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Place: National Science Foundation, Room 

375, Stafford I Building, 4201 Wilson Blvd., 

Arlington, VA 22230. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Craig Foltz, Acting 

Director, Division of Astronomical Sciences, 

Suite 1045, National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. 

Telephone: 703–292–4909. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations to the National Science 

Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration (NASA) and the 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issues 

within the field of astronomy and 

astrophysics that are of mutual interest and 

concern to the agencies. 

Agenda: To hear presentations of current 

programming by representatives from NSF, 

NASA, DOE and other agencies relevant to 

astronomy and astrophysics; to discuss 

current and potential areas of cooperation 

between the agencies; to formulate 

recommendations for continued and new 

areas of cooperation and mechanisms for 

achieving them. 

Dated: September 9, 2009. 

Susanne E. Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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[Docket No. 50–298; NRC–2009–0398] 

Nebraska Public Power District: 

Cooper Nuclear Station; Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an exemption from Title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), paragraph 50.54(o), and 10 CFR 

Part 50, Appendix J, Option B, Sections 

III.A and III.B, for Facility Operating 

License No. DPR–46, issued to Nebraska 

Public Power District (NPPD, the 

licensee), for operation of the Cooper 

Nuclear Station (CNS), located in 

Nemaha County, Nebraska. Therefore, as 

required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC 

performed an environmental 

assessment. Based on the results of the 

environmental assessment, the NRC is 

issuing a finding of no significant 

impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would permit 

exclusion of the main steam (MS) 

pathway leakage contribution (1) from 

the overall integrated leakage rate Type 

A test measurement required by 

Appendix J, Option B, Section III.A, and 

(2) from the sum of the leakage rates 

from Type B and Type C test 

measurements required by Appendix J, 

Option B, Section III.B. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application dated 

October 13, 2008, as supplemented by 

letters dated April 8, May 29, June 12, 

and September 1, 2009. The licensee’s 

application included a corresponding 

license amendment request, which has 

been evaluated by the NRC staff 

separately from the exemption request. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

Paragraph 50.54(o) of 10 CFR Part 50 

requires that primary reactor 

containments for water-cooled power 

reactors be subject to the requirements 

of Appendix J to 10 CFR Part 50. 

Appendix J specifies the leakage test 

requirements, schedules, and 

acceptance criteria for tests of the leaktight integrity of the primary reactor 

containment, and of systems and 

components which penetrate the 

containment. Option B, Section III.A 

requires that the overall integrated leak 

rate not exceed the allowable leakage 

(La) with margin, as specified in the 

Technical Specifications (TSs). The 

overall integrated leak rate, as specified 

in the 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J 

definitions, includes the contribution 

from MS pathway leakage. The MS 

pathway includes the leakage from the 

four MS line penetrations plus the 

leakage from the MS inboard drain line. 

By letter dated October 30, 2006, and 

corresponding License Amendment No. 

226, dated October 31, 2006, the NRC 

previously granted the licensee an 

exemption for the four MS line 

penetrations from the requirements of 

10 CFR 50.54(o) and 10 CFR 50, 

Appendix J, Option B, Sections III.A 

and III.B. By letter dated October 13, 

2008, the licensee has requested an 

exemption from Option B, Section III.A, 

requirements to permit exclusion of the 

entire MS pathway leakage (the MS line 

penetrations and the MS inboard drain 

line leakage) from the overall integrated 

leak rate test measurement. Option B, 

Section III.B of 10 CFR Part 50, 

Appendix J, requires that the sum of the 

leakage rates of Type B and Type C local 

leak rate tests be less than the 

performance criterion (La) with margin, 

as specified in the TSs. The licensee’s 

letter also requests an exemption from 

this requirement, to permit exclusion of 

the MS pathway contribution to the sum 

of the Type B and Type C test 

measurements. 

