Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 46 / Wednesday, March 10, 2010 / Notices 11205 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Robert E. Martin, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch 2–1, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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[ Docket No. 50–293; NRC–2010–0094] 

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc; 

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 

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–35, issued to Entergy 

Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy or the 

licensee), for operation of Pilgrim 

Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim), located 

in Plymouth County, MA. In accordance 

with 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC prepared an 

environmental assessment documenting 

its finding. The NRC concluded that the 

proposed action will have no significant 

impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would exempt 

Pilgrim from the required 

implementation date of March 31, 2010, 

for several new requirements of 10 CFR 

part 73. Specifically, Pilgrim would be 

granted an exemption from being in full 

compliance with certain new 

requirements contained in 10 CFR 73.55 

by the March 31, 2010, deadline. 

Entergy has proposed an alternate full 

compliance implementation date of 

September 15, 2010, approximately 61⁄2

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, water, or 

land at the Pilgrim site. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee=s application dated 

January 22, 2010 (Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) Accession No. 

ML100260716), as supplemented on 

February 2, 2010 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML100351182). 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed action is needed to 

provide the licensee with additional 

time to perform the required upgrades to 

the Pilgrim security system due to 

resource and logistical impacts. The 

request for an exemption from the 

March 31, 2010, implementation date to 

September 15, 2010, is based on the 

delivery dates for the new equipment 

and the time needed to install this new 

equipment to meet the revised 

requirements. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its 

environmental assessment of the 

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 of an 

accident occurring. 

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 MagnusonSteven’s 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 [Part 73, Power 

Reactor Security Requirements, 74 FR 

13926, 13967 (March 27, 2009)]. 

The NRC staff’s safety 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, 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 ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). Denial of the 

application would result in no change 

in current environmental impacts. If the 

proposed action was denied, the 

licensee would have to comply with the 

March 31, 2010, implementation 

deadline. The environmental impacts of 

the proposed action and the ‘‘no action’’ 

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 Pilgrim, 

dated January 1972, and the ‘‘Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

License Renewal of Nuclear Plants: 

Regarding Pilgrim Nuclear Power 

Station,’’ NUREG–1437, Supplement 29, 

published in July 2007 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML071990027). 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on February 5, 2010, the NRC staff 

consulted with the Massachusetts State 

official of the Massachusetts Emergency 

Management Agency 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 January 22, 2010, as 

supplemented by letter dated February 

2, 2010. Portions of the submittal dated 

January 22, 2010, as supplemented by 

letter dated February 2, 2010, contain 

security-related information and, 

accordingly, are not available to the 

public. Publicly-available versions of 


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this document are accessible 

electronically from the ADAMS with 

Accession Nos. ML100260716 and 

ML100351182, respectively. 

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 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 3rd day 

of March 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

James Kim, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch 

I–1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

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MANAGEMENT 

Excepted Service 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This gives notice of OPM 

decisions granting authority to make 

appointments under Schedules A, B, 

and C in the excepted service as 

required by 5 CFR 213.103. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roland Edwards, Senior Executive 

Resource Services, Employee Services, 

202–606–2246. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Appearing 

in the listing below are the individual 

authorities established under Schedules 

A, B, and C between January 1, 2010, 

and January 31, 2010. These notices are 

published monthly in the Federal 

Register at 

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/. A 

consolidated listing of all authorities as 

of June 30 is also published each year. 

The following Schedules are not 

codified in the Code of Federal 

Regulations. These are agency-specific 

exceptions. 

Schedule A 

Section 213.3133 Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation 

(c) Temporary or time-limited 

positions located at closed banks or 

savings and loan institutions that are 

concerned with liquidating the assets of 

the institutions, liquidating loans to the 

institutions, or paying the depositors of 

closed insured institutions. Timelimited appointments under this 

authority may not exceed 7 years. 

Schedule B 

Section 213.3206 Department of 

Defense 

(b) Interdepartmental Activities. 

(1) Seven (7) positions to provide 

general administration, general art and 

information, photography, and/or visual 

information support to the White House 

Photographic Service. 

Schedule C 

The following Schedule C 

appointments were approved during 

January 2010. 

Office of Science and Technology Policy 

TSGS10001 Confidential Assistant to 

the Associate Director for 

Environment. Effective January 8, 

2010. 

TSGS10002 Assistant Director for 

Legislative Affairs to the President for 

Science and Technology. Effective 

January 13, 2010. 

Department of State 

DSGS70076 Special Assistant for East 

Asian and Pacific Affairs. Effective 

January 4, 2010. 

DSGS69985 Senior Advisor to the 

Secretary of State. Effective January 6, 

2010. 

DSGS70007 Deputy Chief of Protocol 

to the Chief of Protocol. Effective 

January 6, 2010. 

DSGS70080 Staff Assistant to the Chief 

of Staff/Counselor. Effective January 

29, 2010. 

DSGS70101 Special Assistant to the 

Assistant Secretary Bureau of 

International Narcotics and Law 

Enforcement Affairs. Effective January 

29, 2010. 

Department of Defense 

DDGS17268 Special Assistant to the 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Defense. Effective January 13, 

2010. 

DDGS17270 Special Assistant for 

Research to the Special Assistant for 

Speechwriting. Effective January 22, 

2010. 

Department of Air Force 

DFGS60022 Special Assistant to the 

Secretary of the Air Force. Effective 

January 19, 2010. 

DFGS60023 Special Assistant to the 

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 

(Manpower and Reserve Affairs). 

Effective January 19, 2010. 

Department of Justice 

DJGS00551 Senior Counsel to the 

Assistant Attorney General. Effective 

January 4, 2010. 

DJGS00082 Special Assistant to the 

Assistant Attorney General 

Environment and Natural Resources. 

Effective January 6, 2010. 

DJGS00246 Counsel to the Assistant 

Attorney General Environment and 

Natural Resources. Effective January 

19, 2010. 

DJGS00553 Counsel and Chief of Staff 

to the Assistant Attorney General 

Environment and Natural Resources. 

Effective January 19, 2010. 

Department of Homeland Security 

DMGS00841 Public Affairs Specialist 

to the Deputy Under Secretary for 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate. Effective January 14, 

2010. 

DMGS00842 Program Analyst to the 

Counselor to the Deputy Under 

Secretary for National Protection and 

Programs Directorate. Effective 

January 14, 2010. 

Department of the Interior 

DIGS01176 Senior Advisor for the 

Northwest Region to the Secretary. 

Effective January 28, 2010. 

DIGS01177 Special Assistant to the 

Assistant Secretary Policy 

Management and Budget. Effective 

January 28, 2010. 

DIGS01178 Senior Advisor for 

Southwest and Rocky Mountain 

Regions to the Secretary. Effective 

January 28, 2010. 

DIGS01179 Deputy Director, to the 

Director, External Affairs. Effective 

January 28, 2010. 

DIGS01180 Science Advisor to the 

Director, Minerals Management 

Service. Effective January 29, 2010. 

DIGS01181 Special Assistant to the 

Assistant Secretary-Land and 

Minerals Management. Effective 

January 29, 2010. 

Department of Agriculture 

DAGS00103 Director of Advance to 

the Director of Communications. 

Effective January 28, 2010. 

Department of Commerce 

DCGS00582 Confidential Assistant to 

the Under Secretary of Commerce for 


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