Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 13 / Monday, January 22, 2007 / Notices 2715 

the National Science Foundation was 

originally scheduled for Thursday, 

February 1, 2007. This agenda item will 

now occur on Friday, February 2, 2007. 

Dates/Time: February 1, 2007, 8:30 a.m.–

5:30 p.m. and February 2, 2007, 8:30 a.m.–

2 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Room 1235 S, Arlington, 

VA 22230. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Margaret E.M. Tolbert, 

Senior Advisor and Executive Liaison, 

CEOSE, Office of Integrative Activities, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230 Telephone: 

(703) 292–8040, mtolbert@nsf.gov. 

Minutes: May be obtained from the 

Executive Liaison at the above address. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations concerning broadening 

participation in science and engineering. 

Agenda: 

Thursday, February 1, 2007 

Welcome and Introduction of the New 

CEOSE Chair by the Outgoing CEOSE Chair, 

Opening Statement by the New CEOSE Chair. 

Introductions 

Presentations and Discussions: 

• Broadening Participation Initiatives, 

Issues, and Achievements of a Major Office 

and a Directorate of the National Science 

Foundation 

• Diversity Initiatives of the Chemistry 

Division of the National Science Foundation 

• Report on NSF Funding to Minority 

Serving Institutions 

• Ad Hoc Subcommittee Reports on 

Communications, Preparation of the CEOSE 

Biennial Report to Congress, Institutional 

Transformation, and Widening Creative 

Pathways 

Public Comment Session (Sign up 

required). 

Friday, February 2, 2007 

Opening Statement by the New CEOSE 

Chair. 

Presentation/Discussions: 

• Discussion with the Director of the 

National Science Foundation 

• Reports of CEOSE Liaisons to National 

Science Foundation Advisory Committees 

• Briefing on AAAS Session, Lessons 

Learned: Broadening Federal Participation 

Efforts’’, Scheduled for February 17, 2007 

• Deliberations on Key Areas of Focus in 

the Future, Recommendations, and Action 

Items 

Completion of Unfinished Business. 

Dated: January 17, 2007. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–222 Filed 1–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket No. 50–219] 

Amergen Energy Company, LLC 

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating 

Station; Notice of Availability of the 

Final Supplement 28 to the Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 

Regarding the License Renewal of 

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating 

Station 

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, 

Commission) has published a final 

plant-specific supplement to the 

‘‘Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants (GEIS),’’ NUREG–1437, 

regarding the renewal of operating 

license DPR–16 for an additional 20 

years of operation for the Oyster Creek 

Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS). 

OCNGS is located along the western 

shore of Barnegat Bay between the 

South Branch of Forked River and 

Oyster Creek, in Ocean County, New 

Jersey. Possible alternatives to the 

proposed action (license renewal) 

include no action and reasonable 

alternative energy sources. 

As discussed in Section 9.3 of the 

final Supplement 28, based on: (1) The 

analysis and findings in the GEIS; (2) 

the Environmental Report submitted by 

AmerGen Energy Company, LLC; (3) 

consultation with Federal, State, and 

local agencies; (4) the staff’s own 

independent review; and (5) the staff’s 

consideration of public comments, the 

recommendation of the staff is that the 

Commission determine that the adverse 

environmental impacts of license 

renewal for OCNGS are not so great that 

preserving the option of license renewal 

for energy-planning decision makers 

would be unreasonable. 

The final Supplement 28 to the GEIS 

is publicly available at the NRC Public 

Document Room (PDR), located at One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, or 

from the NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS). The ADAMS Public 

Electronic Reading Room is accessible at 

http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/ 

dologin.htm. The Accession Numbers 

for the final Supplement 28 to the GEIS 

are ML070100234 (Volume 1) and 

ML070100258 (Volume 2). Persons who 

do not have access to ADAMS, or who 

encounter problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, should 

contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff by 

telephone at 1–800–397–4209, or 301–

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

In addition, the Lacey Public Library, 

located at 10 East Lacey Road, Forked 

River, New Jersey 08731, has agreed to 

make the final Supplement 28 to the 

GEIS available for public inspection. 

For Further Information Contact: Dr. 

