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Selection To Initiate the Compact 

Process 

The Board also authorized MCC to 

invite Ghana and Georgia to submit a 

proposal for a second compact, as 

described in section 609 of the Act (22 

U.S.C. 7708). 

Submission of a proposal is not a 

guarantee that MCC will finalize a 

compact with an eligible country. Any 

MCA assistance provided under section 

605 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7704) will be 

contingent on the successful negotiation 

of a mutually agreeable compact 

between the eligible country and MCC, 

approval of the compact by the Board, 

and the availability of funds. 

Dated: January 7, 2011. 

Melvin F. Williams, Jr., 

VP/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, 

Millennium Challenge Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2011–609 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9211–03–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

National Science Board; Sunshine Act 

Meetings; Notice 

The National Science Board’s Task 

Force on Merit Review, pursuant to NSF 

regulations (45 CFR Part 614), the 

National Science Foundation Act, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 1862n-5), and the 

Government in the Sunshine Act (5 

U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in 

regard to the scheduling of a meeting 

held by teleconference for the 

transaction of National Science Board 

business and other matters specified, as 

follows: 

DATE AND TIME: January 19, 2011, 11 a.m. 

to 12 p.m. EST. 

SUBJECT MATTER: Chairman’s remarks 

and a discussion of Section 526 of the 

FY10 America Competes 

Reauthorization Act (Broader Impacts 

Review Criterion). 

STATUS: Open. 

LOCATION: This meeting will be held by 

teleconference at the National Science 

Board Office, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., 

Arlington, VA 22230. A room will be 

available for the public to listen-in to 

this meeting held by teleconference. All 

visitors must contact the Board Office at 

least 24 hours prior to the meeting held 

by teleconference to arrange for a 

visitor’s badge and to obtain the room 

number. Call 703–292–7000 or send an 

e-mail message to 

nationalsciencebrd@nsf.gov with your 

name and organizational affiliation to 

request the room number and your 

badge, which will be ready for pick-up 

at the visitor’s desk the day of the 

meeting. All visitors must report to the 

NSF visitor desk located in the lobby at 

the 9th and N. Stuart Streets entrance to 

receive your visitor’s badge on the day 

of the teleconference. 

UPDATES AND POINT OF CONTACT: Please 

refer to the National Science Board Web 

site http://www.nsf.gov/nsb for 

additional information and schedule 

updates (time, place, subject matter or 

status of meeting) may be found at 

http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/notices/. Point 

of contact for this meeting is: Kim 

Silverman, National Science Board 

Office, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, 

VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292–7000. 

Daniel A. Lauretano, 

Counsel to the National Science Board. 

[FR Doc. 2011–705 Filed 1–11–11; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2009–0263] 

Draft Regulatory Guide: Reissuance 

and Availability 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Reissuance and 

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide 

(DG)–1229. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aaron Szabo, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, telephone: 301–415–1985 or email: Aaron.Szabo@nrc.gov. 

SUMMARY: DG–1229 was previously 

issued for public comment in June 2009, 

and the Commission approved RG 1.159 

subject to changes which are spelled out 

in a Staff Requirements Memorandum 

dated October 25, 2010 

(ML1029805650). Because of the nature 

of the changes, the draft guide is being 

reissued for comment, and during that 

period, NRR will hold a public 

workshop to solicit comments from 

stakeholders and other relevant experts 

on the use of the net present value 

method for parent guarantees in license 

transfer cases. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment a draft guide in the agency’s 

‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series 

was developed to describe and make 

available to the public such information 

as methods that are acceptable to the 

NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the NRC’s regulations, 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific problems or 

postulated accidents, and data that the 

staff needs in its review of applications 

for permits and licenses. 

The draft regulatory guide (DG), 

entitled, ‘‘Assuring the Availability of 

Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear 

Reactors,’’ is temporarily identified by 

its task number, DG–1229, which 

should be mentioned in all related 

correspondence. DG–1229 is proposed 

Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.159, 

dated October 2003. 

The general requirements for 

applications for license termination and 

decommissioning nuclear power, 

research, and test reactors appear in 

Title 10, Part 50, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of 

Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 

Part 50). Subsequent to the original 

publication of this regulatory guide in 

August 1990, the NRC promulgated 

amendments to 10 CFR Part 50 in the 

Federal Register on September 22, 1998 

(63 FR 50465). Various amendments 

modified 10 CFR 50.33(k), 10 CFR 

50.75, ‘‘Reporting and Recordkeeping for 

Decommissioning Planning,’’ and 10 

CFR 50.82(b), which require operating 

license applicants and existing licensees 

to submit information on how 

reasonable assurance will be provided 

that funds are available to 

decommission the facility. The NRC 

promulgated additional amendments to 

10 CFR 50.75 on December 24, 2002, in 

the Federal Register (67 FR 78332). As 

amended, 10 CFR 50.75 establishes 

requirements for indicating how this 

assurance will be provided; namely, the 

amount of funds that must be provided, 

including updates; the methods to be 

used for assuring funds; and provisions 

contained in trust agreements for 

safeguarding decommissioning funds. 

This document provides guidance to 

applicants and licensees of nuclear 

power, research, and test reactors 

concerning methods acceptable to the 

staff of the NRC for complying with 

requirements in the rules regarding the 

amount of funds for decommissioning. 

