Commission Information Collection Activities; Request for Emergency Extension for FERC-725D
| Published date | 16 December 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 81462 |
| Record Number | 2020-27657 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
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waste, and shipping it to WIPP for
emplacement.
In addition, in August 2020 NNSA
prepared a Supplement Analysis (SA)
based on the analysis presented in the
2015 SPD SEIS to evaluate using dilute
and dispose for disposition of 7.1 MT of
non-pit plutonium that comprises a part
of the 34 MT (DOE/EIS–0283–SA–4,
August 2020). NNSA subsequently
issued an Amended ROD (AROD) to use
dilute and dispose to disposition that
7.1 MT of the 34 MT mission (85 FR
53350, August 28, 2020). The SA and
AROD are available online at https://
www.energy.gov/nnsa/nnsa-nepa-
reading-room.
This same dilute and dispose process
is being proposed to disposition the full
34 MT of surplus plutonium that is the
responsibility of the Surplus Plutonium
Disposition Program.
Purpose and Need for Agency Action
NNSA’s purpose in taking action is to
reduce the threat of nuclear weapons
proliferation worldwide by
dispositioning surplus plutonium in the
United States in a safe and secure
manner, ensuring that it can never again
be readily used in nuclear weapons.
Since the end of the Cold War in the
early 1990s and the Presidential
declarations of surplus fissile materials,
NNSA has been charged with
dispositioning surplus plutonium. Over
the last two and a half decades, NNSA
has studied many alternative
technologies and locations for surplus
plutonium disposition. There is a need
for NNSA to implement a disposition
process and strategy that can be safely
executed in a reasonable time at a cost
consistent with fiscal realities.
Proposed Action and Alternatives
Preferred Alternative. NNSA proposes
implementing the dilute and dispose
approach to disposition surplus
weapons-usable plutonium. The effort
would require new, modified, or
existing capabilities at SRS, LANL,
Pantex, and WIPP. Under the dilute and
dispose approach, NNSA would convert
pit and non-pit metal plutonium to
oxide, blend surplus plutonium in oxide
form with an adulterant, and emplace
the resulting CH–TRU waste
underground in WIPP. NNSA believes
that implementing a proven method is
the most efficient way to move forward
with the Surplus Plutonium Disposition
Program. NNSA evaluated this process
in the SPD Supplemental EIS (DOE/EIS–
0283–S–2, April 2015) and decided to
use it to dispose of 6 MT of non-pit
plutonium (81 FR 19588, April 5, 2016).
The process was also evaluated in the
Supplement Analysis for Disposition of
Additional Non-Pit Surplus Plutonium
(DOE/EIS–0283–SA–4, August 2020)
and NNSA decided to use it to
disposition 7.1 MT of non-pit
plutonium (85 FR 53350, August 28,
2020). Dilute and dispose is NNSA’s
preferred alternative for the disposition
of the full 34 MT of surplus plutonium
that is the responsibility of the Surplus
Plutonium Disposition Program.
No Action Alternative. NNSA will
evaluate a No Action Alternative in the
SPDP EIS. The No Action Alternative
will be continued safe storage of surplus
pit plutonium at Pantex and disposition
of 7.1 MT of non-pit plutonium using
the dilute and dispose approach.
If any other reasonable alternatives
are identified during the scoping period,
NNSA will also evaluate those
alternatives in the EIS. Following
completion of the SPDP EIS, NNSA will
select an alternative for disposition of
surplus weapons-usable plutonium,
including locations and options for
processing capabilities, and the specific
quantity of material to be dispositioned.
Potential Environmental Issues for
Analysis
NNSA tentatively identified the
following environmental issues that will
be analyzed in the SPDP EIS. This list
is not intended to be comprehensive.
•Impacts to the general population
and onsite workers from radiological
and non-radiological releases resulting
from construction and operation of
facilities required to implement the
proposed action and alternatives.
•Impacts of transporting plutonium
materials from current storage and
management locations to facilities
required to disassemble pits and dilute
plutonium oxide. Analysis of
transportation to WIPP may be
summarized from existing NEPA
analyses, as appropriate.
•Impacts to the general public and
onsite workers from postulated
accidents.
•Socioeconomic impacts to local
communities.
