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infrastructure (e.g., utilities), surface
water resources, or groundwater
resources from operation of the L-Basin
and the SRNL SCF.
Wastes will be generated primarily
during operations at the SRNL SCF and
will include laboratory samples, scrap,
and contaminated equipment such as
pipettes or gloves. These wastes will
primarily consist of solid or liquid LLW,
MLLW, and TRU waste that will be
managed within the capacities of
existing SRS waste management
operations. Solid LLW will be disposed
of onsite in E-Area, while MLLW will be
shipped offsite for treatment and
disposal in accordance with the Final
Programmatic EIS for Managing
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal of
Radioactive and Hazardous Waste
(DOE/EIS–0200) and amended ROD (65
FR 10061; February 25, 2000). Liquid
waste will be discarded to the SRNL
liquid radioactive waste system, or
combined with an absorbent for
disposal as LLW or management as
MLLW. TRU waste will be stored on-site
in the SRS E-Area Solid Waste Facility
until shipped to the Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant for disposal.
Cumulative Impacts. The action
addressed in this amended ROD will
require activities at existing SRS
facilities that are the same as or
comparable to past and present
operations at these facilities. Therefore,
the action addressed in this amended
ROD is not expected to result in
increases to the ranges of cumulative
impacts evaluated in the IMNM EIS and
SRS SNF EIS.

Amended Decision
To enable recovery of 244Pu and other
valued isotopes, DOE has decided to
process the 65 Mark-18A targets stored
in the L-Basin. The 65 Mark-18A targets
will be removed from the L-Basin and
transferred to the SRNL SCF within a
modified spent nuclear fuel cask. At the
SRNL SCF, the targets will be processed
to recover desired isotopes in two solid
streams: A plutonium oxide stream and
an oxide stream containing americium,
heavy curium, and fission products.
Minor modifications will be made
within the SRNL SCF to enable efficient
receipt and processing of the targets.
The two oxide streams will be packaged
and transported to ORNL for further
processing and material recovery.
DOE expects that processing activities
at SRNL could begin as early as fiscal
year 2020 and would continue through
fiscal year 2029 depending on how
many targets can be processed per year.

Environmentally Preferable Alternative

Mitigation Measures
No mitigation measures were
identified in the IMNM EIS ROD, SRS
SNF EIS ROD, or the subsequent
supplemental and amended RODs. No
environmental impacts resulting from
operations under this amended decision
will require specific mitigation
measures. DOE will continue its current
practices and policies to use all
practicable means to avoid or minimize
environmental harm and impacts to
workers and the public when
implementing the actions described in
this amended ROD.

In the IMNM EIS and IMNM EIS
RODs, DOE determined that any of the
alternatives involving continued interim
storage would have smaller
environmental impacts than alternatives
involving processing at the large
separations facilities at SRS (e.g., F- or
H-Canyon) while the processing
operations were underway. Of the
evaluated processing alternatives, the
environmentally preferable alternative
identified in the IMNM EIS ROD for
targets containing americium and
curium was Processing and Storage for

Basis for Decision
This amended decision ensures the
availability of 244Pu, which is a critical
component of certified standards for
high-precision laboratory analyses
supporting nuclear forensics and
nuclear nonproliferation. In addition,
this amended decision ensures the
availability of heavy curium for use as
feedstock for production of highdemand isotopes such as 252Cf, which is
used in many industrial and medical
research and health care applications,
such as cancer treatment. Implementing

C. Supplement Analysis Conclusion
The action addressed in this amended
ROD will revise the management
approach for a very small fraction of the
materials evaluated in the IMNM EIS
and SRS SNF EIS. The operational
changes at SRS that will be required for
implementing the action are expected to
have only minor environmental
consequences.

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Nitrification. This remains the
environmentally preferred alternative.
The action addressed in this amended
ROD does not involve processing
operations at large separations facilities
at SRS. The action addressed in this
amended ROD will result in increased
but small levels of short-term
environmental impacts from target
recovery, onsite transfer, and processing
to recover desired isotopes, and
transport of the recovered isotopes to
ORNL.

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this action also provides a disposition
pathway for all remaining Mark-18A
targets in storage at SRS.
The action addressed in this amended
ROD will involve a very small fraction
of the nuclear materials evaluated in the
IMNM EIS and SRS SNF EIS and will
entail use of an existing DOE facility
performing activities similar to those
previously conducted at SRS and within
the scope of the facility’s R&D mission.
The action addressed in this amended
ROD will not result in potential health
or environmental consequences that
will be significantly different from the
small consequences that were
determined in the IMNM EIS and SRS
SNF EIS.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 27,
2018.
James M. Owendoff,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Environmental Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
U.S. Department of Energy.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) invites public comment on a
proposed collection of information that
DOE is developing for submission to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.

SUMMARY:

Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before May 7, 2018.
If you anticipate difficulty in submitting
comments within that period, contact
the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon
as possible.

