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present at the NRC while other Members 

participate remotely. Interested 

members of the public are encouraged to 

participate remotely in any open 

sessions via MS Teams or via phone at 

301–576–2978, passcode 841 316 508#. 

A more detailed agenda including the 

MSTeams link may be found at the 

ACRS public website at https://

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/acrs/agenda/index.html. If 

you would like the MSTeams link 

forwarded to you, please contact the 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) as 

follows: Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov, or 

Lawrence.Burkhart@nrc.gov. 

Wednesday, October 2, 2024 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks 

by the ACRS Chair (Open)—The ACRS 

Chair will make opening remarks 

regarding the conduct of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: Topical Report 

PWROG–18068, ‘‘Use of Direct Fracture 

Toughness for Evaluation of RPV 

[Reactor Pressure Vessel] Integrity’’ 

(Open)—The Committee will have 

presentations and discussion with the 

applicant representatives and NRC staff 

regarding the subject topic. 

10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.: Committee 

Deliberation PWROG–18068, ‘‘Use of 

Direct Fracture Toughness for 

Evaluation of RPV Integrity’’ (Open)— 

The Committee will deliberate with the 

NRC staff regarding the subject topic. 

1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Planning and 

Procedures Session/Future ACRS 

Activities/Reconciliation of ACRS 

Comments and Recommendations/ 

Preparation of Reports (Open/Closed)— 

The Committee will hear discussion of 

the recommendations of the Planning 

and Procedures Subcommittee regarding 

items proposed for consideration by the 

Full Committee during future ACRS 

meetings, and/or proceed to preparation 

of reports. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(2), a portion of this meeting may 

be closed to discuss organizational and 

personnel matters that relate solely to 

internal personnel rules and practices of 

the ACRS.] 

[Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), 

a portion of this session may be closed 

in order to discuss and protect 

information designated as proprietary.]. 

Thursday, October 3, 2024 

8:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.: Palisades 

Nuclear Plant Restart Information 

Briefing (Open)—The Committee will 

have presentations and discussion with 

the NRC staff regarding the subject 

topic. 

1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Committee 

Deliberation and Preparation of Reports 

(Open)—The Committee will proceed to 

preparation of reports and Committee 

deliberation. 

Friday, October 4, 2024 

8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.: Committee 

Deliberation and Preparation of Reports 

(Open)—The Committee will proceed to 

preparation of reports and Committee 

deliberation. 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 13, 2019 (84 FR 27662). In 

accordance with those procedures, oral 

or written views may be presented by 

members of the public, including 

representatives of the nuclear industry. 

Persons desiring to make oral statements 

should notify Quynh Nguyen, Cognizant 

ACRS Staff and the DFO (Telephone: 

301–415–5844, Email: Quynh.Nguyen@

nrc.gov), 5 days before the meeting, if 

possible, so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made to allow 

necessary time during the meeting for 

such statements. In view of the 

possibility that the schedule for ACRS 

meetings may be adjusted by the Chair 

as necessary to facilitate the conduct of 

the meeting, persons planning to attend 

should check with the cognizant ACRS 

staff if such rescheduling would result 

in major inconvenience. 

An electronic copy of each 

presentation should be emailed to the 

cognizant ACRS staff at least one day 

before the meeting. 

In accordance with Subsection 10(d) 

of Public Law 92–463 and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c), certain portions of this meeting 

may be closed, as specifically noted 

above. Use of still, motion picture, and 

television cameras during the meeting 

may be limited to selected portions of 

the meeting as determined by the Chair. 

Electronic recordings will be permitted 

only during the open portions of the 

meeting. 

ACRS meeting agendas, meeting 

transcripts, and letter reports are 

available through the NRC Public 

Document Room (PDR) at pdr.resource@

nrc.gov, or by calling the PDR at 1–800– 

397–4209, or from the Publicly 

Available Records System component of 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System, which is 

accessible from the NRC website at 

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

adams.html or https://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/doc-collections/#ACRS/. 

Dated: September 10, 2024. 

Russell E. Chazell, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20941 Filed 9–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–7004; NRC–2024–0145] 

American Centrifuge Operating, LLC; 

American Centrifuge Plant; 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering an 

amendment of Special Nuclear Material 

(SNM) License No. SNM–2011, issued 

on April 13, 2007, to American 

Centrifuge Operating, LLC (ACO) for the 

operation of the American Centrifuge 

Plant (ACP). This proposed amendment 

would increase ACO’s licensed material 

possession limits under the high-assay, 

low-enriched uranium (HALEU) 

demonstration and operations program 

to support production of approximately 

1,400 kilograms (kg) of HALEU in the 

form of uranium hexafluoride (UF6). For 

this proposed action, the NRC staff is 

issuing an environmental assessment 

(EA) and finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI). 

DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in 

this document are available on 

September 19, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2024–0145 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–2024–0145. 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. For the 

convenience of the reader, instructions 

about obtaining materials referenced in 

this document are provided in the 


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‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section. 

The EA is available in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML24254A206. 

• 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Pineda, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–6789; email: 

Christine.Pineda@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is considering an 

amendment of ACO’s Special Nuclear 

Materials License No. SNM–2011, 

which authorized the operation of the 

HALEU cascade at the ACP in Pike 

County, Ohio in June 2021. If approved, 

the amendment would increase ACO’s 

licensed material possession limits to 

support the production of HALEU UF6

from 600 kg to approximately 1,400 kg 

and would allow ACO to store 

approximately 1,400 kg of HALEU UF6

at the ACP. As required in section 51.21 

of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Environmental 

Protection Regulations for Domestic 

Licensing and Related Regulatory 

Functions,’’ the NRC developed an EA 

for the proposed license amendment to 

increase the possession limits for 

licensed material at the ACP. Based on 

the results of the EA summarized in this 

notice, the NRC has determined not to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) for the amendment and 

is issuing a FONSI. 

ACO is producing HALEU for the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE). HALEU is 

uranium that has been enriched so that 

the concentration of the fissile isotope 

U–235 is between 5 and 20 percent of 

the mass of the uranium. The DOE 

established a 3-phase contract with ACO 

to deploy a cascade of 16 operating 

centrifuges and two spare centrifuges to 

demonstrate the capability to enrich 

uranium to the higher level. The NRC 

approved the license amendment for the 

operation of this HALEU cascade in 

June 2021. The expiration date of the 

current phase (phase 2) of the contract 

that DOE has funded is December 31, 

2024. Phase 3, involving up to three, 3- 

year periods of operation of the HALEU 

cascade, would need Congressional 

appropriations and the approval of the 

NRC to move forward. 

II. Summary of Environmental 

Assessment 

Description of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would increase 

the authorized limits for possession of 

licensed material for the purpose of 

producing approximately 1,400 kg of 

HALEU UF6 from the current HALEU 

UF6 production amount of 600 kg. This 

amendment would be effective until 

DOE’s contract with ACO expires on 

December 31, 2024. If ACO requests an 

extension of the HALEU cascade 

program beyond December 31, 2024, the 

NRC would need to conduct a separate 

licensing and environmental review for 

that extension. 

ACO operates the HALEU cascade in 

a building that previously housed the 

former Lead Cascade Facility, which 

was decommissioned in 2018. ACO 

does not propose to construct new 

buildings, conduct ground-disturbing 

activities, ship HALEU offsite, or make 

changes to the HALEU centrifuge 

cascade design that the NRC approved 

in 2021. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application dated 

February 13, 2023, as supplemented by 

letters dated June 29, 2023, February 15, 

2024, and March 7, 2024. 

Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed amendment would 

allow ACO to continue demonstrating 

the capability to enrich uranium-235 up 

to a level necessary to produce HALEU. 

ACO is under contract with DOE to 

enrich uranium and produce HALEU 

using the 16-centrifuge enrichment 

cascade constructed for this purpose. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC staff assessed the potential 

environmental impacts from the 

increase in possession limits on land 

use; historic and cultural resources; 

visual and scenic resources; 

climatology, meteorology and air 

quality; geology and soils; water 

resources; ecological resources; 

socioeconomics; noise; traffic and 

transportation; public and occupational 

health and safety; and waste 

management. The NRC staff determined 

that the proposed action would not 

affect most resource areas and would 

not have significant impacts on air 

quality, transportation, occupational 

health and safety, and waste 

management. ACO would not make 

changes to the enrichment processes or 

to the outside portions of buildings. All 

HALEU produced would be stored 

onsite. All enrichment activities would 

continue to take place indoors, resulting 

in no changes to noise levels. Because 

operations would continue entirely 

inside buildings, including storage of 

additional enriched UF6 depleted UF6, 

and wastes, and because the current rate 

of HALEU production would not 

change, there would be no change to 

potential impacts on public health and 

safety. Because additional employees 

would not be required for the proposed 

action, there would be no change to 

socioeconomic impacts already 

assessed. The NRC staff further 

concluded in the EA that the potential 

impacts on air quality, occupational 

health and safety, waste management, 

and transportation are bounded by the 

impacts assessed in previous NRC 

environmental assessments, as 

documented in the NRC’s 2021 EA for 

the approval of the HALEU 

demonstration program. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the staff considered denial of the 

proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’ 

alternative). Under the no-action 

alternative, the NRC would deny ACO’s 

request and ACO’s HALEU production 

level would remain at 600 kg. The noaction alternative would not permit 

ACO to meet the terms of DOE’s 

contract with ACO. The potential 

environmental impacts of denying the 

request would be unchanged from the 

impacts as assessed in the NRC’s 2021 

EA for the approval of the HALEU 

demonstration program. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with NRC policy, on 

June 27, 2024, the staff consulted with 

the Ohio Emergency Management 

Agency, Ohio Environmental Protection 

Agency, and Ohio Department of Health 

regarding the EA and FONSI. On July 5, 

2024, the staff consulted with U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

Region 5 regarding the EA and FONSI. 

In addition, on July 5, 2024, the staff 

provided a courtesy notification of the 

proposed action to the Ohio State 

Historic Preservation Office. The NRC 

received no comments on the EA. 

III. Finding of No Significant Impact 

Based on its review of the proposed 

license amendment request, in 

accordance with the requirements of 10 

CFR part 51, the NRC staff has 

determined that approving the 

requested license amendment to 

increase the possession limits of 

licensed material for the HALEU 


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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). 

demonstration and operations program 

would not significantly affect the 

quality of human environment. No 

significant radiological or nonradiological impacts are expected from 

the proposed action. Therefore, the NRC 

staff has determined that, pursuant to 10 

CFR 51.31, ‘‘Determinations based on 

environmental assessment,’’ preparation 

of an EIS is not required for the 

proposed action, and pursuant to 10 

CFR 51.32, ‘‘Finding of no significant 

impact,’’ a FONSI is appropriate. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 51.32(a)(4), this 

FONSI incorporates the EA summarized 

in this notice by reference. 

IV. Availability of Documents 

The documents identified in the 

following table are available to 

interested persons through ADAMS. 

Document description ADAMS 

accession No. 

EA for a proposed increase in production of HALEU at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, August 2024 ............ ML24254A206 

ACO’s application for amendment to increase its licensed material possession limits to support increased HALEU production, February 13, 2023 .............................................................................................................................................................. ML23047A046 

Supplement to ACO’s application, June 29, 2023 ........................................................................................................................ ML23187A143 

Supplement to ACO’s application, February 15, 2024 .................................................................................................................. ML24054A033 

Supplement to ACO’s application, March 7, 2024 ........................................................................................................................ ML24072A046 

EA for the approval of the HALEU demonstration program, June 2021 ...................................................................................... ML21085A705 

Email transmitting the draft EA for increased HALEU production to Ohio agencies, June 27, 2024 .......................................... ML24194A182 

Email to EPA Region 5 transmitting the draft EA for increased HALEU production, July 5, 2024 .............................................. ML24194A185 

Email to Ohio State Historic Preservation Office re: courtesy notification of NRC review of ACO’s license amendment request, July 5, 2024 ..................................................................................................................................................................... ML24194A181 

Dated: September 13, 2024. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

John Moses, 

Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking, 

Environmental, and Financial Support, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21276 Filed 9–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2024–676 and CP2024–685; 

MC2024–677 and CP2024–686; MC2024–678 

and CP2024–687; MC2024–679 and CP2024– 

688; MC2024–680 and CP2024–689; 

MC2024–681 and CP2024–690; MC2024–682 

and CP2024–691; MC2024–683 and CP2024– 

692] 

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 

23, 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).: MC2024–676 and 

CP2024–685; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 334 to Competitive Product 

List and Notice of Filing Materials 

Under Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: 

September 13, 2024; Filing Authority: 39 

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

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Jennaca D. Upperman; 

Comments Due: September 23, 2024. 

2. Docket No(s).: MC2024–677 and 

CP2024–686; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 348 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: September 13, 2024; Filing 

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 

3040.130 through 3040.135, and 39 CFR 

3035.105; Public Representative: 

Jennaca D. Upperman; Comments Due: 

September 23, 2024. 

3. Docket No(s).: MC2024–678 and 

CP2024–687; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 


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