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1Talgo Incorporated, which was the original 

manufacturer of the passenger railcars, has the 

service and maintenance contract. 

2Track warrant is a method of authorizing 

movements or protecting employees or on-track 

equipment in signaled or nonsignaled territory on 

controlled track within specified signals. These 

movements are under the jurisdiction of the train 

dispatcher. 

by Telephone: 202–653–4718 Fax: 202– 

653–4608, or by email at swebb@

imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for 

persons with hearing difficulty at 202– 

653–4614. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services is the primary source of federal 

support for the nation’s libraries and 

museums. We advance, support, and 

empower America’s museums, libraries, 

and related organizations through grant 

making, research, and policy 

development. Our vision is a nation 

where museums and libraries work 

together to transform the lives of 

individuals and communities. To learn 

more, visit www.imls.gov. 

OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that help the agency to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

(e.g., permitting electronic submission 

of responses). 

Current Actions: The goal of IMLS 

Inspire! Grants for Small Museums 

(IGSM) is to support projects that 

strengthen the ability of small museums 

to serve their community. This new 

initiative will specifically support small 

museums by funding relevant activities 

that are clearly linked to an individual 

institution’s organizational priorities 

and broader community needs. IMLS 

Inspire! Grants for Small Museums is 

being offered as a special initiative with 

funding from the Museums for America 

Program. This action is to create the 

forms and instructions for the Notice of 

Funding Opportunity for the next three 

years. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: 2019–2021 IMLS Inspire! Grants 

for Small Museums Notice of Funding 

Opportunity. 

OMB Number: 3137–TBD. 

Frequency: Once per year. 

Affected Public: Museum organization 

applicants. 

Number of Respondents: 125. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 35 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

4,375 hours. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: n/a. 

Total Annual costs: $99,356. 

Dated: June 12, 2018. 

Kim Miller, 

Grants Management Specialist, Office of 

Grants Policy and Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12866 Filed 6–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7036–01–P 

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION 

SAFETY BOARD 

Investigative Hearing 

Two recent Amtrak (National Railroad 

Passenger Corporation) accidents have 

motivated this investigative hearing: 

First, an Amtrak overspeed derailment 

in a 30 mph curve that occurred in 

DuPont, Washington, and, second, an 

Amtrak head-on collision with a 

standing freight train in Cayce, South 

Carolina. 

The first accident occurred on 

December 18, 2017, at 7:33 a.m., Pacific 

standard time, and involved 

southbound Amtrak passenger train 501, 

consisting of a leading and trailing 

locomotive, a power car, 10 passenger 

railcars, and a luggage car. Train 501 

was traveling at 78 mph when it 

derailed from a highway overpass near 

DuPont, Washington. The train was on 

its first regular passenger service trip on 

a single main track (Lakewood 

subdivision) at milepost (MP) 19.86. 

The lead locomotive, the power car, and 

two passenger railcars derailed onto 

Interstate 5. Fourteen highway vehicles 

came into contact with the derailed 

equipment. At the time of the accident, 

77 passengers, 5 Amtrak employees, and 

a Talgo Incorporated technician were on 

the train.1 Of these individuals, 3 

passengers were killed and 62 

passengers and crewmembers were 

injured. Eight individuals in highway 

vehicles were also injured. The damage 

is estimated to be more than $40 

million. At the time of the accident, the 

temperature was 48 °F, the wind was 

from the south at 9 mph, and the 

visibility was 10 miles in light rain. 

The second accident occurred on 

February 4, 2018, about 2:27 a.m. 

eastern standard time, and involved 

southbound Amtrak train 91, operating 

on a track warrant. Train 91 was 

diverted from the main track through a 

hand-thrown switch into a siding and 

collided head-on with stationary CSX 

Transportation (CSX) local freight train 

F777 03.2 The accident occurred on the 

CSX Columbia subdivision in Cayce, 

South Carolina. The engineer and 

conductor of the Amtrak train died in 

the collision, and at least 92 passengers 

and crewmembers on the Amtrak train 

were transported to medical facilities. 

The engineer of the stopped CSX train 

had exited the lead locomotive before 

the Amtrak train entered the siding, ran 

to safety, and was not injured. The 

conductor of the CSX lead locomotive 

saw the Amtrak train approaching in the 

siding and ran to the back of 

locomotive. 

The investigative hearing will discuss 

the following issue areas: 

• Amtrak Operations on Host 

Railroads. 

• Addressing Safety in Preparation 

for the Point Defiance Bypass. 

• Managing Safety on Passenger 

Railroads. 

• International Approach to 

Passenger Train Operations on Shared 

Use and Safety Management Principles 

From Other Industries. 

Parties to hearing are the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA); Amtrak; 

CSX; Sound Transit; Brotherhood of 

Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen; 

Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen; 

International Association of Sheet 

Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation 

Workers; Washington State Utilities and 

Transportation Commission; and the 

Washington State Department of 

Transportation. 

