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that inspect and monitor infrastructure 

using sensors. 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

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Advisory Committee for Geosciences; 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Advisory Committee for 

Geosciences (1755). 

Dates: April 15, 2009, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. and 

April 16, 2009, 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m. 

Place: Stafford I, Room 1235, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., 

Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Melissa Lane, National 

Science Foundation, Suite 705, 4201 Wilson 

Blvd., Arlington, Virginia 22230. Phone 703– 

292–8500. 

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact 

person listed above. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice, 

recommendations, and oversight concerning 

support for research, education, and human 

resources development in the geosciences. 

Agenda: 

April 15, 2009 

Directorate activities and plans. 

SODV Briefing. 

Division Subcommittee Meetings. 

Education & Diversity Subcommittee 

Meeting. 

April 16, 2009 

Subcommittee Reports. 

Meeting with the Director. 

Action Items/Planning for Fall Meeting. 

Dated: March 10, 2009. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Astronomy and Astrophysics 

Advisory Committee (#13883). 

Date and Time: April 30, 2009. 11 a.m.–4 

p.m. EDT. 

Place: Teleconference; National Science 

Foundation, Room 273, Stafford I Building, 

4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Craig B. Foltz, Acting 

Division Director, Division of Astronomical 

Sciences, Suite 1045, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, 

VA 22230. Telephone: 703–292–4908. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations to the National Science 

Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration (NASA) and the 

Department of Energy (DOE) on issues within 

the field of astronomy and astrophysics that 

are of mutual interest and concern to the 

agencies. 

Agenda: To hear presentations of current 

programming by representatives from NSF, 

NASA, DOE and other agencies relevant to 

astronomy and astrophysics; to discuss 

current and potential areas of cooperation 

between the agencies; to formulate 

recommendations for continued and new 

areas of cooperation and mechanisms for 

achieving them. 

Dated: March 10, 2009. 

Susanne E. Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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Proposal Review Panel for Materials 

Research; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463 as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Site Visit review of the Materials 

Research Science and Engineering Center 

(MRSEC) at the University of Oklahoma and 

University of Arkansas, also Called Center for 

Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructures 

(C–SPIN), by NSF Division of Materials 

Research (DMR) #1203. 

Dates & Times: April 6, 2009; 7:30 a.m.– 

9 p.m., April 7, 2009; 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. 

Place: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 

Arkansas. 

Type of Meeting: Part-open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Z. Charles Ying, 

Program Director, Materials Research Science 

and Engineering Centers Program, Division of 

Materials Research, Room 1065, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Arlington, VA 22230, Telephone (703) 292– 

8428. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations concerning further support 

of the MRSEC at the University of Oklahoma 

and University of Arkansas. 

Agenda 

Monday, April 6, 2009 

7:30 a.m.–9 a.m. Closed—Executive 

Session. 

9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Open—Review of the OU/ 

UA. MRSEC 

4:30 p.m.–6 p.m. Closed—Executive 

Session. 

6 p.m.–9 p.m. Open—Poster Session and 

Dinner. 

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 

8 a.m.–9 a.m. Closed—Executive Session. 

9 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Open—Review of the 

OU/UA MRSEC. 

10:15 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Closed—Executive 

Session, Draft and Review Report. 

Reason for Closing: The work being 

reviewed may include information of a 

proprietary or confidential nature, including 

technical information; financial data, such as 

salaries and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the proposals. 

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

552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act. 

Dated: March 10, 2009. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541) 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications 

Received Under the Antarctic 

Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 

95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permit applications received to 

conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 

45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. This is the required notice 

of permit applications received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by April 13, 2009. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 

Office of Polar Programs, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nadene G. Kennedy at the above 

address or (703) 292–7405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as 

amended by the Antarctic Science, 

Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, 

has developed regulations for the 

establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 


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certain geographic areas a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

The application received follows: 

1. Permit Application No. 2009–025 

Applicant 

Cindy Lee Van Dover, Duke 

University Marine Lab, 135 Marine Lab 

Road, Beaufort, NC 28516. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Take, Introduce Non-Indigenous 

Species into Antarctica, and Import into 

the USA. The applicant plans to collect 

sediment cores and seep invertebrates 

from the Larsen B embayment in order 

to (1) Characterize trophic relations 

between sediment bacteria, clams and 

other macro-invertebrates present in 

newly-discovered cold seeps; (2) 

provide a preliminary assessment of the 

genetic population structure of Larsen B 

cold seep clams; and (3) characterize the 

evolutionary relationship between 

Larsen B cold seep clams and other 

members of the family Vesicomyidae. In 

addition, the applicant will deploy 

North Atlantic Right Whale vertebrae 

bones and pine wood substrate on eight 

moorings scattered through the Larsen B 

embayment. If time permits, 

invertebrates will be collected from the 

whale bone and wood substrates. During 

their second season, additional 

sediment cores will be collected as well 

as invertebrates, and the bone and wood 

moorings will be recovered. 

