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designated the lead representative. 

Further, in accordance with 10 CFR 

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Dated in Rockville, Maryland this 9th day 

of December, 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Daniel M. Gillen, 

Deputy Director, Decommissioning 

Directorate, Division of Waste Management 

and Environmental Protection, Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 04–27492 Filed 12–15–04; 8:45 am] 

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Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, 

Availability 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has issued for public 

comment a draft revision to an existing 

guide in the agency’s Regulatory Guide 

Series. This series has been 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 Revision 2 of Regulatory 

Guide 1.152, entitled ‘‘Criteria for Use of 

Computers in Safety Systems of Nuclear 

Power Plants,’’ is temporarily identified 

by its task number, DG–1130, which 

should be mentioned in all related 

correspondence. The regulatory guide 

describes a method that is acceptable to 

the NRC staff for complying with the 

NRC’s regulations for promoting high 

functional reliability and design quality 

for the use of computers in safety 

systems of nuclear plants. For the 

purposes of DG–1130, the term 

‘‘computer’’ means a system that 

includes computer hardware, software, 

firmware, and interfaces. 

The guidance provided in DG–1130 is 

consistent with General Design Criterion 

(GDC) 21, ‘‘Protection System Reliability 

and Testability,’’ of appendix A, 

‘‘General Design Criteria for Nuclear 

Power Plants,’’ to title 10, part 50, 

‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and 

Utilization Facilities,’’ of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR part 50). 

Among other things, GDC 21 requires 

that protection systems (or safety 

systems) must be designed for high 

functional reliability, commensurate 

with the safety functions to be 

performed. In addition, Criterion III, 

‘‘Design Control,’’ of appendix B, 

‘‘Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear 

Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing 

Plants,’’ to 10 CFR part 50 requires, 

among other things, that quality 

standards must be specified, and design 

control measures must be provided, for 

verifying or checking the adequacy of 

design. 

The new draft regulatory guide DG–

1130 also contains the staff’s regulatory 

position on the ‘‘Standard Criteria for 

Digital Computers in Safety Systems of 

Nuclear Power Generating Stations,’’ 1

which the Nuclear Power Engineering 

Committee of the Institute of Electrical 

and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has 

promulgated as IEEE Std 7–4.3.2–2003. 

The NRC staff has collaborated in the 

development of IEEE Std 7–4.3.2–2003 

to ensure that the guidance provided by 

the consensus standard is consistent 

with the NRC’s regulations. This 

standard evolved from IEEE Std 7–

4.3.2–1993 and reflects advances in 

digital technology. It also represents a 

continued effort by IEEE to support the 

specification, design, and 

implementation of computers in safety 

systems of nuclear power plants. In 

addition, IEEE Std 7–4.3.2–2003 

specifies computer-specific 

requirements to supplement the criteria 

and requirements of IEEE Std 603–1998, 

‘‘Standard Criteria for Safety Systems 

for Nuclear Power Generating Stations.’’

It is the staff’s intent to endorse IEEE 

Std 7–4.3.2–2003, with certain 

exceptions, in the final regulatory guide 

as an acceptable method for satisfying 

the NRC’s regulations with respect to (1) 

high functional reliability and design 

requirements for computers used in 

safety systems of nuclear power plants, 

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and (2) independence between safety 

software and nonsafety software 

residing on the same computer. 

The NRC staff is soliciting comments 

on draft regulatory guide DG–1130, and 

comments may be accompanied by 

relevant information or supporting data. 

Please mention DG–1130 in the subject 

line of your comments. Comments on 

this draft regulatory guide submitted in 

writing or in electronic form will be 

made available to the public in their 

entirety on the NRC’s rulemaking Web 

site. Personal information will not be 

removed from your comments. You may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods. 

Mail comments to: Rules and 

Directives Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001.

E-mail comments to: 

NRCREP@nrc.gov. You may also submit 

comments via the NRC’s rulemaking 

Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov.

Address questions about our rulemaking 

Web site to Carol A. Gallagher (301) 

415–5905; email CAG@nrc.gov.

Hand-deliver comments to: Rules and 

Directives Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 

7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal 

workdays. 

Fax comments to: Rules and 

Directives Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission at (301) 415–5144. 

Requests for technical information 

about draft regulatory guide DG–1130 

may be directed to Satish Aggarwal, 

Senior Program Manager, at (301) 415–

6005 or via email to SKA@nrc.gov.

Comments would be most helpful if 

received by February 11, 2005. 

Comments received after this 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 the draft 

regulatory guide are available through 

the NRC’s public Web site under Draft 

Regulatory Guides in the Regulatory 

Guides document collection of the 

NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at

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

available in the NRC’s Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) at http://

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

under Accession No. ML043170314. 

Note, however, that the NRC has 

temporarily suspended public access to 

ADAMS so that the agency can 

complete security reviews of publicly 

available documents and remove 

potentially sensitive information. Please 

check the NRC’s Web site for updates 

concerning the resumption of public 

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In addition, regulatory guides are 

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Public Document Room (PDR), which is 

located at 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland; the PDR’s mailing 

address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 

20555–0001. The PDR can also be 

reached by telephone at (301) 415–4737 

or (800) 397–4205, by fax at (301) 415–

3548; and by email to PDR@nrc.gov.

Requests for single copies of draft or 

final guides (which may be reproduced) 

or for placement on an automatic 

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future draft guides in specific divisions 

should be made in writing to the U.S. 

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Reproduction and Distribution Services 

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DISTRIBUTION@nrc.gov; or by fax to 

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Commission approval is not required to 

reproduce them. 

(5 U.S.C. 552(a)).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day 

of December, 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Michael E. Mayfield, 

Director, Division of Engineering Technology, 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

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the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

will hold the following meeting during 

the week of December 20, 2004: 

A Closed Meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at 10 a.m. 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the Closed Meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters may also be present. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), 

(9)(B), and (10) and 17 CFR 

200.402(a)(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(ii) 

and (10), permit consideration of the 

scheduled matters at the Closed 

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duty officer, voted to consider the items 

listed for the closed meeting in closed 

session and determined that no earlier 

notice thereof was possible. 

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Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 

December 21, 2004 will be:

Formal orders of investigations; 

Institution and settlement of injunctive 

actions; 

Institution and settlement of 

administrative proceedings of an 

enforcement nature; 

A regulatory matter regarding a financial 

institution; and 

An adjudicatory matter.

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or postponed, please contact: 

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Dated: December 14, 2004. 

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary.

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HorizonVentures Fund II, L.P.; Notice 

Seeking Exemption Under Section 312 

of the Small Business Investment Act, 

Conflicts of Interest 

Notice is hereby given that Horizon 

Ventures Fund II, L.P., 4 Main Street, 

Suite 50, Los Altos, CA 94022, a Federal 

Licensee under the Small Business 

Investment Act of 1958, as amended 

(‘‘the Act’’), in connection with the 

financing of a small concern, has sought 

an exemption under Section 312 of the 

Act and Section 107.730, Financings 

which Constitute Conflicts of Interest of 

the Small Business Administration 

(‘‘SBA’’) Rules and Regulations (13 CFR 

107.730). Horizon Ventures Fund II, L.P. 

proposes to provide equity/debt security 

financing to Venturi Wireless, Inc. The 

financing is contemplated for operating 

expenses and for general corporate 

purposes. 

The financing is brought within the 

purview of § 107.730(a)(1) of the