26258 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 103 / Monday, June 1, 2009 / Notices 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. Title IX of the Violence 

Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA 

2005) requires the Attorney General to 

establish a Task Force to assist the 

National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to 

develop and implement a program of 

research on violence against American 

Indian and Alaska Native women, 

including domestic violence, dating 

violence, sexual assault, stalking, and 

murder. The program will evaluate the 

effectiveness of the Federal, State, and 

Tribal response to violence against 

Indian women, and will propose 

recommendations to improve the 

government response. The Attorney 

General, acting through the Director of 

the Office on Violence Against Women, 

established the Task Force on March 31, 

2008. 

This meeting will be the third meeting 

of the Task Force and will include a 

discussion addressing the Title IX, 

Section 904 proposed program of 

research and facilitated Task Force 

discussion of the proposal and the 

development of written 

recommendations from the Task Force. 

In addition, the Task Force is also 

welcoming public oral comment at this 

meeting and has reserved an estimated 

30 minutes for this purpose. Members of 

the public wishing to address the Task 

Force must contact Lorraine Edmo, 

Deputy Tribal Director, Office on 

Violence Against Women, United States 

Department of Justice, 800 K Street, 

NW., Suite 920, Washington, DC 20530; 

by telephone at: (202) 514–8804; e-mail: 

Lorraine.edmo@usdoj.gov; or fax: 202 

307–3911. Time will be reserved for 

public comment on June 29, 2008 from 

11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. See the section 

below for information on reserving time 

for public comment. 

Access: This meeting will be open to 

the pubic but registration on a space 

available basis is required. All members 

of the public Persons who wish to 

attend must register at least six (6) days 

in advance of the meeting by contacting 

Lorraine Edmo, Deputy Tribal Director, 

Office on Violence Against Women, 

United States Department of Justice, by 

e-mail: Lorraine.edmo@usdoj.gov; or 

fax: 202 307–3911. All attendees will be 

required to sign in at the meeting 

registration desk. Please bring photo 

identification and allow extra time prior 

to the start of the meeting. 

The meeting site is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. 

Individuals who require special 

accommodation in order to attend the 

meeting should notify Lorraine Edmo, 

Deputy Tribal Director, Office on 

Violence Against Women, United States 

Department of Justice, by e-mail: 

Lorraine.edmo@usdoj.gov; or fax: 202 

307–3911 no later than June 22, 2009. 

After this date, we will attempt to 

satisfy accommodation requests but 

cannot guarantee the availability of any 

requests. 

Written Comments: Interested parties 

are invited to submit written comments 

by June 22, 2009 to Lorraine Edmo, 

Deputy Tribal Director, Office on 

Violence Against Women, United States 

Department of Justice, 800 K Street, 

NW., Suite 920, Washington, DC 20530 

by mail; or by e-mail: 

Lorraine.edmo@usdoj.gov; or by fax: 202 

307–3911. 

Public Comment: Persons interested 

in participating during the public 

comment period of the meeting, which 

will address the Title IX, Section 904 

Research Plan Proposal, are requested to 

reserve time on the agenda by 

contacting Lorraine Edmo, Deputy 

Tribal Director, Office on Violence 

Against Women, United States 

Department of Justice, by e-mail: 

Lorraine.edmo@usdoj.gov; or fax: 202 

307–3911. Requests must include the 

participant’s name, organization 

represented, if appropriate, and a brief 

description of the subject of the 

comments. Each participant will be 

permitted approximately 3 to 5 minutes 

to present comments, depending on the 

number of individuals reserving time on 

the agenda. Participants are also 

encouraged to submit written copies of 

their comments at the meeting. 

Comments that are submitted to 

Lorraine Edmo, Deputy Tribal Director, 

Office on Violence Against Women, 

United States Department of Justice, 800 

K Street, NW., Suite 920, Washington, 

DC 20530 by mail; by e-mail: 

Lorraine.edmo@usdoj.gov; or fax: 202 

307–3911 before June 22, 2009 will be 

circulated to Task Force members prior 

to the meeting. 

