75076 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 210 / Wednesday, November 1, 2023 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 2023–24032 Filed 10–31–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7535–01–C 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–1113; NRC–2023–0179] 

Global Nuclear Fuel—Americas; 

Wilmington Nuclear Fuel Fabrication 

Facility 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact; 

issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is reviewing the 

amendment submitted by the Global 

Nuclear Fuel—Americas (GNF–A) of 

Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) 

License SNM–1097 for the Wilmington 


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nuclear fuel fabrication facility located 

near Wilmington, North Carolina. The 

NRC has prepared an environmental 

assessment (EA) for this proposed 

license amendment in accordance with 

its regulations. Based on the EA, the 

NRC has concluded that a finding of no 

significant impact (FONSI) is 

appropriate. The NRC is also conducting 

a safety evaluation of the proposed 

license amendment. 

DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in 

this document are available on 

November 1, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2023–0179 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 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2023–0179. 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 

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 in this document (if that 

document is available in ADAMS) is 

provided the first time that a document 

is referenced. 

• 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: Jean 

Trefethen, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

0867; email: Jean.Trefethen@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is reviewing a license 

amendment request (LAR) for license 

SNM–1097 for the GNF–A nuclear fuel 

fabrication facility located near 

Wilmington, North Carolina (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML22175A070). The 

licensee, GNF–A, is requesting 

authorization to possess and use special 

nuclear material to fabricate fuel using 

uranium enriched with up to 8 weight 

(wt) percent uranium 235 (U–235), also 

referred to as low enriched uranium 

plus. 

The NRC staff has prepared a final EA 

as part of its review of this license 

amendment request in accordance with 

the requirements of part 51 of title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), ‘‘Environmental Protection 

Regulations for Domestic Licensing and 

Related Regulatory Functions.’’ Based 

on the final EA, the NRC has 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) is not required 

for this proposed action and a FONSI is 

appropriate. The NRC is also conducting 

a safety evaluation of the proposed 

license amendment pursuant to 10 CFR 

part 70, and the results will be 

documented in a separate Safety 

Evaluation Report (SER). If GNF–A’s 

license amendment request is approved, 

the NRC will issue the license 

amendment following publication of 

this final EA and FONSI and the SER in 

the Federal Register. 

II. Final Environmental Assessment 

Summary 

GNF–A is requesting changes to 

amend license SNM–1097 for the GNF– 

A nuclear fuel fabrication facility to 

possess and use special nuclear material 

to fabricate fuel using uranium enriched 

with up to 8 wt percent U–235. The 

NRC has assessed the potential 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action and the no-action alternative. The 

results of the NRC’s environmental 

review can be found in the final EA 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML23291A150). 

The NRC staff performed its 

environmental review in accordance 

with the requirements in 10 CFR part 

51. In conducting the environmental 

review, the NRC considered information 

in the LAR; communications with the 

North Carolina State Historic 

Preservation Office (SHPO); as well as 

information provided by the North 

Carolina State Clearinghouse. 

Approval of GNF–A’s proposed LAR 

would authorize GNF–A to possess and 

use U–235 enriched up to 8 percent 

instead of the current limit of up to 5 

percent in fabrication of fuel for nuclear 

power production facilities. The 

licensee would continue to perform fuel 

fabrication activities inside the current 

buildings and would not conduct any 

construction or land disturbance 

activities associated with the proposed 

action. Additionally, the proposed 

action would not change staffing level, 

or the number of shipments of special 

nuclear material or quantity of waste 

generated at the site. Liquid and air 

effluents, from all operations are 

anticipated to remain below the 

regulatory limits in 10 CFR part 20. 

Therefore, the NRC staff finds that there 

would be no impacts to the following 

resources areas: land use, geology and 

soils, water resources, ecology, 

meteorology, climate, air quality, noise, 

transportation, visual and scenic 

resources, and socioeconomic resources. 

As discussed in this EA, no 

significant radiological or nonradiological impacts are expected to 

result from approval of the proposed 

action. Occupational dose estimates 

associated with the proposed action are 

expected to be as low as reasonably 

achievable and within the limits 

identified in 10 CFR 20.1201. Approval 

of the proposed action is not expected 

to result in measurable radiation 

exposure to a member of the public. 

Approval of the LAR would not result 

in construction or land disturbance 

activities. Therefore, the NRC staff has 

determined that pursuant to 10 CFR 

51.31, preparation of an EIS is not 

required for the proposed action, and 

pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, a FONSI is 

appropriate. 

Furthermore, the NRC staff 

determined that this LAR does not have 

the potential to cause effects on historic 

properties, assuming those were 

present; therefore, in accordance with 

36 CFR 800.3(a)(1), no consultation is 

required under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act. The 

NRC staff consulted with the North 

Carolina SHPO via email dated 

December 22, 2022, (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML22349A694). The North Carolina 

SHPO responded via email dated 

January 17, 2023, (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML23032A372), indicating that it 

concurred with the NRC’s determination 

that if historic properties were present 

there would be no effects. The NRC 

staff, with the assistance of the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service Information for 

Planning and Consultation project 

planning tool, determined that the 

proposed action would have ‘‘no effect’’ 

on listed species and/or critical habitat 

given that the proposed action does not 

include construction or grounddisturbing activities. 


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III. Finding of No Significant Impact 

Based on its review of the proposed 

action in the EA, in accordance with the 

requirements in 10 CFR part 51, the 

NRC has concluded that the proposed 

action, amending NRC license SNM– 

1097 for the GNF–A nuclear fuel 

fabrication facility, located near 

Wilmington North Carolina, will not 

significantly affect the quality of the 

human environment. Therefore, the 

NRC has determined, pursuant to 10 

CFR 51.31, that preparation of an EIS is 

not required for the proposed action and 

a FONSI is appropriate. 

Dated: October 27, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Michelle S. Rome, 

Chief, Environmental Review Materials 

Branch, Division of Rulemaking, 

Environment, and Financial Support, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24060 Filed 10–31–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2023–0188] 

Performance Review Boards for Senior 

Executive Service 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Appointments. 

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has announced 

appointments to the NRC Performance 

Review Board (PRB) responsible for 

making recommendations on 

performance appraisal ratings and 

performance awards for NRC Senior 

Executives and Senior Level System 

employees and appointments to the 

NRC PRB Panel responsible for making 

recommendations to the appointing and 

awarding authorities for NRC PRB 

members. 

DATES: November 1, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2023–0188 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–2023–0188. 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 ‘‘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. 

• 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: 

Mary A. Lamary, Secretary, Executive 

Resources Board, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

3300, email: Mary.Lamary@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following individuals appointed as 

members of the NRC PRB are 

responsible for making 

recommendations to the appointing and 

awarding authorities on performance 

appraisal ratings and performance 

awards for Senior Executives and Senior 

Level System employees: 

Daniel H. Dorman, Executive Director 

for Operations 

Brooke P. Clark, General Counsel 

Catherine Haney, Deputy Executive 

Director for Materials, Waste, 

Research, State, Tribal, Compliance, 

Administration, and Human Capital 

Programs, Office of the Executive 

Director for Operations 

Scott A. Morris, Deputy Executive 

Director for Reactor and Preparedness 

Programs, Office of the Executive 

Director for Operations 

John B. Giessner, Regional 

Administrator, Region-III 

Mirela Gavrilas, Director, Office of 

Nuclear Security and Incident 

Response 

John W. Lubinski, Director, Office of 

Nuclear Materials and Safety 

Safeguards 

Andrea D. Veil, Director, Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation 

David J. Nelson, Chief Information 

Officer 

Howard K. Osborne, Chief Financial 

Officer 

David L. Skeen, Director, Office of 

International Programs 

The following individuals will serve 

as members of the NRC PRB Panel that 

was established to review appraisals 

and make recommendations to the 

appointing and awarding authorities for 

NRC PRB members: 

Bernice C. Ammon, Deputy General 

Counsel for Licensing, Hearings, and 

Enforcement, Office of the General 

Counsel 

Raymond V. Furstenau, Director, Office 

of Nuclear Regulatory Research 

Raymond K. Lorson, Regional 

Administrator, Region I 

All appointments are made pursuant 

to Section 4314 of Chapter 43 of Title 

5 of the United States Code. 

Dated: October 26, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Mary A. Lamary, 

Secretary, Executive Resources Board. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24052 Filed 10–31–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Submission for Review: Renewal 

Without Change of an Existing 

Information Collection: Questionnaire 

for Public Trust Positions (SF 85P) and 

Supplemental Questionnaire for 

Selected Positions (SF 85P–S) 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM), Suitability 

Executive Agent Programs, is notifying 

the general public and other federal 

agencies that OPM proposes to request 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to renew a previously-approved 

information collection, Questionnaire 

for Public Trust Positions (SF 85P) and 

Supplemental Questionnaire for 

Selected Positions (SF 85P–S). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until January 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and/or 

Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 

and title, by the following method: 

Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name and docket 

number or RIN for this document. The 

general policy for comments and other 

submissions from members of the public 

is to make these submissions available 

for public viewing at http://

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