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establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

The applications received are as 

follows: 

1. Applicant—Permit Application No. 

2010–001; Ross Virginia, 6182 Steele 

Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 

03755. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Enter Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas, Take, and Import into the USA. 

The applicant plans to enter Cape Bird, 

Ross Island, Cape Crozier (ASPA 124) 

and Cape Royds (ASPA 121) to collect 

soil and moss samples and pointmeasurements of CO2 flux using a 

LICOR gas analyzer. The applicant will 

sample these ornithogenic soils and 

associated microbial and plant life 

(moss and algae) to address the variable 

stoichiometric ratios of the rookeries 

that provide a contrast to the soils of the 

McMurdo Dry Valleys, whose native N 

and P contents are much lower and are 

largely determined by landscape history 

(N deposition, P weathering) and glacial 

till provenance. The variation in native 

soil N and P content may influence the 

ability of soil communities to respond to 

changes in nutrient availability 

associated with environmental change. 

Location 

Cape Bird, Ross Island, Cape Crozier 

(ASPA 124) and Cape Royds (ASPA 

121). 

Dates 

December 10, 2009 to February 2, 

2010. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–9510 Filed 4–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2008–0500] 

Proposed Revisions to the License 

Renewal Interim Staff Guidance 

Process and Regulatory Issue 

Summary 2007–16; Granting of 

Request To Extend the Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Granting of request to extend 

the comment period. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Matthew Homiack, Division of License 

Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone 301–415–1683; or email to Matthew.Homiack@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC published in the Federal 

Register, 74 FR 13272, on March 26, 

2009, a request for public comment on 

proposed revisions to the License 

Renewal Interim Staff Guidance (LR– 

ISG) Process and NRC Regulatory Issue 

Summary (RIS) 2007–16, 

‘‘Implementation of the Requirements of 

10 CFR 54.37(b) for Holders of Renewed 

Licenses.’’ The proposed LR–ISG 

process revision incorporates changes to 

the existing process dated December 12, 

2003, and basic framework for 

developing and implementing LR–ISGs. 

The proposed RIS revision clarifies the 

role of the LR–ISG process for including 

‘‘newly identified’’ systems, structures, 

and components in accordance with 

Section 54.37(b) of Title 10, Part 54, 

‘‘Requirements for Renewal of Operating 

Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 

54.37(b)). After the NRC staff considers 

any public comments, it will make a 

final determination regarding the 

proposed revisions to the LR–ISG 

process and RIS 2007–16. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC staff requested receipt of 

comments on the proposed LR–ISG 

process and RIS revisions by April 27, 

2009. By this action, the NRC staff is 

extending the comment period until 

May 27, 2009. Comments received after 

May 27, 2009, will be considered, if it 

is practical to do so, but the NRC staff 

is able to ensure consideration only for 

comments received on or before this 

date. 

III. Request To Extend the Comment 

Period 

Basis for the Request 

By letter dated April 6, 2009, the 

Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) requested 

the following extension: 

‘‘On March 26, 2009, a Federal 

Register Notice was issued to request 

public comments on draft Revisions to 

the License Renewal Interim Staff 

Guidance Process (LR–ISG) and 

Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2007– 

16. The Federal Register notice 

requested comments on these 

documents by April 27, 2009. We 

believe the industry will have 

substantive comments on these 

documents and feel that it would be 

beneficial to discuss the draft LR–ISG 

and the RIS in our next quarterly license 

renewal meeting (scheduled for April 

28, 2009) before submitting our 

comments. Therefore, we respectfully 

request an extension of the April 27 date 

until May 29 to allow discussion with 

the Staff and time to collect industry 

comments after that discussion.’’ 

Response to Request 

The request for an extension to the 

comment period is approved for 30 

days. 

The NRC staff understands that 

industry stakeholders may have 

substantive comments on the proposed 

document revisions. The NRC staff 

agrees that discussions at a public 

meeting could be beneficial so that NEI 

and other stakeholders can better 

prepare and submit their comments. 

The NRC staff believes that these 

comments could be helpful in finalizing 

the revised LR–ISG process and RIS 

2007–16. Therefore, the staff is 

approving a 30-day extension to the 

original public comment period, with 

the public comment period to end on 

May 27, 2009. The staff plans to discuss 

the two documents with the NEI at a 

public meeting on April 29, 2009, from 

1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at NRC’s headquarters 

in Rockville, MD. The public will be 

provided the opportunity to participate 

in this meeting prior to its closing. 

Interested members of the public may 

participate by teleconference. 

Additional details are available in the 

meeting notice available on the NRC’s 

public Web site at http:// 

adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/idmws/

ViewDocByAccession

.asp?AccessionNumber=ML090830226. 

Members of the public are invited and 

encouraged to submit comments 

electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Search on Docket 

ID: NRC–2008–0500 and follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Comments may also be sent by mail to 

Michael Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and 

Directives Branch, Mail Stop TWB–05– 

B01M, Office of Administration, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

Requests for technical information 

may be directed to the NRC contact, Mr. 

Matthew Homiack, Division of License 

Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, at (301) 415–1683, or e-mail 

to Matthew.Homiack@nrc.gov. 

You can access publicly available 

documents related to the March 26, 

2009, notice using the following 

methods: 

Regulations.gov: Documents related to 

this notice, including public comments, 


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are accessible at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by searching on 

Docket ID: NRC–2008–0500. 

