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identifiable information (PII). NSF 

routinely reviews PII in IT systems in 

addition to monitoring technical, 

physical, and administrative controls in 

place to assure that PII is appropriately 

protected. NSF’s major applications and 

general support systems are assessed 

and authorized by NSF’s continuous 

monitoring and ongoing authorization 

program. The authorization process 

requires a thorough security and privacy 

control review. 

All NSF systems are covered by a 

system security plan, and major 

applications and general support 

systems are authorized to operate. 

Applications and devices hosted on the 

NSF network are subjected to extensive 

vulnerability scanning and compliance 

checking against standard security 

configurations. Robust virus protection 

capabilities, anti-malware, and network 

intrusion detection and prevention 

devices provide 24/7 protection against 

external threats. NSF’s strong access 

controls ensure that resources are made 

available only to authorized users, 

programs, processes or systems by 

reference to rules of access that are 

defined by attributes and policies. 

NSF uses the capabilities of a Trusted 

internet Connections (TIC) compliant 

provider for routing agency network 

traffic and uses the federally provided 

intrusion detection system (IDS), 

including advanced continuous 

monitoring and risk management 

analysis. NSF has a well-established 

computer security incident response 

program. NSF’s incident response 

procedures include a strong digital 

forensics capability to investigate and 

review data and identify relevant 

evidence and malicious activity. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Follow the procedures found at 45 

CFR part 613 (NSF Privacy Act 

Regulations). 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Follow the procedures found at 45 

CFR part 613. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

See 45 CFR part 613. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

None. 

Dated: October 18, 2023. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23487 Filed 10–23–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION 

SAFETY BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m. EDT, 

November 14, 2023. 

PLACE: Virtual. 

STATUS: The one item may be viewed by 

the public through webcast only. 

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: 

69859 Highway Investigative Report— 

Multivehicle Crash at Signalized 

Intersection, North Las Vegas, 

Nevada, January 29, 2022 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Candi Bing at (202) 590–8384 or by 

email at bingc@ntsb.gov. 

Media Information Contact: Sarah 

Sulick by email at sarah.sulick@ntsb.gov 

or at (202) 314–6100. 

This meeting will take place virtually. 

The public may view it through a live 

or archived webcast by accessing a link 

under ‘‘Upcoming Events’’ on the NTSB 

home page at www.ntsb.gov. 

There may be changes to this event 

due to the evolving situation concerning 

the novel coronavirus (COVID–19). 

Schedule updates, including weatherrelated cancellations, are also available 

at www.ntsb.gov. 

The National Transportation Safety 

Board is holding this meeting under the 

Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552(b). 

Dated: October 20, 2023. 

Candi R. Bing, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23535 Filed 10–20–23; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 7533–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2023–0181] 

Proposed Revision to Standard Review 

Plan Branch Technical Position 7–19, 

Guidance for Evaluation of Defense In 

Depth and Diversity To Address 

Common-Cause Failure Due to Latent 

Design Defects in Digital Safety 

Systems 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Standard review plan-draft 

branch technical position revision; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is soliciting public 

comment on draft NUREG–0800, 

‘‘Standard Review Plan for the Review 

of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear 

Power Plants: LWR Edition,’’ Branch 

Technical Position (BTP) 7–19, Revision 

9, ‘‘Guidance for Evaluation of Defense 

In Depth and Diversity To Address 

Common-Cause Failure Due to Latent 

Design Defects in Digital Safety 

Systems.’’ The NRC seeks comments on 

the proposed draft BTP 7–19 revision of 

the Standard Review Plan (SRP) that 

provides the NRC staff with guidance 

for evaluating an applicant’s assessment 

of the adequacy of defense in depth and 

diversity (D3) for a proposed digital 

instrumentation and control (DI&C) 

system. 

