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population group, the annual dose
equivalent received from the proposed
action would be less than 0.01
millisievert (1 millirem). The NRC staff
conducted an independent technical
review of this estimate and concluded
that the Licensee’s dose estimate was
technically sound. This dose is far
below the dose limits established in 10
CFR part 20 for occupational workers
and members of the public and is
considered to be as low as is reasonably
achievable.
The risk to human health from the
transportation of radioactive material in
the U.S. was evaluated in NUREG–0586,
‘‘Generic Environmental Impact
Statement on Decommissioning of
Nuclear Facilities.’’ As evaluated there,
the impacts associated with rail
transport of decommissioning wastes
are not detectable, and the potential
impacts are small. The NRC staff finds
that the transportation impacts of the
proposed action are bounded by those
evaluated in NUREG–0586, and that the
proposed action poses no danger to
public heath and safety. The NRC staff
finds that the proposed action will
result in minimal risk to workers and
the public. The NRC has identified no
other radiological or non-radiological
activities connected with the proposed
action that would result in cumulative
environmental impacts, and concludes
that the proposed action will not have
a significant effect on the quality of the
human environment.
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Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
The only alternative to the proposed
soil disposal action is no action. This no
action alternative is unacceptable
because it conflicts with 10 CFR
30.36(d) which requires that
decommissioning of byproduct material
facilities be completed and approved by
the NRC after license activities at a site
cease. The no action alternative would
keep radioactive material on site and
halt the remediation activities
associated with cleanup of the Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center waste
burial site.
Conclusion
The NRC staff has concluded that the
proposed action is consistent with NRC
guidance and regulations. Because the
proposed action will not significantly
impact the quality of the human
environment, the NRC staff concludes
that the proposed action is the preferred
alternative.
Agencies and Persons Consulted
NRC provided a draft of this
Environmental Assessment to the Idaho
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Department of Environmental Quality
and the Maryland Radiological Health
Program for review on October 1, 2008.
On October 6, 2008, the Idaho
Department of Environmental Quality
responded by electronic mail. The State
of Idaho agreed with the conclusions of
the EA, and otherwise had no
comments. On November 10, 2008, the
Maryland Radiological Health Program
responded by electronic mail. The State
of Maryland agreed with the
conclusions of the EA, and otherwise
had no comments.
The NRC staff has determined that the
proposed action of authorizing disposal
of material meeting the waste
acceptance criteria of an existing
approved RCRA hazardous waste
disposal facility is of a procedural
nature, and will not affect listed species
or critical habitat. Therefore, no further
consultation is required under Section 7
of the Endangered Species Act. The
NRC staff has also determined that the
proposed action is not the type of
activity that has the potential to cause
effects on historic properties. Therefore,
no further consultation is required
under Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact
The NRC staff has prepared this EA in
support of the proposed action. On the
basis of this EA, the NRC finds that
there are no significant environmental
impacts from the proposed action, and
that preparation of an environmental
impact statement is not warranted.
Accordingly, the NRC has determined
that a Finding of No Significant Impact
is appropriate.
IV. Further Information
Documents related to this action,
including the application for license
amendment and supporting
documentation, are available
electronically at the NRC’s Electronic
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. From this site,
you can access the NRC’s Agencywide
Document Access and Management
System (ADAMS), which provides text
and image files of NRC’s public
documents. The documents related to
this action are listed below, along with
their ADAMS accession numbers.
1. Title 10 Code of Federal
Regulations, part 20, ‘‘Standards for
Protection Against Radiation;’’
2. Title 10, Code of Federal
Regulations, part 51, ‘‘Environmental
Protection Regulations for Domestic
Licensing and Related Regulatory
Functions;’’
3. Title 10, Code of Federal
Regulation, part 30, ‘‘Rules of General
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Applicability to Domestic Licensing of
Byproduct Material;’’ and
4. Letter dated October 5, 2007 from
USDA to NRC [ML073110166]
5. Letter dated August 25, 2008 from
USEI to NRC [ML082480279]
If you do not have access to ADAMS,
or if there are problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, contact
the NRC Public Document Room (PDR)
Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. These documents
may also be viewed electronically on
the public computers located at the
NRC’s PDR, O 1 F21, One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
MD 20852. The PDR reproduction
contractor will copy documents for a
fee.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this
12th day of March, 2009.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Randolph C. Ragland, Jr.,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of
Nuclear Materials Safety, Region 1.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Excepted Service
AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel
Management (OPM).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This gives notice of OPM
decisions granting authority to make
appointments under Schedules A, B,
and C in the excepted service as
required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Glenda Haendschke, Acting Group
Manager, Executive Resources Services
Group, Center for Human Resources,
Division for Human Capital Leadership
and Merit System Accountability, 202–
606–2246.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Appearing
in the listing below are the individual
authorities established under Schedules
A, B, and C between January 1, 2009,
and January 31, 2009. Future notices
will be published on the fourth Tuesday
of each month, or as soon as possible
thereafter. A consolidated listing of all
authorities as of September 30 is
published each year. The following
Schedules are not codified in the Code
of Federal Regulations. These are agency
specific exceptions.
