67368 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 221 / Wednesday, November 17, 2004 / Notices 

Committee on Acoustic Impacts on 

Marine Mammals (Committee) 30 

November–2 December 2004 in New 

Orleans, LA.

DATES: The Committee will meet 

Tuesday, November 30, 2004, from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, December 1, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Thursday, 

December 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

This meeting is open to the public. 

These times and the agenda topics 

described below are subject to change. 

Please refer to the Commission’s Web 

site (www.mmc.gov) for the most up-todate meeting information. The 

Committee’s fifth public meeting is 

tentatively scheduled for 1–3 March 

2005 in the Washington, DC 

metropolitan area. Further information 

on that meeting will be published in the 

Federal Register and posted on the 

Commission’s Web site.

ADDRESSES: The 30 November–2 

December meeting will be held at the 

Bourbon Orleans Hotel, 717 Orleans 

Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116, 

phone 504–523–2222, fax 504–571–

4666, http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/

MSYBO/main.wnt.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Vos, Sound Project Manager, Marine 

Mammal Commission, 4340 East-West 

Hwy., Rm. 905, Bethesda, MD 20814, email: evos@mmc.gov, tel.: (301) 504–

0087, fax: (301) 504–0099; or visit the 

Commission’s Web site at 

www.mmc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is to be held pursuant to the 

directive in the Omnibus 

Appropriations Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 

108–7) that the Commission convene a 

conference or series of conferences to 

‘‘share findings, survey acoustic ‘threats’

to marine mammals, and develop means 

of reducing those threats while 

maintaining the oceans as a global 

highway of international commerce.’’

The meeting agenda includes 

presentations and discussions related to 

(1) progress made by the Subcommittee 

on Synthesis of Current Knowledge; (2) 

a draft report from the Subcommittee on 

Management and Mitigation; (3) 

proposals from the Working Group on 

Integrity and Balance in Research, 

Working Group on Animal Welfare 

Ethics, and Working Group on Research 

Permitting and Incidental Harassment 

Authorizations; (4) potential 

recommendations concerning research 

priorities, and others developed by the 

Subcommittees and Working Groups; (5) 

a report from the International Policy 

Workshop on sound and marine 

mammals; (6) how scientific uncertainty 

and disagreement will be handled in the 

Committee’s final products, (7) the 

outline of the final Advisory Committee 

report; and (8) the consideration of 

appointing a drafting Subcommittee. 

The agenda also includes two public 

comment sessions. Guidelines for 

making public comments, background 

documents, and the meeting agenda, 

including the specific times of public 

comment periods, will be posted on the 

Commission’s Web site prior to the 

meeting. Written comments may be 

submitted at the meeting.

Dated: November 10, 2004. 

David Cottingham, 

Executive Director.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

NSB Programs and Plans Committee; 

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: National 

Science Foundation, National Science 

Board, Committee on Programs and 

Plans.

DATE AND TIME: November 19, 2004 2 

p.m.–2:45 p.m. Open Session 

Teleconference.

PLACE: The National Science 

Foundation, Stafford One Building, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 220, 

Arlington, VA 22230.

STATUS: This meeting will be open to 

the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Friday, November 19, 2004

Open Session (2 to 2:45 p.m.) 

1. Approval on behalf of the NSB [as 

delegated] NSF management’s response 

to the OIG Semiannual Report to 

Congress. 

2. Report on A&O recommended 

Board responses to IPA-related 

questions from staff of House 

Appropriations Subcommittee for VA, 

HUD and Independent agencies. 

3. Report on draft Board position 

statements on issues in NAPA 

recommendations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael P. Crosby, Executive Officer 

and NSB Office Director, (703) 292–

7000, http://www.nsf.gov/nsb.

Michael P. Crosby, 

Executive Officer and NSB Office Director.

[FR Doc. 04–25458 Filed 11–16–04; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–498 and 50–499] 

STP Nuclear Operating Company, et 

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

Notice of Consideration of Approval of 

Application Regarding Proposed 

Acquisition and Opportunity for a 

Hearing 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

is considering issuance of an order 

under Section 50.80 of Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 

approving the indirect transfer of 

Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–76 

and NPF–80 for South Texas Project 

(STP), Units 1 and 2, respectively, to the 

extent held by Texas Genco, LP (Texas 

Genco). 

The application requests the consent 

of the NRC to the proposed indirect 

transfer of control of the STP, Units 1 

and 2, licenses to the extent held by 

Texas Genco by virtue of the transfer of 

ownership of approximately 81 percent 

of the stock of Texas Genco’s indirect 

parent company, Texas Genco Holdings 

Inc. (TGN), from CenterPoint Energy, 

Inc., (CenterPoint Energy) to GC Power 

Acquisitions, LLC (GC Power). Texas 

Genco is an indirect subsidiary of TGN 

and TGN is an indirect subsidiary of 

CenterPoint Energy. The transaction 

would result in the indirect transfer of 

control of Texas Genco’s 30.8 percent 

undivided ownership interest in STP, 

Units 1 and 2. In addition to its 30.8 

percent undivided ownership interest in 

STP, Units 1 and 2, Texas Genco holds 

a corresponding 30.8 percent interest in 

STP Nuclear Operating Company 

(STPNOC), a not-for-profit Texas 

corporation, which is the licensed 

operator of STP, Units 1 and 2. The 

application further requests, as 

necessary, approval of the indirect 

transfer of control of this 30.8 percent 

interest in STPNOC, to the extent such 

indirect transfer would result in an 

indirect transfer of the licenses as held 

by STPNOC, thereby requiring NRC 

approval. 

(According to the application, Texas 

Genco’s 30.8 percent ownership interest 

is expected to increase as a result of 

Texas Genco’s exercising its right of first 

refusal under the Amended and 

Restated South Texas Project 

Participation Agreement, pursuant to 

which Texas Genco has entered into a 

Purchase and Sale Agreement dated 

September 3, 2004, to acquire an 

additional 13.2 percent undivided 

ownership interest in STP, Units 1 and 

2, from AEP Texas Central Company. 

This acquisition would result in an