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and services would include activities 

such as those related to the 

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OFR may suspend the regular three-day 

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filing and publishing individual 

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Authority: The authority for this action is 

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Dated: March 1, 2011. 

Raymond A. Mosley, 

Director of the Federal Register. 

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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS 

BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATES: 

All meetings are held at 2:30 p.m. 

Tuesday, March 1; 

Wednesday, March 2; 

Thursday, March 3; 

Tuesday, March 8; 

Wednesday, March 9; 

Thursday, March 10; 

Tuesday, March 15; 

Wednesday, March 16; 

Thursday, March 17; 

Tuesday, March 22; 

Wednesday, March 23; 

Thursday, March 24; 

Tuesday, March 29; 

Wednesday, March 30; 

Thursday, March 31. 

PLACE: Board Agenda Room, No. 11820, 

1099 14th St., NW., Washington, DC 

20570. 

Status: Closed. 

Matters To Be Considered: Pursuant to 

§ 102.139(a) of the Board’s Rules and 

Regulations, the Board or a panel 

thereof will consider ‘‘the issuance of a 

subpoena, the Board’s participation in a 

civil action or proceeding or an 

arbitration, or the initiation, conduct, or 

disposition * * * of particular 

representation or unfair labor practice 

proceedings under section 8, 9, or 10 of 

the [National Labor Relations] Act, or 

any court proceedings collateral or 

ancillary thereto.’’ See also 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(10). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Henry S. Breiteneicher, Associate 

Executive Secretary, (202) 273–2917. 

Dated: March 2, 2011. 

Henry S. Breiteneicher, 

Associate Executive Secretary. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Advisory Committee for Geosciences; 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Advisory Committee for 

Geosciences (1755). 

Dates: April 13, 2011; 8:30 a.m.– 

5 p.m., April 14, 2011; 8:30 a.m.–1:30 

p.m. 

Place: Stafford I, Room 1235, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., 

Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Melissa Lane, 

National Science Foundation, Suite 705, 

4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia 

22230. Phone 703–292–8500. 

Minutes: May be obtained from the 

contact person listed above. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice, recommendations, and oversight 

concerning support for geosciences. 

Agenda 

April 13, 2011 

• Directorate activities and plans 

including discussion of FY 2012 NSF– 

Wide Investments. 

• Topical Subcommittee Meetings. 

• Meeting with the Director. 

April 14, 2011 

• Division Subcommittee Meetings. 

• Divisional and Topical 

Subcommittee Reports. 

• Action Items/Planning for Fall 

Meeting. 

Dated: March 1, 2011. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Proposal Review; Notice of Meetings 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 

92–463, as amended), the National 

Science Foundation (NSF) announces 

its intent to hold proposal review 

meetings throughout the year. The 

purpose of these meetings is to provide 

advice and recommendations 

concerning proposals submitted to the 

NSF for financial support. The agenda 

for each of these meetings is to review 

and evaluate proposals as part of the 

selection process for awards. The review 

and evaluation may also include 

assessment of the progress of awarded 

proposals. The majority of these 

meetings will take place at NSF, 4201 

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

These meetings will be closed to the 

public. The proposals being reviewed 

include information of a proprietary or 

confidential nature, including technical 

information; financial data, such as 

salaries; and personal information 

concerning individuals associated with 

the proposals. These matters are exempt 

under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act. NSF 

will continue to review the agenda and 

merits of each meeting for overall 

compliance of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

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individual basis in the Federal Register. 

NSF intends to publish a notice similar 

to this on a quarterly basis. For an 

advance listing of the closed proposal 

review meetings that include the names 

of the proposal review panel and the 

time, date, place, and any information 

on changes, corrections, or 

cancellations, please visit the NSF Web 

site: http://www.nsf.gov This 

information may also be requested by 

telephoning, 703/292–8182. 

Dated: March 1, 2011. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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National Science Board; Notice of 

Delegation of Authority 

In accordance with Section 1863(e)(2) 

of the National Science Foundation Act, 

as amended, the National Science Board 

(Board) hereby gives notice in regards to 

a delegation of authority provided to the 

Director, National Science Foundation 

(NSF), as follows: 

Per resolution adopted unanimously 

at the National Science Board meeting 

on February 16, 2011, the Board revised 

its earlier award-approval delegation to 

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approval from ‘‘1 percent or more of the 

awarding Directorate’s or Office’s prior 

year current plan or $3 million— 

whichever is greater’’—to the greater of 

either 1 percent or more of the awarding 

Directorate’s or Office’s prior year 

current plan or 0.1 percent or more of 

the prior year total NSF budget. 

The Board also added a provision to 

the delegation to highlight existing NSF 

policy requiring the NSF Director to 

make no award from the Major Research 

Equipment and Facilities Construction 

(MREFC) account without the prior 

approval of the Board, as required by 

law. 

Finally, the Board clarified a previous 

delegation by making clear that in the 

case of procurements requiring Board 

approval, when the Board approves or 

authorizes the Director to make an 

award and no amount is specified in the 

Board resolution, the Director may 

subsequently amend the award to 

change the expiration date of the award 

and/or to commit additional sums not to 

exceed the lesser of 10 million dollars 

or 20 percent of the contract ceiling 

award amount. 

Point of contact is: Jennie 

Moehlmann, National Science Board 

Office, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, 

VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292–7000. 

