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President’s major disaster declaration on 

08/30/2011, Private Non-Profit 

organizations that provide essential 

services of governmental nature may file 

disaster loan applications at the address 

listed above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Dubuque, Jackson. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Non-Profit Organizations With 

Credit Available Elsewhere ..... 3.250 

Non-Profit Organizations Without 

Credit Available Elsewhere ..... 3.000 

For Economic Injury: 

Non-Profit Organizations Without 

Credit Available Elsewhere ..... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 12772B and for 

economic injury is 12773B. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008). 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator, for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22906 Filed 9–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #12774 and #12775] 

North Carolina Disaster # NC–00036 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of North Carolina 

(FEMA–4019–DR), dated 08/31/2011. 

Incident: Hurricane Irene. 

Incident Period: 08/25/2011 and 

continuing. 

Effective Date: 08/31/2011. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 10/31/2011. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 05/31/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

08/31/2011, applications for disaster 

loans may be filed at the address listed 

above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): Beaufort, 

Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, 

Pamlico, Tyrrell 

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury 

Loans Only): North Carolina: 

Currituck, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, 

Onslow, Pitt, Washington. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere ........................ 5.000 

Homeowners Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere ................ 2.500 

Businesses With Credit Available 

Elsewhere ................................ 6.000 

Businesses Without Credit Available Elsewhere ........................ 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations With 

Credit Available Elsewhere ..... 3.250 

Non-Profit Organizations Without 

Credit Available Elsewhere ..... 3.000 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere ................ 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations Without 

Credit Available Elsewhere ..... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 127748 and for 

economic injury is 127750 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008). 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22910 Filed 9–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7326] 

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public 

Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting 

The U.S. Advisory Commission on 

Public Diplomacy will hold a public 

meeting from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on 

September 15, 2011, in the Loy 

Henderson conference room of the State 

Department’s Harry S Truman building 

at 2201 C Street, NW. 

The meeting will include the Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The 

Commission welcomes Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary of State for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs Adam 

Ereli to brief the Commission, and the 

public, on the activities and direction of 

ECA. 

This meeting is open to the public, 

Members and staff of Congress, the State 

Department, Defense Department, the 

media, and other governmental and 

non-governmental organizations. To 

attend or request further information, 

contact the Commission at (202) 203– 

7463 or pdcommission@state.gov by 

5p.m. on September 12, 2011. Please 

arrive for the meeting by 9:45a.m. to 

allow for a prompt meeting start. 

As access to the Department of State 

facilities is controlled, members of the 

public wishing to attend the meeting 

must notify the Commission, not later 

than 5p.m., September 12, 2011, 

providing the information below. If 

notified after this date, the Department’s 

Bureau of Diplomatic Security may not 

be able to complete the necessary 

processing required to attend the 

meeting. A person requesting reasonable 

accommodation should notify the 

Commission by the same date. 

Each member of the public wishing to 

attend the meeting should provide: His/ 

her name, company or organizational 

affiliation; phone number; date of birth; 

and identifying data such as driver’s 

license number, U.S. Government ID, or 

U.S. Military ID, to the Commission. A 

RSVP list will be provided to 

Diplomatic Security. One of the 

following forms of valid photo 

identification will be required for 

admission to the Department of State 

building: U.S. driver’s license, passport, 

U.S. Government ID or other valid photo 

ID. Personal data is requested pursuant 

to Public Law 99–399 (Omnibus 

Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism 

Act of 1986), as amended; Public Law 

107–56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and 

Executive Order 13356. The purpose of 

the collection is to validate the identity 

of individuals who enter Department 

facilities. The data will be entered into 

the Visitor Access Control System 

(VACS–D) database. Please see the 

Privacy Impact Assessment for VACS–D 

at http://www.state.gov/documents/

organization/100305.pdf for additional 

information. 

The United States Advisory 

Commission on Public Diplomacy 

appraises U.S. Government activities 

intended to understand, inform, and 

influence foreign publics. The Advisory 

Commission may conduct studies, 

inquiries, and meetings, as it deems 

necessary. It may assemble and 

disseminate information and issue 

reports and other publications, subject 

to the approval of the Chairperson, in 

consultation with the Executive 

Director. The Advisory Commission 


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may undertake foreign travel in pursuit 

of its studies and coordinate, sponsor, or 

oversee projects, studies, events, or 

other activities that it deems desirable 

and necessary in fulfilling its functions. 

The Commission consists of seven 

members appointed by the President, by 

and with the advice and consent of the 

Senate. The members of the 

Commission shall represent the public 

interest and shall be selected from a 

cross section of educational, 

communications, cultural, scientific, 

technical, public service, labor, 

business, and professional backgrounds. 

Not more than four members shall be 

from any one political party. The 

President designates a member to chair 

the Commission. 

The current members of the 

Commission are: Mr. William Hybl of 

Colorado, Chairman; Ambassador 

Lyndon Olson of Texas, Vice Chairman; 

Ambassador Penne Korth-Peacock of 

Texas; Ms. Lezlee Westine of Virginia; 

and, Mr. Sim Farar of California. Two 

seats on the Commission are currently 

vacant. 

The following individual has been 

nominated to the Commission but 

awaits Senate confirmation as of this 

writing: Anne Wedner of Illinois. 

