8410 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 36 / Wednesday, February 24, 2010 / Notices 

splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339, which is accessible 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a 

year (including federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: 2010 National 

Survey of Recent College Graduates. 

OMB Approval Number: 3145–0077. 

Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 

2011. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to renew an information 

collection for three years. 

1. Abstract 

The National Survey of Recent 

College Graduates (NSRCG) has been 

conducted biennially since 1974. The 

2010 NSRCG will consist of a sample of 

individuals who have completed 

bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 

science, engineering and health from 

U.S. institutions during the academic 

years 2008 and 2009. The purpose of the 

NSRCG is to provide national estimates 

on the new entrants into the science and 

engineering workforce and to provide 

estimates on the characteristics of recent 

bachelor’s and master’s graduates with 

science, engineering and health degrees. 

The NSRCG is one of three component 

surveys of the Scientists and Engineers 

Statistical Data System (SESTAT), 

which produces national estimates of 

the size and characteristics of the 

nation’s science and engineering 

population. The 2010 NSRCG will 

provide necessary input into the 

SESTAT. 

The National Science Foundation Act 

of 1950, as subsequently amended, 

includes a statutory charge to ‘‘* * * 

provide a central clearinghouse for the 

collection, interpretation, and analysis 

of data on scientific and engineering 

resources, and to provide a source of 

information for policy formulation by 

other agencies of the Federal 

Government.’’ The NSRCG is designed 

to comply with these mandates by 

providing information on the supply 

and utilization of the nation’s recent 

bachelor’s and master’s level scientists 

and engineers. 

The NSF uses the information from 

the NSRCG to prepare congressionallymandated reports such as Women, 

Minorities and Persons with Disabilities 

in Science and Engineering and Science 

and Engineering Indicators. NSF 

publishes statistics from the survey in 

many reports, but primarily in the 

biennial series, Characteristics of Recent 

Science and Engineering Graduates in 

the United States. A public release file 

of collected data, designed to protect 

respondent confidentiality, will be 

made available to researchers on CD– 

ROM and on the Internet. 

A nationally recognized survey firm 

will conduct the 2010 NSRCG under 

contract for NSF. Data will be obtained 

by mail questionnaire, computerassisted telephone interviews and Web 

survey beginning in October 2010. The 

survey will be collected in conformance 

with the Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

of 2002, and the individual’s response 

to the survey is voluntary. NSF will 

ensure that all information collected 

will be kept strictly confidential and 

will be used only for statistical 

purposes. 

2. Expected Respondents 

A statistical sample of approximately 

18,000 bachelor’s and master’s degree 

recipients in science, engineering, and 

health will be contacted in 2010. NSF 

expects the response rate to be 70 

percent. 

3. Estimate of Burden 

The amount of time to complete the 

questionnaire may vary depending on 

an individual’s circumstances; however, 

on average it will take approximately 25 

minutes to complete the survey. NSF 

estimates that the total annual burden 

will be 5,250 hours during the 2010 

survey cycle. 

Dated: February 18, 2010. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3593 Filed 2–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–261; NRC–2010–0062] 

Carolina Power & Light Company: 

H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, 

Unit No. 2; Environmental Assessment 

and Finding of No Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an exemption pursuant to 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) Section 73.5, 

‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ from the 

implementation date for certain new 

requirements of 10 CFR Part 73, 

‘‘Physical protection of plants and 

materials,’’ for Facility Operating 

License No. DPR–23, issued to Carolina 

Power & Light Company (the licensee), 

for operation of the H. B. Robinson 

Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 

(HBRSEP), located in Darlington 

County, South Carolina. In accordance 

with 10 CFR 51.21, ‘‘Criteria for and 

identification of licensing and 

regulatory actions requiring 

environmental assessments,’’ the NRC 

prepared an environmental assessment 

documenting its finding. The NRC 

concluded that the proposed action will 

have no significant environmental 

impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would exempt 

HBRSEP from the required 

implementation date of March 31, 2010, 

for two new requirements of 10 CFR 

part 73. Specifically, HBRSEP would be 

granted an exemption from being in full 

compliance with certain new 

requirements contained in 10 CFR 

73.55, ‘‘Requirements for physical 

protection of licensed activities in 

nuclear power reactors against 

radiological sabotage,’’ by the March 31, 

2010, deadline. The licensee has 

proposed an alternate full compliance 

implementation date of December 30, 

2010, approximately 9 months beyond 

the date required by 10 CFR part 73. The 

proposed action, an extension of the 

schedule for completion of certain 

actions required by the revised 10 CFR 

part 73, does not involve any physical 

changes to the reactor, fuel, plant 

structures, support structures, water, or 

land at the HBRSEP site. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application dated 

November 30, 2009. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

The licensee has stated that it has 

performed an extensive evaluation of 

the revised 10 CFR part 73 and will 

achieve compliance with a vast majority 

of the revised rule by the March 31, 

2010, compliance date. However, the 

licensee has determined that 

implementation of two specific 

provisions of the rule will require more 

time to implement because they involve 

upgrades to the security system that 

require significant physical 

modifications (e.g., the relocation of 

certain security assets to a new security 

building that will be constructed, and 

the addition of certain power supplies). 

