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to 5 p.m., will be open to the public for 

a policy discussion. The remainder of 

the meeting, from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. 

and 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., will be closed. 

Media Arts (application review): 

November 14–15, 2007 in Room 716. 

This meeting, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

on November 14th and from 9 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m. on November 15th, will be 

closed. 

Music (application review): November 

14–16, 2007 in Room 714. This meeting, 

from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on November 

14th and 15th, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

on November 16th, will be closed. 

The closed portions of meetings are 

for the purpose of Panel review, 

discussion, evaluation, and 

recommendations on financial 

assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including information given in 

confidence to the agency. In accordance 

with the determination of the Chairman 

of February 21, 2007, these sessions will 

be closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. 

Any person may observe meetings, or 

portions thereof, of advisory panels that 

are open to the public, and if time 

allows, may be permitted to participate 

in the panel’s discussions at the 

discretion of the panel chairman. If you 

need special accommodations due to a 

disability, please contact the Office of 

AccessAbility, National Endowment for 

the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682–

5532, TDY–TDD 202/682–5496, at least 

seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Further information with reference to 

these meetings can be obtained from Ms. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of 

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, or call 202/682–5691. 

Dated: October 4, 2007. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator , Panel Operations, 

National Endowment for the Arts. 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts; 

National Council on the Arts 162nd 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby 

given that a meeting of the National 

Council on the Arts will be held on 

November 2, 2007 in Room 527 at the 

Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506. 

This meeting, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

(ending time is approximate), will be 

open to the public on a space available 

basis. Opening remarks and 

announcements will include a film clip 

from Why Shakespeare? and the 

swearing in of a new Council member. 

After the swearing in, there will be an 

update from the Government Affairs 

office. The meeting will include a 

presentation on Shakespeare in 

American Communities, including a 

performance excerpt from Romeo and 

Juliet as well as speakers from The 

Acting Company and the Utah 

Shakespearean Festival. This will be 

followed by a presentation on the NEA 

National Heritage Fellowships 25th 

anniversary, including highlights from 

the 2007 awards ceremony and concert 

and an illustrated talk by a documentary 

filmmaker highlighting several NEA 

National Heritage Fellowship recipients. 

After the presentations the Council will 

review and vote on applications and 

guidelines, and the meeting will 

conclude with a general discussion. 

If, in the course of the open session 

discussion, it becomes necessary for the 

Council to discuss non-public 

commercial or financial information of 

intrinsic value, the Council will go into 

closed session pursuant to subsection 

(c)(4) of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Additionally, discussion concerning 

purely personal information about 

individuals, submitted with grant 

applications, such as personal 

biographical and salary data or medical 

information, may be conducted by the 

Council in closed session in accordance 

with subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Any interested persons may attend, as 

observers, Council discussions and 

reviews that are open to the public. If 

you need special accommodations due 

to a disability, please contact the Office 

of AccessAbility, National Endowment 

for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682–

5532, TTY–TDD 202/682–5429, at least 

seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Further information with reference to 

this meeting can be obtained from the 

Office of Communications, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, at 202/682–5570. 

Dated: October 4, 2007. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and 

Panel Operations. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Advisory Committee for Mathematical 

and Physical Sciences; Notice of 

Meeting 

In accordance with Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as 

amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Mathematical and Physical 

Sciences Advisory Committee (#66). 

Date/Time: November 7, 2007 1:30 

p.m.–4 p.m.; November 8, 2007 8 a.m.–

6 p.m.; November 9, 2007 8 a.m.–3 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 

22230, November 7–8, Room 375, 

November 9, Room 1235. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Morris L. 

Aizenman, Senior Science Associate, 

Directorate for Mathematical and 

Physical Sciences, Room 1005, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. (703) 

292–8807. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and recommendations 

concerning NSF science and education 

activities within the Directorate for 

Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 

Agenda: Briefing to new members 

about NSF and Directorate. 

Update on current status of 

Directorate. 

Meeting of MPSAC with Divisions 

within MPS Directorate. 

Reports of the NSF Working Group on 

Broadening Participation and the NSF 

Working Group on the Impact of 

Proposal and Award Management 

Mechanisms. 

Discussion of MPS Long-term 

Planning Activities. 

Summary Minutes: May be obtained 

from the contact person listed above. 

Dated: October 5, 2007. 

Susanne E. Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION 

SAFETY BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice and 

Agenda 

TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, 

October 16, 2007. 

PLACE: NTSB Conference Center, 429 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 

20594. 

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MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

7937 Railroad Accident Report—

Derailment of Washington 

Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 

Train near the Mt. Vernon Square 

Station, Washington, DC, January 7, 

2007 (DCA–07–FR–005). 

7928 Brief of Accident—Brief and 

Safety Recommendations to the 

Federal Aviation Administration and 

the U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection Concerning Deficiencies in 

the Design, Operation, and Safety 

Management of Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems. 

7928A Recommendation To Convene a 

Public Forum—The Safety of 

Unmanned Aircraft System 

Operations and Investigative 

Methodologies for Unmanned Aircraft 

Accidents and Incidents. 

NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Telephone: (202) 

314–6100. 

Individuals requesting specific 

accommodations should contact Chris 

Bisett at (202) 314–6305 by Friday, 

October 12, 2007. 

The public may view the meeting via 

a live or archived webcast by accessing 

a link under ‘‘News & Events’’ on the 

NTSB home page at http:// 

www.ntsb.gov. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicky 

D’Onofrio, (202) 314–6410. 

Dated: Friday, October 5, 2007. 

Vicky D’Onofrio, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 030–05154] 

Notice of Availability of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment to Byproduct Materials 

License No. 24–13365–01, for 

Unrestricted Release of the ABC 

Laboratories Facilities in Columbia, 

MO 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Issuance of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Snell, Senior Health Physicist, 

Decommissioning Branch, Division of 

Nuclear Materials Safety, Region III, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

2443 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 

60532; telephone: (630) 829–9871; fax 

number: (630) 515–1259; or by e-mail at 

wgs@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering the 

issuance of a license amendment to 

Byproduct Materials License No. 24–

13365–01. This license is held by ABC 

Laboratories (the Licensee), for facilities, 

located at 7200 E. ABC Lane, Columbia, 

Missouri. Issuance of the amendment 

would authorize release of Buildings C 

and G for unrestricted use. The Licensee 

requested this action in a letter dated 

June 5, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML071630523). The NRC has prepared 

an Environmental Assessment (EA) in 

support of this proposed action in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), Part 51 (10 CFR Part 51). Based 

on the EA, the NRC has concluded that 

a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) is appropriate with respect to 

the proposed action. The amendment 

will be issued to the Licensee following 

the publication of this FONSI and EA in 

the Federal Register. 

II. Environmental Assessment 

Identification of Proposed Action 

The proposed action would approve 

the Licensee’s June 5, 2007 license 

amendment request, resulting in release 

of Buildings C and G for unrestricted 

use. License No. 24–13365–01 was 

issued on August 5, 1969, pursuant to 

10 CFR Part 30, and has been amended 

periodically since that time. This 

license authorized the Licensee to use 

byproduct materials for activities 

involving research and development, 

possession, use, processing, and 

packaging incident to manufacture of 

radiochemicals, storage prior to 

distribution, and interim storage of 

radioactive waste prior to disposal. 

Buildings C and G are situated on a 

56 acre site and are 2 of 13 buildings. 

Building C was constructed in 1976 as 

a wood frame building on a concrete 

slab which was later converted to a 

metal sided building, and was used for 

animal studies mainly using carbon-14 

or tritium tagged materials. Building G 

was constructed in 1980 as a wood 

frame building with steel roof on a 

concrete slab and was used to store 

primarily carbon-14 and tritium 

radioactive waste prior to disposal. The 

site is located in a mixed residential, 

agricultural and commercial area. 

The licensee ceased using licensed 

materials in Building C in March 2006 

and Building G in July 2006 and 

initiated surveys and decontamination 

of the buildings. Based on the Licensee’s 

historical knowledge of the site and the 

conditions of the Facility, the Licensee 

determined that only routine 

decontamination activities, in 

accordance with their NRC-approved, 

operating radiation safety procedures, 

were required. The Licensee was not 

required to submit a decommissioning 

plan to the NRC because worker cleanup 

activities and procedures are consistent 

with those approved for routine 

operations. The Licensee conducted 

surveys of Building C in June 2006 and 

Building G in September 2006 and 

provided information to the NRC to 

demonstrate that they meet the criteria 

in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20 for 

unrestricted release. 

Need for the Proposed Action 

The Licensee has ceased conducting 

licensed activities in Buildings C and G, 

and seeks the unrestricted use of 

Buildings C and G. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The historical review of licensed 

activities conducted in Buildings C and 

G shows that such activities involved 

use of the following radionuclides with 

half-lives greater than 120 days: 

hydrogen-3 and carbon-14. Prior to 

performing the final status survey, the 

Licensee conducted decontamination 

activities, as necessary, in the areas of 

Buildings C and G affected by these 

radionuclides. 

The Licensee completed final status 

surveys on Building C on June 6, 2006, 

and on Building G on September 22, 

2006. These surveys covered all areas of 

Building C and Building G. The final 

status survey report was attached to the 

Licensee’s amendment request dated 

June 5, 2007. The Licensee elected to 

demonstrate compliance with the 

radiological criteria for unrestricted 

release as specified in 10 CFR 20.1402 

using the screening approach described 

in NUREG–1757, ‘‘Consolidated NMSS 

Decommissioning Guidance,’’ Volume 

2. The Licensee used the radionuclidespecific derived concentration guideline 

levels (DCGLs), developed there by the 

NRC, which comply with the dose 

criterion in 10 CFR 20.1402. These 

DCGLs define the maximum amount of 

residual radioactivity on building 

surfaces, equipment, and materials, and 

in soils, that will satisfy the NRC 

requirements in Subpart E of 10 CFR 

Part 20 for unrestricted release. The 

NRC conducted independent 

radiological surveys of the Buildings C 

and G and identified no radiological 

contamination in Building C in excess 


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