Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 190 / Tuesday, September 30, 2008 / Notices 56867 

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E8–22862 Filed 9–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Exelon Nuclear Texas Holdings, LLC; 

Notice of Receipt and Availability of 

Application for a Combined License 

On September 2, 2008, Exelon 

Nuclear Texas Holdings, LLC filed with 

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC, the Commission) 

pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic 

Energy Act and Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52, 

‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals 

for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ an 

application for a combined license 

(COL) for two economic simplified 

boiling water reactor (ESBWR) nuclear 

power plants, to be located in Victoria 

County, Texas. The reactors are to be 

identified as Victoria County Station, 

Units 1 and 2. 

An applicant may seek a COL in 

accordance with Subpart C of 10 CFR 

Part 52. The information submitted by 

the applicant includes certain 

administrative information such as 

financial qualifications submitted 

pursuant to [10 CFR 52.77], as well as 

technical information submitted 

pursuant to [10 CFR 52.79]. 

Subsequent Federal Register notices 

will address the acceptability of the 

tendered COL application for docketing 

and provisions for participation of the 

public in the COL review process. 

A copy of the application is available 

for public 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, 

Maryland, and via 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. The cover 

letter ADAMS accession number is 

ML082540469. Future publicly available 

documents related to the application 

will also be posted in ADAMS. Persons 

who do not have access to ADAMS, or 

who encounter problems in accessing 

the documents located in ADAMS, 

should contact the NRC Public 

Document Room staff by telephone at 

1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or 

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

application is also available at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/ 

col.html. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day 

of September, 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Mark E. Tonacci, 

Senior Project Manager, ESBWR/ABWR 

Projects Branch 2, Division of New Reactor 

Licensing, Office of New Reactors. 

[FR Doc. E8–22909 Filed 9–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 40–3400, License No. P–4001 

(Expired), R–230 (Expired)] 

Salmon River Uranium Development 

Site; Notice of Completion of 

Remediation at Salmon River Uranium 

Development Site, Near North Fork, ID 

ACTION: Notice of completion of 

remediation at the Salmon River 

Uranium Development Site, near North 

Fork, Idaho. 

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is noticing the 

completion of remediation activities at 

the Salmon River Uranium 

Development Site, near North Fork, 

Idaho. 

Background: The U.S. Atomic Energy 

Commission (AEC) issued Source 

Material License P–4001 to Salmon 

River Uranium Development, Inc. 

(SRUD) on October 10, 1958. This 

license authorized SRUD to possess and 

transfer source material. On March 30, 

1959, the AEC issued Source Material 

License No. R–0230 to SRUD. This 

license authorized the receipt and 

possession of source material for 

processing. Source Material License No. 

R–0230 expired on June 30, 1959 and 

Source Material License No. P–4001 

expired on October 31, 1959. 

Both uranium and thorium ores were 

processed at the site. Processing of 

source material occurred at two separate 

times, the late-1950s and the late-1970s. 

Processing operations were conducted 

in the late-1950s in accordance with the 

AEC licenses. During the late-1970s, 

pilot plant operations were conducted at 

the site to determine the viability of 

experimental ore processing techniques. 

The SRUD site was placed on the 

NRC’s Site Decommissioning 

Management Plan (SDMP) list in 1994. 

In May 2001, NRC staff visited the 

SRUD site and identified thorium 

contamination in the form of partially 

processed ore. In 2003, the NRC and the 

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and 

Education conducted scoping surveys of 

the site. During 2004 and 2005, NRC 

staff worked with the Idaho Department 

of Environmental Quality and the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

to establish an approach for remediation 

of the site. 

EPA agreed to perform remediation 

activities at the SRUD site in accordance 

with the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601(14) 

and (33). A Removal Action Work Plan 

(ADAMS No. ML072880344), which 

specified its step-by-step process for 

conducting cleanup activities at the 

SRUD site, was developed by the EPA 

and approved by the NRC. 

The EPA’s Removal Action Work Plan 

included the removal and disposal of 

hazardous chemical and radiological 

contaminants that may pose a threat to 

workers, public health and welfare, and 

the environment. EPA’s radiological 

release criteria was based on a 

recreational use scenario for the site. 

Implementation of the EPA’s work 

plan began on October 23, 2007, and 

was completed on June 3, 2008. 

Contaminated waste material above the 

unrestricted release criteria was shipped 

to licensed disposal sites. EPA’s work 

activities summary report is 

documented in the Final Removal 

Action Report, dated September 12, 

2008 (ADAMS No. ML082590288). 

The NRC staff conducted 

confirmatory radiological surveys of site 

structures and land areas and collected 

soil samples for analysis by the NRC’s 

independent laboratory contractor to 

verify results obtained by EPA. 

Confirmatory surveys consisted of 

surface scans for alpha, beta and gamma 

radiation, direct measurements for total 

alpha and beta activity, collection and 

analysis of soil samples for thorium and 

uranium, and collection of smear 

samples for determining removable 

radioactivity levels. The survey 

information and sample results are 

documented in Inspection Reports 040– 

03400/07–01 (ADAMS No. 

ML080320117) and 040–03400/08–01 

(ADAMS No. ML082180190). The NRC 

performed an independent dose 

assessment using the recreational 

scenario employed by the EPA to 

evaluate the EPA’s cleanup criteria and 

evaluate the condition of the SRUD site. 

Based on the considerations discussed 

above, the Commission has concluded 

that: (1) Radioactive material above 

release limits has been properly 

disposed; (2) reasonable effort has been 

made to eliminate residual radioactive 

contamination; and (3) FSSs and 

associated documentation demonstrate 

that the site is suitable for unrestricted 

release in accordance with the criteria 

in 10 CFR Part 20, Subpart E. Therefore, 


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56868 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 190 / Tuesday, September 30, 2008 / Notices 

1Notice of United States Postal Service Filing of 

Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited Package 

Services 1 Negotiated Service Agreement, 

September 22, 2008 (Notice). 

2 Docket No. CP2008–5, United States Postal 

Service Notice of Filing Redacted Copy of 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–7, July 23, 2008. 

3 Docket No. CP2008–5, Order Concerning Global 

Expedited Package Services Contracts, June 27, 

2008 at 7 (Order No. 86) (‘‘The Commission will 

verify whether or not any subsequent contract is in 

fact substantially equivalent. Contracts not having 

substantially the same terms and conditions as the 

GEPS 1 contract must be filed under 39 CFR part 

3020, subpart B.’’). 

the Salmon River site near North Fork, 

Idaho is suitable for unrestricted use. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional relevant information is 

available for public 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, 

Maryland. Publicly available records 

will be accessible electronically from 

the Agency-wide Documents Access and 

Management System’s (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, 301–415–4737 or by e-mail to 

pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 19th day 

of September 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Keith I. McConnell, 

Deputy Director, Decommissioning and 

Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate, 

Division of Waste Management and 

Environmental Protection, Office of Federal 

and State Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–22908 Filed 9–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

[OMB Control No. 3206–0232; OPM Form 

1673] 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request for Review of an 

Expiring Information Collection: 

Procedures for Submitting 

Compensation and Leave Claims 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13, May 22, 1995), this notice 

announces that the U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request for review 

of an expiring information collection. 

This information collection, 

‘‘Procedures for Submitting 

Compensation and Leave Claims’’ (OMB 

Control No. 3206–0232; OPM Form 

1673), is used to collect information 

from current and former Federal civilian 

employees who are submitting a claim 

for compensation and/or leave. OPM 

needs this information in order to 

adjudicate the claim. 

We received no comments on our 60- 

day notice on this information 

collection (OPM Form 1673), published 

in the Federal Register on June 17, 

2008. 

Approximately 80 claims are 

submitted annually. It takes 

approximately 60 minutes to complete 

the form. The annual estimated burden 

is 80 hours. 

For copies of this proposal, contact 

Margaret A. Miller by telephone at (202) 

606–2699, by FAX at (202) 418–3251, or 

by e-mail at Margaret.Miller@opm.gov. 

Please include a mailing address with 

your request. 

DATES: Comments on this proposal 

should be received within 30 calendar 

days from the date of this publication. 

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments 

to: 

Robert D. Hendler, Program Manager, 

Center for Merit Systems Compliance, 

Division for Human Capital 

Leadership and Merit System 

Compliance Group, U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, 

NW., Room 6484, Washington, DC 

20415; and 

John W. Barkhamer, OPM Desk Officer, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office 

Building, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Howard Weizmann, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–22974 Filed 9–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–43–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CP2008–25; Order No. 110] 

Global Expedited Package Service 

Contracts 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service Global 

Expedited Package Service negotiated 

service agreement. This action is 

consistent with changes in a recent law 

governing postal operations. 

DATES: Comments are due October 2, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:// 

www.prc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

202–789–6820 and 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

On September 22, 2008, the Postal 

Service filed a notice, which has been 

assigned to Docket No. CP2008–25.1

This Notice announces an individual 

negotiated service agreement, namely, a 

specific Global Expedited Package 

Service (GEPS) contract the Postal 

Service has entered into with an 

individual mailer. The Postal Service 

believes that it is functionally 

equivalent to the Global Expedited 

Package Services 1 (GEPS 1) product 

established in Docket No. CP2008–5. 

Docket No. CP2008–5. The Governor’s 

Decision supporting the GEPS 1 product 

was filed in consolidated Docket No. 

CP2008–5.2 In Order No. 86, the 

Commission established GEPS 1 as a 

product and held that additional 

contracts may be included as part of the 

GEPS 1 product if they meet the 

requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3633, and if 

they are substantially equivalent to the 

initial GEPS 1 contract filed in Docket 

No. CP2008–5.3 The GEPS 1 product 

provides volume-based incentives for 

mailers that send large volumes of 

Express Mail International (EMI) and/or 

Priority Mail International (PMI). 

Related contract. The Postal Service 

filed the proposed contract in this 

docket pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.5, 

asserting that it is in accord with Order 

No. 86 and is substantially equivalent to 

the initial GEPS 1 contract filed with the 

Commission. Id. In support of its filing, 

the Postal Service also provides the 

contract and certain supporting material 

under seal. The Notice contains the 

Postal Service’s arguments that this 

contract is substantially equivalent and 

that it exhibits similar cost and market 

characteristics. Notice at 3–5. The Postal 

Service also maintains that the contract, 

by virtue of its terms, fits within the 

proposed Mail Classification Schedule 

language for GEPS 1. Id. at 2. 

While maintaining that the contract is 

substantially equivalent to the initial 

GEPS 1 contract, the Postal Service 


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