82_FR_17719 82 FR 17650 - Agency Information Collection Extension

82 FR 17650 - Agency Information Collection Extension

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
National Nuclear Security Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 69 (April 12, 2017)

Page Range17650-17651
FR Document2017-07384

The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for an extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection request seeks a three-year extension of The American Assured Fuel Supply Program, OMB Control Number 1910-5173. The proposed collection will help determine if applicants have provided sufficient information for the Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control to evaluate requests of applicants for use of the American Assured Fuel Supply.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 69 (Wednesday, April 12, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17650-17651]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07384]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Nuclear Security Administration


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; 
comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection request to the OMB for an extension under the provisions of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection request 
seeks a three-year extension of The American Assured Fuel Supply 
Program, OMB Control Number 1910-5173. The proposed collection will 
help determine if applicants have provided sufficient information for 
the Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control to evaluate requests of 
applicants for use of the American Assured Fuel Supply.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
May 12, 2017. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, 
but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by 
this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to 
make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be 
telephoned at 202-395-4718.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503 and to Richard Goorevich, Senior Policy Advisor, 
Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., 
Washington, DC 20585, or by fax at 202-586-1348 or by email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Goorevich, Senior Policy 
Advisor, Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control, National Nuclear 
Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585, or by fax at 202-586-1348 or by email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-5173; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: The American Assured Supply Program; (3) Type of Request: 
Renewal; (4) Purpose: DOE created the American Assured Fuel Supply 
(AFS), a reserve of low enriched uranium (LEU) to serve as backup fuel 
supply for foreign recipients to be supplied through U.S. persons or 
for domestic recipients, in the event of fuel supply disruption. DOE is 
committed to making the AFS available to eligible recipients in the 
case of supply disruptions in the nuclear fuel market. This effort 
supports the United States Government's nuclear nonproliferation 
objectives by supporting civilian nuclear energy development while 
minimizing proliferation risks. DOE published a Notice of Availability 
for AFS on August 18, 2011, and published an application on December 2, 
2013, in the Federal Register to standardize the information that must 
be provided in a request to access the material in the AFS

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as set forth in the Notice of Availability. 76 FR 51357, 51358. This 
application form is necessary in order for DOE to identify if 
applicants meet basic requirements for use of the AFS and implement 
this important nonproliferation initiative; (5) Annual Estimated Number 
of Respondents: 10; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 10; 
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 8; (8) Annual Estimated 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,800.
    Statutory Authority: The Secretary of Energy is authorized pursuant 
to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (Pub. L. 83-703), and the 
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 (NNPA) (Pub. L. 95-242) to 
encourage the widespread use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, 
and to cooperate with other nations by distributing nuclear material 
where appropriate safeguards measures are in place to ensure the 
material is properly controlled and used for peaceful purposes. In 
2005, DOE set aside a portion of its LEU inventory to be used to 
support the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) International 
Nuclear Fuel Bank (INFB) initiative, which is envisioned as an LEU 
reserve that will be administered by the IAEA and that will serve as a 
back-up for global supply disruptions. Congress later appropriated 
$49,540,000 in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Pub. L. 110-
161) to fund a portion of the INFB. Congress, in the Explanatory 
Statement accompanying the House Appropriations Committee Print (which 
in the Act was given the same effect as a joint explanatory statement), 
noted that the INFB freed up DOE's LEU set-aside, and recommended DOE 
also ``allow U.S. interests to purchase uranium fuel from the Reliable 
Fuel Supply [now the AFS] in the event of supply disruption.'' (H. 
Approp. Cmte. Print at 592.)
    The sale of LEU from the AFS will be conducted consistent with 
applicable law, the policies and guidance in the ``Secretary of 
Energy's 2008 Policy Statement of Management of the Department of 
Energy's Excess Uranium Inventory'' (March 11, 2008), and the DOE 
Excess Uranium Inventory Management Plan.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 31, 2017.
