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honor our commitment to the research 

and support community to provide a 

safe and equitable workplace. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

as soon as possible upon publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Room W 

18000, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; or 

send email to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339, which is accessible 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year 

(including federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35; as amended) and 5 

CFR part 1320 require each Federal 

agency to obtain OMB approval to 

initiate an information collection 

activity. NSF is seeking OMB approval 

for the following information collection: 

OMB Control Number: 3145–NEW. 

Title: Office of Polar Programs (OPP) 

United States Antarctic Program (USAP) 

Sexual Assault and Harassment 

Prevention and Response (SAHPR) Data 

Collection Plan. 

Type of Review: Emergency approval 

of information collection. 

Expected Number of Respondents: 

1,000 Survey Respondents; 150 Focus 

Group Participants; 30 Stakeholder 

Interviewees. 

Frequency: Annual survey. Initial 

interview and focus groups, with follow 

on scheduled as needed. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 10–15 minutes/survey; 120 

minutes/focus group; 60 minutes/ 

interview. 

Survey. The survey will collect 

information about organizational and 

community culture on the ice, 

perceptions of the issues of sexual 

assault and harassment, perceptions of 

leadership support, and the formal and 

informal interactions between USAP 

participants on the ice. The surveys will 

enable the data analysis effort to explore 

the differences in experience and 

perceptions based on demographic 

analysis. The survey will be conducted 

via an online portal and will not collect 

any personally identifiable information. 

The questions will be developed by 

professionals and will be representative 

best practices for similar efforts. The 

target audience will be USAP 

participants who have deployed to 

Antarctica within the previous three 

years. 

Focus Groups. The purpose of 

conducting focus groups is to ascertain 

an understanding of organizational and 

community culture on the ice, 

perceptions of the issues of sexual 

assault and harassment, perceptions of 

leadership support, unique needs, and 

the formal and informal interactions 

between USAP participants on the ice. 

The focus groups will be facilitated by 

our SAHPR contractor and will follow a 

prescribed script. The groups will be 

comprised of USAP participants 

selected for specific groups based on 

organization, deployment type, work 

schedule, et cetera. 

Stakeholder Interviews. The purpose 

of the stakeholder interviews is to gain 

a deeper understanding of current 

conditions, organizational capacity, and 

organizational needs that will inform 

and impact the creation of a realistic 

and effective USAP SAHPR 

implementation plan. Interviews will be 

conducted by our SAHPR contractor 

with vetted personnel representing 

various organizations comprising the 

USAP and will follow scripted 

questions. 

Dated: June 21, 2021. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13799 Filed 6–28–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–528, 50–529, and 72–44; 

NRC–2021–0126] 

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, 

Units 1 and 2 and Independent Spent 

Fuel Storage Installation; 

Consideration of Approval of Transfer 

of Licenses 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Application for indirect transfer 

of license; opportunity to comment, 

request a hearing, and petition for leave 

to intervene. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC, the Commission) 

received and is considering approval of 

a license transfer application filed by 

Arizona Public Service Company (APS), 

on behalf of the Salt River Project 

Agricultural Improvement and Power 

District (SRP) and Public Service 

Company of New Mexico (PNM) on May 

19, 2021. The application seeks NRC 

approval of the transfer of Renewed 

Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–41 

and NPF–51 for Palo Verde Nuclear 

Generating Station (Palo Verde), Units 1 

and 2, respectively, and the general 

license for the Palo Verde Independent 

Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) 

as a result of SRP acquiring PNM’s 

7.9333330 percent share of the 

undivided interests in Palo Verde, Unit 

1, and 0.7933333 percent share of the 

undivided interests in Palo Verde, Unit 

2, whereby SRP would own a total of 

25.423333 percent of the shares in Unit 

1, and 18.2833333 percent of the shares 

in Unit 2, and PNM would own a total 

of 2.266667 percent of the shares in Unit 

1, and 9.4066667 percent of the shares 

in Unit 2. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by July 

29, 2021. Requests for a hearing or 

petitions for leave to intervene must be 

filed by July 19, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods; 

however, the NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal Rulemaking website: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2021–0126. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–287–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• Email comments to: 

Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov. If you do not 

receive an automatic email reply 

confirming receipt, then contact us at 

301–415–1677. 

• Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301– 

415–1101. 

• Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Siva 

P. Lingam, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone: 301–415–1564, email: 

Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021– 

0126 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publicly 

available information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 


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• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2021–0126. 

• 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 application for transfer of 

licenses dated May 19, 2021, is available 

in ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML21139A330. 

• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

examine and order copies of public 

documents, is currently closed. You 

may submit your request to the PDR via 

email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1– 

800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal Rulemaking Website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2021–0126 in your 

comment submission. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at https://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, then you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment submissions into 

ADAMS. 

II. Introduction 

The NRC is considering the issuance 

of an order under § 50.80 and § 72.50 of 

title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) approving the 

partial transfer of Renewed Facility 

Operating License Nos. NPF–41 and 

NPF–51 for Palo Verde, Units 1 and 2, 

respectively, and the general license for 

the Palo Verde ISFSI. The proposed 

partial license transfer would result 

from SRP acquiring PNM’s 7.9333330 

percent share of the undivided interests 

in Palo Verde, Unit 1, and 0.7933333 

percent share of the undivided interests 

in Palo Verde, Unit 2. 

According to the application, PNM 

currently has a 10.2 percent interest in 

Palo Verde, Units 1, 2, and 3. While 

most of this interest is directly owned 

by PNM, the remainder, specifically the 

Unit 1 interests and Unit 2 interest, is 

leased from financial institutions 

pursuant to sale-leaseback transactions 

PNM executed in 1985 and 1986 with 

investment and banking firms. As the 

lessee, PNM retained all of the leasehold 

and control rights and responsibility 

associated therewith. The NRC 

consented to these sale-leaseback 

transactions (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML021680489). Under the terms of 

these past transactions, the Unit 1 

interests and the Unit 2 interest are 

currently held in trust and leased to 

PNM pursuant to the NRC’s prior 

orders, license amendments, and 

creditor regulations in accordance with 

10 CFR 50.81. The sale-leaseback 

transactions were structured so that 

although the investment and banking 

firms own the Unit 1 interests and the 

Unit 2 interest, none has direct or 

indirect controlling interest in Palo 

Verde. Instead, under the leases, PNM 

retains leasehold and control rights and 

responsibility under the NRC licenses 

for these interests. 

According to the application, PNM 

entered into a total of 11 sale-leaseback 

transactions refinancing portions of its 

interests in Palo Verde, Units 1 and 2. 

Six leases have since expired, leaving 

five remaining. This application 

concerns those remaining five leases, 

which are approaching their expiration 

dates and cannot be renewed, with four 

leases expiring in 2023 and one in 2024. 

The financial institutions have agreed to 

sell and transfer these interests to SRP 

starting from 2021 and SRP has agreed 

to purchase these interests, provided 

that SRP and PNM have secured the 

requisite approval from the NRC for SRP 

ownership of the incremental interests 

once the leases expire. After the 

proposed transfer, SRP would own a 

total of 25.423333 percent of the shares 

in Unit 1, and 18.2833333 percent of the 

shares in Unit 2, and PNM would own 

a total of 2.266667 percent of the shares 

in Unit 1, and 9.4066667 percent of the 

shares in Unit 2. APS owns a 29.1 

percent tenant-in-common interest and 

holds both operating and possession 

rights in the NRC licenses. Further, APS 

operates, and would continue to 

operate, each of the Palo Verde units 

and the ISFSI pursuant to the operating 

rights granted to it under the license of 

each Palo Verde unit. The remaining 

tenant-in-common co-owners that hold 

possession-only rights in the NRC 

licenses are: Southern California Edison 

Company (15.8 percent); IIF US Holding 

2 LP (15.8 percent); Southern California 

Public Power Authority (5.91 percent); 

and Los Angeles Department of Water 

and Power (5.7 percent). Although the 

ownership interests in Palo Verde 

would change, significant actions 

involving operation of the Palo Verde 

units require unanimity of all owners of 

Palo Verde. Currently, no entity owns 

50 percent or more of the voting 

interests. The same would be true 

following the proposed transfer of the 

leased interests. Accordingly, after the 

effective date of the transactions, there 

would be no change in the control of 

operation of Palo Verde; APS would 

continue to make all technical decisions 

that do not require approval from all 

owners of Palo Verde. 

