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a separate licensing and environmental 

review. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the NRC staff considered denial 

of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). Under the no-action 

alternative, the NRC would not amend 

the license to authorize construction 

and operation of new U-Metal Project at 

the NFS site. The NNSA would not have 

an option for conversion services to 

replace the legacy uranium processing 

equipment temporarily until the new 

electrorefining technology to purify 

high-enriched uranium metal is 

available, nor would NNSA have a 

redundancy for the purification of 

uranium metals. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

On March 29, 2023, the NRC staff 

provided a copy of the draft EA to the 

State of Tennessee Division of 

Radiological Health for its review and 

comment. In its May 4, 2023, email 

response, the State noted that it has no 

concerns regarding the environmental 

impact of the proposed action. The State 

official concurred with the EA and 

FONSI. 

The NRC completed consultation 

under section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act by consulting 

with the Tennessee State Historic 

Preservation Office and four Federally 

recognized Indian Tribes in 

correspondence dated September 13, 

2022. In addition, the NRC staff, 

consulted with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS) and determined 

that the proposed action ‘‘may affect, 

but not likely to adversely affect’’ five 

threatened or endangered species, 

would have ‘‘no effect’’ on one 

additional species, and would have ‘‘no 

effect’’ on critical habitat. The NRC staff 

provided its effect determinations to 

FWS on August 18, 2023, and FWS 

concurred with those findings on 

September 28, 2023. Therefore, 

consultation has been completed under 

section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. 

III. Finding of No Significant Impact 

Based on its review of the license 

amendment request, in accordance with 

the requirements of 10 CFR part 51, the 

NRC staff has determined that issuing 

the requested amendment of SNM–124 

to add the U-Metal Project would not 

significantly affect the quality of human 

environment. No significant radiological 

or non-radiological impacts are 

expected from the proposed action. 

Therefore, the NRC staff has determined 

that pursuant to 10 CFR 51.31, 

‘‘Determinations based on 

environmental assessment,’’ preparation 

of an EIS is not required for the 

proposed action, and pursuant to 10 

CFR 51.32, ‘‘Finding of no significant 

impact,’’ a FONSI is appropriate. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 51.32(a)(4), this 

FONSI incorporates the EA set forth in 

this notice by reference. 

IV. Availability of Documents 

The documents identified in the 

following table are available to 

interested persons through ADAMS. 

Document description ADAMS accession No. 

Nuclear Fuel Services, License Amendment Application, dated November 18, 2021 ..................................... ML21327A099. 

Nuclear Fuel Services Supplemental Environmental Report, dated November 2021 and revised January 

2023.

ML22066B005 and ML23041A236. 

Tennessee Department of Environmental Quality email response NRC Request for Review of Draft EA, 

dated May 4, 2023.

ML23131A361. 

Letter to Tennessee State Historic Preservation Office initiating consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, dated September 13, 2022.ML22098A154. 

NRC letters to Tribal nations initiating consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation 

Act, dated September 13, 2022.

ML22256A146 (package). 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Information for Planning and Consultation identifying Threatened or Endangered 

Species, dated June 6, 2023.

ML23202A166. 

NRC letter to FWS regarding informal Section 7 consultation, determinations of effect, dated August 18, 

2023.

ML23228A158. 

Fish and Wildlife Service concurrence on NRC’s determinations of effect, dated September 28, 2023 ......... ML23272A109. 

Final Environmental Assessment for NFS Proposed U-Metal Project, dated October 26, 2023 ..................... ML23299A062. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Dated: October 31, 2023. 

Michelle S. Rome, 

Acting Chief, Environmental Review Materials 

Branch, Division of Rulemaking, 

Environmental, and Financial Support, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24408 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2024–29 and CP2024–29] 

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 7, 

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 


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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). 

1Order Partially Denying United States Postal 

Service’s Motion to Dismiss and Notice of Limited 

Formal Proceedings, September 18, 2023, at 8 

(Order No. 6688). 

2See Motion to Reconsider Order No. 6688, 

October 20, 2023; Motion for Oral Argument and 

Summary Judgment, October 30, 2023. 3All times in this Ruling are Eastern Time. 

