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BUDGET
Request for Comments on a Draft
Memorandum to the Heads of
Executive Departments and Agencies,
‘‘Guidance for Regulation of Artificial
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The Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) requests comments
on a draft Memorandum that provides
guidance to all Federal agencies to
inform the development of regulatory
and non-regulatory approaches
regarding technologies and industrial
sectors that are empowered or enabled
by artificial intelligence (AI) and
consider ways to reduce barriers to the
development and adoption of AI
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principles of freedom, human rights, the
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www.regulations.gov. Please submit
comments only and include your name,
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commenters should not include
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business information).
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and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, at ahunt@
omb.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive
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Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,’’
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requires the Director of OMB, in
coordination with the Director of the
Office of Science and Technology
Policy, the Director of the Domestic
Policy Council, and the Director of the
National Economic Council, to issue a
memorandum that provides guidance to
all Federal agencies to inform the
development of regulatory and nonregulatory approaches regarding
technologies and industrial sectors that
are empowered or enabled by AI and
consider ways to reduce barriers to the
development and adoption of AI
technologies.
Dominic J. Mancini,
Acting Administrator, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs.
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Dated: January 6, 2020.
Suzanne Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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Information Collection: Domestic
Licensing of Production and Utilization
Facilities
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Revision of existing information
collection; request for comment.
AGENCY:

Notice on Penalty Inflation
Adjustments for Civil Monetary
Penalties

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National Science Foundation, 2415
Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA
22314. Telephone: 703–292–5055.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
27, 2016 (81 FR 41451), NSF published
an interim final rule amending its
regulations to adjust, for inflation, the
maximum civil monetary penalties that
may be imposed for violations of the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
(ACA), as amended, 16 U.S.C. 2401 et
seq., and the Program Fraud Civil
Remedies Act of 1986 (PFCRA), 31
U.S.C. 3801, et seq. These adjustments
are required by the 2015 Act. The 2015
Act also requires agencies to make
subsequent annual adjustments for
inflation. Pursuant to OMB guidance
dated December 16, 2019, the cost-ofliving adjustment multiplier for 2020 is
1.01764. Accordingly, the 2020 annual
inflation adjustments for the maximum
penalties under the ACA are $17,583
($17,278 × 1.01764) for violations and
$29,755 ($29,239 × 1.01764) for
knowing violations of the ACA. Finally,
the 2020 annual inflation adjustment for
the maximum penalty for violations
under PFCRA is $11,665 ($11,463 ×
1.01764).

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) invites public
comment on the revision of an existing
collection of information. The
information collection is entitled,
Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities
DATES: Submit comments by March 13,
2020. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the Commission is able to ensure
consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
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for Docket ID NRC–2018–0215. Address
questions about NRC docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301–287–9127; email:
[email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individuals listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
• Mail comments to: David Cullison,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Mail Stop: T6–A10M, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
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:
David Cullison, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@
NRC.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2017–
0151 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
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0215.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Document collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, 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. The supporting statement is
available in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML19184A634.
• 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 NRC’s Clearance
Officer, David Cullison, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
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2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@ information collection remains
unchanged.
NRC.GOV.
9. The estimated number of hours
B. Submitting Comments
needed annually to comply with the
Please include Docket ID NRC–2017–
information collection requirement or
0151 in the subject line of your
request: A reduction of 78 hours of
comment submission, in order to ensure reporting burden. The total burden for
that the NRC is able to make your
the part 50 information collection will
comment submission available to the
be reduced from 3,731,355 to 3,731,277
public in this docket.
hours.
The NRC cautions you not to include
10. Abstract: The NRC intends to
identifying or contact information in
publish a Direct Final Rule amending
comment submissions that you do not
the information collection requirements
want to be publicly disclosed in your
in appendix H to 10 CFR part 50 related
comment submission. The NRC will
to the reactor vessel material
post all comment submissions at https:// surveillance program reporting
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the requirements. The requirements for a
comment submissions into ADAMS,
reactor vessel material surveillance
and the NRC does not routinely edit
program are specified in appendix H to
comment submissions to remove
10 CFR part 50. Appendix H to 10 CFR
identifying or contact information.
part 50 requires light-water nuclear
If you are requesting or aggregating
power reactor licensees to implement a
comments from other persons for
reactor vessel material surveillance
submission to the NRC, then you should program when it cannot be shown that
inform those persons not to include
the end of design life neutron fluence
identifying or contact information that
for the reactor vessel is below certain
they do not want to be publicly
criteria. This program monitors changes
disclosed in their comment submission. in the fracture toughness properties of
Your request should state that the NRC
the reactor vessel materials adjacent to
does not routinely edit comment
the reactor core. This is done by testing
submissions to remove such information of irradiated material specimens that are
before making the comment
in surveillance capsules in the reactor
submissions available to the public or
vessel for changes in material fracture
entering the comment into ADAMS.
toughness. The test results are used to
assesses the integrity of the reactor
II. Background
vessel.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Licensees are required to submit a
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
summary technical report to the NRC
chapter 35), the NRC is requesting
within one year of the date of the
public comment on its intention to
surveillance capsule was withdrawn
request the OMB’s approval for the
from the reactor vessel unless an
information collection summarized
extension is granted by the Director,
below.
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
1. The title of the information
The report will contain the data
collection: Appendix H to part 50 of title required by ASTM E 185, and the
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
results of all fracture toughness tests
(10 CFR), ‘‘Domestic Licensing of
conducted on the beltline materials in
Production And Utilization Facilities.’’
the irradiated and unirradiated
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0011. conditions. At that time this
3. Type of submission: Revision.
requirement was adopted (48 FR 24008;
4. The form number, if applicable:
July 26, 1983), there was still a limited
Not applicable.
amount of data from irradiated materials
5. How often the collection is required from which to estimate embrittlement
or requested: On occasion.
trends of reactor vessels at nuclear
6. Who will be required or asked to
power plants; thus, making it crucial for
respond: Holders of an operating license timely reporting of test results.
for commercial light-water power
Some licensees have found it
reactors.
challenging to meet this one-year
7. The estimated number of annual
requirement due to the time needed for
responses: A reduction of 1 response.
coordination among the multiple
The total number of responses for the
licensees participating in the program.
part 50 information collection will be
Because a significant number of test
reduced from 43,678 to 43,677.
specimens have been analyzed since
1983, resulting in an extensive
8. The estimated number of annual
understanding of embrittlement
respondents: There will be a reduction
of 1 respondent submitting an extension mechanisms, there is no longer a need
for submitting a report within one year.
request; however, the total number of
As a result, the NRC determined that the
respondents to the 10 CFR part 50