No physical changes to the facilities 

or operational changes are being 

proposed in the application. 

The NRC’s regulations at 10 CFR 

50.80 and 10 CFR 72.50 state that no 

license, or any right thereunder, shall be 

transferred, either voluntarily or 

involuntarily, directly or indirectly, 

through transfer of control of the 

license, unless the Commission gives its 

consent in writing. The Commission 

will approve an application for the 

transfer of a license if the Commission 

determines that the proposed transferee 

is qualified to be the holder of the 

license, and that the transfer is 

otherwise consistent with applicable 

provisions of law, regulations, and 

orders issued by the Commission. 

III. Opportunity to Comment 

Within 30 days from the date of 

publication of this notice, persons may 

submit written comments regarding the 

license transfer application, as provided 

for in 10 CFR 2.1305. The Commission 

will consider and, if appropriate, 

respond to these comments, but such 

comments will not otherwise constitute 

part of the decisional record. Comments 

should be submitted as described in the 

ADDRESSES section of this document. 

IV. Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

and Petition for Leave To Intervene 

Within 20 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, any persons 

(petitioner) whose interest may be 

affected by this action may file a request 

for a hearing and petition for leave to 

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action. Petitions shall be filed in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

‘‘Agency Rules of Practice and 

Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2. Interested 

persons should consult a current copy 

of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC’s regulations 

are accessible electronically from the 

NRC Library on the NRC’s website at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. If a petition is filed, the 

Commission or a presiding officer will 

rule on the petition and, if appropriate, 

a notice of a hearing will be issued. 

As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the 

petition should specifically explain the 

reasons why intervention should be 

permitted with particular reference to 

the following general requirements for 

standing: (1) The name, address, and 

telephone number of the petitioner; (2) 

the nature of the petitioner’s right to be 

made a party to the proceeding; (3) the 

nature and extent of the petitioner’s 

property, financial, or other interest in 

the proceeding; and (4) the possible 

effect of any decision or order which 

may be entered in the proceeding on the 

petitioner’s interest. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), 

the petition must also set forth the 

specific contentions that the petitioner 

seeks to have litigated in the 

proceeding. Each contention must 

consist of a specific statement of the 

issue of law or fact to be raised or 

controverted. In addition, the petitioner 

must provide a brief explanation of the 

bases for the contention and a concise 

statement of the alleged facts or expert 

opinion that support the contention and 

on which the petitioner intends to rely 

in proving the contention at the hearing. 

The petitioner must also provide 

references to the specific sources and 

documents on which the petitioner 

intends to rely to support its position on 

the issue. The petition must include 

sufficient information to show that a 

genuine dispute exists with the 

applicant or licensee on a material issue 

of law or fact. Contentions must be 

limited to matters within the scope of 

the proceeding. The contention must be 

one that, if proven, would entitle the 

petitioner to relief. A petitioner who 

fails to satisfy the requirements at 10 

CFR 2.309(f) with respect to at least one 

contention will not be permitted to 

participate as a party. 

Those permitted to intervene become 

parties to the proceeding, subject to any 

limitations in the order granting leave to 

intervene. Parties have the opportunity 

to participate fully in the conduct of the 

hearing with respect to resolution of 

that party’s admitted contentions, 

including the opportunity to present 

evidence, consistent with the NRC’s 

regulations, policies, and procedures. 

Petitions must be filed no later than 

20 days from the date of publication of 

this notice. Petitions and motions for 

leave to file new or amended 

contentions that are filed after the 

deadline will not be entertained absent 

a determination by the presiding officer 

that the filing demonstrates good cause 

by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 

2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition 

must be filed in accordance with the 

filing instructions in the ‘‘Electronic 

Submissions (E-Filing)’’ section of this 

document. 

A State, local governmental body, 

Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or 

agency thereof, may submit a petition to 

the Commission to participate as a party 

under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition 

should state the nature and extent of the 

petitioner’s interest in the proceeding. 

