Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, 9358-9359 [E8-3098]

Download as PDF 9358 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 34 / Wednesday, February 20, 2008 / Notices written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties are CyOptics Inc., Breinigsville, PA; and Kotura Inc., Monterey Park, CA. The nature and objectives of the venture are: to conduct joint research on Terabit Photonic Integrated Circuits (TERAPICS), the next generation of fiber optic components for very high speed interconnects. The activities of this venture project will be partially funded by an award from the Advanced Technology Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce. Patricia A. Brink, Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 08–753 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–11–M DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment Standards Administration Proposed Extension of the Approval of Information Collection Requirements rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Employment Standards Administration is soliciting comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection: Rehabilitation Action Report (OWCP–44). A copy of the information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this Notice. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:47 Feb 19, 2008 Jkt 214001 Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the addresses section below on or before April 21, 2008. ADDRESSES: Mr. Steven M. Andoseh, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., Room S–3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0373, fax (202) 693–1451, E-mail andoseh.steven@dol.gov. Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or E-mail). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DATES: I. Background The Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) and the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA). These acts provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible workers with disabilities. Section 8104(a) of the FECA and § 939(c) of the LHWCA provide that eligible injured workers are to be furnished vocational rehabilitation services, and § 8111(b) of the FECA and § 908(g) of the LHWCA provide that persons undergoing such vocational rehabilitation receive maintenance allowances as additional compensation. Form OWCP–44 is used to collect information necessary to decide if maintenance allowances should continue to be paid. Form OWCP–44 is submitted to OWCP by contractors hired to provide vocational rehabilitation services. Form OWCP–44 gives prompt notification of key events that may require OWCP action in the vocational rehabilitation process. This information collection is currently approved for use through September 30, 2008. II. Review Focus The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments which: • Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; • evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; • enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and • minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses. III. Current Actions The Department of Labor seeks the approval for the extension of this currently approved information collection in order to ascertain the status of a rehabilitation case and to expedite adjudicatory claims action based on events arising from a rehabilitation effort. Type of Review: Extension. Agency: Employment Standards Administration. Title: Rehabilitation Action Report. OMB Number: 1215–0182. Agency Number: OWCP–44. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; State, Local, or Tribal Government. Total Respondents: 7,000. Total Annual Responses: 7,000. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,169. Time per Response: 10 minutes. Frequency: On occasion. Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0. Total Burden Cost (operating/ maintenance): $0.00. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also become a matter of public record. Dated: February 14, 2008. Hazel M. Bell, Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and Planning Employment Standards Administration. [FR Doc. E8–3117 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–CR–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Docket No. PAPO–001; ASLBP No. 08–861– 01–PAPO–BD01] Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 13, 2007, contained in Staff Requirements Memorandum COMSECY–07–0030, and the Commission’s regulations, see 10 CFR 1.15, 2.1000, and 2.1010, this Atomic Safety and Licensing Board is being established to act as an Advisory Pre-License Application Presiding Officer Board (Advisory PAPO Board) to E:\FR\FM\20FEN1.SGM 20FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 34 / Wednesday, February 20, 2008 / Notices obtain input and suggestions from parties and potential parties on the broad range of procedural matters expected to arise from, and associated case management requirements that could be imposed in, any adjudication regarding an application by the Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization to construct a high-level waste (HLW) repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Following receipt of input and suggestions—and, to the extent practicable, prior to or contemporaneously with the tendering of an application for construction authorization by DOE for a HLW repository—the Advisory PAPO Board will submit its proposed case management language to the Commission for possible inclusion in the Commission’s notice of opportunity to request a hearing and order governing the hearing process regarding the DOE application.1 The Advisory PAPO Board is comprised of the following administrative judges: Thomas S. Moore, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. E. Roy Hawkens, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed with the administrative judges in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1010(d). Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of February 2008. E. Roy Hawkens, Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel. [FR Doc. E8–3098 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am] rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 1 In accordance with the July 2004 notice establishing an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to consider Licensing Support Network (LSN)related matters, see 69 FR 42,218 (July 14, 2004), unless and until additional licensing boards or other presiding officers are appointed to rule on individual pre-license application phase issues, or classes of issues, relating to the LSN, all requests for Pre-License Application Presiding Officer consideration of LSN-related problems should continue to be submitted to that Licensing Board. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:47 Feb 19, 2008 Jkt 214001 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Interim Staff Guidance; Probabilistic Risk Assessment Information To Support Design Certification and Combined License Applications; Solicitation of Public Comment Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). ACTION: Solicitation of public comment. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The NRC is soliciting public comment on its Proposed Interim Staff Guidance COL/DC–ISG–003. This interim staff guidance (ISG) supplements the guidance provided to the staff in Section 19.0, ‘‘Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Severe Accident Evaluation for New Reactors,’’ of NUREG–0800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants’’ (SRP), concerning the review of probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) information and severe accident assessment submitted to support design certification (DC) and combined license (COL) applications. Upon receiving public comments, the NRC staff will evaluate and disposition the comments, as appropriate. Once the NRC staff completes the COL/DC–ISG, it will issue the same for NRC and industry use. The NRC staff will also incorporate the approved COL/DC–ISG–003 into the next revision of the SRP and related guidance documents. DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 30 days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to: Chief, Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555– 0001. Comments should be delivered to: 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, Room T–6D59, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Persons may also provide comments via e-mail to Lynn Mrowca at lxm4@nrc.gov. 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/readingrm/adams.html. Persons who do not PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9359 have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397– 4209, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. Ms. Lynn Mrowca, Chief, PRA Licensing, Operations Support & Maintenance Branch 1, Division of Safety Systems and Risk Assessment, Office of the New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555– 0001; telephone 301–415–0525 or e-mail at lxm4@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agency also posts its issued staff guidance in the agency external Web page (https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ doc-collections/isg/). The NRC staff is issuing this notice to solicit public comments on the proposed COL/DC–ISG–003. After the NRC staff considers any public comments, it will make a determination regarding the proposed COL/DC–ISG– 003. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of February 2008. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. William D. Reckley, Branch Chief, Rulemaking, Guidance and Advanced Reactors Branch, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. E8–3095 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Sunshine Federal Register Notice Weeks of February 18, 25, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 2008. PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. STATUS: Public and Closed. Matters to be Considered: DATE: Week of February 18, 2008 Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:30 a.m. Meeting with the National Academies Radiation Source Use and Replacement Study Committee (Closed—Ex. 1). Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:30 a.m. Periodic Meeting on New Reactor Issues, Part 1 (Public Meeting) (Contact: Donna Williams, 301–415– 1322). This meeting will be Web cast live at the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov. E:\FR\FM\20FEN1.SGM 20FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9358-9359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3098]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. PAPO-001; ASLBP No. 08-861-01-PAPO-BD01]


Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 13, 2007, 
contained in Staff Requirements Memorandum COMSECY-07-0030, and the 
Commission's regulations, see 10 CFR 1.15, 2.1000, and 2.1010, this 
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board is being established to act as an 
Advisory Pre-License Application Presiding Officer Board (Advisory PAPO 
Board) to

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obtain input and suggestions from parties and potential parties on the 
broad range of procedural matters expected to arise from, and 
associated case management requirements that could be imposed in, any 
adjudication regarding an application by the Department of Energy (DOE) 
for authorization to construct a high-level waste (HLW) repository at 
Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Following receipt of input and suggestions--
and, to the extent practicable, prior to or contemporaneously with the 
tendering of an application for construction authorization by DOE for a 
HLW repository--the Advisory PAPO Board will submit its proposed case 
management language to the Commission for possible inclusion in the 
Commission's notice of opportunity to request a hearing and order 
governing the hearing process regarding the DOE application.\1\
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    \1\ In accordance with the July 2004 notice establishing an 
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to consider Licensing Support 
Network (LSN)-related matters, see 69 FR 42,218 (July 14, 2004), 
unless and until additional licensing boards or other presiding 
officers are appointed to rule on individual pre-license application 
phase issues, or classes of issues, relating to the LSN, all 
requests for Pre-License Application Presiding Officer consideration 
of LSN-related problems should continue to be submitted to that 
Licensing Board.
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    The Advisory PAPO Board is comprised of the following 
administrative judges:

Thomas S. Moore, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
E. Roy Hawkens, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

    All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed 
with the administrative judges in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1010(d).

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of February 2008.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
 [FR Doc. E8-3098 Filed 2-19-08; 8:45 am]
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