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system will be notified according to the 

procedures found at 45 CFR part 613. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

None. 

Dated: January 19, 2024. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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[Docket Nos. 50–275 and 50–323; NRC– 

2023–0192] 

Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping 

Process and Prepare Environmental 

Impact Statement; Pacific Gas and 

Electric Company; Diablo Canyon 

Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; public scoping meeting 

and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) will conduct a 

scoping process to gather information 

necessary to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the 

environmental impacts for an 

application for the renewal of Facility 

Operating License Nos. DPR–80 and 

DPR–82, which authorize Pacific Gas 

and Electric Company (PG&E, the 

applicant) to operate Diablo Canyon 

Nuclear Power Plant (DCPP), Units 1 

and 2. The NRC is seeking public 

comment on this action and has 

scheduled both an in-person public 

scoping meeting and a virtual public 

scoping meeting. 

DATES: The NRC will hold a virtual 

public scoping meeting on February 1, 

2024, at 10 a.m. Pacific time (PT) and an 

in-person public scoping meeting on 

February 8, 2024, at 6 p.m. PT. Details 

on both meetings can be found on the 

NRC’s Public Meeting Schedule at 

https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. Submit 

comments on the scope of the EIS by 

February 23, 2024. Comments received 

after this date will be considered if it is 

practical to do so, but the NRC is able 

to ensure consideration only for 

comments received on or before this 

date. See section IV, ‘‘Public Scoping 

Meeting,’’ of this notice for additional 

information. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods; 

however, the NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website: 

• Federal rulemaking website: Go to 

https://regulations.gov and search for 

Docket ID NRC–2023–0192. 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. 

• Email: Comments may be submitted 

to the NRC electronically using the 

email address 

DiabloCanyonEnvironmental@nrc.gov. 

• Mail comments to: Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– 

A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, ATTN: Program Management, 

Announcements and Editing Staff. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Conway, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

1335; email: Kimberly.Conway@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2023– 

0192 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publicly 

available information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://regulations.gov and search for 

Docket ID NRC–2023–0192. 

• 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 (PDR) 

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 it is 

available in ADAMS) is provided the 

first time that it 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. 

• Public Library: A copy of the 

license renewal application for DCPP, 

including the environmental report 

(ER), is available for public review at the 

following public library location: San 

Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San 

Luis Obispo, CA 93403. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal Rulemaking website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2023–0192 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 https://

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 

By letter dated November 7, 2023 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML23311A154), 

PG&E submitted to the NRC an 

application to renew the operating 

licenses for DCPP for an additional 20 

years of operation. This submission 

initiated the NRC’s proposed action of 

determining whether to grant the license 

renewal application. DCPP consists of 

two pressurized-water reactors designed 

by Westinghouse and is located in Avila 

Beach, California. The operating 

licenses for DCPP expire as follows: 

Unit 1 on November 2, 2024, and Unit 

2 on August 26, 2025. The license 

renewal application was submitted 

pursuant to part 54, ‘‘Requirements for 

Renewal of Operating Licenses for 

Nuclear Power Plants,’’ of title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 


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and seeks to extend the operating 

licenses for Units 1 and 2 to November 

2, 2044, and August 26, 2045, 

respectively. A notice of receipt and 

availability of the application was 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 20, 2023 (88 FR 80780). A 

notice of acceptance for docketing of the 

application and of opportunity to 

request a hearing was published in the 

Federal Register on December 19, 2023 

(88 FR 87817) and is available on the 

Federal Rulemaking Website (https://

www.regulations.gov) by searching for 

Docket ID NRC–2023–0192. 

III. Request for Comment 

This notice informs the public of the 

NRC’s intention to conduct 

environmental scoping and prepare an 

EIS related to the license renewal 

application for DCPP, and provides the 

public an opportunity to participate in 

the environmental scoping process, as 

defined in 10 CFR 51.29, ‘‘Scopingenvironmental impact statement and 

supplement to environmental impact 

statement,’’ and 10 CFR 51.116, ‘‘Notice 

of intent.’’ 

The regulations in 36 CFR 800.8, 

‘‘Coordination with the National 

Environmental Policy Act,’’ allow 

agencies to use their National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.) 

