Order; Notice of Hearing, 5042-5043 [2023-01568]

Download as PDF 5042 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 17 / Thursday, January 26, 2023 / Notices agency to evaluate whether their policies produce racially inequitable results when implemented and make necessary changes to ensure underserved communities are adequately supported. Our first step is to collect disaggregated age, race, ethnicity, gender, and language datasets to make informed program decisions and strategies. Requiring these reports on a quarterly basis enables the agency to identify training and expenditure discrepancies in a timely fashion so that it can implement appropriate action. In addition, this information permits OSHA to assess a grant recipient’s ability to meet projected milestones and expenditures. This ICR requests a revision to add race, ethnicity, and language to a currently approved data collection. By conducting an equity assessment to meet the requirements of Executive Order (E.O.) 13895 on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government and the DOL Evidence Building Act Evaluation Plan, Project 38 (See Section 15). lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 II. Special Issues for Comment OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues: • Whether the proposed information collection requirements are necessary for the proper performance of the agency’s functions to protect workers, including whether the information is useful; • The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of the burden (time and costs) of the information collection requirements, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; • The quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and • Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply; for example, by using automated or other technological information collection, and transmission techniques. III. Proposed Actions OSHA is requesting that OMB revise the approval of the information collection requirements contained in Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. The agency is requesting a program change from 6,160 hours to 6,324 hours, a difference of 164 hours. This increase is due to the addition of the processing of the additional demographic data required for the data collection. OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend the approval VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:17 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 259001 of the information collection requirements. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Title: Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. OMB Control Number: 1218–0100. Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. Number of Respondents: 93. Number of Responses: 372. Frequency of Responses: On occasion. Average Time per Response: Varies. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,324. Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0. IV. Public Participation—Submission of Comments on This Notice and Internet Access to Comments and Submissions You may submit comments in response to this document as follows: (1) electronically at https:// www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile (fax); if your comments, including attachments, are not longer than 10 pages you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at 202–693–1648. or (3) by hard copy. Please note: While OSHA’s Docket Office is continuing to accept and process submissions by regular mail due to the COVID–19 pandemic, the Docket Office is closed to the public and not able to receive submissions to the docket by hand, express mail, messenger, and courier service. All comments, attachments, and other material must identify the agency name and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0021). You may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference to an electronic or a facsimile submission, you must submit them to the OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice titled ADDRESSES). The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic comments by your name, date, and the docket number so that the agency can attach them to your comments. Due to security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a significant delay in the receipt of comments. Comments and submissions are posted without change at https:// www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about submitting personal information such as social security numbers and dates of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly available to read or download from this website. All submissions, including copyrighted PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 material, are available for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on using the https:// www.regulations.gov website to submit comments and access the docket is available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’ link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–5627) for information about materials not available from the website, and for assistance in using the internet to locate docket submissions. V. Authority and Signature James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice. The authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393). Signed at Washington, DC. James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2023–01561 Filed 1–25–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–26–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50–255–LT–2, 50–155–LT–2, 72–007–LT, 72–043–LT–2, ASLBP No. 22– 974–01–LT–BD01] Order; Notice of Hearing Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In December 2020, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Palisades, LLC, Holtec International, and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (collectively Applicants) sought the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) approval for the indirect transfer of control of the Palisades Nuclear Plant and Big Rock Point Site, including the general licenses for each facility’s Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Entergy’s licenses, to Holtec International.1 They further sought the transfer of operating authority of the facilities from Entergy to Holtec so that Holtec can conduct licensed activities at AGENCY: 1 Palisades Nuclear Plant and Big Rock Point Plant Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Control of Licenses and Conforming Amendments, 86 FR 8225 (Feb. 4, 2021) [Hereinafter Hearing Opportunity Notice]; Application for Order Consenting to Transfers of Control of Licenses and Approving Conforming License Amendments, at 1 [Hereinafter Application], attached (Encl. 1) to Letter from A. Christopher Bakken III, President and Chief Executive Officer, Entergy, to NRC Document Control Desk (Dec. 23, 2020) (ADAMS Accession No. ML20358A075). E:\FR\FM\26JAN1.SGM 26JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 17 / Thursday, January 26, 2023 / Notices these sites.2 On February 24, 2021, the State of Michigan’s Attorney General (Michigan Attorney General) filed a petition requesting a hearing on these license amendments sought by Applicants.3 On March 22, 2021 Applicants filed an answer arguing that the Michigan Attorney General failed to allege an admissible