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the subject facility operating license and 

any person whose interest may be 

affected by this proceeding and who 

wishes to participate as a party in the 

proceeding must file a written request 

for a hearing and a petition for leave to 

intervene. Requests for a hearing and a 

petition for leave to intervene shall be 

filed in accordance with the 

Commission’s ‘‘Rules of Practice for 

Domestic Licensing Proceedings’’ in 10 

CFR part 2. Interested persons should 

consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, 

which is available at the Commission’s 

PDR, located at One White Flint North, 

Public File Area O1F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland. Publicly available records 

will be accessible from the Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System’s (ADAMS) Public Electronic 

Reading Room on the Internet at the 

NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If a 

request for a hearing or petition for 

leave to intervene is filed by the above 

date, the Commission or a presiding 

officer designated by the Commission or 

by the Chief Administrative Judge of the 

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 

Panel, will rule on the request and/or 

petition; and the Secretary or the Chief 

Administrative Judge of the Atomic 

Safety and Licensing Board will issue a 

notice of a hearing or an appropriate 

order. 

As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a 

petition for leave to intervene shall set 

forth with particularity the interest of 

the petitioner in the proceeding, and 

how that interest may be affected by the 

results of the proceeding. The petition 

should specifically explain the reasons 

why intervention should be permitted 

with particular reference to the 

following general requirements: (1) The 

name, address and telephone number of 

the requestor or petitioner; (2) the 

nature of the requestor’s/petitioner’s 

right under the Act to be made a party 

to the proceeding; (3) the nature and 

extent of the requestor’s/petitioner’s 

property, financial, or other interest in 

the proceeding; and (4) the possible 

effect of any decision or order which 

may be entered in the proceeding on the 

requestors/petitioner’s interest. The 

petition must also identify the specific 

contentions which the petitioner/ 

requestor seeks to have litigated at the 

proceeding. 

Each contention must consist of a 

specific statement of the issue of law or 

fact to be raised or controverted. In 

addition, the petitioner/requestor shall 

provide a brief explanation of the bases 

for the contention and a concise 

statement of the alleged facts or expert 

opinion which support the contention 

and on which the petitioner intends to 

rely in proving the contention at the 

hearing. The petitioner/requestor must 

also provide references to those specific 

sources and documents of which the 

petitioner is aware and on which the 

petitioner intends to rely to establish 

those facts or expert opinion. The 

petition must include sufficient 

information to show that a genuine 

dispute exists with the applicant on a 

material issue of law or fact. 

Contentions shall be limited to matters 

within the scope of the amendment 

under consideration. The contention 

must be one which, if proven, would 

entitle the petitioner to relief. A 

petitioner/requestor who fails to satisfy 

these requirements with respect to at 

least one contention will not be 

permitted to participate as a party. 

Those permitted to intervene become 

parties to the proceeding, subject to any 

limitations in the order granting leave to 

intervene, and have the opportunity to 

participate fully in the conduct of the 

hearing. 

If a hearing is requested, the 

Commission will make a final 

determination on the issue of no 

significant hazards consideration. The 

final determination will serve to decide 

when the hearing is held. If the final 

determination is that the amendment 

request involves no significant hazards 

consideration, the Commission may 

issue the amendment and make it 

immediately effective, notwithstanding 

the request for a hearing. Any hearing 

held would take place after issuance of 

the amendment. If the final 

determination is that the amendment 

request involves a significant hazards 

consideration, any hearing held would 

take place before the issuance of any 

amendment. 

Nontimely requests and/or petitions 

and contentions will not be entertained 

absent a determination by the 

Commission or the presiding officer of 

the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 

that the petition, request and/or the 

contentions should be granted based on 

a balancing of the factors specified in 10 

CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii). 

A request for a hearing or a petition 

for leave to intervene must be filed by: 

(1) First class mail addressed to the 

Office of the Secretary of the 

Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, Attention: Rulemaking and 

Adjudications Staff; (2) courier, express 

mail, and expedited delivery services: 

Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, 

One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, 

Attention: Rulemaking and 

Adjudications Staff; (3) e-mail 

addressed to the Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV; or (4) 

facsimile transmission addressed to the 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC, Attention: Rulemakings and 

Adjudications Staff at (301) 415–1101, 

verification number is (301) 415–1966. 

A copy of the request for hearing and 

petition for leave to intervene should 

also be sent to the Office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, and it is requested that copies be 

transmitted either by means of facsimile 

transmission to 301–415–3725 or by email to OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov. A copy 

of the request for hearing and petition 

for leave to intervene should also be 

sent to George L. Edgar, Esq., Morgan, 

Lewis and Bockius, 1800 M Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20036, the attorney for 

the licensee. 

For further details with respect to this 

action, see the application for 

amendment dated March 22, 2006, as 

supplemented by letter dated September 

12, 2006, which is available for public 

inspection at the Commission’s PDR, 

located at One White Flint North, File 

Public Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville 

Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. 

Publicly available records will be 

accessible from the 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, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail 

to pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day 

of March 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Mohan C. Thadani, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E7–5642 Filed 3–27–07; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Advisory Committee on Nuclear 

Waste; Notice of Meeting 

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear 

Waste (ACNW) will hold its 178th 

meeting on April 10–12, 2007, Room T–

2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 


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The schedule for this meeting is as 

follows: 

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 

10:30 a.m.–10:35 p.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACNW Chairman 

(Open)—The ACNW Chairman will 

make opening remarks regarding the 

conduct of today’s sessions. 

10:35 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Status of 

Overall Geologic Repository Program at 

Yucca Mountain: Views of the Director 

of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 

(DOE’s) Office of Civilian Radioactive 

Waste Management (Open)—Mr. 

Edward F. (Ward) Sproat will provide 

the Committee with his views regarding 

progress being made by DOE in 

completing a Licence Application 

necessary for an NRC construction 

authorization for a geologic repository at 

Yucca Mountain, Nevada. 

1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.: Staff Briefing on 

International Atomic Energy Agency 

(IAEA) Requirements Document WS–R–

4: Design and Operation of Facilities for 

Geological Disposal of Radioactive 

Waste (Open)—The Committee will hear 

a briefing by staff from NRC’s Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 

(NMSS) regarding the final IAEA 

document that is intended to provide 

guidance to policymakers, regulators, 

and operators concerned with the 

development and regulatory control of 

geologic disposal facilities for the 

management of long-lived radioactive 

waste. 

2:45 p.m.–3:30 p.m.: Interim Staff 

Guidance (ISG)—3: Preclosure Safety 

Analysis—Dose Performance Objectives 

and Radiation Protection Program to 

supplement the Yucca Mountain Review 

Plan (Open)—The NRC staff from the 

Division of High-Level Waste Repository 

Safety (DHLWRS) will brief the 

Committee on ISG–03, Preclosure Safety 

Analysis—Dose Performance Objectives 

and Radiation Protection Program for 

the staff review of consequence 

estimates for the preclosure safety 

analysis and the associated radiation 

protection program. 

3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.: Proposed 

Revision to Standard Review Plan 

Chapters 11.3 and 11.4 for New Reactor 

Licensing (Open)—The NRC staff from 

the Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research (RES) will brief the Committee 

on the proposed revisions to NUREG–

0800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the 

Review of Safety Analysis Reports for 

Nuclear Power Plants,’’ Chapter 11.3, 

‘‘Gaseous Waste Management Systems’’

and Chapter 11.4, ‘‘Solid Waste 

Management Systems,’’ in support of 

new reactor licensing. 

4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.: Discussion of 

ACNW Letter Reports (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss potential and 

proposed ACNW letter reports. 

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 

9 a.m.–9:05 a.m.: Opening Remarks by 

the ACNW Chairman (Open)—The 

ACNW Chairman will make opening 

remarks regarding the conduct of 

today’s sessions. 

9:05 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: Path Forward 

on an In-situ Leach (ISL) Rulemaking—

Summary of Meetings with 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

and National Mining Association 

(NMA)—Next Steps (Open)—The NRC 

staff from the Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs (FSME) will brief 

the Committee on their efforts in 

developing a path forward for a 

rulemaking on groundwater protection 

at ISL sites. 

10:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Briefing on 

MARSAME Manual (Open)—The NRC 

staff from the Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research (RES) will brief the 

Committee on the Multi-Agency 

Radiation Survey and Assessment of 

Materials and Equipment Manual 

(MARSAME) Draft Report for Comment. 

1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.: Scope and 

Methodology of the Government 

Accountability Office (GAO)’s ongoing 

review of the Global Nuclear Energy 

Partnership (GNEP) effort (Open)—A 

GAO representative will brief the 

Committee on the scope and 

methodology of their current review of 

the GNEP effort. 

2:45 p.m.–3:30 p.m.: Discussion of 

ACNW Letter Reports (Open)—The 

Committee will continue discussion of 

potential and proposed ACNW letter 

reports. 

Thursday, April 12, 2007 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACNW Chairman 

(Open)—The Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of today’s sessions. 

8:35 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: ACNW White 

Paper on Igneous Activity (Open)—A 

followup discussion from ACNW 

February 2007 working group meeting 

on igneous activity, general review of 

observations, revisions, and summary 

conclusions for the White Paper on 

Igneous Activity at Yucca Mountain. 

10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Update on 

West Valley Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (Open)—The NRC staff from 

the Office of Federal and State Materials 

and Environmental Management 

Programs (FSME) will update the 

Committee on new analysis being 

considered for inclusion in the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

West Valley Nuclear Fuel Services 

Center in New York. 

1 p.m.–2 p.m.: Discussion of ACNW 

Letter Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will continue discussion of potential 

and proposed ACNW letter reports. 

2 p.m.–5:30 p.m.: Miscellaneous 

(Open)—The Committee will discuss 

matters related to the conduct of ACNW 

activities and specific issues that were 

not completed during previous 

meetings, as time and availability of 

information permit. Discussions may 

include content of future letters and 

scope of future Committee Meetings. 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACNW meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 12, 2006 (71 FR 60196). In 

accordance with these procedures, oral 

or written statements may be presented 

by members of the public. Electronic 

recordings will be permitted only 

during those portions of the meeting 

that are open to the public. Persons 

desiring to make oral statements should 

notify Mr. Antonio F. Dias (Telephone 

301–415–6805), between 8:15 a.m. and 

5 p.m. ET, as far in advance as 

practicable so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made to schedule 

the necessary time during the meeting 

for such statements. Use of still, motion 

picture, and television cameras during 

this meeting will be limited to selected 

portions of the meeting as determined 

by the ACNW Chairman. Information 

regarding the time to be set aside for 

taking pictures may be obtained by 

contacting the ACNW office prior to the 

meeting. In view of the possibility that 

the schedule for ACNW meetings may 

be adjusted by the Chairman as 

necessary to facilitate the conduct of the 

meeting, persons planning to attend 

should notify Mr. Dias as to their 

particular needs. 

Further information regarding topics 

to be discussed, whether the meeting 

has been canceled or rescheduled, the 

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the 

opportunity to present oral statements 

and the time allotted, therefore can be 

obtained by contacting Mr. Dias. 

ACNW meeting agenda, meeting 

transcripts, and letter reports are 

available through the NRC Public 

Document Room (PDR) at pdr@nrc.gov, 

or by calling the PDR at 1–800–397–

4209, or from the Publicly Available 

Records System component of NRC’s 

document system (ADAMS) which is 

accessible from the NRC Web site at 

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

adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/doc-collections/ (ACRS & 

ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas). 

Video Teleconferencing service is 

available for observing open sessions of 


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ACNW meetings. Those wishing to use 

this service for observing ACNW 

meetings should contact Mr. Theron 

Brown, ACNW Audiovisual Technician 

(301–415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 

3:45 p.m. ET, at least 10 days before the 

meeting to ensure the availability of this 

service. Individuals or organizations 

requesting this service will be 

responsible for telephone line charges 

and for providing the equipment and 

facilities that they use to establish the 

video teleconferencing link. The 

availability of video teleconferencing 

services is not guaranteed. 

Dated: March 22, 2007. 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the 

ACRS Subcommittee on Digital 

Instrumentation and Control Systems; 

Notice of Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on Digital 

Instrumentation and Control Systems 

will hold a meeting on April 18, 2007, 

Room T–2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

public attendance. 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

shall be as follows: 

Wednesday, April 18, 2007—8:30 a.m. 

Until the Conclusion of Business 

The Subcommittee will (1) review 

DL–1151, Risk-Informed Digital System 

Reviews and (2) discuss issues related to 

the SRM assignment on digital systems. 

The Subcommittee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding this matter. The 

Subcommittee will gather information, 

analyze relevant issues and facts, and 

formulate proposed positions and 

actions, as appropriate, for deliberation 

by the full Committee. 

Members of the public desiring to 

provide oral statements and/or written 

comments should notify the Designated 

Federal Official, Mr. Charles G. 

Hammer, (Telephone: 301–415–7363) 

five days prior to the meeting, if 

possible, so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made. Electronic 

recordings will be permitted. 

Further information regarding this 

meeting can be obtained by contacting 

the Designated Federal Official between 

6:45 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. (ET). Persons 

planning to attend this meeting are 

urged to contact the above named 

individual at least two working days 

prior to the meeting to be advised of any 

potential changes to the agenda. 

Dated: March 22, 2007. 

Michael Junge, 

Acting Branch Chief, ACRS. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT 

CORPORATION 

April 19, 2007, Public Hearing 

Time and Date: 2 p.m., Thursday, 

April 19, 2007. 

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: 

Individual’s wishing to address the 

hearing orally must provide advance 

notice to OPIC’s Corporate Secretary no 

later than 5 p.m., Friday, April 13, 2007. 

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, April 13, 2007, 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. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: 

Information on the hearing may be 

obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202) 

336–8438, via facsimile at (202) 218–

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

Dated: March 26, 2007. 

Connie M. Downs, 

OPIC Corporation Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–1538 Filed 3–26–07; 12:25 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

which provides opportunity for public 

comment on new or revised data 

collections, the Railroad Retirement 

Board (RRB) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed data collections. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed information collection is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information has practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of the information; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden related to 

the collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Title and purpose of information 

collection: Public Service Pension 

Questionnaires; OMB 3220–0136. 

Public Law 95–216 amended the 

Social Security Act of 1977 by 

providing, in part, that spouse or 

survivor benefits may be reduced when 

the beneficiary is in receipt of a pension 

based on employment with a Federal, 

State, or local governmental unit. 

Initially, the reduction was equal to the 

full amount of the government pension. 

Public Law 98–21 changed the 

reduction to two-thirds of the amount of 

the government pension. Public Law 

108–203 amended the Social Security 

Act by changing the requirement for 

exemption to public service offset, that 

Federal Insurance Contributions Act 

(FICA) taxes be deducted from the 

public service wages for the last 60 

months of public service employment, 

rather than just the last day of public 

service employment. 

Sections 4(a)(1) and 4(f)(1) of the 

Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) provides 

that a spouse or survivor annuity should 

be equal in amount to what the 

annuitant would receive if entitled to a 

like benefit from the Social Security 


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