DATES: Submit comments by November 

24, 2023. 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–2023–0181. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individuals 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: 

Ekaterina Lenning, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301– 

415–3151, email: Ekaterina.Lenning@

nrc.gov, Brent Ballard, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301– 

415–0680, email: Brent.Ballard@nrc.gov, 

and Carla Roque-Cruz, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301– 

415–1455, email: Carla.Roque-Cruz@

nrc.gov. All are staff of the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2023– 

0181 when contacting the NRC about 


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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–2023–0181. 

• 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, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The draft BTP 

7–19, Revision 9, ‘‘Guidance for 

Evaluation of Defense In Depth and 

Diversity to Address Common-Cause 

Failure Due to Latent Design Defects in 

Digital Safety Systems’’ is available in 

ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML23222A237. 

• 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 (ET), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2023–0181 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. 

II. Discussion 

The NRC seeks public comment on 

the draft BTP 7–19 Revision 9, 

‘‘Guidance for Evaluation of Defense In 

Depth and Diversity to Address 

Common-Cause Failure Due to Latent 

Design Defects in Digital Safety 

Systems.’’ This draft revision BTP 7–19, 

provides the NRC staff with guidance 

for evaluating an applicant’s assessment 

of the adequacy of D3 for a proposed 

DI&C system. The applicant performs 

this D3 assessment to identify and 

address potential common-cause 

failures (CCFs) in a proposed DI&C 

system and to evaluate the effects of any 

unprevented CCFs on plant safety. 

The purpose of this proposed update 

is to implement the expanded policy in 

SRM–SECY–22–0076, ‘‘Expansion of 

Current Policy on Potential CommonCause Failures in Digital 

Instrumentation and Control Systems,’’ 

(ADAMS Accession Nos. ML23145A181 

and ML23145A182) for addressing DI&C 

CCFs. The proposed update provides 

guidance for the review of risk-informed 

D3 assessments, in addition to the 

existing guidance for assessments based 

on best-estimate methods. The proposed 

update also provides review guidance 

for design techniques or mitigating 

measures, other than diversity, to 

address the effects of a DI&C CCF. 

Following NRC staff evaluation of 

public comments, the NRC intends to 

finalize BTP 7–19, Revision 9 in 

ADAMS and post it on the NRC’s public 

website at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0800. 

The SRP is guidance for the NRC staff. 

The SRP is not a substitute for the NRC 

regulations, and compliance with the 

SRP is not required. 

III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and 

Issue Finality 

The guidance in this draft SRP is 

updated to implement the Commission’s 

policies in SRM–SECY–22–0076 for 

review of applicant assessments of 

defense in depth and diversity to 

prevent or mitigate common-cause 

failure of digital instrumentation and 

control systems used in light-water 

nuclear power reactors. Issuance of this 

draft SRP, if finalized, would not 

constitute backfitting as defined in 

section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

‘‘Backfitting’’ (the Backfit Rule), and as 

described in NRC Management Directive 

(MD) 8.4, ‘‘Management of Backfitting, 

Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and 

Information Requests’’; would not affect 

the issue finality of an approval under 

10 CFR part 52; and would not 

constitute forward fitting as that term is 

defined and described in MD 8.4. The 

NRC staff’s position is based upon the 

following considerations. 

1. The draft SRP positions, if 

finalized, would not constitute 

backfitting or forward fitting or affect 

issue finality, inasmuch as the SRP 

would be internal guidance to the NRC 

staff. 

The SRP provides guidance to the 

NRC staff on how to review an 

application for NRC regulatory approval 

in the form of licensing. Changes in 

internal staff guidance, without further 

NRC action, are not matters that meet 

the definition of backfitting or forward 

fitting or affect the issue finality of a 10 

CFR part 52 approval. 

2. Current or future applicants are 

not—with limited exceptions not 

applicable here—within the scope of the 

backfitting and issue finality regulations 

and forward fitting policy. 