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).: MC2024–29 and 

CP2024–29; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 12 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: October 

30, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Christopher C. Mohr; 

Comments Due: November 7, 2023. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24375 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. C2023–6; Presiding Officer’s 

Ruling No. 2] 

Service Standard Changes 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is providing 

notice that a hearing and certain 

procedural events have been scheduled 

in this proceeding. This notice informs 

the public of the procedural schedule. 

DATES: Notices of intervention are due: 

November 13, 2023; Prehearing 

Videoconference: December 4, 2023, at 

1:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, 

Virtual. 

ADDRESSES: Submit notices of 

intervention electronically via the 

Commission’s Filing Online system at 

https://www.prc.gov. Persons interested 

in intervening who cannot submit their 

views electronically should contact the 

person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT David A. Trissell, 

General Counsel, at 202–789–6820. For 

additional information, Presiding 

Officer’s Ruling No. 2 can be accessed 

electronically through the Commission’s 

website at https://www.prc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Procedural Schedule 

II. Additional Case Management Procedures 

III. Ruling 

I. Procedural Schedule 

Intervention. The deadline to file a 

notice of intervention pursuant to 39 

CFR 3010.142 is November 13, 2023. 

Discovery. Pursuant to Order No. 

6688, the Presiding Officer shall 

conduct limited discovery for the 

purpose of determining disputed issues 

of fact in this case.1

At the prehearing videoconference 

conducted on October 30, 2023, the 

parties agreed that the discovery process 

should go forward notwithstanding 

Complainant’s two motions pending 

before the Commission.2 After further 

discussion at the videoconference, 

Complainant indicated that he would 

file a notice on the Commission’s docket 

withdrawing his motion for summary 

judgment without prejudice to refiling 

once the discovery process has been 

completed. Should the Commission 

grant the motion for reconsideration or 

otherwise expand the scope of the 

issues, the Presiding Officer will take 

appropriate action. 

The parties may request that the 

Presiding Officer obtain specific 

discovery, but may not independently 

propound discovery on each other. 

Order No. 6688 at 8. The parties shall 

email their initial information requests, 

encompassing both of the disputed 

issues of fact, to the Presiding Officer 

(and cc’ing the other party) no later than 

Monday, November 6, 2023, at 4:30 

p.m.3 The parties should attach their 

requests to the email in Microsoft Word 

format. These proposed information 

requests need not be filed on the 

Commission’s public docket. Failure to 

submit an initial information request by 

the deadline without good cause may 

result in waiver of the party’s right to 

request discovery in this case. 

The Presiding Officer will serve 

information requests by filing them on 

the Commission’s public docket. 

Answers to information requests, as 

well as any objections or claims of 

privilege, are due by the date and time 

specified in each information request. 

Although the Presiding Officer will 

initially review the proposed 

information requests and reserves the 

right to revise or reject any proposed 

questions on grounds such as relevance, 

the Presiding Officer’s issuance of an 

information request should not be 

construed as considering or rejecting 

any objections or claims of privilege that 

could conceivably be raised. Procedures 

for raising good faith objections or 

claims of privilege, if any, will be set 

out in the Presiding Officer’s 

information request. 

Responses to information requests 

may be transmitted via email, with the 

Presiding Officer cc’ed, by the date and 

time due. Unless otherwise indicated, 

responses to discovery requests need 

not be filed on the Commission’s public 

docket. 

Further information requests 

submitted by the parties will be 

considered by the Presiding Officer only 

after the parties have submitted their 

responses to the initial information 

requests. Pursuant to 39 CFR 3010.170, 

the Presiding Officer may issue 

information requests on his own 

initiative, either independently or along 

with requests submitted by the parties. 

The parties are advised, however, that 

issuance of additional information 

requests will be considered on a caseby-case basis and is not guaranteed, 

particularly if the party could have 

requested the information sought in its 

initial information request. 

Prehearing videoconference. A 

prehearing videoconference is 

scheduled to be conducted before the 

Presiding Officer on December 4, 2023, 

at 1:00 p.m. Among other things, this 

videoconference will discuss 

procedures for the presentation of 


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