It also provides guidance on the content 

and form of the financial assurance 

mechanisms in those rule amendments. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC staff is soliciting comments 

on DG–1229. Comments may be 

accompanied by relevant information or 

supporting data and should mention 

DG–1229 in the subject line. Comments 

submitted in writing or in electronic 

form will be made available to the 

public in their entirety through the 


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NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS). 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of the following methods. 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2009– 

0263 in the subject line of your 

comments. Comments submitted in 

writing or in electronic form will be 

posted on the NRC website and on the 

Federal rulemaking website 

Regulations.gov. Because your 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information, 

the NRC cautions you against including 

any information in your submission that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed. 

The NRC requests that any party 

soliciting or aggregating comments 

received from other persons for 

submission to the NRC inform those 

persons that the NRC will not edit their 

comments to remove any identifying or 

contact information, and therefore, they 

should not include any information in 

their comments that they do not want 

publicly disclosed. 

Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

NRC–2009–0263. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 

301–492–3668; e-mail 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

Mail comments to: Cindy K. Bladey, 

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and 

Directives Branch (RADB), Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– 

B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, or by fax to RDB at 301–492–3446. 

You can access publicly available 

documents related to this notice using 

the following methods: 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): 

The public may examine and copy for 

a fee publicly available documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1 F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS): 

Publicly available documents created or 

received at the NRC are available 

electronically at the NRC’s Electronic 

Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, 

the public can gain entry into ADAMS, 

which provides text and image files of 

NRC’s public documents. If you do not 

have access to ADAMS or if there are 

problems in accessing the documents 

located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s 

PDR reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 

301–415–4737, or by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Regulatory 

Analysis is available electronically 

under ADAMS Accession Number 

ML103350166. 

Comments would be most helpful if 

received by March 14, 2011. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered if it is practical to do so, but 

the NRC is able to ensure consideration 

only for comments received on or before 

this date. Although a time limit is given, 

comments and suggestions in 

connection with items for inclusion in 

guides currently being developed or 

improvements in all published guides 

are encouraged at any time. 

Electronic copies of DG–1229 are 

available through the NRC’s public Web 

site under Draft Regulatory Guides in 

the ‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ collection of 

the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also 

available in ADAMS (http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), 

under Accession No. ML103350136. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and Commission approval 

is not required to reproduce them. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day 

of January, 2011. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Harriet Karagiannis, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide, Development 

Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2011–611 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Numbers 50–498, 50–499; NRC– 

2010–0375] 

Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of 

the Application and Notice of 

Opportunity for Hearing Regarding 

Renewal of Facility Operating License 

Numbers NPF–76 and NPF–80 for an 

Additional 20-Year Period, STP Nuclear 

Operating Company, South Texas 

Project, Units 1 and 2 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

is considering an application for the 

renewal of operating licenses NPF–76 

and NPF–80, which authorizes STP 

Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC), 

to operate the South Texas Project STP, 

Unit 1, at 3853 megawatts thermal and 

Unit 2 at 3853 megawatts thermal, 

respectively. The renewed licenses 

would authorize the applicant to 

operate STP, Units 1 and 2, for an 

additional 20 years beyond the period 

specified in the current licenses. STP, 

Units 1 and 2, are located near 

Wadsworth, TX; the current operating 

license for Unit 1 expires on August 20, 

2027, and Unit 2 expires on December 

15, 2028. 

STPNOC submitted the application 

dated October 25, 2010, pursuant to 

Title 10, Part 54, of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR Part 54), to renew 

operating licenses NPF–76 and NPF–80 

for STP, Units 1 and 2. A notice of 

receipt and availability of the license 

renewal application (LRA) was 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 9, 2010 (75 FR 76757). 

The NRC staff has determined that 

STPNOC has submitted sufficient 

information in accordance with 10 CFR 

Sections 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, and 

51.53(c), to enable the staff to undertake 

a review of the application, and that the 

application is therefore acceptable for 

docketing. The current Docket Numbers 

50–498 and 50–499 for operating 

licenses NPF–76 and NPF–80, 

respectively, will be retained. The 

determination to accept the LRA for 

docketing does not constitute a 

determination that a renewed license 

should be issued, and does not preclude 

the NRC staff from requesting additional 

information as the review proceeds. 

Before issuance of the requested 

renewed licenses, the NRC will have 

made the findings required by the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), and the Commission’s rules 

and regulations. In accordance with 10 

CFR 54.29, the NRC may issue the 

renewed licenses on the basis of its 

review if it finds that actions have been 

identified and have been or will be 

taken with respect to: (1) Managing the 

effects of aging during the period of 

extended operation on the functionality 

of structures and components that have 

been identified as requiring aging 

management review, and (2) timelimited aging analyses that have been 

identified as requiring review, such that 

there is reasonable assurance that the 

activities authorized by the renewed 

licenses will continue to be conducted 

in accordance with the current licensing 

basis (CLB) and that any changes made 

to the plant’s CLB will comply with the 

Act and the Commission’s regulations. 

Additionally, in accordance with 10 

CFR 51.95(c), the NRC will prepare an 

environmental impact statement that is 

a supplement to the Commission’s 

NUREG–1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental 

Impact Statement for License Renewal 

of Nuclear Power Plants,’’ dated May 

1996. In considering the LRA, the 

Commission must find that the 

applicable requirements of Subpart A of 

10 CFR Part 51 have been satisfied, and 

that matters raised under 10 CFR 2.335 

have been addressed. Pursuant to 10 

CFR 51.26, and as part of the 

environmental scoping process, the staff 

intends to hold a public scoping 

meeting. Detailed information regarding 


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