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to assemble a report on current 

screening and vetting procedures, 

information sharing practices, and 

recommendations to improve these 

activities, to include an evaluation of 

the usefulness of the DS–5535. The 

Department is aware of these 

requirements, and is committed to 

evaluating and improving the utility of 

the DS–5535 accordingly. 

Methodology 

Department of State consular officers 

at visa-adjudicating posts worldwide 

will ask the additional questions to 

resolve an applicant’s identity or to vet 

for terrorism, national security-related, 

or other visa ineligibilities when the 

consular officer determines that the 

circumstances of a visa applicant, a 

review of a visa application, or 

responses in a visa interview indicate a 

need for greater scrutiny. The additional 

questions may be sent electronically to 

the applicant or be presented orally or 

in writing at the time of the interview. 

Julie M. Stufft, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Consular Affairs, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11347] 

Proposal To Extend and Amend 

Cultural Property Agreement Between 

the United States and Egypt 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Public notice. 

SUMMARY: Proposal to extend and amend 

the Memorandum of Understanding 

Concerning the Imposition of Import 

Restrictions on Categories of 

Archaeological Material of the Arab 

Republic of Egypt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Foster, Cultural Heritage 

Center, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs: 202–632–6301; 

culprop@state.gov; include ‘‘Egypt’’ in 

the subject line. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the authority vested in the Assistant 

Secretary of State for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, and pursuant to 19 

U.S.C. 2602(f)(1), an extension and 

amendment of the Memorandum of 

Understanding Concerning the 

Imposition of Import Restrictions on 

Categories of Archaeological Material of 

the Arab Republic of Egypt is hereby 

proposed. 

A copy of the Memorandum of 

Understanding, the Designated List of 

categories of material restricted from 

import into the United States, and 

related information can be found at the 

Cultural Heritage Center website: http:// 

culturalheritage.state.gov. 

Allison R. Davis, 

Executive Director CPAC, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11346] 

Notice of Receipt of Request From the 

Government of the Republic of Albania 

Under Article 9 of the 1970 UNESCO 

Convention on the Means of 

Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit 

Import, Export and Transfer of 

Ownership of Cultural Property 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice of receipt of request 

from Albania for cultural property 

protection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chelsea Freeland, Cultural Heritage 

Center, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs: 202–632–6301; 

culprop@state.gov; include ‘‘Albania’’ in 

the subject line. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Government of the Republic of Albania 

made a request to the Government of the 

United States on November 9, 2020, 

under Article 9 of the 1970 UNESCO 

Convention on the Means of Prohibiting 

and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export 

and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural 

Property. Albania’s request seeks U.S. 

import restrictions on archaeological 

and ethnological material representing 

Albania’s cultural patrimony. Pursuant 

to the authority vested in the Assistant 

Secretary of State for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, and pursuant to 19 

U.S.C. 2602(f)(1), notification of the 

request is hereby published. A public 

summary of Albania’s request and 

information about U.S. implementation 

of the 1970 UNESCO Convention will be 

available at the Cultural Heritage Center 

website: http://

culturalheritage.state.gov. 

Allison R. Davis, 

Executive Director CPAC, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement—Clinch River Nuclear Site 

Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology 

Park 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA) intends to prepare a 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (PEIS) to address the 

potential environmental effects 

associated with the construction, 

operation, and decommissioning of an 

advanced nuclear reactor technology 

park at the Clinch River Nuclear (CRN) 

Site in Oak Ridge, Roane County, 

Tennessee. The park would contain one 

or more advanced nuclear reactors with 

a cumulative electrical output not to 

exceed 800 megawatts electric (MWe). 

TVA plans to evaluate a variety of 

alternatives including a no-action 

alternative. Public comments are invited 

to identify other potential alternatives, 

information, and analysis relevant to the 

proposed action. 

DATES: The public scoping period begins 

with the publication of this Notice in 

the Federal Register and comments on 

the scope of the PEIS must be received 

or postmarked by March 19, 2021. To 

accommodate social distancing 

guidelines and public health 

recommendations related to the COVID– 

19 pandemic, TVA will host a virtual 

open house on March 1, 2021 from 

6:00–8:00 p.m. EST. Visit https://

www.tva.com/nepa to obtain more 

information. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted in writing to J. Taylor Cates, 

NEPA Specialist, 1101 Market Street, BR 

2C–C, Chattanooga, TN 37402. 

