56568 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 187 / Wednesday, September 27, 2006 / Notices 

Dates and Time: November 2, 2006; 9 

a.m.–5 p.m., November 3, 2006; 9 a.m.–3 

p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230, Room 

375. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Joanne Tornow, Senior 

Advisor for Strategic Planning, Policy and 

Analysis, Biological Sciences, Room 605, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230 Tel. No.: 

(703) 292–8400. 

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact 

person listed above. 

Purpose of Meeting: The Advisory 

Committee for BIO provides advice, 

recommendations, and oversight concerning 

major program emphases, directions, and 

goals for the research-related activities of the 

divisions that make up BIO. 

Agenda: Joint session with the Education 

and Human Resources Directorate Planning 

and Issues Discussion: 

• BIO Status and FY 07 Budget. 

• NSF Strategic Plan. 

• NEON Update. 

• Committee of Visitors Reports. 

Dated: September 22, 2006. 

Joann P. Roskoski, 

Executive Officer, Biological Sciences. 

[FR Doc. 06–8292 Filed 9–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–263] 

Nuclear Management Company, LLC, 

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant; 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Supplement 26 to the Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 

Regarding the License Renewal of 

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant 

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, 

Commission) has published a final 

plant-specific supplement to the 

Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG–1437, 

regarding the renewal of operating 

license DPR–22 for an additional 20 

years of operation for the Monticello 

Nuclear Generating Plant (Monticello). 

Monticello is located on the southern 

bank of the Mississippi River in the City 

of Monticello, Wright County, 

Minnesota, approximately 30 miles 

northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Possible alternatives to the proposed 

action (license renewal) include no 

action and reasonable alternative energy 

sources. 

As discussed in Section 9.3 of the 

final Supplement 26, based on: (1) The 

analysis and findings in the GEIS; (2) 

the Environmental Report submitted by 

Nuclear Management Company, LLC; (3) 

consultation with Federal, State, and 

local agencies; (4) the staff’s own 

independent review; and (5) the staff’s 

consideration of public comments, the 

recommendation of the staff is that the 

Commission determine that the adverse 

environmental impacts of license 

renewal for Monticello are not so great 

that preserving the option of license 

renewal for energy-planning 

decisionmakers would be unreasonable. 

The final Supplement 26 to the GEIS 

is publicly available at the NRC Public 

Document Room (PDR), located at One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or 

from the NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS). The ADAMS Public 

Electronic Reading Room is accessible at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/ 

web-based.html. The accession number 

for the final Supplement 26 to the GEIS 

is ML062490078. Persons who do not 

have access to ADAMS, or who 

encounter problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, should 

contact the NRC’s PDR Reference staff 

by telephone at 1–800–397–4209, or 

301–415–4737, or by e-mail at 

pdr@nrc.gov. In addition, the Monticello 

Public Library (220 West 6th Street, 

Monticello, Minnesota 55362) and the 

Buffalo Public Library (18 Northwest 

Lake Boulevard, Buffalo, Minnesota 

55313), have agreed to make the final 

supplement available for public 

inspection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jennifer A. Davis, Environmental 

Branch B, Division of License Renewal, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Mail Stop O–11F1, Washington, DC 

20555–0001. Ms. Davis may be 

contacted at 1–800–368–5642, extension 

3835 or via e-mail at jxd10@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day 

of September, 2006. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Rani L. Franovich, 

Branch Chief, Environmental Branch B, 

Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E6–15786 Filed 9–26–06; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

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Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE: Weeks of September 25, October 

2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2006. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of September 25, 2006 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of September 25, 2006. 

Week of October 2, 2006—Tentative 

Thursday, October 5, 2006 

12:55 p.m. 

Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) 

(Tentative). 

a. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., 

(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station), 

Massachusetts Attorney General’s 

Petition for Backfit Order 

(Tentative). 

Week of October 9, 2006—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of October 9, 2006. 

Week of October 16, 2006—Tentative 

Monday, October 16, 2006 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Status of New Reactor 

Issues—Combined Operating 

Licenses (COLS) (morning session). 

1:30 p.m. 

Briefing on Status of New Reactor 

Issues—Combined Operating 

Licenses (COLS) (afternoon 

session), (Public Meetings) (Contact: 

Dave Matthews, 301–415–1199). 

These meetings will be Webcast live 

at the Web address—http:// 

www.nrc.gov. 

Friday, October 20, 2006 

2:30 p.m. 

Meeting with Advisory Committee on 

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) (Public 

Meeting) (Contact: John Larkins, 

301–415–7360). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of October 23, 2006—Tentative 

Wednesday, October 25, 2006 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Institutionalization and 

Integration of Agency Lessons 

Learned (Public Meeting) (Contact: 

John Lamb, 301–415–1727). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

1:30 p.m. 

Briefing on Resolution of GSI–191, 

Assessment of Debris Accumulation 

on PWR Sump Performance (Public 

Meeting) (Contact: Michael L. Scott, 

301–415–0565). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 


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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

4See Exchange Act Release No. 50104 (July 28, 

2004), 69 FR 48032 (August 6, 2004). 

