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1LSNARP member organization representatives 

have been contacted separately and provided 

information on how to make video/audio 

connections if they wish to attend the LSNARP 

meeting virtually rather than in person. 

and providing comments virtually via 

GoToWebinar or an audio-only 

connection are outlined below and the 

process for providing comments will be 

explained during the LSNARP meeting. 

Instructions for Virtual Attendance at 

the February 27–28, 2018, LSNARP 

Meeting by Members of the Public via 

GoToWebinar 

LogMeIn, Inc.’s GoToWebinar will be 

the primary method for virtual (i.e., 

remote) attendance by members of the 

public (i.e., anyone other than a 

designated primary/secondary 

representative of an LSNARP member 

organization) 1 to view and participate 

in, when appropriate, the February 27– 

28, 2018, LSNARP meeting. 

Additionally, audio-only attendance 

will be offered to members of the public 

via a toll-free telephone connection. 

Instructions for Viewing via 

GoToWebinar 

Registration is required to view the 

meeting using GoToWebinar. To 

register, members of the public should 

access the following link at least several 

days before the meeting: https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

4882474129139440898. Once registered 

for the meeting at this link, a member 

of the public will receive a confirmation 

email that will contain the link and 

other connection information to be used 

to view the meeting. 

A member of the public viewing the 

LSNARP meeting via GoToWebinar will 

be able to hear speaker presentations 

and any discussion with/among 

LSNARP member organization 

representatives through his/her 

computer/tablet speakers or telephone, 

but will not be able to talk to the 

presenters or LSNARP member 

representatives directly, as that audio 

connection will be muted until 

instances during the meeting when 

public comments/questions are 

requested. 

When afforded an opportunity to 

comment and/or ask written questions, 

a member of the public connected via 

GoToWebinar and using (1) headphones 

or a microphone/speakers; or (2) the 

GoToWebinar-provided toll telephone 

connection will be able to employ the 

‘‘Raise Your Hand’’ feature that will 

allow meeting organizers to recognize 

him/her by unmuting his/her audio so 

that the comment/question can be 

provided orally to all those attending 

the meeting in person and remotely. 

Alternatively, a member of the public 

viewing the meeting via GoToWebinar 

can submit a written comment/question 

using the GoToWebinar ‘‘Questions’’ 

feature, which permits text messages to 

be sent to meeting organizers who, in 

turn, will forward comments/questions 

for appropriate consideration during the 

meeting. 

Members of the public with questions 

regarding the use of GoToWebinar 

should visit the GoToWebinar customer 

support page at https://support.

logmeininc.com/gotowebinar. It is also 

recommended that members of the 

public run a computer system check 

(available on the GoToWebinar 

customer support page) prior to the 

LSNARP meeting. 

Instructions for Audio-Only Remote 

Attendance 

A member of the public wishing to 

participate via audio-only (both to listen 

and, when appropriate, to talk) can do 

so using the following toll-free 

telephone number and access code: 

(888) 395–2501/4652554. The telephone 

connection of a member of the public 

using this toll-free number to attend the 

LSNARP meeting will be muted until an 

opportunity for public comments/ 

questions is afforded during the 

meeting. During the meeting, 

instructions will be given on how a 

member of the public attending via an 

audio-only connection can make a 

comment/ask a question. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The LSN 

was an internet-based electronic 

discovery database developed to aid the 

NRC in complying with the schedule for 

the decision on the construction 

authorization for the high-level waste 

repository contained in Section 114(d) 

of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, 

as amended. In 1998, the NRC Rules of 

Practice in title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 2, 

subpart J, were modified to provide for 

the creation and operation of the 

internet-based LSN as the technological 

solution for the submission and 

management of documentary material 

relating to the licensing of a geologic 

repository for the disposal of high-level 

radioactive waste (63 FR 71729). 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.1011(d), the 

agency authorized the creation of the 

LSNARP, a FACA advisory committee 

chartered to provide advice to the NRC 

on, among other things, fundamental 

issues relating to LSN design, operation, 

maintenance, and compliance 

monitoring. In 2011, the original LSN 

was decommissioned, with the 

documentary material contained therein 

preserved by the NRC and currently 

residing in the ADAMS LSN Library, 

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

index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Russell Chazell, Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Mail Stop O–16B33, Washington, DC 

