Sally Shaw; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking, 67072-67073 [E6-19568]

Download as PDF 67072 Proposed Rules Federal Register Vol. 71, No. 223 Monday, November 20, 2006 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 1205 [Docket Number CN–04–001] Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports, (2004 Amendments); Withdrawal of a Proposed Rule Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Withdrawal of proposed rule. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with PROPOSALS AGENCY: SUMMARY: This action withdraws a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2005, (70 FR 2034), to amend the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations by adjusting the total rate of assessment per kilogram for imported cotton for use by the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. Based on a stakeholder comment, the Agricultural Marketing Service believes that the proposed rule may not achieve its intended objectives of effectiveness and efficiency. DATES: The proposed rule is withdrawn as of November 20, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shethir Riva, Chief, Research and Promotion Program, Cotton Program, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Stop 0224, Washington, DC 20250– 0224, telephone (202) 720–2259, facsimile (202) 690–1718, or e-mail at shethir.riva@usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) proposed to amend the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations by adjusting the total rate of assessment per kilogram for imported cotton collected for use by the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. The proposed rule would have reduced the total rate of assessment per kilogram for imported cotton products collected for use by the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2005, at 70 FR 2034. Comments were to VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:07 Nov 17, 2006 Jkt 211001 be received on or before March 14, 2005. In response to the proposed rule, AMS received one comment from the U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA–ITA). USA–ITA made numerous assertions, some relevant and some outside the scope of the proposed rule. Among them, the commenter advised AMS to reconsider the proposed formulation and do further work necessary to develop an assessment formula that would more accurately identify the amount of U.S. cotton contained in imported cotton products. AMS believes that the commenter’s request to do further work has merit, and, therefore, AMS is withdrawing the proposed rule to continue to evaluate the importer assessment issue and garner additional stakeholders’ input and economic data. Accordingly, the proposed rule at 70 FR 2034 in the January 12, 2005, issue in the Federal Register is hereby withdrawn. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2101–2118 and 7 U.S.C. 7401. Dated: November 15, 2006. Lloyd C. Day, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. E6–19559 Filed 11–17–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–02–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Part 51 [Docket No. PRM–51–11] Sally Shaw; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; notice of receipt. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing for public comment a notice of receipt of a petition for rulemaking, dated June 23, 2006, which was filed with the Commission by Sally Shaw. The petition was docketed by the NRC on November 1, 2006, and has been assigned Docket No. PRM–51–11. The petitioner requests that the NRC prepare a rulemaking that will require that the NRC reconcile its generic environmental impact statement for nuclear power PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 plant operating license renewal applications with the National Academy of Sciences Health Risks From Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) VII Phase 2 Report. DATE: Submit comments by February 5, 2007. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this petition by any one of the following methods. Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. E-mail comments to: SECY@nrc.gov. If you do not receive a reply e-mail confirming that we have received your comments, contact us directly at (301) 415–1966. You may also submit comments via the NRC’s rulemaking Web site at https://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Address questions about our rulemaking Web site to Carol Gallagher (301) 415– 5905; e-mail cag@nrc.gov. Comments can also be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal https:// www.regulations.gov. Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays. (Telephone (301) 415–1966). Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415–1101. Please include PRM–51–11 in the subject line of your comments. Comments on petitions submitted in writing or in electronic form will be made available for public inspection. Because your comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against including any information in your submission that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. Publicly available documents related to this petition may be viewed electronically on the public computers located at the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), Room O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee. Selected documents, including comments, may be viewed and downloaded E:\FR\FM\20NOP1.SGM 20NOP1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 223 / Monday, November 20, 2006 / Proposed Rules electronically via the NRC rulemaking Web site at https://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC after November 1, 1999, are available electronically at the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. From this site, the public can gain entry into the NRC’s Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC’s public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the PDR Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 415–4737 or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. A copy of the petition can be found in ADAMS under accession number ML061770056. A paper copy of the petition may be obtained by contacting Betty Golden, Office of Administration, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555–0001, telephone 301–415–6863, toll-free 1–800–368– 5642, or by e-mail bkg2@nrc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and Editing Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, telephone: 301–415–7163 or tollfree: 1–800–368–5642. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: sroberts on PROD1PC70 with PROPOSALS Background Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy) submitted an application for renewal of Operating License No. DPR– 28 for an additional 20 years of operation at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS). The VYNPS is located in the town of Vernon, Vermont, in Windham County on the west shore of the Connecticut River immediately upstream of the Vernon Hydroelectric Station. The operating license for VYNPS expires on March 21, 2012. A notice of receipt and availability of the application, which included the environmental report, was published in the Federal Register on February 6, 2006 (71 FR 6102). Subsequently, the NRC published a ‘‘Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process’’ on April 21, 2006 (71 FR 20733). The NRC will prepare an EIS related to the review of the license renewal application. The applicable NRC regulation, 10 CFR 51.95(c), required that the NRC, in determining whether to grant a renewal of a nuclear power plant operating license, prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS). The regulation VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:07 Nov 17, 2006 Jkt 211001 provides that this EIS supplement the NRC’s baseline, generic EIS issued in 1996, NUREG–1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants’’ (May 1996)(GEIS). Petitioner’s Request The petitioner requests that the NRC prepare a rulemaking that would require that the NRC reconcile its GEIS for nuclear power plant operating license renewal applications with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Health Risks From Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: BEIR VII, Phase 2 which was released in 2005. The petitioner asserts that the GEIS relies upon an earlier NAS report, the BEIR V, with was released in 1990. According to the NAS Web site, the BEIR VII updates the information contained in the BEIR V and draws upon new data in both epidemiologic and experimental research. The petitioner requests that NRC consider the NAS BEIR VII report as new and significant information and recalculate certain conclusions set forth in the GEIS, including early fatalities, latent fatalities and any injury projections based on this information. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of November 2006. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. E6–19568 Filed 11–17–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA–2006–24034; Directorate Identifier 2006–NE–05–AD] RIN 2120–AA64 Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney PW4077D, PW4084D, PW4090, and PW4090–3 Turbofan Engines Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). AGENCY: SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Pratt & Whitney PW4077D, PW4084D, PW4090, and PW4090–3 turbofan engines that were reassembled with previously used high pressure compressor (HPC) exit brush seal packs and new or refurbished HPC PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 67073 exit diffuser air seal lands. That AD currently requires replacing the HPC exit inner and outer brush seal packs with new brush seal packs, or replacing the HPC exit brush seal assembly with a new HPC exit brush seal assembly. This proposed AD would require replacing the HPC exit inner and outer brush seal packs with new brush seal packs, using either original equipment manufactured (OEM) parts, or FAAapproved part manufacturer approval (PMA) equivalent parts. This proposed AD would also apply to engines reassembled with a PMA equivalent HPC exit inner and/or outer brush seal packs. This proposed AD results from a request to include PMA equivalent HPC exit inner and outer brush seal packs and to include the engines with PMA equivalent parts already installed, in the AD. We are proposing this AD to prevent uncontained engine failure, damage to the airplane, and injury to passengers. DATES: We must receive any comments on this proposed AD by January 19, 2007. ADDRESSES: Use one of the following addresses to comment on this proposed AD. • DOT Docket Web site: Go to https:// dms.dot.gov and follow the instructions for sending your comments electronically. • Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your comments electronically. • Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590– 0001. • Fax: (202) 493–2251. • Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Contact Pratt & Whitney, 400 Main St., East Hartford, CT 06108; telephone (860) 565–8770; fax (860) 565–4503 for the service information identified in this proposed AD. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Antonio Cancelliere, Aerospace Engineer, Engine Certification Office, FAA, Engine and Propeller Directorate, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803–5213; telephone (781) 238–7751; fax (781) 238–7199. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments Invited We invite you to send any written relevant data, views, or arguments regarding this proposal. Send your E:\FR\FM\20NOP1.SGM 20NOP1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 223 (Monday, November 20, 2006)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 51

