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sumps. Fuel and lubricant would be 

removed, and storage containers would 

be closed in accordance with all 

applicable Federal, state, or local laws 

and regulations. 

By letter dated June 29, 2006, the 

permitee stated that neither of the units 

can be considered a utilization facility 

as defined in 10 CFR 50.2. At the time 

that construction of the units was 

deferred, TVA considered Unit 1 to be 

88 percent complete and Unit 2 to be 58 

percent complete. At this time, neither 

reactor has the necessary structures, 

systems, or components in place to 

sustain a controlled nuclear reaction. 

Over the past several years, key 

components such as the control rod 

drive mechanisms for both Unit 1 and 

2 have been removed from the site, 

which precludes the ability of the units 

to operate as nuclear reactors. The 

current condition of the plants does not 

allow operation; therefore, neither plant 

can be considered a utilization facility. 

All special nuclear material was 

removed from the site, as verified in 

NRC Inspection Reports 50–438/92–05 

and 50–439/92–05 dated August 21, 

1992. The only radioactive material to 

be disposed of is from the removal of 

smoke detectors and exit signs from 

various buildings to be sold, 

demolished, or abandoned in place. 

Upon removal, these materials shall be 

sent to an NRC-approved recycler. 

Safeguards information has been 

shredded or removed. Fenced areas are 

currently under industrial-type security. 

The withdrawal of the construction 

permits will not release air pollutants, 

generate water pollutants, generate 

wastewater streams, or cause soil 

erosion. The BNL site is in an 

environmentally stable condition that 

poses no significant hazard to persons 

on site. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

TVA has terminated construction of 

both BLN Units 1 and 2. This action by 

the NRC would terminate the 

construction permits. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

This administrative action would 

terminate the construction permits to 

reflect the fact that there are no longer 

utilization facilities under construction 

at the BLN site, and that the site has 

been adequately stabilized. Accordingly, 

the NRC concludes that there are no 

significant environmental impacts 

associated with the proposed action. 

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 

Bellefonte Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, 

dated May 24, 1974. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on July 7, 2006, the staff consulted with 

the Alabama State official, Mr. Kirk 

Whatley of the Office of Radiation 

Control, Alabama Department of Public 

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 permitee’s 

letter dated April 6, 2006, as 

supplemented by letter dated June 29, 

2006, and TVA’s Final Environmental 

Assessment dated January 30, 2006. 

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@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd 

day of August, 2006. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Douglas V. Pickett, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch II–2, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT 

CORPORATION 

September 14, 2006 Public Hearing; 

Sunshine Act Meeting 8/28/06 

TIME AND DATE: 2 p.m., Thursday, 

September 14, 2006. 

PLACE: Offices of the Corporation, 

Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New 

York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 

STATUS: Hearing open to the Public at 2 

p.m. 

PURPOSE: Public Hearing in conjunction 

with each meeting of OPIC’s Board of 

Directors, to afford an opportunity for 

any person to present views regarding 

the activities of the Corporation. 

PROCEDURES: Individuals wishing to 

address the hearing orally must provide 

advance notice to OPIC’s Corporate 

Secretary no later than 5 p.m., Friday, 

September 8, 2006. The notice must 

include the individual’s name, title, 

organization, address, and telephone 

number, and a concise summary of the 

subject matter to be presented. 

Oral presentations may not exceed ten 

(10) minutes. The time for individual 

presentations may be reduced 

proportionately, if necessary, to afford 

all participants who have submitted a 

timely request to participate an 

opportunity to be heard. 

Participants wishing to submit a 

written statement for the record must 

submit a copy of such statement to 

OPIC’s Corporate Secretary no later than 

5 p.m., Friday, September 8, 2006. Such 

statements must be typewritten, doublespaced, and may not exceed twenty-five 

(25) pages. 

Upon receipt of the required notice, 

OPIC will prepare an agenda for the 

hearing identifying speakers, setting 

forth the subject on which each 

participant will speak, and the time 

allotted for each presentation. The 

agenda will be available at the hearing. 

A written summary of the hearing will 

be compiled, and such summary will be 

made available upon written request to 

OPIC’s Corporate Secretary, at the cost 

of reproduction. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information on the hearing may be 

obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202) 

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336–8438, via facsimile at (202) 218–

0136, or via e-mail at cdown@opic.gov. 

Dated: August 24, 2006. 

Connie M. Downs, 

OPIC Corporate Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–7215 Filed 8–24–06; 1:14pm] 

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Personnel Demonstration Project; 

Alternative Personnel Management 

System for the U.S. Department of 

Commerce 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice of Expansion of the 

Department of Commerce Personnel 

Management Demonstration Project. 

SUMMARY: Title VI of the Civil Service 

Reform Act, now codified in 5 U.S.C. 

4703, authorizes the Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) to conduct 

demonstration projects that experiment 

with new and different human resources 

management concepts to determine 

whether changes in policies and 

procedures result in improved Federal 

human resources management. OPM 

approved a demonstration project 

covering several operating units of the 

U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). 

