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Alternatives to Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the NRC staff considered denial 

of the proposed EPU (i.e., the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). Denial of the 

application would result in no change 

in the current environmental impacts. 

However, if the EPU were not approved, 

other agencies and electric power 

organizations may be required to pursue 

other means of providing electric 

generation capacity to offset future 

demand. Such alternatives could 

include construction of fossil fuel or 

other generating capacity, or purchase of 

power from generating facilities outside 

the service area; such alternatives, 

however, would likely result in 

environmental impacts comparable to or 

greater than those involved in the EPU. 

For example, fossil fuel plants routinely 

emit atmospheric pollutants, causing 

impacts in air quality that are larger 

than if VYNPS were to provide the same 

amount of electric generation. 

Construction and operation of a fossil 

fuel plant also creates impacts in land 

use and waste management. 

Alternative Use of Resources 

This action does not involve the use 

of any resources not previously 

considered in the 1972 FES for 

operation of the VYNPS. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on September 2, 2005, the NRC staff 

consulted with the Vermont State 

official, William K. Sherman, of the 

Department of Public Service, regarding 

the environmental impact of the 

proposed action. The State official had 

no comments. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

On the basis of the environmental 

assessment, the Commission concludes 

that the proposed action will not have 

a significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment. Accordingly, the 

Commission has determined not to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement for the proposed action. 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s 

application dated September 10, 2003, 

as supplemented on October 1, and 

October 28 (2 letters), 2003, January 31 

(2 letters), March 4, May 19, July 2, July 

27, July 30, August 12, August 25, 

September 14, September 15, September 

23, September 30 (2 letters), October 5, 

October 7 (2 letters), December 8, and 

December 9, 2004, and February 24, 

March 10, March 24, March 31, April 5, 

April 22, June 2, August 1, August 4, 

September 10, September 14, September 

18, September 28, October 17, October 

21, 2005 (2 letters), October 26, and 

October 29, 2005. Documents may be 

examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), 

located at One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland. Publicly available records 

will be accessible electronically from 

the ADAMS Public Electronic Reading 

Room on the NRC Web site, http://

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

Persons who do not have access to 

ADAMS or who encounter problems in 

accessing the documents located in 

ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR 

Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, or 

301–415–4737, or send an e-mail to 

pdr@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day 

of November, 2005.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Richard B. Ennis, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch B, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation.

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Proposed Collection; Comments 

Request for Review of an Expiring 

Information Collection: OPM Form 

1203–FX, Occupational Questionnaire 

and Discontinuation of: OPM Form 

1203–EZ, Occupational Questionnaire

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13, May 22, 1995), this notice 

announces that the Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) plans to submit to 

the Office of Management and Budget a 

request for the review of an expiring 

information collection form, 

Occupational Questionnaire (OPM Form 

1203–FX). The Occupational 

Questionnaire is an optical scan form 

designed to collect applicant 

information and qualifications in a 

format suitable for automated 

processing and to create applicant 

records for an automated examining 

system. The 1203 series was commonly 

referred to as the ‘‘Qualifications and 

Availability Form C.’’ OPM has re-titled 

the series as ‘‘Occupational 

Questionnaire’’ to fit a more generic 

need. OPM uses this form to carry out 

its responsibility for open competitive 

examining for admission to the 

competitive service in accordance with 

section 3304, of title 5, United States 

Code. 

OPM is not revising the current 

Occupational Questionnaire. OPM Form 

1203–FX is a seven page version that 

allows the applicant to transmit 

information via facsimile, mail, or the 

Internet using a fillable Adobe Acrobat 

Reader (PDF) file. 

Additionally, OPM is discontinuing 

the three-page version, OPM Form 

1203–EZ which was previously 

approved by OMB in 2002. It was 

thought at that time the shortened form 

would reduce the public burden in 

applying for federal positions, but with 

the advent of platform changes to OPM’s 

automated staffing product, the 

additional system programming needed 

to recognize the difference between the 

FX and EZ forms never occurred. 

Comments are particularly invited on 

whether this information is necessary 

for the proper performance of OPM; 

whether it will have practical utility; 

whether OPM’s estimate of public 

burden in the collection of the 

information is accurate, based on valid 

assumptions and methodology; and 

ways in which the burden of 

information collection can be 

minimized on those that respond 

through the use of appropriate 

collection technology or other forms of 

information technology. 

The public reporting burden of 

collecting this information is estimated 

to vary from 20 to 45 minutes to 

complete this form including time for 

reviewing instructions, gathering the 

data needed, and completing and 

reviewing entries. The average time to 

complete the form is 30 minutes. 

For copies of this proposal, contact 

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at 202–606–

8358, fax at 202–418–3251, or e-mail at 

mbtoomey@opm.gov. Please include a 

mailing address with your request.

DATES: Comments on this proposal 

should be received within 60 days from 

the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments 

to—

U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 

Division of Human Resources Products 

and Services, Center for Talent Services, 

ATTN: Charles Conyers, 1900 E Street, 

NW., Room 1425, Washington, DC 

20415–9820, E-mail: 

charles.conyers@opm.gov.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Linda M. Springer, 

Director.

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