contention, and therefore its petition should be denied.4 On March 29, 2021 the Michigan Attorney General replied to Applicants’ answer, contending that its contentions are, in fact, admissible.5 Per its authority under 10 CFR 2.1319(a) to handle Subpart M license transfer proceedings, on July 15, 2022, the Commission partially admitted the Michigan Attorney General’s petition by limiting the scope of the hearing to four issues: (1) The reasonableness of the applicants’ estimated 11-year timeframe within which the United States Department of Energy is to remove all of the spent fuel at Palisades; (2) the reasonableness of Applicant’s decommissioning cost estimate falling below the NRC’s decommissioning cost minimum formula amount calculated for the Palisades site; (3) the reasonableness of the applicants’ 12% contingency level allocated to the radiological decommissioning, spent fuel management, and site restoration cost estimates; and (4) the reasonableness of the applicants’ assertion that it will be able to provide additional financial assurance, if that proves necessary, to complete decommissioning and terminate the license.6 The Commission directed that the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel ‘‘[a]ppoint a single administrative judge . . . to serve as the Presiding Officer to take all necessary actions to compile, complete, and certify the hearing record, including presiding over any oral hearing.’’ 7 The Presiding Officer hereby schedules an oral hearing on the issues outlined above to commence on February 8, 2023, and to continue from day-to-day thereafter until such oral hearing is completed. This hearing shall take place at the NRC headquarters, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, in the Hearing Room located on the 3rd Floor of the Two White Flint North building. The hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). The Board anticipates that the hearing will be completed by 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday, February 10, 2023. Only authorized representatives or counsel for the Michigan Attorney General, Applicants, and the NRC Staff who have entered written notice of appearance pursuant to 10 CFR 2.314(b) will be entitled to participate. The sole purpose of the oral hearing is to develop an evidentiary record and to ‘‘compile, complete and certify the hearing record’’ for the Commission for its use in determining the outcome of this case. 8 While this oral hearing will be open to the public, no other representatives of the parties and no members of the public will be heard during the hearing. It is so ordered. For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. Dated: January 23, 2023. Michael M. Gibson, Presiding Officer, Administrative Judge. [FR Doc. 2023–01568 Filed 1–25–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY Request for Information; Digital Assets Research and Development Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). ACTION: Notice of Request for Information (RFI). AGENCY: The Federal Government is developing a National Digital Assets Research and Development Agenda. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)—on behalf of the Fast Track Action Committee (FTAC) on Digital Assets Research and Development of the Subcommittee on Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) of the National Science and Technology Council, the National Science Foundation, and the NITRD National Coordination Office—requests public comments to help identify SUMMARY: 2 See Hearing Opportunity Notice; Application at lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 1. 3 State of Michigan Attorney General, Petition of the Michigan Attorney General for Leave to Intervene and for a Hearing (Feb. 24, 2021). 4 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Palisades, LLC, Holtec International, and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, Answer Opposing the Michigan Attorney General’s Petition for Leave to Intervene and Request for a Hearing (Mar. 22, 2021). 5 State of Michigan Attorney General, Reply in Support of the Michigan Attorney General’s Petition for Leave to Intervene and for a Hearing (Mar. 29, 2021). 6 See Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Palisades Nuclear Plant and Big Rock Point Site), CLI–22–08 (2021). 7 See id. at 135. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:17 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 259001 8 Id. PO 00000 at 135. Frm 00082 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 5043 priorities for research and development related to digital assets, including various underlying technologies such as blockchain, distributed ledgers, decentralized finance, smart contracts, and related issues such as cybersecurity and privacy (e.g., cryptographic foundations and quantum resistance), programmability, and sustainability as they relate to digital assets. Interested individuals and organizations are invited to submit comments on or before 5 p.m. ET on March 3, 2023. DATES: Interested individuals and organizations should submit comments electronically to DARD-FTAC-RFI@ nitrd.gov and include < RFI Response: Digital Assets R&D Agenda > in the subject line of the email. Due to time constraints, mailed paper submissions will not be accepted, and electronic submissions received after the deadline cannot be ensured to be incorporated or taken into consideration. Instructions: Response to this RFI is voluntary. Each responding entity (individual or organization) is requested to submit only one response, in English. Responses may address one or more topics, as desired, from the enumerated list provided in this RFI, noting the corresponding number of the topic(s) to which the response pertains. Submissions must not exceed 10 pages (exclusive of cover page and references) in 11-point or larger font. Responses should include the name of the person(s) or organization(s) filing the comment, as well as the respondent type (e.g., academic institution, advocacy group, professional society, community-based organization, industry, member of the public, government, other). Comments referencing materials that are not widely published should include copies or electronic links of the referenced materials. No business proprietary information, copyrighted information, or personally identifiable information (aside from that requested above) should be submitted in response to this RFI. Comments submitted in response to this notice are subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Comments submitted in response to this RFI may be posted online or otherwise released publicly. In accordance with Federal Acquisitions Regulations Systems 15.202(3), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract. Additionally, those submitting responses are solely responsible for all expenses associated with response preparation. ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\26JAN1.SGM 26JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5042-5043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01568]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-255-LT-2, 50-155-LT-2, 72-007-LT, 72-043-LT-2, ASLBP 
No. 22-974-01-LT-BD01]


Order; Notice of Hearing

AGENCY: Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission.