(NEPA), process to fulfill the 

requirements of section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act of 

1966, as amended (54 U.S.C. 300101, et 

seq.) (NHPA). Therefore, pursuant to 36 

CFR 800.8(c), the NRC intends to use its 

process and documentation required for 

the preparation of the EIS on the 

proposed action to comply with section 

106 of the NHPA in lieu of the 

procedures set forth at 36 CFR 800.3 

through 800.6. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) 

and 10 CFR 54.23, PG&E submitted an 

ER as part of the license renewal 

application for DCPP. The ER was 

prepared pursuant to 10 CFR part 51, 

‘‘Environmental Protection Regulations 

for Domestic Licensing and Related 

Regulatory Functions,’’ and is publicly 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML23311A154. The ER will also be 

available for viewing at https://

www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ 

licensing/renewal/applications.html. In 

addition, the license renewal 

application, including the ER, is 

available for public review at the San 

Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San 

Luis Obispo, CA 93403. 

The NRC intends to gather the 

information necessary to prepare a 

plant-specific supplement to NUREG– 

1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants’’ (ADAMS Package 

Accession No. ML13107A023) (GEIS), 

related to the license renewal 

application for DCPP. The NRC is 

required by 10 CFR 51.95 to prepare a 

plant-specific supplement to the GEIS in 

connection with the renewal of an 

operating license. This notice is being 

published in accordance with NEPA 

and the NRC’s regulations at 10 CFR 

part 51. 

The supplement to the GEIS will 

evaluate the environmental impacts of 

license renewal for DCPP, and 

reasonable alternatives thereto. Possible 

alternatives to the proposed action 

include the no-action alternative and 

reasonable alternative energy sources. 

As part of its environmental review, 

the NRC will first conduct a scoping 

process for the plant-specific 

supplement to the GEIS and, as soon as 

practicable thereafter, will prepare a 

draft supplement to the GEIS for public 

comment. Participation in this scoping 

process by members of the public and 

local, State, Tribal, and Federal 

government agencies is encouraged. The 

scoping process for the supplement to 

the GEIS will be used to accomplish the 

following: 

a. Define the proposed action that is 

to be the subject of the supplement to 

the GEIS; 

b. Determine the scope of the 

supplement to the GEIS and identify the 

significant issues to be analyzed in 

depth; 

c. Identify and eliminate from 

detailed study those issues that are 

peripheral or are not significant or that 

have been covered by prior 

environmental review; 

d. Identify any environmental 

assessments and other ElSs that are 

being or will be prepared that are 

related to, but are not part of, the scope 

of the supplement to the GEIS under 

consideration; 

e. Identify other environmental 

review and consultation requirements 

related to the proposed action; 

f. Indicate the relationship between 

the timing of the preparation of the 

environmental analyses and the NRC’s 

tentative planning and decision-making 

schedule; 

g. Identify any cooperating agencies 

and, as appropriate, allocate 

assignments for preparation and 

schedules for completing the 

supplement to the GEIS to the NRC and 

any cooperating agencies; and 

h. Describe how the supplement to 

the GEIS will be prepared, including 

any contractor assistance to be used. 

The NRC invites the following entities 

to participate in scoping: 

a. The applicant, PG&E; 

b. Any Federal agency that has 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise 

with respect to any environmental 

impact involved or that is authorized to 

develop and enforce relevant 

environmental standards; 

c. Affected State and local 

government agencies, including those 

authorized to develop and enforce 

relevant environmental standards; 

d. Any affected Indian Tribe; 

e. Any person who requests or has 

requested an opportunity to participate 

in the scoping process; and 

f. Any person who has petitioned or 

intends to petition for leave to intervene 

under 10 CFR 2.309. 

IV. Public Scoping Meeting 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26(b), 

the scoping process for an EIS may 

include a public scoping meeting to 

help identify significant issues related 

to the proposed action and to determine 

the scope of issues to be addressed in 

the EIS. 

The NRC is announcing that it will 

hold an online webinar and 

teleconference call and an in-person 

public scoping meeting for the DCPP 

license renewal supplement to the GEIS. 

The online webinar and teleconference 

call will be held on February 1, 2024, 

at 10 a.m. PT. The in-person public 

scoping meeting will be held on 

February 8, 2024, at 6 p.m. PT. A court 

reporter will transcribe all comments 

received during the public scoping 

meetings. To be considered, comments 

must be provided either at a transcribed 

public meeting or in writing, as 

discussed in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. Persons interested in 

attending these meetings should 

monitor the NRC’s Public Meeting 

Schedule website at https://

www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg for additional 

information and agenda for the 

meetings. Please contact Kim Conway 

no later than January 31, 2024, if 

accommodations or special equipment 

is needed to attend or to provide 

comments, so that the NRC can 

determine whether the request can be 

accommodated. 