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reporting requirement in appendix H to
10 CFR part 50 could be revised.
This Direct Final Rule will extend the
reporting period from 1 year to 18
months and reduce the need for
licensees to prepare and submit
extension requests and the NRC
resources to review the requests.
III. Specific Requests for Comments
The NRC is seeking comments that
address the following questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the NRC to
properly perform its functions? Does the
information have practical utility?
2. Is the estimate of the burden of the
information collection accurate?
3. Is there a way to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the
information collection on respondents
be minimized, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology?
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day
of January 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50–293; NRC–2019–0245]

Holtec Pilgrim, LLC; Holtec
Decommissioning International, LLC;
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has issued an
exemption in response to a request from
the licensee that would permit Holtec
Pilgrim, LLC and Holtec
Decommissioning International, LLC to
reduce the required level of primary
offsite liability insurance from $450
million to $100 million and to eliminate
the requirement to carry secondary
financial protection for Pilgrim Nuclear
Power Station.
DATES: The exemption was issued on
January 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2019–0245 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:

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• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2019–0245. Address
questions about NRC docket IDs in
Regulations.gov 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.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable 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. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced (if it is
available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that it is mentioned in this
document.
• 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Wall, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–2855, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of
the exemption is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day
of January 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Scott P. Wall,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing
Branch III, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.

Attachment—Exemption
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Docket No. 50–293
Holtec Pilgrim, LLC
Holtec Decommissioning International,
LLC
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
Exemption
I. Background
By letter dated November 10, 2015
(Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML15328A053), Entergy
Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENOI)
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Commission (NRC) that it planned to
permanently cease power operations at
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim)
no later than June 1, 2019. On May 31,
2019, ENOI permanently ceased power
operations at Pilgrim. By letter dated
June 10, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML19161A033), ENOI certified to the
NRC that the fuel was permanently
removed from the Pilgrim reactor vessel
and placed in the spent fuel pool (SFP)
on June 9, 2019. Accordingly, pursuant
to Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Section
50.82(a)(2), the Pilgrim renewed facility
operating license no longer authorizes
operation of the reactor or emplacement
or retention of fuel in the reactor vessel.
The facility is still authorized to possess
and store irradiated (i.e., spent) nuclear
fuel. Spent fuel is currently stored
onsite at the Pilgrim facility in the SFP
and in a dry cask independent spent
fuel storage installation (ISFSI).
II. Request/Action
By letter dated March 25, 2019
(ADAMS Accession No. ML19088A127),
as supplemented by letter dated July 30,
2019 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML19211B509), ENOI requested an
exemption from 10 CFR 140.11(a)(4)
concerning offsite primary and
secondary liability insurance. The
exemption from 10 CFR 140.11(a)(4)
would permit the licensee to reduce the
required level of primary offsite liability
insurance from $450 million to $100
million and to eliminate the
requirement to carry secondary financial
protection for Pilgrim.
By letter dated November 16, 2018
(ADAMS Accession No. ML18320A031),
ENOI, on behalf of itself and Entergy
Nuclear Generation Company (ENGC)
(to be known as Holtec Pilgrim, LLC),
Holtec International (Holtec), and
Holtec Decommissioning International,
LLC (HDI, the licensee) (together,
Applicants), requested that the NRC
consent to: (1) The indirect transfer of
control of Renewed Facility Operating
License No. DPR–35 for Pilgrim, as well
as the general license for the Pilgrim
ISFSI (together, the Licenses), to Holtec;
and (2) the direct transfer of ENOI’s
operating authority (i.e., its authority to
conduct licensed activities at Pilgrim) to
HDI. In addition, the Applicants
requested that the NRC approve a
conforming administrative amendment
to the Licenses to reflect the proposed
direct transfer of the Licenses from
ENOI to HDI; a planned name change
for ENGC from ENGC to Holtec Pilgrim,
LLC; and deletion of certain license
conditions to reflect satisfaction and
termination of all ENGC obligations
after the license transfer and equity sale.

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