Comments may also be submitted online 

at: https://www.tva.com/nepa or by 

email to nepa@tva.gov. Due to COVID– 

19 teleworking restrictions, electronic 

submission of comments is encouraged 

to ensure timely review and 

consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Other related questions should be sent 

to Tennessee Valley Authority, J. Taylor 

Cates, NEPA Specialist, 1101 Market 

Street, BR 2C–C, Chattanooga, TN, 

37402, 423–751–2732, or jtcates@

tva.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is provided in accordance with 

the Council on Environmental Quality’s 

(CEQ) regulations for implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) at 40 CFR parts 1500–1508 and 

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Preservation Act (NHPA), and its 

implementing regulations (36 CFR part 

800). The PEIS will be prepared 

consistent with the 2020 CEQ 

regulations for implementing NEPA at 

40 CFR parts 1500–1508 (85 FR 43304– 

43376, Jul. 16, 2020). 

TVA Power System 

TVA is a corporate agency and 

instrumentality of the United States 

created by and existing pursuant to the 

TVA Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. part 831), 

to, among other things, foster the social 

and economic welfare of the people of 

the Tennessee Valley region and 

promote the proper use and 

conservation of the Valley’s natural 

resources. TVA generates and 

distributes electricity for business 

customers and local power distributors, 

serving more than 10 million people in 

parts of seven southeastern states. TVA 

is fully self-financed without Federal 

appropriations and funds operations 

through electricity sales and power 

system bond financing. In addition to 

operating and investing its revenues in 

its electric system, TVA provides flood 

control, navigation and land 

management for the Tennessee River 

system, and assists local power 

companies and state and local 

governments with economic 

development and job creation. 

Dependable electrical capacity on the 

TVA power system is about 33,000 

MWe. TVA’s current generating assets 

include one pumped-storage facility, 

one diesel generator site, three nuclear 

plants, five coal plants, nine combustion 

turbine plants, eight combined cycle 

plants, 14 solar energy sites, 29 

hydroelectric dams, and several small 

renewable generating facilities. A 

portion of delivered power is obtained 

through long-term power purchase 

agreements. About 13 percent of TVA’s 

annual generation is from hydro; 14 

percent is from coal; 27 percent is from 

natural gas; 41 percent is from nuclear; 

and the remainder is from wind, solar, 

and energy efficiency programs. TVA 

transmits electricity from these facilities 

over almost 16,000 miles of 

transmission lines. Like other utility 

systems, TVA has power interchange 

agreements with utilities surrounding 

the Tennessee Valley region, and buys 

and sells power on an economic basis 

almost daily. 

Background 

The CRN Site is in Oak Ridge, Roane 

County, Tennessee, on 935 acres of 

TVA-managed land on the Clinch River 

arm of the Watts Bar Reservoir. The site 

is located adjacent to the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak 

Ridge Reservation, a roughly 33,500 acre 

reservation with defense, research, and 

environmental cleanup missions. 

In May 2016, TVA submitted an 

application to the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) for an Early Site 

Permit (ESP) at the CRN Site for two or 

more new nuclear power units 

demonstrating Small Modular Reactors 

(SMR) technology with a total combined 

nuclear generating capacity not to 

exceed 800 MWe. SMRs provide the 

benefits of nuclear power in situations 

where large units, generally considered 

units with approximate electrical output 

exceeding 1000 MWe, are not 

appropriate or practical because of 

various constraints (i.e. local 

transmission system, limited physical 

space or water availability, constraints 

on the availability of capital for 

construction and operation, proximity 

to population centers, etc.). A NRC ESP 

provides early resolution of site safety 

and environmental issues, which in turn 

provides predictability and stability in 

any subsequent NRC licensing process. 

The NRC prepared and released a 

Final EIS in April 2019 to assess the 

environmental aspects of their action, to 

decide whether or not to issue an ESP 

to TVA for the CRN Site. Following the 

NRC ESP Final EIS determination, the 

NRC issued the ESP to TVA in 

December 2019. The ESP provides NRC 

approval of the CRN site for considering 

new nuclear power units demonstrating 

SMR technology; the ESP does not 

authorize TVA to construct or operate a 

nuclear facility. TVA must apply for and 

receive additional licenses from the 

NRC prior to initiating construction or 

operation of advanced nuclear reactors 

at the CRN Site. 