[Docket No. PRM-51-11]


Sally Shaw; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; notice of receipt.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing for 
public comment a notice of receipt of a petition for rulemaking, dated 
June 23, 2006, which was filed with the Commission by Sally Shaw. The 
petition was docketed by the NRC on November 1, 2006, and has been 
assigned Docket No. PRM-51-11. The petitioner requests that the NRC 
prepare a rulemaking that will require that the NRC reconcile its 
generic environmental impact statement for nuclear power plant 
operating license renewal applications with the National Academy of 
Sciences Health Risks From Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing 
Radiation: Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) VII Phase 2 
Report.

DATE: Submit comments by February 5, 2007. Comments received after this 
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission 
is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this petition by any one of the 
following methods. Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff.
    E-mail comments to: SECY@nrc.gov. If you do not receive a reply e-
mail confirming that we have received your comments, contact us 
directly at (301) 415-1966. You may also submit comments via the NRC's 
rulemaking Web site at https://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Address questions 
about our rulemaking Web site to Carol Gallagher (301) 415-5905; e-mail 
cag@nrc.gov. Comments can also be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal https://www.regulations.gov.
    Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 
20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays. (Telephone 
(301) 415-1966).
    Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 
(301) 415-1101.
    Please include PRM-51-11 in the subject line of your comments. 
Comments on petitions submitted in writing or in electronic form will 
be made available for public inspection. Because your comments will not 
be edited to remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC 
cautions you against including any information in your submission that 
you do not want to be publicly disclosed.
    Publicly available documents related to this petition may be viewed 
electronically on the public computers located at the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR), Room O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR reproduction contractor 
will copy documents for a fee. Selected documents, including comments, 
may be viewed and downloaded

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electronically via the NRC rulemaking Web site at https://
ruleforum.llnl.gov.
    Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC after 
November 1, 1999, are available electronically at the NRC's Electronic 
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this 
site, the public can gain entry into the NRC's Agencywide Document 
Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image 
files of NRC's public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or 
if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, 
contact the PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by 
e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
    A copy of the petition can be found in ADAMS under accession number 
ML061770056. A paper copy of the petition may be obtained by contacting 
Betty Golden, Office of Administration, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555-0001, telephone 301-415-6863, toll-free 1-800-368-
5642, or by e-mail bkg2@nrc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking, 
Directives and Editing Branch, Division of Administrative Services, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-7163 or toll-free: 1-800-
368-5642.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy) submitted an application 
for renewal of Operating License No. DPR-28 for an additional 20 years 
of operation at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS). The 
VYNPS is located in the town of Vernon, Vermont, in Windham County on 
the west shore of the Connecticut River immediately upstream of the 
Vernon Hydroelectric Station. The operating license for VYNPS expires 
on March 21, 2012. A notice of receipt and availability of the 
application, which included the environmental report, was published in 
the Federal Register on February 6, 2006 (71 FR 6102). Subsequently, 
the NRC published a ``Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process'' on April 21, 2006 (71 FR 
20733). The NRC will prepare an EIS related to the review of the 
license renewal application.
    The applicable NRC regulation, 10 CFR 51.95(c), required that the 
NRC, in determining whether to grant a renewal of a nuclear power plant 
operating license, prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS). The 
regulation provides that this EIS supplement the NRC's baseline, 
generic EIS issued in 1996, NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants'' (May 1996)(GEIS).

Petitioner's Request

    The petitioner requests that the NRC prepare a rulemaking that 
would require that the NRC reconcile its GEIS for nuclear power plant 
operating license renewal applications with the National Academy of 
Sciences (NAS) Health Risks From Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing 
Radiation: BEIR VII, Phase 2 which was released in 2005. The petitioner 
asserts that the GEIS relies upon an earlier NAS report, the BEIR V, 
with was released in 1990. According to the NAS Web site, the BEIR VII 
updates the information contained in the BEIR V and draws upon new data 
in both epidemiologic and experimental research.
    The petitioner requests that NRC consider the NAS BEIR VII report 
as new and significant information and recalculate certain conclusions 
set forth in the GEIS, including early fatalities, latent fatalities 
and any injury projections based on this information.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of November 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E6-19568 Filed 11-17-06; 8:45 am]
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