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1The Motion can be found at https://app.crb.gov/ 

document/download/25503. 

2The Opposition can be found at https://

app.crb.gov/document/download/25572. 

3The Reply can be found at https://app.crb.gov/ 

document/download/25603. 

4The Judges deem the SDC’s Opposition and 

MGC’s Reply to constitute timely comments and 

will consider them, together with any other 

comments they receive during the comment period, 

in determining whether any reasonable objection 

exists that would preclude the requested 

distribution to MGC. 

requesting partial distributions of an 

amount confidentially calculated by the 

Licensing Division that equals 50% of 

the average satellite royalty awarded to 

MGC for 2010–2013, as applied against 

the 2015–2017 satellite royalties 

collected. Motion at 4.1

The Settling Devotional Claimants 

(SDC) opposed the Motion as well as a 

separate motion that MGC filed in the 

companion cable docket. See Settling 

Devotional Claimants’ Opposition to 

Multigroup Claimants’ Motion for 

Partial Distribution of 2015–2017 Cable 

and Satellite Royalty Funds 

(Opposition).2 MGC filed a Reply in 

support of its Motion. See Multigroup 

Claimants’ Reply in Support of Motion 

for Partial Distribution of 2015–2017 

Satellite Royalties (Aug. 13, 2021).3

Prior to ruling on a motion for partial 

distribution filed under § 801(b)(3)(C) of 

the Copyright Act, the Judges must 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

to determine whether any interested 

claimant entitled to receive such royalty 

fees has a reasonable objection to the 

partial distribution. Accordingly, this 

Notice seeks comments from interested 

claimants on whether any reasonable 

objection exists that would preclude the 

distribution to MGC of the requested 

amounts from the 2015–2017 satellite 

royalty funds. As the Judges have 

commenced a distribution proceeding 

concerning 2014–2017 satellite 

royalties, only claimants that have filed 

petitions to participate in the 

proceeding (or are included in a petition 

to participate filed on their behalf) are 

‘‘interested claimants’’ for purposes of 

this Notice. Interested claimants 

objecting to the partial distribution must 

advise the Judges of the existence and 

extent of all objections by the end of the 

comment period. The Judges will not 

consider any objections with respect to 

the partial distribution motion that 

come to their attention after the close of 

the comment period.4

Dated: September 8, 2021. 

Jesse M. Feder, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

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BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 21–08] 

Report on Countries That Are 

Candidates for Millennium Challenge 

Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2022 

and Countries That Would Be 

Candidates But for Legal Prohibitions 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge 

Act of 2003 requires the Millennium 

Challenge Corporation to publish a 

report that identifies countries that are 

‘‘candidate countries’’ for Millennium 

Challenge Account assistance during 

fiscal year 2022. The report is set forth 

in full below. 

(Authority: Section 608(a) of the Millennium 

Challenge Act of 2003, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 

7701, 7707(a)) 

Dated: September 8, 2021. 

Thomas G. Hohenthaner, 

Acting VP/General Counsel and Corporate 

Secretary. 

Report on Countries That Are 

Candidates for Millennium Challenge 

Compact Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2022 

and Countries That Would Be 

Candidates But for Legal Prohibitions 

Summary 

This report to Congress is provided in 

accordance with section 608(a) of the 

Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as 

amended, 22 U.S.C. 7701, 7707(a) (the 

Act). 

The Act authorizes the provision of 

assistance for global development 

through the Millennium Challenge 

Corporation (MCC) for countries that 

enter into a Millennium Challenge 

Compact with the United States to 

support policies and programs that 

advance the progress of such countries 

to achieve lasting economic growth and 

poverty reduction. The Act requires 

MCC to take a number of steps in 

selecting countries with which MCC 

will seek to enter into a compact, 

including determining the countries that 

will be eligible countries for fiscal year 

(FY) 2022 based on (a) a country’s 

demonstrated commitment to (i) just 

and democratic governance, (ii) 

economic freedom, and (iii) investments 

in its people, (b) the opportunity to 

reduce poverty and generate economic 

growth in the country, and (c) the 

availability of funds to MCC. These 

steps include the submission to the 

congressional committees specified in 

the Act and publication in the Federal 

Register of reports on the following: 

