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ACTION: Extension of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: In the January 20, 2012, issue 

of the Federal Register (77 FR No. 13), 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(Corps) published its Notice of 

Availability for the ASAP DEIS for 

public comment. In that notice, the 

Corps stated that written comments 

must be submitted on or before March 

5, 2013. Instructions for submitting 

comments are provided in the January 

20, 2010, Federal Register notice. In 

response to scheduling conflicts for 

public meetings, the Corps has decided 

to extend the public comment period to 

April 4, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Mary Romero, Project Manager, Alaska 

District Regulatory Division, (907) 753– 

2773 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None. 

Dated: March 1, 2012. 

William Keller, 

North Branch Chief, Alaska District 

Regulatory Division, JBER, AK 99506, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5665 Filed 3–7–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES 

SAFETY BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: 77 FR 479 (January 5, 

2012); FR Doc. 2012–44. 

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF

THE MEETING: Session I: 1 p.m.–4 p.m., 

March 22, 2012; Session II: 6 p.m.–9 

p.m., March 22, 2012, Three Rivers 

Convention Center, 7016 West 

Grandridge Boulevard, Kennewick, 

Washington 99352. 

CHANGES IN THE MEETING: The Defense 

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board) 

is expanding the matters to be 

considered in Session I of the hearing 

and meeting. Session I will also include 

testimony from the Department of 

Energy (DOE) and its contractors 

concerning the status of actions related 

to unresolved technical safety issues in 

the design of the Waste Treatment and 

Immobilization Plant (WTP) and 

infrastructure needs at the Tank Farms. 

The Board will also examine the 

relationship between the resolution of 

these unresolved safety issues and 

development of a sound nuclear safety 

strategy. To illustrate these challenges, 

the Board will explore at least two areas 

of technical concern: erosion/corrosion 

and pulse jet mixing. 

Session II of the hearing concerns the 

status of actions related to the DOE’s 

implementation plan for the Board’s 

Recommendation 2011–1, Safety 

Culture at the Waste Treatment and 

Immobilization Plant. Session II 

includes several panels of witnesses, 

including a panel of DOE Headquarters 

senior management personnel who will 

discuss DOE’s plan for corrective 

actions for safety culture concerns and 

management/resolution of safety and 

technical issues across the defense 

nuclear facilities complex. Since this 

panel involves just headquarters 

personnel, the Board has determined 

that it would be more beneficial to 

convene the headquarters panel in 

Washington, DC, at a later date. The 

Board will therefore be reconvening a 

separate supplemental panel session, a 

continuation of hearing Session II, from 

9 a.m.–12 p.m., on Tuesday, May 22, 

2012, at the Board’s Washington, DC, 

Headquarters located at 625 Indiana 

Avenue NW., Suite 300, Washington, 

DC 20004–2001. 

The Board’s instructions for public 

participation for Sessions I and II of the 

March 22, 2012 hearing are described in 

the Federal Register notice (77 FR 479) 

for that hearing. Public participation for 

the reconvened Session II hearing in 

Washington, DC, is also invited. The 

Board is setting aside time at the end of 

the reconvened Session of the hearing 

for presentations and comments from 

the public. Requests to speak may be 

submitted in writing or by telephone. 

The Board asks that commenters 

describe the nature and scope of their 

oral presentations. For the continuation 

of Session II, those who contact the 

Board prior to close of business on May 

18, 2012, will be scheduled to speak. At 

the beginning of continued hearing, the 

Board will post a schedule for speakers 

at the entrance to the hearing room. 

Anyone who wishes to comment or 

provide technical information or data 

may do so in writing, either in lieu of, 

or in addition to, making an oral 

presentation. The Board Members may 

question presenters to the extent 

deemed appropriate. Documents will be 

accepted at the hearing or may be sent 

to the Board’s Washington, DC, office. 

The hearing will be presented live 

through Internet video streaming. A link 

to the presentation will be available on 

the Board’s Web site (www.dnfsb.gov). A 

transcript of the hearing, along with a 

DVD video recording, will be made 

available by the Board for inspection 

and viewing by the public at the Board’s 

Washington, DC, office and at DOE’s 

public reading room at the DOE Federal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585. The Board 

specifically reserves its right to further 

schedule and otherwise regulate the 

course of the meeting and hearing, to 

recess, reconvene, postpone, or adjourn 

the meeting and hearing, conduct 

further reviews, and otherwise exercise 

its power under the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended. 

The Board also stated in the original 

Federal Register notice that the hearing 

record would remain open until April 

23, 2012, for the receipt of additional 

materials. As a result of the 

continuation of Session II, the Board 

now extends the period of time for 

which the full hearing record will 

remain open to June 23, 2012. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Brian Grosner, General Manager, 

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 

625 Indiana Avenue NW., Suite 700, 

Washington, DC 20004–2901, (800) 788– 

4016. This is a toll-free number. 

Dated: March 5, 2012. 

Peter S. Winokur, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5720 Filed 3–6–12; 11:15 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Assessment for a 

Radiological Work and Storage 

Building at the Knolls Atomic Power 

Laboratory Kesselring Site 

AGENCY: Naval Nuclear Propulsion 

Program, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Environmental Assessment. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.); the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations for implementing 

the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508); and the 

Department of Energy (DOE) 

implementing procedures (10 CFR part 

1021); the Naval Nuclear Propulsion 

Program (NNPP) announces the 

availability of a Draft Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for construction and 

operation of a radiological work and 

storage building at the Knolls Atomic 

Power Laboratory (KAPL) Kesselring 

Site in West Milton, New York. A 

modernized facility is needed to 

streamline radioactive material handling 

and storage operations, permit 

demolition of aging facilities, and 

accommodate efficient maintenance of 

existing nuclear reactors. The Draft EA 

may be viewed at the Saratoga Springs 

Public Library in Saratoga Springs, NY, 


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the Schenectady County Public Library 

(Niskayuna Branch) in Niskayuna, NY, 

or online at http://www.NNPP-NEPA.us/ 

environmental_assessments/kesselring_

site/rwsb_ea. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

provide comments regarding the Draft 

EA, on or before April 9, 2012, to ensure 

full consideration during the decision 

making process. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by mail to: David Delwiche, 

Naval Reactors Laboratory Field Office, 

P.O. Box 1069, Schenectady, NY 12301. 

