Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 61 / Friday, March 30, 2007 / Notices 15171 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Advisory Committee for Engineering; 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Advisory Committee for 

Engineering (1170). 

Date/Time: April 19–20, 2007, 8:30 a.m.–

5 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, Room 

375. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Deborah Young, Program 

and Management Analyst, Office of the 

Assistant Director for Engineering, 703–292–

8301. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice, 

recommendations and counsel on major goals 

and policies pertaining to engineering 

programs and activities. 

Agenda: The principal focus of the meeting 

will be a discussion of emerging issues and 

opportunities for the Directorate for 

Engineering and its divisions. 

Dated: March 27, 2007. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–5887 Filed 3–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–754] 

General Electric Company—Vallecitos 

Nuclear Center: Notice of 

Consideration of Approval of Transfer 

of Special Nuclear Material License 

and Conforming Amendment and 

Opportunity for Hearing 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of consideration of 

approval of transfer of special nuclear 

material license and conforming 

amendment and opportunity for 

hearing. 

DATES: Requests for a hearing must be 

filed by April 19, 2007. Comments must 

be provided by April 30, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary T. Adams, Senior Project Manager, 

Fuel Manufacturing Branch, Division of 

Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC), Washington, DC 

20555. Telephone: (301) 415–7249; fax 

number: (301) 415–5955; e-mail: 

mta@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(the Commission) is considering 

approval of an application (the 

application) from General Electric 

Company (GE), submitted on January 

19, 2007, for consent to direct transfer 

of Special Nuclear Material License-960 

(SNM–960), currently held by GE to GEHitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC. 

The application was supplemented by 

letters dated January 25, 2007, February 

23, 2007, and March 2, 2007. The 

Commission is also considering 

amending the license for administrative 

purposes to reflect the proposed 

transfer. Renewed License No. SNM–

960 was issued on September 14, 2000, 

to GE under 10 CFR Part 70, and 

authorizes GE to possess and use 

specified licensed material at the 

Vallecitos Nuclear Center located near 

Pleasanton, California. 

According to the application for 

approval, and supplements filed by GE, 

GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, 

LLC, a newly formed entity, would 

acquire ownership of the facilities 

following approval of the proposed 

license transfer, and would be 

responsible for the operation and 

maintenance of the facilities. This new 

entity will be wholly owned by GEHitachi Nuclear Energy Holdings, LLC, 

created as a parent company. A U.S. 

subsidiary or subsidiaries of Hitachi 

Ltd., a Japanese company, will hold a 

40% ownership interest. GE, through 

various subsidiaries, will hold a 60% 

ownership interest. 

The proposed amendment would 

replace references to GE in the license 

with references to GE-Hitachi Nuclear 

Energy Americas, LLC., to reflect the 

proposed transfer. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 70.36, no right to 

possess or utilize special nuclear 

material granted by any license, issued 

pursuant to the regulations in Part 70 

shall be transferred, assigned or in any 

manner disposed of, either voluntarily 

or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, 

through transfer of control of any 

license, to any person, unless the 

Commission shall, after securing full 

information, find that the transfer is in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 

and shall give its consent in writing. 

The Commission will approve an 

application for the 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. An Environmental 

Assessment (EA) will not be performed 

because this action is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

perform an EA pursuant to 10 CFR 

51.22(c)(21). 

Before issuance of the proposed 

conforming license amendment, the 

Commission will have made findings 

required by the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954, as amended, and the 

Commission’s regulations. 

II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing 

In accordance with the general 

requirements in Subparts C and M of 10 

CFR Part 2, any person whose interest 

may be affected by this proceeding, and 

who desires to participate as a party, 

must file a written request for a hearing 

and a specification of the contentions 

which the person seeks to have litigated 

in the hearing. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 

2.309(b)(1), to be timely, hearing 

requests and petitions to intervene must 

be filed no later than April 19, 2007. 

Requests for a hearing and petitions 

for leave to intervene should be filed in 

accordance with the Commission’s rules 

of practice set forth in Subpart C of 10 

CFR Part 2. In particular, such requests 

and petitions must comply with the 

requirements set forth in 10 CFR 2.309. 

Untimely requests and petitions may be 

denied, as provided in 10 CFR 

2.309(c)(1), unless good cause for failure 

to file on time is established. In 

addition, an untimely request or 

petition should address the factors that 

the Commission will also consider, in 

reviewing untimely requests or 

petitions, set forth in 10 CFR 

2.309(c)(1)(I)–(viii) 

Requests for a hearing and petitions 

for leave to intervene should be served 

upon Mr. Donald J. Silverman, Morgan 

Lewis & Bockius, LLP, 1111 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004 (tel: 202–739–

5502; e-mail: 

dsilverman@morganlewis.com; fax: 202–

739–3001); the General Counsel, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001 (e-mail 

address for filings regarding license 

transfer cases only: OGCLT@NRC.gov); 

and the Secretary of the Commission, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, in 

accordance with 10 CFR 2.302 and 

2.305. 

The Commission will issue a notice or 

order granting or denying a hearing 

request or intervention petition, 

designating the issues for any hearing 

that will be held and designating the 

Presiding Officer. A notice granting a 

hearing will be published in the Federal 


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