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[Docket No. 50–286]
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.,
Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit
No. 3; Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of a revision of existing
exemptions from Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 50,
appendix R, ‘‘Fire Protection Program
for Nuclear Power Facilities Operating
Prior to January 1, 1979,’’ for Fire Areas
ETN–4 and PAB–2, issued to Entergy
Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee),
for operation of Indian Point Nuclear
Generating Unit No. 3 (IP3), located in
Westchester County, NY. Therefore, as
required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC is
issuing this environmental assessment
and finding of no significant impact.
Environmental Assessment
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Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would revise the
January 7, 1987 safety evaluation (SE) to
reflect that the installed Hemyc
electrical raceway fire barrier system
(ERFBS) configurations provide either a
30-minute fire resistance rating, or in
one case a 24-minute fire resistance
rating, in lieu of the previously stated 1hour fire resistance rating. The licensee
states that a Hemyc ERFBS fire
resistance rating will provide sufficient
protection for the affected raceways,
with adequate margin, to continue to
meet the intent of the original requests
for exemption and conclusions
presented in the NRC’s January 7, 1987,
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SE. The licensee concludes that the
revised fire resistance rating of the
Hemyc ERFBS does not reflect a
reduction in overall fire safety, and
presents no added challenge to the
credited post-fire safe-shutdown
capability which remains materially
unchanged from the configuration
originally described in previous letters
and as credited in the January 7, 1987,
SE.
The proposed action is in accordance
with the licensee’s application dated
July 24, 2006, as supplemented by
letters dated April 30, May 23, and
August 16, 2007.
significant radiological environmental
impacts associated with the proposed
action.
With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed
action does not have a potential to affect
any historic sites. It does not affect nonradiological plant effluents and has no
other environmental impact. Therefore,
there are no significant non-radiological
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that
there are no significant environmental
impacts associated with the proposed
action.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed revision of existing
exemptions from 10 CFR part 50,
appendix R, is needed in response to
NRC Information Notice 2005–07. The
information notice provided licensees
the details of Hemyc ERFBS full-scale
fire tests conducted by the NRC’s Office
of Nuclear Regulatory Research. The test
results concluded that the Hemyc
ERFBS does not provide the level of
protection expected for a 1-hour rated
fire barrier, as originally designed. The
proposed revision to existing
exemptions would revise the fire
resistance rating of Hemyc ERFBS
configurations.
Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed
action, the staff considered denial of the
proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’
alternative). Denial of the application
would result in no change in current
environmental impacts. The
environmental impacts of the proposed
action and the alternative action are
similar.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The NRC has completed its SE of the
proposed action and concludes that the
configuration of the fire zones under
review provide reasonable assurance
that a severe fire is not plausible and the
existing fire protection features are
adequate. The details of the staff’s SE
will be provided in the exemptions that
will be issued as part of the letter to the
licensee approving the exemption.
Based on the presence of redundant
safe-shutdown trains, minimal fire
hazards and combustibles, automatic
cable tray fire suppression system,
manual fire suppression features, fire
barrier protection, existing Hemyc
configuration, and the installed smoke
detection system, the NRC staff finds
that the use of this Hemyc fire barrier in
these zones will not significantly
increase the consequences from a fire in
these fire zones.
The proposed action will not
significantly increase the probability or
consequences of accidents. No changes
are being made in the types of effluents
that may be released off site.
There is no significant increase in the
amount of any effluent released off site.
There is no significant increase in
occupational or public radiation
exposure. Therefore, there are no
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Alternative Use of Resources
The action does not involve the use of
any different resources than those
previously considered in the Final
Environmental Statement for IP3, dated
February, 1975.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy,
on February 13, 2007, the NRC staff
consulted with the New York State
official, Alyse Peterson of the New York
State Energy Research and Development
Authority, regarding the environmental
impact of the proposed action. The State
official had no comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the environmental
assessment, the NRC concludes 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 July 24, 2006, Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) accession number
ML062140057, as supplemented on
April 30, 2007, ADAMS accession
number ML071280504, May 23, 2007,
ADAMS accession number
ML071520177, and August 16, 2007,
ADAMS accession number
ML072400369. Documents may be
examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the
NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR),
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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 the
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
send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day
of September 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John P. Boska,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing
Branch I–1, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Form F–4 (17 CFR 239.34) is used by
foreign issuers to register securities in
business combinations, reorganizations
and exchange offers pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et
seq.). The information collected is
intended to ensure that the information
required to be filed by the Commission
permits verification of compliance with
securities law requirements and assures
the public availability of such
information. Form F–4 takes
approximately 1,447 hours per response
and is filed by approximately 68
respondents. We estimate that 25% of
the 1,447 hours per response (361.75
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24,599 hours (361.75 hours per response
x 68 responses). The remaining 75% of
the burden hours is attributed to outside
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Written comments are invited on: (a)
Whether this proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden imposed by the collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
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to comments and suggestions submitted
in writing within 60 days of this
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Please direct your written comments
to R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley
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WisdomTree Investments, Inc., et al.;
Notice of Application
September 21, 2007.
Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice of application to amend
a prior order under section 6(c) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
(‘‘Act’’) for an exemption from sections
2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), 22(e), and 24(d)
of the Act and rule 22c–1 under the Act,
under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act
for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1)
and 17(a)(2) of the Act, and under
section 12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption
from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and
12(d)(1)(B) of the Act.
