Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 39 / Wednesday, February 28, 2007 / Notices 9035 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–3412 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7537–01–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts; 

Determination of the Chairperson of 

the National Endowment for the Arts 

Regarding Potential Closure of 

Portions of Meetings of the National 

Council on the Arts 

Section 6(f) of the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended (20 

U.S.C. 951 et seq.) authorizes the 

National Council on the Arts to review 

applications for financial assistance to 

the National Endowment for the Arts 

and make recommendations to the 

Chairperson. 

The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended (Pub. L. 92–463) 

governs the formation, use, conduct, 

management, and accessibility to the 

public of committees formed to advise 

the Federal Government. Section 10 of 

that Act directs meetings of advisory 

committees to be open to the public, 

except where the head of the agency to 

which the advisory committee reports 

determines in writing that a portion of 

a meeting may be closed to the public 

consistent with subsection (c) of section 

552b of Title 5, United States Code (the 

Government in the Sunshine Act.) 

It is the policy of the National 

Endowment for the Arts that meetings of 

the National Council on the Arts be 

conducted in open session including 

those parts during which applications 

are reviewed. However, in recognition 

that the Endowment is required to 

consider the artistic excellence and 

artistic merit of applications for 

financial assistance and that 

consideration of individual applications 

may require a discussion of matters 

such as an individual artist’s abilities, 

reputation among colleagues, or 

professional background and 

performance, I have determined to 

reserve the right to close limited 

portions of Council meetings if such 

information is to be discussed. The 

purpose of the closure is to protect 

information of a personal nature where 

disclosure would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. Closure for this purpose is 

authorized by subsection (c)(6) of 

section 552b of Title 5, United States 

Code. 

Additionally, the Council will 

consider prospective nominees for the 

National Medal of Arts award in order 

to advise the President of the United 

States in his final selection of National 

Medal of Arts recipients. During these 

sessions, similar information of a 

personal nature will be discussed. As 

with applications for financial 

assistance, disclosure of this 

information about individuals who are 

under consideration for the award 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Therefore, in light of the above, I have 

determined that those portions of 

Council meetings devoted to 

consideration of prospective nominees 

for the National Medal of Arts award 

may be closed to the public. Closure for 

these purposes is authorized by 

subsections (c)(6) of section 552b of 

Title 5, United States Code. A record 

shall be maintained of any closed 

portion of the Council meeting. Further, 

in accordance with the FACA, a notice 

of any intent to close any portion of the 

Council meeting will be published in 

the Federal Register. 

Dated: February 16, 2007. 

Dana Gioia, 

Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts. 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, 

National Endowment for the Arts. 

[FR Doc. E7–3411 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7537–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–266, 50–301, and 72–5] 

Nuclear Management Company, LLC; 

Wisconsin Electric Power Company 

Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 

and 2, and Independent Spent Fuel 

Storage Installation; Notice of 

Consideration of Approval of Transfer 

of Renewed Facility Operating 

Licenses and Conforming 

Amendments and Opportunity for a 

Hearing 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission) is 

considering the issuance of an order 

under 10 CFR 50.80 approving the 

direct transfer of the Renewed Facility 

Operating Licenses, which are 

numbered DPR–24 and DPR–27, for the 

Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 

and 2 (Point Beach), currently held by 

Wisconsin Electric Power Company 

(WEPCO), as owner, and Nuclear 

Management Company, LLC (NMC), as 

operating authority, of Point Beach. The 

transfer would be to FPL Energy Point 

Beach, LLC (FPLE Point Beach). WEPCO 

and NMC are also seeking, as an option, 

approval to transfer the operating 

authority for Point Beach from NMC to 

FPLE Point Beach prior to the closing 

for the transfer of ownership. The 

Commission is considering amending 

the licenses for administrative purposes 

to reflect the proposed transfers. 

According to an application for 

approval dated January 26, 2007, and 

filed by WEPCO and NMC, FPLE Point 

Beach would acquire ownership of the 

facility following approval of the 

proposed transfer of licenses, and would 

be responsible for the operation and 

maintenance of Point Beach. FPLE Point 

Beach will also take title to the general 

license for the independent spent fuel 

storage installation. In addition, WEPCO 

and FPLE Point Beach have signed an 

Interim Operating Agreement that 

would permit WEPCO, at its option, and 

upon receipt of applicable regulatory 

approvals, to transfer operating 

authority to FPLE Point Beach prior to 

the closing for the ownership transfer. 

In a separate letter from FPLE Point 

Beach dated January 26, 2007, FPLE 

Point Beach provided the proprietary 

versions of several enclosures to the 

application from NMC and WEPCO that 

include proprietary financial 

information to support the application. 

No physical changes to the Point 

Beach facility or operational changes are 

being proposed in the application. 

The proposed amendments would 

replace references to WEPCO and NMC 

in the licenses with references to FPLE 

Point Beach, to reflect the proposed 

transfer. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 and 72.50, 

no license, or any right thereunder, shall 

be transferred, directly or indirectly, 

through transfer of control of the 

license, unless the Commission shall 

give its consent in writing. The 

Commission will approve an 

application for the direct transfer of a 

license, if the Commission determines 

that the proposed transferee is qualified 

to hold the license, and that the transfer 

is otherwise consistent with applicable 

provisions of law, regulations, and 

orders issued by the Commission 

pursuant thereto. 

Before issuance of the proposed 

conforming license amendment, the 

Commission will have made findings 

required by the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954, as amended (the Act), and the 

Commission’s regulations. 

As provided in 10 CFR 2.1315, unless 

otherwise determined by the 

Commission with regard to a specific 

application, the Commission has 

determined that any amendment to the 


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