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previously considered in the 

Environmental Assessment for Renewal 

of NRC License No. SUB–526 for the 

Honeywell Specialty Materials 

Metropolis Work Facility, dated June 30, 

2006. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

On August 6, 2008, the staff consulted 

with the Illinois State official, Gerald 

Steele of the Illinois Environmental 

Protection Agency, regarding the 

environmental impact of the proposed 

action. The State official had no 

comments. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

On the basis of the environmental 

assessment, the NRC concludes that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment. Accordingly, the 

NRC has determined not to prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. 

Further Information 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter 

dated April 11, 2008, as supplemented 

on May 15, 2008. Documents may be 

examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), 

located at One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland. Publicly available records 

will be accessible electronically from 

the Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) Public 

Electronic Reading Room on the NRC 

Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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 at 

1–800–397–4209, or 301–415–4737, or 

send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd 

day of August 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Michael D. Tschiltz, 

Acting Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

and Safeguards, Office of Material Safety and 

Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. E8–23107 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–413; Renewed License No. 

NPF–35] 

In the Matter of Duke Energy Carolinas, 

LLC; North Carolina Electric 

Membership Corporation; Saluda River 

Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Catawba 

Nuclear Station, Unit 1); Order 

Approving Direct Transfer of License 

and Approving Conforming 

Amendment 

I. 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (the 

licensee), the North Carolina Electric 

Membership Corporation (NCEMC/the 

licensee), and the Saluda River Electric 

Cooperative, Inc. (SREC), are the owners 

of Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 1 

(Catawba 1). With respect to their 

ownerships, they are coholders of 

Renewed Facility Operating License No. 

NPF–35. Catawba 1 is located in York 

County, South Carolina. 

II. 

By application dated December 20, 

2007, as supplemented by letter dated 

May 29, 2008, Duke Energy Carolinas, 

LLC, requested on behalf of itself, 

NCEMC and SREC, pursuant to Title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), Section 50.80 (10 CFR 50.80), that 

the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) consent to certain license 

transfers to permit the direct transfer of 

the 18.75 percent undivided ownership 

interest of SREC in Catawba 1, to the 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, a current 

owner and operator, and NCEMC, a 

current owner. According to the 

application for approval filed by the 

licensees, following approval, Duke 

Energy Carolinas, LLC will purchase 

71.96 percent of the SREC’s interest in 

Catawba 1 (i.e., 13.49 percent of SREC’s 

undivided ownership interest) and 

NCEMC will purchase 28.04 percent of 

SREC’s interest in Catawba 1 (i.e., 5.26 

percent of SREC’s undivided ownership 

interest). Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 

will remain responsible for the 

operation and maintenance of 

Catawba 1. 

Approval of the direct transfer of the 

facility operating license was requested 

by Duke pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80. A 

notice entitled,‘‘Notice of Consideration 

of Approval of the Proposed Transfer of 

the Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 1, 

Renewed Facility Operating License No. 

NPF–35 and Conforming Agreement, 

and Opportunity for a Hearing 

Regarding Transfer of the Saluda River 

Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s Undivided 

Ownership Interest in Catawba Nuclear 

Station, Unit 1, to Duke Energy 

Carolinas, LLC, a Current Owner and 

Operator, and North Carolina Electric 

Membership Corporation, a Current 

Owner,’’ was published in the Federal 

Register on July 21, 2008 (73 FR 42375). 

No comments or hearing requests were 

received. 

Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or 

any right thereunder, shall be 

transferred, directly or indirectly, 

through transfer of control of the 

license, unless the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) shall give 

its consent in writing. Upon review of 

the information in the licensees’ 

application, and other information 

before the Commission, the NRC staff 

has determined that Duke Energy 

Carolinas, LLC, and NCEMC are 

qualified to hold the license to the 

extent proposed to permit the transfer of 

SREC’s 18.75 percent undivided 

ownership interest in Catawba 1 to Duke 

Energy Carolinas, LLC, (13.49 percent) 

and NCEMC (5.26 percent), and that the 

transfers of the license are otherwise 

consistent with the applicable 

provisions of law, regulations, and 

orders issued by the NRC, pursuant 

thereto, subject to the conditions set 

forth below. The NRC staff has further 

found that the application for the 

proposed license amendment complies 

with the standards and requirements of 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended (the Act), and the 

Commission’s rules and regulations set 

forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; the facilities 

will operate in conformity with the 

application, the provisions of the Act 

and the rules and regulations of the 

Commission; there is reasonable 

assurance that the activities authorized 

by the proposed license amendment can 

be conducted without endangering the 

health and safety of the public and that 

such activities will be conducted in 

compliance with the Commission’s 

regulations; the issuance of the 

proposed license amendment will not 

be inimical to the common defense and 

security or to the health and safety of 

the public; and the issuance of the 

proposed amendment will be in 

accordance with10 CFR Part 51 of the 

Commission’s regulations and all 

applicable requirements have been 

satisfied. The findings set forth above 

are supported by a safety evaluation 

dated September 25, 2008. 

