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produced, along with measures of error 

for the seasonally adjusted and not 

seasonally adjusted series, and on overthe-month and over-the-year change. 

New and Reentrant Unemployment.

There has been a long-standing concern 

in the LAUS program regarding the 

estimation of unemployment at the 

substate level (for areas other than New 

York City, Los Angeles, and the 

balances of New York State and 

California). Of specific concern is the 

measurement of unemployed new and 

reentrants to the labor market. The 

difficulty in estimating new and 

reentrants led to the use of a 

proportionate adjustment of area 

estimates to the State total unemployed 

as a way of controlling for the 

underestimate at the area level. The 

current research has led to a proposal 

for an improved methodology. 

The new methodology incorporates 

the CPS new and reentrants State data 

and utilizes improved econometric 

modeling techniques. The new model 

follows the basic form of the model 

created in 1983 and used today, but has 

been updated and improved. The 

proposed model uses a stochastic 

nonlinear estimation process rather than 

the global linear procedure used 

currently. A stochastic, or random, 

coefficient is one whose value is 

allowed to change over time. In this 

model, the values of the model 

coefficients change from month to 

month as the models are updated with 

information from current observations. 

The model estimates are distributed to 

each labor market area in the State 

based on the area’s share of the State 

population. New entrants are 

distributed based on the area’s share of 

the State 16–19 year old population, and 

reentrants are distributed based on the 

area’s share of the State 20 years and 

older population. 

The new method of estimation 

successfully addresses the issue of 

underestimation and eliminates the 

need for significant proportionate 

adjustment of area estimates to the 

monthly State levels of unemployment. 

Residency Adjustment. The 

underlying concepts and definitions of 

all labor force data developed by the 

LAUS program are consistent with those 

of the Current Population Survey (CPS), 

including the requirement that measures 

relate to the place of residence of the 

labor force participant. Establishmentbased data on the number of 

nonagricultural wage and salary jobs by 

place of work from the Current 

Employment Statistics (CES) or the 

Quarterly Census of Employment and 

Wages (QCEW) programs is the only 

current, geographically comprehensive 

source of information on employment at 

the substate level, and are a significant 

input to LAUS estimation. The 

establishment series differs from the 

CPS in that the CPS counts employed 

persons where they reside rather than 

jobs by place of work. Thus, the 

establishment-based data must be 

adjusted to account for multiple-job 

holding and residency prior to use in 

LAUS estimation. 

The current procedure utilizes a 

single adjustment ratio for each 

estimating area, using Decennial census 

data and March-April average 

establishment-based data. The Census 

estimate of all employed residents in an 

area is divided by the job count. This 

ratio is then applied each month to the 

nonfarm wage and salary estimate for 

the area to produce the resident 

nonfarm wage and salary employed 

estimate for the area. 

A basic problem with the current 

Census-based procedure of adjusting for 

residency was the limited geographic 

scope for influencing the area’s estimate 

of resident employed and static nature 

of the approach. Recognizing that labor 

market areas often are not defined to the 

point where commutation is zero, and 

that, in the intercensal period, job 

growth can and does occur in the areas 

surrounding the estimating area, a new 

approach to developing resident 

employment was considered. 

The proposed method postulates that 

resident employment in an area is a 

function not only of the relationship 

between employed residents and jobs in 

that area, but in other areas within 

commuting distance. The procedure is 

more dynamic than the current method 

insofar as job count changes in 

commuting areas can affect resident 

employment. As in the current 

procedure, however, the commuting 

ratios themselves are fixed for the 

intercensal period. 

Detailed descriptions of the current 

and Redesign approaches are available 

at the above address and at the BLS 

LAUS Web site http://www.bls.gov/lau/

home.htm.

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Notice of Decision on 

this proposal. 

This notice is a general solicitation of 

comments from the public.

Signed in Washington, DC., this 29th day 

of October, 2004. 

John M. Galvin, 

Associate Commissioner, Office of 

Employment and Unemployment Statistics, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 04–24733 Filed 11–5–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

Maritime Advisory Committee for 

Occupational Safety and Health; Notice 

of Meeting

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Maritime Advisory Committee 

for Occupational Safety and Health 

(MACOSH); Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Maritime Advisory 

Committee for Occupational Safety and 

Health (MACOSH) was established to 

advise the Assistant Secretary of Labor 

for OSHA on issues relating to 

occupational safety and health in the 

maritime industries. The purpose of this 

Federal Register notice is to announce 

the December 2004 meeting of the 

committee.

DATES: The committee will meet on 

December 8 through December 9, 2004. 

On December 7, the MACOSH work 

groups will meet from 9 a.m. until 4:30 

p.m.; on December 8, the full committee 

will meet from 8 a.m. until 

approximately 4:30 p.m.; on December 

9, the full committee will meet from 8 

a.m. until approximately 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The committee will meet at 

the Norfolk Waterside Marriott, 232 East 

Main Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23510; 

phone; (757) 628–6473; fax: (202) 628–

6452. 

Mail comments, views, or statements 

in response to this notice to Jim 

Maddux, Director, Office of Maritime, 

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room 

N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; phone (202) 

693–2086; FAX: (202) 693–1663.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information about MACOSH 

and this meeting: Jim Maddux, Director, 

Office of Maritime, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–3609, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; 

phone: (202) 693–2086. For information 

about the submission of comments, and 

requests to speak: Vanessa L. Welch, 

Office of Maritime, OSHA, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room N–3609, 

200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; Phone: (202) 

693–2086. Individuals with disabilities 

wishing to attend the meeting should 

contact Vanessa L. Welch at (202) 693–

2086 at later than November 17, 2004 to 

obtain appropriate accommodations.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All 

MACOSH meetings, including work 

group meetings, are open to the public. 

All interested persons are invited to

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attend MACOSH at the times and places 

listed above. The full meeting on 

December 8 and 9 will include 

presentations and discussions of 

OSHA’s standard and guidance 

activities, maritime enforcement, 

alliances and partnerships, outreach 

activities, and MACOSH work group 

reports. Specific topics will include 

OSHA’s proposed standard for 

Chromium VI, a NIOSH maritime noise 

study, automatic external defibrillators 

(AED), and an update on development 

of the construction crane standard. 

MACOSH has several active work 

groups. The container safety, 

longshoring, and shipyard work groups 

will meet on the morning of December 

7. The work groups dealing with health 

issues, traffic safety, and safety culture 

will meet on the afternoon of December 

7. The work groups will report to the 

full committee on December 8 and 9. 

Public Participation: Written data, 

views or comments for consideration by 

MACOSH on the various agenda items 

listed above may be submitted to 

Vanessa L. Welch at the address listed 

above. Submissions received by 

November 17, 2004, will be provided to 

committee members and will be 

included in the record of the meeting. 

Requests to make oral presentations to 

the Committee may be granted as time 

permits. Anyone wishing to make an 

oral presentation to the Committee on 

any of the agenda items listed above 

should notify Vanessa L. Welch by 

November 17, 2004. The request should 

state the amount of time desired, the 

capacity in which the person will 

appear, and a brief outline of the 

content of the presentation.

Authority: John L. Henshaw, Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety 

and Health, directed the preparation of this 

notice under the authority granted by 6(b)(1) 

and 7(b) of the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655, 656, the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

App. 2), and 29 CFR part 1912.

Signed at Washington, DC., this 2nd day of 

November, 2004. 

John L. Henshaw, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–286] 

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; 

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of 

Amendment to Facility Operating 

License, Proposed No Significant 

Hazards Consideration Determination, 

and Opportunity for a Hearing 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission) is 

considering issuance of an amendment 

to Facility Operating License No. DPR–

64 issued to Entergy Nuclear 

Operations, Inc., (the licensee) for 

operation of the Indian Point Nuclear 

Generating Unit No. 3, located in 

Westchester County, New York. 

The proposed amendment would 

revise Technical Specification (TS) 

3.7.11, ‘‘Control Room Ventilation 

System (CRVS),’’ to add a note in 

limiting condition for operation (LCO) 

3.7.11 and surveillance requirement 

(SR) 3.7.11.4 to allow, on a one-time 

basis, the placement of the CRVS in an 

alternate configuration to support tracer 

gas testing. The one-time allowance was 

proposed for the remaining period of the 

current operating cycle 13. The 

proposed amendment would also allow 

self-contained breathing apparatus and 

potassium iodide pill to be used as 

compensatory measures for the control 

room operators in the event that the 

tracer gas test results are not bounded 

by the dose consequence evaluations for 

the test. 

Before issuance of the proposed 

license amendment, the Commission 

will have made findings required by the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), and the Commission’s 

regulations. 

The Commission has made a 

proposed determination that the 

amendment request involves no 

significant hazards consideration. Under 

the Commission’s regulations in Title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), section 50.92, this means that 

operation of the facility in accordance 

with the proposed amendment would 

not (1) involve a significant increase in 

the probability or consequences of an 

accident previously evaluated; or (2) 

create the possibility of a new or 

different kind of accident from any 

accident previously evaluated; or (3) 

involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its 

analysis of the issue of no significant 

hazards consideration, which is 

presented below:

1. Does the proposed change involve a 

significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated? 

Response: No. 

The proposed change involves a 

modification to the design and operation of 

the control room ventilation system (CRVS). 

The primary effect of the proposed 

modification is an increase in the flow rate 

of filtered outside air into the control room. 

Industry experience and analyses indicate 

that this change will tend to reduce the 

amount of unfiltered outside air migrating 

through the control room envelope. The 

proposed change also establishes 

compensatory measures that could be 

invoked in the event that a measurement of 

unfiltered inleakage indicates the dose 

analysis assumptions are not bounding. 

Neither of these proposed changes is related 

to accident initiators so that the probability 

of a previously evaluated accident is not 

affected. The scope of previously evaluated 

accidents includes the dose consequences to 

control room operators. Dose consequence 

analyses have been updated, using existing 

dose acceptance criteria based on 10 CFR 

[Part] 50, Appendix A, GDC [General Design 

Criterion]—19, to reflect the proposed 

modification of the CRVS. In addition, 

establishing compensatory measures 

available to control room operators, provides 

further [assurance] that the dose 

consequences of previously evaluated 

accidents meet existing limits. 

Therefore the proposed changes do not 

involve a significant increase in the 

probability or consequences of an accident 

previously evaluated. 

2. Does the proposed change create the 

possibility of a new or different kind of 

accident from any accident previously 

evaluated? 

Response: No. 

There are no new accident precursors 

being created by the proposed modification 

of the CRVS or by establishing compensatory 

measures that could be used if unfiltered 

inleakage through the control room envelope 

is higher than assumed in dose consequence 

analyses. The CRVS will continue to function 

as required to provide protection to the 

control room operators and the availability of 

compensatory measures provides further 

assurance that dose limits will be met. 

Therefore, the proposed changes described 

in this license amendment request will not 

create the possibility of a new or different 

kind of accident from any accident 

previously evaluated. 

3. Does the proposed change involve a 

significant reduction in a margin of safety? 

Response: No. 

The existing dose limits established in 10 

CFR [Part] 50, Appendix A, GDC 19 for 

control room operators are being maintained. 

Dose consequence analyses have been 

prepared that account for the proposed new 

configuration of the CRVS and a limit for 

unfiltered inleakage has been established as 

an acceptance criterion for the performance 

of tracer gas testing. In the event that tracer 

gas test results conclude that additional 

measures are needed for the control room 

envelope, compensatory measures are 

available to provide further assurance that 

dose limits will be met.