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be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. We will make all submissions 

from organizations or businesses, and 

from individuals identifying themselves 

as representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Todd Willens, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife 

and Parks. 

[FR Doc. 07–6147 Filed 12–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

December 17, 2007. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) 

hereby announces the submission of the 

following public information collection 

requests (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 

A copy of each ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation; including 

among other things a description of the 

likely respondents, proposed frequency 

of response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 

Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is 

not a toll-free number) / e-mail: 

king.darrin@dol.gov. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: John Kraemer, OMB Desk Officer 

for the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA), Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Room 10235, Washington, 

DC 20503, Telephone: 202–395–4816 / 

Fax: 202–395–6974 (these are not a tollfree numbers), e-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 

30 days from the date of this publication 

in the Federal Register. In order to 

ensure the appropriate consideration, 

comments should reference the 

applicable OMB Control Number (see 

below). 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Title of Collection: Records of Tests 

and Examinations of Personnel Hoisting 

Equipment. 

OMB Control Number: 1219–0034. 

Affected Public: Private Sector: 

Business or other for-profit (Mines). 

Agency Form Number: None. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

255. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,873. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden: 

$306,000. 

Description: MSHA requires records 

of specific tests and inspections of mine 

personnel hoisting systems, including 

wire ropes, to ensure that such systems 

are safe to operate while in use. For 

additional information, see related 

notice published on October 17, 2007 at 

72 FR 58900. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Title of Collection: Respirator Program 

Records. 

OMB Control Number: 1219–0048. 

Affected Public: Private Sector: 

Business or other for-profit (Mines). 

Agency Form Number: None. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

300. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,174 . 

Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden: 

$90,000. 

Description: MSHA requires metal 

and nonmetal mine operators to (1) 

establish written standard operating 

procedures governing the selection, 

maintenance, and use of respirators, and 

(2) to keep records of the results of 

respirator fit-tests. For additional 

information, see related notice 

published on October 15, 2007 at 72 FR 

58336. 

Agency Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Title of Collection: Hoist Operators’

Physical Fitness. 

OMB Control Number: 1219–0049. 

Affected Public: Private Sector: 

Business or other for-profit (Mines). 

Agency Form Number: None. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

64. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 11. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden: 

$98,560. 

Description: Mine operators are 

required to have hoist operators 

examined and certified annually for 

fitness of duty, by a qualified, licensed 

physician. For additional information, 

see related notice published on October 

15, 2007 at 72 FR 58337. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Title of Collection: Rock Burst Control 

Plan (Pertains to Underground Metal/ 

Nonmetal Mines—30 CFR 57.3461). 

OMB Control Number: 1219–0097. 

Affected Public: Private Sector: 

Business or other for-profit (Mines). 

Agency Form Number: None. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 24. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden: 

$0. 

Description: Requires underground 

metal and nonmetal mine operators to 

develop a rock burst plan within 90 

days after a rock burst has been 

experienced. Stress data is normally 

recorded on gauges and plotted on 

maps. This information is used for work 

assignments to assure miner safety and 

to schedule correction work. For 

additional information, see related 

notice published on October 15, 2007 at 

72 FR 58337. 

Darrin A, King, 

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–24904 Filed 12–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING 

COMMISSION 

Fee Rate 

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to 25 CFR 514.1(a)(3), that the 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

has adopted final annual fee rates of 

0.00% for tier 1 and 0.059% (.00059) for 

tier 2 for calendar year 2007. These rates 

shall apply to all assessable gross 

revenues from each gaming operation 

under the jurisdiction of the 

Commission. If a tribe has a certificate 

of self-regulation under 25 CFR part 

518, the final fee rate on class II 

revenues for calendar year 2007 shall be 

one-half of the annual fee rate, which is 

0.0295% (.000295). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kwame Mainoo, National Indian 

Gaming Commission, 1441 L Street, 

NW., Suite 9100, Washington, DC 

20005; telephone (202) 632–7003; fax 

(202) 632–7066 (these are not toll-free 

numbers). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) 

established the National Indian Gaming 

Commission which is charged with, 

among other things, regulating gaming 

on Indian lands. 

The regulations of the Commission 

(25 CFR part 514), as amended, provide 

for a system of fee assessment and 

payment that is self-administered by 

gaming operations. Pursuant to those 

regulations, the Commission is required 

to adopt and communicate assessment 

rates, the gaming operations are 

required to apply those rates to their 

revenues, compute the fees to be paid, 

report the revenues, and remit the fees 

to the Commission on a quarterly basis. 

The regulations of the Commission 

and the final rate being adopted today 

are effective for calendar year 2007. 

Therefore, all gaming operations within 

the jurisdiction of the Commission are 

required to self administer the 

provisions of these regulations, and 

report and pay any fees that are due to 

the Commission by December 31, 2007. 