Schedule A
Schedule A authorities in the month
of January 2009.
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Section 213.3113. The authority is
amended to read:
Section 213.3343
Administration
Section 213.3113
Agriculture
FLOT00080 Executive Assistant to
Member, Farm Credit Administration
Board. Effective January 13, 2009.
U.S. Department of
(f)(2) Positions of Agricultural
Commodity Graders, Agricultural
Commodity Technicians, and
Agricultural Commodity Aides at grades
GS–11 and below in the cotton, raisin,
peanut, and processed and fresh fruit
and vegetable commodities and the
following positions in support of these
commodities: Clerks, Office Automation
Clerks, and Computer Clerks and
Operators at GS–5 and below; ClerkTypists at grades GS–4 and below; and,
under the Federal Wage System, High
Volume Instrumentation (HVI)
Operators and HVI Operator Leaders at
WG/WL–2 and below, respectively,
Instrument Mechanics/Workers/Helpers
at WG–10 and below, and Laborers.
Employment under this authority may
not exceed 180 days in a service year.
In unforeseen situations such as bad
weather or crop conditions,
unanticipated plant demands, or
increased imports, employees may work
up to 240 days in a service year. Cotton
Agricultural Commodity Graders, GS–5,
may be employed as trainees for the first
appointment for an initial period of 6
months for training without regard to
the service year limitation.
Section 213.3106. The authority is
amended to read:
213.3106
Department of Defense
(b)(10) ‘‘Temporary or time-limited
positions in direct support of U.S.
Government efforts to rebuild and create
an independent, free, and secure Iraq
and Afghanistan, when no other
appropriate appointing authority
applies. Positions will generally be
located in Iraq or Afghanistan, but may
be in other locations, including the
United States, when directly supporting
operations in Iraq or in Afghanistan. No
new appointments may be made under
this authority after October 1, 2012.’’
Schedule B
No Schedule B appointments were
approved for January 2009.
Schedule C
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The following Schedule C
appointments were approved during
January 2009.
Section 213.3318 Environmental
Protection Agency
EPGS09005 Special Assistant to the
Associate Administrator for Policy,
Economics and Innovation. Effective
January 30, 2009.
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Farm Credit
Section 213.3344 Occupational Safety
and Health Review Commission
SHGS90002 Confidential Assistant to
the Commission Member (Chairman).
Effective January 14, 2009.
Section 213.3382
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National Endowment
NAGS00062 Counselor to the
Chairman, National Endowment for the
Arts. Effective January 22, 2009.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O.
10577, 3 CFR 1954–1958 Comp., p. 218.
Kathie Ann Whipple,
Acting Director, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. IC–28646; File No. 812–13600]
ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance
Company, et al.
March 13, 2009.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice of Application for an
Order Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
‘‘Act’’).
APPLICANTS: ING USA Annuity and Life
Insurance Company (ING USA) (the
‘‘Life Company’’), Separate Account B of
ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance
Company (the ‘‘Account’’), and Directed
Services LLC (DSL) (collectively, the
‘‘Applicants’’).
SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION: The
Applicants hereby request the
Commission to issue an order pursuant
to Section 6(c) of the Act to exempt
them from the provisions of Sections
2(a)(32) and 27(i)(2)(A) of the Act and
Rule 22c–1 thereunder to the extent
necessary to permit recapture of certain
bonuses applied to purchase payments
with respect to (1) the deferred variable
annuity contracts, including data pages,
riders and endorsements, described
herein that the Life Company intends to
issue (the ‘‘Current Contracts’’), (2) the
deferred variable annuity contracts,
including data pages, riders and
endorsements, substantially similar to
the Current Contracts that the Life
Company may issue in the future (the
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‘‘Future Contracts’’) (Current Contracts
and Future Contracts referred to
collectively as the ‘‘Contracts’’), (3) any
other separate accounts of the Life
Company and its successors in interest
(‘‘Future Accounts’’) that support the
Contracts, and (4) any Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(‘‘FINRA’’) member broker-dealers
controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with any Applicant,
whether existing or created in the
future, that in the future, may act as
principle underwriter for the Contracts
(‘‘Future Underwriters’’). The
circumstances under which the
Contracts would allow the recapture of
all or a portion of certain bonus credits
(previously applied to premium
payments) are where the bonus credits
were applied and (1) the contract owner
exercises his or her ‘‘free look’’ right, (2)
in the event of the contract owner’s
death within 12 months of the bonus
credit being applied and any bonus
credit applied after the contract owner’s
death (unless the deceased contract
owner’s spouse chooses to continue the
Contract), or (3) upon a surrender or
withdrawal where the surrender charge
is waived due to the contract owner’s
receipt of qualified extended medical
care, or the owner is diagnosed with a
qualifying terminal illness, as defined in
the Contract, in which event the Life
Company will recapture all bonus
credits applied during the 12 months
prior to receipt of such care or date of
diagnosis, as applicable.