The petition should be submitted to the 

Commission no later than 20 days from 

the date of publication of this notice. 

The petition must be filed in accordance 

with the filing instructions in the 

‘‘Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)’’ 

section of this document, and should 

meet the requirements for petitions set 

forth in this section, except that under 

10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local 

governmental body, Federally 

recognized Indian Tribe, or agency 

thereof does not need to address the 

standing requirements in 10 CFR 

2.309(d) if the facility is located within 

its boundaries. Alternatively, a State, 

local governmental body, Federally 

recognized Indian Tribe, or agency 

thereof may participate as a non-party 

under 10 CFR 2.315(c). 

If a hearing is granted, any person 

who is not a party to the proceeding and 

is not affiliated with or represented by 

a party may, at the discretion of the 

presiding officer, be permitted to make 

a limited appearance pursuant to the 

provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person 

making a limited appearance may make 

an oral or written statement of his or her 

position on the issues but may not 

otherwise participate in the proceeding. 

A limited appearance may be made at 

any session of the hearing or at any 

prehearing conference, subject to the 

limits and conditions as may be 

imposed by the presiding officer. Details 

regarding the opportunity to make a 

limited appearance will be provided by 

the presiding officer if such sessions are 

scheduled. 

V. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing) 

All documents filed in NRC 

adjudicatory proceedings, including a 

request for hearing and petition for 

leave to intervene (petition), any motion 

or other document filed in the 

proceeding prior to the submission of a 

request for hearing or petition to 

intervene, and documents filed by 

interested governmental entities that 

request to participate under 10 CFR 

2.315(c), must be filed in accordance 

with the NRC’s E-Filing rule (72 FR 

49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 

77 FR 46562, August 3, 2012). The EFiling process requires participants to 

submit and serve all adjudicatory 

documents over the internet, or in some 

cases to mail copies on electronic 

storage media. Detailed guidance on 

making electronic submissions may be 

found in the Guidance for Electronic 

Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC 

website at https://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals.html. Participants 

may not submit paper copies of their 

filings unless they seek an exemption in 

accordance with the procedures 

described below. 

To comply with the procedural 

requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 

days prior to the filing deadline, the 

participant should contact the Office of 

the Secretary by email at 

hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone 

at 301–415–1677, to (1) request a digital 

identification (ID) certificate, which 

allows the participant (or its counsel or 

representative) to digitally sign 

submissions and access the E-Filing 

system for any proceeding in which it 

is participating; and (2) advise the 

Secretary that the participant will be 

submitting a petition or other 

adjudicatory document (even in 

instances in which the participant, or its 

counsel or representative, already holds 

an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). 

Based upon this information, the 

Secretary will establish an electronic 

docket for the hearing in this proceeding 

if the Secretary has not already 

established an electronic docket. 

Information about applying for a 

digital ID certificate is available on the 

NRC’s public website at https://

www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ 

getting-started.html. Once a participant 

has obtained a digital ID certificate and 

a docket has been created, the 

participant can then submit 

adjudicatory documents. Submissions 

must be in Portable Document Format 

(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF 

submissions is available on the NRC’s 

public website at https://www.nrc.gov/ 

site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A 

filing is considered complete at the time 

the documents are submitted through 

the NRC’s E-Filing system. To be timely, 

an electronic filing must be submitted to 

the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Upon receipt of a transmission, the EFiling system timestamps the document 

and sends the submitter an email notice 


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1Notice of the United States Postal Service of 

Update to the Maximum Size Limit for Presorted 

First-Class Mail Postcards, June 23, 2021, at 1 

(Notice). 

confirming receipt of the document. The 

E-Filing system also distributes an email 

notice that provides access to the 

document to the NRC’s Office of the 

General Counsel and any others who 

have advised the Office of the Secretary 

that they wish to participate in the 

proceeding, so that the filer need not 

serve the document on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before adjudicatory 

documents are filed so that they can 

obtain access to the documents via the 

E-Filing system. 

A person filing electronically using 

the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system 

may seek assistance by contacting the 

NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk 

through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located 

on the NRC’s public website at https:// 

www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to 

MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC 

Electronic Filing Help Desk is available 

between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding government holidays. 

