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and cause any significant increase in
occupational or public radiation
exposure. Therefore, the staff concludes
that there are no significant radiological
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed
action does not involve any historic
sites. In addition to the lead and
cadmium discussed above, asbestos is
present at the UM FNR facility. Asbestos
will be removed by a licensed asbestos
abatement contractor. Decommissioning
activities will not affect non-radiological
facility effluents and have no other
environmental impact. The licensee
states that there are no significant plant
communities and no wetlands within
the site.
There are three species listed as
threatened or endangered under the
Federal ESA within Washtenaw County.
These are Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis),
the Mitchell’s satyr butterfly
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii), and
the Eastern prairie fringed orchid
(Platanthera leucophaea). There are no
records of any of these three species on
the UM FNR site. Therefore, the staff
concludes that there are no significant
non-radiological environmental impacts
associated with the proposed action.
Accordingly, the NRC staff concludes
that there are no significant
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
The licensee has proposed to use the
DECON alternative for the UM FNR
facility. The DECON alternative is
where the equipment, structures, and
portions of the facility containing
radioactive contaminants are removed
or decontaminated to a level that
permits the property to be released for
unrestricted use. As a first alternative to
the proposed DECON method,
SAFSTOR will be used. In SAFSTOR,
the nuclear facility is placed and
maintained in a condition that allows
the nuclear facility to be safely stored
and subsequently decontaminated
(deferred decontamination) to levels
that permit release for unrestricted use.
As a second alternative, the ENTOMB
alternative is where radioactive
contaminants are encased in a
structurally long-lived material, such as
concrete; the entombed structure is
appropriately maintained; and
continued surveillance is carried out
until the radioactivity decays to a level
permitting release of the property for
unrestricted use.
The SAFSTOR, ENTOMB, and noaction alternatives would entail
continued surveillance and physical
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security measures to be in place and
continued monitoring by licensee
personnel. The SAFSTOR and no-action
alternatives would also require
continued maintenance of the facility.
The radiological impacts of SAFSTOR
would be less than the DECON option
because of radioactive decay prior to the
start of decommissioning activities.
However, this option involves the
continued use of resources during the
SAFSTOR period. The ENTOMB option
would also result in lower radiological
exposure than the DECON option but
would involve the continued use of
resources. UM FNR has determined that
the proposed action (DECON) is the
most efficient use of the existing facility,
since it proposes to use the space that
will become available for other
academic purposes. These alternatives
would have no significant
environmental impact. In addition, the
regulations in 10 CFR 50.82(b)(4)(i) only
allow an alternative if it provides for
completion of decommissioning without
significant delay.
Alternative Use of Resources
This action does not involve the use
of any resources not previously
considered in the Environmental Report
submitted on June 18, 2004, for the UM
FNR facility.
Agencies and Persons Contacted
In accordance with the NRC staff’s
stated policy, on November 22, 2005,
the NRC staff consulted with the
Michigan State official, Chris Antieau,
Department of Environmental Quality,
Land and Water Management Division,
regarding the environmental impact of
the proposed action on the Coastal Zone
Management Act. The state official
stated that he concurred with the
environmental assessment and had no
comments. In addition, the staff
contacted U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS) regarding the environmental
impact of the proposed action to
threatened or endangered species. The
FWS provided the NRC staff with a list
of threatened and endangered species to
assist the NRC staff to determine if the
UM FNR proposed action would cause
any environmental impact in reference
to the Endangered Species Act. On
December 2, 2005, the NRC staff also
consulted with the Michigan State
Official, Robert D. Skowronek,
Department of Environmental Quality,
Waste and Hazardous Materials
Division. Mr. Skowronek had no
comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the environmental
assessment, the Commission concludes
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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 letter
dated June 18, 2004, which is available
for public inspection, and can be copied
for a fee, at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission’s Public Document Room
(PDR), located at One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. The NRC
maintains an Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS), which provides text and
image files of NRC’s public documents.