David Huizenga,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National 
Nuclear Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-07384 Filed 4-11-17; 8:45 am]
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17650 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 69 / Wednesday, April 12, 2017 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY consumption in the alternate test proposed collection will help determine procedure. 82 FR 15345, 15348. if applicants have provided sufficient Office of Energy Efficiency and Specifically, the notice included an information for the Office of Renewable Energy error in the calculation of tDS, the sum Nonproliferation and Arms Control to [Case No. CR–006] of defrost time per week. The notice evaluate requests of applicants for use of incorrectly showed that value calculated the American Assured Fuel Supply. Notice of Petition for Waiver of AHT as the duration of one defrost cycle DATES: Comments regarding this Cooling Systems GmbH and AHT divided by the maximum number of collection must be received on or before Cooling Systems USA Inc. From the defrosts per week. The correct May 12, 2017. If you anticipate that you Department of Energy Commercial calculation would be the duration of will be submitting comments, but find Refrigerator, Freezer, and Refrigerator- one defrost cycle multiplied by the it difficult to do so within the period of Freezer Test Procedures and Partial maximum number of defrosts per week. time allowed by this notice, please Granting of an Interim Waiver; In addition, the notice omitted the test advise the OMB Desk Officer of your Withdrawal methodology instructions to capture the intention to make a submission as soon entire defrost operation. As published, as possible. The Desk Officer may be AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and the test period would only capture the telephoned at 202–395–4718. Renewable Energy, Department of defrost itself and not any pre-cooling or ADDRESSES: Written comments should Energy. temperature recovery periods that be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office ACTION: Notice of petition for waiver, would use more energy along with the of Information and Regulatory Affairs, partial granting of an interim waiver, defrost. Office of Management and Budget, New and request for public comment; Because of this error and omission, Executive Office Building, Room 10102, withdrawal. DOE is withdrawing the March 28, 735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 2017, notice in its entirety and will 20503 and to Richard Goorevich, Senior SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of republish the notice to correct the error. Policy Advisor, Office of Energy (DOE) is withdrawing its notice While DOE works to expeditiously Nonproliferation and Arms Control, of petition for waiver, partial granting of correct and republish the interim National Nuclear Security an interim waiver, and request for waiver, AHT’s original application will Administration, U.S. Department of public comment for AHT Cooling be considered pending and DOE’s Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Systems GmbH and AHT Cooling enforcement policy on test procedure Washington, DC 20585, or by fax at 202– Systems USA Inc. (‘‘AHT’’) from the waivers will apply.1 586–1348 or by email at commercial refrigerator, freezer, and richard.goorevich@nnsa.doe.gov. refrigerator-freezer (‘‘CRE’’) test Issued in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: procedures. The notice published on Kathleen B. Hogan, Richard Goorevich, Senior Policy March 28, 2017, included an error in the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Advisor, Office of Nonproliferation and calculations to determine daily energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Arms Control, National Nuclear consumption in the alternate test Energy. Security Administration, U.S. procedure and omitted a step needed to [FR Doc. 2017–07368 Filed 4–11–17; 8:45 am] Department of Energy, 1000 accurately capture the entire defrost BILLING CODE 6450–01–P Independence Ave. SW., Washington, energy contribution. Therefore, DOE is DC 20585, or by fax at 202–586–1348 or withdrawing the notice in its entirety by email at richard.goorevich@ and will republish the notice with nnsa.doe.gov. corrected calculations and associated DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY discussion. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This National Nuclear Security information collection request contains: DATES: The notice published at 82 FR Administration (1) OMB No. 1910–5173; (2) Information 15345 on March 28, 2017, is withdrawn Collection Request Title: The American as of April 12, 2017. Agency Information Collection Extension Assured Supply Program; (3) Type of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Request: Renewal; (4) Purpose: DOE Mr. Bryan Berringer, U.S. Department AGENCY: National Nuclear Security created the American Assured Fuel of Energy, Building Technologies Office, Administration, U.S. Department of Supply (AFS), a reserve of low enriched Mailstop EE–5B, 1000 Independence Energy. uranium (LEU) to serve as backup fuel Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585– ACTION: Submission for Office of supply for foreign recipients to be 0121. Telephone: (202) 586–0371. Management and Budget (OMB) review; supplied through U.S. persons or for Email: AS_Waiver_Request@ee.doe.gov. comment request. domestic recipients, in the event of fuel Johanna Jochum, U.S. Department of supply disruption. DOE is committed to Energy, Office of the General Counsel, SUMMARY: The Department of Energy making the AFS available to eligible Mail Stop GC–33, Forrestal Building, (DOE) has submitted an information recipients in the case of supply 1000 Independence Avenue SW., collection request to the OMB for an disruptions in the nuclear fuel market. Washington, DC 20585–0103. extension under the provisions of the This effort supports the United States Telephone: (202) 287–63007. Email: Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Government’s nuclear nonproliferation Johanna.Jochum@hq.doe.gov. information collection request seeks a objectives by supporting civilian SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE is three-year extension of The American nuclear energy development while mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES withdrawing its notice of petition for Assured Fuel Supply Program, OMB minimizing proliferation risks. DOE waiver, partial granting of an interim Control Number 1910–5173. The published a Notice of Availability for waiver, and request for public comment AFS on August 18, 2011, and published 1 For additional information on DOE’s for AHT from the CRE test procedures. an application on December 2, 2013, in enforcement policy pertaining to test procedure The notice published on March 28, waivers, see https://www.energy.gov/gc/downloads/ the Federal Register to standardize the 2017, included an error in the enforcement-policy-application-waivers-and- information that must be provided in a calculations to determine daily energy waiver-process. request to access the material in the AFS VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:45 Apr 11, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\12APN1.SGM 12APN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 69 / Wednesday, April 12, 2017 / Notices 17651 as set forth in the Notice of Availability. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY will be conducted in Docket No. CP17– 76 FR 51357, 51358. This application 101–000, as noted in the caption of the form is necessary in order for DOE to Federal Energy Regulatory Notice. identify if applicants meet basic Commission Pursuant to section 157.9 of the requirements for use of the AFS and [Docket Nos. CP17–101–000; PF16–5–000] Commission’s rules (18 CFR 157.9), implement this important within 90 days of this Notice, the nonproliferation initiative; (5) Annual Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Commission staff will issue a Notice of Estimated Number of Respondents: 10; Company, LLC; Notice of Application Schedule for Environmental Review. If (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Take notice that on March 27, 2017, Review is issued, it will indicate, among Responses: 10; (7) Annual Estimated Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Number of Burden Hours: 8; (8) Annual other milestones, the anticipated date Company, LLC (Transco), P.O. Box for the Commission staff’s issuance of Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed in the Cost Burden: $1,800. the final environmental impact above referenced docket an application statement (FEIS) for this proposal. The Statutory Authority: The Secretary of pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural issuance of a Notice of Schedule for Energy is authorized pursuant to the Gas Act (NGA) for its proposed Environmental Review will serve to Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended Northeast Supply Enhancement Project. notify federal and state agencies of the (Pub. L. 83–703), and the Nuclear Non- Specifically, Transco proposes to: (i) timing for the completion of all Proliferation Act of 1978 (NNPA) (Pub. Construct a 10.17-mile, 42-inch- necessary reviews, and the subsequent L. 95–242) to encourage the widespread diameter loop in Lancaster County, need to complete all federal use of atomic energy for peaceful Pennsylvania; (ii) construct a 3.43-mile, authorizations within 90 days of the purposes, and to cooperate with other 26-inch-diameter loop in Middlesex date of issuance of the Commission nations by distributing nuclear material County, New Jersey; (iii) construct a staff’s FEIS. where appropriate safeguards measures 23.49-mile, 26-inch-diameter loop in There are two ways to become are in place to ensure the material is Middlesex County, New Jersey and in involved in the Commission’s review of properly controlled and used for New York State waters; (iv) add 21,902 this project. First, any person wishing to peaceful purposes. In 