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4. Who is required or asked to report: 

All NRC-licensed low-level waste 

facilities. All generators, collectors, and 

processors of low-level waste intended 

for disposal at a low-level waste facility 

must complete the appropriate forms. 

5. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 

NRC Form 540 and 540A: 2,500 

licensees. 

NRC Form 541 and 541A: 2,500 

licensees. 

NRC Form 542 and 542A: 22 

licensees. 

6. The number of hours needed 

annually to complete the requirement or 

request: 

NRC Form 540 and 540A: 10,050 (.75 

hours per response). 

NRC Form 541 and 541A: 44,341 (3.3 

hours per response). 

NRC Form 542 and 542A: 567 (.75 

hours per response). 

7. Abstract: NRC Forms 540, 541, and 

542, together with their continuation 

pages, designated by the ‘‘A’’ suffix, 

provide a set of standardized forms to 

meet Department of Transportation 

(DOT), NRC, and State requirements. 

The forms were developed by NRC at 

the request of low-level waste industry 

groups. The forms provide uniformity 

and efficiency in the collection of 

information contained in manifests 

which are required to control transfers 

of low-level radioactive waste intended 

for disposal at a land disposal facility. 

NRC Form 540 contains information 

needed to satisfy DOT shipping paper 

requirements in 49 CFR Part 172 and the 

waste tracking requirements of NRC in 

10 CFR Part 20. NRC Form 541 contains 

information needed by disposal site 

facilities to safely dispose of low-level 

waste and information to meet NRC and 

State requirements regulating these 

activities. NRC Form 542, completed by 

waste collectors or processors, contains 

information which facilitates tracking 

the identity of the waste generator. That 

tracking becomes more complicated 

when the waste forms, dimensions, or 

packagings are changed by the waste 

processor. Each container of waste 

shipped from a waste processor may 

contain waste from several different 

generators. The information provided on 

NRC Form 542 permits the States and 

Compacts to know the original 

generators of low-level waste, as 

authorized by the Low-Level 

Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments 

Act of 1985, so they can ensure that 

waste is disposed of in the appropriate 

Compact. 

Submit, by March 13, 2007, Comments 

That Address the Following Questions 

1. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the NRC to 

properly perform its functions? Does the 

information have practical utility? 

2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 

3. Is there a way to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

4. How can the burden of the 

information collection be minimized, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology? 

A copy of the draft supporting 

statement may be viewed free of charge 

at the NRC Public Document Room, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD 

20852. OMB clearance requests are 

available at the NRC worldwide Web 

site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

doc-comment/omb/index.html. The 

document will be available on the NRC 

home page site for 60 days after the 

signature date of this notice. 

Comments and questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the NRC Clearance 

Officer, Margaret A. Janney, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T–5 

F53, Washington, DC 20555–0001, by 

telephone at 301–415–7245, or by 

Internet electronic mail to 

INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day 

of January 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Margaret A. Janney, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information 

Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–325 Filed 1–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–400] 

Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of 

the Application, for Facility Operating 

License No. NPF–63 for an Additional 

20-Year Period; Carolina Power & Light 

Company, Shearon Harris Nuclear 

Power Plant, Unit 1 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

is considering an application for the 

renewal of operating license NPF–63, 

which authorizes the Carolina Power & 

Light Company, doing business as 

Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., to 

operate the Shearon Harris Nuclear 

Power Plant, (HNP), Unit 1, at 2900 

megawatts thermal. The renewed 

license would authorize the applicant to 

operate the HNP, Unit 1, for an 

additional 20 years beyond the period 

specified in the current license. HNP, 

Unit 1, is located in Wake County, 

North Carolina, and its current 

operating license expires on October 24, 

2026. 

On November 16, 2006, the 

Commission’s staff received an 

application from Carolina Power & Light 

Company, to renew operating license 

NPF–63 for HNP, Unit 1, pursuant to 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) Part 54. A notice of 

receipt and availability of the license 

renewal application (LRA) was 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 11, 2006 (71 FR 71586). 

The Commission’s staff has reviewed 

the LRA for its acceptability and has 

determined that Carolina Power & Light 

Company has submitted sufficient 

information in accordance with 10 CFR 

Sections 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, and 

51.53(c), and that the application is 

acceptable for docketing. The 

Commission will retain the current 

Docket No. 50–400, for operating license 

NPF–63. The docketing of the renewal 

application does not preclude requests 

for additional information as the review 

proceeds, nor does it predict whether 

the Commission will grant or deny the 

license. 

The license renewal process proceeds 

along two tracks, one for review of 

safety issues, pursuant to 10 CFR Part 54 

and another for environmental issues, 

pursuant to 10 CFR Part 51. An 

applicant must provide NRC with an 

evaluation of the technical aspects of 

plant aging and describe the aging 

management programs and activities 

that will be relied on to manage aging. 

