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Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the 

ACRS Subcommittee on AP1000; 

Notice of Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on AP1000 

will hold a meeting on December 1, 

2010, Room T–2B1, 11545 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

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portions that may be closed to protect 

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The agenda for the subject meeting 

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010—8:30 

a.m. Until 5 p.m. 

The Subcommittee will review open 

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the AP1000 Design Control Document 

(DCD). The Subcommittee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with Westinghouse, the NRC staff, and 

other interested persons. The 

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formulate proposed positions and 

actions, as appropriate, for deliberation 

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regarding topics to be discussed, 

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Renewal; Notice of Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on Plant 

License Renewal will hold a meeting on 

December 1, 2010, Room T–2B3, 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

public attendance. 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

shall be as follows: 

Wednesday, December 1, 2010—1:30 

p.m. Until 5 p.m. 

The Subcommittee will review the 

license renewal application for Salem 

Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 

2 and the staff’s associated draft Safety 

Evaluation Report (SER) with Open 

Items. The Subcommittee will hear 

presentations by and hold discussions 

with PSEG Nuclear LLC, the NRC staff, 

and other interested persons regarding 

this matter. The Subcommittee will 

gather information, analyze relevant 

issues and facts, and formulate 

proposed positions and actions, as 

appropriate, for deliberation by the Full 

Committee. 

Members of the public desiring to 

provide oral statements and/or written 

comments should notify the Designated 

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prior to the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Thirty-five hard copies of each 

presentation or handout should be 

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before the meeting. In addition, one 

electronic copy of each presentation 

should be emailed to the DFO one day 

before the meeting. If an electronic copy 

cannot be provided within this 

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the DFO with a CD containing each 

presentation at least thirty minutes 

before the meeting. Electronic 

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during those portions of the meeting 

that are open to the public. Detailed 

procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 21, 2010, (75 FR 65038–65039). 

Detailed meeting agendas and meeting 

transcripts are available on the NRC 

Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/acrs. Information 

regarding topics to be discussed, 

changes to the agenda, whether the 

meeting has been canceled or 

rescheduled, and the time allotted to 

present oral statements can be obtained 

from the website cited above or by 

contacting the identified DFO. 

Moreover, in view of the possibility that 

the schedule for ACRS meetings may be 

adjusted by the Chairman as necessary 

to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, 

persons planning to attend should check 

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rescheduling would result in a major 

inconvenience. 

Dated: October 28, 2010. 

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[Docket Nos. 52–012 and 52–013; NRC– 

2010–0343] 

STP Nuclear Operating Company 

South Texas Project Electric 

Generating Station, Units 3 and 4 

Request for Exemption Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

By letters dated March 23, 2010 

(STPNOC 2010a), and July 21, 2010 

(STPNOC 2010b), STP Nuclear 

Operating Company (STPNOC) 

submitted a request for an exemption 

from Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Section 

50.10: License required; limited work 

authorization. The U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC or the 

staff) is considering issuance of this 

exemption as it relates to STPNOC’s 

application for combined licenses 

(COLs) for South Texas Project Electric 

Generating Station (STP) Units 3 and 4, 

which is currently under review by the 

NRC. The exemption would authorize 

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retaining walls (CFRWs) prior to 

issuance of the COLs. Granting this 

exemption would not constitute a 

commitment by the NRC to issue COLs 

for STP Units 3 and 4; STPNOC would 

install the CFRWs assuming the risk that 

its COL application may later be denied. 

NRC has prepared this environmental 

assessment (EA) for the exemption 

request in accordance with the 

requirements of 10 CFR 51.21. Based on 

this EA, the NRC has reached a Finding 

of No Significant Impact. The details of 

the NRC staff’s safety review of the 

exemption request will be provided in 

the safety evaluation document 

associated with that determination. 