    In December 2020, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear 
Palisades, LLC, Holtec International, and Holtec Decommissioning 
International, LLC (collectively Applicants) sought the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission's (NRC) approval for the indirect transfer of 
control of the Palisades Nuclear Plant and Big Rock Point Site, 
including the general licenses for each facility's Independent Spent 
Fuel Storage Installation Entergy's licenses, to Holtec 
International.\1\ They further sought the transfer of operating 
authority of the facilities from Entergy to Holtec so that Holtec can 
conduct licensed activities at

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these sites.\2\ On February 24, 2021, the State of Michigan's Attorney 
General (Michigan Attorney General) filed a petition requesting a 
hearing on these license amendments sought by Applicants.\3\ On March 
22, 2021 Applicants filed an answer arguing that the Michigan Attorney 
General failed to allege an admissible contention, and therefore its 
petition should be denied.\4\ On March 29, 2021 the Michigan Attorney 
General replied to Applicants' answer, contending that its contentions 
are, in fact, admissible.\5\
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    \1\ Palisades Nuclear Plant and Big Rock Point Plant 
Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Control of Licenses and 
Conforming Amendments, 86 FR 8225 (Feb. 4, 2021) [Hereinafter 
Hearing Opportunity Notice]; Application for Order Consenting to 
Transfers of Control of Licenses and Approving Conforming License 
Amendments, at 1 [Hereinafter Application], attached (Encl. 1) to 
Letter from A. Christopher Bakken III, President and Chief Executive 
Officer, Entergy, to NRC Document Control Desk (Dec. 23, 2020) 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML20358A075).
    \2\ See Hearing Opportunity Notice; Application at 1.
    \3\ State of Michigan Attorney General, Petition of the Michigan 
Attorney General for Leave to Intervene and for a Hearing (Feb. 24, 
2021).
    \4\ Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Palisades, 
LLC, Holtec International, and Holtec Decommissioning International, 
LLC, Answer Opposing the Michigan Attorney General's Petition for 
Leave to Intervene and Request for a Hearing (Mar. 22, 2021).
    \5\ State of Michigan Attorney General, Reply in Support of the 
Michigan Attorney General's Petition for Leave to Intervene and for 
a Hearing (Mar. 29, 2021).
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    Per its authority under 10 CFR 2.1319(a) to handle Subpart M 
license transfer proceedings, on July 15, 2022, the Commission 
partially admitted the Michigan Attorney General's petition by limiting 
the scope of the hearing to four issues:
    (1) The reasonableness of the applicants' estimated 11-year 
timeframe within which the United States Department of Energy is to 
remove all of the spent fuel at Palisades;
    (2) the reasonableness of Applicant's decommissioning cost estimate 
falling below the NRC's decommissioning cost minimum formula amount 
calculated for the Palisades site;
    (3) the reasonableness of the applicants' 12% contingency level 
allocated to the radiological decommissioning, spent fuel management, 
and site restoration cost estimates; and
    (4) the reasonableness of the applicants' assertion that it will be 
able to provide additional financial assurance, if that proves 
necessary, to complete decommissioning and terminate the license.\6\
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    \6\ See Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Palisades Nuclear 
Plant and Big Rock Point Site), CLI-22-08 (2021).
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    The Commission directed that the Chief Administrative Judge of the 
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel ``[a]ppoint a single 
administrative judge . . . to serve as the Presiding Officer to take 
all necessary actions to compile, complete, and certify the hearing 
record, including presiding over any oral hearing.'' \7\
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    \7\ See id. at 135.
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    The Presiding Officer hereby schedules an oral hearing on the 
issues outlined above to commence on February 8, 2023, and to continue 
from day-to-day thereafter until such oral hearing is completed. This 
hearing shall take place at the NRC headquarters, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, MD 20852, in the Hearing Room located on the 3rd Floor of 
the Two White Flint North building. The hearing will begin at 10:00 
a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). The Board anticipates that the 
hearing will be completed by 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday, February 10, 
2023. Only authorized representatives or counsel for the Michigan 
Attorney General, Applicants, and the NRC Staff who have entered 
written notice of appearance pursuant to 10 CFR 2.314(b) will be 
entitled to participate.
    The sole purpose of the oral hearing is to develop an evidentiary 
record and to ``compile, complete and certify the hearing record'' for 
the Commission for its use in determining the outcome of this case. \8\ 
While this oral hearing will be open to the public, no other 
representatives of the parties and no members of the public will be 
heard during the hearing.
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    \8\ Id. at 135.
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    It is so ordered.
    For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.

    Dated: January 23, 2023.
Michael M. Gibson,
Presiding Officer, Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 2023-01568 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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