Project Purpose and Need 

In June 2019, TVA released the Final 

2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and 

the associated IRP Final EIS. The IRP 

identified the various resources that 

TVA intends to pursue to meet the 

energy needs of the Valley over the 20- 

year planning period in accordance with 

TVA’s mission. The 2019 IRP 

recommends that TVA continue to 

evaluate emerging nuclear technologies, 

including SMRs, as part of technology 

innovation efforts aimed at developing 

future electricity generation capabilities. 

TVA’s purpose and need for the CRN 

Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology 

Park is two-fold. First is to evaluate and 

demonstrate the feasibility of deploying 

advanced nuclear reactors to support 

TVA’s mission of providing safe, clean, 

reliable, and low-cost energy to the 

Tennessee Valley. Second is to evaluate 

emerging nuclear technologies as part of 

technology innovation efforts aimed at 

developing future generation capacities. 

TVA will consider the potential 

environmental effects associated with 

the proposed construction, operation, 

and decommissioning of one or more 

advanced nuclear reactors, with a 

cumulative electrical output not to 

exceed 800 MWe at the CRN Site. In 

addition to producing energy, advanced 

reactors could support a low carbon 

future, including demonstration of 

technologies such as microgrids, grid 

resiliency, waste heat energy storage for 

grid support, and the production of 

isotopes of hydrogen and other 

elements. 

Preliminary Proposed Action and 

Alternatives 

The PEIS will address a range of 

alternatives for construction, operation, 

and decommissioning of an advanced 

nuclear reactor technology park at the 

CRN Site. Action alternatives include 

construction of light water reactor 

(LWR) alternatives and/or non-LWR 

alternatives at the CRN Site. There are 

two areas within the 935-acre CRN Site 

that are best suitable for development; 

these are designated as Area 1 and Area 

2. Therefore, TVA plans to evaluate four 

discrete alternatives (A–D) for these 

proposed actions including the NoAction Alternative (A) and an advanced 

nuclear reactor technology park at Area 

1 (B); at Area 2 (C); at Area 1 and Area 

2 (D). Two additional alternatives E and 

F were considered but eliminated. 

Anticipated Environmental Impacts 

The PEIS will include a detailed 

evaluation of all environmental, social, 

and economic impacts associated with 

implementation of the proposed action. 

Resource areas to be addressed in the 

PEIS include, but are not limited to: Air 

quality; aquatics; botany; climate 

change; cultural resources; emergency 

planning; floodplains; geology and 

groundwater; hydrothermal; land use; 

navigation; noise and vibration; 

radiological safety; soil erosion and 

surface water; socioeconomics and 

environmental justice; threatened and 

endangered species; transportation; 

visual; waste; water use; wetlands; and 

wildlife. Measures to avoid, minimize, 

and mitigate adverse effects will be 

identified and evaluated in the PEIS. 

Anticipated Permits and Other 

Authorizations 

TVA anticipates consulting on the 

required authorities including, but not 

limited to: The Endangered Species Act; 

Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act; 

Rare Species Protection and 

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Preservation Act; Clean Air Act; and 

Federal Clean Water Act. 

TVA anticipates seeking required 

permits or authorizations, from the 

following governmental entities: The 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

Federal Aviation Administration; U.S. 

Department of Transportation; 

Tennessee Department of 

Transportation; U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers; U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency; 

Tennessee Department of Environment 

and Conservation; U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service; the City of Oak Ridge; 

Tennessee State Historic Preservation 

Officer; Tribal Historic Preservation 

Officers; and Texas Department of State 

Health Services, Radiation Control 

Program, Radiation Safety Licensing 

Branch. This is not an exhaustive list, 

other permits or authorizations may be 

sought as required or appropriate. 

Public Participation and Scoping 

Process 

TVA seeks comment and participation 

from all interested parties for the 

proposed action, including, but not 

limited, to assisting TVA in determining 

the scope of issues for analysis in the 

PEIS. Information about this project is 

available at https://www.tva.com/nepa, 

which includes a link to an online 

public comment page. TVA invites the 

public to identify other potential 

alternatives, information, and analysis 

relevant to the proposed action. 

Comments must be received or 

postmarked no later than March 19, 

2021. Federal, state, local agencies, and 

Native American Tribes are also invited 

to provide comments. Please note that 

any comments received, including 

names and addresses, will become part 

of the project administrative record and 

will be available for public inspection. 