Environmental Assessment 

Background 

By letter dated January 8, 2010, the 

NRC notified STPNOC that installation 

of the CFRWs was considered 

construction under 10 CFR 50.10(a)(1), 

therefore requiring issuance of a limited 

work authorization (LWA) or COLs 

before their installation (NRC 2010a). In 

accordance with 10 CFR 50.12(b), 

STPNOC has requested an exemption 

that would permit the construction of 

the CFRWs prior to the issuance of 

COLs for STP Units 3 and 4 (STPNOC 

2010). 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action, as described in 

STPNOC’s request for an exemption to 

10 CFR 50.10, would allow STPNOC to 

install two CFRWs for STP Units 3 and 

4, prior to issuance of COLs. According 

to STPNOC, the CFRWs are non-safety 

related, reinforced concrete walls that 

would facilitate excavation activities by 

retaining soil next to permanent plant 

structures in the excavations. STPNOC 

states that the CFRWs are required to 

accommodate the reach of a heavy-lift 

crane needed to place reactor 

components into the excavations. 

Installation of the CFRWs would 

include the following activities: 

• A full-depth and -width slurry 

excavation would be made, with the 

excavation maintained by the slurry; 

• Reinforcing would be placed in the 

slurry-filled trench; 

• Concrete would be placed in the 

slurry-filled trench from the bottom-up; 

and 

• Tiebacks and whalers would be 

installed to stabilize the CFRWs, as 

excavation for permanent plant 

structures proceeds. 

As construction of the permanent 

plant structures proceeds, the CFRWs 

would be abandoned in place following 

crane use. After abandonment, the 

CFRWs would have no function during 

operation of STP Units 3 and 4. 

Need for the Proposed Action 

In its exemption request, STPNOC 

stated that the proposed exemption is 

needed because installation of the 

CFRWs must occur before excavation for 

permanent plant structures, and 

compliance with 10 CFR 50.10, i.e., 

obtaining an LWA, would result in 

undue hardship or other costs that are 

significantly in excess of those 

contemplated during the 2007 LWA 

rulemaking. According to the exemption 

request, installation of the CFRWs is 

needed to allow STPNOC to complete 

certain on-site activities in parallel with 

the licensing process, so that it can 

begin construction promptly upon 

issuance of COLs. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

This EA evaluates the environmental 

impacts of STPNOC’s proposed 

installation of the CFRWs, including the 

non-radiological and radiological 

impacts that may result from granting 

the requested exemption. This 

evaluation is based on STPNOC’s 

exemption request, dated March 23, 

2010, and on information provided by 

STPNOC in support of its COL 

application for proposed STP Units 3 

and 4, primarily Revision 3 of the 

environmental report (ER) (STPNOC 

2009). According to STPNOC’s 

exemption request, the environmental 

impacts of installing the CFRWs are 

within the scope of preconstruction 

activities described in Chapters 3 and 4 

of STP Units 3 and 4 ER. Certain 

facilities, such as a concrete batch plant, 

lay down areas, parking lots, and 

temporary buildings, would be required 

for preconstruction activities at the STP 

site, and as such, are not exclusive to 

the installation of the CFRWs. It is 

expected that these facilities would 

already be in place and supporting 

preconstruction activities, and as such, 

this EA does not include the 

environmental impacts of such 

facilities. 

Description of the Site 

The STP site is located in a rural area 

of Matagorda County, Texas, 

approximately 10 miles (mi) north of 

Matagorda Bay, 70 mi south-southwest 

of Houston, and 12 mi south-southwest 

of Bay City. The proposed location of 

STP Units 3 and 4 is within the site 

boundaries of the existing STP Units 1 

and 2, approximately 1,500 feet (ft) 

north and 2,150 ft west of the center of 

Units 1 and 2. The STP site comprises 

12,220 acres (ac) immediately west of 

the Colorado River, approximately 10 

mi upstream of the river’s confluence 

with Matagorda Bay. The Main Cooling 

Reservoir, a man-made impoundment 

that is the normal heat sink for waste 

heat generated by STP Units 1 and 2, 

occupies approximately 7,000 ac of the 

STP site, and about 1,750 ac are 

currently occupied by Units 1 and 2 and 

associated facilities. The remainder of 

the site is undeveloped land or is used 

for agriculture and cattle grazing. The 

area that would be affected on a longterm basis as a result of permanent 

facilities for proposed Units 3 and 4 

would be approximately 300 ac. An 

additional approximately 240 ac would 

be disturbed for temporary construction 

facilities. 

Nonradiological Impacts 

Land Use Impacts 

Installation of each CFRW would 

disturb an area approximately 890 ft 

long by 13 ft wide, which is 

approximately 23,140 square ft (0.54 ac) 

for both CFRWs. This would be a minor 

portion of the 12,220-ac STP site, and 

would be located in an area that was 

previously disturbed during 

construction of STP Units 1 and 2. As 

such, the NRC staff concludes that land 

use impacts from installation of the 

CFRWs would not be significant. 

