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partner with Ethiopia as it seeks to 

accelerate its reform agenda. 

Solomon Islands: In FY 2019 the 

Solomon Islands graduated from the 

lower income scorecard category to the 

higher income scorecard category, and 

as a result of the stiffer competition now 

fails the scorecard, passing only 9 of 20 

indicators, while still passing Control of 

Corruption and Democratic Rights. The 

Solomon Islands represents an 

opportunity to engage a historically 

strong scorecard performer in the IndoPacific, a region of increasing interest. 

Ongoing Review of Partner Countries’ 

Policy Performance 

The Board emphasized the need for 

all partner countries to maintain or 

improve their policy performance. If it 

is determined during compact 

implementation that a country has 

demonstrated a significant policy 

reversal, MCC can hold it accountable 

by applying MCC’s Suspension and 

Termination Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27571 Filed 12–19–18; 8:45 a.m.] 

BILLING CODE 9211–03–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 18–15] 

Notice of Entering Into a Compact With 

the Senegal 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

610(b)(3) of the Millennium Challenge 

Act of 2003, as amended, and the 

heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge 

Corporation’’ of the Department of State, 

Foreign Operations, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act, 2018, as 

carried forward by the Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2019, the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(MCC) is publishing a summary of the 

Millennium Challenge Compact 

between the United States of America, 

acting through MCC, and the Republic 

of Senegal, acting through the Ministry 

of Economy, Finance and Planning. 

Representatives of MCC and Senegal 

signed the compact on December 10, 

2018. The complete text of the compact 

has been posted at: https://

www.mcc.gov/resourcesdoc/compactsenegal-power. 

Dated: December 17, 2018. 

Jeanne M. Hauch, 

VP/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. 

Summary of Senegal Compact 

Overview of MCC Senegal Compact 

MCC’s five-year, $550,000,000 

Compact with the Government of 

Senegal (the ‘‘Government’’) is aimed at 

addressing one of Senegal’s main 

binding constraints to economic growth: 

The high cost of energy and low access 

to electricity. The Compact will address 

these constraints through three primary 

projects: (i) Improving the transmission 

network to meet the growing demand on 

the interconnected network in Senegal, 

(ii) increasing electricity access in rural 

and peri-urban areas of the south and 

central regions, and (iii) improving the 

overall governance and financial 

viability of the sector. 

Senegal is an important partner of the 

United States in promoting peace and 

security in Africa. The country shares 

many fundamental values and 

international goals with the United 

States, and it has set an example of 

democratic rule in the region as well as 

of ethnic and religious tolerance. It is a 

stable democracy in a challenging West 

Africa region, a strong security partner, 

and a rising economy that is attracting 

global investment. MCC’s singular focus 

on growth and poverty reduction—along 

with its ability to combine major 

infrastructure works with policy 

change—allows the agency and the 

Compact to play a key role in catalyzing 

transformation in Senegal. 

Project Summaries 

The Compact is comprised of three 

projects designed to secure quality 

electricity supply for growing demand 

in Senegal and address binding 

constraints to growth. 

• The Modernizing and Strengthening 

Senelec’s Transmission Network Project 

aims to strengthen and increase the 

reliability of Senegal’s high-voltage 

transmission network in and around 

greater Dakar and improve electricity 

service delivery throughout the country. 

This support for a robust transmission 

network is needed for Senegal to 

effectively capitalize on private sectorled investment in generation and to 

ensure that electricity is delivered 

reliably to consumers. This is 

particularly important since much of the 

private sector interest is in new, lowercost generation projects including wind, 

solar, and natural gas that rely heavily 

upon a reliable, stable transmission 

network. 

• The Increasing Access to Electricity 

in Rural and Peri-Urban Areas Project 

aims to extend the electrical grid in 

selected areas in Senegal’s south and 

center regions that have high economic 

potential but low connection rates. 

Through a blend of supply-side and 

demand-side interventions, this project 

also aims to increase rates of adoption 

and consumption of electricity, facilitate 

opportunities for income-generating 

activities in these regions, and improve 

the understanding of energy efficiency 

at a national level. This project offers 

several opportunities for collaboration 

with related United States Government 

initiatives, including Feed the Future 

and Power Africa, and with other 

donors that are providing 

complementary support to agricultural 

value chains in MCC’s areas of 

assistance, thereby increasing the 

potential value of the MCC assistance. 

• The Power Sector Enabling 

Environment and Capacity Development 

Project aims to strengthen laws, policies 

and regulations governing the electricity 

sector, as well as the institutions 

responsible for implementing them, 

especially the utility, the regulator, and 

the ministry responsible for energy. In 

particular, the project aims to support 

improved management of the 

transmission network and increased 

access to electricity, reinforcing the 

foundations for the provision of a less 

costly and more reliable supply of 

electricity nationwide. The project 

builds on a participatory electricity 

sector planning process that MCC 

funded during compact development to 

help the Government articulate and 

select an appropriate long-term vision 

for the sector that favors more private 

sector participation and enhances the 

financial sustainability of the sector and 

its key stakeholders. 

Compact Budget 

Table I presents the Compact budget 

and sets forth both the MCC funding 

allocation by Compact components and 

the Government’s expected $50 million 

contribution toward the objectives of the 

Compact. 

TABLE 1—SENEGAL COMPACT BUDGET

Component Amount 

1. Modernizing and Strengthening 

Senelec’s Transmission Network Project 

1.1 Transmission Network 

Build Out Activity ............... $327,900,000 

1.2 Transformer Replacement Program Activity ....... $26,000,000 

1.3 Grid Stabilization Activity ....................................... $22,900,000 

Subtotal ......................... $376,800,000 


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TABLE 1—SENEGAL COMPACT

BUDGET—Continued 

Component Amount 

2. Increasing Access to Electricity in Rural 

and Peri-Urban Areas Project 

2.1 Supply-Side Activity ..... $33,000,000 

2.2 Consumer Demand 

Support Activity ................. $13,400,000 

2.3 Distribution Network 

Reinforcement Activity ...... $10,900,000 

Subtotal ......................... $57,300,000 

3. Power Sector Enabling Environment and 

Capacity Development Project 

3.1 Sector Governance Activity ................................... $14,000,000 

3.2 Regulatory Strengthening Activity ..................... $11,900,000 

3.3 Utility Strengthening 

Activity ............................... $17,600,000 

Subtotal ......................... $43,500,000 

4. Monitoring and Evaluation $11,800,000 

5. Program Administration 

and Oversight .................... $60,600,000 

Total MCC Funding ....... $550,000,000 

Total Program Budget ... Amount 

Total MCC Funding $550,000,000 

Total Government 

Contribution ........ $50,000,000 

Total Program Budget ... $600,000,000 

[FR Doc. 2018–27570 Filed 12–19–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9211–03–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–280 and 50–281; NRC– 

2018–0280] 

Virginia Electric and Power Company; 

Dominion Energy Virginia: Surry 

Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Intent to conduct scoping 

process and prepare environmental 

impact statement; public meeting and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission will conduct a scoping 

process to gather information necessary 

to prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to evaluate the 

environmental impacts for the 

subsequent license renewal of the 

operating licenses for Surry Power 

Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Surry). The 

NRC is seeking stakeholder input on 

this action and has scheduled a public 

meeting. 

DATES: Submit comments by January 22, 

2019. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but assurance of consideration 

cannot be given to comments received 

after this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods (unless 

this document describes a different 

method for submitting comments on a 

specific subject): • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0280. Address 

questions about regulations.gov docket 

IDs to Krupskaya Castellon; telephone: 

301–287–9221; email: 

Krupskaya.Castellon@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. • Mail comments to: May Ma, Office 

of Administration, Mail Stop TWFN–7– 

A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. For additional direction on 

obtaining information and submitting 

comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information 

and Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tam 

Tran, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone: 301–415–3617, email: 

tam.tran@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0280 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information regarding 

this document. You may obtain 

publicly-available information related to 

this document by any of the following 

methods: • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0280. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the NRC 

Library at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, 

select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS 

Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, 

please contact the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by 

email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 

ADAMS accession number for each 

document referenced in this document 

(if that document is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

a document is referenced. Dominion 

Energy Virginia’s application for 

subsequent renewal of the Surry 

licenses can be found in ADAMS under 

Package Accession No. ML18291A842. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0280 in the subject line of your 

comment submission in order to ensure 

that the NRC is able to make your 

comment submission available to the 

public in this docket. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, then you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment submissions into 

ADAMS. 

II. Discussion 

By letter dated October 15, 2018 

(ADAMS Package Accession No. 

ML18291A842), Dominion Energy 

Virginia submitted to the NRC an 

application for subsequent license 

renewal of Facility Operating License 

Nos. DPR–32 and DPR–37 for an 

additional 20 years of operation at Surry 

Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2. The 

Surry units are pressurized water 

reactors designed by Westinghouse and 

are located in Surry County, Virginia (17 

miles NW of Newport News, VA). The 

current renewed operating license for 

Unit 1 expires at midnight on May 25, 

2032, and the current renewed operating 

license for Unit 2 expires at midnight on 

January 29, 2033. The application for 

subsequent license renewal was 

submitted pursuant to part 54 of title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR) and included an environmental 

report (ER). A notice of receipt and 

availability of the application was 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 1, 2018 (83 FR 54948). A 


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