20555–0001; telephone 301–415–7469; 

email Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov or 

LSNARP@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day 

of January, 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00226 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–7003; NRC–2018–0002] 

American Centrifuge Lead Cascade 

Facility; American Centrifuge 

Operating, LLC 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) issued an exemption 

in response to an August 22, 2017, 

request from the American Centrifuge 

Operating, LLC (ACO) for a one-time 

exemption from the requirement to 

conduct a biennial Emergency 

Preparedness (EP) onsite exercise. The 

ACO requested to postpone conducting 

the exercise from calendar year (CY) 

2017, to the third quarter of CY 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2018–0002 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may access publicly-available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0002. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@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 publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

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

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS 


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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: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yawar H. Faraz, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–7220, email: Yawar.Faraz@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following sections include text from the 

exemption issued to ACO. 

I. Background 

The ACO is the holder of License No. 

SNM–7003, which authorizes it to 

possess source, byproduct, and special 

nuclear material at the American 

Centrifuge Lead Cascade Facility (LCF). 

Until February 2016, ACO operated the 

LCF at a Department of Energy (DOE) 

site in Piketon, Ohio. Since March 2016, 

ACO has been in the process of 

decommissioning the LCF. The site 

includes other facilities that are 

currently operating, shutdown or 

undergoing decommissioning. 

II. Request/Action 

Section 70.22(i)(3)(xii) of title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), requires emergency plans 

submitted under 10 CFR 70.22(i)(1)(ii) 

to include provisions for conducting an 

emergency preparedness (EP) onsite 

exercise every 2 years. In accordance 

with 10 CFR 70.22(i)(3)(xii), ACO’s 

Emergency Plan, requires that plant 

personnel conduct biennial EP onsite 

exercises. The last EP onsite exercise 

conducted at the LCF site was held in 

June 2015. By letter dated August 22, 

2017 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML17244A210), ACO requested that the 

NRC approves a one-time exemption 

allowing ACO to postpone the EP onsite 

exercise from CY 2017, to the third 

quarter of CY 2018. 

III. Discussion 

Section 70.22(i)(3)(xii) requires ACO 

to conduct biennial EP onsite exercises 

to test their response to simulated 

emergencies. The ACO is required to 

invite offsite response organizations to 

participate in the biennial EP onsite 

exercises. However, participation of 

offsite response organizations in 

biennial EP onsite exercises, although 

recommended, is not required. Exercises 

must use accident scenarios postulated 

as most probable for the specific site 

and the scenarios shall not be known to 

most exercise participants. Following 

the exercise, ACO is required to critique 

the exercise using individuals not 

having direct implementation 

responsibility for the emergency plan. 

Critiques of exercises must evaluate the 

appropriateness of the plan, emergency 

procedures, facilities, equipment, 

training of personnel, and overall 

effectiveness of the response. 

Deficiencies found by the critiques must 

be corrected. By letter dated, August 22, 

2017, ACO requested postponing the 

date of this exercise from CY 2017 to the 

third quarter of CY 2018, and stated that 

the proposed exemption would not 

decrease the margin of safety at the LCF. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 70.17(a), the 

Commission may, upon application of 

any interested person or upon its own 

initiative, grant such exemptions from 

the requirements of 10 CFR part 70 as 

it determines are authorized by law and 

will not endanger life or property of the 

common defense and security and are 

otherwise in the public interest. 

Authorized by Law 

The licensee has stated that the 

exemption request to postpone 

conducting the EP onsite exercise in CY 

2017, to the third quarter of CY 2018, 

would allow for an orderly and safe 

transition into the X–1020 Emergency 

Operations Center (EOC) and Joint 

Information Center (JIC), which are 

being renovated with new upgraded 

equipment. After the renovations have 

been completed, the licensee stated that 

performance testing and acceptance will 

be performed prior to return of EOC 

personnel. The EOC and JIC Cadre 

teams will receive training on the new 

equipment and software programs 

followed by EOC Cadre members 

completing a series of drills on the new 

systems. According to the licensee, 

these renovation and training activities 

will not be completed until the second 

quarter of CY 2018. 

