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the Antarctic Conservation Act in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. This is the 

required notice of permit applications 

received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by October 15, 2024. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Office of 

Polar Programs, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314 or 

ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Titmus, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address, 703–292–4479. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR 

670), as amended by the Antarctic 

Science, Tourism and Conservation Act 

of 1996, has developed regulations for 

the establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas as requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Application Details 

Permit Application: 2025–012 

1. Applicant: Heather Lynch, Stony 

Brook University, IACS 163, Stony 

Brook, NY 11794 

Activity for Which Permit is 

Requested: Harmful Interference, Enter 

Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The 

applicant would survey chinstrap 

penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) colonies 

in the South Shetland Islands including 

multiple sites on Low Island. The 

outcomes of the surveys would be 

useful in determining population 

abundance and distribution of chinstrap 

penguins, important consumers of 

Antarctic krill. Surveys would be 

completed using direct manual counts 

(on foot) and by operating small, 

remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) 

over colonies. RPAS would be operated 

by experienced pilots at altitudes of at 

least 30 meters above wildlife. Although 

no significant disturbance is expected, 

both manual counts and RPAS 

overflights have the potential to disturb 

chinstrap penguins as well as Adelie 

penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), Gentoo 

penguins (Pygoscelis papua), the 

Southern giant petrel (Macronectes 

giganteus), Southern fulmar (Fulmarus 

glacialoides), Cape petrel (Deption 

capense), Antarctic blue-eyed shag 

(Phalacrocorax atriceps), Antarctic 

brown skua (Catharacta antarctica), 

South polar skua (Catharacta 

maccormicki), Kelp gull (Larus 

dominicanus), and the Antarctic tern 

(Sterna vittata) based on the location of 

the surveys. While conducting visitor 

site surveys and censuses, the applicant 

would potentially enter a number of 

Antarctic Specially Protected Areas 

(ASPAs) in the Antarctic Peninsula 

region. 

Location: King George Island, South 

Shetland Islands, Robert Island, 

Livingston Island; Western Antarctic 

Peninsula; ASPA 112, Coppermine 

Peninsula, Robert Island, South 

Shetland Islands; ASPA 125, Fildes 

Peninsula, King George Island (25 de 

Mayo); ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula, 

Livingston Island, South Shetland 

Islands; ASPA 128, Western shore of 

Admiralty Bay, King George Island, 

South Shetland Islands; ASPA 132, 

Potter Peninsula, King George Island 

(Isla 25 de Mayo, South Shetland 

Islands; ASPA 133, Harmony Point, 

Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands; 

ASPA 134, Cierva Point and offshore 

islands, Danco Coast, Antarctic 

Peninsula; ASPA 139, Biscoe Point, 

Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago; 

ASPA 150, Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay, 

King George Island (25 de Mayo); ASPA 

151, Lions Rump, King George Island, 

South Shetland Islands; ASPA 171, 

Narebski Point, Barton Peninsula, King 

George Island; ASPA 180, Danger 

Islands; ASPA 182, Western Bransfield 

Strait and Eastern Dallman Bay. 

Dates of Permitted Activities: 

December 1, 2024–March 1, 2025 

Alina Pavao, 

Administrative Assistant, Office of Polar 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20690 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–611 and 50–612; NRC–2023– 

0138] 

Kairos Power LLC; Notice of Hearing 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Construction permit 

application; Notice of uncontested 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

will commence an uncontested hearing, 

in which the Commission will receive 

written evidence in the form of 

testimony and exhibits regarding the 

application from Kairos Power LLC 

(Kairos) for a construction permit (CP) 

to construct a non-power test reactor 

termed Hermes 2 in Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee. 

DATES: The Commission may issue 

written questions to the parties (the 

NRC staff and the applicant) no later 

than September 26, 2024. For the full 

schedule for submitting documents in 

this hearing, see Sections V and VI of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2023–0138 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–2023–0138. 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 individuals 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, 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: 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wesley W. Held, Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 

301–287–3591; email: Wesley.Held@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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1 If, due to its size, the application is too large to 

file through the E-filing system, the NRC staff may 

file a document that lists the ADAMS accession 

number for the package of each part of the 

application. 

2The process for accessing and using the agency’s 

E-filing system is described in the November 22, 

2023, notice of hearing (88 FR 81,439) that was 

issued by the Commission for this proceeding. 

Participants who are unable to use the electronic 

information exchange (EIE), or who will have 

I. Background 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

that, pursuant to Section 189a of the 

Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as 

amended, it will commence an 

uncontested hearing, in which the 

Commission will receive written 

evidence in the form of testimony and 

exhibits regarding the application from 

Kairos for a CP to construct a non-power 

test reactor facility termed Hermes 2 in 

Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 

Kairos’s application was submitted by 

letter on July 14, 2023, Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) Accession No. 

ML23195A122. 

The NRC staff’s Environmental 

Assessment (including its Finding of No 

Significant Impact) and Safety 

Evaluation Report may be viewed at 

ADAMS Accession Nos. ML24240A034 

and ML24200A115, respectively. This 

mandatory hearing will concern safety 

and environmental matters relating to 

the requested construction permit 

application, as more fully described 

below. 

II. Evidentiary Uncontested Hearing 

The Commission will conduct this 

hearing using written materials only. 

The schedule and process for submitting 

written materials to the Commission is 

detailed in Sections V and VI below. 

The parties to this proceeding are Kairos 

and the NRC staff. 

III. Presiding Officer 

The Commission is the presiding 

officer for this proceeding. 

IV. Matters To Be Considered 

The matter at issue in this proceeding 

is whether the review of the Kairos 

Hermes 2 construction permit 

application by the Commission’s staff 

has been adequate to support the 

findings found in title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.35, 

50.40, 50.50, and 10 CFR 51.105. Those 

findings are as follows: 

Issues Pursuant to the Atomic Energy 

Act of 1954, as Amended 

With respect to the construction 

permit: (1) whether the applicant has 

described the proposed design of the 

facility, including, but not limited to, 

the principal architectural and 

engineering criteria for the design, and 

has identified the major features or 

components incorporated therein for the 

protection of the health and safety of the 

public; (2) whether such further 

technical or design information as may 

be required to complete the safety 

analysis, and which can reasonably be 

left for later consideration, will be 

supplied in the final safety analysis 

report; (3) whether safety features or 

components, if any, which require 

research and development have been 

described by the applicant and the 

applicant has identified, and there will 

be conducted, a research and 

development program reasonably 

designed to resolve any safety questions 

associated with such features or 

components; (4) whether on the basis of 

the foregoing, there is reasonable 

assurance that (i) such safety questions 

will be satisfactorily resolved at or 

before the latest date stated in the 

application for completion of 

construction of the proposed facility, 

and (ii) taking into consideration the 

site criteria contained in 10 CFR part 

100, the proposed facility can be 

constructed and operated at the 

proposed location without undue risk to 

the health and safety of the public; (5) 

whether there is reasonable assurance (i) 

that the construction of the facility will 

not endanger the health and safety of 

the public, and (ii) that construction 

activities can be conducted in 

compliance with the Commission’s 

regulations; (6) whether the applicant is 

technically and financially qualified to 

engage in the proposed activities in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

regulations in Chapter l of 10 CFR; (7) 

whether the issuance of a permit for the 

construction of the facility to the 

applicant will not, in the opinion of the 

Commission, be inimical to the common 

defense and security or to the health 

and safety of the public; and (8) whether 

the application meets the standards and 

requirements of the AEA and the 

Commission’s regulations, and that 

notifications, if any, to other agencies or 

bodies have been duly made. 

Issues Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 

With respect to the construction 

permit: (1) determine whether the 

requirements of Sections 102(2)(A), (C), 

and (E) of NEPA and the applicable 

regulations in 10 CFR part 51 have been 

met; (2) independently consider the 

final balance among conflicting factors 

contained in the record of the 

proceeding with a view to determining 

the appropriate action to be taken; (3) 

determine, after weighing the 

environmental, economic, technical, 

and other benefits against 

environmental and other costs, and 

considering reasonable alternatives, 

whether the construction permit should 

be issued, denied, or appropriately 

conditioned to protect environmental 

values; and (4) determine whether the 

NEPA review conducted by the NRC 

staff has been adequate. 

V. Schedule for Submittal of Written 

Evidence 

All documents to be filed by the 

parties as described below should be 

filed in accordance with the 

requirements of our E-filing rules at 10 

CFR 2.304(g) and will be considered 

exhibits in this proceeding once filed. 

