Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 218 / Thursday, November 9, 2000 / Notices 67417

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd.,

Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292–

8096.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations in the selection of the NSB

Public Service Award recipient.

Agenda: To review and evaluate

nominations as part of the selection process

for awards.

Reason for Closing: The nominations being

reviewed include information of a personal

nature where disclosure would constitute

unwarranted invasions of personal privacy.

These matters are exempt under 5 U.S.C.

552b(c) and (6) of the Government in the

Sunshine Act.

Dated: November 6, 2000.

Karen J. York,

Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION

SAFETY BOARD

Public Hearing

The National Transportation Safety

Board will convene a public hearing

beginning at 9:30 a.m., local time on

Wednesday, November 15–16, 2000, at

the NTSB Board Room and Conference

Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20024 concerning

Pipeline Safety. For more information,

contact Joseph Kris, NTSB Office of

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety

at (202) 314–6539 or Keith Holloway,

NTSB Office of Public Affairs at (202)

314–6100.

Individuals requesting specific

accommodation should contact Mrs.

Carolyn Dargan at (202) 314–6305 by

Thursday, November 9, 2000.

Dated: November 6, 2000.

Rhonda Underwood,

Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–245]

Northeast Nuclear Energy Company;

Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit

1; Environmental Assessment and

Finding of No Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is considering

issuance of an amendment to Facility

Operating License No. DPR–21 issued to

Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, the

licensee, for the Millstone Nuclear

Power Station, Unit 1 (MP1), a

permanently shutdown nuclear reactor

facility located in Waterford,

Connecticut.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of Proposed Action

The proposed action would revise

certain License Conditions, delete other

License Conditions, and delete some

Confirmatory Orders to reflect the

permanently shutdown and defueled

status of the plant. The proposed action

is in accordance with the licensee’s

application for amendment dated June

6, 2000.

The Need for the Proposed Action

Currently, the MP1 Operating License

(DPR–21) is written to apply to an

operating facility. MP1 is permanently

shutdown and defueled; therefore, the

licensee determined that changes to

certain License Conditions and

Confirmatory Orders were necessary to

reflect the permanently shutdown and

defueled status of the plant.

Environmental Impact of the Proposed

Action

The Commission has completed its

evaluation of the proposed amendment

to the MP1 License and concludes that

issuance of the proposed amendment

will not have an environmental impact.

The proposed changes to the License

Conditions and Orders are consistent

with the regulations and regulatory

guidance for a permanently shutdown

and defueled facility and are considered

editorial and administrative in nature.

The licensee does not propose any

disposal or relocation of nuclear fuel or

any changes to structures, systems,

components, or site boundaries.

The proposed action will not increase

the probability or consequences of

accidents, no changes are being made in

the types of any effluents that may be

released off site, and there is no

significant increase in occupational or

public radiation exposure. Therefore,

there are no significant radiological

environmental impacts associated with

the proposed action.

With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed

action does not involve any historical

sites. It does not affect non-radiological

plant effluents and has no other

environmental impact. Therefore, there

are no significant non-radiological

environmental impacts associated with

the proposed action.

Accordingly, the NRC concludes that

there are no significant environmental

impacts associated with the proposed

action.

Alternative to the Proposed Action

As an alternative to the proposed

action, the staff considered denial of the

proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’

alternative). Denial of the application

would result in no change in current

environmental impacts. The

environmental impacts of the proposed

action and the alternative action are

similar.

Alternative Use of Resources

This action does not involve the use

of any resources not previously

considered in the Final Environmental

Statement for MP1.

Agencies and Persons Contacted

In accordance with its stated policy,

on September 25, 2000, the staff

consulted with the State of Connecticut

official, Mr. Michael Firsick of the

Connecticut Department of

Environmental Protection, regarding the

environmental impact of the proposed

action. The State official had no

comments.

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, the

Commission has determined not to

prepare an environmental impact

statement for the proposed action.

For further details with respect to the

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter

dated June 6, 2000, which may be

examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

located at One White Flint North, 11555

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,

Maryland. Publicly available records are

accessible electronically from the

ADAMS Public Library component on

the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/

NRC/ADAMS/index.html (the

Electronic Reading Room).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day

of October 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John B. Hickman,

Project Manager, Decommissioning Section,

Project Directorate IV & Decommissioning,

Division of Licensing Project Management,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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