Surface and Groundwater Impacts 

Installation of the CFRWs would have 

insignificant impacts on groundwater 

flow and surface water quality. While 

the purpose of the CFRWs is for 

building Units 3 and 4, they would 

remain in place after construction and 

could slightly reduce the permeability 

of the affected area. The completed 

CFRWs would each be approximately 3 

ft wide, 890 ft long and 80 ft deep. In 

the vicinity of the STP site, the Shallow 

Aquifer’s base is between 90 and 150 ft 

below ground surface (STPNOC 2009). 

Because there would be a gap between 

the bottom of the CFRWs and the top of 

the Shallow Aquifer, groundwater flow 

would not be significantly impacted. 

Sediment carried with stormwater 

from the disturbed areas could impact 

surface water quality. STPNOC would 

be required to implement environmental 

controls specified in its Clean Water Act 

Section 402(p) Texas Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) 

general permit for construction of STP 

Units 3 and 4 (STPNOC 2009). In its 

exemption request, STPNOC has stated 

that it would employ best management 

practices (BMPs) during installation of 

the CFRWs in accordance with these 

regulatory and permit requirements 

(STPNOC 2010), which would limit the 

impacts of ground disturbance to 

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described in a Stormwater Pollution 

Prevention Plan (SWPPP) that would be 

submitted to and approved by the Texas 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(TCEQ) in accordance with STPNOC’s 

TPDES general permit (STPNOC 2009). 

With these controls, the NRC staff 

concludes that impacts to surface water 

quality from installation of the CFRWs 

would not be significant. 

Terrestrial Resources Impacts 

As stated above, the proposed action 

would be a small portion of the 12,220– 

ac STP site, and land disturbance for the 

CFRWs would occur in previously 

disturbed areas on the STP site. 

Therefore, the staff concludes there 

would be no impacts to terrestrial 

species or their habitat associated with 

the proposed action. 

Aquatic Resources Impacts 

Impacts to aquatic resources from the 

proposed action would occur from 

erosion and sedimentation associated 

with site stormwater management. As 

stated above, as part of its SWPPP, 

STPNOC would employ BMPs to 

minimize impacts from stormwater 

runoff to ditches and wetlands. 

STPNOC plans to implement new 

detention ponds and drainage capacity 

to accommodate surface water runoff in 

areas disturbed by site preparation and 

construction activities (STPNOC 2009). 

Impacts from any stormwater runoff 

reaching ditches and wetlands would be 

minimal and temporary. As such, the 

staff concludes that impacts to aquatic 

resources from installation of the 

CFRWs would not be significant. 

Threatened and Endangered Species 

Impacts 

Potential impacts to threatened and 

endangered species from the proposed 

action result from land disturbances to 

terrestrial species. Two species listed as 

threatened or endangered under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended, that occur on or in the 

vicinity (within 10 miles) of the STP site 

are the Federally endangered Northern 

Aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis 

septentrionalis) and the Federally 

threatened American alligator (Alligator 

mississippiensis). The Federally 

endangered whooping crane (Grus 

americana), a species of special concern 

to Texas resource agencies and 

environmental groups, has not been 

observed on the STP site. 

These birds may migrate through the 

area and fly over the STP site, but are 

unlikely to use the inland habitats 

found onsite. Because no impacts are 

expected to occur for terrestrial species 

or their habitat, the proposed action 

would have no impacts on the Northern 

Aplomado falcon, the American 

alligator, or their habitats. The staff 

concludes there would be no effects on 

federally threatened or endangered 

species as a result of the proposed 

action. 

