21188 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 82 / Friday, April 27, 2001 / Notices

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Special Emphasis Panel in Information

and Intelligent Systems; Notice of

Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation (NSF) announces the

following meeting:

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Information and Intelligent Systems (1200).

Date/Time: May 15–16, 2001, 8:30 a.m.–

5:00 p.m.

Place: National Science Foundation, Room

1150, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Ephraim Glinert, Deputy

Division Director, Division of Information

and Intelligent Systems, Room 1115, National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

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

8930.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate Human

and Computer Interaction proposals as part

of the selection process for awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed 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: April 24, 2001.

Susanne Bolton,

Committee Management Office.

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BILLING CODE 7555–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–412]

Pennsylvania Power Company, Ohio

Edison Company, FirstEnergy Nuclear

Operating Company, Beaver Valley

Power Station, Unit No. 2 (BVPS–2);

Exemption

1.0 Background

The FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating

Company (FENOC, et al., the licensee) is

the holder of Facility Operating License

No. NPF–73 which authorizes operation

of BVPS–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 pressurized

water reactor located in Shippingport,

Pennsylvania.

2.0 Purpose

Title 10 of the Code of Federal

Regulations (10 CFR), Part 50, Section

50.71, ‘‘Maintenance of Records, Making

of Reports,’’ paragraph (e)(4) states, in

part, ‘‘Subsequent revisions must be

filed annually or 6 months after each

refueling outage provided the interval

between successive updates does not

exceed 24 months. The revisions must

reflect all changes up to a maximum of

6 months prior to the date of filing.’’

The most recent outage for BVPS–2 was

completed on October 25, 2000, and the

latest revision to the BVPS–2 Final

Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) was filed

on April 30, 1999. The licensee would

be required to submit the next revision

to the BVPS–2 FSAR by April 25, 2001,

and that revision would be required to

reflect all changes up to a maximum of

6 months prior to the date of filing. The

need for the proposed exemption is

based on taking advantage of the

efficiencies of the NRC’s recently

commissioned electronic information

exchange (EIE) process which allows

licensees to voluntarily submit

documents to the NRC over the internet

or on a CD–ROM. The NRC issued

Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2001–

05, ‘‘Guidance on Submitting

Documents to the NRC by Electronic

Information Exchange or on CD–ROM,’’

on January 25, 2001 (Agencywide

Documents Access and Management

System (ADAMS) Accession No.

ML003768343).

3.0 Discussion

Section 50.12(a) of 10 CFR, ‘‘Specific

exemption,’’ states that * * * ‘‘The

Commission may, upon application by

any interested person or upon its own

initiative, grant exemptions from the

requirements of the regulations of this

part, which are (1) Authorized by law,

will not present an undue risk to the

public health and safety, and are

consistent with the common defense

and security. (2) The Commission will

not consider granting an exemption

unless special circumstances are

present.’’

Section 50.12(a)(2)(v) of 10 CFR states

that special circumstances are present

when ‘‘The exemption would provide

only temporary relief from the

applicable regulation and the licensee or

applicant has made good faith efforts to

comply with the regulation. * * *’’ The

NRC staff finds that the exemption

provides temporary relief from the

regulatory requirements of 10 CFR

50.71(e)(4) by extending the filing

deadline from April 25, 2001, to August

23, 2001 (the requirement to reflect all

changes up to a maximum of 6 months

prior to the date of filing is revised to

reflect all changes through, at least,

October 25, 2000). In addition, prior to

the issuance of RIS 2001–05 on January

25, 2001 (ADAMS Accession No.

ML003768343), the licensee was

preparing to issue the numerous hard

copies of the FSAR revision in

accordance with 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) and

50.4, ‘‘Written Communications.’’ An

additional 120 days reflects the

estimated time required for production

of an electronic version in lieu of a

hardcopy. With the issuance of RIS

2001–05 on January 25, 2001, the NRC

informed licensees that they may submit

documents to the NRC over the internet

by the EIE process or on a CD–ROM if

they follow certain procedures. The

guidance is applicable to the submission

of FSAR revisions. It also waives

requirements that multiple copies of

documents be submitted to the NRC.

The licensee requested this exemption

to take advantage of the efficiencies of

this new process. Due to the efforts the

licensee has indicated it has undertaken

with regard to the preparation of the

FSAR revision and to the participation

in the recently commissioned EIE

process, the NRC staff finds that the

licensee has made good faith efforts to

comply with the regulation.

Therefore, the staff concludes that

granting an exemption under the special

circumstances of 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v)

is appropriate and that the requirement

for filing the next revision to the BVPS–

2 FSAR may be extended to no later

than August 23, 2001. This revision

should include all changes through, at

least, October 25, 2000.

4.0 Conclusion

Accordingly, the Commission has

determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR

50.12(a), the exemption is authorized by

law, will not endanger life or property

or common defense and security, and is,

otherwise, in the public interest. Also,

special circumstances are present.

Therefore, the Commission hereby

grants FENOC an exemption from the

requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(4) for

BVPS–2.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the

Commission has determined that the

granting of this exemption will not have

a significant effect on the quality of the

human environment (66 FR 20489).

