53284 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 179 / Monday, September 15, 2008 / Notices 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for School Collaboration 

Projects in Picturing America, submitted to 

the Division of Education Programs, at the 

October 1, 2008 deadline. 

15. Date: October 31, 2008. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 421. 

Program: This meeting, which will be by 

teleconference, will review applications for 

America’s Media Makers Grants Program in 

Radio, submitted to the Division of Public 

Programs, at the August 27, 2008 deadline. 

Michael P. McDonald, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

National Science Board; Sunshine Act 

Meetings; Notice 

The National Science Board, pursuant 

to NSF regulations (45 CFR part 614), 

the National Science Foundation Act, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 1862n–5), and the 

Government in the Sunshine Act (5 

U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in 

regard to the scheduling of meetings for 

the transaction of National Science 

Board business and other matters 

specified, as follows: 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: National 

Science Board. 

DATE AND TIME: Monday, September 22, 

2008, at 8 a.m. 

PLACE: University of Alaska Fairbanks, 

Elvey Building, Globe Room, Fairbanks, 

AK 99775. 

STATUS: Some portions open, some 

portions closed. 

Open Sessions 

September 22, 2008 

8 a.m.–8:10 a.m. 

8:10 a.m.–11:15 a.m. 

11:15 a.m.–12 p.m. 

Closed Sessions 

September 22, 2008 

1:30 p.m.–2:15 p.m. 

2:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m. 

AGENCY CONTACT: Dr. Robert E. Webber, 

rwebber@nsf.gov, (703) 292–7000, 

http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/. 

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

Monday, September 22, 2008 

Open Session: 8 a.m.–8:10 a.m. 

Chairman’s Introduction and 

University of Alaska Fairbanks 

Welcome. 

Committee on Programs and Plans 

(CPP) 

Open Session: 8:10 a.m.–11:15 a.m. 

• Approval of August 2008 CPP 

Minutes. 

• Committee Chairman’s Remarks. 

• Task Force on Sustainable Energy 

(SE). 

Æ SE Task Force Co-Chairmen’s 

Remarks. 

Æ Discussion and Summary of 

September 4, 2008 Roundtable 

Discussion. 

Æ Discussion of Possible 

Recommendations for Inclusion in a 

Draft Report. 

Æ Discussion of Upcoming Task 

Force Activities. 

• NSB Information Item: National 

Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network 

(NNIN). 

• Review of NSF Major Research 

Facilities and the Major Research 

Equipment and Facilities Construction 

(MREFC) Process. 

• Major Research Facilities and 

Facility Plan: Horizon Projects; 

Maintenance and Operations Planning 

for Large Facilities; and Policy Issues. 

• Review of MREFC Process 

• Discussion 

Plenary Open 

Open Session: 11:15 a.m.–12 p.m. 

• Approval of August 2008 Minutes. 

• Resolution to Close December 2008 

Meeting. 

• Chairman’s Report. 

• Director’s Report. 

• Open Committee Report. 

Committee on Programs and Plans 

(CPP) 

Closed Session: 1:30 p.m.–2:15 p.m. 

• Chairman’s Remarks. 

• NSB Information Item: National 

Astronomy and Ionosphere Center 

(NAIC). 

• NSB Action Item: Management and 

Operations of the National Optical 

Astronomy Observatory and the 

National Solar Observatory. 

Plenary Closed 

Closed Session: 2:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m. 

• Approval of August 2008 Minutes. 

• Awards and Agreements. 

• Closed Committee Reports. 

Ann Ferrante, 

Technical Writer/Editor. 

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COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 63–001] 

Department of Energy; Notice of 

Acceptance for Docketing of a License 

Application for Authority To Construct 

a Geologic Repository at a Geologic 

Repository Operations Area at Yucca 

Mountain, NV 

By letter dated June 3, 2008, the 

Department of Energy (DOE, or the 

Applicant) submitted a license 

application (Application) seeking 

authorization to construct a geologic 

repository at a geologic repository 

operations area at Yucca Mountain in 

Nye County, Nevada. The Application 

was submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC), pursuant to Section 

114 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, as 

amended (NWPA), Title 10 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 63, 

and 10 CFR 2.101. NRC published a 

notice of receipt and availability of this 

application in the Federal Register (73 

FR 34348, corrected in 73 FR 40883) on 

June 17, 2008. 

The NRC staff has determined that 

DOE has submitted information in 

accord with 10 CFR Part 2, ‘‘Rules of 

Practice for Domestic Licensing 

Proceedings and Issuance of Orders,’’ 

and 10 CFR Part 63, ‘‘Disposal of HighLevel Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic 

Repository at Yucca Mountain, 

Nevada,’’ that can be accepted for 

docketing and review. The docket 

number established for this license 

application is 63–001. 

The NRC staff will perform a detailed 

technical review of the license 

application to determine whether to 

authorize construction of a geologic 

repository. Docketing of the license 

application does not preclude the NRC 

from requesting additional information 

from the applicant as the review 

proceeds, nor does it predict whether 

the Commission will grant or deny a 

construction authorization. The 

Commission will conduct a hearing in 

accord with 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart C, 

‘‘Rules of General Applicability: Hearing 

Requests, Petitions to Intervene, 

Availability of Documents, Selection of 

Specific Hearing Procedures, Presiding 

Officer Powers, and General Hearing 

Management for NRC Adjudicatory 

Hearings,’’ Subpart J, ‘‘Procedures 

Applicable to Proceedings for the 

Issuance of Licenses for the Receipt of 

High-Level Radioactive Waste at a 

Geologic Repository,’’ and Subpart G, 

‘‘Rules for Formal Adjudications.’’ If the 

Commission finds that the license 

application meets the applicable 

standards of the Atomic Energy Act of 

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