Participants who believe that they 

have a good cause for not submitting 

documents electronically must file an 

exemption request, in accordance with 

10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper 

filing stating why there is good cause for 

not filing electronically and requesting 

authorization to continue to submit 

documents in paper format. Such filings 

must be submitted by: (1) First class 

mail addressed to the Office of the 

Secretary of the Commission, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or 

(2) courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service to the Office of the 

Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. 

Participants filing adjudicatory 

documents in this manner are 

responsible for serving the document on 

all other participants. Filing is 

considered complete by first-class mail 

as of the time of deposit in the mail, or 

by courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service upon depositing the 

document with the provider of the 

service. A presiding officer, having 

granted an exemption request from 

using E-Filing, may require a participant 

or party to use E-Filing if the presiding 

officer subsequently determines that the 

reason for granting the exemption from 

use of E-Filing no longer exists. 

Documents submitted in adjudicatory 

proceedings will appear in the NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket which is 

available to the public at https://

adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded 

pursuant to an order of the Commission 

or the presiding officer. If you do not 

have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate 

as described above, click ‘‘cancel’’ when 

the link requests certificates and you 

will be automatically directed to the 

NRC’s electronic hearing docket where 

you will be able to access any publicly 

available documents in a particular 

hearing docket. Participants are 

requested not to include personal 

privacy information, such as social 

security numbers, home addresses, or 

personal phone numbers in their filings, 

unless an NRC regulation or other law 

requires submission of such 

information. For example, in some 

instances, individuals provide home 

addresses in order to demonstrate 

proximity to a facility or site. With 

respect to copyrighted works, except for 

limited excerpts that serve the purpose 

of the adjudicatory filings and would 

constitute a Fair Use application, 

participants are requested not to include 

copyrighted materials in their 

submission. 

The Commission will issue a notice or 

order granting or denying a hearing 

request or intervention petition, 

designating the issues for any hearing 

that will be held, and designating the 

Presiding Officer. A notice granting a 

hearing will be published in the Federal 

Register and served on the parties to the 

hearing. 

For further details with respect to this 

application, see the application dated 

May 19, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML21139A330). 

Dated: June 23, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Siva P. Lingam, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, 

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13778 Filed 6–28–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. MC2021–104; Order No. 5926] 

Mail Classification Schedule 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is 

acknowledging a recent Postal Service 

filing concerning size changes to the 

Mail Classification Schedule related to 

presorted First-Class Mail postcards. 

This document informs the public of the 

filing, invites public comment, and 

takes other administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: July 6, 2021. 

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. Commission Action 

IIII. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On June 23, 2021, the Postal Service 

filed a Notice with the Commission 

pursuant to 39 CFR 3040.211 to change 

the size limitations for presorted FirstClass Mail postcards in Section 1110 in 

the Market Dominant Product List in the 

Mail Classification Schedule (MCS).1 In 

addition to its Notice, the Postal Service 

filed the following document: 

• Attachment 1 to the Notice— 

Revisions to Mail Classification 

Schedule of applicable parts of Section 

1110 Presorted Letters/Postcards of the 

MCS language. 

The Postal Service proposed to 

‘‘update the maximum size limit for 

presorted [First-Class Mail] FCM 

postcards, so that it would be 9 inches 

length by 6 inches height, instead of the 

current 6 inches length by 41⁄4 inches 

height.’’ Notice at 2. The Postal Service 

describes the proposed changes as a 

result of the Postal Service’s outreach to 

mailers, who indicated that ‘‘postcards 

are an effective engagement and 

information tool, and the larger 

presorted postcard size would allow 

commercial mailers to capitalize on 

recipients’ attention for promotion and 

information purposes,’’ increasing the 

overall utility of postcards to mailers. 

Id. at 3. 

The Postal Service describes the 

impact of the proposed changes on the 

users of First-Class Mail postcards as an 

expansion of the options available to 

commercial mailers, and that it would 

not restrict current options in any 

manner, as current customers could 

either choose to send the larger FirstClass Mail postcards or continue to send 


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