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D. Special Circumstances 

The licensee has asserted that 

continuing to maintain DAFAS in the 

plant licensing basis represents an 

undue hardship in accordance with 10 

CFR 50.12(a)(2)(iii) due to its 

obsolescence. DAFAS is no longer 

supported by the vendor and spare parts 

are not readily available for the system. 

Significant engineering resources are 

required to reverse-engineer parts and 

frequent fiber optic communications 

problems often affect DAFAS system 

reliability. DAFAS operates on a 

vendor-supplied proprietary platform 

that is unique to Palo Verde. The vendor 

is no longer in business and Palo Verde 

can no longer obtain the Modicon 

programmable logic controllers, 

displays and associated equipment to 

maintain DAFAS. Since these 

replacement parts can no longer be 

obtained through generally available 

sources, the licensee has established 

that maintaining or replacing DAFAS in 

the given circumstances is a hardship. 

Furthermore, the Statement of 

Considerations associated with 10 CFR 

50.62(c)(1) (49 FR 26038, dated June 26, 

1984) state that the installation of 

diverse equipment to trip the turbine 

and initiate auxiliary feedwater have 

only a marginally favorable value/ 

impact for Combustion Engineering 

plants such as Palo Verde. The NRC 

staff has concluded that the licensee has 

demonstrated that removal of DAFAS 

from the Palo Verde licensing basis 

represents low risk and only a minimal 

safety impact. Therefore, the 

maintaining or replacing of DAFAS in 

the given circumstances is an undue 

hardship on the licensee. For these 

reasons, granting an exemption to allow 

removal of DAFAS from the Palo Verde 

licensing basis supports the claimed 

special circumstance of undue hardship. 

E. Supplemental Information 

For more technical details, refer to the 

SE associated with this exemption 

under ADAMS Accession No. 

ML22054A005 (Enclosure 2). 

F. Environmental Considerations 

The NRC staff determined in the 

associated SE that the exemption 

discussed herein meets the eligibility 

criteria for the categorical exclusion set 

forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9) because the 

granting of this exemption involves: (i) 

No significant hazards consideration, 

(ii) no significant change in the types or 

a significant increase in the amounts of 

any effluents that may be released 

offsite, and (iii) no significant increase 

in individual or cumulative 

occupational radiation exposure. 

Therefore, in accordance with 10 CFR 

51.22(b), no environmental impact 

statement or environmental assessment 

need be prepared in connection with the 

NRC’s consideration of this exemption 

request. 

IV. Conclusions 

Accordingly, the Commission has 

determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 

50.12, the exemption is authorized by 

law, will not present an undue risk to 

the public health and safety, and is 

consistent with the common defense 

and security. Also, special 

circumstances are present. Therefore, 

the Commission hereby grants APS an 

exemption from the specific 

requirement of 10 CFR 50.62(c)(1) to 

provide equipment that is diverse from 

the reactor trip system to automatically 

initiate the auxiliary (or emergency) 

feedwater system under conditions 

indicative of an ATWS. As stated above, 

APS will continue to meet all other 

requirements of 10 CFR 50.62(c)(1) at 

Palo Verde Units 1, 2, and 3. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day 

of March 2022. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

/RA/ 

Gregory F. Suber, 

Deputy Director, Division of Operating 

Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Proposed Submission of Information 

Collection for OMB Review; Comment 

Request; Administrative Appeals 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to request 

extension of OMB approval of 

information collection. 

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC) intends to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) extend approval, under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a 

collection of information contained its 

regulation on Rules for Administrative 

Review of Agency Decisions. This 

notice informs the public of PBGC’s 

intent and solicits public comment on 

the collection of information. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 31, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: paperwork.comments@

pbgc.gov. Refer to OMB control number 

1212–0061 in the subject line. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Regulatory 

Affairs Division, Office of the General 

Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation, 1200 K Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20005–4026. 

