Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License, 2276-2277 [E6-350]

Download as PDF 2276 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2006 / Notices Dated: January 10, 2006. Susanne Bolton, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 06–334 Filed 1–12–06; 8:45 am] I. Introduction BILLING CODE 7555–01–M NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 030–28641] Notice of Issuance of License Amendment for Release of Four 0T–10 Radiation Training Sites for Unrestricted Use; Department of the Air Force, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of Issuance of License Amendment. AGENCY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel S. Browder, M.S., Project Manager, Nuclear Materials Licensing Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region IV, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011. Telephone: (817) 276–6552; fax number: (817) 860–8188; e-mail: rsb3@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.106, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing notice of the issuance of License Amendment 19 to Material License No. 42–23539–01AF to Department of the Air Force, to authorize the release of four OT–10 training sites at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico for unrestricted use. The Department of the Air Force’s request for an amendment to authorize decommissioning of its four OT–10 training sites was previously notice in the Federal Register on June 22, 2001 (66 FR 33579) with a notice of an opportunity to request a hearing. The Department of the Air Force provided a final radiological status survey report to demonstrate the OT–10 site meets the license termination criteria in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 20. In addition, NRC staff conducted independent radiological measurements of soils and surfaces at the site. The NRC staff has evaluated the Department of the Air Force’s request, reviewed the results of the final radiological survey, and determined that the four OT–10 training sites: TS5, TS6, TS7, and TS8, including building 28010 but excluding building 28005, meet the unrestricted use dose criteria in 10 CFR 20.1402. The Commission has concluded that the respective OT–10 training sites as specified, are suitable for release for unrestricted use. This license amendment complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and NRC’s rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter 1. Accordingly, this license amendment was issued on December 12, 2005, and is effective immediately. II. Further Information The NRC has prepared a Final Safety Evaluation Report (SER), December 2005, which documents the information that was reviewed and NRC’s conclusion. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC’s ‘‘Rules of Practice,’’ details with respect to this action, including the SER and accompanying documentation included in the license amendment package, are available electronically at the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you may 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 numbers for the documents related to this notice are as follows. NRC Inspection Report, March 26, 2003 ......................................................................................................................................... NRC Inspection Report, July 24, 2003 ............................................................................................................................................. NRC Inspection Report, September 9, 2003 ................................................................................................................................... NRC Inspection Report, May 3, 2004 .............................................................................................................................................. Safety Evaluation Report, January 2003 .......................................................................................................................................... Decommissioning Plan for Site OT–10, Radiation Training Sites, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, July 2000 .................... Decommissioning Plan for Site OT–10, Radiation Training Sites, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Submitted November 2002. Final Status Survey Report for Environmental Restoration Program Site OT–10, Radiation Training Sites, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, May 2005. Final Safety Evaluation Report, December 2005 ............................................................................................................................. hsrobinson on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents 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. These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public computers located at the NRC’s PDR, O 1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee. Dated at Arlington, Texas, this 22nd day of December, 2005. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jack E. Whitten, Chief, Nuclear Materials Licensing Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region IV. [FR Doc. 06–361 Filed 1–12–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–M NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50–317 and 50–318] Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has granted the request of Calvert Cliffs VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:41 Jan 12, 2006 Jkt 208001 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 MS030850371 ML032050716 ML032521325 ML041250063 ML030080421 ML011560740 ML023390060. ML051570099 ML051570105. ML053460250. Nuclear Power Plant, Inc. (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated October 14, 2003, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–53 and DPR–69 for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, located in Calvert County, Maryland. The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical Specifications to change the frequency of surveillance testing for some engineered safety features components. The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on November 25, 2003 (68 FR 66133). However, by letter dated December 19, 2005, the licensee withdrew the proposed change. E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1 2277 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2006 / Notices For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated October 14, 2003, and the licensee’s letter dated December 19, 2005, which withdrew the application for the license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O–1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly-available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the internet at the NRC Web site, https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1–800– 397–4209, or 301–415–4737 or by email to pdr@nrc.gov. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of January 2006. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Patrick D. Milano, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I–1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E6–350 Filed 1–12–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION Required Interest Rate Assumption for Determining Variable-Rate Premium; Interest on Late Premium Payments; Interest on Underpayments and Overpayments of Single-Employer Plan Termination Liability and Multiemployer Withdrawal Liability; Interest Assumptions for Multiemployer Plan Valuations Following Mass Withdrawal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. ACTION: Notice of interest rates and assumptions. hsrobinson on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or can be derived from rates published elsewhere), but are collected and published in this notice for the convenience of the public. Interest rates are also published on the PBGC’s Web site (https://www.pbgc.gov). DATES: The required interest rate for determining the variable-rate premium VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:41 Jan 12, 2006 Jkt 208001 under part 4006 applies to premium payment years beginning in January 2006. The interest assumptions for performing multiemployer plan valuations following mass withdrawal under part 4281 apply to valuation dates occurring in February 2006. The interest rates for late premium payments under part 4007 and for underpayments and overpayments of single-employer plan termination liability under part 4062 and multiemployer withdrawal liability under part 4219 apply to interest accruing during the first quarter (January through March) of 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine B. Klion, Attorney, Legislative and Regulatory Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202–326–4024. (TTY/TDD users may call the Federal relay service toll-free at 1–800–877–8339 and ask to be connected to 202–326–4024.) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Variable-Rate Premiums Section 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii)(II) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and § 4006.4(b)(1) of the PBGC’s regulation on Premium Rates (29 CFR part 4006) prescribe use of an assumed interest rate (the ‘‘required interest rate’’) in determining a single-employer plan’s variable-rate premium. The required interest rate is the ‘‘applicable percentage’’ (currently 85 percent) of the annual yield on 30year Treasury securities for the month preceding the beginning of the plan year for which premiums are being paid (the ‘‘premium payment year’’). (Although the Treasury Department has ceased issuing 30-year securities, the Internal Revenue Service announces a surrogate yield figure each month—based on the 30-year Treasury bond maturing in February 2031—which the PBGC uses to determine the required interest rate.) The required interest rate to be used in determining variable-rate premiums for premium payment years beginning in January 2006 is 3.95 percent (i.e., 85 percent of the 4.65 percent Treasury Securities Rate for December 2005). The Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004 (‘‘PFEA’’)—under which the required interest rate is 85 percent of the annual rate of interest determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on amounts invested conservatively in long-term investment grade corporate bonds for the month preceding the beginning of the plan year for which premiums are being paid—applies only for premium payment years beginning in 2004 or 2005. Congress is considering legislation that would extend the PFEA PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 rate for one more year. If legislation that changes the rules for determining the required interest rate for plan years beginning in January 2006 is adopted, the PBGC will promptly publish a Federal Register notice with the new rate. The following table lists the required interest rates to be used in determining variable-rate premiums for premium payment years beginning between February 2005 and January 2006. For premium payment years beginning in: The required interest rate is: February 2005 .................. March 2005 ....................... April 2005 ......................... May 2005 .......................... June 2005 ......................... July 2005 .......................... August 2005 ..................... September 2005 ............... October 2005 .................... November 2005 ................ December 2005 ................ January 2006 .................... 4.66 4.56 4.78 4.72 4.60 4.47 4.56 4.61 4.62 4.83 4.91 3.95 Late Premium Payments; Underpayments and Overpayments of Single-Employer Plan Termination Liability Section 4007(b) of ERISA and § 4007.7(a) of the PBGC’s regulation on Payment of Premiums (29 CFR part 4007) require the payment of interest on late premium payments at the rate established under section 6601 of the Internal Revenue Code. Similarly, § 4062.7 of the PBGC’s regulation on Liability for Termination of SingleEmployer Plans (29 CFR part 4062) requires that interest be charged or credited at the section 6601 rate on underpayments and overpayments of employer liability under section 4062 of ERISA. The section 6601 rate is established periodically (currently quarterly) by the Internal Revenue Service. The rate applicable to the first quarter (January through March) of 2006, as announced by the IRS, is 7 percent. The following table lists the late payment interest rates for premiums and employer liability for the specified time periods: From 4/1/99 ................ 4/1/00 ................ 4/1/01 ................ 7/1/01 ................ 1/1/02 ................ 1/1/03 ................ 10/1/03 .............. 4/1/04 ................ 7/1/04 ................ E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1 Through 3/31/00 3/31/01 6/30/01 12/31/01 12/31/02 9/30/03 3/31/04 6/30/04 9/30/04 Interest rate (percent) 8 9 8 7 6 5 4 5 4

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2276-2277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-350]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318]


Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.; Notice of Withdrawal of 
Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has 
granted the request of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc. (the 
licensee) to withdraw its application dated October 14, 2003, for a 
proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-53 
and DPR-69 for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, 
respectively, located in Calvert County, Maryland.
    The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical 
Specifications to change the frequency of surveillance testing for some 
engineered safety features components.
    The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on November 25, 
2003 (68 FR 66133). However, by letter dated December 19, 2005, the 
licensee withdrew the proposed change.

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    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
application for amendment dated October 14, 2003, and the licensee's 
letter dated December 19, 2005, which withdrew the application for the 
license amendment. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, 
at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint 
North, Public File Area O-1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly-available records will be accessible 
electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management 
Systems (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the internet at the 
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/html. Persons who do 
not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the 
documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff 
by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737 or by email to 
pdr@nrc.gov.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of January 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patrick D. Milano,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I-1, Division of 
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
 [FR Doc. E6-350 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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