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noted that the Commission’s regulations 

provide mechanisms for individual 

licensees, with good cause, to apply for 

relief from the compliance date 

(Reference: June 4, 2009, letter from 

R.W. Borchardt, NRC, to M.S. Fertel, 

Nuclear Energy Institute, ADAMS 

Accession No. ML091410404). The 

licensee’s request for an exemption is 

therefore consistent with the approach 

set forth by the Commission and 

discussed in the June 4, 2009, letter. 

WCGS Schedule Exemption Request 

The licensee provided detailed 

information in its letter dated December 

15, 2009, requesting an exemption. The 

licensee describes a comprehensive plan 

to install equipment related to certain 

requirements in the new Part 73 rule 

and provides a timeline for achieving 

full compliance with the new 

regulation. The submittal contains 

security-related and safeguards 

information regarding the site security 

plan, details of the specific 

requirements of the regulation for which 

the site cannot achieve compliance by 

the March 31, 2010, deadline, 

justification for the extension request, a 

description of the required changes to 

the site’s security configuration, and a 

timeline with critical path activities that 

would bring the licensee into full 

compliance by December 31, 2010. The 

timeline provides dates indicating when 

(1) the various phases of the project 

begin and end (i.e., design, field 

construction and (2) critical equipment 

will be ordered, installed, tested and 

become operational. 

Notwithstanding the scheduler 

exemptions for these limited 

requirements, the licensee will continue 

to be in compliance with all other 

applicable physical security 

requirements as described in 10 CFR 

73.55 and reflected in its current NRC 

approved physical security program. By 

December 31, 2010, WCGS will be in 

full compliance with the regulatory 

requirements of 10 CFR 73.55, as issued 

on March 27, 2009. 

4.0 Conclusion for Part 73 Schedule 

Exemption Request 

The NRC staff has reviewed the 

licensee’s submittals and concludes that 

the licensee has provided adequate 

justification for its request for an 

extension of the compliance date to 

December 31, 2010, for two specified 

requirements of 10 CFR 73.55. 

Accordingly, the Commission has 

determined that pursuant to 10 CFR 

73.5, ‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ an 

exemption from the March 31, 2010, 

compliance date is authorized by law 

and will not endanger life or property or 

the common defense and security, and 

is otherwise in the public interest. 

Therefore, the Commission hereby 

grants the required exemption. 

The long-term benefits that will be 

realized when the WCGS equipment 

installation is complete justifies 

exceeding the full compliance date in 

the case of this particular licensee. The 

security measures that WCGS needs 

additional time to implement, are new 

requirements imposed by March 27, 

2009, amendments to 10 CFR 73.55, and 

are in addition to those required by the 

security orders issued in response to the 

events of September 11, 2001. 

Therefore, it is concluded that the 

licensee’s actions are in the best interest 

of protecting the public health and 

safety through the security changes that 

will result from granting this exemption. 

As per the licensee’s request and the 

NRC’s regulatory authority to grant an 

exemption from the March 31, 2010, 

deadline for the two requirements 

specified in WCNOC letter dated 

December 15, 2009, the licensee is 

required to be in full compliance by 

December 31, 2010. In achieving 

compliance, the licensee is reminded 

that it is responsible for determining the 

appropriate licensing mechanism (i.e., 

10 CFR 50.54(p) or 10 CFR 50.90) for 

incorporation of all necessary changes 

to its security plans. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, ‘‘Finding of 

no significant impact,’’ the Commission 

has previously determined that the 

granting of this exemption will not have 

a significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment (75 FR 5631; 

February 3, 2010). 

This exemption is effective upon 

issuance. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day 

of February 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Allen G. Howe, 

Acting Director, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #12053 and #12054] 

Iowa Disaster #IA–00022 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the State of IOWA (FEMA—1877—DR), 

dated 02/25/2010. 

Incident: Severe Winter Storm and 

Snowstorm. 

Incident Period: 12/23/2009 through 

12/27/2009. 

DATES: Effective Date: 02/25/2010. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 04/26/2010. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 11/25/2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

02/25/2010, Private Non-Profit 

organizations that provide essential 

services of governmental nature may file 

disaster loan applications at the address 

listed above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: 

Adair, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, 

Cass, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, 

Emmet, Franklin, Fremont, Guthrie, 

Harrison, Ida, Monona, Page, 

Pottawattamie, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, 

Woodbury. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Non-Profit Organizations With 

Credit Available Elsewhere 3.625 

Non-Profit Organizations 

Without Credit Available 

Elsewhere .......................... 3.000 

For Economic Injury: 

Non-Profit Organizations 

Without Credit Available 

Elsewhere .......................... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 12053B and for 

economic injury is 12054B. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator, for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4668 Filed 3–4–10; 8:45 am] 

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