Notice of Permit Application Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, 32606 [E8-12786]

Download as PDF 32606 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 111 / Monday, June 9, 2008 / Notices NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Notice of Permit Application Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 National Science Foundation. Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act. AGENCY: mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES ACTION: SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has received a waste management permit application for operation of a remote field support and emergency provisions helicopter flight seeing for the Motor Vessel, Octopus for the 2006– 2007 austral summer season. The application is submitted to NSF pursuant to regulations issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, or views with respect to this permit application within July 9, 2008. Permit applications may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit Office, address below. ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Polly A. Penhale, Environmental Officer at the above address or (703) 292–8030. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSF’s Antarctic Waste Regulation, 45 CFR part 671, requires all U.S. citizens and entities to obtain a permit for the use or release of a designated pollutant in Antarctica, and for the release of waste in Antarctica. NSF has received a permit application under this Regulation for Quark Expeditions Inc.’s vessels, Akademik Sergey Vavilov, Akademik Ioffe, and Clipper Adventurer for operation of remote field support and emergency provisions for passenger landings in Antarctica. On each landing of passengers emergency gear is taken ashore in case the weather deteriorates and passengers are required to stay ashore for an extended period. Emergency provisions include: white gas cooking fuel, car type battery for long-range VHF radio communications, food, sleeping bags, and tents. All waste products (paper, food, and human wastes) will be removed from Antarctica and properly disposed in an appropriate port of disembarkation. In the event of an accidental fuel spill, all contaminated snow and or soil will be removed. in accordance with Antarctic waste regulations. Application for the permit is made by: Erica Wikander, Environmental Officer, VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:05 Jun 06, 2008 Jkt 214001 Quark Expeditions, Inc., 47 Water Street, Norwalk, CT 06854. Location: Antarctic Peninsula. Dates: October 1, 2008 to March 31, 2013. Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Officer. [FR Doc. E8–12786 Filed 6–6–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 52–016] Constellation Generation Group, LLC, and Unistar Nuclear Operating Services, LLC; Acceptance for Docketing of an Application for Combined License for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 By four letters dated March 14, 2008, as supplemented by a letter dated May 15, 2008, Constellation Generation Group, LLC, and UniStar Nuclear Operating Services, LLC (CGG and UniStar) submitted Part 2 of their application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a combined license (COL) for one U.S. EPR pressurized water reactor in accordance with the requirements contained in 10 CFR Part 52 ‘‘Licenses, Certifications and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ This reactor is identified as Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3 and is to be located in Lusby in Calvert County, Maryland. CGG and UniStar previously submitted Part 1 of this application by letters dated July 13 and December 14, 2007, as supplemented by letters dated July 16, August 2, September 11, and October 30, 2007, and January 14 and March 3, 2008, in accordance with the requirements contained in 10 CFR Parts 2 and 52. The partial application included the environmental report (ER) as well as additional information that must accompany the first part of any COL application as required by 10 CFR 2.101(a)(5). Part 1 was accepted for review and docketed by the NRC on January 25, 2008 (ML080160547), and with the docketing of Part 2, the application is complete. Notices of receipt and availability of this application were previously published in the Federal Register (72 FR 45832) on August 15, 2007, and (73 FR 24321) on May 2, 2008. The NRC staff has determined that CGG and UniStar have submitted information in accordance with 10 CFR Part 2, ‘‘Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders,’’ and 10 CFR Part 52 that is PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 acceptable for docketing. The Docket Number established for Unit 3 is 5200016. The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the application. Docketing of the application does not preclude the NRC from requesting additional information from the applicant as the review proceeds, nor does it predict whether the Commission will grant or deny the application. The Commission will conduct a hearing in accordance with Subpart L, ‘‘Informal Hearing Procedures for NRC Adjudications,’’ of 10 CFR Part 2 and will receive a report on the COL application from the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards in accordance with 10 CFR 52.87, ‘‘Referral to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS).’’ If the Commission finds that the COL application meets the applicable standards of the Atomic Energy Act and the Commission’s regulations, and that required notifications to other agencies and bodies have been made, the Commission will issue a COL, in the form and containing conditions and limitations that the Commission finds appropriate and necessary. In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, the Commission will also prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.26, and as part of the environmental scoping process, the staff held a public scoping meeting on March 19, 2008. Finally, the Commission will announce in a future Federal Register notice the opportunity to petition for leave to intervene in the proceeding on this application. For reference purposes, information regarding the U.S. EPR design referenced by this COL application can be found on the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/newlicensing/design-cert/epr.html. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, and will be accessible electronically through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room link at the NRC Web site https://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/adams.html. The application is also available at https:// www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/ col.html. 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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 111 (Monday, June 9, 2008)]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Application Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Science Foundation 
(NSF) has received a waste management permit application for operation 
of a remote field support and emergency provisions helicopter flight 
seeing for the Motor Vessel, Octopus for the 2006-2007 austral summer 
season. The application is submitted to NSF pursuant to regulations 
issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to this permit application within July 9, 2008. 
Permit applications may be inspected by interested parties at the 
Permit Office, address below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 
Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Polly A. Penhale, Environmental 
Officer at the above address or (703) 292-8030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSF's Antarctic Waste Regulation, 45 CFR 
part 671, requires all U.S. citizens and entities to obtain a permit 
for the use or release of a designated pollutant in Antarctica, and for 
the release of waste in Antarctica. NSF has received a permit 
application under this Regulation for Quark Expeditions Inc.'s vessels, 
Akademik Sergey Vavilov, Akademik Ioffe, and Clipper Adventurer for 
operation of remote field support and emergency provisions for 
passenger landings in Antarctica. On each landing of passengers 
emergency gear is taken ashore in case the weather deteriorates and 
passengers are required to stay ashore for an extended period. 
Emergency provisions include: white gas cooking fuel, car type battery 
for long-range VHF radio communications, food, sleeping bags, and 
tents. All waste products (paper, food, and human wastes) will be 
removed from Antarctica and properly disposed in an appropriate port of 
disembarkation. In the event of an accidental fuel spill, all 
contaminated snow and or soil will be removed. in accordance with 
Antarctic waste regulations.
    Application for the permit is made by: Erica Wikander, 
Environmental Officer, Quark Expeditions, Inc., 47 Water Street, 
Norwalk, CT 06854.
    Location: Antarctic Peninsula.
    Dates: October 1, 2008 to March 31, 2013.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-12786 Filed 6-6-08; 8:45 am]
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