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the scope of matters to be discussed at 

this public meeting. 

At the conclusion of the scoping 

process, the NRC will prepare a concise 

summary of the determination and 

conclusions reached, including the 

significant issues identified, and will 

send a copy of the summary to each 

participant in the scoping process. The 

summary will also be available for 

inspection in ADAMS at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

The NRC staff will then prepare and 

issue for comment the draft supplement 

to the GEIS, which will be the subject 

of separate notices and separate public 

meetings at a later time. Copies will be 

available for public inspection at the 

above-mentioned addresses, and one 

copy per request will be provided free 

of charge. After receipt and 

consideration of the comments, the NRC 

will prepare a final supplement to the 

GEIS, which will also be available for 

public inspection. 

Information about the proposed 

action, the supplement to the GEIS, and 

the scoping process may be obtained 

from Dr. Masnik at the aforementioned 

telephone number or e-mail address. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of September 2005. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Samson S. Lee, 

Acting Program Director, License Renewal 

and Environmental Impacts Program, 

Division of Regulatory Improvement 

Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 05–18915 Filed 9–21–05; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards; Meeting Notice 

In accordance with the purposes of 

Sections 29 and 182b. of the Atomic 

Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a meeting 

on October 6–8, 2005, 11545 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of 

this meeting was previously published 

in the Federal Register on Wednesday, 

November 24, 2004 (69 FR 68412). 

Thursday, October 6, 2005, Conference 

Room T–2B3, Two White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman 

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–10 a.m.: Interim Review of 

the License Renewal Application for the 

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, 

and 3 (Open)—The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with representatives of the Tennessee 

Valley Authority and the NRC staff 

regarding the license renewal 

application for the Browns Ferry 

Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 and the 

NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation Report 

with Open Items. 

10:15 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Proposed 

Recommendations for Resolving Generic 

Safety Issue (GSI)–80, ‘‘Pipe Break 

Effects on Control Rod Drive Hydraulic 

Lines in the Drywells of Boiling Water 

Reactor Mark I and II Containments’’

(Open)—The Committee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding the recommendations 

proposed by the NRC Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research for resolving GSI–

80. 

12:45 p.m.–2:15 p.m.: Resolution of 

ACRS Comments on the Draft Final 

Regulatory Guide, ‘‘Risk-Informed, 

Performance-Based Fire Protection for 

Existing Light Water Nuclear Power 

Plants’’ (Open)—The Committee will 

hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff and Nuclear Energy Institute 

(NEI) regarding the changes made to this 

Guide and to NEI 04–02, ‘‘Guidance for 

Implementing a Risk-Informed, 

Performance-Based Fire Protection 

Program Under 10 CFR 50.48(c),’’ in 

response to the ACRS comments and 

recommendations included in its June 

14, 2005 letter. 

2:30 p.m.–4 p.m.: Davis-Besse Reactor 

Pressure Vessel Head Integrity 

Calculations (Open)—The Committee 

will hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff regarding the expert 

elicitation and calculations performed 

for the reactor pressure vessel head 

integrity of the Davis-Besse Nuclear 

Power Plant. 

4:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m.: Quality 

Assessment of the Selected NRC 

Research Program (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the results of 

the cognizant ACRS panel’s assessment 

of the quality of the NRC research 

projects on: Standardized Plant Analysis 

Risk (SPAR) Models Development 

Program; Steam Generator Tube 

Integrity Program at the Argonne 

National Laboratory; and the ThermalHydraulic Test Program at the Penn 

State University. 

5:30 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss proposed ACRS reports on 

matters considered during this meeting. 

Friday, October 7, 2005, Conference 

Room T–2B3, Two White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman 

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–10 a.m.: Licensees’

Responses to the Bulletin on, 

‘‘Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Actions for Security-Based Events’’

(Open/Closed)—The Committee will 

hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff regarding licensees’ responses 

to the Bulletin related to Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Actions for 

Security-Based Events. 

10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.: NRC Staff’s 

Response to the ACRS Letter on the 

Proposed Revision 4 to Regulatory 

Guide 1.82, ‘‘Water Sources for LongTerm Recirculation Cooling Following a 

Loss-of-Coolant Accident’’ (Open)—The 

Committee will hear presentations by 

and hold discussions with 

representatives of the NRC staff 

regarding the staff’s response to the 

ACRS letter on the Proposed Revision 4 

to Regulatory Guide 1.82. 

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.: Format and 

Content of the NRC Safety Research 

Program Report to the Commission 

(Open)—The Committee will hear a 

report by and hold discussions with the 

Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee 

on Safety Research Program regarding 

the format and content of the ACRS 

report to the Commission on the NRC 

Safety Research Program as well as 

assignments for the ACRS members. 

1:15 p.m.–2:15 p.m.: Future ACRS 

Activities/Report of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the 

recommendations of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee regarding 

items proposed for consideration by the 

full Committee during future meetings. 

Also, it will hear a report of the 

Planning and Procedures Subcommittee 

on matters related to the conduct of 

ACRS business, including anticipated 

workload and member assignments. 

2:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.: Reconciliation of 

ACRS Comments and 

Recommendations (Open)—The 

Committee will discuss the responses 

from the NRC Executive Director for 

Operations to comments and 

recommendations included in recent 

ACRS reports and letters. 