Given the expected number of 

individuals interested in presenting 

comments at the meeting, reservations 

should be made as soon as possible. 

Persons unable to obtain reservations to 

speak during the meeting are 

encouraged to submit written 

comments, which will be accepted at 

the meeting location or may be mailed 

to the Section 904 Violence Against 

Women in Indian Country Task Force, 

to the attention of Lorraine Edmo, 

Deputy Tribal Director, Office on 

Violence Against Women, United States 

Department of Justice, 800 K Street, 

NW., Suite 920, Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: May 21, 2009. 

Catherine Pierce, 

Acting Director, Office on Violence Against 

Women. 

[FR Doc. E9–12598 Filed 5–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–FX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

National Institute of Corrections 

Solicitation for a Cooperative 

Agreement—National Sheriffs’ 

Institute: Training Program Review, 

Delivery, Revision, and Evaluation 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Corrections, Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Solicitation for a Cooperative 

Agreement. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Corrections (NIC), Jails Division, is 

seeking applications for the review, 

delivery, evaluation, and revision of the 

curriculum for the National Sheriffs’ 

Institute (NSI), which is co-sponsored 

by the National Institute of Corrections 

(NIC) and the National Sheriffs’ 

Association (NSA). The NSI is a sevenday training program designed to 

introduce first-term sheriffs to 

leadership concepts as they apply to the 

Office of Sheriff. The project will be for 

a three-year period and will be carried 

out in conjunction with the NIC Jails 

Division. The awardee will work closely 

with NIC staff on all aspects of the 

project. To be considered, applicants 

must demonstrate, at a minimum: (1) 

Knowledge of the leadership role of 

sheriffs in their organization, local 

criminal justice system, and 

community; (2) in-depth expertise on 

contemporary leadership principles, 

concepts, and practices and their 

application to the leadership roles of 

sheriffs; (3) ability to conduct training, 

based on adult learning principles, on 

leadership principles, concepts, and 

practices; and (4) experience in 

conducting training for first-term 

sheriffs on their leadership roles. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

by 4 p.m. (EDT) on June 19, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Mailed applications must be 

sent to: Director, National Institute of 

Corrections, 320 First Street, NW., Room 

5007, Washington, DC 20534. 

Applicants are encouraged to use 

Federal Express, UPS, or similar service 

to ensure delivery by the due date as 

mail at NIC is sometimes delayed due to 

security screening. 

Applicants who wish to hand-deliver 

their applications should bring them to 

500 First Street, NW., Washington, DC 

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20534, and dial 202–307–3106, ext. 0, at 

the front desk for pickup. 

Faxed or e-mailed applications will 

not be accepted; however, electronic 

applications can be submitted via http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of this announcement and links to 

the required application forms can be 

found on the NIC Web page at http:// 

www.nicic.gov/cooperativeagreements. 

Questions about this project and the 

application procedures should be 

directed to Jim T. Barbee, Correctional 

Program Specialist, National Institute of 

Corrections. Questions must be e-mailed 

to Mr. Barbee at jbarbee@bop.gov, and 

Mr. Barbee will respond by e-mail to the 

individual. Also, all questions and 

responses will be posted on NIC’s Web 

site at http://www.nicic.gov for public 

review. (The names of those submitting 

the questions will not be posted.) The 

Web site will be updated daily and 

postings will remain on the Web site 

until the closing date of this cooperative 

agreement solicitation. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The NSI is a training 

program designed to introduce first-term 

sheriffs to their leadership role, 

specifically as it relates to the role of the 

sheriff in his/her own organization, the 

local criminal justice system, and the 

community. All leadership concepts are 

taught within the context of the 

experience of the first-term sheriff. 

Current program topics include: The 

Sheriff as Leader; Defining Your 

Leadership Direction; Self Awareness; 

Developing Your Executive Team; 

Ethics; Power and Influence; The 

External Environment and Public 

Partnerships; and Leading Change. The 

first two topics form the foundation for 

the program, and all other topics are 

taught as they relate to the sheriff’s 

leadership role and the achievement of 

the sheriff’s leadership direction. There 

are also two evening sessions—one 

conducted by NSA on the Office of 

Sheriff and one that provides a forum 

for discussing issues of the participants’ 

choice. At the end of the program, each 

participant creates a leadershipdevelopment plan, based on what he/ 

she has learned and self-assessments 

conducted throughout the program. 

Although the current curriculum has 

been pilot tested and successfully 

conducted, NIC continuously assesses 

the content and delivery strategies for 

needed improvement. The current 

curriculum has been in place for about 

three years and is due for an overall 

review. NIC expects to work closely 

with the awardee and NSA to conduct 

the program, evaluate it, determine 

needed revisions, and make those 

revisions. 

Scope of Work 

NSI program delivery: The 

cooperative agreement awardee will 

facilitate the delivery of six NSI 

programs. This will entail contracting 

with five instructors to prepare for and 

deliver the program; ensuring all 

instructors are available and present for 

the entire program and a pre-program 

meeting (up to four hours) on the 

Sunday the program begins; managing 

the instructor team during the program; 

ensuring adherence to the lesson plans; 

facilitating participant learning 

activities; and managing participant 

activities and breaks to ensure 

compliance with timeframes noted in 

the lesson plans. NIC staff will be on 

site for each program, and the awardee 

will work closely with NIC staff during 

program delivery. 

Note: The applicant must identify and 

describe the qualifications of at least four 

instructors who have committed to teaching 

the NSI under this cooperative agreement. 

The fifth instructor will be identified jointly 

by NIC and the awardee after the cooperative 

agreement is awarded. The work of the fifth 

instructor will be funded by the awardee and 

must be accounted for in the application 

budget. 

The NSI begins on a Sunday with an 

instructor meeting in the afternoon and 

the opening program session Sunday 

night. The program concludes the 

following Saturday afternoon. For the 

foreseeable future, the program will be 

conducted in Longmont, Colorado. 

The following are the responsibility of 

NIC or NSA: Recruiting and selecting 

participants; notifying participants of 

selection and program details; providing 

the training room, equipment, and 

materials; providing for participant 

lodging, meals, and transportation; 

mailing and ensuring completion of 

participants’ pre-program assignments; 

and scoring the Myers-Briggs Type 

Inventory and the Leadership Practices 

Inventory. In addition to the program 

instructors, there is a mentoring sheriff 

for each program. NIC and NSA select 

and pay all expenses for the mentoring 

sheriff. 

NSI program evaluation: There are 

three types of program evaluation for 

which the awardee will be responsible. 

First, the awardee will, in conjunction 

with all program staff, observe and 

discuss participants’ response to 

instructional modules; effectiveness of 

instructional strategies; relevance of 

content; and instructors’ effectiveness in 

delivering the curriculum, managing 

participants, responding to participant 

questions, and engaging participants in 

learning activities. The awardee will 

facilitate a meeting of program staff to 

discuss these issues at the end of each 

day. 

Second, the NIC Jails Division has 

developed two in-program evaluation 

forms. One is an evaluation form that 

participants complete at the end of each 

module. This form assesses, based on 

self report, each participant’s level of 

knowledge about a given concept before 

and after completing the module; the 

relevance of each concept to the 

participant’s work; and the degree to 

which each participant intends to use 

what he/she has learned. Participants 

are given time at the end of each module 

to complete the form. The awardee will 

distribute and collect the forms after 

each module for program staff review 

and discussion at the end of the day. 

The other in-program evaluation is an 

end-of-program questionnaire 

completed by each participant. The 

awardee will distribute and collect these 

forms for program staff review and 

discussion at the end of the program. 

Within three weeks after the program, 

the awardee will submit a report to NIC 

that includes: (1) Tabulation of all 

ratings from both evaluation forms, (2) 

compilation of all comments from both 

evaluation forms, and (3) a brief 

summary of evaluation results and their 

implications for program revision. 

