8386 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 23 / Friday, February 5, 2021 / Notices 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information on respondents, 

including use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (d) ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Dated: February 2, 2021. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02449 Filed 2–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 40–8907; NRC–2019–0026] 

United Nuclear Corporation Church 

Rock Project 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft environmental impact 

statement; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On November 13, 2020, the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) issued for public comment a draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for United Nuclear Corporation’s (UNC) 

license amendment request. UNC is 

requesting authorization to amend its 

license (SUA–1475) to excavate 

approximately 1 million cubic yards 

(CY) of mine waste from the Northeast 

Church Rock Mine Site and dispose of 

it at the existing mill site in McKinley 

County, New Mexico. The public 

comment period was originally 

scheduled to close on December 28, 

2020. On December 23, 2020, the NRC 

extended the public comment until 

February 26, 2021. The NRC has 

decided to further extend the public 

comment until May 27, 2021 to allow 

more time for members of the public to 

develop and submit their comments. 

The NRC plans to further engage the 

local communities to promote full 

understanding of the proposed action 

and facilitate public comment and will 

also hold a public comment meeting 

during the extended comment period. 

DATES: The due date of comments 

requested in the document published 

December 23, 2020 (85 FR 84016) is 

extended. Comments should be filed no 

later than May 27, 2021. Comments 

received after this date will be 

considered, if it is practical to do so, but 

the Commission is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods; 

however, the NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal Rulemaking Website: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov/ and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2019–0026. Address 

questions about Docket IDs to Stacy 

Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; 

email: Stacy.Schumann@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, ATTN: Program Management, 

Announcements and Editing Staff, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

• Email comments to: UNCChurchRockEIS.resource@nrc.gov. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

• Leave a voicemail at: 888–672– 

3425. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ashley Waldron, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–7317; email: Ashley.Waldron@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2019– 

0026 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information regarding 

this document. You may obtain publicly 

available information related to this 

action by the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2019–0026. 

• 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. 

• Attention: The 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 or 301–415–4737, 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

• Project Web page: Information 

related to the UNC Church Rock project 

can be accessed on the NRC’s project 

web page at: https://www.nrc.gov/infofinder/decommissioning/uranium/ 

united-nuclear-corporation-unc-.html. 

• Public Libraries: A copy of the draft 

EIS can be accessed at the following 

public library: 

Æ Octavia Fellin Public Library 

Gallup, NM 87301 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal Rulemaking website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2019–0026 in your 

comment submission. Written 

comments may be submitted during the 

draft EIS comment period as described 

in the ADDRESSES section of the 

document. 

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 posts all comment 

submissions at https://

www.regulations.gov and enters all 

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 

because the NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions before making 

the comment submissions available to 

the public or entering the comment 

submissions into ADAMS. 

II. Discussion 

On November 13, 2020 (85 FR 72706), 

the NRC issued for public comment the 

draft EIS for the UNC license 

amendment to excavate approximately 1 

million CY of mine waste from the 

Northeast Church Rock Mine Site and 

dispose of it at the existing mill site in 

McKinley County, New Mexico. 

The draft EIS for UNC’s license 

amendment application includes the 


jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 23 / Friday, February 5, 2021 / Notices 8387 

NRC staff’s preliminary analysis that 

evaluates the environmental impacts of 

the proposed action and alternatives to 

the proposed action. After comparing 

the impacts of the proposed action to 

reasonable alternatives and the noaction alternative, the NRC staff, in 

accordance with the requirements in 

part 51 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations preliminarily recommends 

the proposed action, which would 

authorize UNC to transfer and dispose 

Northeast Church Rock mine waste on 

top of the UNC tailings impoundment. 

This recommendation is based on (i) 

UNC’s license application request, 

which includes Environmental Report 

and supplemental documents, as well as 

UNC’s responses to the NRC staff’s 

requests for additional information; (ii) 

consultation with Federal, State, Tribal, 

and local agencies and input from other 

stakeholders; and (iii) independent NRC 

staff review as documented in the 

assessments summarized in this EIS. 

The public comment period was 

originally scheduled to close on 

December 28, 2020. On December 23, 

2020, the NRC extended the public 

comment until February 26, 2021 (85 FR 

84016). The NRC has decided to further 

extend the public comment until May 

27, 2021 to allow more time for 

members of the public to submit their 

comments. Comments of Federal, State, 

and local agencies, Indian Tribes or 

other interested persons will be made 

available for public inspection when 

received. 

Stakeholders should monitor the 

NRC’s public meeting website for 

information about future public 

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

public-involve/public-meetings.html. 