• The countries that are ‘‘candidate 

countries’’ for FY 2022 based on their 

per capita income levels and their 

eligibility to receive assistance under 

U.S. law and countries that would be 

candidate countries but for specified 

legal prohibitions on assistance (section 

608(a) of the Act); 

• The criteria and methodology that 

the MCC Board of Directors (the Board) 

will use to measure and evaluate the 

relative policy performance of the 

‘‘candidate countries’’ consistent with 

the requirements of subsections (a) and 

(b) of section 607 of the Act in order to 

determine ‘‘eligible countries’’ from 

among the ‘‘candidate countries’’ 

(section 608(b) of the Act); and 

• The list of countries determined by 

the Board to be ‘‘eligible countries’’ for 

FY 2022, identification of such 

countries with which the Board will 

seek to enter into compacts, and a 

justification for such eligibility 

determination and selection for compact 

negotiation (section 608(d) of the Act). 

This report is the first of three 

required reports listed above. 

Candidate Countries for FY 2022 

The Act requires the identification of 

all countries that are candidate 

countries for FY 2022 and the 

identification of all countries that would 

be candidate countries but for specified 

legal prohibitions on assistance. Under 

sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act, 

candidate countries must qualify as low 

income or lower middle income 

countries as defined in the Act. 

Specifically, a country will be a 

candidate country in the low income 

category for FY 2022 if it 

• has a per capita income that is not 

greater than the World Bank’s lower 

middle income country threshold for 

such fiscal year ($4,095 gross national 

income per capita for FY 2022); 

• is among the 75 countries identified 

by the World Bank as having the lowest 

per capita income; and 

• is not ineligible to receive United 

States economic assistance under part I 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

as amended (the Foreign Assistance 

Act), by reason of the application of the 

Foreign Assistance Act or any other 

provision of law. 

A country will be a candidate country 

in the lower middle income category for 

FY 2022 if it 

• has a per capita income that is not 

greater than the World Bank’s lower 

middle income country threshold for 

such fiscal year ($4,095 gross national 

income per capita for FY 2022); 

• is not among the 75 countries 

identified by the World Bank as having 

the lowest per capita income; and 


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• is not ineligible to receive United 

States economic assistance under part I 

of the Foreign Assistance Act by reason 

of the application of the Foreign 

Assistance Act or any other provision of 

law. 

Under section 606(c) of the Act as 

applied for FY 2022, a country with per 

capita income changes from FY 2021 to 

FY 2022 such that the country would be 

reclassified from the low income 

category to the lower middle income 

category or vice versa will retain its 

income status in its former category for 

FY 2022 and two subsequent fiscal years 

(FY 2023 and FY 2024). A country that 

has transitioned to the upper middle 

income category does not qualify as a 

candidate country. 

Pursuant to section 606(d) of the Act, 

the Board identified the following 

countries as candidate countries under 

the Act for FY 2022. In so doing, the 

Board referred to the prohibitions on 

assistance to countries for FY 2021 

under the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2021 (Div. J., Pub. 

L. 116–94) (FY 2021 SFOAA). 

Candidate Countries: Low Income 

Category 

1. Afghanistan 

2. Angola 

3. Bangladesh 

4. Benin 

5. Bhutan 

6. Bolivia 

7. Burkina Faso 

8. Burundi 

9. Cabo Verde 

10. Cameroon 

11. Central African Republic 

12. Chad 

13. Congo, Democratic Republic of the 

14. Congo, Republic of the 

15. Coˆte d’Ivoire 

16. Djibouti 

17. Egypt 

18. El Salvador 

19. Eswatini 

20. Gambia, The 

21. Ghana 

22. Guinea 

23. Haiti 

24. Honduras 

25. India 

26. Kenya 

27. Kiribati 

28. Kyrgyzstan 

29. Laos 

30. Lesotho 

31. Liberia 

32. Madagascar 

33. Malawi 

34. Mauritania 

35. Mongolia 

36. Morocco 

37. Mozambique 

38. Nepal 

39. Niger 

40. Nigeria 

41. Pakistan 

42. Papua New Guinea 

43. Rwanda 

44. Sao Tome and Principe 

45. Senegal 

46. Sierra Leone 

47. Solomon Islands 

48. Somalia 

49. Tajikistan 

50. Tanzania 

51. Timor-Leste 

52. Togo 

53. Tunisia 

54. Uganda 

55. Ukraine 

56. Uzbekistan 

57. Vanuatu 

58. Vietnam 

59. Yemen 

60. Zambia 

Candidate Countries: Lower Middle 

Income Category 

1. Algeria 

2. Belize 

3. Indonesia 

4. Micronesia, Federated States of 

5. Philippines 

6. Samoa 

Countries That Would Be Candidate 

Countries But for Legal Provisions That 

Prohibit Assistance 

Countries that would be considered 

candidate countries for FY 2022 but are 

ineligible to receive United States 

economic assistance under part I of the 

Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the 

application of any provision of the 

Foreign Assistance Act or any other 

provision of law are listed below. This 

list is based on legal prohibitions 

against economic assistance that apply 

as of July 27, 2021. 

Prohibited Countries: Low Income 

Category 

• Burma is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance, including due to 

concerns relative to its record on human 

rights and pursuant to the military coup 

restriction in section 7008 of the FY 

2021 SFOAA. 

• Cambodia is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance pursuant to section 

7043(b)(2) of the FY 2021 SFOAA, 

which restricts (with limited 

exceptions) assistance to the 

Government of Cambodia unless the 

Secretary of State certifies that the 

Government of Cambodia is taking 

effective steps to strengthen regional 

security and stability and respect the 

rights and responsibilities enshrined in 

the Constitution of the Kingdom of 

Cambodia. 

• Comoros is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance due to its status as a 

Tier 3 country under the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 

• Eritrea is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance due to its human 

rights record and its status as a Tier 3 

country under the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 

et seq.). 

• Ethiopia is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance due to its human 

rights record. 

• Guinea-Bissau is ineligible to 

receive foreign assistance due to its 

status as a Tier 3 country under the 

Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 

• Iran is ineligible to receive foreign 

assistance, including due to its status as 

a Tier 3 country under the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 

• Korea, North is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance, including due to its 

status as a Tier 3 country under the 

Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 

• Mali is ineligible to receive foreign 

assistance pursuant to the military coup 

restriction in section 7008 of the FY 

2021 SFOAA. 

• Nicaragua is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance, including due to its 

status as a Tier 3 country under the 

Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 

• South Sudan is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance pursuant to section 

7042(i)(2) of the FY 2021 SFOAA due to 

its human rights record. 

• Sudan is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance including due to the 

military coup restriction in section 7008 

of the FY 2021 SFOAA. 

• Syria is ineligible to receive foreign 

assistance due to its status as a Tier 3 

country under the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 

et seq.). 

• Zimbabwe is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance, including pursuant to 

section 7042(k)(2) of the FY 2021 

SFOAA, which prohibits (with limited 

exceptions) assistance for the central 

government of Zimbabwe unless the 

Secretary of State certifies and reports to 

Congress that the rule of law has been 

restored, including respect for 

ownership and title to property, and 

freedoms of expression, association, and 

assembly. 

Prohibited Countries: Lower Middle 

Income Category 

• Sri Lanka is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance pursuant to section 

7044(e)(2) of the FY 2021 SFOAA, 


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which restricts (with limited 

exceptions) assistance for the central 

government unless the Secretary makes 

certain certifications regarding actions 

taken by the Government of Sri Lanka 

and reports to the Committees on 

Appropriations. 

Countries identified above as 

candidate countries, as well as countries 

that would be considered candidate 

countries but for the applicability of 

legal provisions that prohibit U.S. 

economic assistance, may be the subject 

of future statutory restrictions or 

determinations, or changed country 

circumstances, that affect their legal 

eligibility for assistance under part I of 

the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of 

application of the Foreign Assistance 

Act or any other provision of law for FY 

2022. 