NRC’s Electronic Reading Room: 

Electronic copies of the proposed 

revisions to the LR–ISG process and RIS 

2007–16 are available through the NRC’s 

Electronic Reading Room on the NRC’s 

public Web site. The proposed LR–ISG 

process revision can be found under 

tracking number LR–ISG–2007–01 

under the ‘‘License Renewal’’ heading at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/isg. The proposed revision to 

RIS 2007–16 can be found under the 

‘‘Documents for Comment’’ heading at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/gen-comm. 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): 

The public may examine and have 

copied for a fee, publicly available 

documents at the NRC’s PDR, Public 

File Area O–1F21, One White Flint 

North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS): 

Publicly available documents created or 

received at the NRC after November 1, 

1999, are available electronically at the 

NRC’s Electronic Reading Room on the 

Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. From this site, the 

public can gain entry into ADAMS, 

which provides text and image files of 

NRC’s public documents. The proposed 

revisions to the LR–ISG process and RIS 

are available under ADAMS Accession 

Nos. ML082180346 and ML083500028, 

respectively. If you do not have access 

to the Internet or if there are any 

problems in accessing the documents 

located in ADAMS, contact the NRC 

Public Document Room reference staff 

at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or 

by e-mail at PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day 

of April 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Brian E. Holian, 

Director, Division of License Renewal, Office 

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E9–9504 Filed 4–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Pendency of Request for 

Determination of Substantial Damage 

With Respect to the Cessation of the 

Obligation To Contribute by USF Red 

Star, Inc., to the Freight Drivers and 

Helpers Local Union No. 557 Pension 

Fund 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of Pendency. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises interested 

persons that the Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation (‘‘PBGC’’) has 

received a request from the Freight 

Drivers and Helpers Local Union No. 

557 Pension Fund for a determination of 

substantial damage under section 

4203(d)(4) of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act, as amended 

(‘‘ERISA’’), with respect to the cessation 

of covered operations under the plan by 

USF Red Star, Inc. Section 4203(d) 

provides a special withdrawal rule for 

cessations of the obligation to contribute 

or the cessation of operations involving 

plans and employers in the trucking 

industry. Under that special rule, an 

employer ceasing covered operations is 

considered not to have withdrawn from 

the plan if certain conditions are met. 

One of these conditions is the employer 

must furnish a bond or deposit money 

in escrow with a bank or financial 

institution satisfactory to the plan. After 

the bond/escrow requirement has been 

satisfied, the PBGC may make a 

determination under section 4203(d)(4) 

that the cessation has caused substantial 

damage to the plan’s contribution base, 

in which case the employer will be 

treated as having withdrawn from the 

plan and the bond/escrow will be paid 

to the plan. In making a determination, 

PBGC will consider the cessation of the 

obligation to contribute or cessation of 

covered operations by other employers. 

Thus, a determination in any one case 

may affect other cases involving the 

same plan. The purpose of this notice is 

to advise interested persons of this 

request for such a determination and to 

solicit their views on it. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 15, 2009, to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments 

should be addressed to: Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, Office of the 

Chief Counsel, 1200 K Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005–4026. The 

request for a finding of substantial 

damage and the comments received will 

be available for public inspection at the 

PBGC Communications and Public 

Affairs Department, Suite 1100, at the 

above address, between the hours of 9 

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Field, Attorney, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005–4026; telephone 

202–326–4000, ext. 3987 (202–326–4179 

for TTY and TDD). These are not tollfree numbers. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 4203(a) of ERISA defines a 

complete withdrawal from a 

multiemployer plan as the permanent 

cessation of the obligation to contribute 

under the plan or the permanent 

cessation of all covered operations 

under the plan. 

Section 4203(d) of ERISA, however, 

provides a special withdrawal liability 

rule for plans in the trucking industry. 

That industry, for purposes of this rule, 

is considered to include the long and 

short haul trucking industry, the 

household goods moving industry, and 

the public warehousing industry. The 

rule is limited to trucking plans in 

which substantially all of the 

contributions required are made by 

employers primarily engaged in the 

trucking industry. The rule is also 

limited to trucking employers, i.e., those 

employers that have an obligation to 

contribute under a trucking plan 

primarily for work in the trucking 

industry. 

Under section 4203(d), a trucking 

employer will not be considered to have 

withdrawn from a plan within the 

meaning of a trucking industry plan 

merely because the employer 

permanently ceases to have an 

obligation to contribute under the plan 

or permanently ceases all covered 

operations under the plan, if certain 

conditions are met. One condition is 

that the employer must not continue to 

perform work within the jurisdiction of 

the plan. Another condition is that the 

employer must furnish a bond or 

establish an escrow account in an 

amount equal to 50 percent of its 

withdrawal liability. 

After the bond is posted or the escrow 

is established, the PBGC may, within 60 

months after the cessation of the 

employer’s covered operations or 

obligation to contribute, make a 

determination about whether the 

cessation (considered together with any 

cessations by other employers) 

substantially damaged the plan’s 

contribution base. If the PBGC makes a 

finding under section 4203(d)(4) that the 

contribution base has suffered 

substantial damage, the employer will 

be treated as having withdrawn from the 

plan on the date when the obligation to 

contribute or covered operations ceased. 

In that event, the bond or escrow will 

be paid to the plan, and the employer 

will be liable for the remainder of the 

withdrawal liability. If the PBGC makes 

a finding under section 4203(d)(5) that 

no substantial damage has occurred, or 

if it does not make a finding of 

substantial damage under section 


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