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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-nepareading-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. 

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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). 

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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 1 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] 

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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 SelfCertification 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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