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changed within the CSBF Operations 

Area due to the small increase in trips 

to be conducted by recovery vehicles 

and tracking planes used during the 

balloon and payload/parachute descent. 

Overall, no measureable change in air 

emissions would be anticipated. 

Socioeconomics: Fort Sumner Village 

would experience a short-term positive 

economic impact each year during 

balloon campaigns at CSBF Fort Sumner 

from the purchase of food, supplies, and 

lodging by CSBF staff and research 

scientists and students. An adequate 

supply of restaurants and lodging 

accommodations exists to meet the 

needs of the CSBF staff and research 

scientists/students. The City of Palestine 

currently experiences positive economic 

impacts from CSBF activities. Under 

this proposal, balloon launches from 

Palestine would not increase; therefore, 

no change in socioeconomic impacts 

would be anticipated. 

Land Use: CSBF currently avoids 

SULMAs and would continue this 

practice under the Proposed Action. The 

CSBF Operations Area spans portions of 

six States; the chances of a balloon/ 

payload landing in the same location are 

unlikely. Recovery operations are often 

complete within 24 hours after landing 

has occurred. Should a balloon/payload 

land within a SULMA, or on private 

land, the land manager/landowner 

would be contacted prior to the CSBF 

recovery team accessing the site. If 

required, CSBF would obtain a permit 

or authorization to retrieve the balloon/ 

payload. Overall, no adverse impact to 

land use would be expected. 

Biological Resources: Minor adverse 

impacts to biological resources are 

anticipated under the Proposed Action. 

CSBF would continue to avoid known 

critical habitats and wetlands. If 

unplanned circumstances resulted in 

the need to land a payload within a 

designated Critical Habitat, CSBF would 

initiate contact with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service to determine the best 

method for payload recovery, with the 

least amount of environmental impact. 

Cultural Resources: Increased balloon 

operations would constitute an 

increased probability for adverse effects 

to cultural resources from balloon/ 

payload landing and recovery activities; 

however, the probability for impacting 

culturally significant resources would 

be extremely low. Predictive modeling 

used by CSBF for balloon/payload 

landing would continue to be used for 

avoidance of all known culturally 

significant areas. If unplanned 

circumstances resulted in the need to 

land a payload within a culturally 

sensitive area, CSBF would initiate 

contact with the responsible State or 

Tribal Historic Preservation Officer to 

determine the best method for payload 

recovery, with the least amount of 

impact. 

Hazardous Materials and Systems: 

Strict operational control measures are 

followed when hazardous materials are 

used during balloon staging and 

operations. Should a release of any 

hazardous material occur during 

payload landing/recovery operations, 

CSBF staff would implement NASAapproved procedures for clean up in 

accordance with applicable Federal and 

State regulations. Accordingly, impacts 

to personnel or the environment would 

not be expected. 

Transportation: Transportation or 

traffic issues are minimal in the regions 

surrounding the CSBF launch sites. 

Vehicles used in recovery operations 

would not impact transportation 

systems across the CSBF Operations 

Area. As such, no adverse impacts to 

transportation resources in the region 

surrounding the CSBF launch sites or 

within the Operations Area are 

anticipated. 

Cumulative Effects: Cumulative 

impacts were evaluated for potentially 

affected resources. No cumulative 

impacts are anticipated from 

implementation of the Proposed Action. 

No other known or foreseeable actions 

would be anticipated to affect resource 

areas impacted by CSBF balloon launch, 

flight, termination, or recovery 

activities. 

Conclusion: NASA has identified no 

other issues of potential environmental 

concern. Based on the findings in the 

final PEA for the NASA Scientific 

Balloon Program, and review of 

underlying reference documents, NASA 

has determined that the environmental 

impacts associated with the Proposed 

Action will not individually or 

cumulatively have a significant impact 

on the quality of the human 

environment. Therefore, an 

environmental impact statement will 

not be required. 

Dated: December 7, 2010. 

