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burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Teacher 

Cancellation Low Income Directory. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0077. 

Type of Review: An extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 67. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 6,840. 

Abstract: The Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended, (HEA) allows for up 

to a one hundred percent cancellation of 

a Federal Perkins Loan and loan 

forgiveness of a Federal Family 

Education Loan and Direct Loan 

program loan if the graduate teaches 

full-time in an elementary or secondary 

school serving low-income students. 

The data collected for the 

development of the Teacher 

Cancellation Low Income Directory 

provides web-based access to a list of all 

elementary and secondary schools, and 

educational service agencies that serve a 

total enrollment of more than 30 percent 

low income students (as defined under 

Title I, Part A of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended). The Directory allows postsecondary institutions to determine 

whether or not a teacher, who received 

a Federal Perkins Loan, Direct Loan, or 

Federal Family Education Loan at their 

school, is eligible to receive loan 

cancellation or forgiveness or that a 

teacher who received a TEACH Grant is 

meeting the service obligation. 

Dated: December 11, 2020. 

Kate Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27646 Filed 12–15–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration 

Proposed Subsequent Arrangement 

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Proposed subsequent 

arrangement. 

SUMMARY: This document is being 

issued under the authority of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. 

The Department is providing notice of a 

proposed subsequent arrangement 

under the Agreement for Cooperation 

Concerning Civil Uses of Atomic Energy 

Between the Government of the United 

States of America and the Government 

of Canada, as amended (the Agreement). 

DATES: This subsequent arrangement 

will take effect no sooner than 

December 31, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Sean Oehlbert, Office of 

Nonproliferation and Arms Control, 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

Telephone: 202–586–3806 or email: 

sean.oehlbert@nnsa.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposed subsequent arrangement 

concerns the granting of advance 

consent to Canada, pursuant to 

paragraph D of Article XII of the 

Agreement, to retransfer unirradiated 

source material, unirradiated uranium 

enriched to less than 20% in the isotope 

U–235, and moderator material to 

member states of the European Atomic 

Energy Community (EURATOM), and to 

the United Kingdom of Great Britain 

and Northern Ireland (UK). Any such 

material transferred from Canada to 

EURATOM would be made subject to 

the Agreement for Cooperation in the 

Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy 

between the United States of America 

and the European Atomic Energy 

Community (the U.S.-EURATOM 123 

Agreement). Any such material 

transferred from Canada to the UK prior 

to the entry into force of the Agreement 

between the Government of the United 

States of America and the Government 

of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 

and Northern Ireland for Cooperation in 

Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (the 

U.S.-UK 123 Agreement) would be made 

subject to the U.S.-EURATOM 123 

Agreement, and any such material 

transferred from Canada to the UK 

following the entry into force of the 

U.S.-UK 123 Agreement would be made 

subject to the U.S.-UK 123 Agreement. 

Pursuant to the authority in section 

131 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 

as delegated, I have determined that this 

proposed subsequent arrangement will 

not be inimical to the common defense 

and security of the United States of 

America. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on December 11, 

2020, by Brent K. Park, Deputy 

Administrator for Defense Nuclear 

Nonproliferation, 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 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Surplus Plutonium Disposition 

Program 

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The National Nuclear 

Security Administration (NNSA), a 

semi-autonomous agency within the 

United States (U.S.) Department of 

Energy (DOE), announces its intent, 

consistent with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), to prepare a Surplus Plutonium 

