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environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter 

dated November 6, 2009, as 

supplemented by letter dated November 

20, 2009. Portions of the submittals 

contain proprietary and security 

information and, accordingly, are not 

available to the public pursuant to 10 

CFR 2.390. The public documents may 

be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at 

the NRC’s Public Document Room 

(PDR), located at One White Flint North, 

Public File Area O–1F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. Publicly available 

records will be accessible electronically 

from the Agencywide Document 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.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day 

of January 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Donna N. Wright, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II– 

1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

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[Docket Nos. 50–327 and 50–328; NRC– 

2010–0021] 

Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah 

Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an Exemption, pursuant to 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) Section 73.5, 

‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ from the 

implementation date for certain new 

requirements of 10 CFR part 73, 

‘‘Physical protection of plants and 

materials,’’ for Facility Operating 

License Nos. DPR–77 and DPR–79, 

issued to Tennessee Valley Authority 

(TVA, the licensee), for operation of the 

Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 

(SQN), located in Hamilton County, 

Tennessee. In accordance with 10 CFR 

51.21, ‘‘Criteria for and identification of 

licensing and regulatory actions 

requiring environmental assessments,’’ 

the NRC prepared an environmental 

assessment documenting its finding. 

The NRC concluded that the proposed 

action will have no significant 

environmental impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would exempt 

the TVA from the required 

implementation date of March 31, 2010, 

for several new requirements of 10 CFR 

part 73. Specifically, SQN would be 

granted an exemption from being in full 

compliance with certain new 

requirements contained in 10 CFR 

73.55, ‘‘Requirements for physical 

protection of licensed activities in 

nuclear power reactors against 

radiological sabotage,’’ by the March 31, 

2010, deadline (74 FR 13935, March 27, 

2009). TVA has proposed an alternate 

full compliance implementation date of 

September 24, 2012, approximately two 

and half years beyond the date required 

by 10 CFR part 73. The proposed action, 

an extension of the schedule for 

completion of certain actions required 

by the revised 10 CFR part 73, does not 

involve any physical changes to the 

reactor, fuel, plant structures, support 

structures, water, or land at the SQN site 

that were not previously considered in 

the environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact made by 

the Commission in promulgating its 

revisions to 10 CFR part 73, Power 

Reactor Security Requirements, 74 FR 

13926, 13967 (March 27, 2009). 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application dated 

November 6, 2009, as supplemented by 

letter dated January 11, 2010. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed action is needed to 

provide the licensee with additional 

time to perform the required upgrades to 

the SQN security system because they 

involve new components and 

engineering that cannot be obtained or 

completed by the March 31, 2010, 

implementation date. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its 

environmental assessment of the 

proposed exemption. The staff has 

concluded that the proposed action to 

extend the implementation deadline 

would not significantly affect plant 

safety and would not have a significant 

adverse effect on the probability of an 

accident occurring. 

The proposed action would not result 

in an increased radiological hazard 

beyond those previously analyzed in the 

environmental assessment and finding 

of no significant impact made by the 

Commission in promulgating its 

revisions to 10 CFR part 73 (74 FR 

13967). There will be no change to 

radioactive effluents that affect radiation 

exposures to plant workers and 

members of the public. Therefore, no 

changes or different types of 

radiological impacts are expected as a 

result of the proposed exemption. 

The proposed action does not result 

in changes to land use or water use, or 

result in changes to the quality or 

quantity of non-radiological effluents. 

No changes to the National Pollution 

Discharge Elimination System permit 

are needed. No effects on the aquatic or 

terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the 

plant, or to threatened, endangered, or 

protected species under the Endangered 

Species Act, or impacts to essential fish 

habitat covered by the MagnusonSteven’s Act are expected. There are no 

impacts to the air or ambient air quality. 

There are no impacts to historical and 

cultural resources. There would be no 

impact to socioeconomic resources. 

Therefore, no changes to or different 

types of non-radiological environmental 

impacts are expected as a result of the 

proposed exemption. 

Accordingly, the NRC concludes that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action. 

The licensee currently maintains a 

security system acceptable to the NRC 

and will continue to provide acceptable 

physical protection of SQN as TVA 

implements certain new requirements in 

10 CFR part 73. Therefore, the extension 

of the implementation date of the new 

requirements of 10 CFR part 73 to 

September 24, 2012, would not have 

any significant environmental impacts. 

The NRC staff’s safety evaluation will 

be provided in the exemption that will 

be issued as part of the letter to the 

licensee approving the exemption to the 

regulation, if granted. 

