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Visual Arts (review of applications): 

This meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: November 14, 2017; 

2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Music (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: November 15, 2017; 

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Music (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: November 15, 2017; 

3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Visual Arts (review of applications): 

This meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: November 15, 2017; 

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Theater (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: November 16, 2017; 

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Theater (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: November 16, 2017; 

4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Dance (review of applications): This 

meeting will be closed. 

Date and time: November 17, 2017; 

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Dated: October 2, 2017. 

Sherry P. Hale, 

Staff Assistant, National Endowment for the 

Arts. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21456 Filed 10–4–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7537–01–P 

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS 

BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Weeks of October 2 and 

9, 2017 

Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 10:00 

a.m. 

Wednesday, October 11. 2017, at 

10:00 a.m. and at 2:00 p.m. 

PLACE: Board Agenda Room, No. 5065, 

1015 Half St. SE., Washington DC. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Pursuant to 

§ 102.139(a) of the Board’s Rules and 

Regulations, the Board or a panel 

thereof will consider ‘‘the issuance of a 

subpoena, the Board’s participation in a 

civil action or proceeding or an 

arbitration, or the initiation, conduct, or 

disposition . . . of particular 

representation or unfair labor practice 

proceedings under section 8, 9, or 10 of 

the [National Labor Relations] Act, or 

any court proceedings collateral or 

ancillary thereto.’’ See also 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(10). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Roxanne Rothschild, Deputy Executive 

Secretary, 1015 Half Street SE., 

Washington, DC 20570. Telephone: 

(202) 273–2917. 

Dated: October 3, 2017. 

Roxanne Rothschild, 

Deputy Executive Secretary, National Labor 

Relations Board. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21592 Filed 10–3–17; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7545–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permit applications 

received. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a notice of permit applications received 

to conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. This is the 

required notice of permit applications 

received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by November 6, 2017. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 

Office of Polar Programs, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address, 703–292–8030, or 

ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR 

670), as amended by the Antarctic 

Science, Tourism and Conservation Act 

of 1996, has developed regulations for 

the establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Application Details 

1. Applicant—Permit Application: 

2018–003 

David Schutt, Penguins International, 

PO Box 100483, Denver, CO 80250. 

Activity for Which Permit is Requested 

Harmful Interference; Import Into 

USA. The applicant proposes to collect 

samples of feathers molted from gentoo 

penguins, Pygoscelis papua, (n=2400) 

and fragments from discarded eggshells 

of gentoo penguins (n=50) for use in a 

study of pollutant exposure in penguins 

across a wide latitudinal gradient. The 

applicant plans to collect these 

abandoned biological tissue samples at 

approximately eleven gentoo penguin 

colonies in the Antarctic Peninsula 

region. The applicant will collect 

samples opportunistically from the 

ground or from penguin carcasses from 

the periphery and/or low-density areas 

of the colonies in order to minimize 

disturbance to the penguins. The 

samples will be imported into the USA 

and will be analyzed at the home 

institution. 

Location 

West Antarctic Peninsula region 

including South Orkney Islands, 

Elephant Island, South Shetland 

Islands. 

Dates 

October 1, 2017–June 1, 2018. 

2. Applicant—Permit Application: 

2018–018 

Vernon G. Chu, BBC Worldwide 

Americas, Inc, 747 Third Ave., 7th 

FL, New York, NY 10017–2803. 

Activity for Which Permit is Requested 

Take; Harmful Interference. The 

applicant proposes to film Weddell 

seals in the McMurdo Sound area. Up 

to 16 Weddell seals (eight mother and 

pup pairs) could be targeted and 

disturbed during filming on the sea ice, 

underwater, and by air via remotely 

piloted aircraft. Up to 80 additional 

Weddell seals may be disturbed as a 

result of the filming activities. The 

footage will be used in a BBC 

documentary series that is expected to 

be useful for education and outreach 

about Antarctica and the scientific 

research conducted there. The applicant 

has also applied for a commercial or 

education photography permit from the 

National Marine Fisheries Service under 

the authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.). 

Location 

McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. 


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Dates 

October 1–December 15, 2017. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Polar Coordination Specialist, Office of Polar 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21446 Filed 10–4–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 52–025 and 52–026; NRC– 

2008–0252] 

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 

3 and 4; Southern Nuclear Operating 

Company; Hydrogen Venting from 

Passive Core Cooling System (PXS) 

Compartments 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption and combined 

license amendment; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is granting 

exemption to allow a departure from the 

certification information of Tier 1 of the 

generic design control document (DCD) 

and is issuing License Amendment Nos. 

84 and 83 to Combined Licenses (COL), 

NPF–91 and NPF–92, respectively. The 

COLs were issued to Southern Nuclear 

Operating Company, Inc., and Georgia 

Power Company, Oglethorpe Power 

Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC, 

MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power 

SPVP, LLC, Authority of Georgia, and 

the City of Dalton, Georgia (the 

licensee); for construction and operation 

of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 

(VEGP) Units 3 and 4, located in Burke 

County, Georgia. 

The granting of the exemption allows 

the changes to Tier 1 information that is 

requested in the amendment. Because 

the acceptability of the exemption was 

determined in part by the acceptability 

of the amendment, the exemption and 

amendment are being issued 

concurrently. 

DATES: The exemptions and 

amendments were issued on August 23, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2008–0252 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may access information related to 

this document, which the NRC 

possesses and is publicly available, 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS 

Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, 

please contact the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by 

email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 

ADAMS accession number for each 

document referenced (if it is available in 

ADAMS) is provided the first time that 

it is mentioned in this document. The 

request for the amendment and 

exemption was submitted by letter 

dated February 22, 2017 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML17053A425) and 

supplemented by letter dated June 2, 

2017 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML17153A362). 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Kallan, Office of New Reactors, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–2809; email: Paul.Kallan@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC is granting exemptions from 

Paragraph B of Section III, ‘‘Scope and 

Contents,’’ of appendix D, ‘‘Design 

Certification Rule for the AP1000,’’ to 

part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), and issuing 

License Amendment Nos. 84 and 83 to 

COLs, NPF–91 and NPF–92, 

respectively, to the licensee. The 

exemptions are required by Paragraph 

A.4 of Section VIII, ‘‘Processes for 

Changes and Departures,’’ appendix D, 

to 10 CFR part 52 to allow the licensee 

to depart from Tier 1 information. With 

the requested amendment, the licensee 

proposes to depart from approved 

AP1000 DCD Tier 2 information (test 

and tables) as incorporated into the 

Updated Final Safety Analysis Report 

(UFSAR) as plant-specific DCD 

information, and also proposes to depart 

from involved plant-specific Tier 1 

information (and associated COL 

Appendix C information). Specifically, 

the amendment request proposes to 

revise the licensing basis information to 

reflect changes to the locations of the 

hydrogen venting primary openings in 

the passive core cooling system (PXS) 

valve/accumulator rooms inside 

containment. 

Part of the justification for granting 

the exemptions was provided by the 

review of the amendments. Because the 

exemption is necessary in order to issue 

the requested license amendment, the 

NRC granted the exemptions and issued 

the amendments concurrently, rather 

than in sequence. This included issuing 

a combined safety evaluation containing 

the NRC staff’s review of both the 

exemption request and the license 

amendment. The exemptions met all 

applicable regulatory criteria set forth in 

§§ 50.12, 52.7, and Section VIII.A.4 of 

appendix D to 10 CFR part 52. The 

license amendments were found to be 

acceptable as well. The combined safety 

evaluation is available in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML17213A224. 

Identical exemption documents 

(except for referenced unit numbers and 

license numbers) were issued to the 

licensee for VEGP Units 3 and 4 (COLs 

NPF–91 and NPF–92). The exemption 

documents for VEGP Units 3 and 4 can 

be found in ADAMS under Accession 

Nos. ML17213A219 and ML17213A221, 

respectively. The exemption is 

reproduced (with the exception of 

abbreviated titles and additional 

citations) in Section II of this document. 

The amendment documents for COLs 

NPF–91 and NPF–92 are available in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML17213A222 and ML17213A223, 

respectively. A summary of the 

amendment documents is provided in 

Section III of this document. 

II. Exemption 

Reproduced below is the exemption 

document issued to Vogtle Units 3 and 

Unit 4. It makes reference to the 

combined safety evaluation that 

provides the reasoning for the findings 

made by the NRC (and listed under Item 

1) in order to grant the exemption: 

1. In a letter dated February 22, 2017, 

and supplemented by letter dated June 

2, 2017, the licensee requested from the 

Commission an exemption from the 

provisions of 10 CFR part 52, appendix 

D, Section III.B, as part of license 

amendment request 17–003, ‘‘Hydrogen 

Venting from Passive Core Cooling 

System (PXS) Compartments (LAR–17– 

003).’’ 

For the reasons set forth in Section 

3.1, ‘‘Evaluation of Exemption,’’ of the 

NRC staff’s Safety Evaluation, which 

can be found in ADAMS under 


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