Michael Masnik, Environmental Branch 

B, Division of License Renewal, Office 

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail 

Stop O–11F1, Washington, DC 20555–

0001. Dr. Masnik may be contacted at 1–

800–368–5642, extension 1191 or via email at mtm2@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day 

of January, 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Rani Franovich, 

Branch Chief, Environmental Branch B, 

Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation. 

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[Docket Nos. 03000883 and 03008709] 

Notice of Availability of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment to Byproduct Materials 

License Nos. 29–05218–28 and 29–

15188–01, for Amendment of the 

Licenses and Unrestricted Release of 

the Rutgers, the State University of 

New Jersey and the University of 

Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 

Environmental Services Building 

Annex in Piscataway, NJ 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Issuance of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Hammann, Health Physicist, 

Commercial and R&D Branch, Division 

of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 

475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, 

Pennsylvania; telephone (610) 337–

5399; fax number (610) 337–5269; or by 

e-mail: sth2@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering the 

issuance of license amendments to 

Byproduct Materials License Nos. 29–

05218–28 and 29–15188–01. These 

licenses are held by Rutgers, The State 

University of New Jersey and the 

University of Medicine and Dentistry of 


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New Jersey (the Licensees), for the 

Environmental Services Building Annex 

(the Facility), located at 126 Davidson 

Road in Piscataway, New Jersey. 

Issuance of the amendments would 

authorize release of the Facility for 

unrestricted use. The Licensees 

requested this action in a letter dated 

November 2, 2006. The NRC has 

prepared an Environmental Assessment 

(EA) in support of this proposed action 

in accordance with the requirements of 

Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), Part 51 (10 CFR Part 51). Based 

on the EA, the NRC has concluded that 

a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) is appropriate with respect to 

the proposed action. The amendments 

will be issued to the Licensees following 

the publication of this FONSI and EA in 

the Federal Register. 

II. Environmental Assessment 

Identification of Proposed Action 

The proposed action would approve 

the Licensees’ November 2, 2006, 

license amendment requests, resulting 

in release of the Facility for unrestricted 

use. Utilization of licensed material at 

the Facility started on March 13, 1962, 

with the use of an irradiator for research 

and development. The irradiator ceased 

operations in the mid 1970s. From the 

mid 1970s through August 2005, the 

Facility served as a processing, 

packaging, and storage area for 

radioactive wastes for the Licensees. 

The Facility is situated on 

approximately one acre of land and has 

three attached buildings with a total 

area of 2,461 square feet. The Facility is 

located on the Bush Campus of Rutgers 

University. 

In August 2005, the Licensees ceased 

licensed activities at the Facility and on 

September 22, 2006, initiated a final 

status survey of the Facility. Based on 

the Licensees’ historical knowledge of 

the site and the conditions of the 

Facility, the Licensees determined that 

only routine decontamination activities, 

in accordance with their NRC-approved 

operating radiation safety procedures, 

were required. The Licensees were not 

required to submit a decommissioning 

plan to the NRC because worker cleanup 

activities and procedures were 

consistent with those approved for 

routine operations. The Licensees 

conducted surveys of the Facility and 

provided information to the NRC to 

demonstrate that it meets the criteria in 

Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20 for 

unrestricted release. 

Need for the Proposed Action 

The Licensees have ceased 

conducting licensed activities at the 

Facility and seek the unrestricted use of 

the Facility. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The historical review of licensed 

activities conducted at the Facility 

shows that the radionuclides of concern 

with half-lives greater than 120 days are 

hydrogen-3, carbon-14, and cesium-137. 

Prior to performing the final status 

survey, the Licensees conducted 

decontamination activities, as 

necessary, in the areas of the Facility 

affected by these radionuclides. 

The Licensees conducted a final 

status survey on September 22, 2006. 