No later than October 10, 2024, the 

NRC staff should E-file the following 

documents to add them to the docket for 

this hearing: (1) SECY–24–0075, which 

will serve as the NRC staff’s primary 

written testimony in this hearing, (2) the 

construction permit application,1 (3) the 

draft construction permit, (4) the safety 

evaluation, (5) the environmental 

assessment and finding of no significant 

impact, and (6) any report submitted by 

the Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards in compliance with section 

182(b) of the AEA and 10 CFR 50.58(a) 

regarding the Hermes 2 construction 

permit and any NRC staff response 

thereto. If any of these documents are 

non-public, then the NRC staff should 

also file a public version, if practicable. 

No later than September 26, 2024, the 

Commission may issue written 

questions to one or both of the parties 

(the NRC staff and the applicant). If 

such questions are issued, party 

testimony responding to such questions, 

and associated exhibits (if any), are due 

October 10, 2024, unless the 

Commission directs otherwise. The 

applicant may also file additional 

written testimony by October 10, 2024. 

VI. Interested Government Participants 

No later than September 20, 2024, any 

interested State, local government body, 

or Federally recognized Indian Tribe 

may file with the Commission a 

statement of any issues or questions that 

the State, local government body, or 

Indian Tribe wishes the Commission to 

give particular attention to as part of the 

uncontested hearing process. Such 

statement may be accompanied by any 

supporting documentation that the 

State, local government body, or Indian 

Tribe sees fit to provide. Any statements 

and supporting documentation (if any) 

received by the Commission using the 

agency’s E-filing system 2 by the 


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difficulty complying with EIE requirements in the 

time frame provided for submission of written 

statements, may provide their statements by 

electronic mail to hearingdocket@nrc.gov. 

1See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting 

Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information, 

June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No. 

4679). 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

deadline indicated above will be made 

part of the record of the proceeding. The 

Commission will use such statements 

and documents as appropriate to inform 

its questions to the NRC staff and 

applicant and its hearing decision. 

Many of the procedures and rights 

applicable to the inherently adversarial 

nature of NRC’s contested hearing 

process are not available in this 

uncontested hearing. Participation in 

the NRC’s contested hearing process is 

governed by 10 CFR 2.309 (for persons 

or entities, including a State, local 

government, or Indian Tribe seeking to 

file contentions of their own) and 10 

CFR 2.315(c) (for an interested State, 

local government, or Federally 

recognized Indian Tribe seeking to 

participate with respect to contentions 

filed by others). Participation in this 

uncontested hearing does not affect the 

right of a State, a local government, or 

an Indian Tribe to participate in a 

separate contested hearing process. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day 

of September, 2024. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Carrie Safford, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20812 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2024–628 and CP2024–637; 

MC2024–631 and CP2024–640; MC2024–635 

and CP2024–644] 

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 

a negotiated service agreement. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: September 

16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to negotiated service agreement(s). The 

request(s) may propose the addition or 

removal of a negotiated service 

agreement from the Market Dominant or 

the Competitive product list, or the 

modification of an existing product 

currently appearing on the Market 

Dominant or the Competitive product 

list. 

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, the title of each Postal 

Service request, the request’s acceptance 

date, and the authority cited by the 

Postal Service for each request. For each 

request, the Commission appoints an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in the 

proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 

(Public Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each request. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3011.301.1

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

in the captioned docket(s) are consistent 

with the policies of title 39. For 

request(s) that the Postal Service states 

concern Market Dominant product(s), 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3030, and 39 

CFR part 3040, subpart B. For request(s) 

that the Postal Service states concern 

Competitive product(s), applicable 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 

39 CFR part 3040, subpart B. Comment 

deadline(s) for each request appear in 

section II. 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: MC2024–628 and 

CP2024–637; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 304 to Competitive Product 

List and Notice of Filing Materials 

Under Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: 

September 6, 2024; Filing Authority: 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Christopher C. Mohr; 

Comments Due: September 16, 2024. 

2. Docket No(s).: MC2024–631 and 

CP2024–640; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & Parcel Select 

Contract 11 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: September 

6, 2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Christopher C. Mohr; 

Comments Due: September 16, 2024. 

3. Docket No(s).: MC2024–635 and 

CP2024–644; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & Parcel Select 

Contract 12 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: September 

6, 2024; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Alain Brou; Comments 

Due: September 16, 2024. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20728 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–100963; File No. SR–NYSE– 

2024–49] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; New 

York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of 

Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of 

Proposed Rule Change Amending the 

Existing Note in the Connectivity Fee 

Schedule 

September 6, 2024. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3

notice is hereby given that on August 

27, 2024, New York Stock Exchange 

LLC (‘‘NYSE’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I and II below, which Items have 

been prepared by the self-regulatory 


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