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Thursday, March 29, 2007 

CPP Subcommittee on Polar Issues 

Open Session (8–9 a.m.) 

• Approval of November Minutes 

• Subcommittee Chairman’s Remarks 

• The Oden in Antarctica 

• NSB Resolutions and the NAS/NRC 

Report on Polar Icebreakers 

• Legislation Implementing Antarctic 

Treaty Measures on Liability and 

Tourism 

CPP Task Force on International 

Science 

Open Session (9–10 a.m.) 

• Approval of Minutes 

• Task Force Chairman’s Comments 

• Overview of the Task Force 

Roundtable Discussion on International 

Science and Engineering Partnerships 

held March 9, 2007 in Brussels, and the 

Task Force discussion held March 13, 

2007 in Trieste 

• Summary of the Conference of 

Women Leaders in Science, Technology, 

and Engineering held January 8–10, 

2007 in Kuwait 

• Presentation on National 

Academies of Science report, The 

Fundamental Role of Science and 

Technology in International 

Development: An Imperative for the 

U.S. Agency for International 

Development 

• Discussion of future Task Force 

activities 

CPP Task Force on Transformative 

Research 

Open Session (10–10:30 a.m.) 

• Approval of Minutes for November 

2006 Meeting 

• Task Force Chairman’s Remarks 

• Final Draft Report for Board Review 

and Approval, Enhancing Support of 

Transformative Research at the National 

Science Foundation 

EHR Subcommittee on Science and 

Engineering Indicators 

Open Session (10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.) 

• Approval of November Minutes 

• Subcommittee Chairman’s Remarks 

• Review of Elementary and 

Secondary Education chapter: Chapter 1 

• Review of State Indicators chapter: 

Chapter 8 

• Condensed Version of Indicators 

• Key Findings: K–12 chapter, 

Chapter 1 

• Key Findings: State chapter, 

Chapter 8 

• Parallel discussion of Science and 

Engineering Indicators 2010: Status 

• State Considerations 

• Industry Considerations 

• Subcommittee Chairman’s 

summary 

Committee on Strategy and Budget 

Open Session (2–3 p.m.) 

• Approval of February 8, 2007 CSB 

Minutes 

• Chairman’s Remarks 

• Status of NSF Budget Request and 

Congressional Testimony 

• Update on the Impacts of the NSB 

Policy to Eliminate Cost-Sharing on 

Grants 

• Findings from NSF Working Group 

on the Impact of Proposal and Award 

Management Mechanisms (IPAMM) 

Committee on Programs and Plans 

Open Session (3–5 p.m.) 

• Approval of Minutes 

• Committee Chairman’s Remarks 

• Status Report: Task Force on 

International Science 

• Subcommittee on Polar Issues 

• Task Force on Transformative 

Research 

• Final Report and 

Recommendations 

• Request for Information: 

Recompetition, Operations and 

Management Costs for NSF Contracts, 

Cooperative Agreements and Grants 

• Potential Impacts to the MREFC 

Program from the Realities of the FY 

2007 Budget and the FY 2008 Request. 

• NSB Information Item: Update on 

the Division of Astronomical Sciences 

Senior Review 

Closed Session (5–6 p.m.) 

• NSB Action Item: National Optical 

Astronomy Observatory and the 

National Solar Observatory 

• NSB Action Item: National 

Astronomy and Ionosphere Center 

Friday, March 30, 2007 

Committee on Audit and Oversight 

Open Session (8–10 a.m.) 

• Approval of Minutes of February 

2007 Meeting 

• Committee Chairman’s Opening 

Remarks 

• Report to the Board on the NSF 

Merit Review Process, FY 2006 

• Chief Operating Officer’s Update 

• Chief Financial Officer’s Update 

• NSF Audit Resolution Practices 

and Procedures 

• FY2006 Financial Statement Audit 

Corrective Action Plan Update 

• FY2007 Financial Statement Audit 

update 

• OIG comments on FY2006 and 

FY2007 Financial Statement Audit 

matters 

• Committee Chairman’s closing 

Remarks 

Closed Session (10–10:30 a.m.) 

• Pending Investigations 

Committee on Education and Human 

Resources 

Open Session (10:30 a.m.–12 noon) 

• Approval of February 2007 Minutes 

• Committee Chairman’s Remarks 

• Update on Modifications of NSF–

EHR Directorate Organization and 

Interagency Discussions 

• Subcommittee on Science and 

Engineering Indicators 

• Summary and Follow-on to the 

Engineering Education Workshops 

• NSB Executive Officer’s Report 

Plenary Executive Closed 

Closed Session (1–1:10 p.m.) 

• Approval of February 2007 Minutes 

• Member Proposal 

• Honorary Award 

Plenary Closed 

Closed Session (1:10–1:20 p.m.) 

• Approval of February 2007 Minutes 

• Awards and Agreements 

• Closed Committee Reports 

Plenary Open 

Open Session (1:20–3 p.m.) 

• Approval of February 2007 Minutes 

• Resolution to Close May 2007 

Meeting 

• Chairman’s Report 

• Board Discussion: STEM Education 

Commission 

• Director’s Report 

• Open Committee Report 

Russell Moy, 

Attorney-Advisor. 

[FR Doc. E7–5493 Filed 3–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 72–7 and 50–255] 

License No. DPR–20, Nuclear 

Management Company, LLC; Notice of 

Issuance of Director’s Decision Under 

10 CFR 2.206 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Director, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, has issued a 

director’s decision with regard to a 

petition dated April 4, 2006, filed by 

Mr. Terry J. Lodge, on behalf of five 

organizations and 30 individuals, 

hereinafter referred to as the Petitioners. 

Representatives for the Petitioners 

participated in a telephone conference 

call with NRC’s Petition Review Board 

(PRB) on April 26, 2006, to discuss the 


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petition. The teleconference was 

transcribed and the transcription was 

treated as a supplement to the petition. 

Transcripts of the teleconference are 

available via the Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) on the agency’s Web 

site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html, and for inspection at the 

NRC Public Document Room, located at 

One White Flint North, Public File Area 

O–1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 

floor), Rockville, Maryland. The petition 

concerns the operation of the 

independent spent fuel storage 

installation (ISFSI) at the Palisades 

Nuclear Plant. 

The Petitioners requested that the 

NRC take enforcement action against the 

licensee for the Palisades Nuclear Plant, 

Nuclear Management Company, LLC 

(NMC), by condemning and stopping 

the use of the two independent spent 

fuel storage installation (ISFSI) concrete 

pads holding dry spent fuel storage 

casks on the plant site. 

As the basis for the petition, the 

Petitioners stated that the concrete cask 

storage pads do not conform with NRC 

regulations for earthquake stability, 

specifically 10 CFR 72.212(b)(2)(i)(B) 

and 72.212(b)(3), and, therefore, pose a 

hazard in case of an earthquake. The 

Petitioners asserted that the licensee’s 

evaluations of the older and newer 

concrete storage pads did not properly 

consider the behavior of the soil beneath 

the pads in determining the effects on 

the storage casks as a result of a seismic 

event. 

On April 26, 2006, the NRC staff’s 

PRB held a teleconference with the 

Petitioners. The teleconference gave the 

Petitioners an opportunity to provide 

additional information and to clarify 

issues raised in the petition. During the 

teleconference, the Petitioners requested 

additional time to submit a supplement 

to the petition, and the PRB agreed to 

the request, as documented in a letter to 

the Petitioners, dated May 4, 2006. 

However, no supplement was 

submitted. On June 27, 2006, the NRC 

staff informed the Petitioners by letter 

that the issue regarding the seismic 

response of the older ISFSI pad, and the 

issue of soil amplification for the newer 

pad, had been previously resolved and 

would not be considered under 10 CFR 

2.206. In that same letter, the staff 

informed the Petitioners that the issue 

regarding the slope stability analysis for 

the newer pad was accepted for review 

under 10 CFR 2.206. The transcript of 

the teleconference and the letters are 

available in ADAMS, as stated above. 

On November 28, 2006, the NRC sent 

a copy of the proposed director’s 

decision to the Petitioners and to the 

licensee for comment. At the request of 

the Petitioners, the NRC extended the 

end of the comment period from January 

5, 2007, to February 2, 2007. The 

Petitioners submitted comments by 

electronic mail on February 2, 2007. The 

comments and the staff’s responses to 

them are available electronically 

through the NRC’s Public Electronic 

Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm.html, under docket number 

07200007. 

The Director of the Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards has 

determined that the Petitioners’ request, 

to condemn and stop the use of the two 

ISFSI concrete pads holding dry spent 

fuel storage casks at the Palisades site, 

is denied. The NRC staff has concluded 

that the Petitioners’ concerns have been 

adequately addressed by the licensee’s 

revised slope stability evaluation for the 

newer concrete storage pad. The reasons 

for this decision are explained in the 

director’s decision [DD–07–02] pursuant 

to Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), Section 2.206, the 

complete text of which is available at 

the Commission’s Public Document 

Room, located at One White Flint North, 

Public File Area O–1F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland, and from the ADAMS Public 

Library component on the NRC’s Web 

site, http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm.html (the Public Electronic Reading 

Room). 

A copy of the director’s decision will 

be filed with the Secretary of the 

Commission for the Commission’s 

review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206 

of the Commission’s regulations. As 

provided for by this regulation, the 

director’s decision will constitute the 

final action of the Commission 25 days 

after the date of the decision, unless the 

Commission, on its own motion, 

institutes a review of the director’s 

decision in that time. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day 

of March 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Jack R. Strosnider, 

Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. E7–5433 Filed 3–23–07; 8:45 am] 

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Notice of Availability Concerning 

Technical Specification Improvement 

To Add an Action Statement for Two 

Inoperable Control Room Air 

Conditioning Subsystems to the 

Technical Specifications Using the 

Consolidated Line Item Improvement 

Process 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has prepared a 

model Application related to changes to 

the Standard Technical Specifications 

(STS), Section 3.7.5 (STS 3.7.4 for BWR/ 

6), ‘‘Control Room Air Conditioning 

(AC) System’’ for NUREG–1433 (BWR/4) 

and NUREG–1434 (BWR/6), Rev. 3.0. 

The changes add an Action Statement to 

Limiting Condition for Operation (LCO) 

(LCO 3.7.5 for BWR/4 and LCO 3.7.4 for 

BWR/6). The new Action Statement 

allows a finite time to restore one 

control room AC subsystem to operable 

status and requires verification that 

control room temperature remains 

< 90°F every 4 hours. The proposed 

changes would also revise the Bases for 

STS 3.7.5 (STS 3.7.4 for BWR/6). 

The NRC staff has also prepared a 

model safety evaluation (SE) and no 

significant hazards consideration 

(NSHC) determination relating to this 

matter. The purpose of these models is 

to permit the NRC to efficiently process 

amendments that propose to adopt the 

associated changes into plant-specific 

technical specifications (TS). Licensees 

of nuclear power reactors to which the 

models apply may request amendments 

confirming the applicability of the SE 

and NSHC determination to their 

reactors. 

DATES: The NRC staff issued a Federal 

Register Notice (71 FR 75774, December 

18, 2006) that provided a model SE and 

a model NSHC determination relating to 

adding an action statement for two 

inoperable control room AC subsystems 

to the plant specific TS. The NRC staff 

hereby announces that the model SE 

and NSHC determination may be 

referenced in plant-specific applications 

to adopt the changes. The staff has 

posted a model application on the NRC 

Web site to assist licensees in using the 

consolidated line item improvement 

process (CLIIP) to revise the Standard 

Technical Specifications (STS), Section 

3.7.5, ‘‘Control Room Air Conditioning 

(AC) System.’’ The NRC staff can most 

efficiently consider applications based 


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