50258 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 188 / Wednesday, September 30, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: September 25, 2009. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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[Docket No. 70–152; NRC–2009–0400] 

Notice of License Acceptance of 

Renewal Application for Purdue 

University and Opportunity To Request 

a Hearing; Special Nuclear Materials 

License SNM–142, West Lafayette, IN 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of license renewal 

application and opportunity to request a 

hearing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Adams, Senior Project Manager, 

Fuel Manufacturing Branch, Division of 

Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. Telephone: (301) 492–3113; Fax: 

(301) 492–3363; e-mail: 

Mary.Adams@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has accepted an 

application for renewal of Special 

Nuclear Material License SNM–142 for 

the continued use of special nuclear 

materials (SNM) for education, research, 

and training programs at Purdue 

University in West Lafayette, Indiana. 

Purdue requested renewal of SNM–142 

for a period of 10 years. This license 

renewal, if approved, would authorize 

Purdue to continue to possess and use 

special nuclear materials under the 

provisions of Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 70, 

Domestic Licensing of SNM. 

II. Discussion 

In an application dated July 31, 2009, 

Purdue requested renewal of SNM–142. 

Following an administrative review, and 

as documented in a letter to Purdue 

University dated August 28, 2009, the 

NRC staff determined that the request 

for renewal contains all essential 

elements and accepted it for technical 

review and docketing. The application 

has been docketed in Docket No. 70– 

152, the existing docket for Special 

Nuclear Materials License SNM–142. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 70.38(a), 

Purdue is permitted to continue using 

the SNM in accordance with existing 

license SNM–142, pending a final 

Commission decision on the renewal 

request. The acceptance letter estimated 

that NRC staff would complete the 

review by September 2010. 

If the NRC approves the renewal 

application, the approval will be 

documented in renewal of NRC License 

SNM–142. However, before approving 

the proposed amendment, the NRC will 

need to make the findings required by 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended (the Act), and the NRC’s 

regulations. These findings will be 

documented in a Safety Evaluation 

Report. Because the licensed material 

will be used for research and 

development and for educational 

purposes, renewal of SNM–142 is an 

action that is categorically excluded 

from the requirement to prepare an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement, 

pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(c)(14)(v). 

II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

The NRC hereby provides notice that 

this is a proceeding on an application 

for the renewal of Special Nuclear 

Material License SNM–142 issued to 

Purdue University in West Lafayette, 

Indiana. Any person whose interest may 

be affected by this proceeding, and who 

desires to participate as a party, must 

file a request for a hearing and a 

specification of the contentions which 

the person seeks to have litigated in the 

hearing, in accordance with the NRC E– 

Filing rule, which the NRC promulgated 

on August 28, 2007 (72 FR 49139). All 

documents filed in NRC adjudicatory 

proceedings, including documents filed 

by interested governmental entities 

participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c) and 

any motion or other document filed in 

the proceeding prior to the submission 

of a request for hearing or petition to 

intervene, must be filed in accordance 

with the E–Filing rule. The E–Filing 

rule requires participants to submit and 

serve all adjudicatory documents over 

the Internet or in some cases to mail 

copies on electronic storage media. 

Participants may not submit paper 

copies of their filings unless they seek 

a waiver in accordance with the 

procedures described below. 

To comply with the procedural 

requirements of E–Filing, at least ten 

(10) days prior to the filing deadline, the 

petitioner/requestor must contact the 

Office of the Secretary by e-mail at 

Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov, or by calling 

(301) 415–1677, to request: (1) A digital 

Identification (ID) certificate, which 

allows the participant (or its counsel or 

representative) to digitally sign 

documents and access the E–Submittal 

server for any proceeding in which it is 

participating; and/or (2) creation of an 

electronic docket for the proceeding 

(even in instances in which the 

petitioner/requestor, or its counsel or 

representative, already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Each 

petitioner/requestor will need to 

download the Workplace Forms 

Viewer TM to access the Electronic 

Information Exchange (EIE), a 

component of the E–Filing system. The 

Workplace Forms Viewer TM is free and 

is available at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

sitehelp/e-submittals/installviewer.html. Information about applying 

for a digital ID certificate is available on 

NRC’s public Web site at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ 

applycertificates.html. 

Once a petitioner/requestor has 

obtained a digital ID certificate, had a 

docket created, and downloaded the EIE 

viewer, it can then submit a request for 

hearing or petition for leave to 

intervene. Submissions should be in 

Portable Document Format (PDF) in 

accordance with NRC guidance 

available on the NRC public Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered 

complete at the time the filer submits its 

documents through EIE. To be timely, 

an electronic filing must be submitted to 

the EIE system no later than 11:59 p.m., 

Eastern Time on the due date. Upon 

receipt of a transmission, the E–Filing 

system time-stamps the document and 

sends the submitter an e-mail notice 

confirming receipt of the document. The 

EIE system also distributes an e-mail 

notice that provides access to the 

document to the NRC Office of the 

General Counsel and any others who 

have advised the Office of the Secretary 

that they wish to participate in the 

proceeding, so that the filer need not 

serve the documents on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before a hearing request/ 

petition to intervene is filed so that they 

can obtain access to the document via 

the E–Filing system. 