Edward J. Weiler, 

Associate Administrator, Science Mission 

Directorate. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31239 Filed 12–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, 

December 16, 2010. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Final Rule—Parts 701, 708a and 

708b of NCUA’s Rules and Regulations, 

Mergers and Conversions of Insured 

Credit Unions, Fiduciary Duties and 

Indemnification of Directors. 

2. Final Rule—Section 701.34 of 

NCUA’s Rules and Regulations, LowIncome Definition. 

3. Proposed Rule—Section 701.34 of 

NCUA’s Rules and Regulations, Member 

Survey Sample Data to Meet LowIncome Designation. 

4. Proposed Rule—Part 740 of 

NCUA’s Rules and Regulations, 

Accuracy of Advertising and Notice of 

Insured Status. 

5. Proposed Rule—Part 745 of 

NCUA’s Rules and Regulations, Share 

Insurance, Non-interest-bearing 

Transaction Accounts. 

6. Tri-State Federal Credit Union’s 

Appeal of Region II’s Denial of its Field 

of Membership Expansion Request. 

7. Central Liquidity Facility Change in 

Overhead Reimbursement Methodology. 

8. Insurance Fund Report. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Rupp, Secretary of the Board, 

Telephone: 703–518–6304. 

Mary Rupp, 

Board Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31391 Filed 12–9–10; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts; Arts 

Advisory Panel 

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby 

given that nine meetings of the Arts 

Advisory Panel to the National Council 

on the Arts will be held at the Nancy 

Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506 as 

follows (ending times are approximate): 

State and Regional/Arts Education 

(review of State Arts Agency Partnership 

Agreements): January 5–6, 2011 in 

Room 716. This meeting, from 9 a.m. to 

10:15 a.m. and from 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

on January 5th and from 9 a.m. to 1:30 

p.m. on January 6th, will be open. 

Arts Education (application review): 

January 6, 2011 in Room 716. This 

meeting, from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., will 

be closed. 

Media Arts (application review): 

January 11–13, 2011 in Room 730. This 


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meeting, from 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. on 

January 11th, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on 

January 12th, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

on January 13th, will be closed. 

Folk & Traditional Arts (review of 

nominations): January 11–14, 2011 in 

Room 716. A portion of this meeting, 

from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on January 14th, 

will be open to the public for policy 

discussion. The remainder of the 

meeting, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on 

January 11th, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

on January 12th—13th, and from 9 a.m. 

to 11 a.m. on January 14th, will be 

closed. 

State and Regional (review of State 

Arts Agency Partnership Agreements): 

January 19–20, 2011 in Room 716. This 

meeting, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on 

January 19th and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

on January 20th, will be open. 

State and Regional (review of 

Regional Partnership Agreements): 

January 20, 2011 in Room 716. This 

meeting, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., 

will be open. 

State and Regional/Folk and 

Traditional Arts (review of State Arts 

Agency Partnership Agreements): 

January 21, 2011 in Room 716. This 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., will 

be open. 

Music (review of nominations): 

January 25, 2011, by teleconference. 

This meeting, from 3 p.m. to 3:55 p.m., 

will be closed. 

Music (review of nominations): 

January 25, 2011, by teleconference. 

This meeting, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., will 

be closed. 

The closed portions of meetings are 

for the purpose of Panel review, 

discussion, evaluation, and 

recommendations on financial 

assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including information given in 

confidence to the agency. In accordance 

with the determination of the Chairman 

of November 10, 2009, these sessions 

will be closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. 

Any person may observe meetings, or 

portions thereof, of advisory panels that 

are open to the public, and if time 

allows, may be permitted to participate 

in the panel’s discussions at the 

discretion of the panel chairman. If you 

need any accommodations due to a 

disability, please contact the Office of 

AccessAbility, National Endowment for 

the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682– 

5532, TDY–TDD 202/682–5496, at least 

seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Further information with reference to 

these meetings can be obtained from Ms. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of 

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, or call 202/682–5691. 

