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reactor spent fuel, high-level waste, and 

other radioactive materials associated 

with spent fuel and high-level waste 

storage in an MRS. 

5. The Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 50. 

6. The Number of Hours Needed 

Annually to Complete the Requirement 

or Request: 25,551 (22,781 hours for 

reporting [71 hours per response plus 

2,770 hours for recordkeeping 55 hours 

per recordkeeper]). 

7. Abstract: 10 CFR part 72 establishes 

mandatory requirements, procedures, 

and criteria for the issuance of licenses 

to receive, transfer, and possess power 

reactor spent fuel and other radioactive 

materials associated with spent fuel 

storage in an ISFSI, and requirements 

for the issuance of licenses to the 

Department of Energy to receive, 

transfer, package, and possess power 

reactor spent fuel and high-level 

radioactive waste, and other associated 

radioactive materials, in an MRS. The 

information in the applications, reports 

and records is used by NRC to make 

licensing and other regulatory 

determinations.

Submit, by February 22, 2005, 

comments that address the following 

questions: 

1. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the NRC to 

properly perform its functions? Does the 

information have practical utility? 

2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 

3. Is there a way to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

4. How can the burden of the 

information collection be minimized, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology? 

A copy of the draft supporting 

statement may be viewed free of charge 

at the NRC Public Document Room, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD 

20852. OMB clearance requests are 

available at the NRC worldwide Web 

site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

doc-comment/omb/ index.html. The 

document will be available on the NRC 

home page site for 60 days after the 

signature date of this notice. 

Comments and questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the NRC Clearance 

Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, T–5 F52, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by 

telephone at 301–415–7233, or by 

Internet electronic mail to 

INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day 

of December 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Brenda Jo. Shelton, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

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[Docket No. 50–219] 

Amergen Energy Company, LLC; 

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating 

Station Environmental Assessment 

and Finding of No Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an exemption from certain 

requirements of Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

Subsection 2.109(b), for Facility 

Operating License No. DPR–16, which 

authorizes operation of the Oyster Creek 

Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS), a 

boiling-water reactor facility, located in 

Ocean County, New Jersey. Therefore, as 

required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC is 

issuing this environmental assessment 

and finding of no significant impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

Subsection 109(b) of 10 CFR part 2 

states, ‘‘If the licensee of a nuclear 

power plant licensed under 10 CFR 

50.21(b) or 50.22 files a sufficient 

application for renewal of an operating 

license at least 5 years prior to the 

expiration of the existing license, the 

existing license will not be deemed to 

have expired until the application has 

been finally determined.’’ This 

requirement for license renewal 

applications was established in 

December 1991 in conjunction with the 

publication of the final license renewal 

rule, 10 CFR part 54, ‘‘Requirements for 

Renewal of Operating Licenses for 

Nuclear Power Plants’’ (56 FR 64943). 

AmerGen’s application requested an 

exemption from the timing requirements 

of 10 CFR 2.109(b), for submittal of the 

OCNGS license renewal application. 

The exemption would allow the 

submittal of the renewal application 

with less than 5 years remaining prior 

to expiration of the operating license 

while maintaining the protection of the 

timely renewal provision in 10 CFR 

2.109(b). 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application for 

exemption dated August 10, 2004. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

AmerGen stated that the OCGNS 

license renewal application would be 

submitted in July 2005 and that 

application of the 5-year term in 10 CFR 

2.109(b) for filing a license renewal 

application is not necessary in this 

situation to achieve the purpose of the 

regulation. The July 2005 filing date, 

which is approximately 44 months 

before expiration of the existing license 

in April 2009, according to AmerGen 

will provide the NRC staff with ample 

time in which to perform a full and 

adequate review. 

The licensee proposed an exemption 

from the requirements of 10 CFR 

2.109(b), to allow submittal of the 

license renewal application with less 

than 5 years remaining prior to 

expiration of the operating license, 

while maintaining the protection of the 

timely renewal provision in 10 CFR 

2.109(b). 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its evaluation 

of the proposed action and concludes 

that the pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a), the 

proposed exemption is authorized by 

law, will not endanger life or property 

or common defense and security, and is, 

otherwise, in the public interest. In 

addition, special circumstances exist to 

justify the proposed exemption. The 

details of the staff’s evaluation will be 

provided in the exemption that will be 

issued as part of the letter to the 

licensee approving the exemption to the 

regulation. 

The proposed action will not 

significantly increase the probability or 

consequences of accidents. No changes 

are being made in the types of effluents 

that may be released offsite. There is no 

significant increase in the amount of 

any effluent release offsite. There is no 

significant increase in occupational or 

public radiation exposure. Therefore, 

there are no significant radiological 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed action. 

With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed 

action does not have a potential to affect 

any historic sites. It does not affect nonradiological plant effluents and has no 

other environmental impact. Therefore, 

there are no significant non-radiological 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed action. 

