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415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. Draft NUREG–2224, ‘‘Dry 

Storage and Transportation of High 

Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel,’’ is 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML18214A132 

• 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. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0066 in your comment submission. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, 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 the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 

II. Discussion 

Historically, the potential for changes 

in the cladding performance of HBU 

SNF to compromise the analyzed fuel 

configuration in transportation packages 

and dry storage systems has been 

addressed through safety review 

guidance (Interim Staff Guidance 

(ISG)—11, Revision 3, ‘‘Cladding 

Considerations for the Transportation 

and Storage of Spent Fuel’’ (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML033230335); NUREG– 

1536, Revision 1, ‘‘Standard Review 

Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Systems 

at a General License Facility’’ (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML101040620)). Timedependent changes on the cladding 

performance of HBU SNF are primarily 

driven by the fuel’s temperature, rod 

internal pressure (and corresponding 

pressure-induced cladding hoop 

stresses), and the environment during 

dry storage or transport operations. ISG– 

11, Revision 3 and NUREG–1536, 

Revision 1 defines adequate fuel 

conditions, including peak cladding 

temperatures during short-term loading 

operations to prevent and mitigate 

degradation of the cladding. 

Draft NUREG–2224, ‘‘Dry Storage and 

Transportation of High Burnup Spent 

Nuclear Fuel,’’ (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML18214A132) is a technical basis 

document which expands on the aspects 

of ISG–11, Rev. 3 and NUREG–1536, 

Rev. 1 that pertain to hydride 

reorientation in HBU SNF cladding. 

Hydride reorientation is a process in 

which the orientation of hydrides 

precipitated in HBU SNF cladding 

during reactor operation changes from 

the circumferential-axial to the radialaxial direction. Draft NUREG–2224 

provides an engineering assessment of 

the results of NRC-sponsored research 

(NUREG/CR–7198, Rev. 1, ‘‘Mechanical 

Fatigue Testing of High-Burnup Fuel for 

Transportation Application,’’ ADAMS 

Accession No. ML17292B057) on the 

mechanical performance of HBU SNF 

following hydride reorientation; and per 

the conclusions of that assessment, 

presents example approaches for 

licensing and certification of HBU SNF 

for transportation (under part 71of title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(10 CFR), ‘‘Packaging and 

Transportation of Radioactive Material’’) 

and dry storage (under 10 CFR part 72, 

‘‘Licensing Requirements for the 

Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear 

Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste, 

and Reactor-Related Greater Than Class 

C Waste’’). 

The staff will review and consider 

public comments received on draft 

NUREG–2224 as it finalizes the 

guidance. The NRC is particularly 

seeking public comment on the 

following: 

1. Are NRC’s assumptions regarding 

the performance of other cladding alloys 

based on data obtained from HBU SNF 

with Zircaloy-4 cladding for evaluating 

design basis drop accidents reasonable? 

If not, please explain why not. 

2. Are the described licensing and 

certification approaches easy to follow 

and practical? If not, please explain why 

not. 

3. Is the proposed approach for 

evaluation of vibration normally 

incident to transport clear? If not, please 

explain why not. 

4. Are the discussions on 

consequence analyses due to 

hypothetical fuel reconfiguration clear 

and meaningful? If not, please explain 

why not. 

5. Are there any potential conflicts 

between NUREG–2215, Standard 

Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage 

Systems and Facilities, Draft for 

Comment (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML17310A693) and this document? If 

so, please describe any conflicts. 

6. Is the NRC’s reassessment of the 

ductility transition temperature as 

measured by ring compression testing of 

defueled HBU SNF specimens 

reasonable? If not, please explain why 

not. 

In answering the questions, please 

fully explain your answers. In addition, 

comments are invited on any areas of 

the draft report. 

III. Public Meeting 

The NRC will conduct a public 

meeting for the purpose of describing 

the draft NUREG and answering 

questions from the public. The NRC will 

publish a notice of the location, time, 

and agenda of the meeting on the NRC’s 

public meeting website at least 10 

calendar days before the meeting. 

Stakeholders should monitor the NRC’s 

public meeting website for information 

about the public meeting at: http://

www.nrc.gov/public-involve/publicmeetings/index.cfm. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day 

of August 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Michael C. Layton, 

Director, Division of Spent Fuel Management, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16994 Filed 8–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 040–08903; NRC–2018–0154] 

Homestake Mining Company of 

California; Grants Reclamation Project; 

Groundwater Monitoring Plan 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License amendment application; 

opportunity to request a hearing and to 

petition for leave to intervene. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has received an 

application from the Homestake Mining 

Company of California (the licensee), for 

amendment of Materials License No. 

SUA–1471, which authorizes the 

possession of residual uranium and 

byproduct material in the form of 

uranium waste tailings and other 

byproduct waste generated by the 

licensee’s past milling operations at the 

licensee’s uranium mill located in 

Cibola County, New Mexico. The 

amendment would update the 

groundwater monitoring plan to adjust 

the compliance monitoring for the 

groundwater restoration areas at the 

Grants Reclamation Project site. This 

change to the groundwater monitoring 

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provided for all of the restoration areas 

at the site. 

DATES: A request for a hearing or 

petition for leave to intervene must be 

filed by October 9, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2018–0154 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–2018–0154. 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 

‘‘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: 

Jeffrey Whited, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–4090, email: Jeffrey.Whited@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC has received, by letter dated 

November 20, 2017 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML18018A102), an application to 

amend Materials License No. SUA–1471 

for the licensee’s uranium mill located 

in Cibola County, New Mexico. In this 

application the licensee proposes to 

update the groundwater monitoring 

plan to adjust the compliance 

monitoring for the groundwater 

restoration areas at the Grants 

Reclamation Project (Grants) site. This 

update to the groundwater monitoring 

plan includes adding wells to those 

listed in License Condition 35A that 

will be monitored on specific 

frequencies as listed in the application. 

The amendment includes the location 

and aquifer termination for each well 

and details the constituents that will be 

monitored. The monitoring wells will be 

used to demonstrate groundwater 

restoration at the Grants site relative to 

the site standards listed in License 

Condition 35B. Three groundwater 

restoration areas have been defined for 

the Grants site: The on-site area, and the 

north and south off-site areas. The wells 

proposed to be added to the 

groundwater restoration program have 

already been installed and are currently 

being sampled. Additionally, some 

wells will no longer be monitored in 

instances where access is restricted by 

current property owners. 

An NRC administrative completeness 

review found the application acceptable 

for a technical review (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML18117A218). Prior to 

approving the updated license, the NRC 

will need to make the findings required 

by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as 

amended (the Act), and the NRC’s 

regulations. The NRC’s findings will be 

documented in a safety evaluation 

report, and the staff will conduct an 

environmental review pursuant to 

section 51.21 of title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR). 

II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

and Petition for Leave To Intervene 

Within 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, any persons 

(petitioner) whose interest may be 

affected by this action may file a request 

for a hearing and petition for leave to 

intervene (petition) with respect to the 

action. Petitions shall be filed in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

‘‘Agency Rules of Practice and 

Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2. Interested 

persons should consult a current copy 

of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC’s regulations 

are accessible electronically from the 

NRC Library on the NRC’s website at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of 

the regulations is available at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room, located at One 

White Flint North, Room O1–F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (First Floor), Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed, 

the Commission or a presiding officer 

will rule on the petition and, if 

appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be 

issued. 