Dated: December 8, 2010. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, 

National Endowment for the Arts. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31156 Filed 12–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7537–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No.: 70–1257; License No.: SNM– 

1227; EA–10–041; NRC–2010–0384] 

AREVA NP, Inc.; Confirmatory Order 

(Effective Immediately) 

I 

AREVA NP, Inc. (AREVA or Licensee) 

is the holder of Materials License No. 

SNM–1227 issued by the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC or 

Commission) pursuant to 10 CFR part 

70. The license in effect at the time of 

the incident described below was most 

recently amended via Amendment 49, 

issued on July 9, 2007. The NRC 

renewed Materials License No. SNM– 

1227, effective April 24, 2009. The 

license authorizes the operation of the 

AREVA NP facility in accordance with 

the conditions specified therein. The 

facility is located at the AREVA site in 

Richland, Washington. 

This Confirmatory Order is the result 

of an agreement reached during an 

alternative dispute resolution (ADR) 

mediation session conducted on 

October 5, 2010. 

II 

On April 3, 2009, the NRC Office of 

Investigations (OI) began an 

investigation (OI Case No. 2–2009–024) 

at AREVA. Based on the evidence 

developed during its investigation, OI 

substantiated that an Advisory Engineer 

deliberately falsified United Kingdom 

Department for Transport (DfT) transit 

approval forms regarding overseas 

shipments of low enriched uranium. 

Additionally, OI determined that the 

Advisory Engineer deliberately failed to 

follow procedure for release of 

criticality calculations associated with 

the shipments. The results of the 

investigation, completed on December 

1, 2009, were sent to AREVA in a letter 

dated August 10, 2010. The NRC’s 

August 10, 2010 letter offered AREVA 

the opportunity to resolve the 

enforcement aspects of this matter 

through the NRC’s normal enforcement 

process, or through ADR. In response to 

the NRC’s offer, AREVA requested use 

of the NRC ADR process to resolve the 

matter. 

On October 5, 2010, the NRC and 

AREVA met in an ADR session 

mediated by a professional mediator, 

arranged through Cornell University’s 

Institute on Conflict Resolution. ADR is 

a process in which a neutral mediator 

with no decision-making authority 

assists the parties in reaching an 

agreement to resolve any differences 

regarding the dispute. This confirmatory 

order is issued pursuant to the 

agreement reached during the ADR 

process. 

III 

During that ADR session, a 

preliminary settlement agreement was 

reached. The elements of the agreement 

consisted of the following: 

1. The NRC and AREVA agreed that 

the two apparent violations documented 

in the NRC’s letter of August 10, 2010, 

would be characterized as one violation 

involving the requirements of 10 CFR 

71.5(a), and 49 CFR 172.204(a), 

associated with the transportation of 

Class 7 (radioactive) material, on three 

separate occasions. Specifically, on 

December 9, 2008, and on March 11 and 

18, 2009, a licensee employee 

deliberately altered (falsified) the date 

stamp on three documents entitled 

‘‘Approval to Transit a UK [United 

Kingdom] Port.’’ Because the DfT transit 

approvals were falsified, the licensee 

failed to comply with 49 CFR 172.204(a) 

which requires the licensee to attest to 

the fact that the contents of the 

consignment (shipment) were in all 

respects in proper condition for 

transport according to applicable 

international and national governmental 

regulations. 

2. In response to the violation 

described above, AREVA implemented 

numerous corrective actions and 

enhancements, including but not 

limited to a prompt investigation into 

the incidents, performance of a 

sufficiently independent root cause 

analysis and corrective action review, 

an assessment of the actual and 

potential safety impact of the incidents, 

a thorough extent of condition review, 

appropriate notification of regulatory 

authorities, safety culture and safety 

conscious work environment initiatives, 

process changes, and numerous 

corrective actions and enhancements to 

preclude recurrence. 

3. In response to the violation as 

described in Section III.1 above, AREVA 

agreed to the following actions: 

a. Within 30 days of the issuance of 

the Confirmatory Order, AREVA will 

submit a Reply to a Notice of Violation, 

which documents its corrective actions 


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