Therefore, the licensee proposes to 

extend the compliance date beyond 

March 31, 2010, to December 30, 2010, 

in order to complete these security 

modifications. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its 

environmental assessment of the 


pwalker on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 36 / Wednesday, February 24, 2010 / Notices 8411 

proposed exemption. The staff has 

concluded that the proposed action to 

extend the implementation deadline 

would not significantly affect plant 

safety and would not have a significant 

adverse effect on the probability or 

consequences of an accident. 

The proposed action would not result 

in an increased radiological hazard 

beyond those previously analyzed in the 

environmental assessment and finding 

of no significant impact made by the 

Commission in promulgating its 

revisions to 10 CFR part 73 as discussed 

in a Federal Register notice dated 

March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13967). There 

will be no change to radioactive 

effluents that affect radiation exposures 

to plant workers and members of the 

public. Therefore, no changes or 

different types of radiological impacts 

are expected as a result of the proposed 

exemption. 

The proposed action does not result 

in changes to land use or water use, or 

result in changes to the quality or 

quantity of non-radiological effluents. 

No changes to the National Pollution 

Discharge Elimination System permit 

are needed. No effects on the aquatic or 

terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the 

plant, or to threatened, endangered, or 

protected species under the Endangered 

Species Act, or impacts to essential fish 

habitat covered by the MagnusonStevens Act are expected. There are no 

impacts to the air or ambient air quality. 

There are no impacts to historical and 

cultural resources. There would be no 

impact to socioeconomic resources. 

Therefore, no changes to or different 

types of non-radiological environmental 

impacts are expected as a result of the 

proposed exemption. 

Accordingly, the NRC concludes that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action. In addition, in promulgating its 

revisions to 10 CFR part 73, the 

Commission prepared an environmental 

assessment and published a finding of 

no significant impact (March 27, 2009, 

74 FR 13967). 

The NRC staff’s safety evaluation will 

be provided as part of a letter to the 

licensee approving the exemption to the 

regulation, if granted. 

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 ‘‘no 

action’’ alternative). Denial of the 

exemption request would result in no 

change in current environmental 

impacts. If the proposed action were 

denied, the licensee would have to 

comply with the March 31, 2010, 

implementation deadline. The 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

exemption and the ‘‘no action’’ 

alternative are similar. 

Alternative Use of Resources 

The action does not involve the use of 

any different resources than those 

considered in the Final Environmental 

Statement for the HBRSEP, dated April 

1975, as supplemented through the 

‘‘Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants: H.B. Robinson Steam 

Electric Plant, Unit 2—Final Report 

(NUREG—1437, Supplement 13).’’ 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on January 22, 2010, the staff consulted 

with the South Carolina State official, 

Mike Gandy of the South Carolina 

Bureau of Land and Waste Management, 

regarding the environmental impact of 

the proposed action. The State official 

had no comments. 

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. 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter 

dated November 30, 2009. Portions of 

the November 30, 2009, submittal 

contain proprietary and security-related 

information, and accordingly, are not 

available to the public. Other parts of 

these 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 O1 F21, 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 send an 

e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of February 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Tracy J. Orf, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II– 

2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3667 Filed 2–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2009–0189] 

Office of New Reactors: Interim Staff 

Guidance on Assessing the 

Consequences of an Accidental 

Release of Radioactive Materials From 

Liquid Waste Tanks; Reopening of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The NRC published a request 

for public comment in the Federal 

Register on May 4, 2009, on proposed 

Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL– 

ISG–013, ‘‘Assessing the Consequences 

of an Accidental Release of Radioactive 

Materials from Liquid Waste Tanks’’ 

(Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML090830488). The NRC 

has completed a related ISG, DC/COL– 

ISG–014, ‘‘Assessing Ground Water 

Flow and Transport of Accidental 

Radionuclide Releases,’’ and is making it 

available for public comment by 

separate document published today in 

the Federal Register. The NRC believes 

that the public will be better served by 

being able to review and comment on 

both documents at this time. This action 

is necessary to reopen the comment 

period for ISG DC/COL–ISG–013. 

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID 

NRC–2009–0189 in the subject line of 

your comments. Comments submitted in 

writing or in electronic form will be 

posted on the NRC Web site and on the 

Federal rulemaking Web site 

Regulations.gov. Because your 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information, 

the NRC cautions you against including 

any information in your submission that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed. 

The NRC requests that any party 

soliciting or aggregating comments 

received from other persons for 

submission to the NRC inform those 

persons that the NRC will not edit their 

comments to remove any identifying or 

contact information, and therefore, they 

should not include any information in 

their comments that they do not want 

publicly disclosed. 


pwalker on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES