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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mamie Bittner, Deputy Director, Office 

of Policy, Planning, Research, and 

Communications, Institute of Museum 

and Library Services, 1800 M Street, 

NW., 9th Floor, Washington, DC. Ms. 

Bittner can be reached by telephone: 

202–653–4630; fax: 202–653–4600; or 

e-mail: mbittner@imls.gov. 

Dated: October 31, 2007. 

Barbara Smith, 

E-Projects Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–21706 Filed 11–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7036–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

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[Docket Nos. 50–269, 50–270, and 50–287] 

Duke Power Company, LLC; Oconee 

Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of amendments to Renewed 

Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR–

38, DPR–47, and DPR–55, issued to 

Duke Power Company, LLC (the 

licensee), for operation of the Oconee 

Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, 

located in Seneca, South Carolina. 

Therefore, as required by Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations, Part 51, 

Section 51.21, the NRC is issuing this 

environmental assessment and finding 

of no significant impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action is administrative 

in nature and would revise the 

Technical Specifications (TSs) to 

remove requirements that are no longer 

applicable due to the completion of the 

control room intake/booster fan 

modifications. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application dated 

January 31, 2007. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed action removes 

requirements from the TSs that are no 

longer applicable. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its safety 

evaluation of the proposed action and 

concludes that there are no 

environmental impacts. 

The details of the staff’s safety 

evaluation will be provided in the 

license amendments that will be issued 

as part of the letter to the licensee 

approving the license amendments. 

The proposed action will not 

significantly increase the probability or 

consequences of accidents. No changes 

are being made in the types of effluents 

that may be released off site. There is no 

significant increase in the amount of 

any effluent released off site. There is no 

significant increase in occupational or 

public radiation exposure. Therefore, 

there are no significant radiological 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed action. 

With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed 

action does not have a potential to affect 

any historic sites. It does not affect 

nonradiological plant effluents and has 

no other environmental impact. 

Therefore, there are no significant 

nonradiological environmental impacts 

associated with the proposed action. 

Accordingly, the NRC concludes that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the staff considered denial of the 

proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’

alternative). Denial of the application 

would result in no change in current 

environmental impacts. The 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action and the alternative action are 

similar. 

Alternative Use of Resources 

The action does not involve the use of 

any different resources than those 

previously considered in the Final 

Environmental Statement for the 

Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 

3, dated March 1972 and Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (NUREG–1437, Supplement 

2) dated December 9, 1999. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on October 18, 2007, the staff consulted 

with the South Carolina State official, 

Mr. R. Mike Gandy of the Department of 

Health and Environmental Control, 

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 NRC concludes that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment. Accordingly, the 

NRC 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 letter 

dated January 31, 2007. 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 Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading 

Room on the Internet at 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 by telephone 

at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or 

send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day 

of October 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Leonard N. Olshan, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II–

1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E7–21777 Filed 11–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

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Sunshine Federal Register Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission. 

DATES: Weeks of November 5, 12, 19, 26; 

December 3, 10, 2007. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of November 5, 2007 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of November 5, 2007. 

Week of November 12, 2007—Tentative 

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 

9:30 a.m. 

Meeting with Advisory Committee on 

Nuclear Waste and Materials 

(ACNW&M) (Public Meeting) 

(Contact: Antonio Dias, 301–415–

6805). 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of November 19, 2007—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of November 19, 2007. 

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Week of November 26, 2007—Tentative 

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 

9:30 a.m. 

Discussion of Security Issues 

(Closed—Ex. 1 & 3). 

1:30 p.m. 

Briefing on Equal Employment 

Opportunity (EEO) Programs 

(Public Meeting) (Contact: Sandra 

Talley, 301–415–8059). 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of December 3, 2007—Tentative 

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Threat Environment 

Assessment (Closed—Ex. 1). 

Friday, December 7, 2007 

10 a.m. 

Discussion of Intragovernmental 

Issues (Closed—Ex. 1 & 9). 

Week of December 10, 2007—Tentative 

Wednesday, December 12, 2007 

9:30 a.m. 

Discussion of Management Issues 

(Closed—Ex. 2). 

Thursday, December 13, 2007 

9:30 a.m. 

Discussion of Management Issues 

(Closed—Ex. 2). 

