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the last hourly rate was instituted, and 

mid-2023. 

• MSHA will process applications 

and post-approval activities postmarked 

before January 1, 2024, under the 

existing FY 2019 hourly rate of $137. 

• MSHA will process applications 

and post-approval activities postmarked 

on or after January 1, 2024, under the 

revised FY 2024 hourly rate of $166. 

This fee information is available on 

the MSHA website at http://

www.msha.gov. 

Christopher J. Williamson, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety 

and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24142 Filed 11–1–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4520–43–P 

MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: The Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals 

will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, 

14 November 2023 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 

p.m. and Wednesday, 15 November 

2023 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 

Commission and the Committee also 

will meet in executive session on 

Tuesday, 14 November 2023, from 4:15 

to 5 p.m. 

PLACE: The Navy Memorial Visitor’s 

Center, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20004. 

STATUS: The executive session will be 

closed to the public in accordance with 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b) and 

applicable regulations. The session will 

be limited to discussions of the internal 

personnel rules and practices of the 

Commission. All other portions of the 

meeting will be open to the public. 

Public participation will be allowed as 

time permits and as determined to be 

desirable by the Chair. Virtual 

participation will be possible through a 

Zoom Webinar. The meeting agenda and 

webinar registration details will be 

posted on the Commission’s website 

(https://www.mmc.gov/events-meetingsand-workshops/marine-mammalcommission-annual-meetings/2023- 

annual-meeting/) prior to the meeting. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Commission and Committee will meet 

in public session to discuss a broad 

range of marine mammal science and 

conservation policy issues and celebrate 

the 50th anniversaries of the 

Endangered Species Act and Marine 

Mammal Protection Act. While these 

laws have achieved the recovery of 

some marine mammal species, others 

continue to struggle and face a variety 

of risk factors, including the impacts of 

climate change. Through the meeting, 

we will use case studies of threatened 

and endangered marine mammals to 

explore national-level issues related to 

stock assessment, health surveillance, 

and other management needs in a 

changing climate. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Brady O’Donnell, Communications 

Officer, Marine Mammal Commission, 

4340 East-West Highway, Room 700, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–0087; 

email: bodonnell@mmc.gov. 

Dated: October 27, 2023. 

Peter O. Thomas, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24280 Filed 10–31–23; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–31–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–498, 50–499, and 72–1041; 

NRC–2023–0128] 

In the Matter of STP Nuclear Operating 

Company and NRG South Texas LP; 

South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 and 

the Associated Independent Spent 

Fuel Storage Installation 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Indirect transfer of licenses; 

order. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing an order 

approving the application filed by STP 

Nuclear Operating Company, acting on 

behalf of Constellation Energy 

Generation, LLC (CEG) and NRG South 

Texas LP (NRG South Texas) and its 

parent companies, on June 12, 2023, as 

supplemented by letters dated August 

31, 2023, and October 5, 2023. 

Specifically, the order approves the 

indirect transfer of possession-only nonoperating interests in Renewed Facility 

Operating License Nos. NPF–76 and 

NPF–80 for South Texas Project (STP), 

Units 1 and 2, respectively, and its 

generally licensed independent spent 

fuel storage installation from NRG South 

Texas to CEG and the issuance of 

conforming amendments to the 

operating licenses. 

DATES: The order was issued on October 

30, 2023, and is effective for 1 year. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2023–0128 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2023–0128. 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 individual listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• 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 order, the 

NRC staff safety evaluation supporting 

the order, and the draft conforming 

license amendments are available at 

ADAMS Package Accession No. 

ML23279A022. 

• 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis Galvin, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, telephone: 301–415–6256; email: 

Dennis.Galvin@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the order is attached. 

Dated: October 30, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Dennis J. Galvin, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, 

Division of Operator Reactor Licensing, Office 

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

Attachment—Order Approving Indirect 

Transfer of Licenses and Conforming 

License Amendments 

United States of America 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

In the Matter of: STP NUCLEAR 

OPERATING COMPANY AND NRG 

SOUTH TEXAS LP; (South Texas 

Project, Units 1 and 2 and 72–1041; 

the Associated Independent Spent 

Fuel Storage Installation) 

Docket Nos. 50–498, 50–499, and 

Renewed License Nos. NPF–76 and 

NPF–80 


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Order Approving Indirect Transfer of 

Licenses and Conforming License 

Amendments 

I. 

STP Nuclear Operating Company 

(STPNOC) is the licensed operator for 

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC, the Commission) 

Renewed Facility Operating License 

Nos. NPF–76 and NPF–80 and the 

general license for the independent 

spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI), 

which authorize the possession, use, 

and operation of South Texas Project 

(STP), Units 1 and 2 and the STP ISFSI, 

respectively (collectively, the Facility). 

The Facility is located in Matagorda 

County, Texas. 

II. 