Dated: December 18, 2007. 

Philip N. Hogen, 

Chairman, National Indian Gaming 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–6182 Filed 12–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7565–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Nuclear Energy 

Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Renewal 

Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, App. 

2, and section 102–3.65, title 41, Code 

of Federal Regulations and following 

consultation with the Committee 

Management Secretariat, General 

Services Administration, notice is 

hereby given that the Nuclear Energy 

Advisory Committee, formerly known as 

the Nuclear Energy Research Advisory 

Committee, has been renewed for a two 

year period. 

The Committee will provide advice to 

the Office of Nuclear Energy on 

planning and priorities in the nuclear 

energy program. The Secretary of Energy 

has determined that renewal of the 

Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee is 

essential to conduct the business of the 

Department of Energy and is in the 

public interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed by law 

upon the Department of Energy. The 

Committee will continue to operate in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. No. 92–463), the General Services 

Administration Final Rule on Federal 

Advisory Committee Management, and 

other directives and instructions issued 

in implementation of those acts. 

For Further Information Contact: Ms. 

Rachel Samuel at (202) 586–3279. 

Issued in Washington DC on December 15, 

2007. 

Carol A. Matthews, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–24957 Filed 12–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–317] 

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, 

Inc.; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power 

Plant, Unit No. 1; Exemption 

1.0 Background 

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, 

Inc. (the licensee), is the holder of 

Renewed Facility Operating License 

Nos. DPR–53 and DPR–69, which 

authorize operation of the Calvert Cliffs 

Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 

(Calvert Cliffs 1 and 2), respectively. 

The license provides, among other 

things, that the facility is subject to all 

rules, regulations, and orders of the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, 

the Commission) now or hereafter in 

effect. 

The facility consists of two 

pressurized-water reactors located in 

Calvert County, Maryland. 

2.0 Request/Action 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), Part 50, Section 

50.46, ‘‘Acceptance criteria for 

emergency core cooling systems for 

light-water nuclear power reactors,’’

requires, in part, that ‘‘Each boiling or 

pressurized light-water nuclear power 

reactor fueled with uranium oxide 

pellets within cylindrical zircaloy or 

ZIRLO TM cladding must be provided 

with an emergency core cooling system 

(ECCS) that must be designed so that its 

calculated cooling performance 

following postulated loss-of-coolant 

accidents [LOCAs] conforms to the 

criteria set forth in paragraph (b) of this 

section.’’ Appendix K, ‘‘ECCS 

Evaluation Models,’’ to 10 CFR Part 50 

requires, in part, that the rate of energy 

release, hydrogen generation, and 

cladding oxidation from the metal/water 

reaction shall be calculated using the 

Baker-Just equation. The Baker-Just 

equation assumes that the cladding 

material is composed of either zircaloy 

or ZIRLO TM. 

By letter dated February 23, 2007, the 

licensee requested an exemption from 

the requirements of 10 CFR 50.46 and 

Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50 to allow 

the use of lead fuel assemblies (LFAs) 

clad with advanced zirconium-based 

alloys manufactured by Westinghouse 

Electric Company and M5 TM alloy 

manufactured by AREVA. The advanced 

zirconium-based and M5 TM alloys are 

proprietary alloys and are chemically 

different from either zircaloy or 

ZIRLO TM fuel cladding materials, 

which are approved for use. Therefore, 

a plant-specific exemption from these 

regulations is required to support the 

use of LFAs that are not manufactured 

with zircaloy or ZIRLO TM. 

Previously, by letter dated April 11, 

2003, the NRC staff approved the 

irradiation of 8 LFAs, four 

Westinghouse LFAs and four AREVA 

LFAs, for 2 operating cycles in the core 

of Calvert Cliffs 2. These LFAs were 

inserted into the Unit 2 core in April of 

2003 and remained there during 

Operating Cycles 15 and 16. 

Subsequently, by letter dated November 

9, 2006, the NRC staff approved the 

irradiation of 4 LFAs, two Westinghouse 

LFAs and two AREVA LFAs, for a third 

operating cycle in either Calvert Cliffs 1 

or Calvert Cliffs 2. The licensee 

subsequently inserted these 4 LFAs into 

the core of Calvert Cliffs 2 during their 

spring 2007 refueling outage for 

operating cycle 17 which is currently 

ongoing. The remaining 4 LFAs, two 

Westinghouse LFAs and two AREVA 

LFAs, were discharged to the spent fuel 

pool for detailed post-irradiation 

examinations during the spring 2007 

Unit 2 refueling outage. 

In the licensee’s letter of February 23, 

2007, the licensee requested the 

exemption to support the re-insertion of 

the remaining 4 LFAs, two 


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