Disposition Program (SPDP) 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

to evaluate alternatives for the safe and 

timely disposition of plutonium surplus 

to the defense needs of the United 

States. NNSA will prepare a SPDP EIS 

to evaluate the dilute and dispose 

alternative, also known as ‘‘plutonium 

downblending,’’ and any other 

identified reasonable alternatives for the 

disposition of surplus plutonium. The 

dilute and dispose approach would 

require new, modified, or existing 

capabilities at the Savannah River Site 

(SRS), Los Alamos National Laboratory 

(LANL), Pantex Plant (Pantex), and the 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). The 

purpose of this Notice is to invite public 

participation in the process and to 

encourage public involvement on the 

scope and alternatives that should be 

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DATES: The public scoping period begins 

with the publication of this Notice in 

the Federal Register and continues until 

February 1, 2021. Comments received 

after this date will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

In light of recent public health 

concerns, NNSA will be hosting an 

internet- and telephone-based, virtual 

public scoping meeting in place of an 

in-person meeting. The date of the 

meeting will be provided in a future 

notice posted on the following website: 

https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/nnsanepa-reading-room. NNSA will hold the 

meeting no earlier than 15 days from the 

posting of the notice. Public scoping 

meeting details will also be announced 

in local media outlets. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

scope of the SPDP EIS, requests to be 

placed on the SPDP EIS mailing list, and 

requests for information related to the 

SPDP EIS should be sent to: Mr. Jeffrey 

Galan, NNSA NEPA Document 

Manager, by regular mail at: Mr. Jeffrey 

Galan, NEPA Document Manager, 

NNSA Office of Material Management 

and Minimization, Savannah River Site, 

P.O. Box A, Bldg. 730–2B, Rm. 328, 

Aiken, SC 29802; or sent by email to 

SPDP-EIS@NNSA.DOE.GOV or phone to 

803–952–7434. 

NNSA invites other Federal and state 

agencies, state and local governments, 

Native American tribes, industry, other 

organizations, and members of the 

public to submit comments to assist in 

identifying environmental issues and in 

determining the appropriate scope of 

the SPDP EIS. Written and oral 

comments will be given equal weight 

and NNSA will consider all comments 

received or postmarked by the end of 

the comment period in preparing the 

Draft SPDP EIS. Comments received or 

postmarked after the comment period 

will be considered to the extent 

practicable. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personally identifiable 

information in your comment, please be 

advised that your entire comment— 

including your personally identifiable 

information—may be made publicly 

available. If you wish for NNSA to 

withhold your name and/or other 

personally identifiable information, 

please state this prominently at the 

beginning of your comment. You may 

also submit comments anonymously. 

This Notice of Intent, information 

related to the online scoping meeting 

(including internet and telephone access 

details), and instructions on how to 

participate will be available at the 

following website: https://

www.energy.gov/nnsa/nnsa-nepareading-room and announced in local 

media outlets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about this Notice, 

please contact Mr. Jeffrey Galan, NNSA 

NEPA Document Manager, by regular 

mail at: Mr. Jeffrey Galan, NEPA 

Document Manager, NNSA Office of 

Material Management and 

Minimization, Savannah River Site, P.O. 

Box A, Bldg. 730–2B, Rm. 328, Aiken, 

SC 29802; phone: 803–952–7434; or 

email to: SPDP-EIS@NNSA.DOE.GOV. 

Requests for general information 

concerning the NNSA NEPA process 

should be directed to Mrs. Amy Miller, 

NEPA Compliance Officer, NNSA Office 

of General Counsel, P.O. Box 5400, 

Albuquerque, NM 87185–5400; or sent 

by email to SPDP-EIS@NNSA.DOE.GOV. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NNSA 

will prepare the SPDP EIS in accordance 

with the previous version of the Council 

on Environmental Quality regulations 

(40 CFR parts 1500–1508, 1978 as 

amended in 1986 and 2005), as this 

version was controlling at the time the 

NEPA process for the SPDP was 

initiated. 

Background 

The following is a summary of 

NNSA’s previous NEPA reviews and 

decisions regarding the disposition of 

surplus plutonium. 

