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2This decision also includes acceptance of nonU.S.-origin HEU in unirradiated (fresh) fuel that 

will be transported to the Y–12 National Security 

Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Management of 

such HEU is addressed in the Site-wide 

Environmental Impact Statement for the Y–12 

National Security Complex (DOE/EIS–0309, 2001) 

and associated ROD (67 FR 11296; March 13, 2002). 

The analysis also addressed the 

potential for severe accidents at a 

seaport and during overland transport to 

Savannah River. The accident analysis 

was updated from that performed in the 

FRR SNF EIS to reflect changes in 

populations along representative 

transportation routes and the 

Department’s currently recommended 

dose-to-risk conversion factor for 

estimating risks from radiation 

exposures. The risks were determined to 

be low with no latent cancer fatalities 

expected among transport crews or 

members of the public. The potential for 

intentional destructive acts was also 

addressed and the impacts from such 

possible acts were determined to be 

comparable to those previously 

analyzed in the FRR SNF EIS. 

Receipt and storage of Gap Material 

SNF at the Savannah River Site are not 

expected to cause impacts at the site 

that would differ from or exceed those 

identified in the FRR SNF EIS. Gap 

Material SNF is expected to ultimately 

be disposed of in a geologic repository. 

Disposition of Gap Material SNF is not 

expected to result in any changes to the 

envelope of impacts addressed in the 

FRR SNF EIS, the Savannah River Site 

Spent Fuel Management Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/ 

EIS–0279, March 2000), and the 

Environmental Impact Statement for a 

Geologic Repository for the Disposal of 

Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level 

Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain 

(DOE/EIS–0250, February 2002) and its 

supplemental EISs (DOE/EIS–0250–S1, 

DOE/EIS–0250–S2, and DOE/EIS–0369, 

June 2008). Acceptance of Gap Material 

SNF will occur under the condition that 

Gap Material SNF complies with the 

acceptance criteria of the SRS facility 

receiving the Gap Material SNF and that 

sufficient storage capacity exists at the 

facility, pending disposition of the 

material. 

Decision 

DOE has decided to amend the FRR 

SNF EIS Record of Decision to accept up 

to 1 MTHM (1.1 tons) of foreign research 

reactor SNF containing either non-U.S.- 

origin HEU or SNF containing U.S.- 

origin HEU that was not previously 

addressed in the FRR SNF EIS.2 DOE 

would only accept the material if it 

poses a threat to national security, is 

susceptible for use in an improvised 

nuclear device, presents a high risk of 

terrorist threat, and has no other 

reasonable pathway to assure security 

from theft or diversion. 

Further, acceptance of this material 

would be undertaken consistent with 

existing conditions of the FRR SNF 

Acceptance Program. The FRR SNF 

Acceptance Program provides for fuel 

acceptance through May 12, 2019. DOE 

will continue limitations on shipment 

cask curie activity and will ensure that 

the upper limit estimate for the source 

term assumed in the FRR SNF EIS 

accident analysis will not be exceeded. 

DOE will extend the mitigation action 

plan announced in the May 1996 ROD 

and currently in place for FRR SNF to 

Gap Material SNF to ensure that 

individual ship crew member doses are 

maintained as low as reasonably 

achievable and less than 100 millirem in 

a year. Acceptance of Gap Material SNF 

will occur in accordance with processes 

implemented to ensure compliance with 

DOE and international requirements. 

Shipments of Gap Material SNF will 

occur under the condition that Gap 

Material SNF complies with the 

acceptance criteria of the SRS facility 

receiving the Gap Material SNF and that 

sufficient storage capacity exists at the 

facility, pending disposition of the 

material. 

Conclusion 

DOE’s decision furthers the 

nonproliferation objectives of the 

United States. The decision provides for 

the management and disposition of 

certain material not previously 

addressed in the FRR SNF EIS that 

poses a threat to national security, is 

susceptible to use in an improvised 

nuclear device, presents a high risk of 

terrorist threat, and has no other 

reasonable pathway to assure security 

from theft or diversion. 

The decision set forth in this Revised 

ROD complies with the requirements of 

NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its 

implementing regulations at 40 CFR 

Parts 1500–1508 and 10 CFR Part 1021. 

Potential impacts resulting from 

implementing this action will remain 

within the range of the potential 

environmental impacts analyzed in the 

FRR SNF EIS. This action does not 

constitute either a substantial change or 

significant new circumstance relevant to 

environmental concerns. There are no 

significant new circumstances or 

information relevant to environmental 

concerns related to this action or its 

impacts within the meaning of 40 CFR 

1502.9(c) and 10 CFR 1021.314. 

Therefore, neither a supplement to the 

FRR SNF EIS nor a new EIS is needed. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on this 13th day 

of January, 2009. 

Thomas P. D’Agostino, 

Administrator, National Nuclear Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–1279 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP08–6–003] 

Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC; 

Notice of Application 

January 14, 2009. 

Take notice that on January 9, 2009, 

Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC 

(Midcontinent), 3250 Lacey Road, Suite 

700, Downers Grove, Illinois 60515– 

7918, filed in the above-referenced 

docket an abbreviated application 

pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the 

regulations of the Commission, to 

amend its certificate authority issued on 

July 25, 2008, in Docket No. CP08–6– 

000, in order to revise the initial 

transportation rates for Midcontinent’s 

Zone 1 and Zone 2 facilities. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Protests will be considered by 

the Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing an 

intervention or protest must serve a 

copy of that document on the Applicant. 

On or before the comment date, it is not 

necessary to serve motions to intervene 

or protests on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

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There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: January 30, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–1358 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

January 14, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Docket Numbers: RP96–312–186. 

Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline 

Company. 

Description: Tennessee Gas Pipeline 

Company submits a negotiated rate gas 

transportation arrangement with JP 

Morgan Ventures Energy Corp pursuant 

to Tennessee’s Rate Schedule FT–A, to 

be effective 2/1/09. 

Filed Date: 01/12/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090113–0293. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, January 26, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–123–000. 

Applicants: Southern Star Central Gas 

Pipeline, Inc. 

Description: Southern Star Central 

Gas Pipeline, Inc. submits its Annual 

Cash-Out Refund Report. 

Filed Date: 12/01/2008. 

Accession Number: 20081201–5035. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–206–000. 

Applicants: Iroquois Gas 

Transmission System, L.P. 

Description: Iroquois Gas 

Transmission System, LP submits 

Fourth Revised Sheet 141 et al., to its 

FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume 

1. 

Filed Date: 01/09/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090112–0201. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–207–000. 

Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline 

Company. 

Description: Tennessee Gas Pipeline 

Company submits Twelfth Revised 

Sheet 400 et al. to its FERC Gas Tariff, 

Fifth Revised Volume 1. 

Filed Date: 01/09/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090112–0202. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–208–000. 

Applicants: North Baja Pipeline, LLC. 

Description: North Baja Pipeline, LLC 

submits Second Revised Sheet 5 et al. to 

reflect tariff modifications necessitated 

by Order 712. 

Filed Date: 01/09/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090112–0173. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–209–000. 

Applicants: SG Resources Mississippi, 

L.L.C. 

Description: SG Resources 

Mississippi, LLC submits First Revised 

Sheet 114 et al. to FERC Gas Tariff, 

Original Volume 1 to be effective 2/8/ 

09. 

Filed Date: 01/09/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090112–0171. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–210–000. 

Applicants: Centra Pipelines 

Minnesota, Inc. 

Description: Centra Pipelines 

Minnesota, Inc. submits Fourth Revised 

Sheet 35 to FERC Gas Tariff, Second 

Revised Volume 2. 

Filed Date: 01/12/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090113–0294. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, January 26, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–211–000. 

Applicants: Colorado Interstate Gas 

Company. 

Description: Colorado Interstate Gas 

Company submits Twelfth Revised 

Sheet 228 et al. to FERC Gas Tariff, First 

Revised Volume 1, to be effective 2/16/ 

09. 

Filed Date: 01/12/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090113–0295. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, January 26, 2009. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. It 

is not necessary to separately intervene 

again in a subdocket related to a 

compliance filing if you have previously 

intervened in the same docket. Protests 

will be considered by the Commission 

in determining the appropriate action to 

be taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or 

protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. In reference 

to filings initiating a new proceeding, 

interventions or protests submitted on 

or before the comment deadline need 

not be served on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

are accessible in the Commission’s 

eLibrary system by clicking on the 

appropriate link in the above list. They 

are also available for review in the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room in 

Washington, DC. There is an 

eSubscription link on the Web site that 

enables subscribers to receive e-mail 

notification when a document is added 

to a subscribed dockets(s). For 

assistance with any FERC Online 

service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–1366 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

January 9, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Docket Numbers: RP95–408–072. 

Applicants: Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC. 

Description: Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC submits Substitute 

Twenty-Fourth Revised Sheet 29 to its 

FERC Electric Tariff, Second Revised 

Volume 1 to be effective 2/1/09. 

Filed Date: 01/07/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090108–0379. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP96–331–021. 

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