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Company ownership and control of
AmerGen Oyster Creek NQF, LLC; and
AmerGen Consolidation, LLC shall be
merged into Exelon Generation
Consolidation, LLC. Also at the time of
the closing, decommissioning funding
assurance provided by Exelon
Generation Company, using an
additional method allowed under 10
CFR 50.75 if necessary, must be equal to
or greater than the minimum amount
calculated on that date pursuant to, and
required by 10 CFR 50.75 for Oyster
Creek. Furthermore, funds dedicated for
Oyster Creek prior to closing shall
remain dedicated to Oyster Creek
following the closing. The name of
AmerGen Oyster Creek NQF, LLC shall
be changed to Exelon Generation Oyster
Creek NQF, LLC at the time of the
closing.
It is further ordered that, consistent
with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), the license
amendment that makes changes, as
indicated in Enclosure 2 to the cover
letter forwarding this Order, to conform
the license to reflect the subject direct
license transfer is approved. The
amendment shall be issued and made
effective at the time the proposed direct
license transfer is completed.
It is further ordered that AmerGen
and EGC shall inform the Director of the
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, in
writing, of the date of closing of the
transfer of AmerGen’s ownership and
operating interests in Oyster Creek at
least 1 business day before the closing.
Should the transfer of the license not be
completed within 1 year of this Order’s
date of issuance, this Order shall
become null and void, provided,
however, that upon written application
and for good cause shown, such date
may be extended by order.
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For further details with respect to this
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June 20, 2008, and the safety evaluation
with the same date as this Order, which
are available for public inspection at the
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discount rates in Appendix C are to be
used for cost-effectiveness analysis,
including lease-purchase analysis, as
specified in the revised Circular. They
do not apply to regulatory analysis.
DATES: The revised discount rates are
effective immediately and will be in
effect through December 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert B. Anderson, Office of Economic
Policy, Office of Management and
Budget, (202) 395–3381.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day
of December 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eric J. Leeds,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Appendix C
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis of Federal Programs
AGENCY: Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of
OMB Circular A–94.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management
and Budget revised Circular A–94 in
1992. The revised Circular specified
certain discount rates to be updated
annually when the interest rate and
inflation assumptions used to prepare
the Budget of the United States
Government were changed. These
discount rates are found in Appendix C
of the revised Circular. The updated
discount rates are shown below. The
John H. Kitchen,
Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office
of Management and Budget.
OMB Circular No. A–94.
(Revised December 2008)
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness,
Lease Purchase, and Related Analyses
Effective Dates. This appendix is
updated annually. This version of the
appendix is valid for calendar year
2009. A copy of the updated appendix
can be obtained in electronic form
through the OMB home page at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/
a094/a94_appx-c.html, the text of the
main body of the Circular is found at
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
circulars/a094/a094.html, and a table of
past years’ rates is located at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/
a094/DISCHIST-2009.pdf. Updates of
the appendix are also available upon
request from OMB’s Office of Economic
Policy (202–395–3381).
Nominal Discount Rates. A forecast of
nominal or market interest rates for
2009 based on the economic
assumptions for the Fiscal Year 2010
December Budget Baseline are presented
below. These nominal rates are to be
used for discounting nominal flows,
which are often encountered in leasepurchase analysis.
NOMINAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES
[In percent]
3-year
5-year
2.7
7-year
3.3
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interest rates from which the inflation
premium has been removed and based
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3.7
20-year
4.2
on the economic assumptions from the
2010 December Budget Baseline is
presented below. These real rates are to
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REAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES
[In percent]
3-year
5-year
0.9
7-year
10-year
1.6
Analyses of programs with terms
different from those presented above
may use a linear interpolation. For
example, a four-year project can be
evaluated with a rate equal to the
average of the three-year and five-year
rates. Programs with durations longer
than 30 years may use the 30-year
interest rate.
1.9
2.4
SYSTEM NAME:
PC–33 Consolidated Incident
Reporting System (CIRS).
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Not applicable.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
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Office of the Chief Information Officer
and the Office of Safety and Security,
Peace Corps, 1111 20th St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20526, as well as Peace
Corps overseas offices.
PEACE CORPS
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Privacy Act System of Records
Peace Corps Volunteers, Trainees,
Peace Corps Response Volunteers,
alleged offenders, and witnesses.
AGENCY:
Peace Corps.
ACTION: Notice of an amendment to a
Privacy Act system of records.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of
the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a)
the Peace Corps is giving notice of a
new system of records, PC–33, titled the
Consolidated Incident Reporting System
(CIRS).
DATES: This action will be effective
without further notice on February 17,
2009 unless comments are received by
February 2, 2009 that would result in a
contrary determination.
You may submit comments
by e-mail to nmiller@peacecorps.gov.
You may also submit comments by mail
to Nancy G. Miller, Office of the General
Counsel, Peace Corps, Suite 8200, 1111
20th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20526. Contact Nancy G. Miller for
copies of comments.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy G. Miller, Associate General
Counsel, 202–692–2150,
nmiller@peacecorps.gov.