*The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. To verify the status of meetings, 

call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. 

Contact person for more information: 

Michelle Schroll, (301) 415–1662. 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/policymaking/schedule.html. 

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g., 

braille, large print), please notify the 

NRC’s Disability Program Coordinator, 

Rohn Brown, at 301–492–2279, TDD: 

301–415–2100, or by e-mail at 

REB3@nrc.gov. Determinations on 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

will be made on a case-by-case basis. 

This notice is distributed by mail to 

several hundred subscribers; if you no 

longer wish to receive it, or would like 

to be added to the distribution, please 

contact the Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969). 

In addition, distribution of this meeting 

notice over the Internet system is 

available. If you are interested in 

receiving this Commission meeting 

schedule electronically, please send an 

electronic message to dkw@nrc.gov. 

Dated: November 1, 2007. 

R. Michelle Schroll, 

Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–5570 Filed 11–6–07; 11:05 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

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Biweekly Notice; Applications and 

Amendments to Facility Operating 

Licenses Involving No Significant 

Hazards Considerations 

Background 

Pursuant to section 189a. (2) of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission or NRC 

staff) is publishing this regular biweekly 

notice. The Act requires the 

Commission publish notice of any 

amendments issued, or proposed to be 

issued and grants the Commission the 

authority to issue and make 

immediately effective any amendment 

to an operating license upon a 

determination by the Commission that 

such amendment involves no significant 

hazards consideration, notwithstanding 

the pendency before the Commission of 

a request for a hearing from any person. 

This biweekly notice includes all 

notices of amendments issued, or 

proposed to be issued from October 11, 

2007, to October 24, 2007. The last 

biweekly notice was published on 

October 23, 2007 (72 FR 60032). 

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of 

Amendments to Facility Operating 

Licenses, Proposed No Significant 

Hazards Consideration Determination, 

and Opportunity for a Hearing 

The Commission has made a 

proposed determination that the 

following amendment requests involve 

no significant hazards consideration. 

Under the Commission’s regulations in 

10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation 

of the facility in accordance with the 

proposed amendment would not (1) 

involve a significant increase in the 

probability or consequences of an 

accident previously evaluated; or (2) 

create the possibility of a new or 

different kind of accident from any 

accident previously evaluated; or (3) 

involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. The basis for this 

proposed determination for each 

amendment request is shown below. 

The Commission is seeking public 

comments on this proposed 

determination. Any comments received 

within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice will be 

considered in making any final 

determination. Within 60 days after the 

date of publication of this notice, the 

licensee may file a request for a hearing 

with respect to issuance of the 

amendment to the subject facility 

operating license and any person whose 

interest may be affected by this 

proceeding and who wishes to 

participate as a party in the proceeding 

must file a written request for a hearing 

and a petition for leave to intervene. 

Normally, the Commission will not 

issue the amendment until the 

expiration of 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. The 

Commission may issue the license 

amendment before expiration of the 60- 

day period provided that its final 

determination is that the amendment 

involves no significant hazards 

consideration. In addition, the 

Commission may issue the amendment 

prior to the expiration of the 30-day 

comment period should circumstances 

change during the 30-day comment 

period such that failure to act in a 

timely way would result, for example in 

derating or shutdown of the facility. 

Should the Commission take action 

prior to the expiration of either the 

comment period or the notice period, it 

will publish in the Federal Register a 

notice of issuance. Should the 

Commission make a final No Significant 

Hazards Consideration Determination, 

any hearing will take place after 

issuance. The Commission expects that 

the need to take this action will occur 

very infrequently. 

Written comments may be submitted 

by mail to the Chief, Rulemaking, 

Directives and Editing Branch, Division 

of Administrative Services, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, and should cite the publication 

date and page number of this Federal 

Register notice. Written comments may 

also be delivered to Room 6D44, Two 

White Flint North, 11545 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland, from 7:30 

a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays. 

Copies of written comments received 

may be examined at the Commission’s 

Public Document Room (PDR), located 

at One White Flint North, Public File 

Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 

floor), Rockville, Maryland. The filing of 

requests for a hearing and petitions for 

leave to intervene is discussed below. 

Within 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, person(s) may 

file a request for a hearing with respect 

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