Third, NIC has developed a threemonth follow-up evaluation to 

determine if participants implemented 

the concepts taught; the effect of 

implementation on their ability to lead; 

obstacles to implementation; 

participants’ assessment of the 

effectiveness of the NSI; and 

participants’ suggestions for improving 

the NSI. The awardee will conduct this 

evaluation through telephone interviews 

with program participants. Within one 

month of interview completion, the 

awardee will deliver to NIC a written 

report of evaluation findings and the 

implications for program content and 

delivery. The awardee will include in 

this report note of any correlation or 

discrepancies between the in-program 

evaluation results (degree of learning, 

assessment of concept relevance, and 

intention to implement concepts) and 

the findings of the follow-up evaluation. 

Program revisions: Based on the 

evaluations noted above, the awardee 

will work closely with NIC staff to 

identify needed curriculum revisions. 

The awardee will also draft revisions, 

working with NIC staff. NIC staff will 

write the final version of the revised 

lesson plans and ensure they are in 

NIC’s lesson plan format. 

Meetings with NIC staff: Shortly after 

the award of the cooperative agreement, 

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the awardee and instructional team will 

meet with NIC staff for a ‘‘kick-off’’ 

meeting, which will last up to two days. 

Also, the awardee and up to four 

members of the instructional team will 

meet at three times each year of the 

award. These meetings will last up to 

two days and will focus on program 

planning, review, and revision. 

Initial familiarization with the NSI: In 

preparation for the project kick-off 

meeting, the awardee will review all 

program lesson plans, participant 

manuals, presentation slides, and other 

program materials. 

Application Requirements: An 

application package must include OMB 

Standard Form 425, Application for 

Federal Assistance; a cover letter that 

identifies the audit agency responsible 

for the applicant’s financial accounts as 

well as the audit period or fiscal year 

under which the applicant operates 

(e.g., July 1 through June 30); and an 

outline of projected costs with the 

budget and strategy narratives described 

in this announcement. The following 

additional forms must also be included: 

OMB Standard Form 424A, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs; OMB Standard Form 424B, 

Assurances—Non-Construction 

Programs (both available at http:// 

www.grants.gov); DOJ/FBOP/NIC 

Certification Regarding Lobbying, 

Debarment, Suspension and Other 

Responsibility Matters; and the DrugFree Workplace Requirements (available 

at http://www.nicic.org/Downloads/ 

PDF/certif-frm.pdf). 

Applications should be concisely 

written, typed double spaced, and 

reference the NIC opportunity number 

and title referenced in this 

announcement. 

If you are hand delivering or 

submitting via Fed-Ex, please include 

an original and three copies of your full 

proposal (program and budget narrative, 

application forms, assurances and other 

descriptions). The original should have 

the applicant’s signature in blue ink. 

Electronic submissions will be accepted 

only via http://www.grants.gov. 

The narrative portion of the 

application should include, at a 

minimum: a brief paragraph indicating 

the applicant’s understanding of the 

project’s purpose; a brief paragraph that 

summarizes the project goals and 

objectives; a clear description of the 

methodology that will be used to 

complete the project and achieve its 

goals; a statement or chart of measurable 

project milestones and timelines for the 

completion of each milestone; a 

description of the qualifications of the 

applicant organization and a resume for 

the principal and each staff member 

assigned to the project (including 

instructors) that documents relevant 

knowledge, skills, and abilities to carry 

out the project; and a budget that details 

all costs for the project, shows 

consideration for all contingencies for 

the project, and notes a commitment to 

work within the proposed budget. 

The narrative portion of the 

application should not exceed ten 

double-spaced typewritten pages, 

excluding attachments related to the 

credentials and relevant experience of 

staff. 

Authority: Public Law 93–415. 

Funds Available: NIC is seeking the 

applicant’s best ideas regarding 

accomplishment of the scope of work 

and the related costs for achieving the 

goals of this solicitation. Funds may be 

used only for the activities that are 

linked to the desired outcome of the 

project. 

Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible 

applicant is any State or general unit of 

local government, private agency, 

educational institution, organization, 

individual, or team with expertise in the 

described areas. Applicants must have 

demonstrated ability to implement a 

project of this size and scope. 