Section
552a provides that the public be given
a 30-day period in which to comment
on the new system. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), which
has oversight responsibility under the
Act, requires a 40-day period in which
to review the proposed system. In
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a, Peace
Corps has provided a report on this
system to OMB and the Congress.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Volunteer name; Volunteer contact
information, including phone number,
address, and/or e-mail address;
Volunteer Tag (system-generated ID
associated with the Volunteer’s name);
race/ethnicity; sex; country of incident;
country of service; sector of assignment;
marital status; age; Volunteer site; type
of incident; date of incident; date
incident was reported to post; time of
incident; personnel notified; incident
location; size of population of
community (i.e., urban, intermediate,
rural); nature and details of the incident;
alcohol use by Volunteer at time of
incident; weapon use by alleged
offender; injury sustained; medical/
counseling support provided; victim’s
intention to prosecute; and alleged
offender’s motive for committing
incident; name of alleged offender; age
range of alleged offender; gender of
alleged offender; relationship of alleged
offender to victim; alcohol use by
alleged offender at time of incident;
whether alleged offender was
apprehended; information on witnesses,
such as name and contact information;
and post follow up or changes to
original incident report, as noted in the
updates section.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
Peace Corps Act , 22 U.S.C. 2501 et
seq.
PURPOSE(S):
To provide a single central facility
within the Peace Corps for tracking
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2.7
crimes against Volunteers; analyzing
trends; and responding to requests from
executive, legislative, and oversight
bodies, as well as the public, for
statistical crime data relating to criminal
and other high-interest incidents. The
Peace Corps will use this information
for programmatic and training purposes
in order to make informed decisions
about potential changes in policy and/
or programs. The system notifies in a
timely manner Peace Corps
headquarters and overseas staff who
have a need to know when a crime has
occurred against a Volunteer. Such staff
make safety and security, medical, or
management decisions regarding the
Volunteer victim. The system also
notifies the U.S. Embassy’s Regional
Security Officers covering the post
whenever a crime against a Volunteer
occurs so that they may initiate
investigative procedures, as necessary.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USERS:
General routine uses A through M
apply to this system. In addition to
general routine uses, the Peace Corps
will use the data collected via the CIRS
for programmatic and training purposes
and to make informed decisions about
potential changes in policy and/or
programs.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:
None.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
In a protected database and in a
locked file cabinet in a locked room.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Records are retrievable by any, all, or
any combination of the following data
fields: Volunteer name; contact
information; Volunteer Tag; race/
ethnicity; sex; country of incident,
country of service; sector of assignment;
marital status; age; Volunteer site; type
of incident; date of incident; date
incident was reported; time of incident;
date of incident; names of personnel
notified; size of population of
community; incident location; nature
and details of the incident/offense;
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Federal
Programs
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.
ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of OMB Circular A-94.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget revised Circular A-94 in
1992. The revised Circular specified certain discount rates to be
updated annually when the interest rate and inflation assumptions used
to prepare the Budget of the United States Government were changed.
These discount rates are found in Appendix C of the revised Circular.
The updated discount rates are shown below. The discount rates in
Appendix C are to be used for cost-effectiveness analysis, including
lease-purchase analysis, as specified in the revised Circular. They do
not apply to regulatory analysis.
DATES: The revised discount rates are effective immediately and will be
in effect through December 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert B. Anderson, Office of Economic
Policy, Office of Management and Budget, (202) 395-3381.
John H. Kitchen,
Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office of Management and
Budget.
OMB Circular No. A-94.
Appendix C
(Revised December 2008)
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness, Lease Purchase, and Related
Analyses
Effective Dates. This appendix is updated annually. This version of
the appendix is valid for calendar year 2009. A copy of the updated
appendix can be obtained in electronic form through the OMB home page
at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a094/a94_appx-c.html, the
text of the main body of the Circular is found at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a094/a094.html, and a table of past
years' rates is located at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/
a094/DISCHIST-2009.pdf. Updates of the appendix are also available upon
request from OMB's Office of Economic Policy (202-395-3381).
Nominal Discount Rates. A forecast of nominal or market interest
rates for 2009 based on the economic assumptions for the Fiscal Year
2010 December Budget Baseline are presented below. These nominal rates
are to be used for discounting nominal flows, which are often
encountered in lease-purchase analysis.
Nominal Interest Rates on Treasury Notes and Bonds of Specified
Maturities
[In percent]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-year 5-year 7-year 10-year 20-year 30-year
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.7 3.3 3.7 4.2 4.7 4.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Real Discount Rates. A forecast of real interest rates from which
the inflation premium has been removed and based on the economic
assumptions from the 2010 December Budget Baseline is presented below.
These real rates are to be used for discounting constant-dollar flows,
as is often required in cost-effectiveness analysis.
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Real Interest Rates on Treasury Notes and Bonds of Specified Maturities
[In percent]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-year 5-year 7-year 10-year 20-year 30-year
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.9 1.6 1.9 2.4 2.9 2.7
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Analyses of programs with terms different from those presented
above may use a linear interpolation. For example, a four-year project
can be evaluated with a rate equal to the average of the three-year and
five-year rates. Programs with durations longer than 30 years may use
the 30-year interest rate.
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