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new biological opinion, and Energy 

Northwest would no longer be required 

to adhere to the March 10, 2017, 

biological opinion upon issuance of a 

new biological opinion. 

Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed action is needed to 

reflect the biological opinion issued by 

NMFS on March 10, 2017, and to 

require Energy Northwest’s compliance 

with the ITS and related RPMs and 

T&Cs contained therein. The proposed 

action is administrative in nature. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its evaluation 

of the proposed action and concludes 

that the proposed changes are 

administrative in nature, would have no 

direct effects on plant equipment or 

plant operation, and would not involve 

any changes to the design bases for 

Columbia. 

With regard to potential radiological 

impacts, the proposed action would not 

increase the probability or consequences 

of accidents, would not change the 

types or increase the amount of effluent 

that may be released offsite, and would 

result in no increase in occupational or 

public radiation exposure. Therefore, 

there are no significant radiological 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed action. 

With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, because the 

proposed action is administrative in 

nature, it would not have any direct 

impacts on land, air, or water resources, 

including impacts to terrestrial biota. In 

addition, the NRC staff identified no 

socioeconomic or environmental justice 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action. Therefore, there are no 

significant non-radiological 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed action. 

An indirect effect of the proposed 

action is that Energy Northwest’s 

impingement and entrainment studies 

(RPM 1 and 2) would likely require inwater work and the collection of larvae 

and eggs. In-water work could cause 

minor disturbances to nearby biota. 

However, the activity would be 

temporary and fish could swim away to 

avoid the area and return once the 

temporary work is completed. Removal 

of larvae and eggs of resident fish 

species could occur during collection 

periods for the entrainment study. 

However, the amount of individuals that 

would be collected for the study would 

be negliable when compared to the size 

of local resident fish populations. In 

addition, RPM 3 requires Energy 

Northwest to modify some of its 

collection practices while conducting 

biological monitoring studies. In 

general, these practices will result in 

beneficial effects to ESA-listed species 

because the purpose of the 

modifications are to minimize impacts. 

For example, during electrofishing, 

where fish are temporarily stunned for 

biologists to collect and measure them, 

RPM 3 requires Energy Northwest to 

handle ESA-listed fish with extreme 

care and keep them in cold water to the 

maximum extent possible during 

sampling and processing procedures. 

The NRC staff concludes that the 

indirect effects from the impingement 

and entrainment studies as well as the 

modified collection practices will not 

result in significant environmental 

impacts to the radiological or nonradiological environment. 

Based on the foregoing analysis, the 

NRC concludes that there are no 

significant environmental impacts 

associated with the proposed action. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the NRC staff considered denial 

of the proposed license amendment (i.e., 

the ‘‘no-action’’ alternative). Denial of 

the application would result in no 

change in current environmental 

conditions or impacts. Accordingly, the 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action and the no-action alternative are 

similar. 

Alternative Use of Resources 

The proposed action does not involve 

the use of any different resources than 

those previously considered in NUREG– 

1437, Supplement 47, prepared for the 

license renewal of Columbia. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

The NRC did not enter into 

consultation with any other Federal 

Agency or with the State of Washington 

regarding the environmental impact of 

the proposed action. However, on June 

6, 2018, the NRC notified the 

Washington State official, Mr. Richard 

Cowley, Washington State Department 

of Health, Office of Radiation Protection 

of the proposed amendment. The State 

official had no comments. 

III. Finding of No Significant Impact 

The NRC is considering issuance of an 

amendment to Renewed Facility 

Operating License No. NPF–21, issued 

to Energy Northwest for operation of 

Columbia. The proposed amendment 

would revise the Columbia EPP to 

require Energy Northwest to adhere to 

the specific requirements within the ITS 

in the currently applicable biological 

opinion. On the basis of the EA 

included in Section II of this document 

and incorporated by reference into this 

finding, the NRC concludes that the 

proposed action would not have 

significant effects on the quality of the 

human environment. The NRC’s 

evaluation considered information 

provided in the licensee’s application as 

well as the NRC’s independent review 

of other relevant environmental 

documents. Based on its findings, the 

NRC has determined not to prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day 

of July 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

L. John Klos, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch 

IV–1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15091 Filed 7–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2018–0050] 

Information Collection: 10 CFR Part 

140, Financial Protection 

Requirements and Indemnity 

Agreements 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has recently 

submitted a request for renewal of an 

existing collection of information to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review. The information 

collection is entitled, ‘‘10 CFR part 140, 

Financial Protection Requirements and 

Indemnity Agreements.’’ 

