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January 24, 2008 with the number of 73 

FR 4194 is a joint Navy and Marine 

Corps system that covers this collection. 

Accordingly, all files have been merged 

into this system. 

MMN00047 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Officer Slate File System (February 

22, 1993, 58 FR 10630). 

REASON: 

Navy/Marine system of records notice 

NM05000–2, Program Management and 

Locator System printed in the Federal 

Register on January 24, 2008 with the 

number of 73 FR 4194 is a joint Navy 

and Marine Corps system that covers 

this collection. Accordingly, all files 

have been merged into this system. 

MTE00001 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Telephone Billing/Accounting File 

(January 4, 2000, 65 FR 291). 

REASON: 

Records collection no longer required. 

[FR Doc. E8–2146 Filed 2–5–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[USAF–2008–0001] 

Privacy Act of 1974 System of Records 

AGENCY: Department of Air Force, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice to Amend a System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Air Force 

proposes to amend a system of records 

to its inventory of record systems 

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 

U.S.C. 552a), as amended. 

DATES: The changes will be effective on 

March 7, 2008, unless comments are 

received that would result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Air 

Force Privacy Act Officer, Office of 

Warfighting Integration and Chief 

Information Officer, SAF/XCISI, 1800 

Air Force Pentagon, Suite 220, 

Washington, DC 20330–1800. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Novella Hill at (703) 588–7855. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Air Force systems of 

records notices subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, 

have been published in the Federal 

Register and are available from the 

address above. 

The specific changes to the record 

system being amended are set forth 

below followed by the notice, as 

amended, published in its entirety. The 

proposed amendments are not within 

the purview of subsection (r) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, which requires the 

submission of a new or altered system 

report. 

Dated: January 31, 2008. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

DUSDA 13 

SYSTEM NAME: 

War Souvenir Registration/ 

Authorization (February 27, 2007, 72 FR 

8697). 

CHANGES: 

* * * * * 

SYSTEM IDENTIFIER: 

Delete entry and replace with ‘‘F024 

AF USTRANSCOM A.’’

* * * * * 

F024 AF USTRANSCOM A 

SYSTEM NAME: 

War Souvenir Registration/ 

Authorization. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

United States Transportation 

Command (USTRANSCOM), ATTN: 

TCJ5/4–PT, 508 Scott Drive, Scott AFB, 

IL 62225–5357. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Military and DoD civilian personal 

serving in overseas theaters. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Name, Social Security Number (SSN), 

rank and/or grade, Organization and/or 

unit, home address, war souvenir 

description, and overseas theater. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

10 U.S.C. Part IV, Chapter 153, Sec. 

2579; DoDD 5030.40, DoD Customs and 

Border Clearance Program; DoD 4500.9R 

Defense Transportation Regulation, Part 

V DoD Customs and Border Clearance 

Policies and Procedures; and E.O. 9397 

(SSN). 

PURPOSE(S): 

To register and authorize an 

individual to retain a war souvenir and 

to return the item to the United States. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records 

or information contained therein may 

specifically be disclosed outside the 

DoD as a routine use pursuant to 

552a(b)(3) as follows: 

The DoD ‘‘Blanket Routine Uses’’ set 

forth at the beginning of Department of 

Air Force’s compilation of systems of 

records notices apply to this system. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR 

STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, 

RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF 

RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Paper in file folders. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Name and Social Security Number 

(SSN). 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Access to the records is limited to 

those who require the records in the 

performance of their official duties. 

Physical entry is restricted by the use of 

locks, guards, and administrative 

procedures. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Disposition pending approval of 

records disposition schedule by the 

National Records and Administration 

Agency. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

United States Transportation 

Command (USTRANSCOM), ATTN: 

TCJ5/4–PT—Transportation Specialist, 

508 Scott Drive, Scott AFB, IL 62225–

5357. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

is contained in this system of records 

should address written inquiries to the 

United States Transportation Command 

(USTRANSCOM), ATTN: TCJ5/4–PT–

Transportation Specialist, 508 Scott 

Drive, Scott AFB, IL 62225–5357. 

Requests should contain individual’s 

name, address, Social Security Number 

(SSN), unit, Company Commander/ 

Contracting Officer’s Representative, 

and date requested war souvenir 

registration. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system of records should address 

written inquiries to the United States 

Transportation Command 

(USTRANSCOM), ATTN: TCJ5/4–PT–

Transportation Specialist, 508 Scott 

Drive, Scott AFB, IL 62225–5357. 

Requests should contain individual’s 

name, address, Social Security Number 

(SSN), unit, Company Commander/ 


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Contracting Officer’s Representative, 

and date requested war souvenir 

registration. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

From the individual. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES 

SAFETY BOARD 

[Recommendation 2008–1] 

Safety Classification of Fire Protection 

Systems 

AGENCY: Defense Nuclear Facilities 

Safety Board. 

ACTION: Notice, recommendation. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board has made a 

recommendation to the Secretary of 

Energy pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2286a(a)(5) 

which addresses the safety classification 

of fire protection systems at defense 

nuclear facilities in the Department of 

Energy complex. 

DATES: Comments, data, views, or 

arguments concerning the 

recommendation are due on or before 

March 7, 2008. 

ADDRESS: Send comments, data, views, 

or arguments concerning this 

recommendation to: Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana 

Avenue, NW., Suite 700, Washington, 

DC 20004–2001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Grosner or Andrew L. Thibadeau 

at the address above or telephone (202) 

694–7000. 

Dated: January 31, 2008. 

