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Federal Register on October 20, 1995 

(60 FR 54260). The public scoping 

meeting was held in Gore, Oklahoma on 

November 15, 1995. Following the 

NRC’s 2002 reclassification of waste at 

the SFC site as 11e.(2) byproduct 

material and transfer of the NRC 

regulatory oversight to Appendix A of 

Part 40, NRC held a rescoping meeting 

on May 13, 2003 (68 FR 20033). The 

Rescoping Summary Report was issued 

in November 2003 (ADAMS Accession 

No.: ML033170349). The NRC staff 

prepared and issued a Draft EIS in 

September 2007; notice of the 

availability of the Draft EIS appeared in 

the Federal Register on September 21, 

2007 (72 FR 54080). Public comments 

on the Draft EIS were accepted by the 

NRC staff until November 5, 2007. The 

NRC staff’s responses to these comments 

and copies of the submitted comments 

are provided in appendices to the Final 

EIS. 

The Final EIS describes the proposed 

action and reasonable alternatives to the 

proposed action, including the noaction alternative, and describes the 

proposed mitigation measures. The NRC 

staff assesses the impacts of the 

proposed action and it’s alternative on 

public and occupational health, air 

quality, water resources, waste 

management, geology and soils, noise, 

ecology resources, land use, 

transportation, historical and cultural 

resources, visual and scenic resources, 

socioeconomics, accidents and 

environmental justice. Additionally, the 

Final EIS analyzes and compares the 

costs and benefits of the proposed 

action. 

After weighing the impacts, costs, and 

benefits of the proposed action and 

comparing alternatives, the NRC staff, in 

accordance with 10 CFR 51.91(d), sets 

forth its final NEPA recommendation 

regarding the proposed action. The NRC 

staff recommends that the proposed 

action be approved, unless safety issues 

mandate otherwise. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day 

of May, 2008. 

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

Scott C. Flanders, 

Deputy Director, Environmental Protection 

and Performance Assessment Directorate, 

Division of Waste Management and 

Environmental Protection, Office of Federal 

and State Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs. 

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Sunshine Federal Register Notice 

DATE: Weeks of May 26, June 2, 9, 16, 

23, 30, 2008. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

Week of May 26, 2008 

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 

1:30 p.m. 

NRC All Hands Meeting (Public 

Meetings), Marriott Bethesda North 

Hotel, 5701 Marinelli Road, 

Rockville, MD 20852. 

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 

9:25 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public 

Meeting) (Tentative): 

a. AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 

(Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating 

Station), Docket No. 50–219–LR, 

Citizens’ Petition for Review of 

LBP–07–17 and Other Interlocutory 

Decisions in the Oyster Creek 

Proceeding (Tentative). 

b. Oyster Creek, Indian Point, Pilgrim, 

and Vermont Yankee License 

Renewals, Docket Nos. 50–219–LR, 

50–247–LR, 50–286–LR, 50–293–

LR, 50–271–LR, Petition to Suspend 

Proceedings (Tentative). 

c. U.S. Department of Energy (High 

Level Waste Repository: PreApplication Matters), Docket No. 

PAPO–00—The State of Nevada’s 

Notice of Appeal from the PAPO 

Board’s January 4, 2008 and 

December 12, 2007 Orders and The 

State of Nevada’s Motion to File a 

Limited Reply (Tentative). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Equal Employment 

Opportunity (EEO) and Workforce 

Planning (Public Meeting) (Contact: 

Kristin Davis, (301) 492–2266). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of June 2, 2008—Tentative 

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 

9 a.m. 

Briefing on Results of the Agency 

Action Review Meeting (AARM) 

(Public Meeting) (Contact: Shaun 

Anderson, (301) 415–2039). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Thursday, June 5, 2008 

1:30 p.m. 

Meeting with Advisory Committee on 

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) (Public 

Meeting) (Contact: Tanny Santos, 

(301) 415–7270). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of June 9, 2008—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of June 9, 2008. 

Week of June 16, 2008—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of June 16, 2008. 

Week of June 23, 2008—Tentative 

Friday, June 27, 2008 

9:30 a.m. 

Periodic Briefing on New Reactor 

Issues (Public Meeting) (Contact: 

Donna Williams, (301) 415–1322). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of June 30, 2008—Tentative 

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 

9 a.m. 

Hearing: Diablo Canyon, 10 CFR Part 

2, Subpart K Proceeding, Oral 

Arguments (Public Meeting) 

(Contact: John Cordes, (301) 415–

1600). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

* 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 

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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 

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available. If you are interested in 

receiving this Commission meeting 

schedule electronically, please send an 

electronic message to dkw@nrc.gov. 

Dated: May 22, 2008. 

R. Michelle Schroll, 

Office of the Secretary. 

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Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Issuance, Availability of 

Regulatory Guide 1.45, Revision 1. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Ridgely, Regulatory Guide Development 

Branch, Division of Engineering, Office 

of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone 

(301) 415–6555 or e-mail to 

John.Ridgely@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a revision 

to an existing guide in the agency’s 

‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series 

was developed to describe and make 

available to the public information such 

as methods that are acceptable to the 

NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the agency’s regulations, 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific problems or 

postulated accidents, and data that the 

staff needs in its review of applications 

for permits and licenses. 

Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.45, 

‘‘Guidance on Monitoring and 

Responding to Reactor Coolant System 

Leakage,’’ was issued with a temporary 

identification as Draft Regulatory Guide 

DG–1173. General Design Criterion 

(GDC) 14, ‘‘Reactor Coolant Pressure 

Boundary,’’ as set forth in Appendix A, 

‘‘General Design Criteria for Nuclear 

Power Plants,’’ to Title 10, Part 50, of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 

part 50), ‘‘Domestic Licensing of 

Production and Utilization Facilities,’’

requires that the reactor coolant 

pressure boundary (RCPB) shall be 

designed, fabricated, erected, and tested 

so as to have an extremely low 

probability of abnormal leakage, of 

rapidly propagating failure, and of gross 

rupture. As a result, these nuclear 

components are normally designed to 

the criteria established in Section III of 

the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code 

promulgated by the American Society of 

Mechanical Engineers. 

During the design phase, degradationresistant materials are normally 

specified for reactor coolant system 

(RCS) components. However, materials 

can degrade as a result of the complex 

interaction of the materials, the stresses 

they encounter, and the normal and 

upset operating environments in which 

they are used. Such material 

degradation could lead to the leakage of 

the reactor coolant. Consequently, GDC 

30, ‘‘Quality of Reactor Coolant Pressure 

Boundary,’’ of Appendix A to 10 CFR 

Part 50 requires that means shall be 

provided for detecting and, to the extent 

practical, identifying the location of the 

source of reactor coolant leakage. 

Additionally, 10 CFR 50.55a, ‘‘Codes 

and Standards,’’ requires the 

performance of inservice inspection and 

testing of nuclear power plant 

components. Thus, the concept of 

defense-in-depth is used to provide 

assurance that structural integrity of the 

RCPB is maintained. This guide 

describes methods that the staff of the 

NRC considers acceptable for 

implementing these requirements, with 

regard to selecting reactor coolant 

leakage detection systems, monitoring 

for leakage, and responding to leakage. 

This guide applies to light-water cooled 

reactors. 

II. Further Information 

In June 2007, DG–1173 was published 

with a public comment period of 60 

days from the issuance of the guide. The 

public comment period closed on 

August 28, 2007. The staff’s responses to 

the public comments are located in the 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS), 

Accession Number ML073200289. 

Electronic copies of Regulatory Guide 

1.45, Revision 1 are available through 

the NRC’s public Web site under 

‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. 

In addition, regulatory guides are 

available for inspection at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room (PDR), which is 

located at Room O–1F21, One White 

Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852–2738. The 

PDR’s mailing address is USNRC PDR, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. The PDR 

can also be reached by telephone at 

(301) 415–4737 or (800) 397–4209, by 

fax at (301) 415–3548, and by e-mail to 

pdr@nrc.gov. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day 

of May, 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Andrea D. Valentin, 

Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, 

Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research. 

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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) has submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request for extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

information collection. RI 20–64, Letter 

Reply to Request for Information, is 

used by the Civil Service Retirement 

System to provide information about the 

amount of annuity payable after a 

survivor reduction, to explain the 

annuity reductions required to pay for 

the survivor benefit, and to give the 

beginning rate of survivor annuity. RI 

20–64A, Former Spouse Survivor 

Annuity Election, is used by the Civil 

Service Retirement System to obtain a 

survivor benefits election from 

annuitants who are eligible to elect to 

provide survivor benefits for a former 

spouse. RI 20–64B, Information on 

Electing a Survivor Annuity for Your 

Former Spouse, is a pamphlet that 

provides important information to 

retirees under the Civil Service 

Retirement System who want to provide 

a survivor annuity for a former spouse. 

We estimate that 30 survivor elections 

on RI 20–64A will be processed per year 

and that of these eight will use RI 20–

64 to ask for information about electing 

a smaller survivor benefit. Form RI 20–

64A requires 45 minutes to complete for 

a burden of 23 hours. Form RI 20–64 

requires 8 minutes to complete for a 

burden of 1 hour. The total burden is 24 

hours. 

For copies of this proposal, contact 

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606–

8358, FAX (202) 418–3251 or via E-mail 

to MaryBeth.Smith-Toomey@opm.gov. 

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