12568 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 27, 2001 / Notices

that are due to the Commission by

March 31, 2001.

Richard Schiff,

Acting Chief of Staff, National Indian Gaming

Commission.

[FR Doc. 01–4687 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Advisory Panel for Biological

Infrastructure; Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting:

Name: Advisory Panel for Biological

Infrastructure (1215).

Date & Time: March 15, 2001, 1 pm–5 pm;

March 16, 2001, 8 am–12 pm.

Place: Room 130, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington,

VA.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Ms. Carter Kinsey,

Program Manager, Minority Postdoctoral

Research Fellowship Program, Division of

Biological Infrastructure, Room 615, NSF,

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA

22230, (703) 292–8470.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate Minority

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program

proposals as part of the selection process for

awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (6) of the Government

Sunshine Act.

Dated: February 21, 2001.

Susanne Bolton,

Committee Management Officer.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–413]

Duke Energy Corporation; 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–

35 issued to Duke Energy Corporation,

et al., (the licensee) for operation of the

Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 1, located

in York County, South Carolina.

The proposed amendment would

modify the Required Actions for the

Engineered Safety Feature Actuation

System (ESFAS) Table 3.3.2–1, function

6.f (auxiliary feedwater (AFW), auxiliary

feedwater pump train A and train B

suction transfer on suction pressure—

low) on a one time basis. The proposed

one time change will require that if

more than 1 channel of low suction

pressure instrumentation becomes

inoperable, the licensee will

immediately enter the applicable

Condition(s) or Required Action(s) for

the associated AFW train made

inoperable by the inoperable channels.

This modification will support the

timely replacement of a broken pressure

switch in the Train B of AFW Suction

Transfer on low suction pressure

function.

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 10 CFR

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:

The following discussion is a summary of

the evaluation of the changes contained in

this proposed amendment against the 10 CFR

50.92(c) requirements to demonstrate that all

three standards are satisfied. A no significant

hazards consideration is indicated if

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.

First Standard

Implementation of this amendment would

not involve a significant increase in the

probability or consequences of an accident

previously evaluated. Approval of this one

time amendment will have no effect on

accident probabilities or consequences. For

the proposed change, the equipment

referenced in the affected TS (ESFAS

instrumentation) is not accident initiating

equipment; therefore, there will be no impact

on any accident probabilities by the approval

of this amendment. The design function of

the equipment is not being modified by these

proposed changes. The proposed one time

change is not increasing the time already

evaluated for an AFW train to be out of

service. Therefore, there will be no impact on

any accident consequences.

Second Standard

Implementation of this one time

amendment would not create the possibility

of a new or different kind of accident from

any accident previously evaluated. No new

accident causal mechanisms are created as a

result of NRC approval of this amendment

request. No changes are being made to the

plant that will introduce any new accident

causal mechanisms. This one time

amendment request does not impact any

plant systems that are accident initiators;

therefore, no new accident types can be

created.

Third Standard

Implementation of this one time

amendment would not involve a significant

reduction in a margin of safety. Margin of

safety is related to the confidence in the

ability of the fission product barriers to

perform their design functions during and

following an accident situation. These

barriers include the fuel cladding, the reactor

coolant system, and the containment system.

The performance of these fission product

barriers will not be impacted by

implementation of this proposed one time

amendment. The equipment referenced in

the affected TS for proposed one time change

is already capable of performing as designed.

Therefore, a significant reduction in the

margin of safety is not created by this one

time TS change.

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 the 30-day notice period.

However, should circumstances change

during the notice period such that