AGENCY:
Applicants
request an order (‘‘Order’’) to amend a
prior order that permits: (a) An openend management investment company,
whose series track the performance of
certain domestic and international
equity securities indexes developed by
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the parent company of the series’
investment adviser, to issue shares
(‘‘Shares’’) redeemable only in large
aggregations; (b) secondary market
transactions in Shares to occur at
negotiated prices; (c) dealers to sell
Shares to purchasers in the secondary
market unaccompanied by a prospectus
when prospectus delivery is not
required by the Securities Act of 1933
(‘‘Securities Act’’); (d) certain affiliated
persons of the series to deposit
securities into, and receive securities
from, the series in connection with the
purchase and redemption of
aggregations of the series’ Shares; (e)
under certain circumstances, the series
that track certain foreign equity
securities indexes to pay redemption
proceeds more than seven days after the
tender of Shares; and (f) certain
management investment companies and
unit investment trusts outside of the
same group of investment companies as
the series to acquire Shares (the ‘‘Prior
Order’’).1 Applicants seek to amend the
Prior Order in order to offer additional
series based on certain fixed income
securities indexes (the ‘‘New Funds’’).
In addition, the Order would delete a
condition related to future relief in the
Prior Order.
APPLICANTS: WisdomTree Investments,
Inc. (‘‘WTI’’), WisdomTree Asset
Management, Inc. (the ‘‘Advisor’’), and
WisdomTree Trust (the ‘‘Trust’’).
FILING DATES: The application was filed
on August 13, 2007 and amended on
September 19, 2007.
HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An
order granting the requested relief will
be issued unless the Commission orders
a hearing. Interested persons may
request a hearing by writing to the
Commission’s Secretary and serving
applicants with a copy of the request,
personally or by mail. Hearing requests
should be received by the Commission
by 5:30 p.m. on October 16, 2007, and
should be accompanied by proof of
service on applicants, 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 Exchange Commission, 100 F
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549–
1090. Applicants: 48 Wall Street, Suite
1100, New York, NY 10005.
1 WisdomTree Investments, Inc., et al.,
Investment Company Act Release Nos. 27324 (May
18, 2006) (notice) and 27391 (June 12, 2006) (order).
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-286]
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Indian Point Nuclear Generating
Unit No. 3; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of a revision of existing exemptions from Title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 50, appendix R, ``Fire Protection
Program for Nuclear Power Facilities Operating Prior to January 1,
1979,'' for Fire Areas ETN-4 and PAB-2, issued to Entergy Nuclear
Operations, Inc. (the licensee), for operation of Indian Point Nuclear
Generating Unit No. 3 (IP3), located in Westchester County, NY.
Therefore, as required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC is issuing this
environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would revise the January 7, 1987 safety
evaluation (SE) to reflect that the installed Hemyc electrical raceway
fire barrier system (ERFBS) configurations provide either a 30-minute
fire resistance rating, or in one case a 24-minute fire resistance
rating, in lieu of the previously stated 1-hour fire resistance rating.
The licensee states that a Hemyc ERFBS fire resistance rating will
provide sufficient protection for the affected raceways, with adequate
margin, to continue to meet the intent of the original requests for
exemption and conclusions presented in the NRC's January 7, 1987, SE.
The licensee concludes that the revised fire resistance rating of the
Hemyc ERFBS does not reflect a reduction in overall fire safety, and
presents no added challenge to the credited post-fire safe-shutdown
capability which remains materially unchanged from the configuration
originally described in previous letters and as credited in the January
7, 1987, SE.
The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's
application dated July 24, 2006, as supplemented by letters dated April
30, May 23, and August 16, 2007.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The proposed revision of existing exemptions from 10 CFR part 50,
appendix R, is needed in response to NRC Information Notice 2005-07.
The information notice provided licensees the details of Hemyc ERFBS
full-scale fire tests conducted by the NRC's Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research. The test results concluded that the Hemyc ERFBS
does not provide the level of protection expected for a 1-hour rated
fire barrier, as originally designed. The proposed revision to existing
exemptions would revise the fire resistance rating of Hemyc ERFBS
configurations.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action
The NRC has completed its SE of the proposed action and concludes
that the configuration of the fire zones under review provide
reasonable assurance that a severe fire is not plausible and the
existing fire protection features are adequate. The details of the
staff's SE will be provided in the exemptions that will be issued as
part of the letter to the licensee approving the exemption. Based on
the presence of redundant safe-shutdown trains, minimal fire hazards
and combustibles, automatic cable tray fire suppression system, manual
fire suppression features, fire barrier protection, existing Hemyc
configuration, and the installed smoke detection system, the NRC staff
finds that the use of this Hemyc fire barrier in these zones will not
significantly increase the consequences from a fire in these fire
zones.
The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability
or consequences of accidents. No changes are being made in the types of
effluents that may be released off site.
There is no significant increase in the amount of any effluent
released off site. There is no significant increase in occupational or
public radiation exposure. Therefore, there are no significant
radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
With regard to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed
action does not have a potential to affect any historic sites. It does
not affect non-radiological plant effluents and has no other
environmental impact. Therefore, there are no significant non-
radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Accordingly, the NRC concludes that there are no significant
environmental impacts associated with the proposed action.
Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action
As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered
denial of the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative).
Denial of the application would result in no change in current
environmental impacts. The environmental impacts of the proposed action
and the alternative action are similar.
Alternative Use of Resources
The action does not involve the use of any different resources than
those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for
IP3, dated February, 1975.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
In accordance with its stated policy, on February 13, 2007, the NRC
staff consulted with the New York State official, Alyse Peterson of the
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, regarding the
environmental impact of the proposed action. The State official had no
comments.
Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the environmental assessment, the NRC concludes
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 July 24, 2006, Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) accession number ML062140057, as supplemented
on April 30, 2007, ADAMS accession number ML071280504, May 23, 2007,
ADAMS accession number ML071520177, and August 16, 2007, ADAMS
accession number ML072400369. Documents may be examined, and/or copied
for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR),
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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 the 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 send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of September 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John P. Boska,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I-1, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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