Accordingly, the NRC staff concludes 

that there are no significant 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed action. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the NRC staff considered denial 

of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘noVerDate jul<14>2003 19:42 Dec 21, 2004 Jkt 205001 PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22DEN1.SGM 22DEN1
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action’’ alternative). Denial of the 

application would result in no change 

in current environmental impacts. The 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action and the alternative action are 

similar. 

Alternative Use of Resources 

The action does not involve the use of 

any different resources than those 

previously considered in the Final 

Environmental Statement for OCNGS, 

dated December 1974, published by the 

Atomic Energy Commission. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its policy, on 

December 16, 2004, the NRC staff 

consulted with the New Jersey State 

official, Mr. Richard Pinney, of the New 

Jersey Department of Environmental 

Protection, Bureau of Nuclear 

Engineering, regarding the 

environmental impact of the proposed 

action. During the consultation, the NRC 

staff acknowledged a September 23, 

2004, letter from Mr. Bradley Campbell, 

Commissioner of the State of New Jersey 

Department of Environmental 

Protection, which opposed the 

exemption. The NRC staff responded by 

letter dated November 2, 2004. No 

environmental concerns were raised by 

the September 23, 2004 letter. During 

the consultation, the State official had 

no additional comments regarding the 

environmental aspects of the exemption. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

On the basis of the environmental 

assessment, the NRC concludes that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment. Accordingly, the 

NRC has determined not to prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. However, a site 

specific supplement to the ‘‘Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

License Renewal of Nuclear Plants 

(NUREG–1437)’’ will be required for the 

license renewal application submitted 

under this exemption. 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter 

dated August 10, 2004. 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 O1F21, 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 email to pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of December 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Peter S. Tam, 

Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project 

Directorate I, Division of Licensing Project 

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation.

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Advisory Committee on the Medical 

Uses of Isotopes: Meeting Notice

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission will convene a teleconference meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on the Medical Uses of 

Isotopes (ACMUI) on January 18, 2005. 

The topic of discussion will be ‘‘Update 

to Medical Event Criteria Definition.’’

During this discussion, an ACMUI 

subcommittee will forward to the full 

ACMUI its recommendations regarding 

revision of the medical event criteria 

definition in Pt. 35. NRC staff is seeking 

the ACMUI’s recommendations on this 

issue, as well as any recommendations 

on communicating associated risks to 

the public.

DATES: The tele-conference meeting will 

be held on Tuesday, January 18, 2005, 

from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m Eastern Standard 

Time. 

Public Participation: Any member of 

the public who wishes to participate in 

the tele-conference discussion may 

contact Angela R. McIntosh using the 

contact information below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Angela R. McIntosh, telephone (301) 

415–5030; e-mail arm@nrc.gov of the 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001. 

Conduct of the Meeting: Leon S. 

Malmud, M.D., will chair the meeting. 

Dr. Malmud will conduct the meeting in 

a manner that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. The following 

procedures apply to public participation 

in the meeting: 

1. Persons who wish to provide a 

written statement should submit a 

reproducible copy to Angela McIntosh, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Two White Flint North, Mail Stop T8F5, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. Hard copy 

submittals must be postmarked by 

January 12, 2005, and electronic 

submittals must be submitted by 

January 14, 2005. Any submittal must 

pertain to the topic on the agenda for 

the meeting. 

2. Questions from members of the 

public will be permitted during the 

meeting, at the discretion of the 

Chairman. 

3. The transcript and written 

comments will be available for 

inspection on NRC’s Web site (http://

www.nrc.gov) and at the NRC Public 

Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, MD 20852–2738, telephone 

(800) 397–4209, on or about March 18, 

2005. Minutes of the meeting will be 

available on or about February 1, 2005. 

This meeting will be held in 

accordance with the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended (primarily Section 

161a); the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (5 U.S.C. App); and the 

Commission’s regulations in Title 10, 

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, part 7.

Dated: December 16, 2004. 

Andrew L. Bates, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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Sunshine Act Meeting

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: [69 FR 75360, December 

16, 2004].

STATUS: Open meeting.

PLACE: 450 Fifth Street, NW., 

Washington, DC.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF ADDITIONAL MEETING:

Additional meeting. 

An Open Meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at 10 

a.m. in Room 1C30, the William O. 

Douglas Room. 

Commissioner Campos, as duty 

officer, determined that no earlier notice 

thereof was possible. 

The subject matter of the Open 

Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 

December 22, 2004 will be: 

1. The Commission will consider a 

staff recommendation regarding the 

application of the Investment Advisers 

Act of 1940 to certain broker-dealers. 

(See Proposed Rule, IA–1845, and 

Reopening of Comment Period, IA–

2278).