•Disproportionately high and
adverse impacts on low-income and
minority populations (environmental
justice).
•Impacts on air quality, surface
water quality, and groundwater quality.
•Impacts to land use, biota, and
threatened and endangered species.
•Impacts to cultural resources.
•Impacts to geology and soils,
including seismic risks.
EIS Preparation and Schedule
Following the scoping period, and
after consideration of comments
received during scoping, NNSA will
prepare a draft EIS for disposition of
surplus plutonium. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
will announce the availability of the
draft EIS in the Federal Register. NNSA
will also publish a Notice of availability
in the Federal Register and announce
the draft EIS in local media outlets.
NNSA expects to issue the draft SPDP
EIS in calendar year 2021.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on December 10,
2020, by William A. Bookless, Acting
Under Secretary for Nuclear Security
and Administrator, NNSA, pursuant to
delegated authority from the Secretary
of Energy. That document with the
original signature and date is
maintained by DOE. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December
11, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020–27674 Filed 12–15–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC21–3–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities; Request for Emergency
Extension for FERC–725D
AGENCY
: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION
: Notice of request for an
emergency extension.
SUMMARY
: In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) has solicited
public comments on FERC–725D
(Mandatory Reliability Standard:
Facilities Design, Connections and
Maintenance Reliability Standards).
FERC submitted a request to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for a
three-month emergency extension (to
March 31, 2021) to ensure this
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The letter (addressed to the Administrator of
OIRA at OMB) requests a three-month emergency
extension and was signed by the Acting General
Counsel on 12/10/2020.
information collection will remain
active while FERC completes the
pending PRA renewal process. No
changes are being made to the reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov and
telephone at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The PRA
renewal process for the information
collection is ongoing. To ensure that
OMB approval of the current
information collection remains active
during the PRA renewal process, FERC
has submitted a request to OMB for a
three-month emergency extension.
Title: FERC–725D, Mandatory
Reliability Standard: Facilities Design,
Connections and Maintenance
Reliability Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0247.
Docket No. for Ongoing PRA Renewal:
IC21–3.
FERC submitted a formal request
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to
OMB on December 10, 2020, for an
emergency three-month extension to
March 31, 2021.
Dated: December 10, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–27657 Filed 12–15–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG21–51–000.
Applicants: Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy
LLC.
Description: Notice of Self-
Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Flat Ridge 2 Wind
Energy LLC.
Filed Date: 12/10/20.
Accession Number: 20201210–5051.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/31/20.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER10–1907–019;
ER10–1918–020; ER10–1930–013;
ER10–1931–014; ER10–1932–015;
ER10–1935–015; ER10–1950–020;
ER10–1951–027; ER10–1962–015;
ER10–1964–017; ER10–1966–014;
ER10–1970–019; ER10–1972–019;
ER10–1973–014; ER10–1974–025;
ER10–1975–027; ER10–1976–013;
ER10–2641–037; ER10–2720–023;
ER11–2642–017; ER11–3635–014;
ER11–4428–023; ER11–4462–048;
ER11–4677–016; ER12–1228–023;
ER12–1880–022; ER12–2225–013;
ER12–2226–013; ER12–2444–015;
ER12–895–021; ER13–2112–011; ER13–
2147–002; ER14–1630–011; ER14–21–
008; ER14–2138–010; ER14–2707–018;
ER14–2710–018; ER15–1375–009;
ER15–2101–009; ER15–2477–009;
ER15–2601–007; ER15–2602–006;
ER15–58–016; ER16–1354–009; ER16–
1872–010; ER16–2241–011; ER16–2275–
011; ER16–2276–011; ER16–2297–011;
ER16–2443–006; ER16–2506–011;
ER16–90–009; ER17–1774–005; ER17–
2340–006; ER17–822–006; ER17–823–
006; ER17–838–023; ER18–1535–006;
ER18–1771–009; ER18–1952–009;
ER18–2003–007; ER18–2182–007;
ER18–2246–008; ER18–241–005; ER18–
772–005; ER19–11–005; ER19–1392–
005; ER19–2389–004; ER19–2398–004;
ER20–1220–001; ER20–1879–001;
ER20–1988–001; ER20–2012–002;
ER20–2019–001; ER20–2064–001;
ER20–2648–001; ER20–2690–001;
ER20–2695–001; ER20–792–002.
