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telephone at 1–800–397–4209, 301–

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

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 6th day 

of April, 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Charles L. Miller, 

Director, Office of Federal and State Materials 

and Environmental Management Programs. 

[FR Doc. E7–7208 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–255; Renewed License No. 

DPR–20] 

In the Matter of Consumers Energy 

Company Nuclear Management 

Company (Palisades Nuclear Plant); 

Order Approving Transfer of License 

and Conforming Amendment 

I. 

Consumers Energy Company 

(Consumers) and Nuclear Management 

Company, LLC (NMC) are holders of 

Renewed Facility Operating License No. 

DPR–20, which authorizes the 

possession, use, and operation of 

Palisades Nuclear Plant (Palisades). 

Consumers is authorized to possess and 

use, and NMC is authorized to possess, 

use, and operate Palisades. The facility 

is located at the licensee’s site in Van 

Buren County, Michigan. 

II. 

By letter dated August 31, 2006, 

Consumers, NMC, Entergy Nuclear 

Palisades, LLC (ENP), and Entergy 

Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) 

(collectively, ‘‘the applicants’’) 

submitted an application to the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC 

or Commission) requesting approval of 

the direct transfer of Renewed Facility 

Operating License No. DPR–20 from 

Palisades to ENP. The application is in 

connection with the sale of Consumer’s 

ownership interest (100 percent) in 

Palisades to ENP, and the related 

transfer of operating authority for the 

facility from NMC to ENO. 

Supplemental information was 

provided by letters dated December 15, 

2006, and March 1 and April 4, 2007 

(hereinafter, the August 31 application 

and December 15, 2006, and March 1 

and April 4, 2007, supplemental 

information will be referred to 

collectively as the ‘‘application’’). The 

applicants also requested approval of a 

conforming license amendment that 

would replace references to Consumers 

and NMC in the license with references 

to ENP and ENO to reflect the transfer 

of ownership, and would revise 

paragraph 1.B in the license to be 

consistent with paragraph 2 regarding 

the disposition of the Provisional 

Operating License. No physical changes 

to the facilities or operational changes 

were proposed in the application. After 

completion of the proposed transfer, 

ENP and ENO would be the owner and 

operator, respectfully, of the facility. 

Approval of the transfer of the facility 

operating license and conforming 

license amendment is requested by the 

applicants pursuant to Sections 50.80 

and 50.90 of Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR). Notice of 

the request for approval and 

opportunity for a hearing were 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 16, 2006 (71 FR 66805). No 

comments were received. A petition for 

leave to intervene pursuant to 10 CFR 

2.309 was received on December 5, 

2006, from the Van Buren County, 

Covert Township, Covert Public 

Schools, Van Buren County 

Intermediate School District, Van Buren 

County District Library, Lake Michigan 

College, and South Haven Hospitals. A 

second petition for leave to intervene 

pursuant to 10 CFR 2.309 was received 

on December 6, 2006, from Michigan 

Environmental Council and Public 

Interest Research Group. The petitions 

are under consideration by the 

Commission. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license, 

or any right thereunder, shall be 

transferred, directly or indirectly, 

through transfer of control of the 

license, unless the Commission shall 

give its consent in writing. Upon review 

of the information in the application 

and other information before the 

Commission, and relying upon the 

representations and agreements 

contained in the application, the NRC 

staff has determined that ENP is 

qualified to hold the ownership 

interests in the facility previously held 

by Consumers, and ENO is qualified to 

hold the operating authority under the 

license, and that the transfer of 

ownership interests and the operating 

interests in the facility to ENP and ENO, 

respectively, described in the 

application is otherwise consistent with 

applicable provisions of law, 

regulations, and orders issued by the 

Commission, subject to the conditions 

set forth below. The NRC staff has 

further found that the application for 

the proposed license amendment 

complies with the standards and 

requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the 

Commission’s rules and regulations set 

forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; the facility 

will operate in conformity with the 

applications, the provisions of the Act, 

and the rules and regulations of the 

Commission; there is reasonable 

assurance that the activities authorized 

by the proposed license amendment can 

be conducted without endangering the 

health and safety of the public and that 

such activities will be conducted in 

compliance with the Commission’s 

regulations; the issuance of the 

proposed license amendment will not 

be inimical to the common defense and 

security or to the health and safety of 

the public; and the issuance of the 

proposed amendment will be in 

accordance with 10 CFR part 51 of the 

Commission’s regulations and all 

applicable requirements have been 

satisfied. 

The findings set forth above are 

supported by NRC safety evaluations 

dated April 6, 2007. 

III. 

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 

161b, 161i, and 184 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 

Sections 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and 

10 CFR 50.80, it is hereby ordered that 

the transfer of the license, as described 

herein, to ENP and ENO is approved, 

subject to the following condition: 

Prior to completion of the transfer of the 

license, Entergy shall provide the Director of 

the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 

satisfactory documentary evidence that it has 

obtained the appropriate amount of 

insurance required of a licensee under 10 

CFR part 140 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

It is further ordered that, consistent 

with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), the license 

amendment that makes changes, as 

indicated in Enclosure 2 to the cover 

letter forwarding this Order, to conform 

the license to reflect the subject direct 

license transfer is approved. The 

amendment shall be issued and made 

effective at the time the proposed direct 

license transfer is completed. 

