3946 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 15 / Monday, January 25, 2010 / Notices 

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 14th day 

of January 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

John G. Lamb, 

Senior Project Manager, Watts Bar Special 

Projects Branch, Division of Operating 

Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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[Docket Nos. 50–438–CP, 50–439–CP; 

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Tennessee Valley Authority; 

Establishment of Atomic Safety and 

Licensing Board 

Pursuant to delegation by the 

Commission dated December 29, 1972, 

published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 

28,710 (1972), and the Commission’s 

regulations, see 10 CFR 2.104, 2.105, 

2.300, 2.313, 2.318, and 2.321, notice is 

hereby given that an Atomic Safety and 

Licensing Board (Board) is being 

established to preside over the following 

proceeding: 

Tennessee Valley Authority (Bellefonte 

Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2) 

This proceeding concerns a Petition to 

Intervene submitted by the Blue Ridge 

Environment Defense League, its 

chapter Bellefonte Efficiency and 

Sustainability Team, and the Southern 

Alliance for Clean Energy in response to 

a Federal Register Notice published on 

March 13, 2009 (74 FR 10,969) stating 

that any person adversely affected by 

the Commission’s determination to 

reinstate the construction permits for 

Bellefonte Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, 

to be located in Jackson County, 

Alabama, may request a hearing. The 

scope of the hearing request ‘‘is limited 

to whether good cause exists for the 

reinstatement of the [construction 

permits]’’ (ibid.; see also In the Matter of 

Tennessee Valley Authority (Bellefonte 

Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2), CLI–10– 

06, 71 NRC _(slip op. at 6–7, 19 (Jan. 7, 

2010))). 

The Board is comprised of the 

following administrative judges: 

G. Paul Bollwerk III, Chair, Atomic 

Safety and Licensing Board Panel, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 

20555–0001; 

Dr. Anthony J. Baratta, Atomic Safety 

and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; 

Dr. William W. Sager, Atomic Safety 

and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

All correspondence, documents, and 

other materials shall be filed in 

accordance with the NRC E-filing rule, 

which the NRC promulgated in August 

2007 (72 FR 49,139). 

Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th 

day of January 2010. 

E. Roy Hawkens, 

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety 

and Licensing Board Panel. 

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[Docket Nos. 50–282 and 50–306; NRC– 

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License Nos. DPR–42 and DPR–60; 

Northern States Power Company; 

Prairie Island Nuclear Generating 

Plant, Units 1 and 2; Receipt of 

Request for Action Under 10 CFR 2.206 

Notice is hereby given that by petition 

dated September 4, 2009, Mr. David Lee 

Sebastian (petitioner) has requested that 

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) take action with 

regard to the licensee for the Prairie 

Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 

and 2. The Prairie Island Nuclear 

Generating Plant is operated by 

Northern States Power Company, 

incorporated in Minnesota as a wholly 

owned subsidiary of Xcel Energy, Inc. 

(Xcel). The petitioner requests that the 

NRC: 

(1) Order Xcel to cease and desist 

from its current arbitrary and capricious 

practices using the Access 

Authorization and Fitness for Duty (AA/ 

FFD) Programs other than their intended 

created intent, as they are being applied 

against the petitioner. 

(2) Order compliance with: 

(A) The NRC’s regulations under 

Section 73.56, ‘‘Personnel Access 

Authorization Requirements for Nuclear 

Power Plants,’’ of Title 10 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 73.56); 

(B) The rationale described in the 

final rule ‘‘Access Authorization 

Program for Nuclear Power Plants’’ (RIN 

3150–AA90) published in the Federal 

Register on April 26, 1991 (56 FR 

18997); and 

(C) Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI) 

implementation guidance in ‘‘Nuclear 

Power Plant Access Authorization 

Program’’ (NEI–03–01, Rev. 2). 

(3) That the petitioner be granted 

access authorization without further 

delay to perform his accepted job tasks 

with all record of denial removed from 

any and all records wherever found. 

(4) Issue any other Order, or grant any 

other relief, to which the petitioner may 

have shown himself entitled. 

As the basis for the request, the 

petitioner states that Xcel is in violation 

of 10 CFR 73.56 in denying him access 

to the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating 

Plant using the AA/FFD program by 

basing the decision solely upon an 

existing tax lien. The petitioner states 

that Xcel failed to base the decision to 

grant or deny unescorted access 

authorization on a review and 

evaluation of all pertinent information. 

The petitioner states that Xcel failed to 

incorporate all three elements (i.e., 

background investigation, psychological 

assessment, and behavioral observation) 

of the unescorted access authorization 

program when making the decision to 

deny the petitioner unescorted access, 

contrary to the rationale for rule ‘‘Access 

Authorization Program for Nuclear 

Power Plants’’ (56 FR 18997). 

The NRC is treating the petitioner’s 

request pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206, 

‘‘Requests for Action under This 

Subpart.’’ The request has been referred 

to the Director of the Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation. As provided by 

Section 2.206, the NRC will take 

appropriate action on this petition 

within a reasonable time. A copy of the 

petition is available for inspection at the 

Commission’s Public Document Room 

(PDR), located at One White Flint North, 

Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

MD 20852. Publicly available records 

related to this action will be accessible 

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 

by e-mail to pdr.Resource@nrc.gov. The 

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incoming petition request is 

ML093380574. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day 

of January 2010. 

