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L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby 

given that, to accommodate scheduling 

issues, there has been a change in the 

times of the open sessions for two 

meetings of the Arts Advisory Panel to 

the National Council on the Arts, as 

follows: 

Learning in the Arts (application 

review): October 10–13, 2006 in Room 

716. The open session for this meeting 

was previously announced as 4:15 

p.m. to 5 p.m. on October 13th. The 

open session will, instead, be held 

from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. 

Learning in the Arts (application 

review): October 26–27, 2006 in Room 

716. The open session for this meeting 

was previously announced as 5:30 

p.m. to 6 p.m. on October 27th. The 

open session will, instead, be held 

from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

The closed portions of meetings are 

for the purpose of Panel review, 

discussion, evaluation, and 

recommendations on financial 

assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including information given in 

confidence to the agency. In accordance 

with the determination of the Chairman 

of April 8, 2005, these sessions will be 

closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. 

Any person may observe meetings, or 

portions thereof, of advisory panels that 

are open to the public, and if time 

allows, may be permitted to participate 

in the panel’s discussions at the 

discretion of the panel chairman. If you 

need special accommodations due to a 

disability, please contact the Office of 

AccessAbility, National Endowment for 

the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682–

5532, TDY–TDD 202/682–5496, at least 

seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Further information with reference to 

these meetings can be obtained from Ms. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of 

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, or call 202/682–5691. 

Dated: October 3, 2006. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, 

National Endowment for the Arts. 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts; Arts 

Advisory Panel 

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby 

given that 10 meetings of the Arts 

Advisory Panel to the National Council 

on the Arts will be held at the Nancy 

Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20506 

as follows (ending times are 

approximate): 

National Initiatives/The Big Read 

(application review): October 25, 2006 

by teleconference. This meeting, from 2 

p.m. to 4 p.m., will be closed. 

Presenting (application review): 

October 30–31, 2006 in Room 716. This 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on 

October 30th and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

on October 31st, will be closed. 

Presenting (application review): 

November 1–3, 2006 in Room 716. This 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on 

November 1st and 2nd, and from 9 a.m. 

to 3:45 p.m. on November 3rd, will be 

closed. 

Media Arts (application review): 

November 1–3, 2006 in Room 730. This 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on 

November 1st, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on 

November 2nd, and from 9 a.m. to 3 

p.m. on November 3rd, will be closed. 

Musical Theater (application review): 

November 2–3, 2006 in Room 714. This 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on 

November 2nd and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

on November 3rd, will be closed. 

Music (application review): November 

13–15, 2006 in Room 714. This meeting, 

from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on November 13th 

and 14th, and from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

on November 15th, will be closed. 

Local Arts Agencies (application 

review): November 14–15, 2006 in 

Room 716. This meeting, from 9 a.m. to 

5:30 p.m. on November 14th and from 

9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on November 15th, 

will be closed. 

Learning in the Arts (application 

review): November 20–21, 2006 in 

Room 716. A portion of this meeting, 

from 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. on 

November 21st, will be open to the 

public for a policy discussion. The 

remainder of the meeting, from 9 a.m. to 

5:30 p.m. on November 20th and from 

9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 2:15 p.m. 

to 3 p.m. on November 21st, will be 

closed. 

Visual Arts (application review): 

November 28–December 1, 2006 in 

Room 716. This meeting, from 9 a.m. to 

5:30 p.m. on November 28–30 and from 

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on December 1st, will 

be closed. 

AccessAbility/Universal Design 

(application review): November 30, 

2006 by teleconference. This meeting, 

from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., will be closed. 

The closed portions of meetings are 

for the purpose of Panel review, 

discussion, evaluation, and 

recommendations on financial 

assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including information given in 

confidence to the agency. In accordance 

with the determination of the Chairman 

of April 8, 2005, these sessions will be 

closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. 

Any person may observe meetings, or 

portions thereof, of advisory panels that 

are open to the public, and if time 

allows, may be permitted to participate 

in the panel’s discussions at the 

discretion of the panel chairman. If you 

need special accommodations due to a 

disability, please contact the Office of 

AccessAbility, National Endowment for 

the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682–

5532, TDY–TDD 202/682–5496, at least 

seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Further information with reference to 

these meetings can be obtained from Ms. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of 

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, or call 202/682–5691. 

Dated: October 3, 2006 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, 

National Endowment for the Arts. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Membership of National Science 

Foundation’s Senior Executive Service 

Performance Review Board 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Announcement of membership 

of the National Science Foundation’s 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Board. 

SUMMARY: This announcement of the 

membership of the National Science 

Foundation’s Senior Executive Service 

Performance Review Board is made in 

compliance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Director, Division of 

Human Resource Management, National 

Science Foundation, Room 315, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Joseph F. Burt at the above address or 

(703) 292–8180. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

membership of the National Science 

Foundation’s Senior Executive Service 

Performance Review Board is as follows: 

Kathie L. Olsen, Deputy Director, 

Chairperson. 

Anthony A. Arnolie, Director, Office of 

Information and Resource 

Management and Chief Human 

Capital Officer. 

Richard A. Behnke, Head, Upper 

Atmosphere Research Section. 

Deborah L. Crawford, Deputy Assistant 

Director for Computer and 

Information Science and Engineering. 