As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the 

petition should specifically explain the 

reasons why intervention should be 

permitted with particular reference to 

the following general requirements for 

standing: (1) The name, address, and 

telephone number of the petitioner; (2) 

the nature of the petitioner’s right under 

the Act to be made a party to the 

proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of 

the petitioner’s property, financial, or 

other interest in the proceeding; and (4) 

the possible effect of any decision or 

order which may be entered in the 

proceeding on the petitioner’s interest. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), 

the petition must also set forth the 

specific contentions which the 

petitioner seeks to have litigated in the 

proceeding. Each contention must 

consist of a specific statement of the 

issue of law or fact to be raised or 

controverted. In addition, the petitioner 

must provide a brief explanation of the 

bases for the contention and a concise 

statement of the alleged facts or expert 

opinion which support the contention 

and on which the petitioner intends to 

rely in proving the contention at the 

hearing. The petitioner must also 

provide references to the specific 

sources and documents on which the 

petitioner intends to rely to support its 

position on the issue. The petition must 

include sufficient information to show 

that a genuine dispute exists with the 

applicant or licensee on a material issue 

of law or fact. Contentions must be 

limited to matters within the scope of 

the proceeding. The contention must be 

one which, if proven, would entitle the 

petitioner to relief. A petitioner who 

fails to satisfy the requirements at 10 

CFR 2.309(f) with respect to at least one 

contention will not be permitted to 

participate as a party. 

Those permitted to intervene become 

parties to the proceeding, subject to any 

limitations in the order granting leave to 

intervene. Parties have the opportunity 

to participate fully in the conduct of the 

hearing with respect to resolution of 

that party’s admitted contentions, 

including the opportunity to present 

evidence, consistent with the NRC’s 

regulations, policies, and procedures. 

Petitions must be filed no later than 

60 days from the date of publication of 

this notice. Petitions and motions for 

leave to file new or amended 

contentions that are filed after the 

deadline will not be entertained absent 

a determination by the presiding officer 

that the filing demonstrates good cause 

by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 

2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition 

must be filed in accordance with the 

filing instructions in the ‘‘Electronic 

Submissions (E-Filing)’’ section of this 

document. 

A State, local governmental body, 

Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or 

agency thereof, may submit a petition to 

the Commission to participate as a party 

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should state the nature and extent of the 

petitioner’s interest in the proceeding. 

The petition should be submitted to the 

Commission no later than 60 days from 

the date of publication of this notice. 

The petition must be filed in accordance 

with the filing instructions in the 

‘‘Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)’’ 

section of this document, and should 

meet the requirements for petitions set 

forth in this section. Alternatively, a 

State, local governmental body, 

Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or 

agency thereof may participate as a nonparty under 10 CFR 2.315(c). 

If a hearing is granted, any person 

who is not a party to the proceeding and 

is not affiliated with or represented by 

a party may, at the discretion of the 

presiding officer, be permitted to make 

a limited appearance pursuant to the 

provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person 

making a limited appearance may make 

an oral or written statement of his or her 

position on the issues but may not 

otherwise participate in the proceeding. 

A limited appearance may be made at 

any session of the hearing or at any 

prehearing conference, subject to the 

limits and conditions as may be 

imposed by the presiding officer. Details 

regarding the opportunity to make a 

limited appearance will be provided by 

the presiding officer if such sessions are 

scheduled. 

III. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing) 

All documents filed in NRC 

adjudicatory proceedings, including a 

request for hearing and petition for 

leave to intervene (petition), any motion 

or other document filed in the 

proceeding prior to the submission of a 

request for hearing or petition to 

intervene, and documents filed by 

interested governmental entities that 

request to participate under 10 CFR 

2.315(c), must be filed in accordance 

with the NRC’s E-Filing rule (72 FR 

49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 

77 FR 46562; August 3, 2012). The EFiling process requires participants to 

submit and serve all adjudicatory 

documents over the internet, or in some 

cases to mail copies on electronic 

storage media. Detailed guidance on 

making electronic submissions may be 

found in the Guidance for Electronic 

Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC 

website at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/ 

e-submittals.html. Participants may not 

submit paper copies of their filings 

unless they seek an exemption in 

accordance with the procedures 

described below. 

To comply with the procedural 

requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 

days prior to the filing deadline, the 

participant should contact the Office of 

the Secretary by email at 

hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone 

at 301–415–1677, to (1) request a digital 

identification (ID) certificate, which 

allows the participant (or its counsel or 

representative) to digitally sign 

submissions and access the E-Filing 

system for any proceeding in which it 

is participating; and (2) advise the 

Secretary that the participant will be 

submitting a petition or other 

adjudicatory document (even in 

instances in which the participant, or its 

counsel or representative, already holds 

an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). 

Based upon this information, the 

Secretary will establish an electronic 

docket for the hearing in this proceeding 

if the Secretary has not already 

established an electronic docket. 

Information about applying for a 

digital ID certificate is available on the 

NRC’s public website at http://

www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ 

getting-started.html. Once a participant 

has obtained a digital ID certificate and 

a docket has been created, the 

participant can then submit 

adjudicatory documents. Submissions 

must be in Portable Document Format 

(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF 

submissions is available on the NRC’s 

public website at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A 

filing is considered complete at the time 

the document is submitted through the 

NRC’s E-Filing system. To be timely, an 

electronic filing must be submitted to 

the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Upon receipt of a transmission, the EFiling system time-stamps the document 

and sends the submitter an email notice 

confirming receipt of the document. The 

E-Filing system also distributes an email 

notice that provides access to the 

document to the NRC’s Office of the 

General Counsel and any others who 

have advised the Office of the Secretary 

that they wish to participate in the 

proceeding, so that the filer need not 

serve the document on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before adjudicatory 

documents are filed so that they can 

obtain access to the documents via the 

E-Filing system. 

A person filing electronically using 

the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system 

may seek assistance by contacting the 

NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk 

through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located 

on the NRC’s public website at http://

www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to 

MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC 

Electronic Filing Help Desk is available 

between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding government holidays. 

Participants who believe that they 

have a good cause for not submitting 

documents electronically must file an 

exemption request, in accordance with 

10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper 

filing stating why there is good cause for 

not filing electronically and requesting 

authorization to continue to submit 

documents in paper format. Such filings 

must be submitted by: (1) First class 

mail addressed to the Office of the 

Secretary of the Commission, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or 

(2) courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service to the Office of the 

Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. 

Participants filing adjudicatory 

documents in this manner are 

responsible for serving the document on 

all other participants. Filing is 

considered complete by first-class mail 

as of the time of deposit in the mail, or 

by courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service upon depositing the 

document with the provider of the 

service. A presiding officer, having 

granted an exemption request from 

using E-Filing, may require a participant 

or party to use E-Filing if the presiding 

officer subsequently determines that the 

reason for granting the exemption from 

use of E-Filing no longer exists. 

Documents submitted in adjudicatory 

proceedings will appear in the NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket which is 

available to the public at https://

adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded 

pursuant to an order of the Commission 

or the presiding officer. If you do not 

have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate 

as described above, click cancel when 

the link requests certificates and you 

will be automatically directed to the 

NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where 

you will be able to access any publicly 

available documents in a particular 

hearing docket. Participants are 

requested not to include personal 

privacy information, such as social 

security numbers, home addresses, or 

personal phone numbers in their filings, 

unless an NRC regulation or other law 

requires submission of such 

information. For example, in some 

instances, individuals provide home 

addresses in order to demonstrate 

proximity to a facility or site. With 

respect to copyrighted works, except for 

limited excerpts that serve the purpose 

of the adjudicatory filings and would 


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constitute a Fair Use application, 

participants are requested not to include 

copyrighted materials in their 

submission. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day 

of August 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Stephen S. Koenick, 

Chief, Materials Decommissioning Branch, 

Division of Decommissioning, Uranium 

Recovery, and Waste Programs, Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17039 Filed 8–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Submission of Information Collection 

for OMB Review; Comment Request; 

Locating and Paying Participants 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of request for extension 

of OMB approval. 

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) extend approval, with 

modifications, to a collection of 

information under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The purpose of the 

information collection is to enable 

PBGC to pay benefits to participants and 

beneficiaries. This notice informs the 

public of PBGC’s request and solicits 

public comment on the collection. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

September 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 

via electronic mail at OIRA_DOCKET@

omb.eop.gov or by fax to (202) 395– 

6974. 

