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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Applications
Received; Under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978
(Pub. L. 95–541)
National Science Foundation.
Notice of Permit Applications
Received under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law
95–541.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
a notice of permit applications received
to conduct activities regulated under the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
NSF has published regulations under
the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title
45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. This is the required notice
of permit applications received.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to
submit written data, comments, or
views with respect to this permit
application by September 26, 2012. This
application 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:
Polly A. Penhale at the above address or
(703) 292–7420.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Science Foundation, as
directed by the Antarctic Conservation
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as
amended by the Antarctic Science,
Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996,
has developed regulations for the
establishment of a permit system for
various activities in Antarctica and
designation of certain animals and
certain geographic areas requiring
special protection. The regulations
establish such a permit system to
designate Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas.
The applications received are as
follows:
SUMMARY:
1. Applicant
Philip R. Kyle, Department of Earth
and Environmental Science, NM
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Institute of Mining and Technology,
Socorro, NM 87801.
Permit Application: 2013–018.
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
Enter Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas. The applicant plans to enter
ASPA 130-Tramway Ridge, Mt. Erebus
to measure soil temperatures and
sample gases emitted in weak gas vents
for comparison with gases emitted
elsewhere on Erebus. The composition
of the gas emissions is important as it
is likely the source of nutrients/energy
that supports extremophiles in the soil.
Location
ASPA 130-Tramway Ridge, Mt.
Erebus, Ross Island.
Dates
December 1, 2012 to January 31, 2014.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; In
the Matter of Progress Energy Florida,
Inc. (Levy County Nuclear Power Plant,
Units 1 and 2)
August 21, 2012.
Before Administrative Judges: Alex S. Karlin,
Chairman, Dr. Anthony J. Baratta and Dr.
Randall J. Charbeneau
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This Atomic Safety and Licensing
Board gives notice that it will convene
an evidentiary hearing with regard to a
challenge by the Nuclear Information
and Resource Service and the Ecology
Party of Florida (Intervenors) 1 to an
application by Progress Energy Florida,
Inc. (PEF) to construct and operate two
new nuclear power reactors in Levy
County, Florida.2 The evidentiary
hearing will be held in Bronson, Florida
and will commence on October 31,
2012. The hearing will concern the one
admitted contention in this proceeding,
1 The Green Party of Florida was one of the
original intervenors herein, but it subsequently
withdrew. See Notice of Withdrawal (May 17,
2012).
2 See Progress Energy Florida, Inc.; Application
for the Levy County Nuclear Power Plant Units 1
and 2; Notice of Order, Hearing, and Opportunity
To Petition for Leave To Intervene, 73 FR 74,532,
74,532 (Dec. 8, 2008).
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Contention 4A, which is described more
fully below.3
The evidentiary hearing will be held
under the authority of the Atomic
Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. 2231, 2239, and
2241. It will be conducted pursuant to
the NRC hearing procedures set forth in
10 CFR Part 2, Subpart L, 10 CFR
2.1200–2.1213. During the course of this
adjudicatory proceeding the Board may
also hear oral arguments as provided in
10 CFR 2.331 and may hold various
prehearing conferences pursuant to 10
CFR 2.329. These may be held via
teleconference, video-conference, and/
or in person. Except where certain
legally privileged documents or
testimony are being heard, all of the
proceedings will be open to the public.
See 10 CFR 2.328.
A. Matters To Be Considered
Contention 4A, as it will be litigated
during the October 31, 2012 evidentiary
hearing,4 reads as follows:
The Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) fails to comply with 10
CFR Part 51 and the National
Environmental Policy Act because it
fails to specifically and adequately
address, and inappropriately
characterizes as SMALL, certain direct,
indirect, and cumulative impacts, onsite
and offsite, of constructing and
operating the proposed LNP facility:
A. Impacts to wetlands, floodplains,
special aquatic sites, and other waters,
associated with dewatering, specifically:
1. Impacts resulting from active and
passive dewatering;
2. Impacts resulting from the
connection of the site to the underlying
Floridan aquifer system;
3. Impacts on Outstanding Florida
Waters such as the Withlacoochee and
Waccasassa Rivers;
4. Impacts on water quality and the
aquatic environment due to alterations
and increases in nutrient concentrations
caused by the removal of water; and
3 A motion to admit another contention was filed
on July 9, 2012 and is currently pending. Pursuant
to an order of the Commission, CLI–12–16, the
Board has placed this proposed new contention in
abeyance. Order (Holding Proposed New
Contention in Abeyance) (Aug. 16, 2012)
(unpublished).