DATES: Submit comments by August 15, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly 

to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs 

(3150–0039), Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 

17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503; 

email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–2084; email: 

INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0050 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0050. 

• 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 

supporting statement is available in 

ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML18127B276. 

• 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. 

• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of 

the collection of information and related 

instructions may be obtained without 

charge by contacting the NRC’s 

Clearance Officer, David Cullison, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–2084; email: 

INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information in 

comment submissions that you do not 

want to be publicly disclosed in your 

comment submission. All comment 

submissions are posted at http://

www.regulations.gov and entered into 

ADAMS. Comment submissions are not 

routinely edited to remove identifying 

or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the OMB, 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 comment submissions are not 

routinely edited to remove such 

information before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 

II. Background 

Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently 

submitted a request for renewal of an 

existing collection of information to 

OMB for review entitled, ‘‘10 CFR part 

140, Financial Protection Requirements 

and Indemnity Agreements.’’ The NRC 

hereby informs potential respondents 

that an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and that a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The NRC published a Federal 

Register notice with a 60-day comment 

period on this information collection on 

April 10, 2018 (83 FR 15422). 

1. The title of the information 

collection: ‘‘10 CFR part 140, Financial 

Protection Requirements and Indemnity 

Agreements.’’ 

2. OMB approval number: 3150–0039. 

3. Type of submission: Revision. 

4. The form number, if applicable: 

N/A. 

5. How often the collection is required 

or requested: On occasion, as needed for 

applicants and licensees to meet their 

responsibilities called for in Sections 

170 and 193 of the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954. 

6. Who will be required or asked to 

respond: Each applicant for or holder of 

a license issued under parts 50 or 54 of 

title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) to operate a 

nuclear reactor, or the applicant for or 

holder of a combined license issued 

under parts 52 or 54 of 10 CFR, as well 

as licensees authorized to possess and 

use plutonium in a plutonium 

processing and fuel fabrication plant. In 

addition, licensees authorized to 

construct and operate a uranium 

enrichment facility in accordance with 

parts 40 and 70 of 10 CFR. 

7. The estimated number of annual 

responses: 102. 

8. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 102. 

9. The estimated number of hours 

needed annually to comply with the 

information collection requirement or 

request: 796. 

10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 140 

specifies the information to be 

submitted by licensees that enables the 

NRC to assess (a) financial protection 

required by licensees and for the 

indemnification and limitation of 

liability of certain licensees and other 

persons pursuant to Section 170 of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 

and (b) the liability insurance required 

of plutonium processing and fuel 

fabrication plants, as well as uranium 

enrichment facility licensees pursuant 

to Section 193 of the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day 

of July, 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Kristen Benney, 

Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the 

Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15080 Filed 7–13–18; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 72–1051; NRC–2018–0055] 

Holtec International’s HI–STORE 

Consolidated Interim Storage Facility 

for Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear 

Fuel 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License application; 

opportunity to request a hearing and to 

petition for leave to intervene; order. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) received a license 

application from Holtec International 

(Holtec), by letter dated March 30, 2017, 

as supplemented on April 13, October 6, 

December 21, and 22, 2017; and 

February 22, 2018. By this application, 

Holtec is requesting authorization to 

construct and operate the HI–STORE 

Consolidated Interim Storage (CIS) 

Facility, in Lea County, New Mexico. If 

the NRC approves the application and 

issues a license to Holtec, Holtec 

intends to store up to 8,680 metric tons 

of uranium (MTU) of commercial spent 

nuclear fuel in the HI–STORM UMAX 

Canister Storage System for a 40-year 

license term. 

DATES: A request for a hearing or 

petition for leave to intervene must be 

filed by September 14, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2018–0055 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–2018–0055. 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. 


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