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Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice concerning the NSF programs in 

international science and engineering. 

Agenda: Discussion of current 

programs, initiatives and future budget 

cycle. 

Dated: April 10, 2007. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–133] 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

Related to Issuance of License 

Amendment for the Humboldt Bay 

Power Plant Unit 3 License DPR–007, 

Humboldt, CA 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Hickman, Division of Waste 

Management and Environmental 

Protection, Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop: 

T7E18, Washington, DC 20555–00001. 

Telephone: (301) 415–3017; e-mail: 

jbh@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering a 

request, dated December 20, 2006, by 

the Pacific Gas and Electric Company 

(PGE or the Licensee), to approve an 

amendment to Facility Operating 

License No. DPR–7 that would revise 

License Condition 2.B.3 to allow the 

receipt, possession, and use of 

byproduct, source, or special nuclear 

material without restriction to amount 

or atomic number, for sample analysis 

or instrument calibration or associated 

with radioactive apparatus or 

components. 

II. Environmental Assessment 

Background 

Humboldt Bay Power Plant (HBPP) 

was permanently shut down in July 

1976, and until recently was in safe 

storage condition (SAFSTOR). 

SAFSTOR is the decommissioning 

method in which a nuclear facility is 

placed and maintained in a condition 

that allows the safe storage of 

radioactive components of the nuclear 

plant and subsequent decontamination 

to levels that permit license termination. 

A Decommissioning Plan (DP) was 

approved in July 1988. Subsequent to 

the 1996 License Termination rule, the 

licensee converted its DP into its 

Defueled Safety Analysis Report which 

is updated every two years. A Post 

Shutdown Decommissioning Activities 

Report was issued by the licensee in 

February 1998. The licensee is now 

engaged in some incremental 

decommissioning activities. In 

December 2003, PG&E formally 

submitted a license application to the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) for approval of a dry-cask 

Independent Spent Fuel Storage 

Installation (ISFSI) at the Humboldt Bay 

site. A license and safety evaluation 

report for the Humboldt Bay ISFSI were 

issued on November 17, 2005. PG&E 

plans to begin active decommissioning 

of the facility in 2007. 

This Environmental Assessment (EA) 

has been developed in accordance with 

the requirements of 10 CFR Part 51.21. 

Proposed Action 

The change proposed by this 

amendment will replace the current 

license condition 2.B.3 which 

addresses the receipt, possession, and 

use of byproduct materials with one 

which allows the receipt, possession, 

and use of byproduct, source, or special 

nuclear material without restriction to 

chemical or physical form or atomic 

number, for sample analysis or 

instrument calibration or associated 

with radioactive apparatus or 

components. The proposed action is 

contained in the licensee’s application 

dated December 20, 2006. 

Need for Proposed Action 

The current license condition was 

included in the license that was issued 

by the NRC when HBPP entered the 

possess-but-not-operate SAFSTOR 

phase. The license, including License 

Condition 2.B.3(c), was proposed by 

PG&E on July 30, 1984, and approved 

and issued by the NRC on July 16, 1985, 

as Amendment No. 19 to the facility 

license. License Condition 2.B.3(c) was 

established based on the byproduct 

materials onsite at the time and not 

based on any safety issue. The licensee 

has now begun preparations for transfer 

of the spent fuel from the spent fuel 

pool to an onsite Independent Spent 

Fuel Storage Installation and for active 

decommissioning. Offsite equipment 

will need to be received to perform 

these activities. However, review of 

potential equipment has revealed that 

some would be unsuitable due to 

radiological composition which 

contains atomic numbers not allowed by 

the current license condition. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its evaluation 

of the proposed amendments to the 

License and concludes the changes 

provide a minor revision of the existing 

provision for the receipt, possession, 

and use of special nuclear, source, and 

byproduct materials. The revised license 

condition is similar to the license 

condition currently in place for multiple 

decommissioning and operating nuclear 

power facilities. The NRC evaluated the 

safety impacts of the proposed changes 

and determined that the changes 

proposed by this license amendment 

request will provide reasonable 

assurance that the applicable radiation 

protection requirements of 10 CFR parts 

20, 30, 40, and 70 will be met. 

The NRC has evaluated the change 

and determined that the revised license 

condition will not significantly change 

the types or quantities of special 

nuclear, source, and byproduct 

materials the license may receive, 

possess, or use and would therefore 

have no significant impacts to the 

environment. 

Due to the limited nature of the 

amendment which will not significantly 

change the licensed activities on site, 

the proposed action does not have a 

potential to affect any historic sites, 

would not increase the probability or 

consequences of accidents, would not 

change the types of effluents that may 

be released offsite, and would not 

increase occupation or public radiation 

exposure. 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

The alternative to the proposed action 

would be to deny the request. Denial of 

this amendment request would have the 

same environmental impact as the 

proposed action. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

This EA was prepared by John B. 

Hickman, Project Manager, 

Decommissioning Directorate, Division 

of Waste Management and 

Environmental Protection (DWMEP). 

