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new biological opinion, and Energy
Northwest would no longer be required
to adhere to the March 10, 2017,
biological opinion upon issuance of a
new biological opinion.

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Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed action is needed to
reflect the biological opinion issued by
NMFS on March 10, 2017, and to
require Energy Northwest’s compliance
with the ITS and related RPMs and
T&Cs contained therein. The proposed
action is administrative in nature.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC has completed its evaluation
of the proposed action and concludes
that the proposed changes are
administrative in nature, would have no
direct effects on plant equipment or
plant operation, and would not involve
any changes to the design bases for
Columbia.
With regard to potential radiological
impacts, the proposed action would not
increase the probability or consequences
of accidents, would not change the
types or increase the amount of effluent
that may be released offsite, and would
result in no increase in occupational or
public radiation exposure. Therefore,
there are no significant radiological
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, because the
proposed action is administrative in
nature, it would not have any direct
impacts on land, air, or water resources,
including impacts to terrestrial biota. In
addition, the NRC staff identified no
socioeconomic or environmental justice
impacts associated with the proposed
action. Therefore, there are no
significant non-radiological
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
An indirect effect of the proposed
action is that Energy Northwest’s
impingement and entrainment studies
(RPM 1 and 2) would likely require inwater work and the collection of larvae
and eggs. In-water work could cause
minor disturbances to nearby biota.
However, the activity would be
temporary and fish could swim away to
avoid the area and return once the
temporary work is completed. Removal
of larvae and eggs of resident fish
species could occur during collection
periods for the entrainment study.
However, the amount of individuals that
would be collected for the study would
be negliable when compared to the size
of local resident fish populations. In
addition, RPM 3 requires Energy
Northwest to modify some of its

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collection practices while conducting
biological monitoring studies. In
general, these practices will result in
beneficial effects to ESA-listed species
because the purpose of the
modifications are to minimize impacts.
For example, during electrofishing,
where fish are temporarily stunned for
biologists to collect and measure them,
RPM 3 requires Energy Northwest to
handle ESA-listed fish with extreme
care and keep them in cold water to the
maximum extent possible during
sampling and processing procedures.
The NRC staff concludes that the
indirect effects from the impingement
and entrainment studies as well as the
modified collection practices will not
result in significant environmental
impacts to the radiological or nonradiological environment.
Based on the foregoing analysis, the
NRC concludes that there are no
significant environmental impacts
associated with the proposed action.
Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed
action, the NRC staff considered denial
of the proposed license amendment (i.e.,
the ‘‘no-action’’ alternative). Denial of
the application would result in no
change in current environmental
conditions or impacts. Accordingly, the
environmental impacts of the proposed
action and the no-action alternative are
similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
The proposed action does not involve
the use of any different resources than
those previously considered in NUREG–
1437, Supplement 47, prepared for the
license renewal of Columbia.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
The NRC did not enter into
consultation with any other Federal
Agency or with the State of Washington
regarding the environmental impact of
the proposed action. However, on June
6, 2018, the NRC notified the
Washington State official, Mr. Richard
Cowley, Washington State Department
of Health, Office of Radiation Protection
of the proposed amendment. The State
official had no comments.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The NRC is considering issuance of an
amendment to Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF–21, issued
to Energy Northwest for operation of
Columbia. The proposed amendment
would revise the Columbia EPP to
require Energy Northwest to adhere to
the specific requirements within the ITS
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opinion. On the basis of the EA
included in Section II of this document
and incorporated by reference into this
finding, the NRC concludes that the
proposed action would not have
significant effects on the quality of the
human environment. The NRC’s
evaluation considered information
provided in the licensee’s application as
well as the NRC’s independent review
of other relevant environmental
documents. Based on its findings, the
NRC has determined not to prepare an
environmental impact statement for the
proposed action.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day
of July 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
L. John Klos,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch
IV–1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[NRC–2018–0050]

Information Collection: 10 CFR Part
140, Financial Protection
Requirements and Indemnity
Agreements
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the
Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review. The information
collection is entitled, ‘‘10 CFR part 140,
Financial Protection Requirements and
Indemnity Agreements.’’
DATES: Submit comments by August 15,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly
to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(3150–0039), Attn: Desk Officer for the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503;
email: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2084; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments

submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.

A. Obtaining Information

II. Background
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to
OMB for review entitled, ‘‘10 CFR part
140, Financial Protection Requirements
and Indemnity Agreements.’’ The NRC
hereby informs potential respondents
that an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and that a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The NRC published a Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
April 10, 2018 (83 FR 15422).
1. The title of the information
collection: ‘‘10 CFR part 140, Financial
Protection Requirements and Indemnity
Agreements.’’
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0039.
3. Type of submission: Revision.
4. The form number, if applicable:
N/A.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: On occasion, as needed for
applicants and licensees to meet their
responsibilities called for in Sections
170 and 193 of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: Each applicant for or holder of
a license issued under parts 50 or 54 of
title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) to operate a
nuclear reactor, or the applicant for or
holder of a combined license issued
under parts 52 or 54 of 10 CFR, as well
as licensees authorized to possess and
use plutonium in a plutonium
processing and fuel fabrication plant. In
addition, licensees authorized to
construct and operate a uranium
enrichment facility in accordance with
parts 40 and 70 of 10 CFR.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 102.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 102.
9. The estimated number of hours
needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or
request: 796.
10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 140
specifies the information to be
submitted by licensees that enables the
NRC to assess (a) financial protection
required by licensees and for the
indemnification and limitation of
liability of certain licensees and other
persons pursuant to Section 170 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,
and (b) the liability insurance required

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–
0050 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal rulemaking Website: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0050.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
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 [email protected]. The
supporting statement is available in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML18127B276.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of
the collection of information and related
instructions may be obtained without
charge by contacting the NRC’s
Clearance Officer, David Cullison,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2084; email:
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B. Submitting Comments
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information in
comment submissions that you do not
want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. All comment
submissions are posted at http://
www.regulations.gov and entered into
ADAMS. Comment submissions are not
routinely edited to remove identifying
or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the OMB, 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 comment submissions are not
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of plutonium processing and fuel
fabrication plants, as well as uranium
enrichment facility licensees pursuant
to Section 193 of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day
of July, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018–15080 Filed 7–13–18; 8:45 am]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72–1051; NRC–2018–0055]

Holtec International’s HI–STORE
Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
for Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear
Fuel
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License application;
opportunity to request a hearing and to
petition for leave to intervene; order.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) received a license
application from Holtec International
(Holtec), by letter dated March 30, 2017,
as supplemented on April 13, October 6,
December 21, and 22, 2017; and
February 22, 2018. By this application,
Holtec is requesting authorization to
construct and operate the HI–STORE
Consolidated Interim Storage (CIS)
Facility, in Lea County, New Mexico. If
the NRC approves the application and
issues a license to Holtec, Holtec
intends to store up to 8,680 metric tons
of uranium (MTU) of commercial spent
nuclear fuel in the HI–STORM UMAX
Canister Storage System for a 40-year
license term.
DATES: A request for a hearing or
petition for leave to intervene must be
filed by September 14, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2018–0055 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
http://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0055. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer
Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127;
email: [email protected]. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
SUMMARY:

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