A copy of the request will be posted 

on PBGC’s website at https://

www.pbgc.gov/prac/laws-andregulations/information-collectionsunder-omb-review. It may also be 

obtained without charge by writing to 

the Disclosure Division of the Office of 

the General Counsel, 1200 K Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20005–4026, faxing a 

request to 202–326–4042, or calling 

202–326–4040 during normal business 

hours (TTY users may call the Federal 

relay service toll-free at 1–800–877– 

8339 and ask to be connected to 202– 

326–4040). The Disclosure Division will 

email, fax, or mail the information to 

you, as you request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Cibinic (cibinc.stephanie@

pbgc.gov), Deputy Assistant General 

Counsel, Regulatory Affairs Division, 

Office of the General Counsel, Pension 

Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20005– 

4026, 202 326–4400, extension 6352. 

TTY users may call the Federal relay 

service toll-free at 800–877–8339 and 

ask to be connected to 202–326–4400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection is needed to pay 

participants and beneficiaries who may 

be entitled to pension benefits from 

plans that have terminated. It consists of 

information participants and 

beneficiaries are asked to provide in 

connection with an application for 

benefits. In addition, in some instances, 

PBGC requests individuals to provide 

identifying information so that it may 

determine whether the individuals may 

be entitled to benefits. All requested 

information is needed so that PBGC may 

determine benefit entitlements and 

make appropriate payments. 

This information collection includes 

My Pension Benefit Account (MyPBA), 

an application on PBGC’s website, 

http://www.pbgc.gov, through which 

plan participants and beneficiaries may 

conduct electronic transactions with 

PBGC, including applying for pension 

benefits, designating a beneficiary, 

electing monthly payments, electing to 

withhold income tax from periodic 

payments, changing contact 

information, and applying for electronic 

direct deposit. 

PBGC is proposing to revise one form 

in this collection, the Power of Attorney 

Form (Form 715). The proposed revision 

would include: 

• Features previously unavailable— 

granting a durable power of attorney 

(DPOA) in addition to a nondurable 

power of attorney (NDPOA), and 

allowing a principal to name up to three 

agents to act on her behalf with PBGC 

(and to designate whether the agents 

have independent or joint authority), 

whereas the current form only has room 

for one agent to be named; 

• Features that would protect the 

principal—heightened requirements for 

granting authority and for executing the 

document (i.e., the principal’s signature 

must be witnessed and notarized, and 

witnesses must meet certain criteria); 

and 

• A ‘‘Notice to the Principal,’’ to alert 

the principal about what powers she is 

granting to a designated agent, and an 

‘‘Agent’s Acknowledgement’’ to inform 

the agent about her duties and liabilities 

with respect to handling the principal’s 

affairs. 

PBGC believes these revisions provide 

greater flexibility and greater 

protections against fraud for customers 

using the Form 715. Customers are not 

required to use this form and can use 

other DPOAs or NDPOAs that comply 

with applicable state laws. 

The existing collection of information 

was approved under OMB control 

number 1212–0055 (expires March 31, 

2019). On May 16, 2018, PBGC 

published in the Federal Register (at 83 

FR 22715) a notice informing the public 

of its intent to request an extension of 

this collection of information, as 

modified. No comments were received. 

PBGC is requesting that OMB extend 

approval of the collection (with 

modifications to the Form 715) 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 

175,397 benefit applications and 

information forms annually. The total 

annual burden associated with this 

collection of information is estimated to 

be 108,440 hours (approximately one 

hour for benefit applications and 30 

minutes for information forms) and an 

estimated $56,711, which is the total 

average maximum cost of notary 

services for spousal consents on benefit 

applications and for the Form 715. 

PBGC estimates that 710 out of the 

175,397 applications and forms 

submitted annually are Form 715, and 

that the total annual burden to complete 

the Form 715 would be approximately 

355 hours and $2,485. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Stephanie Cibinic, 

Deputy Assistant General Counsel for 

Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17019 Filed 8–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7709–02–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2018–203 and CP2018–282] 

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 

negotiated service agreements. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: August 13, 

2018. 


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