Following the end of the Cold War, 

the United States in 1994 declared 52.5 

metric tons of plutonium surplus to the 

defense needs of the Nation. In 2007, an 

additional 9 metric tons of plutonium 

was declared surplus. Since the mid1990s, NNSA has prepared several 

NEPA reviews to evaluate alternative 

means of assuring that the surplus 

plutonium would no longer be suitable 

for use in nuclear weapons. In 1996, 

DOE completed the Storage and 

Disposition of Weapons-Usable Fissile 

Materials Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (DOE/EIS–0229). DOE 

evaluated deep borehole, 

immobilization, and reactor alternatives, 

each with sub-alternatives, for 

dispositioning surplus plutonium. In a 

subsequent Record of Decision (ROD) 

(62 FR 304, January 21, 1997), NNSA 

documented its decision to (1) 

immobilize some or all surplus 

plutonium for disposal in a geologic 

repository, (2) fabricate some surplus 

plutonium into mixed oxide (MOX) fuel 

for irradiation in commercial reactors, 

(3) consolidate storage of pit plutonium 

at Pantex, and (4) consolidate storage of 

non-pit plutonium at the SRS. 

In 1999, DOE completed the Surplus 

Plutonium Disposition Environmental 

Impact Statement (SPD EIS, DOE/EIS– 

0283). In the SPD EIS, DOE evaluated 

immobilization (ceramic and glass) 

alternatives and MOX fuel fabrication 

alternatives, as well as siting 

alternatives for a Mixed-Oxide Fuel 

Fabrication Facility (MFFF), a pit 

disassembly and conversion facility 

(PDCF), and an immobilization facility. 

In a subsequent ROD (65 FR 1608, 

January 11, 2000), NNSA documented 

its decision to pursue a dual track 

approach for plutonium disposition by 

(1) immobilizing about 17 metric tons of 

surplus weapons-usable plutonium, (2) 

using 33 metric tons of surplus 

weapons-usable plutonium to fabricate 

MOX fuel for irradiation in commercial 

nuclear reactors, and (3) constructing 

and operating an immobilization 

facility, a PDCF, and an MFFF at SRS. 

On April 19, 2002 (67 FR 19432) and 

April 24, 2003 (68 FR 20134), NNSA 

decided to (1) cancel the immobilization 

program, (2) immediately consolidate 

storage of plutonium then stored at the 

Rocky Flats Environmental Technology 

Site at SRS, and (3) designate 34 metric 

tons rather than 33 metric tons of 

surplus plutonium for fabrication into 

MOX fuel for irradiation in commercial 

nuclear reactors. In 2008, NNSA 

decided to construct and operate a 

Waste Solidification Building (WSB) at 

SRS to prepare waste from the MFFF 

and the PDCF for disposal. 

In 2015, NNSA completed the Surplus 

Plutonium Disposition Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SPD 

Supplemental EIS) (DOE/EIS–0283–S2). 

In the SPD Supplemental EIS, NNSA 

evaluated the MOX Fuel Alternative, the 

WIPP Alternative (also referred to as 

‘‘plutonium downblending’’ or ‘‘dilute 

and dispose’’), and two variations on 

immobilization for disposition of 6 

metric tons of non-pit plutonium and 

7.1 metric tons of pit plutonium. This 

13.1 metric tons of surplus plutonium, 

for which a disposition path had not 

previously been assigned, was in 

addition to the 34 metric tons NNSA 

decided to disposition using the MOX 

approach. In addition, NNSA evaluated 

options for pit disassembly and 

conversion. In 2015 (80 FR 80348, 

December 24, 2015), DOE announced its 

preferred alternative for the 6 metric 

tons of non-pit plutonium evaluated in 

the SPD Supplemental EIS. In 2016, 

NNSA issued a ROD to dispose of the 

6 metric tons of non-pit plutonium 

using the WIPP Alternative (dilute and 

dispose) (81 FR 19588, April 5, 2016). 

Using that approach, NNSA is currently 

diluting the 6 metric tons of non-pit 

plutonium with an adulterant using 

modified or existing facilities, packaging 

the material as contact-handled TRU 


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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). 

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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