The Advisory Commission was 

originally established under Section 604 

of the United States Information and 

Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 

U.S.C. 1469) and Section 8 of 

Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 

1977. It was reauthorized pursuant to 

Public Law 111–70 (2009), 22 U.S.C. 

6553, and has been further authorized 

through September 30, 2011. 

This announcement might appear in 

the Federal Register less than 15 days 

prior to the meeting. The Department of 

State finds that there is an exceptional 

circumstance in that, given the pending 

expiration of this advisory committee’s 

authorization and the availability of the 

speakers, the meeting must be held on 

the date scheduled. 

Dated: August 29, 2011. 

Matthew C. Armstrong, 

Executive Director, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22978 Filed 9–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–11–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement, Sequoyah Nuclear 

Plant Units 1 and 2 License Renewal, 

Hamilton County, Tennessee 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority 

(TVA). 

ACTION: Issuance of Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: This notice is provided in 

accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s regulations (40 

CFR Parts 1500 to 1508) and TVA’s 

procedures for implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). TVA prepared the Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 

Units 1 and 2 License Renewal 

(hereafter referred to as Sequoyah 

License Renewal Final SEIS) to update 

existing environmental information and 

analyses for the continued operation of 

the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN) in 

Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee. A notice of 

availability (NOA) of the Sequoyah 

License Renewal Final SEIS was 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 1, 2011. On August 18, 2011, the 

TVA Board of Directors (TVA Board) 

decided to proceed with an application 

to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) to extend the 

operation of SQN Units 1 and 2, 

implementing the preferred alternative 

(Alternative 1—SQN Units 1 and 2 

License Renewal—Action Alternative) 

identified in the Final SEIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy B. Henry, NEPA Specialist, 

Environmental Permits and Compliance, 

Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West 

Summit Hill Drive, WT 11D, Knoxville, 

Tennessee 37902–1499; telephone (865) 

632–4045 or e-mail abhenry@tva.gov. 

Gary M. Adkins, Sequoyah License 

Renewal Project Manager, Nuclear 

Generation Development and 

Construction, Tennessee Valley 

Authority, 1101 Market Street, LP 5A, 

Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402; 

telephone (423) 751–4363 or e-mail 

gmadkins@tva.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TVA’s 

Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), issued in 

2011, forecasts increasing peak load and 

net system electrical power 

requirements through 2029. TVA has an 

obligation to meet this need while 

maintaining low-cost, reliable power for 

consumers in its power service area. In 

the IRP, TVA assumed for analytical 

purposes that its existing nuclear plants, 

including SQN, would continue to 

operate throughout the IRP planning 

period. Furthermore, the IRP establishes 

targets for idling coal-fired generation 

capacity and increasing the proportion 

of energy TVA generates using nuclear 

and renewable sources. The Sequoyah 

License Renewal Final EIS incorporated 

information and analyses from the IRP 

process. Continued operation of SQN 

Units 1 and 2 will help meet the 

identified need for power, maximize use 

of existing assets, and support TVA’s 

efforts to reduce the carbon emissions 

from its generating system. 

SQN is located along the 

Chickamauga Reservoir, approximately 

18 miles northeast of Chattanooga, in 

Hamilton County, Tennessee. SQN 

Units 1 and 2 are pressurized light water 

reactors, each with a capacity of 

approximately 1,200 megawatts of 

electricity. SQN Units 1 and 2 received 

commercial operating licenses in 1980 

and June 1981, respectively. The current 

operating licenses for SQN Units 1 and 

2 expire in 2020 and 2021 respectively. 

The Sequoyah License Renewal Final 

SEIS supplements and updates the 

original TVA Final Environmental 

Statement, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 

Units 1 and 2, issued in February 1974. 

TVA has decided to submit an 

application to the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) to renew 

the operating licenses for SQN Units 1 

and 2. The NRC can grant renewals to 

extend nuclear plant operating licenses 

for an additional 20 years. To date, the 

NRC has granted license renewals for 

over 70 of the nation’s 104 operating 

reactors in the United States, including 

the three units at TVA’s Browns Ferry 

Nuclear Plant. 

The license renewal process requires 

both a technical review of safety issues 

and an environmental review. The 

technical review must demonstrate that 

the structures, systems, and components 

will be adequately managed to ensure 

safety during the plant’s extended 

operation and subsequent 

decommissioning. In addition to TVA’s 

SEIS, the NRC will perform its own 

environmental review to examine the 

impacts of issuing renewed licenses for 

SQN Units 1 and 2. The Sequoyah 

License Renewal Final SEIS 

incorporated information from the 

NRC’s Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement for License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants (1996). 

Renewal of the current operating 

licenses would allow SQN to continue 

supplying safe, clean, reliable, and costeffective base load power between 2020 

and 2041. The license renewal program 

would not require major new 

construction, alterations, or 

refurbishment to SQN, nor would it 

require changes to operational limits or 

permit requirements to comply with 

current regulations. Other than the 

continued normal operations, refueling, 

and maintenance for an additional 20 

years, no significant changes would be 

needed to continue current operation of 

SQN Units 1 and 2. Upon expiration of 

operating licenses, SQN would be 

decommissioned in accordance with 

NRC regulations. 


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