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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board Chairs 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB) Chairs. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 

92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 

8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; Wednesday, 

September 17, 2008, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Key Bridge Marriott, 1401 

Lee Highway, Arlington, Virginia, 

Phone: (703) 524–6400, Fax: (703) 524–

8964. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: E. 

Douglas Frost, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; Phone: (202) 

586–5619. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE in the areas of environmental 

restoration, waste management, and 

related activities. 

Tentative Agenda Topics 

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 

Æ Engineering and Technology Panel 

and Roundtable Discussion 

Æ Communications and External 

Affairs Presentation and Roundtable 

Discussion 

Æ Waste and Materials Disposition 

Panel and Roundtable Discussion 

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 

Æ EM Update Presentation and 

Roundtable Discussion 

Æ Round Robin: Top Three SiteSpecific Issues and EM SSAB 

Accomplishments 

Æ Strategic Planning and Transition 

Panel and Roundtable Discussion 

Æ EM SSAB Roundtable Discussion 

• Public Outreach and Recruitment 

Strategies 

• Annual Reports and Member 

Surveys 

• Product Development 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed either before or after the 

meeting with the Designated Federal 

Officer, E. Douglas Frost, at the address 

or telephone listed above. Individuals 

who wish to make oral statements 

pertaining to agenda items should also 

contact E. Douglas Frost. Requests must 

be received five days prior to the 

meeting and reasonable provision will 

be made to include the presentation in 

the agenda. The Designated Federal 

Officer is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Individuals wishing to make public 

comment will be provided a maximum 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling E. Douglas Frost at the 

address or phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.em.doe.gov/stakepages/ 

ssabchairs.aspx. 

Issued at Washington, DC on August 19, 

2008. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Nuclear Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Nuclear Energy Advisory 

Committee (NEAC). Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 94–463, 86 

Stat. 770) requires that public notice of 

these meetings be announced in the 

Federal Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 9 

a.m.–5:15 p.m. 

Location: The meeting will be held at 

the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel located at 480 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 

20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

John Boger, Designated Federal Officer, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 

Germantown Rd, Germantown, MD 

20874; telephone (301) 903–4495; e-mail 

john.boger@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: 

The Nuclear Energy Advisory 

Committee (NEAC), formerly the 

Nuclear Energy Research Advisory 

Committee (NERAC), was established in 

1998 by the U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE) to provide expert advice on 

complex scientific, technical, and policy 

issues that arise in the planning, 

managing, and implementation of DOE’s 

civilian nuclear energy research 

programs. The committee is composed 

of 12 individuals of diverse 

backgrounds selected for their technical 

expertise and experience, established 

records of distinguished professional 

service, and their knowledge of issues 

that pertain to nuclear energy. 

Purpose of the Meeting: To inform the 

committee of recent developments and 

current status of research programs and 

projects pursued by the Department of 

Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and 

receive advice and comments in return 

from the committee. 

Tentative Agenda: The meeting is 

expected to include presentations that 

cover such topics as the current status 

of the Global Nuclear Energy 

Partnership (GNEP), Next Generation of 

Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power 2010, 

and Idaho National Laboratory. The 

agenda may change to accommodate 

committee business. For updates, one is 

directed the NEAC Web site: http:// 

www.ne.doe.gov/neac/ 

neNeacOverview.html. 

Public Participation: Individuals and 

representatives of organizations who 

would like to offer comments and 

suggestions may do so on the day of the 

meeting, Tuesday, September 23, 2008. 

Approximately one-half hour will be 

reserved for public comments. Time 

allotted per speaker will depend on the 

number who wish to speak but is not 

expected to exceed 5 minutes. Anyone 

who is not able to make the meeting or 

has had insufficient time to address the 

committee is invited to send a written 

statement to Dr. John Boger, 19901 

Germantown Rd, Germantown, MD 

20874, or e-mail john.boger@hq.doe.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available by contacting Dr. John 

Boger at the address above or on the 

Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear 

Energy Web site at http:// 

www.ne.doe.gov/neac/ 

neNeacOverview.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 19, 

2008. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Revised Record of Decision for the 

Environmental Impact Statement on a 

Proposed Nuclear Weapons 

Nonproliferation Policy Concerning 

Foreign Research Reactor Spent 

Nuclear Fuel 

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Revised Record of Decision. 