2005, DOE set horsepower (hp) at its existing obtain legal status by becoming a party aside a portion of its LEU inventory to Compressor Station 200 in Chester to the proceedings for this project be used to support the International County, Pennsylvania; (v) construct a should, on or before the comment date Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) new 32,000 hp compressor station stated below file with the Federal International Nuclear Fuel Bank (INFB) (Compressor Station 206) in Somerset Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 initiative, which is envisioned as an County, New Jersey; and (vi) construct First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, LEU reserve that will be administered various additional facilities. Transco a motion to intervene in accordance states that the Northeast Supply with the requirements of the by the IAEA and that will serve as a Enhancement Project will provide Commission’s Rules of Practice and back-up for global supply disruptions. 400,000 dekatherms per day of firm Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) Congress later appropriated $49,540,000 transportation service. Transco and the Regulations under the NGA (18 in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, estimates the cost of the project to be CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 2008 (Pub. L. 110–161) to fund a portion approximately $926.5 million, all as status will be placed on the service list of the INFB. Congress, in the more fully set forth in the application maintained by the Secretary of the Explanatory Statement accompanying which is on file with the Commission Commission and will receive copies of the House Appropriations Committee and open to public inspection. The all documents filed by the applicant and Print (which in the Act was given the filing is available for review at the by all other parties. A party must submit same effect as a joint explanatory Commission in the Public Reference seven copies of filings made in the statement), noted that the INFB freed up Room or may be viewed on the proceeding with the Commission and DOE’s LEU set-aside, and recommended Commission’s Web site at http:// must mail a copy to the applicant and DOE also ‘‘allow U.S. interests to www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. to every other party. Only parties to the purchase uranium fuel from the Reliable Enter the docket number excluding the proceeding can ask for court review of Fuel Supply [now the AFS] in the event last three digits in the docket number Commission orders in the proceeding. of supply disruption.’’ (H. Approp. field to access the document. For However, a person does not have to Cmte. Print at 592.) assistance, contact FERC at intervene in order to have comments The sale of LEU from the AFS will be FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call considered. The second way to conducted consistent with applicable toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) participate is by filing with the law, the policies and guidance in the 502–8659. Secretary of the Commission, as soon as ‘‘Secretary of Energy’s 2008 Policy Any questions concerning this possible, an original and two copies of Statement of Management of the application may be directed to Bill comments in support of or in opposition Department of Energy’s Excess Uranium Hammons, Transcontinental Gas Pipe to this project. The Commission will Inventory’’ (March 11, 2008), and the Line Company, LLC, P.O. Box 1396, consider these comments in DOE Excess Uranium Inventory Houston, Texas 77251, by telephone at determining the appropriate action to be Management Plan. (713) 215–2130. taken, but the filing of a comment alone On May 18, 2016, Commission staff will not serve to make the filer a party Issued in Washington, DC on March 31, granted Transco’s request to utilize the to the proceeding. The Commission’s mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES 2017. Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket rules require that persons filing David Huizenga, No. PF16–5–000 to staff activities comments in opposition to the project Acting Deputy Administrator, Defense involved in the Northeast Supply provide copies of their protests only to Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Enhancement Project. Now, as of the the party or parties directly involved in Security Administration. March 27, 2017 application, the Pre- the protest. [FR Doc. 2017–07384 Filed 4–11–17; 8:45 am] Filing Process for this project has ended. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionSubmission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; comment request.
DatesComments regarding this collection must be received on or before May 12, 2017. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202-395-4718.
ContactRichard Goorevich, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585, or by fax at 202-586-1348 or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 17650 
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