The above-cited requirements of 

Appendix J require that MS pathway 

leakage measurements be grouped with 

the leakage measurements of other 

containment penetrations when 

containment leakage tests are 

performed. These requirements are 

inconsistent with the design of the CNS 

and the analytical models used to 

calculate the radiological consequences 

of design-basis accidents. At CNS, and 

similar facilities, the leakage from 

primary containment penetrations, 

under accident conditions, is collected 

and treated by the secondary 

containment system, or would bypass 

the secondary containment. However, 

the leakage from the MS pathway is 

collected and treated via an Alternative 

Leakage Treatment (ALT) path having 

different mitigation characteristics. In 

performing accident analyses, it is 

appropriate to group various leakage 

effluents according to the treatment they 

receive before being released to the 

environment (i.e., bypass leakage is 

grouped, leakage into secondary 

containment is grouped, and ALT 

leakage is grouped), with specific limits 

for each group defined in the TSs. The 

proposed exemption would permit ALT 

path leakage to be independently 

grouped with its unique leakage limits. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its evaluation 

of the proposed action and concludes 

that the environmental impacts would 

not be significant. 

The details of the staff’s safety 

evaluation will be provided in the 

exemption and corresponding license 

amendment that will be issued as part 

of the letters to the licensee approving 

the exemption to the regulation and the 

license amendment. 

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 released 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 any foreseeable 

impacts to land, air, or water resources, 

including impacts to biota. In addition, 

there are no known socioeconomic or 

environmental justice impacts 

associated with the proposed action. 

Therefore, there are no significant nonradiological environmental impacts 

associated with the proposed action. 

Accordingly, the NRC concludes that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action. 


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Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the staff considered denial of the 

proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-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 the Cooper 

Nuclear Station dated February 1973. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on March 30, 2009, the staff consulted 

with the Nebraska State official, Ms. 

Julia Schmitt of the Office of 

Radiological Health, 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 October 13, 2008, as 

supplemented by letters dated April 8, 

May 29, June 12, and September 1, 

2009. 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 2nd day 

of September 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Carl F. Lyon, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, 

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

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Sunshine Federal Register Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission. 

DATES: Weeks of September 14, 21, 28, 

October 5, 12, 19, 2009. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

Week of September 14, 2009 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of September 14, 2009. 

Week of September 21, 2009—Tentative 

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 

9:25 a.m. 

Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) 

(Tentative). Final Rule Establishing 

Criminal Penalties for the 

Unauthorized Introduction of 

Weapons into Facilities Designated 

by the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. (Tentative) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

9:30 a.m. 

Periodic Briefing on New Reactor 

Issues—Progress in Resolving 

Inspections, Tests, Analysis, and 

Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) 

Closure (Public Meeting). (Contact: 

Debby Johnson, 301–415–1415.) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov 

Week of September 28, 2009—Tentative 

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 

9:30 a.m. 

Discussion of Management Issues 

(Closed—Ex. 2). 

Week of October 5, 2009—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of October 5, 2009. 

Week of October 12, 2009—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of October 12, 2009. 

Week of October 19, 2009—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of October 19, 2009. 

* * * * * 

*The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. To verify the status of meetings, 

call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. 

Contact person for more information: 

Rochelle Bavol, (301) 415–1651. 

* * * * * 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/policymaking/schedule.html. 

* * * * * 

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g. 

braille, large print), please notify the 

NRC’s Disability Program Coordinator, 

Rohn Brown, at 301–492–2279, TDD: 

301–415–2100, or by e-mail at 

rohn.brown@nrc.gov. Determinations on 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

will be made on a case-by-case basis. 

* * * * * 

This notice is distributed 

electronically to subscribers. If you no 

longer wish to receive it, or would like 

to be added to the distribution, please 

contact the Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969), 

or send an e-mail to 

darlene.wright@nrc.gov. 

Dated: September 9, 2009. 

Rochelle C. Bavol, 

Office of the Secretary. 

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission will hold an open meeting 

on September 16, 2009 at 10 a.m., in the 

Auditorium, Room L–002, and a closed 

meeting on September 16, 2009 at 11 

a.m. 

The subject matter of the September 

16, 2009 open meeting will be: 

The Commission will hear oral 

argument in an appeal by Rodney R. 

Schoemann, a Louisiana resident, from 

the decision of an administrative law 

judge. The law judge found that 

Schoemann violated Sections 5(a) and 

5(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 in 

November 2004 by offering and selling 

the securities of Stinger Systems, Inc. 


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