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impacts associated with the proposed

action.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

As an alternative to the proposed

action, the staff considered denial of the

proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’

alternative). Denial of the application

would result in no change in current

environmental impacts. The

environmental impacts of the proposed

action and the alternative action are

similar.

Alternative Use of Resources

This action does not involve the use

of any resources not previously

considered in the FES.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

In accordance with its stated policy,

on January 31, 2001, the staff consulted

with Florida State official, William

Passetti, Bureau of Radiation Control,

regarding the environmental impact of

the proposed action. The State official

had no comments or objections.

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.

For further details with respect to the

proposed action, see the licensee’s

request for exemption dated October 30,

2000. Documents may be examined,

and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s

Public Document Room, located at One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike

(first floor), Rockville, Maryland.

Publicly available records will be

accessible electronically from the

ADAMS Public Library component on

the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov

(the Electronic Reading Room).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day

of February 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Kahtan N. Jabbour,

Senior Project Manager, Section 2, Project

Directorate II, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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Reactor Oversight Process Initial

Implementation Evaluation Panel;

Meeting Notice

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of October 6, 1972 (Pub.

L. 94–463, Stat. 770–776) the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),

on October 2, 2000, announced the

establishment of the Reactor Oversight

Process Initial Implementation

Evaluation Panel (IIEP). The IIEP

functions as a cross-disciplinary

oversight group to independently

monitor and evaluate the results of the

first year of implementation of the

Reactor Oversight Process (ROP). A

Charter governing the IIEP functions as

a Federal Advisory Committee was filed

with Congress on October 17, 2000, after

consultation with the Committee

Management Secretariat, General

Services Administration. The IIEP will

hold its fourth meeting on February 26–

27, 2001, in the ACRS Conference Room

T–2B3, located at the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, 11545

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

The IIEP meeting participants are

listed below along with their affiliation:

A. Randolph Blough—U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission

R. William Borchardt—U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission

Kenneth Brockman—U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission

Mary Ferdig—Ph. D. Candidate,

Organization Development Program,

Benedictine University; Ferdig Inc.

Organizational Research and

Development

Steve Floyd—Nuclear Energy Institute

David Garchow—PSEG Nuclear LLC

Richard Hill—Southern Nuclear

Operating Company

Rod Krich—Commonwealth Edison

Company

Robert Laurie—California Energy

Commission

James Moorman, III—U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission

Loren Plisco—U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Steven Reynolds—U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission

A. Edward Scherer—Southern

California Edison Company

James Setser—Georgia Department of

Natural Resources

Raymond Shadis—New England

Coalition on Nuclear Pollution

James Trapp—U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

A tentative agenda of the meeting is

outlined as follows:

February 26, 2001

8 a.m.—Introduction/Meeting

Objectives and Goals/Review of

Meeting Minutes from January 22–

23, 2001 Meeting

8:30 a.m.—Initial Prioritization of Issues

Identified Through the Panel

12 p.m.—Lunch

1 p.m.—Presentations by Invited

Stakeholders:

—Steve Floyd of the Nuclear Energy

Institute

—Rich Janati of the Pennsylvania

Department of Environmental

Protection

—David Lochbaum of the Union of

Concerned Scientists

5 p.m.—Adjourn

February 27, 2001 Meeting

8 a.m.—Recap of Previous Day’s

Meeting/Meeting Objectives and

Goals

8:30 a.m.—Presentations by Invited

Stakeholders:

—Victor Dricks of the NRC Office of

Public Affairs

—Scott Peterson of the Nuclear

Energy Institute

—Jenny Weil of McGraw Hill’s Inside

NRC

12 p.m.—Lunch

1 p.m.—Initial Prioritization of Issues

Identified Through the Panel

(continued)

3 p.m.—Agenda Planning Session

4 p.m.—Public Comments/General

Discussion

5 p.m.—Adjourn

Meetings of the IIEP are open to the

members of the public. Oral or written

views may be presented by the members

of the public, including members of the

nuclear industry. Persons desiring to

make oral statements should notify Mr.

Loren R. Plisco (Telephone 404/562–

4501, e-mail LRP@nrc.gov) or Mr. John

D. Monninger (Telephone 301/415–

3495, e-mail JDM@nrc.gov) five days

prior to the meeting date, if possible, so

that appropriate arrangements can be

made to allow necessary time during the

meeting for such statements. Use of still,

motion picture, and television cameras

will be permitted during this meeting.

Further information regarding topics

of discussion; whether the meeting has

been canceled, rescheduled, or

relocated; and the Panel Chairman’s

ruling regarding requests to present oral

statements and time allotted, may be

obtained by contacting Mr. Loren R.

Plisco or Mr. John D. Monninger

between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EST.

IIEP meeting transcripts and meeting

reports will be available from the

Commission’s Public Document Room.

Transcripts will be placed on the

agency’s web page.

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Dated: February 12, 2001.

Andrew Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards; Meeting Notice

In accordance with the purposes of

sections 29 and 182b. of the Atomic

Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the

Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards will hold a meeting on

March 1–3, 2001, in Conference Room

T–2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland. The date of this meeting was

previously published in the Federal

Register on Friday, November 17, 2000

(65 FR 69578).

Thursday, March 1, 2001

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the

ACRS Chairman—(Open)—The ACRS

Chairman will make opening remarks

regarding the conduct of the meeting.

8:35 a.m.–10 a.m.: RETRAN–3D ThermalHydraulic Transient Analysis Code

(Open/Closed)–The Committee will hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the Electric

Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the

NRC staff regarding the EPRI RETRAN–

3D thermal-hydraulic transient analysis

code, associated staff’s Safety Evaluation

Report, and resolution of issues

previously raised by the ACRS.