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BILLING CODE 9211–03–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2020–0237] 

Considerations for Estimating SiteSpecific Probable Maximum 

Precipitation at Nuclear Power Plants 

in the United States of America 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: NUREG; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a 

knowledge management NUREG, 

NUREG/KM–0015, ‘‘Considerations for 

Estimating Site-Specific Probable 

Maximum Precipitation at Nuclear 

Power Plants in the United States of 

America.’’ The NRC staff and Oak Ridge 

National Laboratory have prepared a 

reference document summarizing recent 

lessons-learned in connection with a 

review of the site-specific probable 

maximum precipitation (SSPMP) 

estimates used by some nuclear power 

plant owners and operators in 

connection with a recent re-evaluation 

of external flooding at their respective 

project sites. 

DATES: NUREG/KM–0015 is available on 

September 13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2020–0237 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2020–0237. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@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 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. NUREG/KM–0015, 

‘‘Considerations for Estimating SiteSpecific Probable Maximum 

Precipitation at Nuclear Power Plants in 

the United States of America’’ is 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML21245A418. 

• 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin Quinlan, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

6809, email: Kevin.Quinlan@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

By letter dated March 12, 2012, the 

NRC issued a request for information to 

all power reactor licensees and holders 

of construction permits in active or 

deferred status licensees to reevaluate 

seismic and external flooding for their 

sites against current Commission 

requirements and guidance. This 

request was made consistent with 

paragraph 50.54(f) of title of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

‘‘Conditions of licenses.’’ The request 

was issued in connection with 

implementing lessons-learned identified 

by the staff, and described in their NearTerm Task Force Report, following the 

2011 accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi 

nuclear power plant. In connection with 

this request, owners and operators were 

to re-evaluate flood hazards at their 

respective sites using present-day 

methods and regulatory guidance used 

by the NRC staff when reviewing 10 

CFR part 52 applications for Early Site 

Permits and Combined Operating 

Licenses. 

In response to the staff’s 2012 

§ 50.54(f) information request, owners 

and licensees submitted about 60 

external flood hazard re-evaluation 

reports (FHRRs) corresponding to the 

operating fleet of power reactors. In the 

matter of the probable maximum 

precipitation (PMP) value used for some 

of the flood-hazard re-evaluations 

(primarily the estimation of local 

intense precipitation and riverine-based 

floods), current NRC guidance 

documents recommend the use of the 

PMP estimation methods described in a 

series of Hydrometeorological Reports 

(HMRs) developed by the National 

Oceanographic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA). The PMP event 

itself is generally defined as the greatest 

depth of precipitation for a given 

duration meteorologically possible for a 

design watershed or a given storm area 

at a particular time of year. The 

estimated PMP over a particular 

watershed or basin results in a flood 

magnitude for which there is virtually 

no risk of exceeding. The challenge, 

however, is that HMR-derived PMP 

estimates are based on methodologies 

and data which have not been updated 

with rainfall and storm events which 

have occurred in the decades since the 

HMRs were last published. 

Upon review of the FHRRs, the staff 

found that about 26 project sites 

responding to the § 50.54(f) information 

request submitted PMP estimates that 

were not based on NOAA HMRs but 

were developed by a commercial 

interest. As part of the FHRR process, 

the staff conducted an audit of the 

commercial vendor who developed the 

site-specific PMP estimates to betterunderstand the technical basis 

underlying the approach. In all cases, 

these SSPMP estimates were less than 

those obtained from the applicable 

HMR. Although the development and 

estimation of the SSPMP studies 

reviewed by the staff generally followed 

processes similar to those described in 

the existing guidance, several different 

methods, data sources, assumptions, 

and procedures were used to obtain site 

specific results other than those found 

using the HMR methodology. 

Based on the staff’s § 50.54(f) review 

experience and in anticipation of its 

continued use, this NUREG summarizes 

the lessons-learned concerning the 

review and application of a SSPMP. To 

that end, this NUREG addresses the 

following topics: 

• Storm Selection 

• Storm Reconstruction 

• Storm Transposition 


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