Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 163 / Thursday, August 21, 2008 / Notices 49495 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–63,735] 

HTI Hydraulic Technologies, LLC; 

Galion, OH; Notice of Termination of 

Investigation 

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade 

Act of 1974, as amended, an 

investigation was initiated on July 24, 

2008 in response to a petition filed on 

behalf of workers of HTI Hydraulic 

Technologies, LLC, Galion, Ohio. 

The petitioning group of workers is 

covered by an active certification (TA–

W–62,679 as amended) which expires 

on February 22, 2010. Consequently, 

further investigation in this case would 

serve no purpose, and the investigation 

has been terminated. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

August 2008. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E8–19410 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permits Issued Under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permits issued under 

the Antarctic Conservation of 1978, 

Public Law 95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permits issued under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

This is the required notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office, 

Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

14, 2008, the National Science 

Foundation published a notice in the 

Federal Register of a Waste 

Management permit application 

received. A permit was issued on 

August 15, 2008 to: Mark Flager, 

Voyages of Discovery, Permit No. 2009 

WM–002. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–19342 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–247 and 50–286] 

License Nos. DPR–26 and DPR–64; 

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; 

Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC; 

Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC; 

Notice of Issuance of Director’s 

Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or Commission) has 

issued a Director’s Decision with regard 

to a petition dated June 25, 2007, filed 

by Mr. Sherwood Martinelli on behalf of 

Friends United for Sustainable Energy 

(FUSE), hereinafter referred to as the 

‘‘Petitioner.’’ The petition was 

supplemented on December 21, 2007, 

with a transcript of a meeting between 

the NRC and the Petitioner. The petition 

concerns the operation of the Indian 

Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 

and 3 (Indian Point) owned by Entergy 

Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC and Entergy 

Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC, 

respectively, and operated by Entergy 

Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy). 

The petition requested immediate 

suspension of the operating licenses for 

Indian Point Unit Nos. 2 and 3 until the 

licensee resolves the issues described in 

the petition to full compliance with all 

local, State, and Federal laws. 

As the basis for the June 25, 2007 

request, the Petitioner raised concerns 

stemming from the spent fuel pool (SFP) 

leakage discovered at Indian Point in 

September of 2005. Mr. Martinelli 

considers such operation to be 

potentially unsafe and to be in violation 

of Federal regulations. In the petition, 

the Petitioner cited a number of 

references to possible consequences 

from radionuclide leakage from the SFP 

that the Petitioner believes prohibit safe 

operation of the facility. 

The petition of June 25, 2007, raises 

concerns originating from the SFP 

leakage at Indian Point which was 

reported by Entergy to the NRC in 

September of 2005. The Petitioner stated 

that since Entergy has been unable to 

locate the source of the SFP leakage, 

they are unable to repair the leak. In 

turn, the Petitioner argued that the effect 

on the environment is increasing and 

the structural integrity of the SFP will 

worsen and contribute to the decline of 

plant stability and integrity. 

On December 21, 2007, the Petitioner 

and the licensee met with the staff’s 

Petition Review Board. The meeting 

gave the Petitioner and the licensee an 

opportunity to provide additional 

information and to clarify issues cited in 

the petition. 

The NRC sent a copy of the Proposed 

Director’s Decision to the Petitioner and 

to Entergy for comment on May 30, 

2008. The staff did not receive any 

comments on the Proposed Director’s 

Decision. 

The Director of the Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation denied the request to 

suspend the Indian Point Generating 

Unit Nos. 2 and 3 operating licenses. 

The reasons for this decision are 

explained in the Director’s Decision 

pursuant to Title 10 of Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.206 

[DD–08–02], the complete text of which 

is available in Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS) Accession No. ML082060642 

for inspection at the Commission’s 

Public Document Room, located at One 

White Flint North, Public File Area O1 

F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 

Rockville, Maryland, and from the 

ADAMS Public Library component on 

the NRC’s Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm.html (the Public Electronic 

Reading Room). 

The NRC denied the petition based on 

conclusions reached by Entergy 

investigations and NRC inspection 

efforts which determined that public 

health and safety have not been, nor are 

likely to be, adversely affected. 

Additionally, the dose consequence to 

the public attributable to current onsite 

conditions associated with groundwater 

contamination is negligible with respect 

to conservatively established NRC 

regulatory limits. 

A copy of the Director’s Decision will 

be filed with the Secretary of the 

Commission for the Commission’s 

review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206 

of the Commission’s regulations. As 

provided for by this regulation, the 

Director’s Decision will constitute the 

final action of the Commission 25 days 

after the date of the decision, unless the 

Commission, on its own motion, 

institutes a review of the director’s 

decision in that time. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day 

of August 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Eric J. Leeds, 

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E8–19374 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

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