The final status survey report was 

submitted to the NRC with the 

Licensees’ amendment request dated 

November 2, 2006. The Licensees 

elected to demonstrate compliance with 

the radiological criteria for unrestricted 

release as specified in 10 CFR 20.1402 

by using the screening approach 

described in NUREG–1757, 

‘‘Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning 

Guidance,’’ Volume 2. The Licensees 

used the radionuclide-specific derived 

concentration guideline levels (DCGLs), 

developed there by the NRC, which 

comply with the dose criterion in 10 

CFR 20.1402. These DCGLs define the 

maximum amount of residual 

radioactivity on building surfaces, 

equipment, and materials, and in soils, 

that will satisfy the NRC requirements 

in subpart E of 10 CFR part 20 for 

unrestricted release. The Licensees’

final status survey results were below 

these DCGLs and are in compliance 

with the As Low As Reasonably 

Achievable (ALARA) requirement of 10 

CFR 20.1402. The NRC thus finds that 

the Licensees’ final status survey results 

are acceptable. 

Based on its review, the staff has 

determined that the affected 

environment and any environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action are bounded by the impacts 

evaluated by the ‘‘Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement in 

Support of Rulemaking on Radiological 

Criteria for License Termination of NRCLicensed Nuclear Facilities’’ (NUREG–

1496) Volumes 1–3 (ML042310492, 

ML042320379, and ML042330385). The 

staff finds there were no significant 

environmental impacts from the use of 

radioactive material at the Facility. The 

NRC staff reviewed the docket file 

records and the final status survey 

report to identify any non-radiological 

hazards that may have impacted the 

environment surrounding the Facility. 

No such hazards or impacts to the 

environment were identified. The NRC 

has identified no other radiological or 

non-radiological activities in the area 

that could result in cumulative 

environmental impacts. 

The NRC staff finds that the proposed 

release of the Facility for unrestricted 

use and the termination of the NRC 

materials license is in compliance with 

10 CFR 20.1402. Based on its review, 

the staff considered the impact of the 

residual radioactivity at the Facility and 

concluded that the proposed action will 

not have a significant effect on the 

quality of the human environment. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

Due to the largely administrative 

nature of the proposed action, its 

environmental impacts are small. 

Therefore, the only alternative the staff 

considered is the no-action alternative, 

under which the staff would leave 

things as they are by simply denying the 

amendment request. This no-action 

alternative is not feasible because it 

conflicts with 10 CFR 30.36(d), 

requiring that decommissioning of 

byproduct material facilities be 

completed and approved by the NRC 

after licensed activities cease. The 

NRC’s analysis of the Licensees’ final 

status survey data confirmed that the 

Facility meets the requirements of 10 

CFR 20.1402 for unrestricted release. 

Additionally, denying the amendment 

request would result in no change in 

current environmental impacts. The 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action and the no-action alternative are 

therefore similar, and the no-action 

alternative is accordingly not further 

considered. 

Conclusion 

The NRC staff has concluded that the 

proposed action is consistent with the 

NRC’s unrestricted release criteria 

specified in 10 CFR 20.1402. Because 

the proposed action will not 

significantly impact the quality of the 

human environment, the NRC staff 

concludes that the proposed action is 

the preferred alternative. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

NRC provided a draft of this 

Environmental Assessment to the State 

of New Jersey Department of 

Environmental Protection for review on 

December 4, 2006. On December 14, 

2006, the State of New Jersey 

Department of Environmental Protection 

responded by letter. The State agreed 

with the conclusions of the EA, and 

otherwise had no comments. 

The NRC staff has determined that the 

proposed action is of a procedural 

nature, and will not affect listed species 

or critical habitat. Therefore, no further 


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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 In Amendment No. 1 the Exchange provided 

additional information relating to the dissemination 

of the index value and the estimates of the value 

of the fund shares. 

consultation is required under Section 7 

of the Endangered Species Act. The 

NRC staff has also determined that the 

proposed action is not the type of 

activity that has the potential to cause 

effects on historic properties. Therefore, 

no further consultation is required 

under Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act. 

III. Finding of No Significant Impact 

The NRC staff has prepared this EA in 

support of the proposed action. On the 

basis of this EA, the NRC finds that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts from the proposed action, and 

that preparation of an environmental 

impact statement is not warranted. 

Accordingly, the NRC has determined 

that a Finding of No Significant Impact 

is appropriate. 