Note: A portion of this session may be

closed to discuss EPRI proprietary

information.

10:15 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Interim Review of the

License Renewal Application for

Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 (Open)—

The Committee will hear presentations

by and hold discussions with

representatives of the Entergy

Operations, Inc., and the NRC staff

regarding the license renewal application

for Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 and the

associated staff’s Safety Evaluation

Report.

12:45 p.m.–2:15 p.m.: Spent Fuel Pool

Accident Risk at Decommissioning

Nuclear Power Plants (Open)—The

Committee will hear presentations by

and hold discussions with

representatives of the NRC staff

regarding significant findings and

recommendations of the final report on

spent fuel pool accident risk at

decommissioning plants, new

developments, status of developing

proposed options, and related matters.

2:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m.: Management Directive

6.4 Associated with the Revised Generic

Issue Process (Open)—The Committee

will hear presentations by and hold

discussions with representatives of the

NRC staff regarding Management

Directive 6.4 related to the Revised

Generic Issue process, results of the case

study performed to determine the

effectiveness of using the Management

Directive to implement the revised

Generic Issue process, and related

matters.

4 p.m.–7 p.m.: Discussion of Proposed ACRS

Reports (Open)—The Committee will

discuss proposed ACRS reports on the

NRC Safety Research Program and on

Regulatory Effectiveness of the

Anticipated Transients Without Scram

(ATWS) Rule.

Friday, March 2, 2001

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the

ACRS Chairman (Open)—The ACRS

Chairman will make opening remarks

regarding the conduct of the meeting.

8:35 a.m.–9:45 a.m.: British Nuclear Powered

Submarine Incident (Closed)—The

Committee will hear presentations by

and hold discussions with

representatives of the DOD/DOE Naval

Reactors regarding the recent incident on

the British Nuclear Powered Submarine

(HMS TIRELESS).

Note: This session will be closed to discuss

information classified ‘‘Confidential—

Restricted Data—Government Sensitive’’.

10 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Operating Event at V.C.

Summer Nuclear Station (Open)—The

Committee will hear presentations by

and hold discussions with

representatives of the NRC staff

regarding the October 7, 2000 incident at

the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station,

involving degraded reactor coolant

system pressure boundary, findings and

conclusions resulting from the staff’s

investigation of the incident, and

corrective actions taken by the licensee

and industry organizations.

11:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Trip Report (Open)—

The Committee will hear a trip report on

the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Fire

Protection forum held in San Diego on

February 5–7, 2001.

1 p.m.–1:30 p.m.: Subcommittee Report

(Open)—Report by the Chairmen of the

Plant Operations and Reliability and

Probabilistic Assessment Subcommittees

regarding the South Texas Project

Exemption Request that was discussed

during a meeting on February 21, 2001.

1:30 p.m.–2 p.m.: Future ACRS Activities/

Report of the Planning and Procedures

Subcommittee (Open)—The Committee

will discuss the recommendations of the

Planning and Procedures Subcommittee

regarding items proposed for

consideration by the full Committee

during future meetings. Also, it will hear

a report of the Planning and Procedures

Subcommittee on matters related to the

conduct of ACRS business, and

organizational and personnel matters

relating to the ACRS.

2 p.m.–2:15 p.m.: Reconciliation of ACRS

Comments and Recommendations

(Open)—The Committee will discuss the

responses from the NRC Executive

Director for Operations (EDO) to

comments and recommendations

included in recent ACRS reports and

letters. The EDO responses are expected

to be made available to the Committee

prior to the meeting.

2:15 p.m.–3 p.m.: Break and Preparation of

Draft ACRS Reports (Open)—Cognizant

ACRS members will prepare draft

reports, as needed, for consideration by

the full Committee.

3 p.m.–7 p.m.: Discussion of Proposed ACRS

Reports (Open)—The Committee will

discuss proposed ACRS reports.

Saturday, March 3, 2001

8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Proposed ACRS

Reports (Open)—The Committee will

continue its discussion of proposed

ACRS reports.

12:30 p.m.–1 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)—

The Committee will discuss matters

related to the conduct of Committee

activities and matters and specific issues

that were not completed during previous

meetings, as time and availability of

information permit.

Procedures for the conduct of and

participation in ACRS meetings were

published in the Federal Register on October

11, 2000 (65 FR 60476). In accordance with

these procedures, oral or written views may

be presented by members of the public,

including representatives of the nuclear

industry. Electronic recordings will be

permitted only during the open portions of

the meeting and questions may be asked only

by members of the Committee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring to

make oral statements should notify Mr. James

E. Lyons, ACRS, five days before the meeting,

if possible, so that appropriate arrangements

can be made to allow necessary time during

the meeting for such statements. Use of still,

motion picture, and television cameras

during the meeting may be limited to

selected portions of the meeting as

determined by the Chairman. Information

regarding the time to be set aside for this

purpose may be obtained by contacting Mr.

James E. Lyons prior to the meeting. 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 with Mr. James E. Lyons if such

rescheduling would result in major

inconvenience.

In accordance with Subsection 10(d) P.L.

92–463, I have determined that it is necessary

to close a portion of this meeting noted above

to discuss proprietary information per 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and information classified

‘‘Confidential—Restricted Data—Government

Sensitive’’ per 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and (4).

Further information regarding topics to be

discussed, whether the meeting has been

canceled or rescheduled, the Chairman’s

ruling on requests for the opportunity to

present oral statements, and the time allotted

therefore can be obtained by contacting Mr.

James E. Lyons (telephone 301–415–7371),

between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., EST.

ACRS meeting agenda, meeting transcripts,

and letter reports are available for

downloading or viewing on the internet at

http://www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.

Videoteleconferencing service is available

for observing open sessions of ACRS