NRC staff determined that the proposed 

action is not a major decommissioning 

activity and will not affect listed or 

proposed endangered species, nor 

critical habitat. Therefore, no further 

consultation is required under Section 7 

of the Endangered Species Act. 

Likewise, NRC staff determined that the 

proposed action is not the type of 

activity that has the potential to cause 


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previously unconsidered effects on 

historic properties, as consultation for 

site decommissioning has been 

conducted previously. There are no 

additional impacts to historic properties 

associated with the disposal method 

and location for demolition debris. 

Therefore, no consultation is required 

under Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act. The NRC 

discussed the proposed action with the 

State of California Radiologic Health 

Branch. The state official had no 

comments. 

III. Finding of No Significant Impact 

On the basis of the environmental 

assessment, the NRC concludes that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment. Accordingly, 

preparation of an environmental impact 

statement for the proposed action is not 

warranted. 

IV. Further Information 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter 

dated December 20, 2006. (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML063560061) The NRC 

Public Documents Room is located at 

NRC Headquarters in Rockville, MD, 

and can be contacted at (800) 397–4209. 

Documents may be examined, and/or 

copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR), located at One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike 

(first floor), Rockville, Maryland. 

Publicly available records will be 

accessible electronically from the 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System’s (ADAMS) Public 

Library component on the NRC Web 

site, http://www.nrc.gov (the Public 

Electronic Reading Room). 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, or 301–

415–4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day 

of April, 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Keith I. McConnell, 

Deputy Director, Decommissioning and 

Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate, 

Division of Waste Management and 

Environmental Protection, Office of Federal 

and State Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs. 

[FR Doc. E7–7074 Filed 4–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Proposed Submission of Information 

Collection for OMB Review; Comment 

Request; Procedures for Implementing 

Multiemployer Plan Elections 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of intention to request 

OMB approval. 

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC) intends to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve, under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, a collection 

of information under its procedures on 

multiemployer plan elections. This 

notice informs the public of the PBGC’s 

intent and solicits public comment on 

the collection of information. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

by June 12, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the Web 

site instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: 

paperwork.comments@pbgc.gov. 

• Fax: 202–326–4224. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Legislative 

and Regulatory Department, Pension 

Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005–

4026. Comments received will be posted 

to http://www.pbgc.gov. 

Copies of the collection of 

information may be obtained without 

charge by writing to the Disclosure 

Division of the Office of the General 

Counsel of PBGC at the above address 

or by visiting the Disclosure Division or 

calling 202–326–4040 during normal 

business hours. (TTY and TDD users 

may call the Federal relay service tollfree at 1–800–877–8339 and ask to be 

connected to 202–326–4040.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Constance Markakis, Attorney, 

Legislative and Regulatory Department, 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 

1200 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005–4026, 202–326–4000, ext. 6779. 

(For TTY and TDD, call 800–877–8339 

and request connection to 202–326–

4000, ext. 6779.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1106 of the Pension Plan Protection Act 

of 2006 (‘‘PPA 2006’’) amends the 

definition of a ‘‘multiemployer plan’’ in 

Title I of ERISA and the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain 

plans to elect to be multiemployer plans 

pursuant to procedures prescribed by 

PBGC. A plan is eligible for the election 

if it is (i) a plan revoking a previous 

election to remain a single-employer 

plan under section 3(37)(E) of ERISA, or 

(ii) a plan with respect to which 

substantially all employer contributions 

were made by tax-exempt employers. In 

either case, for the three plan years 

preceding the enactment of PPA 2006, 

the plan must have been a plan to which 

more than one employer was required to 

contribute that was maintained 

pursuant to one or more collective 

bargaining agreements. PPA 2006 also 

imposes other requirements for an 

election, and provides certain 

exemptions from the requirements. All 

elections must be made by August 17, 

2007. 

PBGC’s proposed procedures for 

implementing the multiemployer plan 

election requires a plan to submit 

specified information to PBGC to 

demonstrate that it meets the statutory 

eligibility requirements. The 

information collection includes names 

of contributing employers, copies of 

collective bargaining agreements that 

require contributions to the plan, 

numbers of participants and 

contributions to the plan under those 

collective bargaining agreements and 

the plan as a whole, information on 

common control among contributing 

employers to the plan, copies of the 

plan and trust documents, and evidence 

of the tax-exempt status of contributing 

employers and the percentage of total 

plan contributions attributable to these 

employers. For the limited purposes of 

the election under section 1106 of PPA 

2006, the procedures provide a safe 

harbor provision for meeting the 

multiemployer criterion that a plan be 

‘‘maintained pursuant to collective 

bargaining agreements.’’

The PBGC intends to request that 

OMB approve this collection of 

information for three years. (Although 

plans must make an election by August 

17, 2007, PBGC may request additional 

information, after that date, that is 

needed to review the election.) An 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

a person is not required to respond to, 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

The PBGC estimates that from 20 to 

50 plans will respond to this collection 

of information. The PBGC further 

estimates that the average burden of this 

collection of information is 5 hours and 

$1,875 per plan, with an average total 

burden of 175 hours and $65,625. 

The PBGC is soliciting public 

comments to—


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