OPM has authority to implement new 

legislation affecting demonstration 

projects (5 U.S.C. 4703 and 5 CFR 

470.101(b) and 470.103). Modifications 

to the demonstration project plan also 

require OPM approval (5 CFR 470.315). 

As provided for in title II of Public 

Law 109–108, Department of Commerce 

and Related Agencies Appropriations 

Act of 2006, signed November 22, 2005, 

this notice expands the coverage of the 

DOC Demonstration Project to include 

up to 3,500 additional employees in the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) increasing the 

total number of employees in NOAA to 

6,925, as well as additional NOAA 

organizations and locations. This 

expansion results in the total number of 

employees covered by the DOC 

Demonstration Project to 8,500 

individuals. This notice also serves to 

make changes to the plan to 

accommodate the expansion. These 

changes include the addition of specific 

occupational series, Departmental 

Personnel Management Board 

composition, and pre-project cost 

formulas for the NOAA organizations 

new to the demonstration project as part 

of the expansion. 

DATES: This notice expanding the DOC 

Demonstration Project is effective 

August 28, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Department of Commerce: Joan 

Jorgenson, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Room 5004, Washington, 

DC 20230, (202) 482–4233. Office of 

Personnel Management: Jill Rajaee, U.S. 

Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20415, 

(202) 606–0836. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

The Office of Personnel Management 

(OPM) approved the DOC 

Demonstration Project and published 

the final plan in the Federal Register 

Volume 62, Number 247, Part II, on 

Wednesday, December 24, 1997. The 

project was implemented on March 29, 

1998, and modified in the Federal 

Register on Thursday, September 30, 

1999, Volume 64, Number 189 [Notices] 

[Pages 52810–52812] and on Tuesday, 

August 12, 2003, Volume 68, Number 

155 [Notices] [Pages 47948–47949]. 

OPM approved a request to extend the 

DOC Demonstration Project for 5 years 

as stated in an administrative letter from 

OPM, dated February 14, 2003. The 

project was approved for expansion in 

the Federal Register Volume 68, 

Number 180 [Notices] [Pages 54505–

54507], on Wednesday, September 17, 

2003, to include an addition 1,505 

employees. The demonstration project 

was again modified on Tuesday, July 5, 

2005, Volume 70, Number 127 [Notices] 

[Pages 38732–38733]. The 

demonstration project was again 

modified on Monday, May 1, 2006, 

Volume 71, Number 83, [Notices] [Pages 

25615–25616] to revise existing 

authorities for retention, recruitment 

and relocation allowances. 

The key features of the project involve 

increased delegation of authority and 

accountability to line managers, 

simplified classification and broad 

banding, pay for performance, hiring 

and pay-setting flexibility, and modified 

reduction-in-force procedures. 

2. Overview 

This notice serves to list all NOAA 

organizations and their locations that 

will be included in the DOC 

Demonstration Project. This notice also 

lists additional occupational series that 

will be included in the DOC 

Demonstration Project. Additional 

changes to the plan are made to 

accommodate the expansion. These 

changes include composition of the 

Departmental Personnel Management 

Board, pre-project cost formulas for new 

organizations entering the 

demonstration project during this 

expansion phase, and edits to the pay 

administration provisions to reflect the 

use of law enforcement officer special 

base rates under section 403 of the 

Federal Employees Pay Comparability 

Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–509) for certain 

law enforcement officers that will be 

added to the project through this 

expansion. This notice also incorporates 

minor changes to the pay administration 

provisions for consistency with the 

amendments made to the General 

Schedule pay-setting rules by the 

Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 

2004 (Pub. L. 108–411) and OPM’s 

implementing regulations. The 

Department of Commerce will follow 

the project plan as published in the 

Federal Register dated December 24, 

1997, and subsequent modifications as 

listed in the Background Section of this 

notice. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Linda M. Springer, 

Director. 

Table of Contents 

I. Executive Summary 

II. Basis of Project Plan Expansion 

III. Changes to the Project Plan 

I. Executive Summary 

The Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Demonstration Project utilizes many 

features similar to those implemented 

by the National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST) Demonstration 

Project in 1988. The DOC 

Demonstration Project supports several 

key objectives: to simplify the 

classification system for greater 

flexibility in classifying work and 

paying employees; to establish a 

performance management and rewards 

system for improving individual and 

organizational performance; and to 

improve recruiting and examining to 

attract highly qualified candidates and 

hire them more quickly. The DOC 

Demonstration Project is designed to 

test whether the interventions of the 

NIST project, which is now a permanent 

alternative system, could be successful 

in other DOC environments. The current 

participating organizations include six 

offices of the Chief Financial Officer/ 

Assistant Secretary of Administration in 

the Office of the Secretary, Technology 

Administration, the Bureau of Economic 

Analysis, the Institute for 

Telecommunication Sciences, and five 

units of the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration: Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, the 

National Environmental Satellite, Data, 

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