DATES:

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Written comments may be
sent to Claudia Cantoni or by fax at
(301) 903–5488, or by email at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Claudia Cantoni or by fax at
(301) 903–5488, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1910–5166; (2) Information
Collection Request Title: Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small
Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
Commercialization Survey; (3) Type of
Request: Three-year extension; (4)
Purpose: The DOE needs this
information to satisfy the program
requirements of the Small Business Act,
including requirements established in
the SBIR program reauthorization
legislation, Public Law 106–554 and
Public Law 107–50. This data will be
collected by the DOE and provided to
the Small Business Administration
(SBA) to maintain information about
SBIR/STTR awards issued through the
two programs. This data will be
provided by DOE based on information
collected from SBIR/STTR awardees.
This data will be used by DOE, SBA,
and Congress to assess the commercial
impact of these two programs; (5)
Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 2,500; (6) Annual
Estimated Number of Total Responses:
2,500; (7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 2,500; (8) Annual
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping
Cost Burden: $120,000.
Statutory Authority: Section 9 of the
Small Business Act, as amended,
codified at 15 U.S.C. 638(g)
ADDRESSES:

Issued in Washington, DC on January 30,
2018.
Manny Oliver,
SBIR/STTR Programs Director, Office of
Science, U.S. Department of Energy.
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Western Area Power Administration
Call for 2025 Resource Pool
Applications
Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of the Sierra Nevada
Region’s call for 2025 Resource Pool
applications.
AGENCY:

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The Department of Energy
(DOE), Western Area Power
Administration. (WAPA), a Federal
power marketing administration of DOE,
published its 2025 Power Marketing
Plan (Marketing Plan) for the Sierra
Nevada Customer Service Region (SNR)
in the Federal Register on August 15,
2017. The Marketing Plan specifies the
terms and conditions under which
WAPA will market power from the
Central Valley Project (CVP) and the
Washoe Project beginning January 1,
2025, and continuing through December
31, 2054. As required by the Marketing
Plan, WAPA is issuing a call for
applications for SNR’s 2025 Resource
Pool. Preference entities who wish to
apply for a new allocation of power
from WAPA’s SNR must submit a
formal application using the Applicant
Profile Data (APD) form and must meet
the Eligibility and Allocation Criteria
described in the Marketing Plan. In
addition, if a customer that currently
has an allocation of power wishes to
apply for an additional power
allocation, it also must submit an
application using the APD form and
meet the Eligibility and Allocation
Criteria. The General Criteria, and
Contract Principles as defined in the
Marketing Plan will apply to new
allottees and existing customers.
DATES: Applications must be received
by 4 p.m., PDT, on May 7, 2018. WAPA
will accept applications through its online APD form, electronically, or by
certified mail (or its equivalent).
Applications sent by regular mail will
be accepted if postmarked at least 3
days before May 7, 2018, and received
no later than May 10, 2018. WAPA will
not consider applications that are not
received by the prescribed dates.
ADDRESSES: Entities interested in
applying for an allocation of WAPA
power may submit an application online at https://www.wapa.gov/regions/
SN/PowerMarketing/Pages/2025Program.aspx, or may complete the APD
form also available at https://
www.wapa.gov/regions/SN/
PowerMarketing/Pages/2025Program.aspx and mail it to Ms. Sandee
Peebles, Public Utilities Specialist,
Sierra Nevada Customer Service Region,
Western Area Power Administration,
114 Parkshore Drive, Folsom, CA 95630.
APD forms with an e-signature may be
emailed to [email protected]. The
e-signature must be received by WAPA
within the time required in the DATES
section. If an entity submits an APD
form via the web page or email and an
e-signature is not available, the
applicant must mail the signed APD
form signature page to the physical
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address above, or scan the signed page
and send it via email to 2025RPApps@
wapa.gov. WAPA will publish a notice
of Proposed Allocations in the Federal
Register after evaluating all
applications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Sandee Peebles, Public Utilities
Specialist, Sierra Nevada Customer
Service Region, Western Area Power
Administration, 114 Parkshore Drive,
Folsom, CA 95630, telephone (916) 353–
4454, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Marketing Plan describes how
SNR will market its power resources
beginning January 1, 2025, through
December 31, 2054. As part of the
Marketing Plan, WAPA will create the
2025 Resource Pool, which offers no
less than 2 percent of SNR’s marketable
power resources. The Resource Pool
percentage may be increased as
discussed in the Marketing Plan.
WAPA, at its discretion, will allocate a
percentage of the 2025 Resource Pool to
selected applicants that meet the
Eligibility Criteria defined in the
Marketing Plan. This allocation
percentage will be multiplied by the
2025 Resource Pool percentage to
determine the applicant’s percentage of
the Base Resource as described in the
Marketing Plan. WAPA will publish a
notice of Proposed Allocations in the
Federal Register once those allocations
have been determined. The public will
have an opportunity to comment on the
Proposed Allocations. After reviewing
the comments, WAPA will publish a
notice of Final Allocations in the
Federal Register. Once the final 2025
Resource Pool allocations have been
published, WAPA will work with the
new allottees to develop a customized
product to meet their needs as requested
by such allottees and as more fully
described in the Marketing Plan.
Call for 2025 Resource Pool
Applications
Applications for Power
Through this Federal Register notice,
WAPA formally requests applications
from qualified preference entities
wishing to purchase power from SNR
from January 1, 2025, through December
31, 2054. Existing customers do not
need to submit an application unless
they are seeking to increase their
allocation. All applicants must submit
applications using the APD form, so that
WAPA has a uniform basis upon which
to evaluate the applications. To be
considered, applicants must meet the
Eligibility Criteria contained in the

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