National Science Board Task Force on Cost Sharing; Committee on Strategy and Budget; Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice, 72528 [E8-28329]

Download as PDF 72528 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 230 / Friday, November 28, 2008 / Notices NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION National Science Board Task Force on Cost Sharing; Committee on Strategy and Budget; Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice The National Science Board’s Task Force on Cost Sharing of the Committee on Strategy and Budget pursuant to NSF regulations (45 CFR Part 614), the National Science Foundation Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1862n-5), and the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in regard to the scheduling of meetings for the transaction of National Science Board business and other matters specified, as follows: DATE AND TIME: December 3, 2008 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. SUBJECT MATTER: Discussion of Draft Report. STATUS: Open. PLACE: This meeting will be held by teleconference originating at the National Science Board Office, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. Room 130 will be available to the public to listen to this teleconference meeting. Please refer to the National Science Board Web site (https://www.nsf.gov/nsb) for information or schedule updates, or contact: Jennifer Richards, National Science Board Office, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292–7000. Ann Ferrante, Writer-Editor. [FR Doc. E8–28329 Filed 11–26–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2008–0557] Revision of the NRC Enforcement Policy Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Policy statement: Revision. mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is publishing a revision to its Enforcement Policy (Enforcement Policy or Policy) to address the requirements of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (Act). The Act requires Federal agencies to adjust civil monetary penalties to reflect inflation. DATES: This action was effective on October 23, 2008. Comments on this VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:16 Nov 26, 2008 Jkt 217001 revision should be submitted on or before December 29, 2008, and will be considered by the NRC before the next Enforcement Policy revision in early calendar year 2009. The Commission will apply the modified Policy to violations that occur after the effective date. ADDRESSES: Comments will be made available to the public in their entirety; personal information, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, etc., will not be removed from your submission. You may submit comments by any one of the following methods: Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov; search on docket ID: NRC–2008–0557. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 301–415–5905; e-mail carol.gallagher@nrc.gov. Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: T–6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. Hand-deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, between the hours of 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays. You can access publicly available documents related to this notice using the following methods: Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Documents related to this notice, including public comments, are accessible at https:// www.regulations.gov, by searching on docket ID: NRC–2008–0557. NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have copied for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC’s PDR, Public File Area O–1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. NRC’s Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS): The Enforcement Policy is 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 ADAMS, which provides text and image files of the NRC’s public documents. In addition, the Enforcement Policy is available at https://www.nrc.gov/aboutnrc/regulatory/enforcement/enforcepol.html. If you do not have Internet access 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.resource@nrc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Starkey, Senior Enforcement PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Specialist, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, 301–415– 3456, e-mail doug.starkey@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA), limits the maximum civil penalty amount that the NRC may issue for violations of the AEA at $100,000 per violation, per day. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (Act), requires that the head of each agency adjust by regulation the civil monetary penalties (CMPs) provided by law within the jurisdiction of the agency for inflation at least once every four years. The last adjustment made by the NRC to the maximum civil penalty amount was on November 26, 2004 to $130,000. (See 69 FR 62485; October 26, 2004.) Thus, the NRC is required to adjust this civil penalty by November 26, 2008. On September 23, 2008 (73 FR 54671), the NRC published a final rule in the Federal Register to amend 10 CFR 2.205 to reflect the new maximum CMP mandated by the Act. The inflation adjustment mandated by the Act results in a 9.8 percent increase to the maximum CMPs.1 Increases are to be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10,000 in the case of penalties greater than $100,000, but less than or equal to $200,000. After this mandatory adjustment for inflation and the rounding mandated by statute, the new maximum civil penalty amount will be $140,000 per violation, per day. The new maximum civil penalty applies only to violations that occur after the date that the increase takes effect (i.e., October 23, 2008). The changes mandated by the Act apply to the maximum CMP. This is also the amount that, under the Enforcement Policy approved by the Commission, is assigned as the base civil penalty for power reactors and gaseous diffusion plants for a Severity Level I violation (considered the most significant severity level). Also as a matter of policy, the Commission has approved use of lesser amounts for other types of licensees, primarily materials licensees, and for violations that are assessed at lower severity levels. This approach is set out in Tables 1A and 1B of the Enforcement Policy. Although the 1996 Act does not mandate changes to these lesser civil penalty amounts, the NRC is modifying Table 1A of the Enforcement Policy by increasing each amount to maintain the same proportional relationships between the 1 Adjustment for inflation = Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June 2007 ¥CPI for June 2004. E:\FR\FM\28NON1.SGM 28NON1

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


National Science Board Task Force on Cost Sharing; Committee on 
Strategy and Budget; Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice

    The National Science Board's Task Force on Cost Sharing of the 
Committee on Strategy and Budget pursuant to NSF regulations (45 CFR 
Part 614), the National Science Foundation Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1862n-5), and the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), 
hereby gives notice in regard to the scheduling of meetings for the 
transaction of National Science Board business and other matters 
specified, as follows:

Date and Time:  December 3, 2008 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Subject Matter:  Discussion of Draft Report.

Status:  Open.

Place:  This meeting will be held by teleconference originating at the 
National Science Board Office, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 
Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. Room 130 will be available to the public to 
listen to this teleconference meeting.
    Please refer to the National Science Board Web site (https://
www.nsf.gov/nsb) for information or schedule updates, or contact: 
Jennifer Richards, National Science Board Office, 4201 Wilson Blvd., 
Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292-7000.

Ann Ferrante,
Writer-Editor.
[FR Doc. E8-28329 Filed 11-26-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
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