Review Considerations: Applications 

will be subject to the NIC Review 

Process. The criteria for the evaluation 

of each application will be as follows: 

Project Design and Management—30% 

Is there a clear understanding of the 

purpose of the project and the nature 

and scope of project activities? Does the 

applicant give a clear and complete 

description of all work to be performed 

for this project? Does the applicant 

clearly describe a work plan, including 

objectives, tasks, and milestones 

necessary to project completion? Are the 

objectives, tasks, and milestones 

realistic and will they achieve the 

project as described in NIC’s solicitation 

for this cooperative agreement? Are the 

roles and the time required of project 

staff clearly defined? Is the applicant 

willing to meet with NIC staff, at a 

minimum, as specified in the 

solicitation for this cooperative 

agreement? 

Applicant Organization and Project 

Staff Background—45% 

Is there a description of the 

background and expertise of all project 

personnel as they relate to this project? 

Is the applicant capable of managing 

this project? Does the applicant have an 

established reputation or skill that 

makes the applicant particularly well 

qualified for the project? Do project 

personnel, individually or collectively, 

have knowledge of the leadership role of 

sheriffs in their organization, local 

criminal justice system, and 

community? Do the project personnel, 

individually or collectively, have indepth expertise on contemporary 

leadership principles, concepts, and 

practices and their application to the 

leadership roles of sheriffs? Do the 

project personnel, individually or 

collectively, have the ability to conduct 

training, based on adult learning 

principles, on leadership principles, 

concepts, and practices? Do project 

personnel, individually or collectively, 

have experience in conducting training 

for first-term sheriffs on their leadership 

roles? Does the staffing plan propose 

sufficient and realistic time 

commitments from key personnel? Are 

there written commitments from 

proposed staff that they will be available 

to work on the project as described in 

the application? 

Budget—25% 

Does the application provide adequate 

cost detail to support the proposed 

budget? Are potential budget 

contingencies included? Does the 

application include a chart that aligns 

the budget with project activities along 

a timeline with, at a minimum, 

quarterly benchmarks? In terms of 

program value, is the estimated cost 

reasonable in relation to work 

performed and project products? 

Note: NIC will not award a cooperative 

agreement to an applicant who does not have 

a Dun and Bradstreet Database Universal 

Number (DUNS) and is not registered in the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR). 

Applicants can obtain a DUNS 

number at no cost by calling the 

dedicated toll-free DUNS number 

request line at 800–333–0505. 

Applicants who are sole proprietors 

should dial 866–705–5711 and select 

option #1. 

Applicants may register in the CCR 

Online at the CCR Web site at http:// 

www.ccr.gov. Applicants can also 

review a CCR handbook and worksheet 

at this Web site. 

Number of Awards: One. 

NIC Opportunity Number: 09J70. This 

number should appear as a reference 

line in the cover letter, where the 

opportunity number is requested on 

Standard Form 424, and on the outside 

of the envelope in which the application 

is sent. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 16.601. 

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Executive Order 12372: This project is 

not subject to the provisions of the 

executive order. 

Morris L. Thigpen, 

Director, National Institute of Corrections. 

[FR Doc. E9–12629 Filed 5–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–36–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice (09–045)] 

Review of U.S. Human Space Flight 

Plans Committee; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 

Law 92–463, as amended, the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

announces a meeting of the Review of 

U.S. Human Space Flight Plans 

Committee. For specifics on agenda 

topics, see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 9 

a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Carnegie Institution, 1530 P 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, 

phone: 202–387–6400. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Philip R. McAlister, Office of Program 

Analysis and Evaluation, National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

Washington, DC 20546. Phone 202–358– 

0712. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will be open to the public up 

to the seating capacity of the room. It is 

imperative that the meeting be held on 

this date to accommodate the 

scheduling priorities of the key 

participants. The agenda topics for the 

meeting include: 

• Previous Studies on U.S. Human 

Space Flight. 

• Current U.S. Space Policy. 

• International Cooperation. 

• Evolved Expendable Launch 

Vehicle. 

• Commercial Human Space Flight 

Capabilities. 

• Exploration Technology Planning. 