In addition, in order to support plant 

operation for the additional 20 years, 

the applicant must prepare an 

evaluation of the potential impact on 

the environment. The NRC reviews the 

application, documents its reviews in a 

safety evaluation report and a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement, and performs verification 

inspections at the applicant’s facility. If 

the NRC issues a renewed license, the 

licensee must continue to comply with 

all existing regulations, license 

conditions, orders, and commitments 

associated with the current operating 

license as well as those additional 

activities required as a result of license 

renewal. The licensee’s activities 

continue to be subject to NRC oversight 

during the period of extended operation. 

Before issuance of the requested 

renewed license, the NRC will have 

made the findings required by the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), and the Commission’s rules 


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and regulations. In accordance with 10 

CFR 54.29, the NRC may issue a 

renewed license on the basis of its 

review if it finds that actions have been 

identified and have been or will be 

taken with respect to: (1) Managing the 

effects of aging during the period of 

extended operation on the functionality 

of structures and components that have 

been identified as requiring aging 

management review; and (2) timelimited aging analyses that have been 

identified as requiring review, such that 

there is reasonable assurance that the 

activities authorized by the renewed 

license will continue to be conducted in 

accordance with the current licensing 

basis (CLB), and that any changes made 

to the plant’s CLB will comply with the 

Act and the Commission’s regulations. 

In addition, the Commission must find 

that applicable requirements of Subpart 

A of 10 CFR Part 51 have been satisfied, 

and that matters raised under 10 CFR 

2.335 have been addressed. 

Notice of Opportunity for Hearing and 

Notices relating to the environmental 

review will be published at a later date. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) 

and 10 CFR 54.23, Carolina Power & 

Light Company prepared and submitted 

the environmental report (ER) as part of 

the LRA. The LRA and the ER are 

publicly available at the NRC’s PDR, 

located at One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852, or from ADAMS. The ADAMS 

accession numbers for the LRA and the 

ER are ML063350270 and 

ML063350276, respectively. The public 

may also view the LRA and the ER on 

the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/ 

applications.html. In addition, the LRA 

and the ER are available to the public 

near HNP, Unit 1, at the Eva. H. Perry 

Library, 2100 Shepherd’s Vineyard 

Drive, Apex, North Carolina 27502. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day 

of January, 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Pao-Tsin Kuo, 

Acting Director, Division of License Renewal, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E7–324 Filed 1–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness 

Analysis of Federal Programs 

AGENCY: Office of Management and 

Budget. 

ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of 

OMB Circular A–94. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Management 

and Budget revised Circular A–94 in 

1992. The revised Circular specified 

certain discount rates to be updated 

annually when the interest rate and 

inflation assumptions used to prepare 

the budget of the United States 

Government were changed. These 

discount rates are found in Appendix C 

of the revised Circular. The updated 

discount rates are shown below. The 

discount rates in Appendix C are to be 

used for cost-effectiveness analysis, 

including lease-purchase analysis, as 

specified in the revised Circular. They 

do not apply to regulatory analysis. 

DATES: The revised discount rates are 

effective immediately and will be in 

effect through December 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert B. Anderson, Office of Economic 

Policy, Office of Management and 

Budget, (202) 395–3381. 

James D. Foster, 

Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office 

of Management and Budget. 

Appendix C—Discount Rates for CostEffectiveness, Lease Purchase, and 

Related Analyses (OMB Circular No. A–

94) 

Revised December 2006. 

Effective Dates. This appendix is 

updated annually around the time of the 

President’s budget submission to 

Congress. This version of the appendix 

is valid for calendar year 2007. A copy 

of the updated appendix can be 

obtained in electronic form through the 

OMB home page at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/ 

a094/a94_appx-c.html, the text of the 

main body of the Circular is found at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ 

circulars/a094/a094.html, and a table of 

past years’ rates is located at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/ 

a094/DISCHIST–2007.pdf. Updates of 

the appendix are also available upon 

request from OMB’s Office of Economic 

Policy (202–395–3381). 

Nominal Discount Rates. A forecast of 

nominal or market interest rates for 

2007 based on the economic 

assumptions for the 2008 Budget are 

presented below. These nominal rates 

are to be used for discounting nominal 

flows, which are often encountered in 

lease-purchase analysis. 

NOMINAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES

[In percent] 

3-Year 5-Year 7-Year 10-Year 20-Year 30-Year 

4.9 4.9 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.1 

Real Discount Rates. A forecast of real 

interest rates from which the inflation 

premium has been removed and based 

on the economic assumptions from the 

2008 Budget is presented below. These 

real rates are to be used for discounting 

constant-dollar flows, as is often 

required in cost-effectiveness analysis. 

REAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES

[In percent] 

3-Year 5-Year 7-Year 10-Year 20-Year 30-Year 

2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.0 

Analyses of programs with terms 

different from those presented above 

may use a linear interpolation. For 

example, a four-year project can be 

evaluated with a rate equal to the 

average of the three-year and five-year 

rates. Programs with durations longer 


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