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the teleconference in listen only mode 

can be found at https://www.nrc.gov/ 

pmns/mtg. 

Week of December 21, 2020—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for the 

week of December 21, 2020. 

Week of December 28, 2020—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for the 

week of December 28, 2020. 

Week of January 4, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for the 

week of January 4, 2021. 

Week of January 11, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for the 

week of January 11, 2021. 

Week of January 18, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for the 

week of January 18, 2021. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For more information or to verify the 

status of meetings, contact Denise 

McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email 

at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov. The 

schedule for Commission meetings is 

subject to change on short notice. 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the 

internet at: https://www.nrc.gov/ 

public-involve/public-meetings/ 

schedule.html. 

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If 

you need a reasonable 

accommodation to participate in 

these public meetings or need this 

meeting notice or the transcript or 

other information from the public 

meetings in another format (e.g., 

Braille, large print), please notify 

Anne Silk, NRC Disability Program 

Specialist, at 301–287–0745, by 

videophone at 240–428–3217, or by 

email at Anne.Silk@nrc.gov. 

Determinations on requests for 

reasonable accommodation will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

Members of the public may request to 

receive this information 

electronically. If you would like to 

be added to the distribution, please 

contact the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Office of the 

Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 

(301–415–1969), or by email at 

Tyesha.Bush@nrc.gov. 

The NRC is holding the meetings 

under the authority of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552b. 

Dated: December 15, 2020. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Denise L. McGovern, 

Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28027 Filed 12–16–20; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2020–0266] 

Replacement Energy Cost Estimates 

for Nuclear Power Plants: 2020–2030 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment draft NUREG–2242, 

‘‘Replacement Energy Cost Estimates for 

Nuclear Power Plants: 2020–2030.’’ This 

guidance updates previous estimates of 

replacement energy costs for potential 

shutdowns of U.S. nuclear electricitygenerating units. 

DATES: Submit comments by February 

16, 2021. Comments received after this 

date will be considered if it is practical 

to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2020–0266. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Dawn 

Forder; telephone: 301–415–3407; 

email: Dawn.Forder@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Mail comments to: Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– 

A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, ATTN: Program Management, 

Announcements and Editing Staff. 

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: 

Pamela Noto, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

6795, email: Pamela.Noto@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2020– 

0266 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publicly 

available information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2020–0266. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

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 draft NUREG, 

‘‘Replacement Energy Cost Estimates for 

Nuclear Power Plants: 2020–2030,’’ is 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML20342A132. 

• Attention: The Public Document 

Room (PDR), where you may examine 

and order copies of public documents is 

currently closed. You may submit your 

request to the PDR via email at 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800– 

397–4209 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2020– 

0266 in your comment submission. 

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 https://

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 into ADAMS. 


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1See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting 

Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information, 

June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No. 

4679). 

II. Discussion 

The NRC is developing new guidance 

to update replacement energy cost 

estimates for both short- and long-term 

nuclear power plant outages. The new 

guidance document, NUREG–2242, 

‘‘Replacement Energy Cost Estimates for 

Nuclear Power Plants: 2020–2030,’’ 

when finalized, updates and replaces 

the information contained within 

NUREG/CR–4012, Volume 4, 

‘‘Replacement Energy Costs for Nuclear 

Electricity-Generating Units in the 

United States: 1997–2001,’’ and 

NUREG/CR–6080, ‘‘Replacement 

Energy, Capacity, and Reliability Costs 

for Permanent Nuclear Reactor 

Shutdowns’’ (ADAMS Accession Nos. 

ML20073J435 and ML20076F500, 

respectively). 

Replacement energy costs are 

estimated for the U.S. electricity 

wholesale market regions with nuclear 

electricity-generating units over the 

2020–2030 study period. These 

estimates were developed to assist the 

NRC in evaluating proposed regulatory 

actions that (1) require safety 

modifications that might necessitate 

temporary reactor outages and (2) 

reduce the potential for extended 

outages resulting from a severe reactor 

accident. Estimates were calculated 

using ASEA Brown Boveri’s PROMOD 

model and ICF’s Integrated Planning 

Model for North America. The model 

simulates dispatching a collection of 

generating units in merit order (i.e., 

lowest to highest incremental cost of 

dispatch) until the regional power 

demand is met. Each generating unit is 

characterized by the technology and fuel 

it uses to generate electricity, the unit’s 

heat rate, and the variable and fixed 

costs incurred in owning and operating 

the unit. To estimate the replacement 

energy cost, the study models a 

Reference Case, in which all operational 

nuclear power plants are generating, 

and an Alternative Case, in which a 

nuclear generating unit is taken offline 

so that the next unit in merit order is 

dispatched to replace the lost 

generation. The difference in market 

clearing prices between the two cases is 

the replacement energy cost. 

The resulting wholesale power price 

projections capture the dynamics and 

economics of the U.S. electricity 

markets, which provide short- and longterm replacement energy cost estimates 

on a market area basis. Factors that 

affect replacement energy costs, such as 

load growth, replacement sources of 

generation, fuel prices, air emission 

requirement outlooks, and seasonal 

variations were treated in the analysis. 

On November 18, 2020, the NRC held 

a Category 3 public meeting (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML20336A181) to 

discuss the updated replacement energy 

cost estimates. The NRC appreciates 

feedback received from the November 

18, 2020 public meeting and will 

consider comments received during the 

public comment period when 

developing the final NUREG–2242. 

After Commission approval and 

publication of the final NUREG–2242, 

the NRC plans to develop an appendix 

to NUREG/BR–0058, Revision 5, 

‘‘Regulatory Analysis Guidelines of the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,’’ 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML19261A278) 

to provide guidance for applying the 

replacement energy cost estimates. 

Dated: December 15, 2020. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

John R. Tappert, 

Director, Division of Rulemaking, 

Environmental, and Financial Support, Office 

of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27928 Filed 12–17–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. CP2020–230; CP2020–246; 

CP2020–263; MC2021–46 and CP2021–48] 

New Postal Products 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing for the 

Commission’s consideration concerning 

a negotiated service agreement. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: December 

22, 2020. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to negotiated service agreement(s). The 

request(s) may propose the addition or 

removal of a negotiated service 

agreement from the market dominant or 

the competitive product list, or the 

modification of an existing product 

currently appearing on the market 

dominant or the competitive product 

list. 

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, the title of each Postal 

Service request, the request’s acceptance 

date, and the authority cited by the 

Postal Service for each request. For each 

request, the Commission appoints an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in the 

proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 

(Public Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each request. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3011.301.1

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

in the captioned docket(s) are consistent 

with the policies of title 39. For 

request(s) that the Postal Service states 

concern market dominant product(s), 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3030, and 39 

CFR part 3040, subpart B. For request(s) 

that the Postal Service states concern 

competitive product(s), applicable 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 

39 CFR part 3040, subpart B. Comment 

deadline(s) for each request appear in 

section II. 

1. Docket No(s).: CP2020–230; Filing 

Title: Notice of the United States Postal 

Service of Filing Modification One to 

Priority Mail Express International, 

Priority Mail International, First-Class 

Package International Service & 

Commercial ePacket Contract 7 

Negotiated Service Agreement; Filing 

Acceptance Date: December 14, 2020; 

Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 

3040.130 through 3040.135, and 39 CFR 

3035.105; Public Representative: 

Kenneth R. Moeller; Comments Due: 

December 22, 2020. 

2. Docket No(s).: CP2020–246; Filing 

Title: Notice of the United States Postal 


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