Cultural and Historic Resources Impacts 

According to the environmental 

report contained in STPNOC’s COL 

application for STP Units 3 and 4, there 

are no cultural and historic resources at 

the STP site (STPNOC 2009). In support 

of its COLs application, STPNOC 

consulted with the Texas Historical 

Commission and received concurrence 

on its findings in January 2007 

(STPNOC 2006, 2009). The NRC’s 

independent review of cultural 

resources in support of the 

environmental review for STPNOC’s 

COLs application also did not identify 

any cultural and historical resources 

that would be impacted by construction 

and operation of proposed STP Units 3 

and 4 (NRC 2010b). The area where the 

CFRWs would be installed was 

previously disturbed during 

construction of STP Units 1 and 2, and 

any resources that may have existed 

prior to construction of Units 1 and 2 

would have been destroyed during land 

clearing and construction activities 

(STPNOC 2010). Therefore, the staff 

concludes that no environmental 

impacts to cultural and historic 

resources are expected from installation 

of the CFRWs. STPNOC has procedures 

in place to protect undiscovered historic 

or archaeological resources if discovered 

during site preparation and construction 

activities, and such procedures would 

apply to the proposed action (STPNOC 

2008). 

Air Quality Impacts 

Installation of the CFRWs would 

result in temporary impacts on local air 

quality from vehicle and construction 

equipment emissions, and fugitive dust 

caused by earth-moving activities. As 

stated in the ER for the COL application, 

to minimize impacts to air quality, 

STPNOC would implement mitigation 

measures to minimize fugitive dust and 

vehicle and equipment emissions, 

including water suppression, covering 

truck loads and debris stockpiles, use of 

soil adhesives to stabilize loose dirt 

surfaces, minimizing material handling, 

limiting vehicle speed, and visual 

inspection of emission control 

equipment (STPNOC 2009). 

Construction equipment would be 

serviced regularly and operated in 

accordance with local, State, and 

Federal emission requirements 

(STPNOC 2009). Emissions from 

activities associated with installation of 

the CFRWs would vary based on the 

level and duration of the specific 

activity, but the overall impact on air 

quality is expected to be temporary and 

limited in magnitude. The staff 

concludes that the proposed action 

would not significantly contribute to air 

quality impacts at the STP site. 

Nonradiological Health Impacts 

Nonradiological health impacts to the 

public and workers from the proposed 

action would include exposure to 

fugitive dust, and vehicle and 

construction equipment exhaust, 

occupational injuries, and noise; as well 

as the transport of materials and 

personnel to and from the STP site. 

Adherence to Federal and State 

regulations regarding air quality, 

construction worker health, and noise 

would minimize nonradiological health 

impacts. Mitigation measures, such as 

operational controls and practices, 

worker training, use of personal 

protective equipment, and fugitive dust 

and exhaust emissions control 

measures, would further reduce impacts 

from the proposed action. Based on the 

number of shipments of building 

materials and the number of workers 

that would be transported to the STP 

site for site preparation and 

construction activities (STPNOC 2009), 

the staff concludes that nonradiological 

health impacts from transportation 

associated with installing the CFRWs 

would be minimal. STPNOC has 

estimated that 75 workers would be 

needed to install the CFRWs (STPNOC 

2010). This would be a small fraction of 

the 2,400 workers needed during peak 

preconstruction activities. Accordingly, 

the staff concludes that nonradiological 

health impacts from the proposed action 

would not be significant. 

Nonradioactive Waste Impacts 

Nonradioactive waste impacts from 

the proposed action include impacts to 

land, water, and air from storage of 

excavated material, runoff to ditches 

and wetlands, and emissions from 

vehicles and construction equipment. 

Excavated materials would be stored 

onsite in borrow or spoil areas not to 

exceed 240 ac for the entire STP Units 

3 and 4 project (STPNOC 2009). Surface 

water runoff from development 

activities would be controlled by 

implementation of a SWPPP (STPNOC 

2010). Regulated practices for managing 

air emissions from construction 

equipment and temporary stationary 

sources, BMPs for controlling fugitive 

dust, and vehicle inspection and traffic 

management plans, would minimize 

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in place, the staff concludes that 

impacts of nonradioactive waste from 

the proposed action would not be 

significant. 

Socioeconomic Impacts and 

Environmental Justice 

Potential socioeconomic impacts due 

to the proposed action include physical 

impacts such as transportation, 

aesthetics, and air quality, and social 

impacts including demographics, 

economy, infrastructure, and 

community services. In its exemption 

request (STPNOC 2010), STPNOC stated 

that 75 workers would be needed to 

install the CFRWs. The peak number of 

workers required for preconstruction 

activities at the STP site would be 2,400 

(STPNOC 2009). The proposed action 

would occur concurrently with other 

preconstruction activities, and therefore 

would not significantly affect the size of 

the STP Units 3 and 4 labor force. Given 

the small number of workers involved 

in installation of the CFRWs, the staff 

concludes that the proposed exemption 

would not have measurable 

socioeconomic impacts. 

