Advisory Committee for Polar Programs; Notice of Meeting, 19793-19794 [2011-8380]

Download as PDF 19793 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 68 / Friday, April 8, 2011 / Notices Annualized grant amount State and service area Applicant name Louisiana: LA–1 ....................... LA–1 ....................... Capital Area Legal Services Corporation, Inc ..................................................................................... Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation, Inc ........................................................................ These grants and contracts will be awarded under the authority conferred on LSC by the Legal Services Corporation Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2996e(a)(1)). Awards will be made so that each service area is served, although none of the listed organizations are guaranteed an award or contract. 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The meeting will be held for the purpose of reviewing the Space Technology programs and review knowledge management and technology transfer activities within the Office of the Chief Technologist. DATES: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Local Time and Friday, April 29, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Local Time. ADDRESSES: NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street, SW., Room MIC–6A (6H45), Washington, DC 20546. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mike Green, Office of the Chief Technologist, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–4710, srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:41 Apr 07, 2011 Jkt 223001 fax (202) 358–4078, or g.m.green@nasa.gov. The meeting will be open to the public up to the capacity of the room. 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[FR Doc. 2011–8457 Filed 4–7–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee #13883; Notice of Meeting via Teleconference In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 $1,629,216 1,629,216 463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following meeting: Name: Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (#13883). Date and Time: May 6, 2011; 12 p.m.–5 p.m. Teleconference. Place: National Science Foundation, Room 310, Stafford I Building, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. Type of Meeting: Open. Contact Person: Dr. James S. Ulvestad, Director, Division of Astronomical Sciences, Suite 1045, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: 703–292–8820. Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations to the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issues within the field of astronomy and astrophysics that are of mutual interest and concern to the agencies. Agenda: To hear presentations of current programming by representatives from NSF, NASA, DOE and other agencies relevant to astronomy and astrophysics; to discuss current and potential areas of cooperation between the agencies; to formulate recommendations for continued and new areas of cooperation and mechanisms for achieving them. Dated: April 5, 2011. Susanne E. Bolton, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2011–8379 Filed 4–7–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Advisory Committee for Polar Programs; Notice of Meeting In accordance with Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following meeting: Name: Advisory Committee for Polar Programs (1130). Date/Time: May 18, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. May 19, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Place: National Science Foundation, Room 1235, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA. Type of Meeting: Open. Contact Person: Dr. Kelly Falkner, Office of Polar Programs (OPP). National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. (703) 292–8030. Minutes: May be obtained from the contact person listed above. Purpose of Meeting: To advise NSF on the impact of its policies, programs, and E:\FR\FM\08APN1.SGM 08APN1 19794 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 68 / Friday, April 8, 2011 / Notices activities on the polar research community, to provide advice to the Director of OPP on issues related to long-range planning. Agenda: Staff presentations and discussion on opportunities and challenges for polar research, education and infrastructure; discussion of OPP Strategic Vision development; transformative research, ad hoc proposals & program solicitations. Dated: April 5, 2011. Susanne Bolton, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2011–8380 Filed 4–7–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 030–01179; NRC–2011–0078] Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment for the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: Jack E. Whitten, Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch B, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region IV Office, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Arlington, Texas, 76011. Telephone: 817–860–8197; fax number: 817–860– 8188; e-mail: Jack.Whitten@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES I. Introduction The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issuance of a license amendment to Material License No. 50–02430–07, issued to the University of Alaska-Fairbanks (the licensee), to authorize the release of an incinerator previously used at the Arctic Health Research Building for unrestricted use and for removal from the license. The NRC has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of this amendment in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR part 51. Based on the EA, the NRC has concluded that a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate. The amendment will be issued following the publication of this Notice. II. EA Summary The purpose of the proposed amendment is to allow for the release of an incinerator previously used at the Arctic Health Research Building, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, for unrestricted use and removal from the license. The VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:41 Apr 07, 2011 Jkt 223001 licensee was authorized by the NRC on June 28, 1982, to begin using an incinerator to dispose of radioactive wastes. The licensee has used this incinerator to dispose of biologically hazardous wastes containing low-level radioactive materials. On July 30, 2008, the licensee requested authorization to decommission this incinerator. The licensee stated that it had disposed of wastes containing low levels of hydrogen-3 (tritium) and carbon-14 by incineration. The licensee also disposed of wastes containing phosphorus-32, sulfur-35, and iodine-125 via incinerator after the radioisotopes were allowed to decay in storage. The licensee’s submittal included radiological survey results for the incinerator, the area around the incinerator, and accessible areas of the discharge stack. The NRC staff reviewed the licensee’s submittal and requested additional information about the proposed decommissioning plan. The licensee responded with additional information by letter dated July 12, 2009. The licensee conducted an historical assessment and concluded that the incinerator had been used for 17 years. The licensee estimated that it had disposed of wastes containing about 19 millicuries (0.7 gigabecquerels) of hydrogen-3 (tritium) and about 13 millicuries (0.47 gigabecquerels) of carbon-14. All other radionuclides that were incinerated had short half-lives (less than 88 days) and were allowed to decay in storage prior to incineration. The licensee included additional survey measurements of the accessible areas of the incinerator in its second submittal. The NRC subsequently approved the decommissioning plan by license amendment dated August 12, 2009. The licensee completed decommissioning and submitted a final status survey report to the NRC by letter dated November 16, 2009. The final status survey report included survey data for the discharge stack, data collected from areas that were inaccessible during previous surveys. The NRC staff conducted a technical review of the licensee’s radiological survey data. The licensee’s final status survey results were well below the NRC’s screening values for hydrogen-3 and carbon-14 as presented in NUREG– 1757, Volume 1, Revision 2, ‘‘Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance: Decommissioning Process for Materials Licensees,’’ Table B.1, Acceptable License Termination Screening Values of Common Radionuclides for Building-Surface Contamination.’’ The NRC staff also compared the final status survey results to the equipment release criteria PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 provided in Regulatory Guide 1.86, ‘‘Termination of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Reactors,’’ Table 1, Acceptable Surface Contamination Levels. In summary, the licensee conducted radiological surveys of the incinerator and provided sufficient information to the NRC demonstrating that the incinerator meets the license termination criteria specified in Subpart E to 10 CFR Part 20 for unrestricted release of the incinerator. The staff has prepared this EA in support of the proposed license amendment. This proposed license amendment will allow the licensee to free-release the decommissioned incinerator without any radiological restrictions. In accordance with the current license, the licensee will continue to be authorized to dispose of biologically hazardous wastes containing limited quantities of licensed radioactive material using a different incinerator. The staff has prepared this EA in support of the proposed license amendment to release the incinerator for unrestricted use. The staff has found that the radiological environmental impacts from the proposed amendment are bounded by the impacts evaluated by the ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact Statement in Support of Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for License Termination of NRC-Licensed Facilities’’ (NUREG–1496). The staff has also found that the non-radiological impacts are not significant. The staff consulted with the State of Alaska, and the State had no comments on the proposed action. III. Finding of No Significant Impact On the basis of this EA, NRC has concluded that there are no significant environmental impacts from the proposed amendment and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement. IV. Further Information Documents related to this action, including the application for 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 Agency Wide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC’s public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for the documents related to this notice are: 1. NRC, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact Statement in Support of Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for License Termination of NRCLicensed Nuclear Facilities,’’ E:\FR\FM\08APN1.SGM 08APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-8380]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Advisory Committee for Polar Programs; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 
as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following 
meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee for Polar Programs (1130).
    Date/Time: May 18, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. May 19, 2011, 
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    Place: National Science Foundation, Room 1235, 4201 Wilson 
Boulevard, Arlington, VA.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: Dr. Kelly Falkner, Office of Polar Programs 
(OPP). National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 
Arlington, VA 22230. (703) 292-8030.
    Minutes: May be obtained from the contact person listed above.
    Purpose of Meeting: To advise NSF on the impact of its policies, 
programs, and

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activities on the polar research community, to provide advice to the 
Director of OPP on issues related to long-range planning.
    Agenda: Staff presentations and discussion on opportunities and 
challenges for polar research, education and infrastructure; 
discussion of OPP Strategic Vision development; transformative 
research, ad hoc proposals & program solicitations.

     Dated: April 5, 2011.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-8380 Filed 4-7-11; 8:45 am]
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