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Notice of License Termination and Release of the Northern States Power Company Pathfinder Site in Sioux Falls, SD, for Unrestricted Use, 45832-45833 [E7-16067] :: Nuclear Regulatory Commission :: Agencies And Commissions :: Regulation Tracker :: Justia
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Notice of License Termination and Release of the Northern States Power Company Pathfinder Site in Sioux Falls, SD, for Unrestricted Use, 45832-45833 [E7-16067]
Download as PDF ebenthall on PROD1PC69 with NOTICES 45832 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 15, 2007 / Notices facsimile transmission addressed to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff at 301–415–1101 (the verification number is 301–415– 1966). Copies of the request for hearing must also be sent to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and to the Assistant General Counsel for Materials Litigation and Enforcement, Office of the General Counsel, with both copies addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, and the NRC requests that a copy also be transmitted either by facsimile transmission to 301–415–3725 or by e-mail to OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov. If a person requests a hearing, he or she shall set forth in the request for a hearing with particularity the manner in which his or her interest is adversely affected by this Order and shall address the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 2.309. If a hearing is requested by a person whose interest is adversely affected, the Commission shall issue an Order designating the time and place of any hearing. If a hearing is held, the issue to be considered at such hearing shall be whether this Order should be sustained. In accordance with 10 CFR 51.10(d), this Order is not subject to Section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act, as amended. The NRC staff notes, however, that with respect to environmental impacts associated with the changes imposed by this Order as described in the safety evaluation, the changes would, if imposed by other than an Order, meet the definition of a categorical exclusion in accordance with 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9). Thus, pursuant to either 10 CFR 51.10(d) or 51.22(c)(9), no environmental assessment or environmental impact statement is required. For further information see the application from the licensee dated August 13, 2006 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML062400495 and ML070920272), as supplemented on May 3 (ADAMS Accession No. ML071410299) and June 18, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML071700633), the staff’s request for additional information dated March 13, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML070680273), and the cover letter to the licensee, attachments to this Order and the NRC staff’s safety evaluation dated August 9, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML071920168), available for public inspection at the Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:41 Aug 14, 2007 Jkt 211001 the ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who have problems in accessing the documents in ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR reference staff by telephone at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737 or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. Dated this 9th day of August 2007. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission James T. Wiggins, Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E7–16070 Filed 8–14–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Unistar Nuclear LLC; Notice of Receipt and Availability of Part of an Application for a Combined License On July 13, 2007 (ML071980294), UniStar Nuclear LLC (UniStar) filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act and 10 CFR Part 52, a portion of an application for a combined license (COL) for a U.S. EPR nuclear power plant at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant facility in Lusby, Maryland identified as Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit No. 3. UniStar supplemented its filing with a letter dated July 16, 2007 (ML072000363). An applicant may seek a COL in accordance with Subpart C of 10 CFR Part 52 and may submit such an application in two parts in accordance with 10 CFR 2.101(a)(5). The part submitted by UniStar on July 13 consists of the Environmental Report required by 10 CFR 50.30(f) as well as other information required under 10 CFR 2.101(a)(5). This information includes certain administrative information such as financial qualifications submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.33, Chapter 2, ‘‘Site Characteristics,’’ of the safety analysis report (SAR), which is submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.34(a)(1), and an agreement to limit access to sensitive information submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.37. To support its application, UniStar also requested an exemption from 10 CFR 2.101(a)(5), as documented in its July 13, 2007 letter. The NRC will review this exemption request and render its decision as part of the acceptance review of the application. Subsequent Federal Register notices will address the acceptability of this part of the tendered COL application for PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 docketing and provisions for participation of the public in the COL review process. A copy of the application is available for public inspection at the Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland and via the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The accession number for the application is ML071980294. Future publicly available documents related to the application will also be posted in ADAMS. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC Public Document Room staff by telephone at 1–800–397–4209 or 301– 415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. The application is also available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/newlicensing/col.html. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of August, 2007. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Thomas A. Bergman, Deputy Director, Licensing Operations Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. E7–16068 Filed 8–14–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 030–05004] Notice of License Termination and Release of the Northern States Power Company Pathfinder Site in Sioux Falls, SD, for Unrestricted Use U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of license termination and site release for unrestricted use. AGENCY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chad J. Glenn, Materials Decommissioning Section, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, NRC, Washington, DC 20555; telephone: (301) 415–6722; fax: (301) 415–5369; or e-mail at: cjg1@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction Pursuant to 10 CFR Part 20 Subpart E, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing notice that it has terminated Northern States E:\FR\FM\15AUN1.SGM 15AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 15, 2007 / Notices ebenthall on PROD1PC69 with NOTICES Power Company, dba Xcel Energy, Materials License No. 22–08799–02 and released its Pathfinder site in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for unrestricted use. The licensee’s request for an amendment to authorize decommissioning of its Pathfinder site was noticed in the Federal Register on August 4, 2004 (69 FR 47185). A notice of availability of an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact related to this action was published in the Federal Register on May 25, 2005 (70 FR 30150) and the license was amended to authorize decommissioning activities in accordance with a NRC-approved decommissioning plan. In a letter dated February 26, 2007, Xcel Energy provided final radiological status surveys to demonstrate that the site