III 

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 

161b, 161i, 161.o, and 184 of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the 

Act), 42 U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), 

and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, it is hereby 

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the proposed direct license transfer is 

approved, subject to the following 

conditions: 

1. At the time of closing of the license 

transfer, SREC shall transfer to Duke 

Energy Carolinas, LLC’s Master 

Decommissioning Trust, the 

proportional amount of SREC’s 

decommissioning funds corresponding 

to the proportionate ownership interest 

being transferred (approximately 13.49 

percent of SREC’s 18.75 percent interest 

in Catawba 1). 

2. At the time of closing of the license 

transfer, SREC shall transfer to the 

NCEMC decommissioning fund, the 

proportional amount of SREC’s 

decommissioning fund corresponding to 

the proportionate ownership interest 

being transferred (approximately 5.26 

percent of SREC’s 18.75 percent interest 

in Catawba 1). 

It is further ordered that consistent 

with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), the license 

amendment that makes a change, as 

indicated in Enclosure 3 to the cover 

letter forwarding this Order, to reflect 

the subject direct transfer, is approved. 

The amendment shall be issued and 

made effective at the time the proposed 

direct transfer action is completed. 

It is further ordered that after receipt 

of all required regulatory approvals of 

the proposed direct transfer action, 

Duke shall inform the Director of the 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in 

writing of such receipt no later than 2 

business days prior to the date of the 

closing of the direct transfer. Should the 

proposed direct transfer not be 

completed by September 30, 2009, this 

Order shall become null and void, 

provided, however, upon written 

application and good cause shown, such 

date may be extended by order. 

This Order is effective upon issuance. 

For further details with respect to this 

Order, see the initial application dated 

December 20, 2007 (Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) Accession No. 

ML073580264), as supplemented by 

letter dated May 29, 2008 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML081540469), 2008, 

and the Safety Evaluation dated 

September 25, 2008, which are available 

for public inspection at the 

Commission’s Public Document Room 

(PDR), located at One White Flint North, 

Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland, and accessible electronically 

from the ADAMS public electronic 

reading room on the Internet at the NRC 

Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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, or 301– 

415–4737, or by e-mail to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 25th day 

of September 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Eric J. Leeds, 

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E8–23091 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–325 and 50–324] 

Carolina Power & Light Company; 

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 

1 and 2; Notice of Withdrawal of 

Application for Amendment to Facility 

Operating License 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC, the Commission) has 

granted the request of Carolina Power & 

Light Company (the licensee) to 

withdraw its August 13, 2007, 

application, as supplemented by letter 

dated June 19, 2008, for proposed 

amendments to Facility Operating 

License Nos. 325 and 50–324 for 

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 

and 2 (BSEP), located in Brunswick 

County, North Carolina. 

The proposed amendment would 

have revised BSEP’s Technical 

Specification (TS) Table 3.3.1.2–1, 

‘‘Source Range Monitor [SRM] 

Instrumentation,’’ to add a footnote that 

specifies the required locations of 

operable SRMs in Mode 5 during core 

alternations, and to make an 

administrative correction to 

Surveillance Requirement 3.3.1.2.2 in 

the Unit 1 TSs. 

The Commission had previously 

issued a Notice of Consideration of 

Issuance of Amendment published in 

the Federal Register on February 26, 

2008 (73 FR 1025). Subsequently, the 

licensee determined to no longer pursue 

NRC approval of the proposed license 

amendments and by letter dated 

September 22, 2008, the licensee 

withdrew the request. 

For further details with respect to this 

action, see the application for 

amendments dated August 13, 2007, as 

supplemented by letter dated June 19, 

2008, and the licensee’s letter dated 

September 22, 2008, which withdrew 

the application for license amendments. 

Documents may be examined, and/or 

copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR), located at One 

White Flint North, Public File Area 01 

F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 

Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available 

records will be accessible electronically 

from the Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading 

Room on the Internet at the NRC Web 

site, http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm.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 or 301–415–4737, or 

by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day 

of September 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Farideh E. Saba, 

Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 

Branch II–2, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E8–23093 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), 

as Amended: Notice Regarding 

Eligibility of Bolivia 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

President’s proposed action to suspend 

Bolivia’s designation as a beneficiary 

country under the Andean Trade 

Preference Act (ATPA), as amended, 

and the Andean Trade Promotion and 

Drug Eradication Act of 2002 

(ATPDEA), based on the Bolivian 

government’s failure to meet the 

programs’ counternarcotics cooperation 

criteria. The President has directed the 

U.S. Trade Representative to publish 

this notice and, in accordance with the 

statute, the U.S. Trade Representative 

seeks public comment and will hold a 

public hearing on the proposed action. 

Comments must be submitted in 

accordance with the requirements set 

forth below. 

DATES: The deadline for submission of 

comments is October 31, 2008. The 

hearing will be held on October 23, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by 

electronic mail to FR0812@ustr.eop.gov. 

Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue, 

Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff 

Committee, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative, (202) 395–6143. 

The public is strongly encouraged to 


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