This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Thursday, August 5, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Parts 959 and 980 

[Docket No. AMS–SC–21–0003; SC21–959– 

2 PR] 

Onions Grown in South Texas and 

Imported Onions; Termination of 

Marketing Order 959 and Change in 

Import Requirements 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule invites comments 

on the proposed termination of the 

Federal marketing order regulating the 

handling of onions grown in South 

Texas and the rules and regulations 

issued thereunder. A corresponding 

change would be made to the onion 

import regulation as required under 

section 8e of the Agricultural Marketing 

Agreement Act of 1937. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

October 4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments 

concerning this proposal. Comments 

must be submitted to the Docket Clerk 

electronically by Email: 

MarketingOrderComment@usda.gov or 

internet: http://www.regulations.gov. All 

comments should reference the 

document number and the date and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register and can be viewed at: http://

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

submitted in response to this proposal 

will be included in the record and will 

be made available to the public. Please 

be advised that the identity of the 

individuals or entities submitting the 

comments will be made public on the 

internet at the address provided above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Abigail Campos, Marketing Specialist, 

or Christian D. Nissen, Regional 

Director, Southeast Marketing Field 

Office, Marketing Order and Agreement 

Division, Specialty Crops Program, 

AMS, USDA; Telephone: (863) 324– 

3375, Fax: (863) 291–8614, or Email: 

Abigail.Campos@usda.gov or 

Christian.Nissen@usda.gov. 

Small businesses may request 

information on complying with this 

regulation by contacting Richard Lower, 

Marketing Order and Agreement 

Division, Specialty Crops Program, 

AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, STOP 0237, Washington, 

DC 20250–0237; Telephone: (202) 720– 

2491, or Email: Richard.Lower@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, 

proposes the termination of regulations 

issued to carry out a marketing order as 

defined in 7 CFR 900.2(j). This proposed 

rule is issued under Marketing Order 

No. 959, as amended (7 CFR part 959), 

regulating the handling of onions grown 

in South Texas. Part 959 (referred to as 

the ‘‘Order’’) is effective under the 

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 

of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674), 

hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Act.’’ The 

South Texas Onion Committee 

(Committee) locally administers the 

Order and is comprised of producers 

and handlers operating within the 

production area. 

This proposed rule is also issued 

under section 8e of the Act (7 U.S.C. 

608e–1), which provides whenever 

certain specified commodities, 

including onions, are regulated under a 

Federal marketing order, imports of 

theses commodities into the United 

States are prohibited unless they meet 

the same or comparable grade, size, 

quality, or maturity requirements as 

those in effect for the domestically 

produced commodities. 

The Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) is issuing this proposed rule in 

conformance with Executive Orders 

12866 and 13563. Executive Orders 

12866 and 13563 direct agencies to 

assess all costs and benefits of available 

regulatory alternatives and, if regulation 

is necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts and equity). 

Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, reducing costs, 

harmonizing rules, and promoting 

flexibility. This action falls within a 

category of regulatory actions that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) exempted from Executive Order 

12866 review. 

This proposed rule has been reviewed 

under Executive Order 13175— 

Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribal Governments, which 

requires agencies to consider whether 

their rulemaking actions would have 

tribal implications. AMS has 

determined that this proposed rule is 

unlikely to have substantial direct 

effects on one or more Indian tribes, on 

the relationship between the Federal 

Government and Indian tribes, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities between the Federal 

Government and Indian tribes. 

This proposed rule has been reviewed 

under Executive Order 12988, Civil 

Justice Reform. This proposed rule is 

not intended to have retroactive effect. 

The Act provides that administrative 

proceedings must be exhausted before 

parties may file suit in court. Under 

section 608c(15)(A) of the Act, any 

handler subject to a marketing order 

may file with USDA a petition stating 

that the marketing order, any provision 

of the marketing order, or any obligation 

imposed in connection with the 

marketing order is not in accordance 

with law and request a modification of 

the marketing order or to be exempted 

therefrom. A handler is afforded the 

opportunity for a hearing on the 

petition. After the hearing, USDA would 

rule on the petition. The Act provides 

that the district court of the United 

States (U.S.) in any district in which the 

handler is an inhabitant, or has his or 

her principal place of business, has 

jurisdiction to review USDA’s ruling on 

the petition, provided an action is filed 

not later than 20 days after the date of 

the entry of the ruling. 

There are no administrative 

procedures that must be exhausted prior 

to any judicial challenge to the 

provisions of import regulations issued 

under section 8e of the Act. 

The Order has been in effect since 

1961 and provides the South Texas 

onion industry with authority for grade, 

size, quality, pack, and container 

regulations, research, and promotion 

programs, as well as authority for 

inspection requirements. The Order also 

authorizes reporting and recordkeeping 

functions required for the operation of 

the Order. The Order is locally 

administered by the Committee and is 


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funded by assessments imposed on 

handlers. 

This rule proposes termination of the 

Order and the rules and regulations 

issued thereunder. The Order regulates 

the handling of onions grown in South 

Texas. This action is based on the 

results of a continuance referendum in 

which producers failed to support the 

continuation of the Order. USDA 

believes termination of this program 

would be appropriate as the Order is no 

longer favored by industry producers. 

Section 959.84(d) of the Order 

provides that USDA shall conduct a 

referendum within six years after the 

establishment of the Order and every 

sixth year thereafter to ascertain 

whether continuance is favored by 

producers. The section also states USDA 

would consider termination of the Order 

if less than two-thirds of the producers 

voting in the referendum and producers 

of less than two-thirds of the volume of 

onions represented in the referendum 

favor continuance. As required by the 

Order, USDA held a continuance 

referendum among South Texas onion 

producers from September 21 through 

October 13, 2020, to determine if they 

favored continuation of the program. 

Ballots were mailed to 71 producers 

in the South Texas production area. For 

the referendum, 23 valid ballots were 

cast. The results show 57 percent of the 

producers voting, who produced 53 

percent of the volume represented in the 

referendum, favored continuation of the 

program. The Order failed to meet both 

of the two-thirds criteria for 

continuance, demonstrating a lack of the 

producer support needed to carry out 

the objectives of the Act. 

Section 608c(16)(A) of the Act 

provides that USDA terminate or 

suspend the operation of any order 

whenever the order or any provision 

thereof obstructs or does not tend to 

effectuate the declared policy of the Act. 

Based on the foregoing, and pursuant to 

§ 608c(16)(A) of the Act and § 959.84 of 

the Order, USDA is considering 

termination of the Order. If USDA 

decides to terminate the Order, trustees 

would be appointed to conclude and 

liquidate the affairs of the Committee 

and would continue in that capacity 

until discharged by USDA. In addition, 

USDA would notify Congress of the 

proposed termination of the Order not 

later than 60 days before the Order is 

terminated pursuant to § 608c(16)(A) of 

the Act. 

A notice announcing the results of the 

referendum was issued on January 5, 

2021. On March 15, 2021, USDA 

suspended collection of assessments 

under the Order while the proposed 

termination of the program is being 

processed by USDA. All other 

provisions, including grade and size 

requirements, remain in effect until the 

Order is terminated. 

Section 8e of the Act provides that 

when certain domestically produced 

commodities, including onions, are 

regulated under a Federal marketing 

order, imports of that commodity must 

meet the same or comparable grade, 

size, quality, and maturity requirements. 

Because this proposed rule would 

terminate regulations for domestically 

produced onions, a corresponding 

change to the imported regulations 

would also be required. 

Minimum grade, size, maturity, and 

quality requirements for onions 

imported into the United States are 

established under § 980.117. Currently, 

from March 10 through June 4 of each 

marketing year, imported onions, not 

including pearl and cipolline onions, 

must comply with grade, size, quality, 

and maturity requirements imposed 

under the Order for South Texas onions. 

From June 5 through March 9 of each 

marketing year, and for the entire year 

for pearl and cipolline onions, imported 

onions are subject to the requirements of 

Marketing Order 958, which regulate 

onions handled in Idaho and Oregon. 

This proposal would amend § 980.117 

by removing the requirements based on 

the Order for South Texas onions from 

March 10 through June 4. The import 

requirements for onions based on 

Marketing Order 958 would remain in 

effect from June 5 through March 9, and 

for the entire year for pearl and 

cipolline onions. 

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Pursuant to requirements set forth in 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 

U.S.C. 601–612), the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) has 

considered the economic impact of this 

proposed rule on small entities. 

Accordingly, AMS has prepared this 

initial regulatory flexibility analysis. 

The purpose of the RFA is to fit 

regulatory actions to the scale of 

businesses subject to such actions in 

order that small businesses will not be 

unduly or disproportionately burdened. 

Marketing orders issued pursuant to the 

Act, and the rules issued thereunder, are 

unique in that they are brought about 

through group action of essentially 

small entities acting on their own 

behalf. 

There are approximately 70 producers 

of onions in the production area and 

approximately 30 handlers subject to 

regulation under the Order. There are 53 

onion importers. Small agricultural 

producers are defined by the Small 

Business Administration (SBA) as those 

having annual receipts of less than 

$1,000,000, and small agricultural 

service firms are defined as those having 

annual receipts of less than $30,000,000 

(13 CFR 121.201). 

According to the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), 

the weighted producer price for South 

Texas onions during the 2018–19 season 

was around $9.09 per 50-pound 

equivalent. The Committee reports total 

onion shipments were approximately 

4.2 million 50-pound equivalents. Using 

the weighted average price and 

shipment information, the total 2018–19 

crop value is estimated at $38.2 million. 

Dividing the crop value by the estimated 

number of producers (70) yields an 

estimated average receipt per producer 

of $545,714, so the majority of 

producers would have annual receipts 

of less than $1,000,000. 

The average handler price for South 

Texas onions during the 2018–19 season 

was approximately $11.00 per 50-pound 

equivalent. Using the average price and 

shipment information, the total 2018–19 

handler crop value is estimated at $46.2 

million. Dividing this figure by the 

number of handlers (30) yields an 

estimated average annual handler 

receipts of $1.54 million, which is 

below the SBA threshold for small 

agricultural service firms. Thus, the 

majority of onion producers and 

handlers may be classified as small 

entities. 

Mexico, Peru, and Canada are the 

major onion producing countries 

exporting onions to the United States. In 

2019, shipments of onions imported 

into the United States totaled 

approximately 543,343 metric tons. 

Information from USDA’s Economic 

Research Service indicates the dollar 

value of imported onions was 

approximately $431 million in 2019. 

Using this value and the number of 

importers (53), most importers would 

have annual receipts of less than 

$30,000,000 for onions. 

This rule proposes termination of the 

Order and the rules and regulations 

issued thereunder, regulating the 

handling of onions grown in South 

Texas. Section 959.84(d) of the Order 

requires USDA to conduct a referendum 

every sixth year to ascertain whether 

continuance is favored by producers. 

USDA would consider termination of 

the Order if less than two-thirds of the 

producers voting in the referendum and 

producers of less than two-thirds of the 

volume of onions represented in the 

referendum favor continuance. Based on 

the results of a recent continuance 

referendum, support for the Order failed 

to meet the two-thirds requirement by 

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of the program is no longer favored by 

industry producers. Consequently, 

USDA is considering termination of the 

Order. Corresponding changes would 

also be made to sections of the 

requirements for onions imported into 

the United States. 

Marketing Orders provide industries 

with tools to assist producers and 

handlers in addressing challenges facing 

the industry. These tools include: 

Establishing minimum grade, size, 

quality, and maturity requirements, 

setting size, capacity, weight, 

dimensions or pack of the containers, 

collecting and publish market 

information useful to growers and 

handlers, conducting research and 

promotions, and establishing volume 

control requirements. Each Marketing 

Order is different, with the industries 

deciding the authorities needed and the 

scope of their Marketing Order. 

Marketing Orders are approved by 

producers through referenda and 

regulate handlers to ensure compliance 

with all requirements. The authority of 

a Marketing Order allows each industry 

to create a local administrative 

committee that is made up of growers 

and/or handlers that work collectively 

to solve industry problems. 

Establishing minimum grade, size, 

quality, and maturity requirements aims 

to stabilize market conditions for fresh 

fruit and vegetables. The goal of these 

requirements is to help balance 

consumer demands for high quality 

products and in turn provide better 

returns to producers for producing and 

delivering more consistent, quality 

products to the market. They are also 

expected to promote repeat consumer 

purchases and increase demand for a 

high-quality product. 

The Order has been in effect since 

1961 and provides the South Texas 

onion industry with authority for grade, 

size, quality, pack, and container 

regulations, research, and promotion 

programs, as well as authority for 

inspection requirements. The Order also 

authorizes reporting and recordkeeping 

functions required for the operation of 

the Order. The Order is locally 

administered by the Committee and is 

funded by assessments imposed on 

handlers. 

As this change would terminate the 

Order and all the rules and regulations 

issued thereunder, the perceived 

benefits correlated with the Order 

would be lost. However, there would 

also be savings by eliminating costs 

associated with the Order, which 

include the payment of assessments and 

costs related to inspection. 

A review of the referendum results 

shows that producers failed to reach the 

necessary threshold for the vote to pass 

by either vote or by volume as specified 

in the Order, indicating the benefits of 

the program no longer outweigh the 

costs to handlers and producers. 

Although marketing order requirements 

are applied to handlers, the costs of 

such requirements are often passed on 

to producers. Termination of the Order, 

and the resulting regulatory relaxation, 

could therefore be expected to reduce 

costs for both producers and handlers. 

Pursuant to section 8e of the Act, this 

action would also modify the onion 

import regulation (7 CFR 980.117). That 

regulation currently specifies grade, 

size, quality, and maturity requirements 

based on those requirements established 

under Marketing Order 959. With this 

change, those requirements would no 

longer be in effect from March 10 

through June 4 of the marketing year. 

While this change could benefit 

importers through a reduction in costs, 

the loss of grade and size requirements 

both from the domestic production as 

well as the imported product could 

negatively impact the onion market. 

An alternative to this action would be 

to maintain the Order and its current 

provisions. However, the Order requires 

that a continuance referendum be 

conducted every sixth year to determine 

industry support for the program. The 

results of a recently held producer 

continuance referendum on the Texas 

onion program indicated a lack of 

producer support, indicating that the 

Order no longer meets the needs of 

producers and handlers. Therefore, this 

alternative was rejected, and USDA is 

considering terminating the Order. 

This proposed rule is intended to 

solicit input and other available 

information from interested parties on 

whether the Order should be 

terminated. USDA will evaluate all 

available information prior to making a 

final determination on this matter. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), the Order’s information 

collection requirements have been 

previously approved by OMB and 

assigned OMB No. 0581–0178 Vegetable 

and Specialty Crops. Termination of the 

Order, and the reporting requirements 

prescribed therein, would reduce the 

reporting burden on South Texas onion 

handlers by an estimated 1.83 hours per 

handler. Handlers would no longer be 

required to file forms with the 

Committee, which is expected to reduce 

industry expenses. This rule would not 

impose any additional reporting or 

recordkeeping requirements on either 

small or large onion handlers. 

As with all Federal marketing order 

programs, reports and forms are 

periodically reviewed to reduce 

information requirements and 

duplication by industry and public 

sector agencies. In addition, USDA has 

not identified any relevant Federal rules 

that duplicate, overlap or conflict with 

this rule. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, to promote the 

use of the internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

The producer referendum was well 

publicized in the production area, and 

referendum ballots were mailed to all 

known producers. As such, producers of 

South Texas onions had an opportunity 

to indicate their continued support for 

the Order. Further, interested persons 

are invited to submit comments on this 

proposed rule, including the regulatory 

and information collection impacts of 

this proposed action on small 

businesses. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

be viewed at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

rules-regulations/moa/small-businesses. 

Any questions about the compliance 

guide should be sent to Richard Lower 

at the previously mentioned address in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

In accordance with section 8e of the 

Act, the United States Trade 

Representative has concurred with the 

issuance of this proposed rule. 

This rule invites comments on the 

proposed termination of Marketing 

Order 959, which regulates the handling 

of onions grown in South Texas. A 60- 

day comment period is provided to 

allow interested persons to respond to 

this proposal. All comments timely 

received will be considered before a 

final determination is made on this 

matter. Termination of the Order 

provisions would become effective only 

after a 60-day notification to Congress as 

required by law. 

List of Subjects 

7 CFR Part 959 

Marketing agreements, Onions, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

7 CFR Part 980 

Food grades and standards, Imports, 

Marketing agreements, Onions, Potatoes, 

Tomatoes. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 959 is proposed to 

be removed and 7 CFR part 980 is 

proposed to be amended as follows: 


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PART 959—[REMOVED] 

■ 1. Part 959 is removed. 

PART 980—VEGETABLES; IMPORT 

REGULATIONS 

■ 2. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 980 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 3. In § 980.117, revise paragraphs (a) 

and (b) to read as follows: 

§ 980.117 Import regulations; onions. 

(a) Findings and determinations with 

respect to onions. 

(1) Under section 8e of the 

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 

of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674), 

it is hereby found that: 

(i) Grade, size, quality, and maturity 

regulations have been issued regularly 

under Marketing Order No. 958, as 

amended; 

(ii) The marketing of onions can be 

reasonably distinguished by the 

seasonal categories, i.e., late summer 

and early spring. The bulk of the late 

summer crop is harvested and placed in 

storage in late summer and early fall 

and marketed over a period of several 

months extending into the following 

spring. But the onions harvested from 

the early spring crop are generally 

marketed as soon as the onions are 

harvested. The marketing seasons for 

these crops overlap; 

(iii) Concurrent grade, size, quality, 

and maturity regulations under the 

marketing order are expected in future 

seasons, as in the past. 

(2) Therefore, it is hereby determined 

that: Imports of onions during the June 

5 through March 9 period, and the 

entire year for imports of pearl and 

cipolline varieties of onions, are in most 

direct competition with the marketing of 

onions produced in designated counties 

of Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon, 

covered by Marketing Order No. 958, as 

amended (7 CFR part 958). 

(b) Grade, size, quality, and maturity 

requirements. On and after the effective 

date hereof no person may import 

onions as defined herein unless they are 

inspected and meet the following 

requirements: During the period June 5 

through March 9 of each marketing year, 

and the entire year for pearl and 

cipolline onions, whenever onions 

grown in designated counties in Idaho 

and Malheur County, Oregon, are 

regulated under Marketing Order No. 

958, imported onions shall comply with 

the grade, size, quality, and maturity 

requirements imposed under that order. 

* * * * * 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16495 Filed 8–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 72 

[NRC–2021–0052] 

RIN 3150–AK63 

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage 

Casks: NAC International NAC–UMS®

Universal Storage System, Certificate 

of Compliance No. 1015, Amendment 

No. 8 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is proposing to 

amend its spent fuel storage regulations 

by revising the NAC International NAC– 

UMS® Universal Storage System listing 

within the ‘‘List of approved spent fuel 

storage casks’’ to include Amendment 

No. 8 to Certificate of Compliance No. 

1015. Amendment No. 8 revises the 

certificate of compliance to add the 

storage of damaged boiling-water reactor 

spent fuel, including higher enrichment 

and higher burnup spent fuel; change 

the allowable fuel burnup range; expand 

the boiling-water reactor class 5 fuel 

inventory that could be stored in the 

cask; and revise definitions in the 

technical specifications. 

DATES: Submit comments by September 

7, 2021. Comments received after this 

date will be considered if it is practical 

to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID NRC–2021– 

0052, at https://www.regulations.gov. If 

your material cannot be submitted using 

https://www.regulations.gov, call or 

email the individuals listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this document for alternate instructions. 

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: 

Bernard White, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards; 

telephone: 301–415–6577; email: 

Bernard.White@nrc.gov or James Firth, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards; telephone: 301–415–6628, 

email: James.Firth@nrc.gov. Both are 

staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting 

Comments 

II. Rulemaking Procedure 

III. Background 

IV. Plain Writing 

V. Availability of Documents 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021– 

0052 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: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2021–0052. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Dawn 

Forder, telephone: 301–415–3407, 

email: Dawn.Forder@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions contact the 

individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

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(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

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‘‘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. For the convenience of the 

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• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

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

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B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2021– 

0052 in your comment submission. The 

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