A.J. Eggenberger, 

Chairman. 

Recommendation 2008–1 to the 

Secretary of Energy Safety 

Classification of Fire Protection 

Systems Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

2286a(a)(5) Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 

As Amended 

Date: January 29, 2008. 

Fire protection systems in defense 

nuclear facilities have generally not 

been designated as ‘‘safety-class’’ as that 

term pertains to protection of the public 

from accidents. Such designation would 

bring into play a variety of Department 

of Energy (DOE) rules and directives, 

among them DOE Order 420.1B, Facility 

Safety, and DOE Guide 420.1–1, 

Nonreactor Nuclear Safety Design 

Criteria and Explosives Safety Criteria. 

While these documents describe general 

requirements for safety-class systems, 

e.g., redundancy and quality assurance, 

they do not provide specific guidance 

on how a fire protection system such as 

an automatic sprinkler system should be 

designed, operated, and maintained. 

Accordingly, when DOE’s Savannah 

River Site contractor proposed in the 

late 1990s that certain fire protection 

systems employed in the site’s tritium 

facilities be designated as safety-class 

(and thus credited with protecting the 

public from accidents involving an 

offsite release of tritium), both DOE and 

the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 

Board (Board) were forced to conduct 

reviews of the proposal on an ad hoc 

basis without reference to specific 

guidance. The Board’s review led to a 

March 18, 1999, letter to the Secretary 

of Energy agreeing with the 

reclassification of certain fire protection 

systems at the site’s tritium facilities. 

The technical basis for the Board’s 

agreement is found in the report 

appended to the letter: 

Controlling incipient fires through 

operability of a more reliable fire suppression 

system would make large fires less likely to 

occur. To substantially reduce the predicted 

likelihood of such fires to the ‘‘extremely 

unlikely’’ frequency range, WSRC reclassified 

the fire suppression (and some detection) 

systems as safety class. TSRs will be applied 

to fire protection systems falling in this 

category * * * WSRC acknowledges that 

installed fire suppression systems will not 

meet criteria such as redundancy or nucleargrade quality assurance, nor are these 

systems seismically qualified. Imposition of 

safety-class requirements means that, in 

addition to meeting National Fire Protection 

Association (NFPA) code requirements, 

higher levels of maintenance and 

surveillance and of operability for these 

systems will be addressed in the TSRs. The 

intent is to increase the reliability of the 

suppression systems to maintain the SAR 

assumption that full-facility fires will be 

extremely unlikely. The TSRs will require 

that immediate actions be taken, such as 

cessation of operations and posting of a fire 

watch, should a safety-class fire suppression 

system be taken out of service or found to be 

inoperative. 

In June of 2000, the Board addressed 

more broadly the safety classification of 

fire protection systems. In Section 3.3 of 

Technical Report DNFSB/TECH-27, Fire 

Protection at Defense Nuclear Facilities, 

the Board stated: 

Designation of safety-class or safetysignificant structures, systems, and 

components (SSCs), administrative controls, 

and engineered design features is determined 

through a prescribed methodology (DOE–

STD–3009–94, [U.S. Department of Energy, 

1994] and DOE G 420.1–2, [U.S. Department 

of Energy, 2000]) that relies to a large extent 

on the engineering judgment of the safety 

analysts and designers. Overall, the objective 

is to prevent a fire, or to control and confine 

a fire should one occur. Methods of 

accomplishing this objective are set forth in 

NFPA codes that have been a requirement of 

the DOE program for decades. It is essential 

that decisions concerning the application of 

these codes and the selection of features and 

controls be made by qualified and 

experienced fire protection engineers. 

This section of the report provided 

additional guidance on application of 

these principles to the control of 

ignition sources, use of passive fire 

barriers, suppression of incipient fires, 

minimization of transient combustibles, 

and enhancement and protection of 

confinement systems such as ventilation 

through HEPA (high efficiency 

particulate air) filters. The report 

acknowledged the Board’s letter 

regarding Savannah River’s tritium 

facilities and encouraged the safety 

designation of suppression systems 

when they are relied on for critical 

safety functions: ‘‘Fire sprinkler systems 

relied upon for worker safety and public 

protection should be classified as safetyclass or safety-significant SSCs because 

they provide the most effective, 

automated, and quick response to a 

fire.’’ (Report, p. 3–3) The report noted 

that the Los Alamos National Laboratory 

(LANL) had identified the fire sprinkler 

system in the Chemistry and Metallurgy 

Research Facility as a vital system and 

had begun an effort to inspect and test 

the system for functional performance. 

Subsequent to the Board’s 1999 letter 

and 2000 technical report, DOE 

expanded its reliance on fire protection 

systems as primary lines of defense 

against accidents. For example, the 

following projects initially planned or 

reclassified fire protection systems as 

safety-class or safety-significant: 

• Chemistry and Metallurgy Research 

Replacement Project, LANL. 

• Device Assembly Facility, Nevada 

Test Site. 

• Building 9212, Y–12 National 

Security Complex. 

• Explosive Bays and Cells, Pantex 

Plant. 

• Building 332, Lawrence Livermore 

National Laboratory. 

• Highly Enriched Uranium Materials 

Facility, Y–12 National Security 

Complex. 

• Uranium Processing Facility, Y–12 

National Security Complex. 

• K-Area Container Surveillance and 

Storage Capability, Savannah River Site. 

Although it should be clear from the 

Board’s earlier statements that it can 

support reliance on fire protection 

systems as primary safety measures, the 

Board is no longer comfortable with 


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