Penelope L. Firth, Deputy Director, 

Division of Environmental Biology. 

Nathaniel Pitts, Director, Office of 

Integrative Activities. 

Thomas A. Weber, Director, Office of 

International Science and 

Engineering. 

Dated: October 3, 2006. 

Joseph F. Burt, 

Director, Division of Human Resource 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 06–8540 Filed 10–06–06; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 030–06652] 

Notice of Availability of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment to Byproduct Materials 

License No. 47–00260–02, for the 

Unrestricted Release of Building B–747 

and an Associated Storage Shed 

Located at the Union Carbide 

Corporation Site in South Charleston, 

WV 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Issuance of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for license 

amendment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Betsy Ullrich, Senior Health Physicist, 

Commercial and R&D Branch, Division 

of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 

475 Allendale Road, (610) 337–5040; fax 

number (610) 337–5269; or by e-mail: 

exu@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering the 

issuance of a license amendment to 

Byproduct Materials License No. 47–

00260–02. This license is held by Union 

Carbide Corporation (the Licensee), 

located at 3200 Kanawha Turnpike in 

South Charleston, West Virginia. 

Issuance of the amendment would 

authorize release of Building B–747 and 

an associated storage shed (together 

identified herein as the Facility) at the 

South Charleston site for unrestricted 

use. The Licensee requested this action 

in a letter dated August 3, 2006. The 

NRC has prepared an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) in support of this 

proposed action in accordance with the 

requirements of Title 10, Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 51 (10 

CFR part 51). Based on the EA, the NRC 

has concluded that a Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) is 

appropriate with respect to the 

proposed action. The amendment will 

be issued to the Licensee following the 

publication of this FONSI and EA in the 

Federal Register. 

II. Environmental Assessment 

Identification of Proposed Action 

The proposed action would approve 

the Licensee’s August 3, 3006, license 

amendment request, resulting in release 

of the Facility for unrestricted use. 

License No. 47–00260–02 was issued on 

August 15, 1956, pursuant to 10 CFR 

part 30, and has been amended 

periodically since that time. This 

license authorized the Licensee to use 

unsealed hydrogen-3 (tritium) and 

carbon-14, and various sealed sources, 

for purposes of conducting research and 

development activities on laboratory 

bench tops and in hoods. 

The Facility is situated on 600 acres 

and is surrounded by multiple buildings 

containing office space and laboratories. 

The Facility is located in a commercial 

area. Use of licensed materials occurred 

throughout the Facility, an area totaling 

1,536 square feet. 

In 2001, the Licensee ceased licensed 

activities within the Facility and 

initiated a survey and decontamination 

of the Facility. Based on the Licensee’s 

historical knowledge of the site and the 

conditions of the Facility, the Licensee 

determined that only routine 

decontamination activities, in 

accordance with their NRC-approved, 

operating radiation safety procedures, 

were required. The Licensee was not 

required to submit a decommissioning 

plan to the NRC because worker cleanup 

activities and procedures are consistent 

with those approved for routine 

operations. The Licensee conducted 

surveys of the Facility and provided 

information to the NRC to demonstrate 

that it meets the criteria in subpart E of 

10 CFR part 20 for unrestricted release. 

Need for the Proposed Action 

The Licensee has ceased conducting 

licensed activities in the Facility and 

seeks the unrestricted use of the 

Facility. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The historical review of licensed 

activities conducted at the Facility 

shows that such activities involved use 

of the following unsealed radionuclides 

with half-lives greater than 120 days: 

tritium and carbon-14. Prior to 

performing the final status survey, the 

Licensee conducted decontamination 

activities, as necessary, in the areas of 

the Facility affected by these 

radionuclides. 

The Licensee conducted a final status 

survey on July 27, 2006. The final status 

survey report was attached to the 

Licensee’s amendment request dated 

August 3, 2006. The Licensee elected to 

demonstrate compliance with the 

radiological criteria for unrestricted 

release as specified in 10 CFR 20.1402 

by using the screening approach 

described in NUREG–1757, 

‘‘Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning 

Guidance,’’ Volume 2. The Licensee 

used the radionuclide-specific derived 

concentration guideline levels (DCGLs), 

developed there by the NRC, which 

comply with the dose criterion in 10 

CFR 20.1402. These DCGLs define the 

maximum amount of residual 

radioactivity on building surfaces, 

equipment, and materials, and in soils, 

that will satisfy the NRC requirements 

in subpart E of 10 CFR part 20 for 

unrestricted release. The Licensee’s 

final status survey results were below 

these DCGLs and are in compliance 

with the As Low As Reasonably 

Achievable (ALARA) requirement of 10 

CFR 20.1402. The NRC thus finds that 

the Licensee’s final status survey results 

are acceptable. 

Based on its review, the staff has 

determined that the affected 

environment and any environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action are bounded by the impacts 

evaluated by the ‘‘Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement in 

Support of Rulemaking on Radiological 

Criteria for License Termination of NRCLicensed Nuclear Facilities’’ (NUREG–

1496) Volumes 1–3 (ML042310492, 

ML042320379, and ML042330385). The 

staff finds there were no significant 

environmental impacts from the use of 

radioactive material at the Facility. The 

NRC staff reviewed the docket file 

records and the final status survey 


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