With regard to environmental justice, 

due to the lack of significant 

environmental impacts resulting from 

the proposed action, the staff concludes 

that the proposed exemption would not 

have disproportionately high and 

adverse impacts to minority and lowincome populations in the vicinity of 

the STP site. 

Summary 

Based on the foregoing, the staff 

concludes that granting the proposed 

exemption that would permit 

installation of the CFRWs prior to the 

issuance of COLs would not result in 

significant changes in nonradiological 

impacts to land use, surface and 

groundwater resources, terrestrial and 

aquatic resources, threatened and 

endangered species, socioeconomic 

factors and environmental justice, 

cultural and historic resources, air 

quality, nonradiological human health, 

and nonradioactive waste. 

Radiological Impacts 

Radiological Health Impacts 

Sources of radiation exposure from 

existing STP Units 1 and 2 for 

construction workers include exposure 

from direct radiation and liquid and 

gaseous radiological effluents (STPNOC 

2009). In support of the environmental 

review for the COL application, NRC 

staff estimated the annual direct dose to 

a construction worker would be 

approximately 10 millirem (mrem), 

assuming 2,080 hours worked at the 

STP site per year (NRC 2010c). The 

maximum radiological dose to 

construction workers from gaseous and 

liquid pathways combined would be 

approximately 9 mrem. Therefore, the 

estimated annual dose to construction 

workers would be approximately 19 

mrem based on an occupancy of 2,080 

hours per year (STPNOC 2009), which 

is less than the 100 mrem annual dose 

limit to an individual member of public 

found in 10 CFR 20.1301. As such, the 

staff concludes that radiological impacts 

to construction workers as a result of the 

proposed action would be minimal. 

Accordingly, the staff concludes that 

there would be no significant 

radiological health impacts associated 

with the proposed exemption. 

Summary 

Based on the foregoing, the staff 

concludes that granting the proposed 

exemption that would permit 

installation of the CFRWs prior to the 

issuance of COLs would not result in a 

significant increase in occupational 

radiation exposure. The staff concludes 

that there would be no significant 

radiological health impacts associated 

with the proposed exemption. 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

As an alternative to the proposed 

action, the NRC staff considered denial 

of the proposed exemption (i.e., the ‘‘noaction’’ alternative). If NRC were to deny 

the exemption request, STPNOC would 

not be allowed to install the CFRWs 

before the COLs are issued, and would 

need to wait until a decision is made on 

its COL application before installing the 

CFRWs. Denial of the exemption request 

would avoid the environmental impacts 

discussed in this EA, unless NRC grants 

the COLs, in which case the impacts 

would be incurred but they would be 

delayed until issuance of the COLs. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

The NRC staff consulted with a 

number of Federal, State, regional, 

Tribal, and local organizations regarding 

the environmental impacts of granting 

the COLs for proposed STP Units 3 and 

4, which includes the environmental 

impacts of installation of CFRWs and 

other construction activities. A 

complete list of organizations contacted 

can be found in Appendix B of the draft 

environmental impact statement (DEIS) 

for COLs for STP Units 3 and 4 (NRC 

2010c). A partial list of Federal and 

State agencies contacted includes: U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers; Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation; U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(Region 6 and headquarters); National 

Marine Fisheries Service; U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service; Texas Commission on 

Environmental Quality; Texas Historical 

Commission; Texas Parks and Wildlife 

Department; and Texas State Historic 

Preservation Office. Comments from 

these agencies regarding the overall 

COLs action were incorporated into the 

DEIS, and if they were applicable to 

construction activities similar to 

installation of the CFRWs, they have 

been included in this EA. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

The NRC staff has prepared this EA 

for the proposed action. On the basis of 

this EA, the NRC staff has determined 

that there would be no significant 

environmental impacts associated with 

granting the exemption, and an 

environmental impact statement need 

not be prepared. 

Additional Information 

STPNOC’s exemption request is 

available electronically at the NRC’s 

Electronic Reading Room at http://www.

nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From 

this site, you can access the NRC’s 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS). The 

ADAMS accession number for the 

exemption request is ML100880055. 