This exemption is effective upon

issuance.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day

of April 2001.

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 82 / Friday, April 27, 2001 / Notices 21189

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John Zwolinski,

Director, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIMES AND DATES: 10 a.m., Monday, May

7, 2001; 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 8,

2001; and 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 8,

2001.

PLACE: Washington, DC., at U.S. Postal

Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant

Plaza, SW., in the Benjamin Franklin

Room.

STATUS: May 7 (Closed); May 8–8:30

a.m. (Open) 9:30 a.m. (Closed).

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Monday, May 7–10:00 a.m. (Closed).

1. Financial Performance.

2. Fiscal Year 2001 EVA Variable Pay

Program.

3. FedEx Alliance.

4. Postal Rate Commission Opinion

and Recommended Decision on Further

Reconsideration in Docket No. R2000–1,

Omnibus Rate Case.

5. Rate Case Briefing.

6. Personnel Matters.

7. Compensation Issues.

Tuesday, May 8–8:30 a.m. (Open)

1. Minutes of the Previous Meetings,

April 2–3, and April 13, 2001.

2. Remarks of the Postmaster General/

Chief Executive Officer.

3. Audit and Finance Committee

Charter.

4. Fiscal Year 2002 Appropriation

Request.

5. Borrowing Resolution.

6. Capital Investment.

a. Letter Recognition Enhancement

Program.

7. Tentative Agenda for the June 4–5,

2001, meeting in Washington, DC.

Tuesday, May 8–9:30 a.m. (Closed)

1. Continuation of Monday’s Closed

Agenda.

2. Strategic Planning/Postal Reform.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

David G. Hunter, Secretary of the Board,

U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza,

SW., Washington, DC 20260–1000.

Telephone (202) 268–4800.

David G. Hunter,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–10678 Filed 4–25–01; 2:17 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–M

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #3332) (Amendment

# 1)]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In accordance with notices received

from the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, dated April 16,

2001 and April 19, 2001, the abovenumbered Declaration is hereby

amended to include Bristol, Plymouth,

Suffolk and Worcester Counties in the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts as

disaster areas caused by severe storms

beginning on March 5, 2001. In

addition, the Declaration is hereby

amended to establish the incident

period for this disaster as beginning on

March 5, 2001 and continuing through

April 16, 2001.

In addition, applications for economic

injury loans from small businesses

located in Barnstable, Franklin,

Hampden and Hampshire Counties in

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;

Windham and Tolland Counties in the

State of Connecticut; Cheshire County

in the State of New Hampshire; and

Bristol and Newport Counties in the

State of Rhode Island may be filed until

the specified date at the previously

designated location. Any counties

contiguous to the above named primary

counties and not listed here have been

previously declared.

The number assigned for economic

injury in the State of Connecticut is

9L5000.

All other information remains the

same, i.e., the deadline for filing

applications for physical damage is June

9, 2001 and for economic injury the

deadline is January 9, 2002.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: April 20, 2001.

James E. Rivera,

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–10498 Filed 4–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

Addition of Electric Generation

Peaking Capacity at Greenfield Sites,

Mississippi

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority.

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 implementing the National

Environmental Policy Act. TVA has

decided to adopt the preferred

alternative identified in its Final

Environmental Impact Statement for the

Addition of Electric Generation Peaking

Capacity at Greenfield Sites,

Mississippi.

The Final Environmental Impact

Statement (FEIS) was made available to

the public in March 2001. A Notice of

Availability (NOA) of the Final EIS was

published by the Environmental

Protection Agency in the Federal

Register on March 16, 2001. Under the

preferred alternative, TVA has decided

to construct a natural gas-fired simple

cycle combustion turbine (CT) plant

with up to 340 Megawatts (MW) of new

peaking capacity at a site in Kemper

County Mississippi as early as May

2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bruce L. Yeager, Senior Specialist,

National Environmental Policy Act,

Environmental Policy and Planning,

Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West

Summit Hill Drive, mail stop WT 8C,

Knoxville, Tennessee 37902–1499;

telephone (865) 632–8051 or e-mail

blyeager@tva.gov.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

Background

In December 1995, TVA completed

and published Energy Vision 2020—

Integrated Resource Plan/ Programmatic

Environmental Impact Statement.

Energy Vision 2020 projected demands

for electricity in the TVA power service

area through 2020 and evaluated and

recommended ways of meeting the

projected increases. Energy Vision 2020

evaluated an array of power supply

technologies, both supply-side and

demand-side. A portfolio of options

drawn from several effective strategies

was chosen as TVA’s preferred

alternative. In this preferred alternative,

three supply-side options were selected

to meet peak capacity needs:

• Addition of CTs to TVA’s

generation system,

• Purchase of market peaking

capacity, and

• Call alternatives on peaking

capacity.

The short-term action plan of Energy

Vision 2020 identified a need for 3,000

MWs of baseload and peaking additions

through the year 2002. Since Energy

Vision 2020 was completed in 1995,

TVA has continued to evaluate and

select the best resource alternatives

based on the latest proposals and TVA’s

forecast of power needs. TVA’s

projections show expected peak

demands growing at 2.4% from 2000 to

2005 and beyond. The net capacity