4 This contention has evolved during the course
of this proceeding. First, the contention challenged
the adequacy of the Environmental Report, a
document submitted by PEF. See LBP–09–10, 70
NRC 51, 106 (2009). Next, the Intervenors
interposed substantially the same contention
challenging the adequacy of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement issued by the NRC
Staff. See Memorandum and Order (Admitting
Contention 4A) (Feb. 2, 2011) (unpublished).
Finally, when the NRC Staff issued the Final
Environmental Impact Statement, this same
contention migrated and continued to be admitted
as a challenge to the FEIS. Tr. at 856.
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5. Impacts on water quality and the
aquatic environment due to increased
nutrients resulting from destructive
wildfires resulting from dewatering.
B. Impacts to wetlands, floodplains,
special aquatic sites, and other waters,
associated with salt drift and salt
deposition resulting from cooling towers
(that use salt water) being situated in an
inland, freshwater wetland area of the
LNP site.
C. As a result of the omissions and
inadequacies described above, the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement also
failed to adequately identify, and
inappropriately characterizes as
SMALL, the proposed project’s zone of:
1. Environmental impacts;
2. Impact on Federally listed species;
3. Irreversible and irretrievable
environmental impacts; and
4. Appropriate mitigation measures.
B. Date, Time, and Location of
Evidentiary Hearing
The Board will convene the
evidentiary hearing on Wednesday,
October 31, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. e.d.t., in
the Levy County Courthouse. The
courthouse is located at 355 South Court
Street, Bronson, Florida. If the
evidentiary hearing lasts longer than
one day, we will adjourn at
approximately 5:00 p.m. on October 31
and will reconvene and continue at 9:00
a.m. e.d.t. on Thursday, November 1,
2012. We anticipate that the evidentiary
hearing will not take more than two
days.
Members of the public and media are
welcome to attend and observe the
evidentiary hearing. Actual
participation in the hearing will be
limited to the parties and their lawyers
and witnesses.5 Please be aware that
security measures may be employed at
the entrance to the facility, including
searches of hand-carried items such as
briefcases or backpacks. No signs will be
permitted in the courtroom.
C. Limited Appearance Statements
The purpose of limited appearance
statements is to allow members of the
public who are not parties to the
adjudication to provide the Board with
statements setting forth their positions
or concerns on matters relating to the
admitted contentions. This Board
already conducted two oral limited
appearance statement sessions regarding
Contention 4A in Crystal River, Florida,
on Thursday, January 12, 2012. See Tr.
at 698–827, 876–927. Thus, we will not
hear further oral limited appearance
5 The parties consist of the Nuclear Information
and Resource Service, the Ecology Party of Florida,
Progress Energy Florida, Inc., and the Staff of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Applications Received; Under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a
notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated
under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published
regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 45 Part 670
of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of
permit applications received.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments,
or views with respect to this permit application by September 26, 2012.
This application 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: Polly A. Penhale at the above address
or (703) 292-7420.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed
by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), as amended
by the Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, has
developed regulations for the establishment of a permit system for
various activities in Antarctica and designation of certain animals and
certain geographic areas requiring special protection. The regulations
establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic Specially
Protected Areas.
The applications received are as follows:
1. Applicant
Philip R. Kyle, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, NM
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Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801.
Permit Application: 2013-018.
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant plans to
enter ASPA 130-Tramway Ridge, Mt. Erebus to measure soil temperatures
and sample gases emitted in weak gas vents for comparison with gases
emitted elsewhere on Erebus. The composition of the gas emissions is
important as it is likely the source of nutrients/energy that supports
extremophiles in the soil.
Location
ASPA 130-Tramway Ridge, Mt. Erebus, Ross Island.
Dates
December 1, 2012 to January 31, 2014.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
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