These documents may be accessed
through the NRC’s Public Electronic
Reading Room on the internet at
https://www.nrc.gov. Persons who do not
have access to ADAMS or who have
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS may contact the PDR
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737 or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day
of January 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian E. Thomas,
Branch Chief, Research and Test Reactors
Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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COMMISSION
Steam Generator Tube Integrity and
Associated Technical Specifications
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of issuance.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has issued Generic
Letter (GL) 2006–01 to all holders of
operating licenses for pressurized water
reactors, except those who have
permanently ceased operation and have
certified that fuel has been removed
from the reactor vessel. A response to
this GL is not needed for the following
units since they have revised their
technical specifications (TS) to be
conceptually similar to the TS discussed
in this GL: Arkansas Nuclear One Unit
1, Callaway, Catawba Units 1 and 2,
Farley Units 1 and 2, Salem Unit 1, and
South Texas Project Units 1 and 2. The
NRC is issuing this generic letter to:
1. Request that addressees either
submit a description of their program
for ensuring steam generator (SG) tube
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integrity for the interval between
inspections or adopt alternative TS
requirements for ensuring SG tube
integrity, and
2. Require addressees to provide a
written response to the NRC in
accordance with Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, Section 50.54(f).
This Federal Register notice is
available through the NRC’s
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) under
accession number ML060240020.
DATES: The GL was issued on January
20, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Not applicable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth Karwoski at 301–415–2752 or
by e-mail kjk1@nrc.gov or David
Beaulieu at 301–415–3243 or e-mail
dpb@nrc.gov.
NRC GL
2006–01 may be examined, and/or
copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public
Document Room at One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
records will be accessible electronically
from the Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading
Room on the Internet at the NRC Web
site, https://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/
index.html. The ADAMS number for the
generic letter is ML060200385.
If you do not have access to ADAMS
or if you have problems in accessing the
documents in ADAMS, contact the NRC
Public Document Room (PDR) reference
staff at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737 or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day
of January, 2006.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher I. Grimes,
Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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The
following is a summary of the
application. The complete application is
available for a fee at the Public
Reference Desk, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 100 F Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20549–0102 (tel.
202–551–5850).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Applicant’s Representations
1. Applicant, a Delaware corporation,
is a business development company
(‘‘BDC’’) within the meaning of section
2(a)(48) of the Act.1 Applicant’s primary
business objectives are to increase its
net operating income and net asset
value by investing its assets in senior
debt, subordinated debt with detachable
warrants and equity of small to medium
sized businesses with attractive current
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No.
27220; 812–12818]
American Capital Strategies, Ltd.;
Notice of Application
January 31, 2006.
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Summary of Application: Applicant,
American Capital Strategies, Ltd.,
requests an order approving its 2000
Disinterested Director Stock Option
Plan (the ‘‘Plan’’) and the grant of
certain stock options under the Plan.
Filing Dates: The application was
filed on April 24, 2002 and amended on
January 24, 2006.
Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An
order granting the application will be
issued unless the Commission orders a
hearing. Interested persons may request
a hearing by writing to the
Commission’s Secretary and serving
applicant with a copy of the request,
personally or by mail. Hearing requests
should be received by the Commission
by 5:30 p.m. on February 27, 2006, and
should be accompanied by proof of
service on applicant, in the form of an
affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of
service. Hearing requests should state
the nature of the writer’s interest, the
reason for the request, and the issues
contested. Persons who wish to be
notified of a hearing may request
notification by writing to the
Commission’s Secretary.
ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities
and Commission, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549–1090;
Applicant, 2 Bethseda Metro Center,
14th Floor, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura J. Riegel, Senior Counsel, at (202)
551–6873, or Nadya B. Roytblat,
Assistant Director, at (202) 551–6821
(Division of Investment Management,
Office of Investment Company
Regulation).
Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice of an application for an
order under section 61(a)(3)(B) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
‘‘Act’’).