Dated: February 1, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Jessie M. Quintero, 

Chief, Environmental Review Materials 

Branch, Division of Rulemaking, 

Environmental, and Financial Support, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02360 Filed 2–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Excepted Service; Consolidated 

Listing of Schedules A, B, and C 

Exceptions 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This provides the 

consolidated notice of all agency 

specific excepted authorities, approved 

by the Office of Personnel Management 

(OPM), under Schedule A, B, and C, as 

of June 30, 2020, as required by Civil 

Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the 

Competitive Service. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

Alford, Senior Executive Resources 

Services, Senior Executive Service and 

Performance Management, Employee 

Services, 202–606–2246. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Civil 

Service Rule VI (5 CFR 6.1) requires the 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management 

(OPM) to publish notice of exceptions 

granted under Schedule A, B, and C. 

Under 5 CFR 213.103(a) it is required 

that all Schedule A, B, and C appointing 

authorities available for use by all 

agencies to be published as regulations 

in the Federal Register (FR) and the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). 

Excepted appointing authorities 

established solely for use by one 

specific agency do not meet the 

standard of general applicability 

prescribed by the Federal Register Act 

for regulations published in either the 

FR or the CFR. Therefore, 5 CFR 

213.103(b) requires monthly 

publication, in the Notices section of the 

Federal Register, of any Schedule A, B, 

and C appointing authorities applicable 

to a single agency. Under 5 CFR 

213.103(c) it is required that a 

consolidated listing of all Schedule A, 

B, and C authorities, current as of June 

30 of each year, be published annually 

in the Notices section of the Federal 

Register at www.federalregister.gov/ 

agencies/personnel-management-office. 

That notice follows. Governmentwide 

authorities codified in the CFR are not 

printed in this notice. 

When making appointments under an 

agency-specific authority, agencies 

should first list the appropriate 

Schedule A, B, or C, followed by the 

applicable number, for example: 

Schedule A, 213.3104(x)(x). Agencies 

are reminded that all excepted 

authorities are subject to the provisions 

of 5 CFR part 302 unless specifically 

exempted by OPM at the time of 

approval. 

OPM maintains continuing 

information on the status of all 

Schedule A, B, and C appointing 

authorities. Interested parties needing 

information about specific authorities 

during the year may obtain information 

by writing to the Senior Executive 

Resource Services, Office of Personnel 

Management, 1900 E Street NW, Room 

7412, Washington, DC 20415, or by 

calling (202) 606–2246. 

The following exceptions are current 

as of June 30, 2020. 

Schedule A 

03. Executive Office of the President 

(Sch. A, 213.3103) 

(a) Office of Administration— 

(1) Not to exceed 75 positions to 

provide administrative services and 

support to the White House Office. 

(b) Office of Management and 

Budget— 

(1) Not to exceed 20 positions at 

grades GS–5/15. 

(2) Not to Exceed 34 positions that 

require unique technical skills needed 

for the re-designing and re-building of 

digital interfaces between citizens, 

businesses, and government as a part of 

Smarter Information Technology 

Delivery Initiative. This authority may 

be used to make permanent, timelimited and temporary appointments to 

Digital Services Expert positions (GS– 

301) directly related to the 

implementation of the Smarter 

Information Technology Delivery 

Initiative at the GS–14 to 15 level. No 

new appointments may be made under 

this authority after September 30, 2017. 

(c) Council on Environmental 

Quality— 

(1) Professional and technical 

positions in grades GS–9 through 15 on 

the staff of the Council. 

(d)–(f) (Reserved) 

(g) National Security Council— 

(1) All positions on the staff of the 

Council. 

(h) Office of Science and Technology 

Policy— 

(1) Thirty positions of Senior Policy 

Analyst, GS–15; Policy Analyst, GS–11/ 

14; and Policy Research Assistant, GS– 

9, for employment of anyone not to 

exceed 5 years on projects of a high 

priority nature. 

(i) Office of National Drug Control 

Policy— 

(1) Not to exceed 18 positions, GS–15 

and below, of senior policy analysts and 

other personnel with expertise in drugrelated issues and/or technical 

knowledge to aid in anti-drug abuse 

efforts. 

04. Department of State (Sch. A, 

213.3104) 

(a) Office of the Secretary— 

(1) All positions, GS–15 and below, 

on the staff of the Family Liaison Office, 

Director General of the Foreign Service 

and the Director of Personnel, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Management. 

(2) (Reserved) 

(b)–(f) (Reserved) 

(g) Bureau of Population, Refugees, 

and Migration— 

(1) Not to exceed 10 positions at 

grades GS–5 through 11 on the staff of 

the Bureau. 


jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES