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• 20 CFR 404.1740(b)(8) and 

416.1540(b)(8)—This regulatory section 

requires representatives to disclose to 

SSA whether the representative is or has 

been disqualified from participating in 

or appearing before any Federal program 

or agency, including instances in which 

a Federal program or agency took 

administrative action to disqualify the 

representative in lieu of disciplinary 

proceedings. If the disqualification 

occurs after the appointment of the 

representative, the representative will 

immediately disclose the 

disqualification to SSA; and; 

• 20 CFR 404.1740(b)(9) and 

416.1540(b)(9)—This regulatory section 

requires representatives to disclose to 

SSA whether the representative has 

been removed from practice or 

suspended by a professional licensing 

authority for reasons that reflect on the 

representative’s character, integrity, 

judgment, reliability, or fitness to serve 

as a fiduciary. If the removal or 

suspension occurs after the appointment 

of the representative, the representative 

will immediately disclose the removal 

or suspension to SSA. 

A representative’s obligation to report 

these events is ongoing, and SSA 

requires representatives to report any 

time one or more of these events occurs. 

We consider this information essential 

to ensure the integrity of our 

administrative process and to safeguard 

the rights of all claimants. SSA requires 

representatives to notify SSA in writing, 

but there is no prescribed format for 

these reports. The respondents are 

individuals appointed to represent 

claimants before SSA. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Regulation section Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) ** 

404.1740(b)(5)/416.1540(b)(5) ................. 43,600 1 5 3,633 * $26.45 ** $96,093 

404.1740(b)(6)/416.1540(b)(6) ................. 2 1 5 0 * 69.86 ** 0 

404.1740(b)(7)/416.1540(b)(7) ................. 50 1 5 4 * 69.86 ** 279 

404.1740(b)(8)/416.1540(b)(8) ................. 10 1 5 1 * 69.86 ** 70 

404.170(b)(9)/416.1540(b)(9) ................... 10 1 5 1 * 69.86 ** 70 

Totals ................................................ 43,672 ........................ ........................ 3,639 ........................ 96,512 

* We based this figure on average hourly wages for paralegals/legal assistants and lawyers as posted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

(https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm). 

** These figures do not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on representatives to complete the required disclosures; rather, these are 

theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time representatives or their employees and associates will spend to complete the required disclosures. There is no actual charge to representatives to complete the required disclosures. 

Dated: May 25, 2021. 

Naomi Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement—Browns Ferry Nuclear Site 

Subsequent License Renewal 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA) intends to prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) to address the 

potential environmental effects 

associated with obtaining subsequent 

license renewals (SLR) for the Browns 

Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN) Units 1, 2, 

and 3 located in Limestone County, 

Alabama. Renewal of the operating 

licenses would allow the plant to 

continue to operate for an additional 20 

years beyond the current operating 

licenses expiration dates of 2033, 2034, 

and 2036 for Units 1, 2, and 3, 

respectively. TVA plans to evaluate a 

variety of alternatives including a noaction alternative. Public comments are 

invited to identify other potential 

alternatives, relevant information, and 

analysis related to the proposed action. 

DATES: The public scoping period begins 

with the publication of this Notice in 

the Federal Register and comments on 

the scope of the SEIS must be received 

or postmarked by July 1, 2021. To 

accommodate social distancing 

guidelines and public health 

recommendations related to the COVID– 

19 pandemic, TVA will have a virtual 

meeting room available for the duration 

of the scoping period. Visit https://

www.tva.com/nepa to obtain more 

information. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted in writing to J. Taylor Cates, 

NEPA Specialist, 1101 Market Street, BR 

2C–C, Chattanooga, TN 37402. 

Comments may also be submitted online 

at: https://www.tva.com/nepa or by 

email to nepa@tva.gov. Due to COVID– 

19 teleworking restrictions, electronic 

submission of comments is encouraged 

to ensure timely review and 

consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Other related questions should be sent 

to Tennessee Valley Authority, J. Taylor 

Cates, NEPA Specialist, 1101 Market 

Street, BR 2C–C, Chattanooga, TN 

37402, or 423–751–2732/jtcates@

tva.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Notice is provided in accordance with 

the Council on Environmental Quality’s 

(CEQ) regulations for implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) at 40 CFR parts 1500–1508 and 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA), and its 

implementing regulations (36 CFR part 

800). The SEIS will be prepared 

consistent with the 2020 CEQ 

regulations for implementing NEPA at 

40 CFR parts 1500–1508 (85 FR 43304– 

43376, Jul. 16, 2020). The regulations of 

the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) in 10 CFR part 54 set forth the 

applicable license extension 

requirements. 

TVA Power System 

TVA is a corporate agency and 

instrumentality of the United States, 

created by and existing pursuant to the 

TVA Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. part 831), 

and created to, among other things, 

foster the social and economic welfare 

of the people of the Tennessee Valley 

region and promote the proper use and 

conservation of the Valley’s natural 

resources. TVA generates and 

distributes electricity for business 

customers and local power distributors, 

serving more than 10 million people in 

parts of seven southeastern states. TVA 

is fully self-financed without Federal 


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appropriations, and funds virtually all 

operations through electricity sales and 

power system bond financing. In 

addition to operating and investing its 

revenues in its electric system, TVA 

provides flood control, navigation and 

management for the Tennessee River 

system, and assists local power 

companies and state and local 

governments with economic 

development efforts. 

Dependable electrical capacity on the 

TVA power system is about 33,000 

Mega Watts Electric (MWe). TVA’s 

current generating assets include one 

pumped-storage facility, one diesel 

generator site, three nuclear plants, five 

coal plants, nine combustion turbine 

plants, eight combined cycle plants, 14 

solar energy sites, 29 hydroelectric 

dams, and several small renewable 

generating facilities. A portion of 

delivered power is obtained through 

long-term power purchase agreements. 

About 13 percent of TVA’s annual 

generation is from hydro; 14 percent is 

from coal; 27 percent is from natural 

gas; 41 percent is from nuclear; and the 

remainder is from wind and solar. TVA 

also gains available capacity through its 

energy efficiency programs. TVA 

transmits electricity from these facilities 

over almost 16,000 miles of 

transmission lines. Like other utility 

systems, TVA has power interchange 

agreements with utilities surrounding 

the Tennessee Valley region, and 

routinely buys and sells power. 

Background 

TVA operates BFN Units 1, 2, and 3 

in Limestone County, Alabama. BFN is 

located on an 840-acre tract on the north 

shore of Wheeler Reservoir at Tennessee 

River Mile (TRM) 294, approximately 10 

miles northwest of Decatur, Alabama, 

and 10 miles southwest of Athens, 

Alabama. BFN consists of three General 

Electric boiling water reactors (BWRs) 

and associated turbine generators that 

collectively supply approximately 3,900 

MWe of electric power to the TVA 

transmission and distribution system. 

In March 2002 and June 2002, TVA 

issued a Final SEIS (FSEIS) and a 

Record of Decision (ROD) for the 

operating license renewal of BFN. TVA 

submitted a License Renewal 

Application (LRA) to the NRC in 

December 2003 for a 20-year renewal of 

the operating licenses for each BFN 

unit. The environmental conclusions of 

the NRC FSEIS did not differ from the 

TVA FSEIS conclusions, and the NRC 

issued Supplement 21 regarding Browns 

Ferry Nuclear Plant Units 1, 2, and 3, to 

the Generic EIS (GEIS) for License 

Renewal of Nuclear Plants (NUREG– 

1437) in June 2005. The NRC issued 

operating license renewals for Units 1, 

2, and 3 in May 2006, allowing 

continued operation of the three BFN 

units until 2033, 2034, and 2036, 

respectively. 

In September 2015, TVA submitted a 

license amendment request (LAR) for 

extended power uprate (EPU) of all 

three units. The NRC issued a draft 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) in the Federal Register on 

December 1, 2016 for public comment. 

On May 22, 2017 the NRC issued the 

Final EA and FONSI related to the EPU 

license amendment. 

Project Purpose and Need 

The purpose of the proposed action is 

to help provide continued generation of 

baseload power between 2033 and 2053 

by obtaining license renewals to operate 

BFN Units 1, 2, and 3. BFN is 

considered baseload power because the 

plant generally runs at close to 

maximum output. BFN’s current 

baseload generation supports future 

forecasted baseload power needs, as 

outlined in TVA’s 2019 Integrated 

Resource Plan (IRP), by helping to 

maintain grid stability and generating 

capacity for TVA’s generation portfolio 

mix. As an integral part of TVA’s 

current generation portfolio, in 2020, 

BFN produced approximately 20 

percent of TVA’s average generation 

capacity. Renewal of the current 

operating licenses would allow BFN to 

continue supplying approximately 3,900 

MWe capacity of baseload power. 

TVA needs to generate sufficient 

electricity to supply the Tennessee 

Valley with increasingly clean, reliable, 

and affordable electricity for the 

foreseeable future for the region’s homes 

and businesses, working with local 

power companies to keep service steady 

and reliable. By renewing the licenses, 

TVA would maximize use of existing 

assets to support TVA’s goals of 

generating electricity at the lowest 

feasible cost for the people of the 

Tennessee Valley. BFN’s carbon-free 

generating capacity supports TVA’s goal 

of a net-zero carbon emissions 

generating system by 2050. 

Preliminary Proposed Action and 

Alternatives 

TVA proposes to submit a Subsequent 

LRA (SLRA) to the NRC requesting 

renewal of BFN operating licenses. 

Renewal of the current operating 

licenses would permit operation for an 

additional 20 years past the current 

operating license terms, which expire in 

2033, 2034, and 2036 for Units 1, 2, and 

3, respectively. This SEIS is being 

prepared to provide the public and TVA 

decision-makers an assessment of the 

environmental impacts of renewing BFN 

Unit 1, 2, and 3 operations, as well as 

provide the public an opportunity to 

participate in the SEIS process. License 

renewal does not require any new 

construction or modifications beyond 

normal maintenance and minor 

refurbishment. However, there are other 

proposed projects not directly related to 

SLR that are connected to, or could 

affect, license renewal. 

The SEIS proposes to address a range 

of alternatives (A–D) including: (A) The 

No-Action Alternative; (B) BFN 

Subsequent License Renewal; (C) Use of 

Existing Generating Assets; and (D) Use 

of Existing and Construction of New 

Generating Assets. Two additional 

alternatives, (E) Replacement of BFN 

Generating Capacity Entirely with 

Renewable Energy Sources and (F) 

Replacement of BFN Generating 

Capacity Entirely with Purchase Power, 

were considered but eliminated. 

Anticipated Environmental Impacts 

The SEIS will include a detailed 

evaluation of the environmental, social, 

and economic impacts associated with 

implementation of the proposed action. 

Resource areas to be addressed in the 

SEIS include, but are not limited to: Air 

quality; aquatics; botany; climate 

change; cultural resources; emergency 

planning; floodplains; geology and 

groundwater; hydrothermal; land use; 

navigation; noise and vibration; 

radiological safety; soil erosion and 

surface water; socioeconomics and 

environmental justice; threatened and 

endangered species; transportation; 

visual; waste; water use; wetlands; and 

wildlife. Measures to avoid, minimize, 

and mitigate adverse effects will be 

identified and evaluated in the SEIS. 

In preparing this SEIS, TVA will 

consider the analysis within the NRC’s 

Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants (NUREG–1437, Revision 

1), where the NRC generically 

considered the environmental effects of 

renewing nuclear power plant operating 

licenses for a 20-year period (results are 

codified in 10 CFR part 51). The GEIS 

identified 78 environmental issues and 

reached generic conclusions on 

environmental impacts for 59 of those 

issues that apply to all plants or to 

plants with specific design or site 

characteristics. The GEIS’ generic 

assessment is relevant to the assessment 

of impacts of the proposed action at 

BFN. Generic information from the NRC 

GEIS that is related to the current 

assessment would be incorporated by 

reference, generally following the tiering 

process described in 40 CFR 1501.11, 


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with the SEIS providing a more narrow 

analysis relevant to the specific aspects 

of this proposed project. Additional 

plant-specific review would be 

conducted for impacts not covered by 

the GEIS and which are encompassed by 

the range of resource issue areas 

identified above. 

Anticipated Permits and Other 

Authorizations 

TVA anticipates consulting with the 

required authorities including, but not 

limited to: The Endangered Species Act; 

Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act; 

Rare Species Protection and 

Conservation Act; National Historic 

Preservation Act; Clean Air Act; and 

Federal Clean Water Act. 

TVA anticipates seeking required 

permits or authorizations as 

appropriate, from the following 

governmental entities: The Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission; US Army 

Corps of Engineers; US Coast Guard; US 

Environmental Protection Agency; 

Alabama Department of Environment 

and Conservation; US Fish and Wildlife 

Service; Alabama State Historic 

Preservation Officer; and Tribal Historic 

Preservation Officers. This is not an 

exhaustive list, other permits or 

authorizations may be sought as 

required or appropriate. 

Public Participation and Scoping 

Process 

TVA seeks comment and participation 

from all interested parties for the 

proposed action, including, but not 

limited to, assisting TVA in determining 

the scope of issues for analysis in the 

SEIS. Information about this project is 

available at https://www.tva.com/nepa, 

which includes a link to an online 

public comment page. TVA invites the 

public to identify other alternatives, and 

analysis relevant to the proposed action. 

Comments must be received or 

postmarked no later than July 1, 2021. 

Federal, state, local agencies, and Native 

American Tribes are also invited to 

provide comments. 

Please note that any comments 

received, including names and 

addresses, will become part of the 

project administrative record and will 

be available for public inspection. 

To accommodate social distancing 

guidelines and public health 

recommendations related to the COVID– 

19 pandemic, TVA will have a virtual 

meeting room available for the duration 

of the scoping period that includes a 

range of information on the proposed 

action. Visit https://www.tva.com/nepa 

to obtain more information about the 

virtual open house. 

SEIS Preparation and Schedule 

TVA will consider comments received 

during the scoping period and develop 

a scoping report which will be 

published at https://www.tva.com/nepa. 

The scoping report will summarize 

public and agency comments that were 

received and identify the projected 

schedule for completing the SEIS 

process. Following completion of the 

environmental analysis for SLR, TVA 

will post a Draft SEIS for public review 

and comment on the project web page. 

TVA anticipates holding a public open 

house, which may be virtual, after 

releasing the Draft SEIS. Open house 

details will be posted on TVA’s website 

in conjunction with the Draft SEIS. TVA 

expects to release the Draft SEIS in mid2022. 

TVA will consider comments received 

on the Draft SEIS, as well as cost, 

engineering, risk and other applicable 

evaluations before selecting one or more 

alternatives as preferred in the Final 

SEIS. TVA projects completing a Final 

SEIS in early 2023. A final 

determination on proceeding with the 

preferred alternative will be 

documented in a ROD. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.9. 

Rebecca Tolene, 

Vice President, Environment. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11557 Filed 5–28–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Release Certain 

Properties From All Terms, Conditions, 

Reservations and Restrictions of a 

Quitclaim Deed Agreement Between 

City of Tallahassee and the Federal 

Aviation Administration for the 

Tallahassee International Airport, 

Tallahassee, FL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA hereby provides 

notice of intent to release certain airport 

properties 44.66 acres at the Tallahassee 

International Airport, Tallahassee, FL 

from the conditions, reservations, and 

restrictions as contained in a Quitclaim 

Deed agreement between the FAA and 

the City of Tallahassee, dated March 14, 

1990. The release of property will allow 

the City of Tallahassee to dispose of the 

property for non-aeronautical purposes. 

The City of Tallahassee requests the 

release of a 44.66 acre tract located 

along Capital Circle SW in Tallahassee, 

Florida to facilitate the widening of 

State Road 263 for municipal 

development. This capital improvement 

project is funded by the Florida 

Department of Transportation. The 

parcel is currently designated as 

aeronautical property. The property will 

be released of its federal obligations 

given the land is no longer required by 

The City of Tallahassee. The Fair Market 

Value (FMV) of this parcel has been 

determined to be $2,020,050.00. 

Documents reflecting the Sponsor’s 

request are available, by appointment 

only, for inspection at the Tallahassee 

International Airport and the FAA 

Airports District Office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Section 125 of The Wendell H. Ford 

Aviation Investment and Reform Act for 

the 21st Century (AIR–21) requires the 

FAA to provide an opportunity for 

public notice and comment prior to the 

‘‘waiver’’ or ‘‘modification’’ of a 

sponsor’s Federal obligation to use 

certain airport land for non-aeronautical 

purposes. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

July 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for 

review at the Tallahassee International 

Airport, 3300 Capital Circle SW, Suite 

One, Tallahassee, FL 32310–8732 and 

the FAA Airports District Office, 8427 

SouthPark Circle, Suite 524, Orlando, 

FL 32819–9058. Written comments on 

the Sponsor’s request must be delivered 

or mailed to: Stephen Wilson, Program 

Manager, Orlando Airports District 

Office, 8427 South Park Circle, Suite 

524, Orlando, FL 32819–9058. 

In addition, a copy of any comments 

submitted to the FAA must be mailed or 

delivered to Mr. Eric Houge, Airport 

Engineer, Tallahassee International 

Airport, 3300 Capital Circle SW, Suite 

One, Tallahassee, FL 32310–8732. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Wilson, Program Manager, 

(407) 487–7229, Orlando Airports 

District Office, 8427 SouthPark Circle, 

Suite 524, Orlando, FL 32819–9058. 

Issued in Orlando, FL on May 26, 2021. 

Bartholomew Vernace, 

Manager, Orlando Airports District Office, 

Southern Region. 

Revision Date 11/22/00. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11435 Filed 5–28–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 


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