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1The Record of Decision was previously revised 

three times: July 25, 1996 (61 FR 38720); July 19, 

2000 (65 FR 44767); and December 1, 2004 (69 FR 

69901). 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) is further revising 1 the Record of 

Decision (61 FR 25092; May 17, 1996) 

on the Environmental Impact Statement 

on a Proposed Nuclear Weapons 

Nonproliferation Policy Concerning 

Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear 

Fuel (DOE/EIS–218, February 1996), to 

allow the United States to take title to 

spent nuclear fuel and target material 

from foreign research reactors located in 

countries of any income at locations 

other than the port of entry into the 

United States. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on DOE’s Foreign 

Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel 

Acceptance Program or this Revised 

Record of Decision, contact: Mr. 

Andrew Bieniawski, Assistant Deputy 

Administrator for Defense 

Nonproliferation, Office of Global 

Threat Reduction (NA–21), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Attn: 955 

L’Enfant, 202–586–9215. 

For information on DOE’s National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

process, contact: Ms. Carol M. 

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance (GC–20), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0103, (202) 586–

4600, or leave a message at (800) 472–

2756. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

DOE, with the Department of State as 

a cooperating agency, issued the 

Environmental Impact Statement on a 

Proposed Nuclear Weapons 

Nonproliferation Policy Concerning 

Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear 

Fuel (FRR SNF EIS, DOE/EIS–218) in 

February 1996. The Record of Decision 

was issued on May 13, 1996, and was 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 17, 1996 (61 FR 25092). In the FRR 

SNF EIS, DOE and the Department of 

State considered the potential impacts 

of a proposed policy to manage U.S.- 

origin spent nuclear fuel and target 

material from foreign research reactors. 

After consideration of public comments 

submitted on the Draft and Final EIS, 

DOE, in consultation with the 

Department of State, decided to 

implement the proposed policy as 

identified in the Preferred Alternative 

contained in the Final EIS, subject to 

additional stipulations specified in 

Section VII of the Record of Decision. 

The Record of Decision stated, ‘‘DOE 

would take title to the foreign research 

reactor spent nuclear fuel and target 

material that is shipped by sea after it 

is unloaded from the ship at the port of 

entry * * * ’’ In its initial decision, DOE 

announced that eligible spent fuel that 

is irradiated and discharged from 

reactors before May 13, 2006, is eligible 

for acceptance through May 12, 2009. 

DOE later extended the program for an 

additional 10 years, until May 12, 2016, 

for irradiation of eligible fuel, and until 

May 12, 2019, for fuel acceptance (69 FR 

69901; December 1, 2004). 

DOE subsequently determined that 

the need may arise during 

implementation of the policy for the 

United States to take title to spent 

nuclear fuel and target material from 

foreign research reactors located in 

countries with other-than-high-income 

economies at locations other than the 

port of entry into the United States. 

Foreign governments had raised a 

concern in cases where transportation 

casks from multiple countries were on 

a single vessel regarding who would be 

liable for any potential damage when 

spent fuel from one country is in the 

territory of another during the shipment. 

DOE was informed that shipowners 

willing to transport spent nuclear fuel 

from these countries without coverage 

under the Price-Anderson Act had not 

been identified. After determining that 

the point at which title to the spent 

nuclear fuel and target material transfers 

from the reactor operator to the United 

States had no effect on the physical 

processes that would take place under 

the acceptance policy, and thus would 

not have any effect on the potential 

impacts to the environment, workers, or 

the public, DOE issued its Revision to 

the Record of Decision (61 FR 38720; 

July 25, 1996) to allow DOE to take title 

to spent nuclear fuel and target material 

from foreign research reactors located in 

countries with other-than-high-income 

economies, as defined in the Final EIS, 

at locations other than the port of entry 

into the United States. This revised 

policy did not extend to reactors in 

countries with high-income economies, 

since reactor operators in these 

countries, at that time, were able to 

provide sufficient liability insurance for 

transporting their own spent nuclear 

fuel to the United States. 

Reason for the Revision 

Recently, the need has arisen during 

implementation of the policy for the 

United States also to take title to spent 

nuclear fuel and target material from 

foreign research reactors located in 

countries with high-income economies 

at locations other than the port of entry 

into the United States. 

Nuclear insurance pools covering 

individual reactor operators in countries 

with high-income economies have 

begun to require additional coverage. 

This rise in premiums affects, in 

particular, some smaller foreign 

research reactors in high-income 

economy countries that are in many 

cases operated by educational and 

research institutions that do not have 

the funding to pay for additional 

coverage, estimated to cost 

approximately $50,000 per shipping 

participant. Since some smaller foreign 

research reactors would have significant 

difficulties obtaining additional 

funding, they could decide not to 

participate at all in future shipments. 

One reactor in a high-income economy 

country recently refused to participate 

in a shipment without reimbursement of 

additional insurance costs. 

DOE anticipates that liability 

insurance costs will continue to 

increase in the coming years for reactors 

in countries of all incomes. If research 

reactors in high-income economy 

countries are increasingly unable to 

participate in shipments due to lack of 

liability insurance, the program’s 

nonproliferation goal of repatriating 

U.S.-origin highly enriched uranium 

would be jeopardized. 

DOE’s experience since 1996 in taking 

title to material from reactors in otherthan-high-income economy countries 

has confirmed that the point at which 

title to the spent nuclear fuel and target 

material transfers from the reactor 

operator to the United States has no 

effect on the physical processes that 

take place under the acceptance policy. 

There are, for example, no changes in 

the applicable requirements or handling 

practices that ensure worker and public 

safety and environmental protection. 

Thus, the location of title change does 

not have any effect on the potential 

impacts to the environment. 

Therefore, in place of the current 

policy that allows DOE to take title to 

spent nuclear fuel or target material at 

a location other than the U.S. port of 

entry only from foreign research reactors 

in other-than-high-income-economy 

countries, DOE is herein revising the 

Record of Decision to allow the title 

transfer location for spent nuclear fuel 

or target material from reactors located 

in countries of any income to be 

determined on a case-by-case basis by 

DOE, and the terms and conditions of 

the title transfer to be specified in DOE’s 

individual contracts with the reactor 

operators. As with the policy in the 

prior Revised Record of Decision (61 FR 

38720; July 25, 1996), title could 


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transfer as early as the departure of the 

loaded cask from the reactor site or at 

the foreign port-of-origin, or as late as 

entry into the United States. 

Decision 

For the reasons set forth above, 

Section VII (‘‘Decision’’) of the Record 

of Decision (61 FR 25092; May 17, 1996) 

as previously revised (61 FR 38720; July 

25, 1996) is further revised by replacing 

the current Paragraph E with a new 

Paragraph E to read as follows: 

E. The United States may take title to the 

spent nuclear fuel and target material of 

research reactors from countries of any 

income at a location other than the port of 

entry into the United States. On a case-bycase basis, the United States will determine 

whether it is in its best interests, with regard 

to the execution of this policy, to take title 

to certain spent nuclear fuel and target 

material before it reaches the port of entry 

into the United States. The title transfer 

location will be specified in the contract with 

the affected reactor operator. In 

implementing this policy, the Administrator 

for the National Nuclear Security 

Administration must make, on a case-by-case 

basis, any decision to accept title to foreign 

research reactor spent nuclear fuel outside 

the United States. The authority to make this 

decision cannot be delegated. 

In addition, Section IX (‘‘Basis for the 

Decision’’), Paragraph G (‘‘Title Transfer 

Location’’) of the Record of Decision is 

revised to read as follows: 

G. Title Transfer Location—The alternative 

points at which DOE might take title to the 

spent nuclear fuel and target material are 

discussed in Sections 2.2.1.4 and 2.2.2.4 of 

the Final EIS. The point at which title will 

be transferred has no effect on the physical 

processes that would take place, and thus 

will not have any effect on the impacts on 

the environment, workers, or the public. 

However, the point of title transfer does 

affect financial responsibility for risks 

associated with the shipments. 

Under United States law, the PriceAnderson Act would provide 

indemnification coverage for spent 

nuclear fuel and target material 

shipments from foreign research 

reactors upon entry of material into the 

United States regardless of when title is 

transferred to the United States. 