A person filing electronically may 

seek assistance through the ‘‘Contact 

Us’’ link located on the NRC Web site 

at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html or by calling the NRC 

technical help line, which is available 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding government holidays. The 

toll-free help line number is (800) 672– 

7640. A person filing electronically may 

also seek assistance by sending an 


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e-mail to the NRC electronic filing Help 

Desk at MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov. 

Participants who believe that they 

have a good cause for not submitting 

documents electronically must file a 

motion, in accordance with 10 CFR 

2.302(g), with their initial paper filing 

requesting authorization to continue to 

submit documents in paper format. 

Such filings must be submitted by: (1) 

First class mail addressed to the Office 

of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff; or 

(2) courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service to the Office of the 

Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White 

Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. 

Participants filing a document in this 

manner are responsible for serving the 

document on all other participants. 

Filing is considered complete by firstclass mail as of the time of deposit in 

the mail, or by courier, express mail, or 

expedited delivery service upon 

depositing the document with the 

provider of the service. 

Non-timely requests and/or petitions 

and contentions will not be entertained 

absent a determination by the 

Commission, the presiding officer, or 

the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 

that the petition and/or request should 

be granted and/or the contentions 

should be admitted based on a 

balancing of the factors specified in 10 

CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii). To be timely, 

filings must be submitted no later than 

11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due 

date. 

Documents submitted in adjudicatory 

proceedings will appear in NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket which is 

available to the public at http:// 

ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp, 

unless excluded pursuant to an order of 

the Commission, an Atomic Safety and 

Licensing Board, or a Presiding Officer. 

Participants are requested not to include 

personal privacy information, such as 

social security numbers, home 

addresses, or home phone numbers in 

their filings, unless an NRC regulation 

or other law requires submission of such 

information. With respect to 

copyrighted works, except for limited 

excerpts that serve the purpose of the 

adjudicatory filings and would 

constitute a Fair Use application, 

participants are requested not to include 

copyrighted materials in their 

submission. 

The formal requirements for 

documents contained in 10 CFR 

2.304(c)–(e) must be met. If the NRC 

grants an electronic document 

exemption in accordance with 10 CFR 

2.302(g)(3), then the requirements for 

paper documents, set forth in 10 CFR 

2.304(b) must be met. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(b), 

a request for a hearing or petition for 

leave to intervene must be filed by 

November 30, 2009. In addition to 

meeting other applicable requirements 

of 10 CFR 2.309, a request for a hearing 

must state: 

1. The name, address, and telephone 

number of the requester; 

2. The nature of the requester’s right 

under the Act to be made a party to the 

proceeding; 

3. The nature and extent of the 

requester’s property, financial or other 

interest in the proceeding; 

4. The possible effect of any decision 

or order that may be issued in the 

proceeding on the requester’s interest; 

and 

5. The circumstances establishing that 

the request for a hearing is timely in 

accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(b). 

A request for a hearing or petition for 

leave to intervene must also include a 

specification of the contentions that the 

petitioner/requestor seeks to have 

litigated in the hearing. For each 

contention, the petitioner/requestor 

must provide a specific statement of the 

issue of law or fact to be raised or 

controverted, as well as a brief 

explanation of the basis for the 

contention. Additionally, the petitioner/ 

requestor must demonstrate that the 

issue raised by each contention is 

within the scope of the proceeding and 

is material to the findings the NRC must 

make to support the granting of a license 

in response to AES’s application. The 

request/petition must also include a 

concise statement of the alleged facts or 

expert opinions which support the 

position of the petitioner/requestor and 

on which the petitioner/requestor 

intends to rely at hearing, together with 

references to the specific sources and 

documents on which the petitioner/ 

requestor intends to rely. Finally, the 

request/petition must provide sufficient 

information to show that a genuine 

dispute exists with the applicant on a 

material issue of law or fact, including 

references to specific portions of the 

application that the petitioner disputes 

and the supporting reasons for each 

dispute, or, if the petitioner/requestor 

believes that the application fails to 

contain information on a relevant matter 

as required by law, the identification of 

each failure and the supporting reasons 

for the petitioner’s/requestor’s belief. 

Each contention must be one that, if 

proven, would entitle the petitioner/ 

requestor to relief. 

In addition, in accordance with 10 

CFR 2.309(f)(2), contentions must be 

based on documents or other 

information available at the time the 

request or petition is to be filed, such as 

the application or other supporting 

document filed by the applicant, or 

otherwise available to the petitioner/ 

requestor. The petitioner/requestor may 

amend those contentions or file new 

contentions if there are data or 

conclusions in the NRC draft or final 

documents, or any supplements relating 

thereto, that differ significantly from the 

data or conclusions in the applicant’s 

documents. Otherwise, contentions may 

be amended or new contentions filed 

after the initial filing only with leave of 

the presiding officer. 

Petitioners/requestors should, when 

possible, consult with each other in 

preparing contentions and combine 

similar subject matter concerns into a 

joint contention, for which one of the 

co-sponsoring requestors or petitioners 

is designated the lead representative. 

Further, in accordance with 10 CFR 

2.309(f)(3), any petitioner/requestor that 

wishes to adopt a contention proposed 

by another petitioner/requestor must do 

so, in accordance with the E–Filing rule, 

within ten days of the date the 

contention is filed, and designate a 

representative who shall have the 

authority to act for the petitioner/ 

requestor. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(g), 

a request for hearing or a petition for 

leave to intervene may also address the 

selection of hearing procedures, taking 

into account the provisions of 10 CFR 

2.310. 

III. Further Information 

The application for license renewal is 

available electronically at the NRC’s 

Electronic Reading Room at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

From this site, you can access the NRC’s 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS), which 

provides text and image files of NRC’s 

public documents. The ADAMS 

accession number for the document 

comprising the July 31, 2009, license 

renewal request is ML092660195. The 

ADAMS accession number for the NRC 

staff’s August 28, 2009, acceptance letter 

is ML092310085. 

If you do not have access to ADAMS 

or if there are problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, contact 

the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 

Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737 or by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

These documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s PDR, O–1 F21, One 


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White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The 

PDR reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 3rd day 

of September, 2009. 

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

Peter J. Habighorst, 

Chief, Fuel Manufacturing Branch, Fuel 

Facilities Licensing Directorate, Division of 

Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. E9–23572 Filed 9–29–09; 8:45 am] 

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[NRC–2008–0643] 

Draft Regulatory Guide: Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting on 

Draft Regulatory Guide, DG–1203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert G. Roche-Rivera, Project 

manager, Structural Geotechnical and 

Seismic Engineering Branch, Division of 

Engineering, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. Telephone: (301) 251– 

7645; fax number: (301) 521–7420; email: Robert.Roche@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has revised Draft 

Guide 1203 considering NRC staff 

recommendations and public 

comments. This Draft Guide, originally 

entitled, ‘‘Containment Performance for 

Pressure Loads’’, describes methods that 

the staff of the NRC considers 

acceptable for evaluating containment 

structural integrity under internal 

pressurization above design pressure, in 

accordance with regulatory 

requirements and Commission’s 

performance goals for containment 

structures under internal pressurization. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC staff invites the public for a 

meeting to discuss the revised Draft 

Guide 1203. This is a Category 2 

Meeting. The public is invited to 

participate in this meeting by discussing 

regulatory issues with the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) at 

designated points on the agenda. The 

meeting will take place on Thursday 

October 8, 2009 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

at the following location: 

• U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Church Street Building, 

Room CSB–6B1, 21 Church Street, 

Rockville, MD 20850. 

Interested members of the public can 

also participate in the meeting via a tollfree teleconference. For details, please 

call the meeting contact listed above. 

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodations to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in this meeting (e.g., sign 

language), or need this meeting notice or 

other information from the meeting in 

another format (e.g., Braille, large print), 

please notify the NRC’s meeting contact. 

Determinations on requests for 

reasonable accommodation will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day 

of September, 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Rosemary T. Hogan, 

Chief, Structural Geotechnical and Seismic 

Engineering Branch, Division of Engineering, 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

Agenda for Public Meeting Regarding 

Draft Regulatory Guide DG–1203: 

Containment Performance for Pressure 

Loads 

1 p.m.–4 p.m. Thursday October, 8, 

2009, NRC, Church Street Building, 

Rockville, MD (Room CSB–6B1). 

1–1:10 Introduction and Opening 

Remarks; 

1:10–1:50 Presentation—Overview of 

revised Draft Guide 1203 and 

resolution to public comments; 

1:50–2 Break; 

2–4 Discussion on Draft Guide 1203; 

4 Adjourn. 

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Submission for Review: Questionnaire 

for National Security Positions, SF 86 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Investigative 

Services Division (FISD), U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) offers the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies the opportunity to comment on 

an information collection request (ICR), 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Control No. 3206–0005, for the 

General Request for the Questionnaire 

for National Security Positions, (SF 86). 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. chapter 35) as amended by the 

Clinger-Cohen Act (Pub. L. 104–106), 

OPM is soliciting comments for this 

collection. The Office of Management 

and Budget is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until October 30, 2009. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR part 1320. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the FISD, OPM, 1900 E. Street, NW., 

Room 2H31, Washington, DC 20415, 

Attention: MaryKay Brewer or sent via 

electronic mail to 

SFRevisionComments@opm.gov; and 

Jasmeet K. Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

725 17th Street, NW., Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of this ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation, and/or a 

copy of the Change Matrix described in 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, below, 

may be obtained by contacting the FISD, 

OPM, 1900 E. Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20503, Attention: MaryKay Brewer 

or sent via electronic mail to 

MaryKay.Brewer@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that OPM submitted 

to OMB a request for review and 

clearance of the revised collection of 

information, Questionnaire for National 

Security Positions SF 86 (OMB Control 

No. 3206–0005), which includes e-QIP 

(Electronic Questionnaires for 

Investigations Processing). 


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