Order of Proceedings 

1. Opening Statement by the Chairman 

of the Board of Inquiry 

2. Introduction of the Board of Inquiry 

and Technical Panel 

3. Introduction of the Parties to the 

Hearing 

4. Introduction of Exhibits by Hearing 

Officer 

5. Overview of the incident and the 

investigation by Investigator-InCharge 

6. Calling of Witnesses by Hearing 

Officer 

7. Closing Statement by the Chairman of 

the Board of Inquiry 

The investigative hearing will be held 

in the NTSB Board Room and 

Conference Center, located at 429 

L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC on 


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Tuesday, July 10, 2018, and Wednesday, 

July 11, 2018, beginning at 8:30 a.m. 

Media planning to cover the 

investigative hearing are asked to 

contact the NTSB’s chief of media 

relations, Chris O’Neil at 202–314–6133 

or christopher.oneil@ntsb.gov. 

The investigative hearing will be 

transmitted live via the NTSB’s website 

at http://www.capitolconnection.net/ 

capcon/ntsb/ntsb.htm. A link for 

webcast will be available shortly before 

the start of the hearing. An archival 

video of the hearing will be available via 

the website for 30 days after the hearing. 

Individuals requiring reasonable 

accommodation and/or wheelchair 

access directions should contact Ms. 

Rochelle McCallister at (202) 314–6305 

or by email at rochelle.mccallister@

ntsb.gov. 

NTSB Investigative Hearing Officer: 

Mr. Robert ‘‘Joe’’ Gordon— 

robert.gordon@ntsb.gov. 

Candi R. Bing, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12846 Filed 6–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7533–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–1151; NRC–2015–0039] 

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC; 

Columbia 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 considering the 

renewal of Special Nuclear Materials 

(SNM) License No. SNM–1107 to allow 

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC 

(WEC) to continue to operate its 

Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility 

(CFFF) for an additional 40 years. The 

NRC has prepared a final environmental 

assessment (EA) and finding of no 

significant impact (FONSI) for this 

licensing action. 

DATES: The final EA referenced in this 

document was made available on June 

8, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2015–0039 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–2015–0039. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; 

email: Jennifer.Borges@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 publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

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, 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 this document. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessie Muir Quintero, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

7476, email: Jessie.Quintero@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is considering renewing 

License SNM–1107 to allow WEC to 

continue to operate its CFFF for an 

additional 40 years. The license renewal 

period of 40 years would begin once the 

NRC approves the renewal. As required 

by part 51 of title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

‘‘Environmental Protection Regulation 

for Domestic Licensing and Related 

Regulatory Functions,’’ the NRC 

prepared an EA (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML18120A318). Based on the results of 

the final EA, described as follows, the 

NRC has determined not to prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the license renewal, and is issuing a 

FONSI. 

II. Environmental Assessment 

Description of the Proposed Action 

WEC submitted a license renewal 

application in 2014 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML14352A111), which was updated 

in March 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML18087A400) to operate CFFF for an 

additional 40 years. The 40-year 

timeframe would begin upon NRC’s 

approval of the license renewal 

application. 

Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would allow 

CFFF to continue to be a source of 

nuclear fuel for commercial nuclear 

power plants. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC assessed the potential 

environmental impacts from the 

renewal of License SNM–1107 for an 

additional 40 years and determined 

there would be noticeable but not 

significant impacts to the quality of the 

human environment. WEC is not 

proposing any new construction or land 

disturbance activities. Although there is 

existing ground-water contamination on 

site, it has not migrated offsite or into 

the deeper aquifers and there is 

currently no pathway for human 

exposure. WEC’s environmental 

monitoring program will continue to 

provide information on existing groundwater contamination and help identify 

future unintended releases to the 

environment. If needed, WEC will 

implement corrective actions to address 

contamination in the surface water and 

ground water. NRC expects that WEC 

will continue to meet all local, State, 

and Federal requirements, including its 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System permit and its 

obligations with the South Carolina 

Department of Health and 

Environmental Control (SCDHEC) under 

its voluntary cleanup contract related to 

ground-water contamination. 

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). The no-action 

alternative would mean that the NRC 

would not approve the license renewal. 

The CFFF would continue to operate 

under its current license until it expires 

on September 30, 2027. The NRC staff 

previously evaluated the environmental 

impacts of WEC continuing to operate 

the CFFF until September 2027 when it 

approved WEC’s license renewal in 

2007. The NRC staff concluded in the 

2007 EA that the continued operation of 

the CFFF site would not result in a 

significant impact to the environment 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML070510647). 

The impacts of the no-action 

alternative would be similar to those of 

the Proposed Action except the impacts 

of the no-action alternative would occur 

only until 2027, when the current 

license expires, and decommissioning 


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