Applicants: FPL Energy North Dakota
Wind, LLC, FPL Energy North Dakota
Wind II, LLC, FPL Energy South Dakota
Wind, LLC, FPL Energy Stateline II, Inc.,
FPL Energy Vansycle, L.L.C., FPL
Energy Wyman, LLC, FPL Energy
Wyman IV, LLC, Frontier Utilities
Northeast LLC, Garden Wind, LLC,
Genesis Solar, LLC, Golden Hills
Interconnection, LLC, Golden Hills
North Wind, LLC, Golden Hills Wind,
LLC, Golden West Power Partners, LLC,
Gray County Wind, LLC, Grazing Yak
Solar, LLC, Green Mountain Storage,
LLC, Gulf Power Company, Hancock
County Wind, LLC, Hatch Solar Energy
Center I, LLC, Heartland Divide Wind
Project, LLC, High Lonesome Mesa
Wind, LLC, High Majestic Wind I, LLC,
High Majestic Wind II, LLC, High
Winds, LLC, Jordan Creek Wind Farm
LLC, Kingman Wind Energy I, LLC,
Kingman Wind Energy II, LLC, Lake
Benton Power Partners II, LLC, Langdon
Renewables, LLC, Limon Wind, LLC,
Limon Wind II, LLC, Limon Wind III,
LLC, Live Oak Solar, LLC, Logan Wind
Energy LLC, Lorenzo Wind, LLC, Luz
Solar Partners Ltd., III, Luz Solar
Partners Ltd., IV, Luz Solar Partners
Ltd., V, Mammoth Plains Wind Project,
LLC, Mantua Creek Solar, LLC, Marshall
Solar, LLC, McCoy Solar, LLC,
Meyersdale Storage, LLC, Minco Wind,
LLC, Minco Wind II, LLC, Minco Wind
III, LLC, Minco IV & V Interconnection,
LLC, Minco Wind Interconnection
Services, LLC, Mohave County Wind
Farm LLC, Montauk Energy Storage
Center, LLC, Montauk Energy Storage
Center, LLC, Mountain View Solar, LLC,
NEPM II, LLC, New Mexico Wind, LLC,
NextEra Blythe Solar Energy Center,
LLC, NextEra Energy Bluff Point, LLC,
NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC,
NextEra Energy Montezuma II Wind,
LLC, NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC,
NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC,
NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, NextEra
Energy Services Massachusetts, LLC,
Northeast Energy Associates, A Limited
Partnership, Ninnescah Wind Energy,
LLC, North Jersey Energy Associates, A
Limited Partnership, North Sky River
Energy, LLC, Northern Colorado Wind
Energy, LLC, Northern Colorado Wind
Energy Center II, LLC, Northern Divide
Wind, LLC, Oleander Power Project,
Limited Partnership, Oliver Wind I,
LLC, Oliver Wind Energy Center II, LLC,
Oliver Wind III, LLC, Oklahoma Wind,
LLC, Orbit Bloom Energy, LLC, Osborn
Wind Energy, LLC, Palo Duro Wind
Energy, LLC, Palo Duro Wind
Interconnection Services, LLC, Peetz
Logan Interconnect, LLC.
Description: Notice of Change in
Status of the NextEra MBR Sellers (Part
2), et al.
Filed Date: 12/7/20.
Accession Number: 20201207–5238.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/20.
Docket Numbers: ER21–615–000.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
2020–12–10_SA 3588 NSP-Walleye
Wind FSA (J569) to be effective 2/9/
2021.
Filed Date: 12/10/20.
Accession Number: 20201210–5018.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/31/20.
Docket Numbers: ER21–616–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Notice of Cancellation of
Interconnection Coordination
Agreement No. 4531 to be effective 5/
23/2020.
Filed Date: 12/10/20.
Accession Number: 20201210–5073.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/31/20.
Docket Numbers: ER21–617–000.
Applicants: San Diego Gas & Electric
Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 2021
TACBAA Update to be effective 1/1/
2021.
Filed Date: 12/10/20.
Accession Number: 20201210–5079.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/31/20.
Docket Numbers: ER21–618–000.
Applicants: Southern California
Edison Company.
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