2:30 p.m.–3 p.m.: Subcommittee 

Report (Open)—The Committee will 

hear a report by and hold discussions 

with the Chairmen of the ACRS 

Subcommittees on Plant Operations and 

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Plant License Renewal regarding matters 

discussed at the September 21, 2005 

Subcommittee meeting. 

3:15 p.m.–7 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will discuss proposed ACRS reports. 

Saturday, October 8, 2005, Conference 

Room T–2B3, Two White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

8:30 a.m.–12 Noon: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee 

will continue its discussion of proposed 

ACRS reports. 

12 Noon–12:30 p.m.: Miscellaneous 

(Open)—The Committee will discuss 

matters related to the conduct of 

Committee activities and matters and 

specific issues that were not completed 

during previous meetings, as time and 

availability of information permit. 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 5, 2004 (69 FR 59620). In 

accordance with those procedures, oral 

or written views may be presented by 

members of the public, including 

representatives of the nuclear industry. 

Electronic recordings will be permitted 

only during the open portions of the 

meeting. Persons desiring to make oral 

statements should notify the Cognizant 

ACRS staff named below five days 

before the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made 

to allow necessary time during the 

meeting for such statements. Use of still, 

motion picture, and television cameras 

during the meeting may be limited to 

selected portions of the meeting as 

determined by the Chairman. 

Information regarding the time to be set 

aside for this purpose may be obtained 

by contacting the Cognizant ACRS staff 

prior to the meeting. In view of the 

possibility that the schedule for ACRS 

meetings may be adjusted by the 

Chairman as necessary to facilitate the 

conduct of the meeting, persons 

planning to attend should check with 

the Cognizant ACRS staff if such 

rescheduling would result in major 

inconvenience. 

In accordance with Subsection 10(d) 

Public Law 92–463, I have determined 

that it is necessary to close portions of 

this meeting noted above to discuss and 

protect information classified as 

national security information and 

safeguards information pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and (3). 

Further information regarding topics 

to be discussed, whether the meeting 

has been canceled or rescheduled, as 

well as the Chairman’s ruling on 

requests for the opportunity to present 

oral statements and the time allotted 

therefor can be obtained by contacting 

Mr. Sam Duraiswamy, Cognizant ACRS 

staff (301–415–7364), between 7:30 a.m. 

and 4:15 p.m., ET. 

ACRS meeting agenda, meeting 

transcripts, and letter reports are 

available through the NRC Public 

Document Room at pdr@nrc.gov, or by 

calling the PDR at 1–800–397–4209, or 

from the Publicly Available Records 

System (PARS) component of NRC’s 

document system (ADAMS) which is 

accessible from the NRC Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/doc-collections/ (ACRS & 

ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas). 

Videoteleconferencing service is 

available for observing open sessions of 

ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use 

this service for observing ACRS 

meetings should contact Mr. Theron 

Brown, ACRS Audio Visual Technician 

(301–415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 

3:45 p.m., ET, at least 10 days before the 

meeting to ensure the availability of this 

service. Individuals or organizations 

requesting this service will be 

responsible for telephone line charges 

and for providing the equipment and 

facilities that they use to establish the 

videoteleconferencing link. The 

availability of videoteleconferencing 

services is not guaranteed. 

Dated: September 16, 2005. 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 05–18913 Filed 9–21–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB 

Review 

Summary: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad 

Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted 

the following proposal(s) for the 

collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for review and 

approval. 

Summary of Proposals 

(1) Collection title: Evidence for 

Application of Overall Minimum. 

(2) Form(s) submitted: G–319, G–320. 

(3) OMB Number: 3220–0083. 

(4) Expiration date of current OMB 

clearance: 1/31/2007. 

(5) Type of request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

(6) Respondents: Individuals or 

households, Business or other for-profit, 

Non-profit institutions. 

(7) Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 475. 

(8) Total annual responses: 475. 

(9) Total annual reporting hours: 170. 

(10) Collection description: Under 

Section 3(f)(3) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act, the total monthly 

benefits payable to a railroad employee 

and his family are guaranteed to be no 

less than the amount which would be 

payable if the employee’s railroad 

service had been covered by the Social 

Security Act. 

Additional Information or Comments: 

Copies of the forms and supporting 

documents can be obtained from 

Charles Mierzwa, the agency clearance 

officer (312–751–3363 or 

Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV). 

Comments regarding the information 

collection should be addressed to 

Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement 

Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, 

Illinois, 60611–2092, or 

Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV and to the 

OMB Desk Officer for the RRB, at the 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10230, New Executive Office 

Building, Washington, DC 20503. 

Charles Mierzwa, 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–18928 Filed 9–21–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission will hold the following 

meetings during the week of September 

26, 2005: 

A closed meeting will be held on 

Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 3 p.m. 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the closed meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters may also be present. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), (9)(B), and 

(10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), 

(9)(ii) and (10) permit consideration of 

the scheduled matters at the closed 

meeting. 

Commissioner Atkins, as duty officer, 

voted to consider the items listed for the 

closed meeting in closed session. 

The subject matters of the closed 

meeting scheduled for Thursday, 

September 29, 2005 will be: