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the preliminary stages of a dry cask 

storage project and requests exemption 

from these requirements until such time 

that LACBWR spent fuel is moved to 

dry cask storage, which is currently 

expected to occur in 2010. 

NRC staff reviewed DPC’s request and 

issued a request for additional 

information on February 8, 2007. DPC 

provided the additional information on 

March 21, 2007. 

3.0 Discussion 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 74.7, the 

Commission may, upon application of 

any interested person or upon its own 

initiative, grant such exemptions from 

the requirements of the regulations in 10 

CFR Part 74 as it determines are 

authorized by law and will not endanger 

life or property or the common defense 

and security, and are otherwise in the 

public interest. The underlying purpose 

of 10 CFR 74.19 is to provide 

recordkeeping requirements for material 

control and accounting of SNM, 

including requirements for procedures 

and for conduct of an annual physical 

inventory of all SNM. 

In 2006, while conducting work (that 

required fuel handling) in the spent fuel 

pool, DPC was able to observe most of 

the fuel assemblies. No historical 

records discrepancies were found with 

respect to the lower tier fuel assemblies 

that were observed during that time. 

However, some fuel assemblies in the 

lower tier of the spent fuel pool have 

not been observed since 1987. Regarding 

these assemblies, the licensee must 

observe them by the completion of its 

next annual inventory, using existing 

procedures for any fuel handling 

needed, to confirm the assemblies are in 

the locations indicated by the 

accounting records. After DPC confirms 

the locations of the remaining 

assemblies in the lower tier of the spent 

fuel pool (that have not been observed 

since 1987) by completion of its next 

annual inventory, the licensee’s claim of 

thorough MC&A documentation dating 

back to 1987 can be verified. 

Since all assemblies will have been 

observed over a two-year period by the 

completion of the next inventory period 

in 2008, and the licensee has 

commenced the preliminary stages of a 

dry cask storage project that currently 

indicates that assemblies will be 

removed from the spent fuel pool within 

the next few years, the staff has 

determined that it will be sufficient for 

the licensee to continue its current 

inventory practice with regard to 

assemblies, following the 2008 

inventory campaign. This approach will 

help prevent the future movement of 

certain fuel assemblies that might result 

in unnecessary fuel breakage, while still 

meeting the intent of the recordkeeping 

requirements of 10 CFR 74.19. 

The licensee committed in its March 

21, 2007, letter to place in the fuel 

debris storage baskets, all fuel rod 

segments and debris retrieved in the 

future. The licensee must inventory, on 

an annual basis, the contents of the 

stainless steel baskets that contain fuel 

pellets and other debris. The licensee 

must also revise all pertinent 

procedures to incorporate those future 

actions. In addition, the licensee must 

observe and note the presence of each 

bottom tier assembly prior to an 

assembly being placed above it in the 

upper tier position. The licensee must 

also provide significant revisions to the 

dry storage project plan and/or timeline 

to the NRC in a timely manner (within 

45 days). 

The NRC staff has determined that 

granting of the licensee’s proposed 

exemption, with certain conditions 

discussed above, will not result in a 

violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954, as amended, or the Commission’s 

regulations. Therefore, the exemption is 

authorized by law. 

4.0 Conclusion 

Given the above considerations, the 

NRC staff concludes that by granting the 

proposed exemption with the above 

conditions, the underlying purpose of 

the requirements in 10 CFR 74.19 will 

be met. The Commission has 

determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 

74.7, the exemption is authorized by 

law, will not endanger life or property 

or the common defense and security, 

and is otherwise in the public interest. 

Therefore, the Commission hereby 

grants DPC an exemption from certain 

inventory-related requirements of 10 

CFR 74.19(b) and 10 CFR 74.19(c) for 

LACBWR, provided the licensee 

satisfies the conditions set forth in the 

discussion above. This exemption will 

expire at the time the fuel is transferred 

to dry cask storage. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the 

Commission has determined that the 

granting of this exemption will have no 

significant impact on the environment 

(72 FR 73383, December 27, 2007). 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day 

of December 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Keith I. McConnell, 

Acting Director, Division of Waste 

Management and Environmental Protection, 

Office of Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management Programs. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission. 

DATES: Weeks of January 7, 14, 21, 28, 

February 4, 11, 2008. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of January 7, 2008 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of January 7, 2008. 

Week of January 14, 2008—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of January 14, 2008. 

Week of January 21, 2008—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of January 21, 2008. 

Week of January 28, 2008—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of January 28, 2008. 

Week of February 4, 2008—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of February 4, 2008. 

Week of February 11, 2008—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of February 11, 2008. 

*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 

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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: January 3, 2008. 

Rochelle C. Bavol, 

Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 08–32 Filed 1–4–08; 9:57 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Privacy Act of 1974; New Computer 

Matching Program Between the Office 

of Personnel Management and Social 

Security Administration 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM). 

ACTION: Notice—computer matching 

between the Office of Personnel 

Management and the Social Security 

Administration. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended by the Computer Matching 

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. 

