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Download as PDF 52826 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 173 / Thursday, September 7, 2006 / Notices For further details with respect to this action, see the licensee’s request for construction permit termination dated August 9, 2005, supplemented by letter dated July 7, 2006. 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 Agency wide 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– 397–4029 or 301–415–4737, or send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 31st day of August 2006. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Brian J. Benney, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E6–14774 Filed 9–6–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Meeting on Planning and Procedures; Notice of Meeting The Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will hold a Planning and Procedures meeting on September 18, 2006, Room T–2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The entire meeting will be open to public attendance, with the exception of a portion that may be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss organizational and personnel matters that relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices of ACNW, and information the release of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows: rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES Monday, September 18, 2006—8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. The Committee will discuss proposed ACNW activities and related matters. The purpose of this meeting is to gather information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and formulate proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the full Committee. VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:11 Sep 06, 2006 Jkt 208001 Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/or written comments should notify the Designated Federal Official, Mr. Antonio F. Dias (Telephone: 301/415–6805) between 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. (ET) five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Electronic recordings will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are open to the public. Further information regarding this meeting can be obtained by contacting the Designated Federal Official between 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (ET). Persons planning to attend this meeting are urged to contact the above named individual at least two working days prior to the meeting to be advised of any potential changes in the agenda. Dated: August 31, 2006. Michael R. Snodderly, Branch Chief, ACRS/ACNW. [FR Doc. 06–7504 Filed 9–5–06; 10:18 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public comment a draft of a new guide in the agency’s Regulatory Guide Series. This series has been developed to describe and make available to the public such information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC’s regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. The draft regulatory guide, entitled ‘‘Combined License Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (LWR Edition),’’ is temporarily identified by its task number, DG–1145, which should be mentioned in all related correspondence. This proposed regulatory guide contains guidance for use in submitting combined license (COL) applications in compliance with the Commission’s regulations in Title 10 Part 52 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 52), ‘‘Early Site Permits; Design Certifications; and Combined Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ Specifically, 10 CFR Part 52 governs the issuance of early site permits, standard design certifications, and combined licenses for nuclear power plants. In February 1972, the NRC initially published Regulatory Guide 1.70, PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ‘‘Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants (LWR Edition),’’ which the nuclear industry has since used in preparing applications for construction permits and operating licenses for new nuclear power plants. The NRC most recently revised Regulatory Guide 1.70 in November 1978 and, since that time, the Commission has established a new process for licensing new reactors. That process, described in detail in 10 CFR Part 52, allows an applicant to reference an early site permit (ESP), a design certification (DC), both, or neither, in a COL application. The NRC has developed Draft Regulatory Guide DG– 1145 to provide guidance to applicants who plan to use this new process. The NRC initially issued 10 CFR Part 52 in April 1989 to offer alternative licensing (ESP, standard DC, COL, and manufacturing license) processes for new nuclear power plants. More recently, the agency proposed a revision of the rule on March 13, 2006, (71 FR 12782), to clarify the applicability of various requirements to each of the licensing processes. This Draft Regulatory Guide, DG–1145, is based on the proposed revised rule. The specific requirements pertaining to technical requirements for content of applications are contained in proposed 10 CFR 52.79, ‘‘Contents of applications, general requirements’’ and proposed 10 CFR 52.80, ‘‘Contents of applications, additional technical information.’’ The final Regulatory Guide will be conformed to the final rule that is adopted by the Commission, and will be issued when that final rule is available. At this time, the NRC staff is soliciting comments on Draft Regulatory Guide DG–1145. Comments may be accompanied by relevant information or supporting data, and should mention DG–1145 in the subject line. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be made available to the public in their entirety through the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). Personal information will not be removed from your comments. You may submit comments by any of the following methods. Mail comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. E-mail comments to: NRCREP@nrc.gov. You may also submit comments via the NRC’s rulemaking Web site at https://ruleforum.llnl.gov/cgibin/rulemake?source=rg&st=draftrg. Address questions about our rulemaking E:\FR\FM\07SEN1.SGM 07SEN1 rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 173 / Thursday, September 7, 2006 / Notices Web site to Carol A. Gallagher at (301) 415–5905 or by e-mail to CAG@nrc.gov. Hand-deliver comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Fax comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415–5144. Requests for technical information about Draft Regulatory Guide DG–1145 may be directed to the NRC Project Manager, Eric Oesterle, at (301) 415– 1365 or ERO1@nrc.gov. Comments would be