P. Diane Rausch, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–12661 Filed 5–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[ Docket No. 50–389;NRC–2009–0221] 

Florida Power and Light; Notice of 

Consideration of Issuance of 

Amendment to Facility Operating 

License, Proposed No Significant 

Hazards Consideration Determination, 

and Opportunity for a Hearing 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission) is 

considering issuance of an amendment 

to Facility Operating License No. NPF– 

16, issued to Florida Power and Light 

(the licensee), for operation of the St. 

Lucie Plant Unit 2 located in St. Lucie 

County, Florida. 

The proposed amendment would 

revise Technical Specification (TS) 

3.1.3.4, related to requirements for 

Control Element Assembly (CEA) drop 

time to increase the available margin for 

CEA drop time testing. 

Before issuance of the proposed 

license amendment, the Commission 

will have made findings required by the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), and the Commission’s 

regulations. 

The Commission has made a 

proposed determination that the 

amendment request involves no 

significant hazards consideration. Under 

the Commission’s regulations in Title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), Section 50.92, this means that 

operation of the facility in accordance 

with the proposed amendment would 

not (1) involve a significant increase in 

the probability or consequences of an 

accident previously evaluated; or (2) 

create the possibility of a new or 

different kind of accident from any 

accident previously evaluated; or (3) 

involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its 

analysis of the issue of no significant 

hazards consideration, which is 

presented below: 

1. Does the proposed change involve a 

significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated? 

The proposed change increases the 

required CEA drop time. This new CEA drop 

time requirement must be verified prior to 

Modes 1 or 2 of plant operations. The 

probability of an accident previously 

evaluated remains unchanged since the CEAs 

drop into the core as a result of a core 

anomaly or undesired condition, and the fact 

that the CEA drop time was increased does 

not in itself initiate an accident. Likewise, 

the consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated remain unchanged since for both 

LOCA [loss-of-coolant accident] and nonLOCA analyses, it has been verified that the 

proposed slower reactivity insertion rate at 

all rod positions will not preclude meeting 

the trip reactivity limits used in the analyses. 

Therefore, the proposed change does not 

involve a significant increase in the 

probability or consequences of an accident 

previously evaluated. 

2. Does the proposed change create the 

possibility of a new or different kind of 

accident from any accident previously 

evaluated? 

The proposed change does not involve a 

physical alteration of the plant (no new or 

different type of equipment will be installed) 

or a change in the methods governing normal 

plant operation. The proposed change will 

not introduce new failure modes or effects 

and will not, in the absence of other 

unrelated failures, lead to an accident whose 

consequences exceed the consequences of 

accidents previously analyzed. 

Therefore, the proposed change does not 

create the possibility of a new or different 

kind of accident from any accident 

previously evaluated. 

3. Does the proposed change involve a 

significant reduction in a margin of safety? 

The increase in CEA drop time as proposed 

in this TS change has been determined to 

have no adverse impact on the St. Lucie Unit 

2 safety analysis described in the UFSAR 

[Updated Final Safety Analysis Report], and 

thus does not have any effect on the existing 

margins of safety for the fuel, the fuel 

cladding, the reactor vessel, or the 

containment building. The change in CEA 

drop time does not impact the power shapes 

(assumed for Relaxed Axial Offset Control or 

the safety analyses) or statepoints; hence 

there is no impact on the thermal hydraulic 

or fuel rod design analysis. There is no 

impact on the mechanical design. The 

slightly slower drop would produce a smaller 

impact on the fuel assembly and lower 

stresses on the CEA. Since there is no adverse 

impact, current mechanical design analyses 

remain applicable. 

Therefore, the proposed change does not 

involve a significant reduction in a margin of 

safety. 

The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee’s 

analysis and, based on this review, it appears 

that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) 

are satisfied. 

Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to 

determine that the amendment request 

involves no significant hazards 

consideration. 

The Commission is seeking public 

comments on this proposed 

determination. Any comments received 

within 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice will be 

considered in making any final 

determination. 

Normally, the Commission will not 

issue the amendment until the 

expiration of 60 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. The 

Commission may issue the license 

amendment before expiration of the 60- 

day period provided that its final 

determination is that the amendment 

involves no significant hazards