projections.
PBGC is proposing that basic supporting documentation be included as an
attachment to Line 4f unless the plan is projected to emerge from
critical status within 30 years.
3. The current instructions are unclear about which year should be
entered in line 4f if the plan is neither projected to emerge from
critical status nor become insolvent within 30 years. PBGC proposes
that such a plan should enter ``9999'' in line 4f in this event.
Changes Proposed to Schedule SB Instructions and Form
With regard to the Schedule SB instructions and form, PBGC is
proposing to change the instructions related to an attachment that is
currently required of plans for which the IRS has granted permission to
use a substitute mortality table. The current instructions for Schedule
SB, item 23, reflect IRS regulations on the use of substitute mortality
tables (26 CFR 1.430(h)(3)-2) as they pertain to plan years beginning
before January 1, 2018. Those rules have changed with respect to plan
years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. In its 60-day notice, PBGC
proposed requiring plans to report additional information, consistent
with IRS' proposal to amend its regulation, as part of the item 23
attachment.
After PBGC's 60-day notice, the IRS finalized its mortality table
regulation, which set forth the prescribed mortality tables for plan
years beginning in or after 2018. Unlike the proposed rule, the final
rule provides an option to delay use of the new mortality tables until
2019 if the plan sponsor determines that using the new tables for 2018
would be ``administratively impracticable or would result in an adverse
business impact that is greater than de minimis. . . .'' As a result of
this change, PBGC is proposing an additional change to Schedule SB,
item 23 (one that was not included in the 60-day notice), as well as to
the related instructions as explained below.
Currently, plans check one of three boxes on Schedule SB to
indicate whether they used one of two versions of the prescribed
mortality table or a substitute table. Instead of having three choices
as to which mortality table is used for 2018, plans will have six
choices: Three options if they delay the use of the new tables and
three options if they do not delay. For this reason, PBGC is proposing
that six checkboxes appear on the 2018 Schedule SB instead of three.
On September 19, 2017 (82 FR 43798), PBGC published a notice
informing the public that it intended to request OMB approval of the
modifications and solicited public comment. PBGC received three
comments. The comments and PBGC's responses are described in the
supporting statement submitted to OMB for this information collection.
This collection of information has been approved by OMB under
control number 1212-0057 through August 31, 2020. PBGC is requesting
that OMB extend its approval for three years with changes. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to,
a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
PBGC estimates that it will receive approximately 23,900 Form 5500
and Form 5500-SF filings per year under this collection of information.
PBGC further estimates that the total annual burden of this collection
of information for PBGC will be 1,300 hours and $1,613,000.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Daniel S. Liebman,
Acting Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2017-27050 Filed 12-14-17; 8:45 am]
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