most helpful if received by October 21, 2006. Comments received after that date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time. Electronic copies of Draft Regulatory Guide DG–1145 are available through the NRC’s public Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the Regulatory Guides document collection of the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also available in ADAMS (https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html), under Package Accession #ML061800499. In addition, Draft Regulatory Guide DG–1145 and other related publicly available documents, including public comments received, can be viewed electronically on computers in the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR reproduction contractor will make copies of documents for a fee. The PDR’s mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555–0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at (301) 415–4737 or (800) 397–4205, by fax at (301) 415–3548, and by e-mail to PDR@nrc.gov. Please note that the NRC does not intend to distribute printed copies of Draft Regulatory Guide DG–1145, unless specifically requested on an individual basis. Such requests for single copies of draft or final guides (which may be reproduced) or for placement on an automatic distribution list for single copies of future draft guides in specific divisions should be made in writing to VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:11 Sep 06, 2006 Jkt 208001 52827 the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, Attention: Reproduction and Distribution Services Section; by e-mail to DISTRIBUTION@nrc.gov; or by fax to (301) 415–2289. Telephone requests cannot be accommodated. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is not required to reproduce them. Dealers, Inc. (‘‘NASD’’) (together with the NYSE Arca, the ‘‘Parties’’). Accordingly, NASD shall assume, in addition to the regulatory responsibility it has under the Act, the regulatory responsibilities allocated to it under the Plan. At the same time, NYSE Arca is relieved of those regulatory responsibilities allocated to NASD under the Plan. (5 U.S.C. 552(a)) I. Introduction Section 19(g)(1) of the Act,6 among other things, requires every selfregulatory organization (‘‘SRO’’) registered as either a national securities exchange or registered securities association to examine for, and enforce compliance by, its members and persons associated with its members with the Act, the rules and regulations thereunder, and the SRO’s own rules, unless the SRO is relieved of this responsibility pursuant to Section 17(d) 7 or 19(g)(2) 8 of the Act. Section 17(d)(1) of the Act 9 was intended, in part, to eliminate unnecessary multiple examinations and regulatory duplication for those broker-dealers that maintain memberships in more than one SRO (‘‘common members’’).10 With respect to a common member, Section 17(d)(1) authorizes the Commission, by rule or order, to relieve an SRO of the responsibility to receive regulatory reports, to examine for and enforce compliance with applicable statutes, rules, and regulations, or to perform other specified regulatory functions. To implement Section 17(d)(1), the Commission adopted two rules: Rule 17d–1 11 and Rule 17d–2 under the Act.12 Rule 17d–2 permits SROs to propose joint plans for the allocation of regulatory responsibilities, other than financial responsibility rules, with respect to their common members. Under paragraph (c) of Rule 17d–2, the Commission may declare such a plan effective if, after providing for notice and comment, it determines that the plan is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and for the protection of investors, to foster cooperation and Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of September, 2006. For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Charles E. Ader, Acting Director, Division of Risk Assessment and Special Projects, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. E6–14865 Filed 9–6–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–54394; File No. 4–523] Program for Allocation of Regulatory Responsibilities Pursuant to Rule 17d– 2; Order Approving and Declaring Effective a Plan for Allocation of Regulatory Responsibilities Between NYSE Arca, Inc. and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. August 31, 2006. Notice is hereby given that the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) has issued an Order, pursuant to Sections 17(d) 1 and 11A(a)(3)(B) 2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’), granting approval and declaring effective a revised amended and restated plan for the allocation of regulatory responsibilities (‘‘Plan’’) 3 that was filed pursuant to Rule 17d–2 under the Act 4 by NYSE Arca, Inc.5 (‘‘NYSE Arca’’) and the National Association of Securities 1 15 U.S.C. 78q(d). U.S.C. 78k–1(a)(3)(B). 3 On January 20, 2006, the Parties submitted an amended and restated 17d–2 plan for review and approval by the Commission. On July 25, 2006, the Parties submitted a revised amended and restated plan (‘‘Plan’’), which was noticed for public comment. See infra note 13. 4 17 CFR 240.17d–2. 5 NYSE Arca, Inc. was formerly called the Pacific Exchange, Inc. (‘‘PCX’’). On March 6, 2006, PCX filed with the Commission a proposed rule change, which was effective upon filing, to change the name of the PCX, as well as several other related entities, to reflect Archipelago Holdings, Inc.’s (‘‘Archipelago’’) recent acquisition of PCX and the merger of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. with Archipelago. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 53615 (April 7, 2006), 71 FR 19226 (April 13, 2006). 2 15 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 6 15 U.S.C. 78s(g)(1). U.S.C. 78q(d). 8 15 U.S.C. 78s(g)(2). 9 15 U.S.C. 78q(d)(1). 10 See Securities Act Amendments of 1975, Report of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to Accompany S. 249, S. Rep. No. 94–75, 94th Cong., 1st Session 32 (1975). 11 17 CFR 240.17d–1. Rule 17d–1 authorizes the Commission to name a single SRO as the designated examining authority (‘‘DEA’’) to examine common members for compliance with the financial responsibility requirements imposed by the Act, or by Commission or SRO rules. 12 17 CFR 240.17d–2. 7 15 E:\FR\FM\07SEN1.SGM 07SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 173 (Thursday, September 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52826-52827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14865]


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Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public 
comment a draft of a new guide in the agency's Regulatory Guide Series. 