The ADAMS accession number for the 

EA is ML101580541. The ADAMS 

accession number for the DEIS for STP 

Units 3 and 4 (NUREG–1937, Vols. 1 

and 2) is ML100700576. If you do not 

have access to ADAMS or have 

problems accessing the documents 

located in ADAMS, contact the NRC 

Public Document Room Reference staff 

at 1–800–397–4209, or 301–415–4737, 

or via e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day 

of October, 2010. 

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

Scott Flanders, 

Division Director, Division of Site and 

Environmental Reviews, Office of New 

Reactors. 

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). 

2010b. Letter from R. Whited, NRC, to M. 

Wolfe, Texas Historical Commission, 

dated March 19, 2010, ‘‘Section 106 

Consultation and Notification of the 

Issuance of the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement for the South Texas 

Projects, Units 3 and 4, Combined 

License Application Review. ADAMS 

Accession No. ML100490740. 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). 

2010c. Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement for Combined Licenses (COLs) 

for South Texas Project Electric 

Generating Station, Units 3 and 4. 

NUREG–1937, Vol. 1 and 2, Washington, 

DC Accession No. ML100700576. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27764 Filed 11–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

PEACE CORPS 

Proposed Collection Renewal 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Peace Corps will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

extension, without change, of a 

currently approved information 

collection. In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

USC Chapter 35), the Peace Corps 

invites the general public to comment 

on the renewal, without change to the 

Peace Corps Career Information 

Consultation (CIC) Waiver Form (OMB 

Control No. 0420–0531). This process is 

conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 

1320.10. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 3, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Denora Miller, FOIA 

Officer, Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20526. Denora 

Miller can be contacted by telephone at 

202–692–1236 or e-mail at 

pcfr@peacecorps.gov. E-mail comments 

must be made in text and not in 

attachments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denora Miller, at Peace Corps address 

above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal 

to renew a currently approved 

collection of information: 

OMB Control Number: 0420–0531. 

Title: Career Information Consultation 

(CIC) Waiver Form. 

Type of Review: Regular—extension, 

without change, currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents: Returned Peace Corps 

Volunteers and professionals in specific 

career fields. 

Respondents Obligation to Reply: 

Voluntary. 

Burden to the Public: 

a. Total annual reporting burden: 208 

hours. 

b. Estimated average burden response: 5 

minutes. 

c. Frequency of response: Annually. 

d. Estimated number of likely 

respondents: 2,500. 

General description of collection: 

Returned Volunteer Services needs this 

information to update contact 

information for individuals who 

volunteer to share information about 

their career field, their past or current 

employer(s), and their career and 

educational paths with current and 

returned Peace Corps Volunteers. These 

individuals voluntarily provide this 

information in assisting with 

employment re-entry for Returned Peace 

Corps Volunteers. This is a service 

outreach part of transitioning from the 

Peace Corps to the business world. The 

individuals who provide the 

information are offering to assist, 

mentor or network for jobs. 

Request for Comment: Peace Corps 

invites comments on whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for proper performance of the 

functions of the Peace Corps, including 

whether the information will have 

practical use; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the information 

to be collected; and, ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

automated collection techniques, when 

appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

This notice is issued in Washington, DC, 

on October 28, 2010. 

Garry W. Stanberry, 

Deputy Associate Director for Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27752 Filed 11–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6051–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–63207; File No. SR– 

NASDAQ–2010–134] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The 

NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of 

Filing of Proposed Rule Change To 

Adopt Additional Criteria for Listing 

Commodity Stockpiling Companies 

That Have Indicated That Their 

Business Plan is To Buy and Hold 

Commodities 

October 28, 2010. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on October 

15, 2010, The NASDAQ Stock Market 

LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I, II, and III below, which Items 

have been prepared by Nasdaq. The 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

solicit comments on the proposed rule 

change from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of the Substance 

of the Proposed Rule Change 

Nasdaq proposes to adopt additional 

criteria for listing companies that have 

indicated that their business plan is to 

buy and hold commodities and to 

provide transparency to the criteria 

Nasdaq will apply in doing so. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is below. Proposed new language is in 

italic; proposed deletions are in 

brackets.3

5101. Preamble to the Rule 5100 Series. 

No change. 


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