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American National Standards Institute/ 

American Nuclear Society (ANSI/ANS). 

ANS–2.8, ‘‘Determining Design Basis 

Flooding at Power Reactor Sites.’’ ANSI/ 

ANS: July 1992. 

Dated: October 28, 2005. 

Robert C. Pierson, 

Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 

Safeguards, NMSS. 

APPENDIX—Example Natural 

Phenomena Hazard Review for 

Compliance with 10 CFR 70.61 

This example review is for an amendment 

to authorize operations in a blended lowenriched uranium oxide conversion building 

(OCB). The site is located near a river and is 

just above the 100-year flood plain of a 

nearby creek. The Effluent Process Building 

(EPB) was also part of the amendment but 

was not evaluated because the quantities of 

radioactive material or hazardous chemicals 

(that come under NRC regulation) contained 

in the EPB are not considered sufficient to 

exceed the 10 CFR 70.61 consequence 

threshold for ‘‘unlikely’’ events. 

Seismic Evaluation 

The OCB is of reinforced concrete 

construction and is constructed to seismic 

criteria contained in the Standard Building 

Code (SBC–1999) which is equivalent to 

being designed for an earthquake having a 

probability of exceedance of approximately 4 

X 10¥4 per year. Using Appendix C of DOE–

STD–1020–2002, a risk reduction factor of 4 

was determined by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) staff, giving the structure 

a likelihood of significant damage from an 

earthquake of 10¥4 per year or less. Hence, 

the collapse or loss of building integrity from 

an earthquake may be considered to be 

‘‘highly unlikely’’ as the probabilistic value 

of ‘‘highly unlikely’’ indicated by the 

applicant was a probability of exceedance of 

10¥4 to 10¥5 per year. Within the building, 

the material at risk consists of low enriched 

uranyl nitrate liquid, ammonium diuranate 

slurry, and uranium dioxide powder. All of 

these materials are expected to be within 

containers and spillage during a seismic 

event is expected to be minimal. Since the 

building is expected to retain its integrity, the 

leak path factor will be relatively low even 

without dynamic confinement from the 

ventilation system. Facility workers are 

expected to take actions to limit personal 

intake of radionuclides. The staff concludes 

that the OCB complies with the performance 

requirements of 10 CFR 70.61 with regard to 

seismic events. 

High Winds Evaluation 

The OCB structure is also designed for 

wind loads in accordance with the SBC–

1999, and the probability of a tornado 

impacting the facility is less than 10¥5 per 

year. Therefore, the facility needs only to be 

evaluated in regard to the effects of wind 

loads and missiles, but not for tornadoes. The 

reinforced concrete exterior walls of the OCB 

are considered by NRC staff to be adequate 

to withstand high wind velocities as well as 

missiles (from DOE–STD–1020–2002) that 

should be assumed for such events. A 

collapse of building walls due to wind forces 

such that radioactive material would escape 

is considered to be ‘‘highly unlikely’’ by NRC 

staff. In addition, the meteorological 

conditions likely to result in severe winds 

may be forecast in advance, and protective 

measures taken. The staff concludes that the 

OCB complies with the performance 

requirements of 10 CFR 70.61 with regard to 

wind events. 

Flooding Evaluation 

The lowest floor in the OCB is 15 feet 

above the 100-year flood plain from an 

adjacent creek. From a review of the 

topography of the site area, it appears that 

flooding of the site could occur, most likely, 

from flooding on the nearby river with 

coincident flooding on the adjacent creek 

which could back up through the railroad 

culvert. This event is expected to have 

warning time and may overtop the railroad 

embankment to the north of the facility and 

flood parts of the town nearby. However, the 

facility is sufficiently removed from the main 

channel of the river such that flood-induced 

scouring and erosion would not be expected. 

In addition, the hydrostatic loading from the 

flood on the exterior walls of the OCB would 

not be expected to cause collapse. The 

primary concern is inundation which could 

float unsecured containers within the OCB 

but not remove them from the facility. A 

criticality event can not be excluded, but 

could occur only in the flooded and, 

therefore, evacuated section of the plant and 

would not affect facility workers. In addition, 

the warning time would allow the movement 

of material to reduce the likelihood of a 

flood-induced criticality. The staff concludes 

that the OCB complies with the performance 

requirements of 10 CFR 70.61 with regard to 

flooding. 