This series has been developed to describe and make available to the 
public such information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff 
for implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques 
that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated 
accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications 
for permits and licenses.
    The draft regulatory guide, entitled ``Combined License 
Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (LWR Edition),'' is temporarily 
identified by its task number, DG-1145, which should be mentioned in 
all related correspondence. This proposed regulatory guide contains 
guidance for use in submitting combined license (COL) applications in 
compliance with the Commission's regulations in Title 10 Part 52 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 52), ``Early Site Permits; 
Design Certifications; and Combined Licenses for Nuclear Power 
Plants.'' Specifically, 10 CFR Part 52 governs the issuance of early 
site permits, standard design certifications, and combined licenses for 
nuclear power plants.
    In February 1972, the NRC initially published Regulatory Guide 
1.70, ``Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis Reports for 
Nuclear Power Plants (LWR Edition),'' which the nuclear industry has 
since used in preparing applications for construction permits and 
operating licenses for new nuclear power plants. The NRC most recently 
revised Regulatory Guide 1.70 in November 1978 and, since that time, 
the Commission has established a new process for licensing new 
reactors. That process, described in detail in 10 CFR Part 52, allows 
an applicant to reference an early site permit (ESP), a design 
certification (DC), both, or neither, in a COL application. The NRC has 
developed Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1145 to provide guidance to 
applicants who plan to use this new process.
    The NRC initially issued 10 CFR Part 52 in April 1989 to offer 
alternative licensing (ESP, standard DC, COL, and manufacturing 
license) processes for new nuclear power plants. More recently, the 
agency proposed a revision of the rule on March 13, 2006, (71 FR 
12782), to clarify the applicability of various requirements to each of 
the licensing processes. This Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1145, is based 
on the proposed revised rule. The specific requirements pertaining to 
technical requirements for content of applications are contained in 
proposed 10 CFR 52.79, ``Contents of applications, general 
requirements'' and proposed 10 CFR 52.80, ``Contents of applications, 
additional technical information.'' The final Regulatory Guide will be 
conformed to the final rule that is adopted by the Commission, and will 
be issued when that final rule is available.
    At this time, the NRC staff is soliciting comments on Draft 
Regulatory Guide DG-1145. Comments may be accompanied by relevant 
information or supporting data, and should mention DG-1145 in the 
subject line. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will 
be made available to the public in their entirety through the NRC's 
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). Personal 
information will not be removed from your comments. You may submit 
comments by any of the following methods.
    Mail comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.
    E-mail comments to: NRCREP@nrc.gov. You may also submit comments 
via the NRC's rulemaking Web site at https://ruleforum.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/
rulemake?source=rg&st=draftrg. Address questions about our rulemaking

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Web site to Carol A. Gallagher at (301) 415-5905 or by e-mail to 
CAG@nrc.gov.
    Hand-deliver comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on 
Federal workdays.
    Fax comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415-5144.
    Requests for technical information about Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
1145 may be directed to the NRC Project Manager, Eric Oesterle, at 
(301) 415-1365 or ERO1@nrc.gov.
    Comments would be most helpful if received by October 21, 2006. 
Comments received after that date will be considered if it is practical 
to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, 
comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
guides are encouraged at any time.
    Electronic copies of Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1145 are available 
through the NRC's public Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the 
Regulatory Guides document collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading 
Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic 
copies are also available in ADAMS (https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html), under Package Accession ML061800499.
    In addition, Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1145 and other related 
publicly available documents, including public comments received, can 
be viewed electronically on computers in the NRC's Public Document Room 
(PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 
The PDR reproduction contractor will make copies of documents for a 
fee. The PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555-0001. 
The PDR can also be reached by telephone at (301) 415-4737 or (800) 
397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-mail to PDR@nrc.gov.
    Please note that the NRC does not intend to distribute printed 
copies of Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1145, unless specifically requested 
on an individual basis. Such requests for single copies of draft or 
final guides (which may be reproduced) or for placement on an automatic 
distribution list for single copies of future draft guides in specific 
divisions should be made in writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Reproduction and 
Distribution Services Section; by e-mail to DISTRIBUTION@nrc.gov; or by 
fax to (301) 415-2289. Telephone requests cannot be accommodated.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is 
not required to reproduce them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of September, 2006.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Charles E. Ader,
Acting Director, Division of Risk Assessment and Special Projects, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E6-14865 Filed 9-6-06; 8:45 am]
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