Comments provided by email should 

be submitted to Kesselring

_radbuilding2012@unnpp.gov. 

Comments provided by phone should 

use 518–395–6366. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about this project, 

contact Mr. David Delwiche, as 

described above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NNPP 

is responsible for all aspects of U.S. 

Navy nuclear power and propulsion, 

pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 2406, 2511. These 

responsibilities include design, 

maintenance, and safe operation of 

nuclear propulsion systems throughout 

their operational life cycles. A crucial 

component of this mission is to provide 

prospective Naval nuclear propulsion 

plant operators and officers with 

training and certification in the actual 

hands-on operation of a nuclear 

propulsion plant. Two land-based 

training platforms are located at the 

Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory 

Kesselring Site near West Milton, 

Saratoga County, New York. 

The developed portion of the 

Kesselring Site consists of 

approximately 65 acres of land on an 

approximately 3900-acre reservation. 

Facilities on the site include three 

pressurized water naval nuclear 

propulsion plants, one of which has 

been permanently shut down, defueled, 

and is in the process of being 

dismantled. The site also contains 

administrative offices, machine shops, 

waste storage facilities, oil storage 

facilities, training facilities, chemistry 

laboratories, cooling towers and a boiler 

house. 

The EA evaluates the potential 

environmental impacts of constructing 

and operating a new radiological work 

and storage building at the Knolls 

Atomic Power Laboratory Kesselring 

Site. A modernized radiological work 

and storage building would streamline 

radioactive material handling and 

storage operations, permit demolition of 

aging facilities, and accommodate 

efficient maintenance of existing 

operating nuclear reactors. No spent 

nuclear fuel would be handled or stored 

in any of the alternatives being 

considered. The potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

operations in the new facility or the 

alternatives is consistent with those 

already addressed in a previous 

Environmental Impact Statement 

associated with operations at the 

Kesselring Site, which concluded that 

impacts upon the environment would 

be small. Public comments to this draft 

EA must be received by April 9, 2012, 

to ensure their consideration in the 

preparation of the final EA and 

determination of whether a Finding of 

No Significant Impact or Environmental 

Impact Statement is appropriate. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 2, 

2012. 

Alan R. Denko, 

Deputy Director, Regulatory Affairs, Naval 

Nuclear Propulsion Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5659 Filed 3–7–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Establishment of the 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) 

and Solicitation of Nominations for 

Membership. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 9(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), and in accordance with Title 

41, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 

102–3.65, and following consultation 

with the Committee Management 

Secretariat, General Services 

Administration, and in accordance with 

the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1996 

(NRA), and the Administrative 

Procedure Act, notice is hereby given 

that the ASRAC will be established for 

a two-year period. 

The Committee will provide advice 

and recommendations to the Secretary 

of Energy on matters concerning the 

DOE’s Appliances and Commercial 

Equipment Standards Program’s 

(Program) test procedures and 

rulemaking process. Formation of this 

committee allows the Program to further 

improve the rulemaking process. The 

Committee provides advice and makes 

recommendations on the: 

(1) Development of minimum efficiency 

standards for residential appliances and 

commercial equipment, (2) development 

of product test procedures, 

(3) certification and enforcement of 

standards, (4) labeling for various 

residential products and commercial 

equipment, and (5) specific issues of 

concern to DOE, as requested by the 

Secretary of Energy, the Assistant 

Secretary for Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy (EERE), and the 

Buildings Technologies Program 

Manager. 

Additionally, the establishment of the 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Federal Advisory Committee has been 

determined to be essential to the 

conduct of the Department’s mission 

and to be in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed upon the Department of 

Energy by law and agreement. The 

Committee will operate in accordance 

with the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, and rules and 

regulations issued in implementation of 

that Act, the Negotiated Rulemaking Act 

of 1996 (NRA), and the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA). 

This notice also requests nominations 

for members on the Committee, to 

ensure a wide range of member 

candidates and a balanced committee. 

DATES: The deadline for nominations for 

members must be received on or before 

April 2, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The nominee’s name, 

resume, biography, and any letters of 

support must be submitted in electronic 

format via email to asrac@ee.doe.gov. 

Any requests for further information 

should also be sent via email to 

asrac@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Energy is hereby 

soliciting nominations for members of 

the Committee. The Secretary of Energy 

will appoint approximately 25 

Committee members. Members will be 

selected with a view toward achieving 

a balanced committee of experts in 

fields relevant to energy efficiency, 

appliance and commercial equipment 

standards, to include DOE, as well as 

representatives of industry (including 

manufacturers and trade associations 

representing manufacturers, component 

manufacturers and related suppliers, 

and retailers), utilities, energy 

efficiency/environmental advocacy 

groups and consumers. Committee 

members will serve for a term of three 

years or less and may be reappointed for 

successive terms, with no more than 

two successive terms. Appointments 

may be made in a manner that allows 

the terms of the members serving at any 

time to expire at spaced intervals, so as 


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