The public scoping meetings will 

include: (1) an overview by the NRC of 

the environmental and safety review 

processes, the proposed scope of the 

supplement to the GEIS, and the 

proposed review schedule; and (2) the 

opportunity for interested government 

agencies, organizations, and individuals 

to submit comments or suggestions on 

environmental issues or the proposed 

scope of the supplement to the GEIS. 

Participation in the scoping process 

for the DCPP license renewal 


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supplement to the GEIS does not entitle 

participants to become parties to the 

proceeding to which the supplement to 

the GEIS relates. Matters related to 

participation in any hearing are outside 

the scope of matters to be discussed at 

these public meetings. 

Dated: January 19, 2024. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Stephen S. Koenick, 

Chief, Environmental Project Management 

Branch 1, Division of Rulemaking, 

Environment, and Financial Support, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01355 Filed 1–23–24; 8:45 am] 

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[NRC–2023–0217] 

Service Contract Inventory 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is publishing this 

notice to advise the public of the 

availability of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 

Service Contract Inventory and FY 2020 

Service Contract Inventory Analysis. 

The NRC’s FY 2021 Service Contract 

Inventory is included as part of a 

Government-wide service contract 

inventory. The inventory includes 

covered service contracts that were 

awarded in FY 2021. The FY 2020 

Inventory Analysis provides 

information on specific contract actions 

that were analyzed as part of the NRC’s 

FY 2020 Service Contract Inventory. 

DATES: January 24, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2023–0217 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–2023–0217. 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 (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The FY 2020 

Service Contract Inventory Analysis can 

be found in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML23317A062. The FY 2020 

Service Contract Inventory Analysis was 

published on the NRC’s public website 

at the following location: https://

www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/ 

contracting.html. 

• 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, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

• Availability of the Service Contract 

Inventory: The NRC’s FY 2021 Service 

Contract Inventory data is included in a 

Government-wide service contract 

inventory that was published at the 

following location: https://

www.acquisition.gov/service-contractinventory. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Raissa Forakis, Office of Administration, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–1104; email: Raissa.Forakis@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with section 743 of Division 

C of the FY 2010 Consolidated 

Appropriations Act (31 U.S.C. 501 note) 

and 10 U.S.C. 2330a (renumbered at 10 

U.S.C. 4505), the NRC is publishing this 

notice to advise the public of the 

availability of its FY 2021 Service 

Contract Inventory and FY 2020 Service 

Contract Inventory Analysis. 

The inventory provides information 

on service contracts with a value of 

$150,000.00 or more that were awarded 

in FY 2021. The inventory includes the 

following: 

1. A description of the services 

purchased; 

2. The role the contracted services 

played in achieving agency objectives; 

3. The dollar amount obligated for the 

services under the contract, and the 

funding source for the contract; 

4. The contract type and date of the 

award; 

5. The name of the contractor and 

place of performance; 

6. The dollar amount invoiced for 

services under the contract; 

7. The number and work location of 

contractor and first-tier subcontractor 

employees, expressed as full-time 

equivalents for direct labor, 

compensated under the contract; 

8. Whether the contract is a personal 

services contract; and 

9. Whether the contract was awarded 

on a non-competitive basis. 

The FY 2020 Inventory Analysis 

provides information on specific service 

contract actions that were analyzed as 

part of the NRC’s FY 2021 Service 

Contract Inventory. 

The purpose of the analysis is to 

determine if contract labor is being used 

in an effective and appropriate manner 

and if the mix of federal employees and 

contractors in the agency is effectively 

balanced. 

Dated: January 19, 2024. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Eleni Jernell, 

Division Director, Acquisition Management 

Division, Office of Administration. 

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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

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Performance Review Board Members 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC) announces the 

appointment of members of the PBGC 

Performance Review Board. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), 

made applicable by PBGC’s Senior Level 

Performance Management System, 

PBGC announces the appointment of 

those individuals who have been 

selected to serve as members of PBGC’s 

Performance Review Board. The 

Performance Review Board is 

responsible for making 

recommendations on each senior level 

(SL) professional’s annual summary 

rating, performance-based adjustment, 

and performance award to the 

appointing authority. 

The following individuals have been 

designated as members of PBGC’s 2023 

Performance Review Board: 

1. Gordon Hartogensis, Director 

2. Kristin Chapman, Chief of Staff 

3. David Foley, Chief of Benefits 

Administration 

4. Patricia Kelly, Chief Financial Officer 

5. Alice Maroni, Chief Management 

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