Daniel A. Lauretano, 

Counsel to the National Science Board. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2011–0023; Docket No. 50–382] 

Entergy Operations, Inc. Waterford 

Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 

Exemption 

1.0 Background 

Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the 

licensee) is the holder of Facility 

Operating License Number NPF–42, 

which authorizes operation of the 

Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 

(Waterford 3). The license provides, 

among other things, that the facility is 

subject to all rules, regulations, and 

orders of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC, the Commission) 

now or hereafter in effect. 

The facility consists of one 

pressurized-water reactor located in 

Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana. 

2.0 Request/Action 

By letter dated May 27, 2010 

(Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML101520325), and 

supplemented by letters dated 

November 3 and 29, 2010 (ADAMS 

Accession Nos. ML103090716 and 

ML103350158, respectively), Entergy 

requested an exemption, pursuant to 

Section 26.9, ‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ of 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), from the 

requirements of Sections 26.205(c) and 

(d) during declarations of severe 

weather conditions, such as a tropical 

storm and hurricane-force winds, as 

described in Entergy’s document, 

Procedure ENS–EP–302, ‘‘Severe 

Weather Response.’’ The requested 

exemption would apply to individuals 

who perform duties identified in 10 CFR 

26.4(a)(1) through (a)(5) who are 

sequestered in the event of severe winds 

and who would need to be available to 

ensure the plant remains in a safe and 

secure status to protect the public. 

Waterford 3 is located in a coastal 

area and has a likelihood of being 

affected by hurricane watches and 

warnings or inland hurricane wind 

watches and warnings caused by a 

hurricane impacting the coast. The most 

recent events were Hurricanes Katrina 

(August 27, 2005) and Gustav (August 

31, 2008). In both events, the site was 

under a hurricane warning. Widespread 

evacuations were required for both 

storms and response personnel were 

sequestered on site. The site entered an 

Unusual Event in both cases. The 

exemption request proposes to extend 

the exception provided by Section 

26.207(d) for pre-defined entry and exit 

conditions related to hurricane events 

because the sequestering of plant 

personnel and related staff resource 

limitations may occur at times prior to 

and following the hurricane. 

The exemption will allow Waterford 3 

to sequester individuals on-site, when 

travel to and from the site during highwind conditions may be hazardous or 

simply not possible. If conditions are 

such that sustained winds of 74 mile per 

hour are present on-site, then Waterford 

3 must declare a notice of Unusual 

Event (UE). When this declaration is 

made, an exemption from work hour 

controls is available under 10 CFR 

26.207(d). 

The regulations in 10 CFR 26.205(c), 

‘‘Work hours scheduling,’’ a 

performance-based provision, require 

that licensees schedule the work hours 

of individuals who are subject to this 

section consistent with the objective of 

preventing impairment from fatigue due 

to duration, frequency, or sequencing of 

successive shifts. The regulations in 10 

CFR 26.205(d), ‘‘Work hour controls,’’ 

specify the maximum work hour limits, 

the minimum break requirements and 

the minimum day-off requirements for 

covered workers. 

After the high-wind conditions pass, 

wind damage to the plant and 

surrounding area might preclude 

sufficient numbers of individuals from 

immediately returning to the site. 

Additionally, if mandatory civil 

evacuations were ordered, this would 

possibly delay the return of sufficient 

relief personnel. In its letter dated 

November 3, 2010, the licensee clarified 

that the exemption will be exited if the 

relevant hurricane watch/warning or 

Inland Hurricane Watch/Warning has 

been canceled; if weather conditions 

and highway infrastructure support safe 

travel; and if relief crews are available 

to restore normal shift rotation 

determined by the Site VP (or designee). 

When this declaration is made, full 

compliance with 10 CFR 26.205(c) and 

(d) is again required. 

Thus, to summarize, the Entergy 

exemption request for Waterford 3 can 

be characterized as having three parts: 

(1) High-wind exemption encompassing 

the period starting with the initiating 

conditions to just prior to declaration of 

an unusual event, (2) a period defined 

as immediately following high-wind 

condition, when an unusual event is not 

declared, but when a recovery period is 

still required, and (3) a recovery 

exemption immediately following an 

existing 10 CFR 26.207(d) exception as 

discussed above. 

3.0 Discussion 

The NRC, pursuant to 10 CFR 26.9, 

requires that upon application of any 

interested person or on its own 

initiative, the Commission may grant 

such exemptions from the requirements 

of the regulations at 10 CFR 26.205(c) 

and (d), as ‘‘it determines are authorized 

by law and will not endanger life or 

property or the common defense and 

security, and are otherwise in the public 

interest.’’ 

The NRC staff has reviewed the 

licensee’s request using the regulations 

contained in 10 CFR 26.205 and 10 CFR 

26.207 and related Statements of 

Consideration in the 10 CFR part 26 

Final Rule published in the Federal 

Register on March 31, 2008 (73 FR 

17148). Other references include: 

• NRC Regulatory Guide 5.73, 

‘‘Fatigue Management for Nuclear Power 

Plant Personnel,’’ dated March 2009 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML083450028); 

• NRC Information Notice 93–53, 

‘‘Effect of Hurricane Andrew on Turkey 

Point Nuclear Generating Station and 

Lessons Learned,’’ dated July 20, 1993 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML031070364); 

• NRC Information Notice 93–53, 

Supplement 1, ‘‘Effect of Hurricane 


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