Location 

Larsen B Embayment, Antarctica. 

Dates 

January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2012. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. 

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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards, Meeting of the ACRS 

Subcommittee on Reliability and 

Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice 

of Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on 

Reliability and Probabilistic Risk 

Assessment (PRA) will hold a meeting 

on March 27, 2009, Room T–2–B3, 

11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

public attendance. 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

shall be as follows: 

Friday, March 27, 2009—1 p.m. until 

the conclusion of business. 

The Subcommittee will review 

example uses of the guidance on 

performance of sensitivity and 

uncertainty analyses described in 

NUREG–1855. The Subcommittee will 

hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff. The Subcommittee will 

gather information, analyze relevant 

issues and facts, and formulate 

proposed positions and actions, as 

appropriate, for deliberation by the full 

Committee. Members of the public 

desiring to provide oral statements and/ 

or written comments should notify the 

Designated Federal Official, Harold 

VanderMolen (Telephone: 301–415– 

6236) 5 days prior to the meeting, if 

possible, so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made. Electronic 

recordings will be permitted only 

during those portions of the meeting 

that are open to the public. Detailed 

procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 6, 2008, (73FR 58268–58269). 

Further information regarding this 

meeting can be obtained by contacting 

the Designated Federal Official between 

8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (ET). Persons 

planning to attend this meeting are 

urged to contact the above named 

individual at least two working days 

prior to the meeting to be advised of any 

potential changes to the agenda. 

Dated: March 6, 2009. 

Cayetano Santos, 

Chief, Reactor Safety Branch A, Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards. 

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[Docket Nos. 50–438 and 50–439; NRC– 

2009–0093] 

In the Matter of Tennessee Valley 

Authority (Bellefonte Nuclear Plant 

Units 1 and 2); Order 

The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission 

(predecessor to the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC or the 

Commission)) issued construction 

permit (CP) Nos. CPPR–122 and CPPR– 

123 to the Tennessee Valley Authority 

(TVA or the applicant) on December 24, 

1974, authorizing construction of the 

Bellefonte Nuclear Plant (Bellefonte or 

BLN) Units 1 and 2, respectively, at the 

applicant’s site in Jackson County, AL, 

on a peninsula at Tennessee River Mile 

392 on the west shore of Guntersville 

Reservoir, about 6 miles east northeast 

of Scottsboro, AL. On March 4, 2003, 

the NRC issued an Order amending CP 

Nos. CPPR–122 and CPPR–123 by 

revising the latest dates for completion 

of construction to October 1, 2011, for 

BLN Unit 1, and October 1, 2014, for 

BLN Unit 2. 

On September 14, 2006, the NRC 

granted TVA its request to withdraw the 

CPs. Until the time of withdrawal, these 

facilities were in a deferred plant status 

as described in the Commission’s Policy 

Statement on Deferred Plants, as 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 14, 1987 (52 FR 38077). 

In a letter dated August 26, 2008, as 

supplemented on September 25, 2008, 

and on November 24, 2008, TVA has 

requested these CPs be reinstated. 

The NRC staff has prepared an 

‘‘Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact,’’ 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on March 3, 2009 (74 FR 9308). 

Under Title 10, Section 51.32, ‘‘Finding 

of No Significant Impact,’’ of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 51.32), 

the Commission has determined that 

reinstating the CPs and placing the 

facility in a terminated plant status will 

not have a significant impact on the 

environment. 

For further details on this action, see 

the TVA application dated August 26, 

2008, as supplemented on September 

25, 2008, and on November 24, 2008, 

and the NRC staff’s letter and safety 

evaluation related to the requested 

reinstatement of the CPs dated March 9, 

2009. Documents may be examined and/ 

or copied for a fee at the NRC’s Public 

Document Room located at One White 

Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 

floor), and they are accessible through 

the Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) 

Electronic Reading Room link at the 

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

Any person adversely affected by this 

Order may request a hearing on this 

Order within 60 days of its issuance, 

and the request for a hearing is limited 

to whether good cause exists for the 

reinstatement of the CPs. The NRC will 

consider extending the time to answer 

or to request a hearing where good cause 

is shown. A request for an extension of 

time must be directed to the Director of 

the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 

(NRR), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, and must include a 

statement of good cause for the 

extension. Requirements for hearing 

requests are found in 10 CFR 2.309, 


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