Applicants are not, with certain 

exceptions, within the scope of the 

Backfit Rule or any issue finality 

provisions under 10 CFR part 52. The 

backfitting and issue finality regulations 

include language delineating when 

those provisions begin; in general, they 

begin after the issuance of a license, 

permit, or other approval. Furthermore, 

neither the Backfit Rule nor the issue 

finality provisions under 10 CFR part 

52—with certain exclusions discussed 

further in this notice—were intended to 

apply to NRC actions that substantially 

change the expectations of current and 

future applicants. 

The exceptions to the general 

principle are applicable when an 

applicant references a 10 CFR part 52 

license (e.g., an early site permit) and/ 

or NRC regulatory approval (e.g., a 

design certification rule) with specified 

issue finality provisions or a 

construction permit under 10 CFR part 

50. The NRC staff does not, at this time, 

intend to impose the positions 

represented in the draft SRP (if 

finalized) in a manner that would 

constitute backfitting or affect the issue 

finality of a 10 CFR part 52 approval. If, 

in the future, the staff seeks to impose 

a position in the draft SRP (if finalized) 

in a manner that constitutes backfitting 

or affects the issue finality of a 10 CFR 

part 52 approval, then the staff would 

need to address the Backfit Rule, or the 

criteria described in the applicable issue 

finality provision. 

The Commission’s forward fitting 

policy generally does not apply when an 

applicant files an initial licensing action 

for a new facility. Nevertheless, the NRC 

staff does not, at this time, intend to 

impose the positions represented in the 

draft SRP (if finalized) in a manner that 

would constitute forward fitting. If, in 


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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). 

the future, the staff seeks to impose a 

position in the draft SRP (if finalized) in 

a manner that constitutes forward 

fitting, then the staff would need to 

address the forward fitting criteria in 

MD 8.4. 

Dated: October 19, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Gerond A. George, 

Chief, Licensing Project Branch, Division of 

Operating Reactors, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23426 Filed 10–23–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Senior Executive Service-Performance 

Review Board 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

appointment of members of the OPM 

Performance Review Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly Sylke, OPM Human 

Resources, Office of Personnel 

Management, 1900 E Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20415, (202) 606–1048. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

4314(c) (1) through (5) of title 5, U.S.C., 

requires each agency to establish, in 

accordance with regulations prescribed 

by the Office of Personnel Management, 

one or more SES performance review 

boards. The board reviews and evaluates 

the initial appraisal of a senior 

executive’s performance by the 

supervisor and considers 

recommendations to the appointing 

authority regarding the performance of 

the senior executive. 

The following have been designated 

as members of the Fiscal Year 2023 

Performance Review Board of the U.S. 

Office of Personnel Management: 

Robert Shriver, Deputy Director, Chair 

Laurie Bodenheimer, Associate Director, 

Healthcare and Insurance 

Carmen Garcia, Chief Human Capital 

Officer 

Veronica Hinton, Associate Director, 

Workforce Policy and Innovation 

Jane Lee, Senior Advisor to the Director 

Lisa Loss, Director, Suitability Executive 

Agent Programs 

Webb Lyons, General Counsel 

Kathryn Malague, Chief Management 

Officer 

Margaret Pearson, Associate Director, 

Retirement Services 

Alethea Predeoux, Chief of Staff 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Kayyonne Marston, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23441 Filed 10–23–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–45–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2024–16 and CP2024–16; 

MC2024–17 and CP2024–17; MC2024–18 

and CP2024–18; MC2024–19 and CP2024– 

19; MC2024–20 and CP2024–20] 

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: October 26, 

2023. 

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. 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: MC2024–16 and 

CP2024–16; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 76 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: October 18, 2023; 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: October 26, 

2023. 

2. Docket No(s).: MC2024–17 and 

CP2024–17; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 77 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: October 18, 2023; 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: October 26, 

2023. 

3. Docket No(s).: MC2024–18 and 

CP2024–18; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 78 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: October 18, 2023; Filing Authority: 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 

through 3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; 


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