IV. Further Information 

Documents related to this action, 

including the application for license 

amendment and supporting 

documentation, are available 

electronically at the NRC’s Electronic 

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

reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, 

you can access the NRC’s Agencywide 

Document Access and Management 

System (ADAMS), which provides text 

and image files of NRC’s public 

documents. The documents related to 

this action are listed below, along with 

their ADAMS accession numbers. 

1. NUREG–1757, ‘‘Consolidated 

NMSS Decommissioning Guidance;’’

2. Title 10 Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 20, Subpart E, 

‘‘Radiological Criteria for License 

Termination;’’

3. Title 10, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 51, ‘‘Environmental 

Protection Regulations for Domestic 

Licensing and Related Regulatory 

Functions;’’

4. NUREG–1496, ‘‘Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement in 

Support of Rulemaking on Radiological 

Criteria for License Termination of NRCLicensed Nuclear Facilities;’’

5. Notification Letter dated September 

6, 2006 (ML062850444); 

6. Amendment Request Letter with 

Final Status Report (ML063210371). 

If you do not have access to ADAMS, 

or if there are problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, contact 

the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 

Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–

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

These documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s PDR, O 1 F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. 

Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 

12th day of January, 2007. 

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

James P. Dwyer, 

Chief, Commercial and R&D Branch, Division 

of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I. 

[FR Doc. E7–793 Filed 1–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Generalized System of Preferences 

(GSP): Accession of Bulgaria and 

Romania to the European Union (EU) 

and Loss of GSP Eligibility 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As a result of becoming EU 

Member States on January 1, 2007, 

Bulgaria and Romania are no longer 

designated as beneficiary developing 

countries under the U.S. GSP program, 

effective as of that date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GSP 

Subcommittee, Office of the United 

States Trade Representative, USTR 

Annex, 1724 F Street, NW., Room F220, 

Washington, DC 20508. The telephone 

number is 202–395–6971. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP 

program is authorized pursuant to title 

V of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended 

(‘‘the Trade Act’’) (19 U.S.C. 2461 et 

seq.). The GSP program grants duty-free 

treatment to designated eligible articles 

that are imported from designated 

beneficiary developing countries. 

Countries that may not be designated as 

beneficiary countries for purposes of the 

GSP include, among others, EU Member 

States (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)). In 

Proclamation 8098 (December 29, 2006), 

the President, pursuant to section 

502(b)(1)(C) of the Trade Act of 1974, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)(1)(C)), 

announced that ‘‘Bulgaria and Romania 

shall no longer be designated as 

beneficiary developing countries for 

GSP upon the date that each country 

becomes a European Union Member 

State. The United States Trade 

Representative shall announce each 

such date in a notice published in the 

Federal Register.’’ The United States 

Trade Representative hereby announces 

that January 1, 2007, was the date on 

which Bulgaria and Romania became 

EU Member States and are no longer 

beneficiary developing countries for 

GSP. 

Susan C. Schwab, 

United States Trade Representative. 

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[Release No. 34–55085; File No. SR–

NYSEArca–2006–37] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Order 

Granting Accelerated Approval of 

Proposed Rule Change as Modified by 

Amendment No. 1 Thereto To Trade 

the StreetTRACKS Dow Jones Global 

Titans Index Fund Pursuant to Unlisted 

Trading Privileges 

January 11, 2007. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on October 

18, 2006, NYSE Arca, Inc. (‘‘NYSE 

Arca’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I and II 

below, which Items have been 

substantially prepared by the Exchange. 

On January 4, 2007, the Exchange 

amended the proposed rule change 

(‘‘Amendment No. 1’’).3 This order 

provides notice of the proposed rule 

change, as modified by Amendment No. 

1, and approves the proposed rule 

change as amended on an accelerated 

basis. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange, through its wholly 

owned subsidiary NYSE Arca Equities, 

Inc. (‘‘NYSE Arca Equities’’) proposes to 

trade shares (‘‘Shares’’) of the 

streetTRACKS Dow Jones Global 

Titans Index Fund (Symbol: DGT) 

(‘‘Fund’’) pursuant to unlisted trading 

privileges (‘‘UTP’’) based on NYSE Arca 

Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3). 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is available on the Exchange’s Web site 

(http://www.nysearca.com), at the 

principal office of the Exchange, and at 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. 


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