Eric J. Leeds, 

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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MANAGEMENT 

Excepted Service 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This gives notice of OPM 

decisions granting authority to make 

appointments under Schedules A, B, 

and C in the excepted service as 

required by 5 CFR 213.103. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roland Edwards, Senior Executive 

Resource Services, Employee Services, 

202–606–2246. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Appearing 

in the listing below are the individual 

authorities established under Schedules 

A, B, and C between December 1, 2009, 

and December 31, 2009. These notices 

are published monthly in the Federal 

Register at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ 

fr/. A consolidated listing of all 

authorities as of June 30 is also 

published each year. The following 

Schedules are not codified in the Code 

of Federal Regulations. These are 

agency-specific exceptions. 

Schedule A 

No Schedule A authorities to report 

during December 2009. 

Schedule B 

No Schedule B authorities to report 

during December 2009. 

Schedule C 

The following Schedule C 

appointments were approved during 

December 2009. 

Department of State 

DSGS69986 Executive Director to the 

Assistant Secretary for International 

Organizational Affairs. Effective 

December 23, 2009. 

Department of Defense 

DDGS17267 Director for Joint 

Communications to the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs. 

Effective December 1, 2009. 

Department of the Army 

DWGS60076 Special Assistant to the 

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil 

Works). Effective December 24, 2009. 

Department of Justice 

DJGS00155 Speechwriter to the 

Director, Office of Public Affairs. 

Effective December 17, 2009. 

Department of Agriculture 

DAGS00186 White House Liaison to 

the Secretary. Effective December 4, 

2009. 

DAGS00320 Special Assistant to the 

Deputy Chief of Staff. Effective 

December 16, 2009. 

Department of Commerce 

DCGS60512 Senior Advisor to the 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Industry and Security. Effective 

December 1, 2009. 

DCGS00502 Director of Advance to the 

Director of Scheduling and Advance. 

Effective December 10, 2009. 

DCGS60371 Policy Advisor to the 

Chief of Staff for the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

Effective December 16, 2009. 

DCGS00693 Policy Advisor to the 

Chief of Staff for the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

Effective December 22, 2009. 

Department of Labor 

DLGS00024 Special Assistant to the 

Assistant Secretary for Disability 

Employment Policy. Effective 

December 1, 2009. 

DLGS60076 Special Assistant to the 

Director, Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs. Effective 

December 1, 2009. 

DLGS60107 Regional Representative to 

the Assistant Secretary for 

Congressional and Intergovernmental 

Affairs. Effective December 3, 2009. 

DLGS60142 Special Assistant to the 

Deputy Secretary of Labor. Effective 

December 24, 2009. 

Department of Education 

DBGS00572 Special Assistant to the 

Assistant Secretary for Planning, 

Evaluation, and Policy Development. 

Effective December 1, 2009. 

DBGS00317 Confidential Assistant to 

the Chief of Staff. Effective December 

4, 2009. 

DBGS00318 Director for Special 

Initiatives to the Assistant Deputy 

Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. Effective December 4, 

2009. 

DBGS00319 Special Assistant to the 

Chief of Staff. Effective December 4, 

2009. 

DBGS00406 Confidential Assistant to 

the Assistant Secretary for Vocational 

and Adult Education. Effective 

December 4, 2009. 

DBGS00218 Executive Director of the 

White House Initiative on Asian 

Americans and Pacific Islanders to the 

Under Secretary. Effective December 

15, 2009. 

DBGS00529 Special Assistant to the 

Director, Faith-Based and Community 

Initiatives Center. Effective December 

17, 2009. 

DBGS00498 Special Assistant to the 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary. 

Effective December 22, 2009. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

EPGS10002 Senior Speech Writer to 

the Associate Administrator for Public 

Affairs. Effective December 8, 2009. 

Department of Energy 

DEGS00780 Director, Office of 

Congressional Affairs to the Director 

of Congressional, Intergovernmental, 

and Public Affairs. Effective 

December 10, 2009. 

DEGS00781 Legislative Affairs 

Specialist to the Assistant Secretary 

for Congressional and 

Intergovernmental Affairs. Effective 

December 24, 2009. 

DEGS00783 Special Assistant to the 

Deputy Director, Scheduling and 

Advance. Effective December 24, 

2009. 

DEGS00785 Staff Assistant to the 

General Counsel. Effective December 

31, 2009. 

General Services Administration 

GSGS01435 Special Assistant to the 

Regional Administrator. Effective 

December 11, 2009. 

GSGS01434 Federal Interagency 

Councils Program Manager to the 

Associate Administrator for 

Governmentwide Policy. Effective 

December 17, 2009. 

Department of Transportation 

DTGS60301 Associate Director to the 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Governmental Affairs. Effective 

December 18, 2009. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 

10577, 3 CFR 1954–1958 Comp., p. 218. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

John Berry, 

Director. 

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