However, Price-Anderson coverage 

outside U.S. territory is provided only if 

the material is owned by, and used by, 

or under contract with the United 

States. For countries with other-thanhigh-income economies, DOE has 

provided Price-Anderson Act coverage 

on a case-by-case basis per the Revised 

Record of Decision issued in 1996 (61 

FR 38720; July 25, 1996). Recently, 

reactor operators in countries with highincome economies have been unable to 

afford nuclear liability insurance due to 

increasing costs. 

The approach for transfer of title 

discussed in Section VII.E. permits DOE 

to take title to spent fuel at locations 

other than the U.S. port of entry, 

regardless of the income status of the 

country repatriating the spent fuel or 

target material to the United States. This 

policy revision allows DOE, on a caseby-case basis, to extend Price-Anderson 

Act coverage and assume financial 

responsibility for shipments from the 

point at which DOE takes title. This 

removes the need for reactors for whom 

sufficient liability insurance is 

unaffordable to purchase such insurance 

for shipment to the U.S. port of entry. 

This provision will provide a 

mechanism whereby liability coverage 

can be provided for segments of the 

transportation process that the reactor 

operators are unable themselves to 

provide. In implementing this policy, 

the Administrator for the National 

Nuclear Security Administration must 

make, on a case-by-case basis, any 

decision to accept title to foreign 

research reactor spent nuclear fuel 

outside the United States. The authority 

to make this decision cannot be 

delegated. 

The revision of the Record of Decision 

set forth in this Notice complies with 

the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations at 40 CFR Parts 1500–1508 

and 10 CFR Part 1021. Because there are 

no environmental impacts associated 

with changing the title transfer location, 

no further environmental review is 

required under the National 

Environmental Policy Act or Executive 

Order 12114 (January 4, 1979) in order 

to effectuate the revision. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 13, 

2008. 

Thomas P. D’Agostino, 

Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and 

Administrator, National Nuclear Security 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

August 20, 2008. 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Docket Numbers: RP01–503–008. 

Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline 

Company of America LLC. 

Description: Natural Gas Pipeline 

Company of America LLC submits 

Original Sheet 477A et al. to FERC Gas 

Tariff, Seventh Revised Volume 1, 

effective 9/15/08. 

Filed Date: 08/15/2008. 

Accession Number: 20080819–0109. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, August 27, 2008. 

Docket Numbers: RP06–231–008. 

RP06–365–006. 

Applicants: Norstar Operating, LLC v. 

Columbia Gas Transmission 

Corporation. 

Description: Columbia Gas 

Transmission Corporation submits 

Second Substitute Fifth Revised Sheet 

406 to FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised 

Volume 1, to be effective 6/1/07. 

Filed Date: 08/18/2008. 

Accession Number: 20080820–0101. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, September 02, 2008. 

Docket Numbers: RP08–34–003. 

Applicants: Kinder Morgan Illinois 

Pipeline LLC. 

Description: Kinder Morgan Illinois 

Pipeline, LLC submits First Revised 

Sheet 213 et al. to FERC Gas Tariff, 

Original Volume 1, to be effective 9/15/ 

08. 

Filed Date: 08/15/2008. 

Accession Number: 20080819–0110. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, August 27, 2008. 

Docket Numbers: RP08–464–000. 

Applicants: Stingray Pipeline 

Company, L.L.C. 

Description: Request for Extension of 

Time of Stingray Pipeline Company, 

L.L.C. 

Filed Date: 07/30/2008. 

Accession Number: 20080730–5019. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, August 25, 2008. 

Docket Numbers: RP08–466–000. 

Applicants: Mississippi Canyon Gas 

Pipeline, L.L.C. 

Description: Request of Mississippi 

Canyon Gas Pipeline, L.L.C. for 

Extension of Time to Implement an 

Electronic Short-Term Capacity Release 

Bidding System. 

Filed Date: 07/30/2008. 

Accession Number: 20080730–5023. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, August 25, 2008. 

Docket Numbers: RP08–469–000. 

Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline 

Company, LP. 

Description: Request for Limited 

Waiver of Order No. 712 

Implementation Date of Gulf South 

Pipeline Company, LP. 

Filed Date: 07/30/2008. 

Accession Number: 20080730–5050. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, August 25, 2008. 


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