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Yes 

No 

Don’t know 

22. If you’d like, please use this space 

to elaborate on your answer to question 

21. 

23. How valuable would it be to your 

research to be able to select the specific 

locations of the SMART sensor modules 

along the cable? 

Very valuable 

Valuable 

Somewhat valuable 

Not very valuable 

Not valuable at all 

24. How important is it to include one 

or more Branching Units? 

Very important 

Important 

Somewhat important 

Not very important 

Not important at all 

25. In terms of current and future 

research, in your view what are 

potential uses for Branching Units? 

26. Referring again to the above Figure 

and noting the corridor available around 

the trunk lines to deploy stubs from 

Branching Units (dark gray shaded areas 

surrounding the white dotted lines), 

would you place additional BUs? 

Yes 

No 

Don’t Know 

27. If you’d like, please use this space 

to elaborate on your answers to question 

26. If you answered yes, please indicate 

where and why. 

28. What potential do you see for the 

cable to enable the vision of the 

networked ocean as a relay platform for 

an ‘‘Internet of Underwater Things’’, 

such as subsea gliders, submersible float 

sensors, ROVs and similar submersible 

autonomous instrumentation systems? 

Partnerships and the Project 

The Whitepaper (https://

goosocean.org/news/un-ocean-decadechallenge-7-white-paper-a-roadmap-forthe-observing-system-we-need/) 

addressing Challenge 7 (‘‘Expand the 

Global Ocean Observing System’’) from 

the UN IOC/UNESCO Decade of Ocean 

Science for Sustainable Development 

(2021–2030) (‘‘Ocean Decade 2030’’) 

program indicates that significant 

investments will be needed to meet the 

challenges for global ocean observation 

goals while current investments and 

mechanisms are inadequate. There is a 

clear call for multi-sector engagements 

such as public-private partnerships and 

international collaborations for a ‘‘new 

economic thinking’’ to provide the 

resources needed. 

29. What private and/or public sector 

groups (e.g., academic, non-profit, 

industry, etc.) do you think may have an 

active interest in partnership activities 

with NSF for aspects of the cable system 

development? 

Contribution of the Antarctic SMART 

Cable To Resolve Global Challenges 

30. Beyond the potential direct 

benefits to support science in the 

Antarctic and the region covered 

directly by the Antarctic SMART Cable, 

there may be broader benefits to 

developing the Antarctic SMART Cable. 

In your view, what are the global, 

national, and societal benefits of this 

cable? 

Future Science Workshop 

31. A successor science workshop is 

being considered for 2025 to build upon 

and extend the work of the June 2021 

workshop and this Electronic On-Line 

Submission. How interested would you 

be in attending virtually or in-person, 

provided full or partial travel expenses 

could be provided? 

Final Thoughts 

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to share or elaborate upon regarding the 

topics mentioned here, please provide 

them here. 

33. Please complete the form below to 

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In accordance with section 51.118 of 

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NUREG–1437, Supplement 26, Second 

Renewal, regarding the subsequent 

license renewal of Northern States 

Power Company doing business as Xcel 

Energy (Xcel), renewed Facility 

Operating License No. DPR–22 for an 

additional 20 years of operation for 

Monticello. A notice of availability of 

the site-specific draft EIS (DEIS) 

(NUREG–1437, Supplement 26, Second 

Renewal) was published in the Federal 

Register on April 24, 2024 (89 FR 

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Notice of Availability on April 19, 2024 

(89 FR 28771). To align the end of EPA’s 

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36815), the public comment period was 

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1437, Supplement 26, Second Renewal) 

was issued for public comment on April 

24, 2024 (89 FR 31225). The site-specific 

final EIS addresses the comments 

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(NUREG–1437, Supplement 26, Second 

Renewal). As discussed in Chapter 4 of 

the final EIS (NUREG–1437, 

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NRC staff has determined that the 

adverse environmental impacts of SLR 

for Monticello (i.e., the continued 

operation of Monticello for a period of 

20 years beyond the expiration date of 

the initial renewed license) are not so 

great that preserving the option of SLR 

for energy-planning decision-makers 

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information provided in the 

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and other documents submitted by Xcel; 

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environmental review; (4) consideration 

of public comments received during the 

scoping process, on the site-specific 

DEIS (NUREG–1437, Supplement 26, 

Second Renewal); and (5) consideration 

of public comments received on the sitespecific draft EIS (NUREG–1437, 

Supplement 26, Second Renewal). 

Dated: November 18, 2024. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Theodore Smith, 

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Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial 

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