To accommodate social distancing 

guidelines and public health 

recommendations related to the COVID– 

19 pandemic, TVA will host a virtual 

open house during the scoping period. 

The virtual open house will be held on 

March 1, 2021, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. 

EST. Visit https://www.tva.com/nepa to 

obtain more information about the 

virtual open house. Additional open 

house details will be available on the 

project site by February 17, 2021. 

PEIS Preparation and Schedule 

TVA will consider comments received 

during the scoping period and develop 

a scoping report, which will be 

published at https://www.tva.com/nepa. 

The scoping report will summarize 

public and agency comments that were 

received and identify the projected 

schedule for completing the PEIS 

process. Following completion of the 

CRN Site environmental analysis, TVA 

will post a Draft PEIS for public review 

and comment on the project web page. 

TVA anticipates holding a public open 

house, which may be virtual, after 

releasing the Draft PEIS. Open house 

details will be posted on TVA’s website 

in conjunction with the Draft PEIS. TVA 

expects to release the Draft PEIS in the 

Fall of 2021. 

TVA will consider the substantive 

comments received on the Draft PEIS, 

financial assessments, engineering 

evaluations, risk evaluations, and other 

applicable evaluations in the Final PEIS 

before selecting one or more 

alternatives. TVA projects completing a 

Final PEIS in Spring 2022. 

Subsequently, a final determination on 

proceeding with the CRN Site will be 

documented in a Record of Decision. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.9. 

Rebecca Tolene, 

Vice President, Environment. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in California 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans). 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of 

Caltrans, is issuing this notice to 

announce actions taken by Caltrans that 

are final. The actions relate to a 

proposed highway project, I–10 Blythe 

Pavement Rehabilitation Project in the 

County of Riverside, State of California. 

Those actions grant licenses, permits, 

and approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA, on 

behalf of Caltrans, is advising the public 

of final agency actions subject to 23 

U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A claim seeking 

judicial review of the Federal agency 

actions on the highway project will be 

barred unless the claim is filed on or 

before July 6, 2021. If the Federal law 

that authorizes judicial review of a 

claim provides a time period of less 

than 150 days for filing such claim, then 

that shorter time period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

Caltrans: Antonia Toledo, Senior 

Environmental Planner, California 

Department of Transportation-District 8, 

464 W 4th Street, MS–820, San 

Bernardino, CA 92401. Office Hours: 

8:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m., Pacific Standard 

Time, telephone, (909) 501–5741 or 

email Antonia.Toledo@dot.ca.gov. For 

FHWA, contact David Tedrick at (916) 

498–5024 or email david.tedrick@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, the FHWA assigned, and 

Caltrans assumed, environmental 

responsibilities for this project pursuant 

to 23 U.S.C. 327. Notice is hereby given 

that Caltrans has taken final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by 

issuing licenses, permits, and approvals 

for the following highway project in the 

State of California: rehabilitation of the 

existing asphalt concrete (AC) pavement 

on Interstate 10 from Post Mile (PM) 

R134.0 to PM R156.5 in the County of 

Riverside. Rehabilitation Activities 

include removal and replacement of 

existing inside and outside shoulders, 

guardrails, rumble strips, drainage 

inlets, and dikes, and installation of 

oversized drains. The project will also 

involve upgrades to ramp facilities for 

ADA compliance, installation of two 

temporary detour lanes in the existing 

median, extension of existing rock slope 

protection at bridge locations, and 

hydroseeding the median for erosion 

control and vegetation restoration. The 

primary purpose of this project is to 

restore and extend the life of existing 

pavement for a minimum of forty years, 

enhance trip reliability, and 

consequently minimize expenditures 

associated with future maintenance. The 

actions by the Federal agencies, and the 

laws under which such actions were 

taken, are described in the Final 

Environmental Assessment (FEA)/ 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) for the project, approved on 

July 27, 2020, and in other documents 

in Caltrans’ project records. The FEA, 

FONSI and other project records are 

available by contacting Caltrans at the 

addresses provided above. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions as of the issuance date 

of this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including but 

not limited to: 

1. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations 

2. National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C 4331(b)(2) 

3. Federal Highway Act of 1970, U.S.C 772 

4. Federal Clean Air Act of 1977 and 1987 

5. Clean Water Act of 1977 and 1987 

6. Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 

1972 

7. Safe Drinking Water Act of 1944, as 

amended 

8. Executive Order 11988, Floodplain 


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