As a result, ACO is requesting an 

exemption from the requirements of 10 

CFR 70.22(i)(3)(xii) to postpone the EP 

onsite exercise from CY 2017, to the 

third quarter of CY 2018. Section 70.17 

allows the NRC to grant exemptions 

from the requirements of 10 CFR part 

70. Granting the licensee’s proposed 

exemption is not otherwise inconsistent 

with NRC regulations or other 

applicable laws. As explained below, 

the proposed exemption will not 

endanger life or property, or the 

common defense and security, and is 

otherwise in the public interest. 

Therefore, the exemption is authorized 

by law. 

Will Not Endanger Life or Property or 

the Common Defense and Security 

On March 2, 2016, ACO notified the 

NRC, in accordance with 10 CFR 

70.38(d)(2), of its parent company 

Centrus Energy Corporation’s decision 

to permanently cease operation at the 

LCF and terminate the NRC’s Special 

Nuclear Materials License (SNM–7003) 

for the LCF following decontamination 

and decommissioning activities. ACO 

has removed all uranium hexafluoride 

(UF6) and LCF equipment and piping 

from the site. As such, the licensee has 

stated that any significant radiological 

or chemical accident hazards that may 

have existed during LCF operations 

have now been removed. 

The NRC staff has determined that 

granting the exemption would not 

impact the effectiveness of the 

emergency response capabilities of the 

ACO facility. The last EP onsite exercise 

was conducted in June 2015, and there 

were no issues identified which 

required immediate corrective action. 

The NRC reviewed inspections 

conducted during the period from 

October 1 through December 31, 2016, 

did not identify a decrease in the 

effectiveness of ACO’s emergency 

response capability. Further, since this 

last exercise was conducted, ACO 

notified the NRC of its intent to cease 

operations and the significant 

radiological and chemical accident 

hazards have since been removed from 

the site. This change to the EP exercise 

schedule also has no impact on security 

issues. Therefore, the NRC staff has 

determined that this exemption will not 

endanger life or property or the common 

defense and security. 

Otherwise in the Public Interest 

Given the aforementioned renovations 

occurring at the EOC and JIC, the 

current Emergency Management 

program is being operated from 

temporary locations. Postponing the EP 

onsite exercise from CY 2017, to the 

third quarter of CY 2018 will allow for 

an orderly and safe transition into the 

renovated facilities, after renovation and 

training activities are completed. 

Accordingly, the NRC staff has 

determined that this exemption is 

otherwise in the public interest. 

IV. Environmental Considerations 

The NRC staff has determined that, 

pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), the 

exemption request will not result in any 


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significant: (1) Hazards; (2) change in 

the types or significant increase in the 

amounts of any effluents that may be 

released offsite; (3) increase in 

individual or cumulative public or 

occupational radiation exposure; (4) 

construction impact; or (5) increase in 

the potential for or consequences from 

radiological accidents. The NRC staff 

has further determined that the 

requirements from which the exemption 

is sought involve the factors associated 

with 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi)(G)— 

scheduling requirements. Specifically, 

the proposed exemption postpones the 

EP onsite exercise from CY 2017, to the 

third quarter of CY 2018. Therefore, the 

exemption meets the eligibility criteria 

for exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 

51.22(c)(25). Therefore, pursuant to 10 

CFR 51.22(b), no environmental 

assessment or an environmental impact 

statement need be prepared in 

connection with the approval of this 

exemption request. 

V. Conclusion 

Accordingly, the NRC has determined 

that, pursuant to 10 CFR 70.17(a), the 

exemption is authorized by law and will 

not endanger life or property or the 

common defense and security and is 

otherwise in the public interest. 

Therefore, the NRC hereby grants ACO 

an exemption from the requirements of 

10 CFR 70.22(i)(3)(xii), to allow ACO to 

postpone conducting the EP onsite 

exercise from CY 2017, to the third 

quarter of CY 2018. 