L. 100–503), Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the 

Conduct of Matching Programs, 54 FR 

25818 (June 19, 1989), and OMB 

Circular No. A–130, Management of 

Federal Information Resources (revised 

November 28, 2000), the Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) is 

publishing notice of its new computer 

matching program with the Social 

Security Administration (SSA). 

DATES: OPM will file a report of the 

subject matching program with the 

Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 

Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform of the House of 

Representatives and the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). The matching program will 

begin 30 days after the Federal Register 

notice has been published or 40 days 

after the date of OPM’s submissions of 

the letters to Congress and OMB, 

whichever is later. The matching 

program will continue for 18 months 

from the beginning date and may be 

extended an additional 12 months 

thereafter. Subsequent matches will run 

until one of the parties advises the other 

in writing of its intention to reevaluate, 

modify and/or terminate the agreement. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sean 

Hershey, Chief, Management 

Information Branch, Office of Personnel 

Management, Room 4316, 1900 E Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20415. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Sparrow on (202) 606–1803. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. General 

The Privacy Act, as amended (5 

U.S.C. 552a), establishes the conditions 

under which computer matching 

involving the Federal Government could 

be performed and adding certain 

protections for individuals applying for 

and receiving Federal benefits. The 

Privacy Act regulates the use of 

computer matching by Federal agencies 

when records in a system of records are 

matched with other Federal, State, or 

local government records. Among other 

things, it requires Federal agencies 

involved in computer matching 

programs to: 

(1) Negotiate written agreements with 

the other agency for agencies 

participating in the matching programs; 

(2) Obtain the approval of the match 

agreement by the Data Integrity Boards 

(DIB) of the participating Federal 

agencies; 

(3) Furnish detailed reports about 

matching programs to Congress and 

OMB; 

(4) Notify applicants and beneficiaries 

that their records are subject to 

matching; 

(5) Verify match findings before 

reducing, suspending, termination or 

denying an individual’s benefits or 

payments. 

B. OPM Computer Matches Subject to 

the Privacy Act 

We have taken action to ensure that 

all of OPM’s computer matching 

programs comply with the requirements 

of the Privacy Act, as amended. 

Notice of Computer Matching Program, 

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 

With the Social Security 

Administration (SSA) 

A. Participating Agencies 

OPM and SSA. 

B. Purpose of the Matching Program 

The purpose of this agreement is to 

establish the terms, conditions and 

safeguards for disclosure of Social 

Security benefit information to OPM via 

direct computer link for the 

administration of certain programs by 

OPM’s Center for the Retirement and 

Insurance Services Program. OPM is 

legally required to offset specific 

benefits by a percentage of benefits (i.e., 

Disability Annuitants, Children 

Survivor Annuitants and Spousal 

Survivor Annuitants) payable under 

Title II of the Social Security Act. This 

matching activity will enable OPM to 

compute benefits at the correct rate and 

determine eligibility for these benefits. 

C. Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program 

Section 8461(h) of title 5 of the United 

States Code. 

D. Categories of Records and 

Individuals Covered by the Match 

Under the matching program, OPM 

will match SSA’s DIB and payment date 

against OPM’s records of retirees 

receiving a FERS disability annuity. The 

purpose of the matching program is to 

identify person receiving both a FERS 

disability annuity and a DIB under 

section 223 of the Social Security Act, 

42 U.S.C. 423, in order to apply OPM 

offsets. Under FERS, 5 U.S.C. 

8452(a)(2)(A), for any month in which 

an annuitant is entitled to both a FERS 

disability annuity and to a DIB, the 

FERS annuity shall be computed as 

follows: the FERS disability annuity is 

reduced, for any month during the first 

year after the individual’s FERS 

disability annuity commences or is 

restored by 100% of the individual’s 

assumed Social Security DIB for such 

month, and, for any month occurring 

during a period other than the period 

described above, by 60% of the 

individual’s assumed Social Security 

DIB for such month. 

OPM will provide SSA with an 

extract from the Annuity Master File 

and from pending claims snapshot 

records via the File Transfer 

Management System (FTMS). The 

extracted file will contain identifying 

information concerning the child 

survivor annuitant for whom OPM 

needs information concerning receipt of 

SSA child survivor benefits: full name, 

SSN, date of birth, and type of 

information requested, as required to 

extract data from the SSA State 

Verification and Exchange System files 

for Title II records. Each record on the 

OPM file will be matched to SSA’s 

records to identify FERS child survivor 

annuitants who are receiving SSA CIBs. 

The Federal Register designation for the 

MBR is 60–0090 (SSA/ORSIS). OPM’s 

system of records involved in this 

matching program is designated OPM/ 

Central-1, Civil Service Retirement and 

Insurance Records. For records from 

OPM/Central-1, notice was provided by 

the publication of the system of records 

in the Federal Register at 64 FR 54930 

(Oct. 8, 1999), as amended at 65 FR 

25775 (May 3, 2000). 

OPM’s records of surviving spouses 

who may be eligible to receive the FERS 

Supplementary Annuity will be 


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