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that ‘‘there are no National Register 

eligible or listed historical or 

archaeological properties in the area of 

the proposed project and your 

responsibility for consultation with the 

State Historic Preservation Office for 

this project, under Section 106, is 

complete.’’ Therefore, no further 

consultation is required under Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act for this EA. 

NRC provided a draft of this EA to 

PADEP, BRP for review. On July 27, 

2006, PADEP, BRP responded by e-mail. 

PADEP, BRP agreed with the 

conclusions of the EA, and otherwise 

had no substantive comments. 

III. Finding of No Significant Impact 

The NRC staff has prepared this EA in 

support of the proposed action. On the 

basis of this EA, the NRC finds that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts from the proposed action, and 

that preparation of an environmental 

impact statement is not warranted. 

Accordingly, the NRC has determined 

that a FONSI is appropriate. 

IV. Further Information 

Documents related to this action, 

including the application for license 

amendment and supporting 

documentation, are 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 

Document Access and Management 

System (ADAMS), which provides text 

and image files of NRC’s public 

documents. The documents related to 

this action are listed below, along with 

their ADAMS accession numbers. 

1. Amendment request with revision 

four of the DP (ML060790152); 

2. The Licensee’s March 9, 2006, 

license amendment request was noticed 

in the Federal Register on May 22, 2006 

(71 FR 29357). This Federal Register 

notice also provided an opportunity for 

a hearing on this licensing action; 

3. NUREG–0170, ‘‘Final 

Environmental Impact Statement on the 

Transportation of Radioactive Material 

by Air and Other Modes;’’

4. NUREG–0586, ‘‘Final Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement on the 

Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities;’’

5. NUREG–1748, ‘‘Environmental 

Review Guidance for Licensing Actions 

Associated with NMSS Programs;’’

6. NUREG–1757, ‘‘Consolidated 

NMSS Decommissioning Guidance;’’

7. Title 10 Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 20, Subpart E, 

‘‘Radiological Criteria for License 

Termination;’’

8. Title 10, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 51, ‘‘Environmental 

Protection Regulations for Domestic 

Licensing and Related Regulatory 

Functions;’’

9. NUREG–1496, ‘‘Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement in 

Support of Rulemaking on Radiological 

Criteria for License Termination of NRCLicensed Nuclear Facilities’’

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@nrc.gov. 

These documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

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

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. 

Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 

29th day of September 2006. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

James Kottan, 

Acting Chief, Decommissioning Branch, 

Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region 

I. 

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DATE: Weeks of October 9, 16, 23, 30, 

November 6, 13, 2006. 

PLACE: Commissioner’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

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STATUS: Public and Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of October 9, 2006 

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 

12:55 p.m. 

Affirmation Sessions (Public Meeting) 

(Tentative), a. Entergy Nuclear 

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Nuclear Operations, Inc., (Pilgrim 

Nuclear Power Station and Vermont 

Yankee Nuclear Power Station), 

Massachusetts Attorney General’s 

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301–415–7360). 

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the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

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9) (afternoon session). 

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Integration of Agency Lessons 

Learned (Public Meeting) (Contact: 

John Lamb, 301–415–1727). 

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1:30 p.m. 

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on PWR Sump Performance (Public 

Meeting) (Contact: Michael L. Scott, 

301–415–0565). 

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Wednesday, November 8, 2006 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Digital Instrumentation 

and Control (Public Meeting) 

(Contact: Paul Rebstock, 301–415–

3295). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

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Briefing on Draft Final Rule—Part 52 

(Early Site permits/Standard Design 

Certification/Combined Licenses) 

(Public Meeting) (Contact: Dave 

Matthews, 301–415–1199). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of November 13, 2006—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of November 13, 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 

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need this meeting notice or the 

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Dated: October 5, 2006. 

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