met the license termination criteria in 10 CFR Part 20 Subpart E. NRC staff conducted inspections and confirmatory surveys including the collection of samples and independent measurements of on-site soils and building surfaces. The NRC staff evaluated Xcel Energy’s request and reviewed the results of the final radiological surveys. Based on those reviews, the staff determined that the site met the unrestricted release criteria in 10 CFR Part 20 Subpart E. The staff prepared a Safety Evaluation Report (SER) to support its termination of the Northern States Power Company license for the Pathfinder site. II. Further Information In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2.790 of the NRC’s ‘‘Rules of Practice,’’ details with respect to this action, including the SER, are available electronically at the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. From this site, you can access the NRC’s Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC’s public documents. The ADAMS accession number for the termination letter with enclosed SER, titled ‘‘Completion of Decommissioning Activities Northern States Power Company DBA Xcel Energy Pathfinder Site, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Docket No. 030–05004)’’ is ML071900323. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing a document located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. This document may also be viewed electronically on the public computers located at the NRC’s PDR, O–1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:00 Aug 14, 2007 Jkt 211001 Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee. Dated at NRC, Rockville, MD, this 8th day of August 2007. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Keith I. McConnell, Deputy Director, Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery, Licensing Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs. [FR Doc. E7–16067 Filed 8–14–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA); Notice Regarding the 2007 Annual Review Office of the United States Trade Representative. ACTION: Notice and request for petitions. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces the 2007 Annual Review of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA). Under this process petitions may be filed calling for the limitation, withdrawal or suspension of ATPA or ATPDEA benefits by presenting evidence that the eligibility criteria of the program are not being met. USTR will publish a list of petitions filed in response to this announcement in the Federal Register. DATES: The deadline for the submission of petitions for the 2007 Annual ATPA Review is September 17, 2007. ADDRESSES: Submit petitions by electronic mail (e-mail) to FR0716@ustr.eop.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bennett M. Harman, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Latin America, Office of the Americas, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20508. The telephone number is (202) 395–9446 and the facsimile number is (202) 395–9675. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ATPA (19 U.S.C. 3201–06), as renewed and amended by the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) in the Trade Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–210) and extended until February 29, 2008 by H.R. 1830, the Andean Trade Preference Act, (Pub L. 110–42), provides for trade benefits for eligible Andean countries. Consistent with Section 3103(d) of the ATPDEA, USTR promulgated regulations (15 CFR part 2016) (68 FR 43922) regarding the review of eligibility of articles and PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45833 countries for the benefits of the ATPA, as amended. The 2007 Annual ATPA Review is the fourth such review to be conducted pursuant to the ATPA review regulations. To qualify for the benefits of the ATPA and ATPDEA, each country must meet several eligibility criteria, as set forth in sections 203(c) and (d), and section 204(b)(6)(B) of the ATPA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 3202(c), (d); 19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(6)(B)), and as outlined in the Federal Register notice USTR published to request public comments regarding the designation of eligible countries as ATPDEA beneficiary countries (67 FR 53379). Under section 203(e) of the ATPA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 3202(e)), the President may withdraw or suspend the designation of any country as an ATPA or ATPDEA beneficiary country, and may also withdraw, suspend, or limit preferential treatment for any product of any such beneficiary country, if the President determines that, as a result of changed circumstances, the country is not meeting the eligibility criteria. The ATPA regulations provide the schedule of dates for conducting an annual review, unless otherwise specified by Federal Register notice. Notice is hereby given that, in order to be considered in the 2007 Annual ATPA Review, all petitions to withdraw or suspend the designation of a country as an ATPA or ATPDEA beneficiary country, or to withdraw, suspend, or limit application of preferential treatment to any article of any ATPA beneficiary country under the ATPA, or to any article of any ATPDEA beneficiary country under section 204(b)(1), (3), or (4) (19 U.S.C. 3202(b)(1), (3), (4)) of the ATPA, must be received by the Andean Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee no later than 5 p.m. EDT on September 17, 2007. Petitioners should consult 15 CFR 2016.0 regarding the content of such petitions. E-mail submissions should be single copy transmissions in English, and the total submission including attachments should not exceed 50 pages. Submissions should use the following subject line: ‘‘2007 Annual ATPA Review—Petition.’’ Documents must be submitted as either WordPerfect (‘‘.WPD’’), MSWord (‘‘.DOC’’), Adobe (‘‘PDF’’), or text (‘‘.TXT’’) file. Supporting documentation submitted as spreadsheets are acceptable as Quattro Pro or Excel, pre-formatted for printing on 81⁄2 × 11 inch paper. To the extent possible, any data attachments to the submission should be included in the same file as the submission itself, and not as separate files. E:\FR\FM\15AUN1.SGM 15AUN1
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Notice of License Termination and Release of the Northern States
Power Company Pathfinder Site in Sioux Falls, SD, for Unrestricted Use
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chad J. Glenn, Materials
Protection, NRC, Washington, DC 20555; telephone: (301) 415-6722; fax:
(301) 415-5369; or e-mail at: cjg1@nrc.gov.
Commission (NRC) is providing notice that it has terminated Northern
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Power Company, dba Xcel Energy, Materials License No. 22-08799-02 and
released its Pathfinder site in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for
decommissioning of its Pathfinder site was noticed in the Federal
Register on August 4, 2004 (69 FR 47185). A notice of availability of
related to this action was published in the Federal Register on May 25,
2005 (70 FR 30150) and the license was amended to authorize
decommissioning activities in accordance with a NRC-approved
In a letter dated February 26, 2007, Xcel Energy provided final
radiological status surveys to demonstrate that the site met the
conducted inspections and confirmatory surveys including the collection
of samples and independent measurements of on-site soils and building
The NRC staff evaluated Xcel Energy's request and reviewed the
(SER) to support its termination of the Northern States Power Company
license for the Pathfinder site.
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2.790 of the NRC's ``Rules of
``Completion of Decommissioning Activities Northern States Power
Company DBA Xcel Energy Pathfinder Site, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
(Docket No. 030-05004)'' is ML071900323. If you do not have access to
ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing a document located in