Environmental Impacts of the 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the NRC staff considered denial 

of the proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). Denial of the 

exemption request would result in no 

change in current environmental 

impacts. If the proposed action was 

denied, the licensee would have to 

comply with the March 31, 2010, 

implementation deadline. The 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

exemption and the ‘‘no action’’ 

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Alternative Use of Resources 

The action does not involve the use of 

any different resources than those 

considered in the Final Environmental 

Statement for SQN dated February 13, 

1974. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

In accordance with its stated policy, 

on December 22, 2009, the NRC staff 

consulted with the Tennessee State 

official, Elizabeth Flannagan of the 

Tennessee Bureau of Radiological 

Health, 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 November 6, 2009, as 

supplemented by letter dated January 

11, 2010. Portions of the November 6, 

2009, submittal contain safeguards and 

security sensitive information and, 

accordingly, are not available to the 

public. Other parts of these documents 

may be examined, and/or copied for a 

fee, at the NRC’s Public Document 

Room (PDR), located at One White Flint 

North, Public File Area O–1F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. Publicly available 

records will be accessible electronically 

from the Agencywide Document 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.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day 

of January 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Siva P. Lingam, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch 

LPL2–2, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

[OMB Control No. 3206–0174; Forms RI 20– 

63, RI 20–116 and RI 20–117] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Review of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

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) intends to submit to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request for review of a 

currently approved information 

collection. ‘‘Survivor Annuity Election 

for a Spouse’’ (OMB Control No. 3206– 

0174; Form RI 20–63), is used by 

annuitants to elect a reduced annuity 

with a survivor annuity for their spouse. 

(OMB Control No. 3206–0174; Form RI 

20–116) is a cover letter for RI 20–63 

giving information about the cost to 

elect less than the maximum survivor 

annuity. This letter may be used to 

decline to elect. (OMB Control No. 

3206–0174; RI 20–117) is a cover letter 

for RI 20–63 giving information about 

the cost to elect the maximum survivor 

annuity. This letter may be used to ask 

for more information or to decline to 

elect. 

RI 20–117 is accompanied by RI 20– 

63A, Information on Electing a Survivor 

Annuity for Your Spouse, or RI 20–63B, 

Information on Electing a Survivor 

Annuity for Your Spouse When You Are 

Providing a Former Spouse Annuity. 

Both booklets explain the election. RI 

20–63A is for annuitants who do not 

have a former spouse who is entitled to 

a survivor annuity benefit. RI 20–63B is 

for those who do have a former spouse 

who is entitled to a benefit. These 

booklets do not require OMB clearance. 

They have been included because they 

provide the annuitant additional 

information. 

Comments are particularly invited on: 

whether this collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

functions of the Office of Personnel 

Management, and whether it will have 

practical utility; whether our estimate of 

the public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

and ways in which we can minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, through 

the use of appropriate technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

We estimate 2,400 RI 20–63 forms are 

returned each year electing survivor 

annuities and 200 annuitants return the 

cover letter to ask for information about 

the cost to elect less than the maximum 

survivor annuity or to refuse to provide 

any survivor benefit. We estimate this 

form takes an average of 45 minutes per 

response to complete the form with a 

burden of 1,800 hours and 10 minutes 

to complete the letter, which gives a 

burden of 34 hours. The total burden for 

RI 20–63 is 1,834 hours. 

For copies of this proposal, contact 

Cyrus S. Benson on (202) 606–4808, 

FAX (202) 606–0910 or via E-mail to 

Cyrus.Benson@opm.gov. Please include 

a mailing address with your request. 

DATES: Comments on this proposal 

should be received within 60 calendar 

days from the date of this publication. 

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments 

to James K. Freiert, Deputy Assistant 

Director, Retirement Services Program, 

Center for Retirement and Insurance 

Services, U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 

3305, Washington, DC 20415–3500. 

For information regarding 

administrative coordination contact: 

Cyrus S. Benson, Team Leader, 

Publications Team, RIS Support 

Services/Support Group, U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, 

NW., Room 4H28, Washington, DC 

20415. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

John Berry, 

Director. 

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Extension of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection: 

(OMB Control No. 3206–0211; 

Reemployment of Annuitants, 5 CFR 

837.103) 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

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) intends to submit to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. ‘‘Reemployment of 

Annuitants’’ (OMB Control No. 3206– 

0211; 5 CFR 837.103), requires agencies 


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