Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 214 / Friday, November 4, 2011 / Notices 68511 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Meeting of National Council on the 

Humanities 

AGENCY: The National Endowment for 

the Humanities, National Foundation on 

the Arts and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, as amended) notice is hereby 

given that the National Council on the 

Humanities will meet in Washington, 

DC on November 17–18, 2011. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

advise the Chairman of the National 

Endowment for the Humanities with 

respect to policies, programs, and 

procedures for carrying out his 

functions, and to review applications for 

financial support from and gifts offered 

to the Endowment and to make 

recommendations thereon to the 

Chairman. 

The meeting will be held in the Old 

Post Office Building, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC. A 

portion of the morning and afternoon 

sessions on November 17–18, 2011, will 

not be open to the public pursuant to 

subsections (c)(4),(c)(6) and (c)(9)(B) of 

section 552b of Title 5, United States 

Code because the Council will consider 

information that may disclose: trade 

secrets and commercial or financial 

information obtained from a person and 

privileged or confidential; information 

of a personal nature the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy; and information the premature 

disclosure of which would be likely to 

significantly frustrate implementation of 

proposed agency action. I have made 

this determination under the authority 

granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority dated July 19, 

1993. 

The agenda for the sessions on 

November 17, 2011 will be as follows: 

Committee Meetings 

(Open to the Public) 

Policy Discussion 9–10:30 a.m. 

Challenge Grants Federal/State Partnership— 

Room 507 

Digital Humanities—Room 402 

Education Programs—Room M–07 

Preservation and Access—Room 415 

Public Programs—Room 421 

Research Programs—Room 315 

(Closed to the Public) 

Discussion of specific grant applications and 

programs before the Council 

10:30 a.m. until Adjourned 

Challenge Grants Federal/State Partnership— 

Room 507 

Digital Humanities—Room 402 

Education Programs—Room M–07 

Preservation and Access—Room 415 

Public Programs—Room 421 

Research Programs—Room 315 

The morning session of the meeting 

on November 18, 2011 will convene at 

9 a.m., in the first floor Council Room 

M–09, and will be open to the public, 

as set out below. The agenda for the 

morning session will be as follows: 

A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting 

B. Reports 

1. Introductory Remarks 

2. Presentation by filmmaker Hugo Perez on 

his film Neither Memory nor Magic: 

Poetry of Witness 

3. Staff Report 

4. Congressional Report 

5. Budget Report 

6. Reports on Policy and General Matters 

a. Challenge Grants 

b. Federal/State Partnership 

c. Digital Humanities 

d. Education Programs 

e. Preservation and Access 

f. Public Programs 

g. Research Programs 

The remainder of the proposed 

meeting will be given to the 

consideration of specific applications 

and will be closed to the public for the 

reasons stated above. 

Further information about this 

meeting can be obtained from Lisette 

Voyatzis, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer, National 

Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20506, or by calling (202) 606–8322, 

TDD (202) 606–8282. Advance notice of 

any special needs or accommodations is 

appreciated. 

Lisette Voyatzis, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–28615 Filed 11–3–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–498 and 50–499; NRC– 

2011–0238] 

STP Nuclear Operating Company; 

South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2; 

Exemption 

1.0 Background 

STP Nuclear Operating Company 

(STPNOC, the licensee) is the holder of 

Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–76 

and NPF–80, which authorizes 

operation of the South Texas Project 

(STP), Units 1 and 2. The license 

provides, among other things, that the 

facility is subject to all rules, 

regulations, and orders of the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, 

the Commission) now or hereafter in 

effect. 

The facility consists of a pressurizedwater reactor located in Matagorda 

County in Texas. 

2.0 Request/Action 

Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 12, 

‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ the licensee has, 

by letter dated December 21, 2010 

(Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML103630408), 

requested an exemption from 10 CFR 

50.46, ‘‘Acceptance criteria for 

emergency core cooling systems 

[(ECCS)] for light-water nuclear power 

reactors,’’ and Appendix K to 10 CFR 

part 50, ‘‘ECCS Evaluation Models.’’ The 

regulations in 10 CFR 50.46 contain 

acceptance criteria for the ECCS for 

reactors fueled with zircaloy or 

ZIRLO TM cladding. In addition, 

Appendix K to 10 CFR part 50 requires 

that the Baker-Just equation be used to 

predict the rates of energy release, 

hydrogen concentration, and cladding 

oxidation from the metal/water reaction. 

The Baker-Just equation assumes the use 

of zircaloy or ZIRLO TM, which is a 

material different from Optimized 

ZIRLO TM. The licensee’s requested 

exemption relates solely to the specific 

types of cladding material specified in 

these regulations. As written, the 

regulations presume the use of zircaloy 

or ZIRLO TM fuel rod cladding. Thus, an 

exemption from the requirements of 10 

CFR 50.46 and Appendix K is needed to 

support the use of a different fuel rod 

cladding material. Accordingly, the 

licensee requested an exemption that 

would allow the use of Optimized 

ZIRLO TM fuel rod cladding at STP, 

Units 1 and 2. 

3.0 Discussion 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the 

Commission may, upon application by 

any interested person or upon its own 

initiative, grant exemptions from the 

requirements of 10 CFR part 50 (1) 

When the exemptions are authorized by 

law, will not present an undue risk to 

public health or safety, and are 

consistent with the common defense 

and security; and (2) when special 

circumstances are present. Under 10 

CFR 50.12(a)(2), special circumstances 

include, among other things, when 

application of the specific regulation in 

the particular circumstance would not 

serve, or is not necessary to achieve, the 

underlying purpose of the rule. 

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