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handling of almonds grown in 

California shall be in conformity to, and 

in compliance with, the terms and 

conditions of the said Order as hereby 

proposed to be amended as follows: 

The provisions of the proposed 

marketing order amending the Order 

contained in the proposed rule issued 

by the Administrator and published in 

the Federal Register (88 FR 25559) on 

April 27, 2023, will be and are the terms 

and provisions of this order amending 

the Order and are set forth in full 

herein. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 981 

Marketing agreements, Nuts, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Agricultural Marketing 

Service proposes to amend 7 CFR part 

981 as follows: 

PART 981—ALMONDS GROWN IN 

CALIFORNIA 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 981 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 2. Revise § 981.4 to read as follows: 

§ 981.4 Almonds. 

Almonds means (unless otherwise 

specified) all varieties of almonds 

(except bitter almonds), either shelled or 

unshelled, grown in the State of 

California, and, for the purposes of 

research includes almond biomass. 

■ 3. Add § 981.4a to read as follows: 

§ 981.4a Almond Biomass. 

Almond Biomass means the hulls, 

shells, and skins of harvested almonds 

and woody biomass derived from 

almond trees (e.g. tree limbs, bark, 

prunings). 

■ 4. Revise the first sentence of § 981.6 

to read as follows: 

§ 981.6 Shelled almonds. 

Shelled almonds mean almonds after 

the shells are removed and includes any 

form those almonds might take. * * * 

■ 5. Revise § 981.32(b)(2) to read as 

follows: 

§ 981.32 Nominations. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(2) Each handler may vote for a 

nominee for each position representing 

the group to which the handler belongs. 

Each handler vote shall be weighted by 

the quantity of almonds (kernel weight 

basis computed to the nearest whole 

ton) handled for the handler’s own 

account through March 31 of the crop 

year in which nominations are made. 

The nominee for each position shall be 

the person receiving the highest 

weighted vote for the position. 

* * * * * 

§ 981.41 [Amended] 

■ 6. Amend § 981.41(b) by removing the 

word ‘‘Control’’. 

§ 981.42 [Amended] 

■ 7. Amend the second sentence of 

§ 981.42(a) by removing the words 

‘‘accepted crushers, feed manufacturers, 

or feeders’’ and adding, in their place, 

‘‘approved accepted users.’’ 

§ 981.49 [Amended] 

■ 8. Amend § 981.49 by replacing the 

word ‘‘August’’ with ‘‘September’’. 

■ 9. Amend § 981.59 (a) by removing the 

word ‘‘Control’’. 

■ 10. Amend § 981.81 by: 

■ a. Revising the third and fourth 

sentences in paragraph (b); 

■ b. Revising the first sentence in 

paragraph (c); and 

■ c. Adding paragraph (f). 

The revisions and addition read as 

follows: 

§ 981.81 Assessment. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * Any amounts not credited 

pursuant to § 981.41 for a crop year may 

be used by the Board for its marketing 

promotion expenses of the succeeding 

crop year, and any unexpended portion 

of those amounts at the end of that crop 

year shall be retained in the operating 

reserve fund. Any funds of the operating 

reserve fund in excess of the level 

authorized pursuant to paragraph (c) of 

this section shall be refunded to 

handlers or used to reduce the 

assessment rate of the subsequent crop 

year, as the Board may determine. 

* * * * * 

(c) Reserves. The Board may maintain 

an operating reserve fund which shall 

not exceed approximately six-months’ 

expenses or such lower amount as the 

Board may establish with the approval 

of the Secretary: Provided, That this 

limitation shall not restrict the 

temporary retention of excess funds for 

the purpose of stabilizing or reducing 

the assessment rate of a crop year. * * * 

* * * * * 

(f) Advanced Assessments and 

Commercial Loans. To provide funds for 

the administration of the programs 

during the part of a crop year when 

neither sufficient operating reserve 

funds nor sufficient revenue from 

assessment on the current season’s 

receipts are available, the Board may 

accept payment of handler assessments 

in advance of the date when due or may 

borrow funds from a commercial 

lending institution for such purposes. 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

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BILLING CODE P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Parts 20, 30, and 51 

[NRC–2023–0071] 

RIN 3150–AL00 

Regulatory Framework for Fusion 

Systems 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Availability of preliminary 

proposed rule language; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

amending its byproduct material 

regulations to establish a regulatory 

framework for fusion systems. The NRC 

is making available preliminary 

proposed rule language for a limitedscope, technology-inclusive framework 

that will be added to NRC’s regulations 

in the Code of Federal Regulations. The 

NRC plans to hold public meetings in 

October and November 2023, to promote 

understanding of the preliminary 

proposed rule and facilitate 

transparency in its public rulemaking 

process. 

DATES: The NRC plans to hold a series 

of public meetings on October 11, 2023, 

November 1, 2023, and November 9, 

2023. See Section II, ‘‘Preliminary 

Proposed Rule Language and Public 

Meetings,’’ of this document for more 

information on the meetings. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

Docket ID NRC–2023–0071 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–2023–0071. Address 

questions about NRC Docket IDs to 

Dawn Forder; telephone: 301–415–3407; 

email: Dawn.Forder@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 


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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, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS 

accession number for each document 

referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) 

is provided the first time that it is 

mentioned in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you 

may examine and order copies of 

publicly available documents, is open 

by appointment. To make an 

appointment to visit the PDR, please 

send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 

or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern 

time, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis Andrukat, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, 

telephone: 301–415–3561, email: 

Dennis.Andrukat@nrc.gov, and Duncan 

White, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

and Safeguards, telephone: 301–415– 

2598, email: Duncan.White@nrc.gov. 

Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On January 14, 2019, the President 

signed into law the Nuclear Energy 

Innovation and Modernization Act 

(NEIMA), Public Law 115–439, 132 Stat. 

5565. Among other things, NEIMA 

directs the NRC to develop and 

establish, by December 31, 2027, a 

regulatory framework for fusion 

reactors. 

In response to NEIMA and the 

continued development of fusion 

technologies, the Commission directed 

the NRC staff to proceed with a limited 

scope rulemaking in a staff requirements 

memorandum (SRM) dated April 13, 

2023, SRM–SECY–23–0001 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML23103A449), 

associated with SECY–23–0001, 

‘‘Options for Licensing and Regulating 

Fusion Energy Systems,’’ dated January 

3, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML22273A163). The NRC is proposing 

to amend its regulations at part 30, 

‘‘Rules of General Applicability to 

Domestic Licensing of Byproduct 

Material,’’ in title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) to 

implement a regulatory framework for 

fusion systems. The NRC also is 

proposing similar changes to its 

regulations at 10 CFR part 20, 

‘‘Standards for Protection Against 

Radiation,’’ and part 51, 

‘‘Environmental Protection Regulations 

for Domestic Licensing and Related 

Regulatory Functions.’’ 

II. Preliminary Proposed Rule 

Language and Public Meetings 

The NRC is developing preliminary 

proposed rule language to provide for 

the licensing and oversight of the broad 

array of fusion systems currently under 

development. The proposed rule would 

amend 10 CFR parts 20, 30, and 51. The 

scope of this rulemaking is to augment 

NRC’s byproduct material framework to 

address licensing requirements for 

fusion systems that may be deployed in 

the near-term. The NRC will propose 

appropriate fusion-related definitions, 

requirements for the content of a 

licensing application, and other 

appropriate requirements. 

The current preliminary proposed 

rule language is available on the Federal 

rulemaking website at https://

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

NRC–2023–0071. The ADAMS 

accession number for the current 

preliminary proposed rule text is 

ML23258A145. This preliminary 

proposed rule language is draft and may 

be incomplete in one or more respects; 

however, the NRC welcomes discussion 

with stakeholders at the public meetings 

to inform the NRC’s rulemaking activity. 

The NRC may release additional 

preliminary proposed rule language 

throughout the development of the 

proposed rule. 

The NRC plans to hold public 

meetings on October 11, 2023, 

November 1, 2023, and November 9, 

2023. The meetings are noticed in the 

NRC’s Public Meeting Notice System. 

The NRC is providing preliminary 

proposed rule language to increase 

transparency and to facilitate 

discussions with stakeholders on the 

regulatory framework for fusion 

systems. Please monitor the NRC’s 

Public Meeting Notice System website 

at https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg as the 

NRC may post materials for the public 

meetings at any time before to the start 

of each public meeting. 

The NRC will post materials related to 

this rulemaking on the Federal 

rulemaking website at https://

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

NRC–2023–0071. Please monitor the 

docket on https://www.regulations.gov 

and use the following information to 

sign up for docket alerts. The Federal 

rulemaking website allows you to 

receive alerts when changes or additions 

occur in a docket folder. To subscribe: 

(1) navigate to the docket folder (NRC– 

2023–0071); (2) click the ‘‘Sign up for 

Email Alerts’’ link; and (3) enter your 

email address and select how frequently 

you would like to receive emails (daily, 

weekly, or monthly). 

Dated: September 29, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Dafna E. Silberfeld, 

Acting Director, Division of Rulemaking, 

Environmental, and Financial Support, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21988 Filed 10–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 1, 21, 22, 36, 43, 45, 61, 

65, 91, and 119 

[Docket No.: FAA–2023–1377; Notice No. 

23–10] 

RIN 2120–AL50 

Modernization of Special 

Airworthiness Certification 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM); extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: This action extends the 

comment period for the NPRM titled 

‘‘Modernization of Special 

Airworthiness Certification,’’ that was 

published on July 24, 2023. In that 

document, the FAA proposed to amend 

rules for the manufacture, certification, 

operation, maintenance, and alteration 

of light-sport aircraft. The proposed 

amendments would enable 

enhancements in safety and 

performance and would increase 

privileges under a number of sport pilot 

and light-sport aircraft rules. These 

enhancements include increasing 

suitability for flight training, limited 

aerial work, and personal travel. This 

proposed rule would expand what 

aircraft sport pilots may operate. The 

NPRM also proposed to amend the 

special purpose operations for restricted 

category aircraft; amend the duration, 

eligible purposes, and operating 

limitations for experimental aircraft; 

and add operating limitations applicable 

to experimental aircraft engaged in 

space support vehicle flights to codify 

statutory language. The FAA is 

extending the comment period for this 

NPRM to allow commenters additional 

time to analyze the proposed rule and 

prepare a response. 


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