FILING DATE: The application was
originally filed on November 7, 2008;
amended and restated applications were
filed on March 6, 2009, and March 11,
2009.
An
order granting the application will be
issued unless the Commission orders a
hearing. Interested persons may request
a hearing by writing to the Secretary of
the Commission and serving the
Applicants with a copy of the request,
personally or by mail. Hearing requests
must be received by the Commission by
5:30 p.m. on April 3, 2009, and should
be accompanied by proof of service on
the Applicant 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 may request notification of a
hearing by writing to the Secretary of
the Commission.
HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING:
ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and
Exchange Commission, 100 F Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20549. Applicant,
c/o John S. (Scott) Kreighbaum, Esq.,
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Excepted Service
AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make
appointments under Schedules A, B, and C in the excepted service as
required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glenda Haendschke, Acting Group
Manager, Executive Resources Services Group, Center for Human
Resources, Division for Human Capital Leadership and Merit System
Accountability, 202-606-2246.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Appearing in the listing below are the
individual authorities established under Schedules A, B, and C between
January 1, 2009, and January 31, 2009. Future notices will be published
on the fourth Tuesday of each month, or as soon as possible thereafter.
A consolidated listing of all authorities as of September 30 is
published each year. The following Schedules are not codified in the
Code of Federal Regulations. These are agency specific exceptions.
Schedule A
Schedule A authorities in the month of January 2009.
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Section 213.3113. The authority is amended to read:
Section 213.3113 U.S. Department of Agriculture
(f)(2) Positions of Agricultural Commodity Graders, Agricultural
Commodity Technicians, and Agricultural Commodity Aides at grades GS-11
and below in the cotton, raisin, peanut, and processed and fresh fruit
and vegetable commodities and the following positions in support of
these commodities: Clerks, Office Automation Clerks, and Computer
Clerks and Operators at GS-5 and below; Clerk-Typists at grades GS-4
and below; and, under the Federal Wage System, High Volume
Instrumentation (HVI) Operators and HVI Operator Leaders at WG/WL-2 and
below, respectively, Instrument Mechanics/Workers/Helpers at WG-10 and
below, and Laborers. Employment under this authority may not exceed 180
days in a service year. In unforeseen situations such as bad weather or
crop conditions, unanticipated plant demands, or increased imports,
employees may work up to 240 days in a service year. Cotton
Agricultural Commodity Graders, GS-5, may be employed as trainees for
the first appointment for an initial period of 6 months for training
without regard to the service year limitation.
Section 213.3106. The authority is amended to read:
213.3106 Department of Defense
(b)(10) ``Temporary or time-limited positions in direct support of
U.S. Government efforts to rebuild and create an independent, free, and
secure Iraq and Afghanistan, when no other appropriate appointing
authority applies. Positions will generally be located in Iraq or
Afghanistan, but may be in other locations, including the United
States, when directly supporting operations in Iraq or in Afghanistan.
No new appointments may be made under this authority after October 1,
2012.''
Schedule B
No Schedule B appointments were approved for January 2009.
Schedule C
The following Schedule C appointments were approved during January
2009.
Section 213.3318 Environmental Protection Agency
EPGS09005 Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for
Policy, Economics and Innovation. Effective January 30, 2009.
Section 213.3343 Farm Credit Administration
FLOT00080 Executive Assistant to Member, Farm Credit Administration
Board. Effective January 13, 2009.
Section 213.3344 Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
SHGS90002 Confidential Assistant to the Commission Member
(Chairman). Effective January 14, 2009.
Section 213.3382 National Endowment for the Arts
NAGS00062 Counselor to the Chairman, National Endowment for the
Arts. Effective January 22, 2009.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR 1954-1958
Comp., p. 218.
Kathie Ann Whipple,
Acting Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
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