Pursuant to title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) section 

50.80, ‘‘Transfer of licenses,’’ 10 CFR 

50.90, ‘‘Application for amendment of 

license, construction permit, or early 

site permit,’’ and 10 CFR 72.50, 

‘‘Transfer of license,’’ and by 

application dated June 12, 2023 

(Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML23163A176), as 

supplement by letters dated August 31, 

2023, and October 5, 2023 

(ML23243B056 and ML23279A138, 

respectively), STPNOC, acting on behalf 

of Constellation Energy Generation, LLC 

(CEG) and NRG South Texas LP (NRG 

South Texas) and its parent companies, 

requested that the NRC consent to the 

indirect transfer of the possession-only 

non-operating interests in the NRC 

licenses for the Facility from NRG South 

Texas to CEG and conforming 

administrative amendments to the 

licenses to reflect the proposed license 

transfer. NRG South Texas is one of 

three licensed owners of the Facility, 

owning a 44 percent share of the 

Facility and holding possession-only 

rights in the NRC licenses. 

On July 19, 2023, the NRC published 

a notice of consideration of approval of 

the application in the Federal Register 

(88 FR 46192). This notice provided an 

opportunity to comment, request a 

hearing, and petition for leave to 

intervene on the application. The NRC 

did not receive any written comments in 

response to the notice. On July 31, 2023 

(ML23212B247), the City of San 

Antonio, Texas acting by and through 

the City Public Service Board of San 

Antonio (CPS Energy), a Texas 

municipally-owned utility, and the City 

of Austin, Texas (Austin), the other two 

licensed owners of the Facility, 

submitted a motion to dismiss the 

license transfer application, a motion to 

stay the proceedings and suspend NRC 

review of the application, and a petition 

to intervene and request for hearing. 

CPS Energy owns a 40 percent share and 

Austin owns a 16 percent share of the 

Facility. CEG, NRG South Texas, and 

STPNOC filed answers in opposition to 

the motions and CEG and NRG South 

Texas filed answers in opposition to the 

hearing request; CPS Energy and Austin 

supplemented their hearing request and 

filed replies. These filings remain 

pending before the Commission. The 

NRC staff reviewed and considered 

these filings as part of its evaluation of 

the application. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license 

for a utilization facility, or any right 

thereunder, shall be transferred, either 

voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or 

indirectly, through transfer of control of 

the license to any person, unless the 

Commission gives its consent in writing. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.50, no license or 

any part included in a license issued 

under 10 CFR part 72 for an ISFSI shall 

be transferred, either voluntarily or 

involuntarily, directly or indirectly, 

through transfer of control of the license 

to any person, unless the Commission 

gives its consent in writing. Upon 

review of the information in the 

application, as supplemented, and other 

information before the Commission, and 

relying upon the representations 

contained in the application, the NRC 

staff has determined that CEG is 

qualified to indirectly hold the licenses, 

to the extent described in the 

application, and that the transfer of the 

licenses is otherwise consistent with 

applicable provisions of law, 

regulations, and orders issued by the 

Commission pursuant thereto, subject to 

the condition set forth below. The NRC 

also consents to NRG South Texas 

voiding and canceling the existing April 

11, 2006, and November 2, 2006, 

Support Agreements upon closing of the 

proposed transaction and the transfer of 

control to CEG. 

Upon review of the information in the 

application, as supplemented, for 

conforming administrative amendments 

to the operating licenses to reflect the 

transfer, the NRC staff has determined 

that: (1) the application for amendments 

complies with the standards and 

requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended (AEA), and the 

Commission’s rules and regulations set 

forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; (2) the 

Facility will operate in conformity with 

the application, the provisions of the 

AEA, and the rules and regulations of 

the Commission; (3) there is reasonable 

assurance that the activities authorized 

by the amendments can be conducted 

without endangering the health and 

safety of the public and that such 

activities will be conducted in 

compliance with the Commission’s 

regulations; (4) the issuance of the 

amendments will not be inimical to the 

common defense and security or to the 

health and safety of the public; and (5) 

the issuance of the amendments will be 

in accordance with 10 CFR part 51, 

‘‘Environmental Protection Regulations 

for Domestic Licensing and Related 

Regulatory Functions,’’ of the 

Commission’s regulations and all 

applicable requirements have been 

satisfied. 

The findings set forth above are 

supported by an NRC staff safety 

evaluation dated the same date as this 

order, which is available at ADAMS 

Accession No. ML23279A048 (nonproprietary). 

III. 

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 

161b, 161i, and 184 of the AEA, 42 

U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and 

10 CFR 50.80, 10 CFR 72.50, and 10 CFR 

50.90, it is hereby ordered that the 

license transfer application, as 

described herein, is approved, subject to 

the following condition: The NRC staff’s 

approval of the license transfer is 

subject to the Commission’s authority to 

rescind, modify, or condition the 

approved transfer based on the outcome 

of any post-effectiveness hearing or 

motions on the license transfer 

application. 

