62306 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 205 / Monday, October 25, 2004 / Notices 

Dates/Time: 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Tuesday, 

November 16, 2004 (NSF); 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m. 

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 (EarthScope 

Office); 1 p.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday, November 

17, 2004 (NSF). 

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, 

Stafford I Building, Room 770; EarthScope 

Office, 1200 New York Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC. 

Type of Meeting: Part Open (see agenda 

below). 

Contact Person: Dr. Kaye Shedlock, 

Program Director, EarthScope Program, 

Division of Earth Sciences, Room 785, 

National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, 

(703) 292–4693. 

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact 

person listed above. 

Purpose of Meeting: To carry out 

EarthScope proposal and management 

review, including program evaluation, GPRA 

assessments, and access to privileged 

materials; and to provide advice, 

recommendations, and oversight concerning 

EarthScope construction, operation, science 

and education support. 

Agenda: Closed: November 16, 2004, 8:30 

a.m.–5:30 p.m.—To review the EarthScope 

Project Execution Plan (PEP) covering 

funding decisions for personnel and 

subcontracts for the construction phase of 

EarthScope; proposal actions from the 2004 

EarthScope Solicitation, including the 

discussion of proposals still under review. 

Open: November 17, 2004, 8:30 a.m.–12 

p.m.—To provide advice on the 2004 

EarthScope Solicitation, education and 

outreach management structure, and revision 

of volcanic area instrumentation. 

Closed: November 17, 2004, 1 p.m.–5:30 

p.m.—continue discussions of EarthScope 

Project Execution Plan (PEP) covering 

funding decisions. 

Reason For Closing: During the closed 

sessions, the committee will be reviewing 

proposal actions that may include privileged 

intellectual property or information 

confidential in nature, including 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.

Dated: October 19, 2004. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer.

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[Docket Nos. 50–498 and 50–499] 

STP Nuclear Operating Company, et 

al., South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2; 

Notice of Partial Withdrawal of 

Application for Amendment to Facility 

Operating License 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission) has 

granted the request of STP Nuclear 

Operating Company (the licensee) to 

partially withdraw its September 22, 

2003 (ML032691396), application for 

proposed amendment to Facility 

Operating License No. NPF–76 and 

Facility Operating License No. NPF–80 

for the South Texas Project, Units 1 and 

2, respectively. The facility is located in 

Matagorda County, Texas. 

The proposed amendment would 

have modified the facility Technical 

Specifications (TSs) to change the 

requirements for the Engineered Safety 

Features sequencer and the Surveillance 

Requirements that are applicable in 

Modes 5 and 6 to provide needed 

clarification. In addition, the proposed 

amendment would correct a 

typographical error from requirement 

‘‘c.’’ in TS 3.2.4 to requirement ‘‘b.’’

The Commission had previously 

issued a Notice of Consideration of 

Issuance of Amendment published in 

the Federal Register on November 12, 

2003 (68 FR 64139). However, by letter 

dated September 30, 2004 

(ML042800236), the licensee withdrew 

the proposed change except for that part 

which corrected the typographical error. 

For further details with respect to this 

action, see the application for 

amendment dated September 22, 2003, 

and the licensee’s letter dated 

September 30, 2004, which partially 

withdrew the application for license 

amendment. Documents may be 

examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), 

located at One White Flint North, Public 

File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike 

(first floor), Rockville, Maryland. 

Publicly available records will be 

accessible electronically from the 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) Public 

Electronic Reading Room on the Internet 

at the NRC Web site, http://

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

Persons who do not have access to 

ADAMS or who encounter problems in 

accessing the documents located in 

ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR 

Reference staff by telephone at 1–800–

397–4209, or 301–415–4737 or by e-mail 

to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day 

of October 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

David H. Jaffe, 

Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project 

Directorate IV, Division of Licensing Project 

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation.

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[Docket No. 50–29–OLA; ASLBP No. 04–

831–01–OLA] 

Yankee Atomic Electric Company; 

Establishment of Atomic Safety and 

Licensing Board 

Pursuant to delegation by the 

Commission dated December 29, 1972, 

published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 

28,710 (1972), and the Commission’s 

regulations, see 10 CFR 2.104, 2.300, 

2.303, 2.309, 2.311, 2.318, and 2.321, 

notice is hereby given that an Atomic 

Safety and Licensing Board is being 

established to preside over the following 

proceeding:

Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Yankee 

Nuclear Power Station, Franklin County, 

Massachusetts (Operating License 

Amendment)

This proceeding concerns a request 

for hearing submitted on August 20, 

2004, by the Citizens Awareness 

Network, Inc., in response to a June 14, 

2004 notice of opportunity for hearing 

(69 FR 34,696, 34,707 (June 22, 2004)), 

regarding a November 24, 2003 request 

to amend the operating license of 

Yankee Atomic Electric Company’s 

Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Rowe, 

Massachusetts. The new license 

condition would document the date of 

NRC approval of the license termination 

plan (LTP) for the facility and provide 

criteria to determine the need for NRC 

approval of changes to the approved 

LTP. 

The Board is comprised of the 

following administrative judges:

Alan S. Rosenthal, Chair, Atomic Safety 

and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

Dr. Richard F. Cole, Atomic Safety and 

Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

Dr. Charles N. Kelber, Atomic Safety 

and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001.

All correspondence, documents, and 

other materials shall be filed with the 

administrative judges in accordance 

with 10 CFR 2.302.

Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th 

day of October 2004. 

G. Paul Bollwerk, III, 

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety 

and Licensing Board Panel.

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