[FR Doc. 05–22199 Filed 11–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Executive Office of the President; 

Acquisition Advisory Panel; 

Notification of Upcoming Meetings of 

the Acquisition Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Office of Management and 

Budget, Executive Office of the 

President. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Management 

and Budget announces four meetings of 

the Acquisition Advisory Panel (AAP or 

‘‘Panel’’) established in accordance with 

the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 

2003. 

DATES: There are four meetings 

announced in this Federal Register 

Notice. Public meetings of the Panel 

will be held on November 29th and 

December 16th, 2005 and January 5th 

and January 19th, 2006. All meetings 

will begin at 9 a.m. eastern standard 

time and end no later than 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The November 29, 2005 

meeting will be held at the General 

Services Administration (GSA) 

Auditorium at 1800 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20405. The location for 

the December 16, 2005, January 5, 2006, 

and January 19, 2006 meetings will be 

the Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC) basement 

auditorium, 801 17th Street, NW., 

Washington DC 20434. The public is 

asked to pre-register one week in 

advance for all meetings due to security 

and/or seating limitations (see below for 

information on pre-registration). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Members of 

the public wishing further information 

concerning these meetings or the Panel 

itself, or to pre-register for the meetings, 

should contact Ms. Laura Auletta, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at: 

laura.auletta@gsa.gov, phone/voice mail 

(202) 208–7279, or mail at: General 

Services Administration, 1800 F Street, 

NW., Room 4006, Washington, DC 

20405. Members of the public wishing 

to reserve speaking time must contact 

Ms. Anne Terry, AAP Staff Analyst, in 

writing at: anne.terry@gsa.gov, by fax at 

(202) 501–3341, or mail at the address 

given above for the DFO, no later than 

one week prior to the meeting at which 

they wish to speak. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

(a) Background: The purpose of the 

Panel is to provide independent advice 

and recommendations to the Office of 

Federal Procurement Policy and 

Congress pursuant to section 1423 of the 

Services Acquisition Reform Act of 

2003. The Panel’s statutory charter is to 

review Federal contracting laws, 

regulations, and governmentwide 

policies, including the use of 

commercial practices, performancebased contracting, performance of 

acquisition functions across agency 

lines of responsibility, and 

governmentwide contracts. Interested 

parties are invited to attend the 

meetings. Opportunity for public 

comments will be provided at all 

meetings. At this time, the Panel does 

not expect to hold public meetings 

beyond the January 19, 2006 date. Any 

change will be announced in the 

Federal Register. 

All Meetings—Selected working 

groups, established at the February 28, 

2005 and May 17, 2005 public meetings 

of the AAP (see http://www.acqnet.gov/ 

aap for a list of working groups), will 

report their draft findings and 

recommendations during these 

meetings. While the Panel may hear 

from some additional invited speakers, 

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the focus of these meetings will be 

discussion of working group findings 

and recommendations. The Panel 

welcomes oral public comments at any 

of these meetings and has reserved one 

hour for this purpose at each meeting. 

Members of the public wishing to 

address the Panel during the meeting 

must contact Ms. Anne Terry, in writing, 

as soon as possible to reserve time (see 

contact information above). 

(b) Posting of Draft Reports: Members 

of the public are encouraged to regularly 

visit the Panel’s Web site for draft 

reports. Currently, the working groups 

are staggering the posting of various 

sections of their draft reports at http:// 

www.acqnet.gov/aap under ‘‘Working 

Group Reports.’’

(c) Availability of Materials for the 

Meetings: Please see the Panel’s Web 

site for any available materials, 

including draft agendas and minutes 

(http://www.acqnet.gov/aap). 

Questions/issues of particular interest to 

the Panel are also available to the public 

on this Web site on its front page, 

including ‘‘Questions for Government 

Buying Agencies,’’ ‘‘Questions for 

Contractors that Sell Commercial Goods 

or Services to the Government,’’

‘‘Questions for Commercial 

Organizations,’’ and an issue raised by 

one Panel member regarding the rules of 

interpretation and performance of 

contracts and liabilities of the parties 

entitled ‘‘Proposal for Public 

Comment.’’ The Panel encourages the 

public to address any of these 

questions/issues when presenting either 

oral public comments or written 

statements to the Panel. 

(d) Procedures for Providing Public 

Comments: It is the policy of the Panel 

to accept written public comments of 

any length, and to accommodate oral 

public comments whenever possible. 

The Panel Staff expects that public 

statements presented at Panel meetings 

will be focused on the Panel’s statutory 

charter and working group topics, and 

not be repetitive of previously 

submitted oral or written statements, 

and that comments will be relevant to 

the issues under discussion. 

Oral Comments: Speaking times will 

be confirmed by Panel staff on a ‘‘firstcome/first-served’’ basis. To 

accommodate as many speakers as 

possible, oral public comments must be 

no longer than 10 minutes. Because 

Panel members may ask questions, 

reserved times will be approximate. 

Interested parties must contact Ms. 

Anne Terry, in writing (via mail, e-mail, 

or fax identified above for Ms. Terry) at 

least one week prior to the meeting in 

order to be placed on the public speaker 

list for the meeting. Oral requests for 

speaking time will not be taken. 

Speakers are requested to bring extra 

copies of their comments and 

presentation slides for distribution to 

the Panel at the meeting. Speakers 

wishing to use a Power Point 

presentation must e-mail the 

presentation to Ms. Terry one week in 

advance of the meeting. 

Written Comments: Although written 

comments are accepted until the date of 

the meeting (unless otherwise stated), 

written comments should be received by 

the Panel Staff at least one week prior 

to the meeting date so that the 

comments may be made available to the 

Panel for their consideration prior to the 

meeting. Written comments should be 

supplied to the DFO at the address/ 

contact information given in this FR 

Notice in one of the following formats 

(Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or 

Rich Text files, in IBM–PC/Windows 

98/2000/XP format). 

Please note: Since the Panel operates under 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, all public 

presentations will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available for 

public inspection, up to and including being 

posted on the Panel’s Web site. 

(e) Meeting Accommodations: 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodation to access the public 

meetings listed above should contact 

Ms. Auletta at least five business days 

prior to the meeting so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made. 

Laura Auletta, 

Designated Federal Officer (Executive 

Director), Acquisition Advisory Panel. 

[FR Doc. 05–22238 Filed 11–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3110–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Investment Company Act Release No. 

27140; 812–13190] 

Special Situations Fund III, L.P., et al., 

Notice of Application 

November 2, 2005. 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice of application for an 

order under section 17(b) of the 

Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 

‘‘Act’’) for an exemption from section 

17(a) of the Act. 

Applicants: Special Situations Fund 

III, L.P. (‘‘SSF III’’), Special Situations 

Fund III QP, L.P. (‘‘SSF QP,’’ and 

together with SSF III, the ‘‘Funds’’) and 

MGP Advisers Limited Partnership 

(‘‘Adviser’’). 

Summary of Application: Applicants 

request an order to permit certain 

purchase and sale transactions in 

connection with a proposed division of 

a registered closed-end management 

investment company into two separate 

companies (the ‘‘Transaction’’). 

Filing Dates: The application was 

filed on May 19, 2005, and amended on 

November 2, 2005. 

Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An 

order granting the application will be 

issued unless the Commission orders a 

hearing. Interested persons may request 

a hearing by writing to the 

Commission’s Secretary and serving 

applicants with a copy of the request, 

personally or by mail. Hearing requests 

should be received by the Commission 

by 5:30 p.m. on November 25, 2005, and 

should be accompanied by proof of 

service on the applicants, in the form of 

an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate 

of service. Hearing requests should state 

the nature of the writer’s interest, the 

reason for the request, and the issues 

contested. Persons may request 

notification of a hearing by writing to 

the Commission’s Secretary. 

ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities 

and Exchange Commission, 100 F 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549–

0609. Applicants, c/o Austin W. Marxe, 

MGP Advisers Limited Partnership, 153 

East 53rd Street, 55th Floor, New York, 

NY 10022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bruce R. MacNeil, Senior Counsel (202–

551–6817), or Stacy L. Fuller, Branch 

Chief (202–551–6821) (Office of 

Investment Company Regulation, 

Division of Investment Management). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following is a summary of the 

application. The complete application 

may be obtained for a fee from the 

Commission’s Public Reference Branch, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–0102 (202–551–5850). 

Applicants’ Representations 

1. SSF III, a Delaware limited 

partnership, is a closed-end 

management investment company that 

is registered under the Act and operates 

as an ‘‘interval fund’’ under rule 23e–3 

under the Act. Partnership interests 

(‘‘Units’’) in SSF III are not registered 

under the Securities Act of 1933 (‘‘1933 

Act’’) and are sold in private offerings 

pursuant to Regulation D under the 

1933 Act generally to ‘‘accredited 

investors,’’ as defined in Regulation D. 

Each investor in SSF III that pays the 

Adviser an incentive allocation is also a 

‘‘qualified client,’’ as defined in rule 

205–3 under the Investment Advisers 

Act of 1940, as amended (‘‘Advisers