5See the July 20, 2006 letter from James 

Brigagliano, Acting Associate Director, Securities 

and Exchange Commission, Division of Market 

Regulation to David C. Whitcomb, Jr., at the Chicago 

Stock Exchange, Inc. 

6See id. 

Week of October 30, 2006—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of October 30, 2006. 

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: 

Michelle Schroll, (301) 415–1662. 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/ 

policy-making/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, 

Deborah Chan, at 301–415–7041, TDD: 

301–415–2100, or by e-mail at 

DLC@nrc.gov. Determinations on 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

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

This notice is distributed by mail to 

several hundred 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). 

In addition, distribution of this meeting 

notice over the Internet system is 

available. If you are interested in 

receiving this Commission meeting 

schedule electronically, please send an 

electronic message to dkw@nrc.gov. 

Dated: September 21, 2006. 

R. Michelle Schroll, 

Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–8326 Filed 9–25–06; 9:57 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–54476; File No. SR–BSE–

2006–31] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Boston 

Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing 

and Immediate Effectiveness of 

Proposed Rule Change Relating to 

Removing Its Short Sale Price Test 

Rule 

September 20, 2006. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on 

September 6, 2006, the Boston Stock 

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BSE’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) 

filed with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I, II, and III below, which Items 

have been prepared by the selfregulatory organization. BSE has 

designated the proposed rule change as 

constituting a ‘‘non-controversial’’ rule 

change under paragraph (f)(6) of Rule 

19b–4 under the Act,3 which renders 

the proposal effective upon receipt of 

this filing by the Commission. The 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

solicit comments on the proposed rule 

change from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

BSE proposes amending its rules 

related to trading in Nasdaq securities to 

remove the short sale price test rule, or 

‘‘bid test’’ rule, applicable to Nasdaq 

Global Market securities and Nasdaq 

Capital Market securities (‘‘Nasdaq 

Securities’’) traded on facilities of the 

BSE. That rule is presently set forth in 

Chapter XXXV, Section 26 of the BSE 

Rules. 

In addition to removing the BSE ‘‘bid 

test’’ rule for short sales of Nasdaq 

Securities from the BSE Rules, the 

proposed amendment is intended to 

clarify that all Nasdaq Securities traded 

on BSE facilities will be exempt from 

the requirements of any short sale price 

test applicable to Nasdaq Securities, 

including, but not limited to, the short 

sale price test set forth in Rule 10a–1 of 

the Act. 

Regulation SHO Rule 202T 

established procedures to allow the 

Commission to temporarily suspend 

short sale price tests so that the 

Commission could study the 

effectiveness of short sale price tests 

(the ‘‘Pilot’’).4 The Pilot is designed to 

assist the Commission in assessing 

whether changes to short sale regulation 

are necessary in light of current market 

practices and the purposes underlying 

short sale regulation. To determine 

whether additional rulemaking is 

necessary, Commission staff will 

evaluate the results of the Pilot. After 

completion of the Pilot Program or at 

such other time if the Commission 

determines that such exemptions are no 

longer necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest or consistent with the 

protection of investors, the BSE will 

amend its rules accordingly, if 

necessary. The text of the proposed rule 

change is available from the principal 

office of the Exchange and from the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

self-regulatory organization included 

statements concerning the purpose of, 

and basis for, the proposed rule change 

and discussed any comments it received 

on the proposed rule change. The text 

of these statements may be examined at 

the places specified in Item IV below. 

The self-regulatory organization has 

prepared summaries, set forth in 

Sections A, B, and C below, of the most 

significant aspects of such statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

On or about August 1, 2006, The 

NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’) 

became a national securities exchange. 

As a result of Nasdaq becoming a 

national securities exchange, Nasdaq 

Securities became exchange listed 

securities subject to the short sale ‘‘tick 

test’’ provisions of Rule 10a–1 under the 

Act, which governs short sales of any 

security registered on, or admitted to, 

unlisted trading privileges on a national 

securities exchange if such transactions 

are made pursuant to an effective 

transaction reporting plan as defined in 

Rule 600 of Regulation NMS.5

Both the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. 

and Nasdaq requested, and have been 

granted, an exemption from the ‘‘tick 

test’’ provisions of Rule 10a–1 for 

Nasdaq listed securities while the 

Regulation SHO Pilot Program (the 

‘‘Pilot Program’’) remains pending or 

until such other time as the Commission 

determines that such exemptions are no 

longer necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest or consistent with the 

protection of investors.6 The BSE 

intends to rely upon the exemption from 

the ‘‘tick test’’ provisions of Rule 10a–

1 set forth in the Commission’s July 20, 

2006 letter to the Chicago Stock 

Exchange, Inc. As such, transactions in 

Nasdaq Securities on the BSE will be 

exempt from the ‘‘tick test’’ provisions 

of Rule 10a–1 just as transactions in 

Nasdaq Securities on the Chicago Stock 

Exchange, Inc. are exempt. The BSE will 


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