It is further ordered that ENP and 

ENO shall inform the Director of the 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in 

writing of the date of closing of the 

transfer of the Consumers and NMC 

interests in Palisades, at least 1 business 

day prior to closing. Should the transfer 

of the license not be completed within 

one year of this Order’s date of issue, 

this Order shall become null and void, 

provided; however, that upon written 

application and for good cause shown, 

such date may be extended by order. 

This Order is effective upon issuance. 

For further details with respect to this 

Order, see the initial application dated 

August 31, 2006, as supplemented by 

letters dated December 15, 2006, and 

March 1 and April 4, 2007, and the nonproprietary safety evaluation dated 

April 6, 2007, which are available for 


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public inspection at the Commission’s 

Public Document Room (PDR), located 

at One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike, Room O–1 F21 (First 

Floor), Rockville, Maryland and 

accessible electronically from the 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (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 

at pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day 

of April 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

J.E. Dyer, 

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E7–7210 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings 

DATE: Week of April 9, 2007. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of April 9, 2007 

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 

10:15 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public 

Meeting). 

a. Final Rule to Update 10 

CFR Part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, 

and Approvals for Nuclear Power 

Plants’’ (RIN AG24). 

b. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, 

LLC, and Entergy Nuclear 

Operations, Inc. (Vermont Yankee 

Nuclear Power Station) Docket No. 

50–271–LR, LBP–06–20, 64 NRC 

131, 175–82 (2006). 

Week of April 16, 2007—Tentative 

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 

12:55 p.m. Affirmation Session (Public 

Meeting). 

a. Final Rulemaking—10 CFR Part 

26—Fitness-for-Duty Programs 

(Tentative). 

b. Final Rulemaking on Limited Work 

Authorizations (Tentative). 

* * * * * 

* The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. To verify the status of meetings 

call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. 

Contact person for more information: 

Michelle Schroll, (301) 415–1662. 

* * * * * 

Additional Information 

By a vote of 5–0 on April 10, 2007, 

the Commission determined pursuant to 

U.S.C. 552b(e) and § 9.107(a) of the 

Commission’s rules that ‘‘Affirmation of 

Final Rule to Update 10 CFR Part 52, 

‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals 

for Nuclear Power Plants (RIN AG24)’’

be held April 11, 2007, and on less than 

one week’s notice to the public. 

By a vote of 4–1 on April 10, 2007, 

the Commission determined pursuant to 

U.S.C. 552b(e) and § 9.107(a) of the 

Commission’s rules that ‘‘Affirmation of 

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC, 

and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. 

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power 

Station) Docket No. 50–271–LR, LBP–

06–20, 64 NRC 131, 175–82 (2006)’’ be 

held on April 11, 2007, and on less than 

one week’s notice to the public. This 

item was previously scheduled for 

affirmation on Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 

at 12:55 p.m. 

* * * * * 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/ 

policy-making/schedule.html. 

* * * * * 

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g. 

braille, large print), please notify the 

NRC’s Disability Program Coordinator, 

Deborah Chan, at 301–415–7041, TDD: 

301–415–2100, or by e-mail at 

DLC@nrc.gov. Determinations on 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

will be made on a case-by-case basis. 

* * * * * 

This notice is distributed by mail to 

several hundred subscribers; if you no 

longer wish to receive it, or would like 

to be added to the distribution, please 

contact the Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969). 

In addition, distribution of this meeting 

notice over the Internet system is 

available. If you are interested in 

receiving this Commission meeting 

schedule electronically, please send an 

electronic message to dkw@nrc.gov. 

Dated: April 10, 2007. 

R. Michelle Schroll, 

Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–1886 Filed 4–12–07; 12:37 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL 

REVIEW BOARD 

Board Meeting 

Board meeting: May 15, 2007—

Arlington, VA; The U.S. Nuclear Waste 

Technical Review Board will meet to 

discuss U.S. Department of Energy 

activities related to the possible 

development of a repository for spent 

nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive 

waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. 

Pursuant to its authority under 

section 5051 of Public Law 100–203, 

Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act 

of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear Waste 

Technical Review Board will meet in 

Arlington, Virginia, on tuesday, May 15, 

2007. The Board was created in the 

Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act 

of 1987 and charged with performing an 

independent review of the technical and 

scientific validity of U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) activities related to 

disposing of, packaging, and 

transporting spent nuclear fuel and 

high-level radioactive waste. 

At the May meeting, the Board will 

discuss several topics, including the use 

of depleted uranium oxide, a drilling 

program carried out by Inyo County in 

California, waste package designs, 

DOE’s saturated zone model, near-field 

chemistry, probabilistic volcanic 

hazards analysis, and Global Nuclear 

Energy Partnership. 

A final meeting agenda will be 

available on the Board’s Web site 

(www.nwtrb.gov) approximately one 

week before the meeting date. The 

agenda also may be obtained by 

telephone request at that time. The 

meeting will be open to the public, and 

opportunities for public comment will 

be provided. 

The meeting will be held at the 

Crowne Plaza Hotel; 1480 Crystal Drive; 

Arlington, Virginia 22202; (tel) 703–

416–1600; (fax) 703–416–1651. 

The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. with 

an overview of the Yucca Mountain 

program. Presentations on the use of 

depleted uranium oxide as a chemical 

barrier, Inyo County’s drilling program, 

and the second-generation waste 

package design will follow. After lunch, 

the Board will be briefed on waste 

streams and disposition options related 

to DOE’s Global Nuclear Energy 

Partnership, Sandia National 

Laboratory’s saturated zone model for 


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