AGENCY:
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1 Section 2(a)(48) defines a BDC to be any closedend investment company that operates for the
purpose of making investments in securities
described in sections 55(a)(1) through 55(a)(3) of the
Act and makes available significant managerial
assistance with respect to the issuers of such
securities.
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yields and potential for equity
appreciation. Applicant’s investment
decisions are either made by its board
of directors (the ‘‘Board’’), based on
recommendations of an investment
committee comprised of senior officers
of applicant, or, for investments that
meet certain objective criteria
established by the Board, by the
investment committee, under authority
delegated by the Board. Applicant does
not have an external investment adviser
within the meaning of section 2(a)(20) of
the Act.
2. Applicant requests an order under
section 61(a)(3)(B) of the Act approving
the Plan, which provides for the grant
of options to purchase shares of
applicant’s common stock to directors
who are neither officers nor employees
of applicant (‘‘Non-employee
Directors’’).2 Applicant has a nine
member Board. Six of the seven current
members of the Board are not
‘‘interested persons’’ (as defined in
section 2(a)(19) of the Act) of the
applicant (‘‘Disinterested Directors’’).3
The Board initially approved the Plan at
a meeting held on March 30, 2000 and
amended the Plan on October 30, 2003
and July 28, 2005. Applicant’s
stockholders approved the Plan at the
annual meeting of stockholders held on
May 3, 2000. The Plan would become
effective on the date that the
Commission issues an order on the
application (the ‘‘Order Date’’).
3. The Plan provides that on the Order
Date, options for 25,000 shares of
applicant’s common stock will be
granted to each of the six Non-employee
Directors serving on the Board as of
October 20, 2003 (the ‘‘Initial Grants’’).
Two-thirds of the options granted under
the Initial Grants will vest on the Order
Date and the remaining one-third of
such options will vest on the third
anniversary of October 20, 2003. In the
event that any of the six Non-employee
Directors are not directors on the Order
Date or leave the Board before their
options vest fully, persons who join the
Board as Non-employee Directors will
be eligible to receive options for 15,000
shares of applicant’s common stock (the
‘‘Other Grants’’). The options granted
under the Other Grants will vest in three
equal installments of 5,000 shares on
each of the three anniversaries of the
date of the grant. The Plan provides that
2 The Non-employee Directors receive a $50,000
per year retainer payment and $1,500 for each
Board or committee meeting attended, and
reimbursement of related expenses. Prior to July 1,
2005, the retainer payment was set at a rate of
$25,000 per year.
3 The Board presently has two vacancies. All of
the Non-employee Directors are Disinterested
Directors.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Steam Generator Tube Integrity and Associated Technical
Specifications
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued
Generic Letter (GL) 2006-01 to all holders of operating licenses for
pressurized water reactors, except those who have permanently ceased
operation and have certified that fuel has been removed from the
reactor vessel. A response to this GL is not needed for the following
units since they have revised their technical specifications (TS) to be
conceptually similar to the TS discussed in this GL: Arkansas Nuclear
One Unit 1, Callaway, Catawba Units 1 and 2, Farley Units 1 and 2,
Salem Unit 1, and South Texas Project Units 1 and 2. The NRC is issuing
this generic letter to:
1. Request that addressees either submit a description of their
program for ensuring steam generator (SG) tube
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integrity for the interval between inspections or adopt alternative TS
requirements for ensuring SG tube integrity, and
2. Require addressees to provide a written response to the NRC in
accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section
50.54(f).
This Federal Register notice is available through the NRC's
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under
accession number ML060240020.
DATES: The GL was issued on January 20, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Not applicable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Karwoski at 301-415-2752 or by
e-mail kjk1@nrc.gov or David Beaulieu at 301-415-3243 or e-mail
dpb@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NRC GL 2006-01 may be examined, and/or
copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room at One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, https://
www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/. The ADAMS number for the generic
letter is ML060200385.
If you do not have access to ADAMS or if you have problems in
accessing the documents in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room
(PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to
pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of January, 2006.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher I. Grimes,
Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. E6-1569 Filed 2-3-06; 8:45 am]
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