It is further ordered that after receipt 

of all required regulatory approvals of 

the proposed transaction, the applicants 

shall inform the Director of the Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation in writing of 

such receipt no later than 2 business 

days prior to the date of the closing of 

the proposed transaction. Should the 

proposed transaction not be completed 

within 1 year of the date of this order, 

this order shall become null and void, 

provided, however, that upon written 

application and for good cause shown, 

such date may be extended by order. 

The condition of this order may be 

amended upon application by the 

applicants and approval by the NRC. 

It is further ordered that consistent 

with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), the license 

amendments that make changes, as 

indicated in Enclosure 2 to the letter 

forwarding this order, to reflect the 

subject indirect license transfer are 

approved. The amendments shall be 

issued and made effective when the 

proposed indirect license transfer 

actions are completed. 

This order is effective upon issuance. 

For further details with respect to this 

order, see the application dated June 12, 

2023, as supplemented by letters dated 


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August 31, 2023, and October 5, 2023, 

and the associated NRC staff safety 

evaluation dated the same date as this 

order. Publicly available documents 

created or received at the NRC are 

accessible electronically through 

ADAMS in the NRC Library at https:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

Persons who do not have access to 

ADAMS or who encounter problems in 

accessing the documents located in 

ADAMS should contact the NRC Public 

Document Room reference staff by 

telephone at 1–800–397–4209 or 301– 

415–4737 or by email to pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day 

of October, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

/RA/ 

Bo M. Pham, 

Director, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24247 Filed 11–1–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Submission of Information Collection 

for OMB Review; Comment Request; 

Payment of Premiums 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of request for extension 

of OMB approval of an information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

extend approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of a collection of 

information under its regulation on 

Payment of Premiums. This notice 

informs the public of PBGC’s request 

and solicits public comment on the 

collection of information. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

December 4, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to PBGC’s website, 

https://www.pbgc.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Do not 

submit comments that include any 

personally identifiable information or 

confidential business information. 

Copies of this information collection 

may be obtained by writing to 

Disclosure Division (disclosure@

pbgc.gov), Office of the General Counsel, 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 

445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 

20024–2101, or calling 202–229–4040 

during normal business hours. If you are 

deaf or hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability, please dial 7–1–1 to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Levin (levin.karen@pbgc.gov), 

Attorney, Regulatory Affairs Division, 

Office of the General Counsel, Pension 

Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 445 12th 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20024–2101; 

202–326–4400, extension 3559. (If you 

are deaf or hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability, please dial 7–1–1 to 

access telecommunications relay 

services.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

4007 of title IV of the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 

(ERISA) requires pension plans covered 

under title IV pension insurance 

programs to pay premiums to PBGC. All 

plans covered by title IV pay a flat-rate 

per-participant premium. An 

underfunded single-employer plan also 

pays a variable-rate premium based on 

the value of the plan’s unfunded vested 

benefits. 

Pursuant to section 4007, PBGC has 

issued its regulation on Payment of 

Premiums (29 CFR part 4007). Under 

§ 4007.3 of the premium payment 

regulation, the plan administrator of 

each pension plan covered by title IV of 

ERISA is required to file a premium 

payment and information prescribed by 

PBGC for each premium payment year. 

Premium information is filed 

electronically using ‘‘My Plan 

Administration Account’’ (‘‘My PAA’’) 

through PBGC’s website. Under 

§ 4007.10 of the premium payment 

regulation, plan administrators are 

required to retain records about 

premiums and information submitted in 

premium filings. 

The information reported in premium 

filings includes (i) the flat-rate premium 

and related data (all plans), (ii) the 

variable-rate premium and related data 

(single-employer plans), and (iii) 

additional data such as identifying 

information and miscellaneous planrelated or filing-related data (all plans). 

PBGC needs this information to identify 

the plans for which premiums are paid, 

to verify whether the amounts paid are 

correct, to help PBGC determine the 

magnitude of its exposure in the event 

of plan termination, to help track the 

creation of new plans and transfer of 

participants and plan assets and 

liabilities among plans, and to keep 

PBGC’s insured-plan inventory up to 

date. That information and the retained 

records are also needed for audit 

purposes. 

PBGC is updating the premium rates, 

as required by statute, and making 

conforming, clarifying, and editorial 

changes to the premium filing 

instructions. These changes are nonmaterial. 

The collection of information under 

the regulation has been approved 

through February 29, 2024, under OMB 

control number 1212–0009. On August 

3, 2023, PBGC published in the Federal 

Register (at 88 FR 51359) a notice 

informing the public of its intent to 

request an extension of this collection of 

information. No comments were 

received. PBGC is requesting that OMB 

extend its approval of this collection of 

information for three years. An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

PBGC estimates that it will receive 

31,303 premium filings per year from 

plan administrators under this 

collection of information. PBGC further 

estimates that the annual burden of this 

collection of information is 13,565 

hours and $21,661,676. 

Issued in Washington, DC, by: 

Stephanie Cibinic, 

Deputy Assistant General Counsel for 

Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24217 Filed 11–1–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7709–02–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2024–28 and CP2024–28] 

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: November 6, 

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 


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