The NRC staff consulted with the 

Ohio Department of Health and the 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge Office 

prior to issuing this exemption. Neither 

objected to the issuance of this 

exemption. 

This exemption became effective 

upon issuance of the NRC letter dated 

December 29, 2017 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML17354A990). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, on January 5, 

2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Craig G. Erlanger, 

Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, 

Safeguards, and Environmental Review, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00255 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon written request, copies available 

from: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 

100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 

20549–2736 

Extension: 

Form PF, SEC File No. 270–636, OMB 

Control No. 3235–0679 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (‘‘Paperwork 

Reduction Act’’), the Securities and 

Exchange Commission (the 

‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for 

extension and approval. 

Rule 204(b)–1 (17 CFR 275.204(b)-1) 

under the Investment Advisers Act of 

1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–1 et seq.) 

implements sections 404 and 406 of the 

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 

Consumer Protection Act (the ‘‘DoddFrank Act’’) by requiring private fund 

advisers that have at least $150 million 

in private fund assets under 

management to report certain 

information regarding the private funds 

they advise on Form PF. These advisers 

are the respondents to the collection of 

information. 

Form PF is designed to facilitate the 

Financial Stability Oversight Council’s 

(‘‘FSOC’’) monitoring of systemic risk in 

the private fund industry and to assist 

FSOC in determining whether and how 

to deploy its regulatory tools with 

respect to nonbank financial companies. 

The Commission and the Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission may also 

use information collected on Form PF in 

their regulatory programs, including 

examinations, investigations and 

investor protection efforts relating to 

private fund advisers. 

Form PF divides respondents into two 

broad groups, Large Private Fund 

Advisers and smaller private fund 

advisers. ‘‘Large Private Fund Advisers’’ 

are advisers with at least $1.5 billion in 

assets under management attributable to 

hedge funds (‘‘large hedge fund 

advisers’’), advisers that manage 

‘‘liquidity funds’’ and have at least $1 

billion in combined assets under 

management attributable to liquidity 

funds and registered money market 

funds (‘‘large liquidity fund advisers’’), 

and advisers with at least $2 billion in 

assets under management attributable to 

private equity funds (‘‘large private 

equity advisers’’). All other respondents 

are considered smaller private fund 

advisers. 

The Commission estimates that most 

filers of Form PF have already made 

their first filing, and so the burden 

hours applicable to those filers will 

reflect only ongoing burdens, and not 

start-up burdens. Accordingly, the 

Commission estimates the total annual 

reporting and recordkeeping burden of 

the collection of information for each 

respondent is as follows: 

(a) For smaller private fund advisers 

making their first Form PF filing, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 23 hours for each of the first 

three years; 

(b) For smaller private fund advisers 

that already make Form PF filings, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 15 hours for each of the next 

three years; 

(c) For large hedge fund advisers 

making their first Form PF filing, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 610 hours for each of the first 

three years; 

(d) For large hedge fund advisers that 

already make Form PF filings, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 560 hours for each of the next 

three years; 

(e) For large liquidity fund advisers 

making their first Form PF filing, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 588 hours for each of the first 

three years; 

(f) For large liquidity fund advisers 

that already make Form PF filings, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 280 hours for each of the next 

three years; 

(g) For large private equity advisers 

making their first Form PF filing, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 67 hours for each of the first 

three years; and 

(h) For large private equity advisers 

that already make Form PF filings, an 

estimated amortized average annual 

burden of 50 hours for each of the next 

three years. 

With respect to annual internal costs, 

the Commission estimates the collection 

of information will result in 92 burden 

hours per year on average for each 

respondent. With respect to external 

cost burdens, the Commission estimates 

a range from $0 to $50,000 per adviser. 

Estimates of average burden hours 

and costs are made solely for the 

purposes of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act and are not derived from a 

comprehensive or even representative 

survey or study of the costs of 

Commission rules and forms. 

Compliance with the collection of 

information requirements of Form PF is 

mandatory for advisers that satisfy the 

criteria described in Instruction 1 to the 

Form. Responses to the collection of 

information will be kept confidential to 

the extent permitted by law. The 

Commission does not intend to make 


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