Commenters are strongly encouraged 

to submit public comments 

electronically. PBGC expects to have 

limited personnel available to process 

public comments that are submitted on 

paper through mail. Until further notice, 

any comments submitted on paper will 

be considered to the extent practicable. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency’s name (Pension 

Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or PBGC) 

and refer to OMB control number 1212– 

0061. All comments received will be 

posted without change to PBGC’s 

website, http://www.pbgc.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Commenters should not include any 

information for which disclosure is 

restricted by statute, such as trade 

secrets and commercial or financial 

information (‘‘confidential business 

information’’). Submission of 

confidential business information 

without a request for protected 

treatment constitutes a waiver of any 

claims of confidentiality. 

Copies of the collection of 

information may be obtained by writing 

to Disclosure Division, Office of the 

General Counsel, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20005–4026, or 

calling 202–229–4040 during normal 

business hours. If you are deaf, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability, 

please dial 7–1–1 to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Rifkin (rifkin.melissa@

pbgc.gov), Attorney, Regulatory Affairs 

Division, Office of the General Counsel, 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 

1200 K Street NW, Washington, DC 

20005–4026; 202–229–6563. If you are 

deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability, please dial 7–1–1 to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

(PBGC) intends to request that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

extend approval, under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, of a collection of 

information contained in its regulation 

on Rules for Administrative Review of 

Agency Decisions (29 CFR part 4003) 

(OMB control number 1212–0061; 


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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). 

expires July 31, 2022). This notice 

informs the public of PBGC’s intent and 

solicits public comment on the 

collection of information. 

PBGC’s regulation on Rules for 

Administrative Review of Agency 

Decisions (29 CFR part 4003) prescribes 

rules governing the issuance of initial 

determinations by PBGC and the 

procedures for requesting and obtaining 

administrative review of initial 

determinations. Certain types of initial 

determinations are subject to 

administrative appeals, which are 

covered in subpart D of the regulation. 

Subpart D prescribes rules on who may 

file appeals, when and where to file 

appeals, contents of appeals, and other 

matters relating to appeals. Most 

appeals filed with PBGC are filed by 

individuals (participants, beneficiaries, 

and alternate payees) in connection 

with benefit entitlement or amounts. A 

small number of appeals are filed by 

companies in connection with other 

matters, such as plan coverage under 

section 4021 of ERISA or liability under 

sections 4062(b)(1), 4063, or 4064. For 

appeals of benefit determinations, PBGC 

has optional forms for filing appeals 

(Form 724) and requests for extensions 

of time to appeal (Form 723). PBGC 

needs the required information to 

resolve matters raised in appeals of 

PBGC’s initial determinations. 

PBGC is proposing some minor 

editorial and formatting changes to 

Forms 723 and 724. In addition, it is 

proposing to make the forms fillable 

online. These are intended to make the 

forms easier for appellants to complete. 

The collection of information under 

the regulation has been approved under 

OMB control number 1212–0061 

(expires July 31, 2022). PBGC intends to 

request that OMB extend its approval 

for another 3 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 each year there 

will be 300 appeals and 75 requests for 

extensions filed annually under this 

regulation. The total estimated annual 

burden of the collection of information 

is 293 hours and $37,400. 

PBGC is soliciting public comments 

to— 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodologies and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Issued in Washington, DC, by: 

Hilary Duke, 

Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory 

Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

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BILLING CODE 7709–02–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CP2019–161] 

New Postal Products 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing 

recent Postal Service filings for the 

Commission’s consideration concerning 

negotiated service agreements. This 

notice informs the public of the filings, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: April 1, 

2022. 

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).: CP2019–161; Filing 

Title: USPS Notice of Amendment to 

Priority Mail Contract 530, Filed Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: March 24, 

2022; Filing Authority: 39 CFR 

3035.105; Public Representative: 

Christopher C. Mohr; Comments Due: 

April 1, 2022. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06709 Filed 3–29–22; 8:45 am] 

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