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Download as PDF 8738 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 30 / Thursday, February 13, 2014 / Notices Senate and OMB and, in the case of OMB, to the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the President on the day it is issued. On the following day a notice of the report shall be printed in the Federal Register. The OMB Sequestration Reports to the President and Congress is available on-line on the OMB home page at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ omb/legislative_reports/sequestration. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Tobasko, 6202 New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, Email address: ttobasko@omb.eop.gov, telephone number: (202) 395–5745, FAX number: (202) 395–4768 or Jenny Winkler Murray, 6236 New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, Email address: jwinkler@omb.eop.gov, telephone number: (202) 395–7763, FAX number: (202) 395–4768. Because of delays in the receipt of regular mail related to security screening, respondents are encouraged to use electronic communications. ADDRESSES: Sylvia M. Burwell, Director. field season. The lack of infrastructure available included the means to support a safe operation to recover this waste fuel drum. This was due to the lack of skilled labor and the lack of ability to stage a fuel cache between McMurdo Station and the PIG camp (required due to the extreme distance between McMurdo Station’s airfield and the location of the PIG camp). During the 2014–2105 austral summer season, the priority will be to remove the hazardous waste drum at the PIG field camp to McMurdo Station, where it will be removed from the continent. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Polly A. Penhale at (703) 292–7420. Nadene G. Kennedy, Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs. 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Hazardous waste in the form of one 55 gallon drum of waste fuel was packaged for removal from the field camp at the end of the 2012–2013 season. This waste was to be removed during the 2013–2014 summer season. Due to the October 2013 government shutdown, the National Science Foundation began an orderly shutdown to ‘‘caretaker status’’ (i.e. the protection of life and property only) of the United States Antarctic Program (USAP). Once the government was reopened, it was impossible to support a normal summer emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:44 Feb 12, 2014 Jkt 232001 National Science Foundation. Notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation of 1978, Public Law 95–541. ACTION: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrian Dahood, ACA Permit Officer, Division of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. Or by email: ACApermits@nsf.gov. On December 9, 2013 the National Science Foundation published a notice in the Federal Register of a permit modification request received. After carefully considering all comments received and responses from the applicant, the permit modification was issued on February 6, 2014 to: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eric Stangeland, Quark Expeditions, Permit No. 2014–006 Nadene G. Kennedy, Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs. [FR Doc. 2014–03148 Filed 2–12–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50–321 and 50–366; NRC– 2008–0585] Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Exemption 1.0 Background The Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC, the licensee) is the holder of the Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–57 and NPF–5 which authorize operation of the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (HNP). The licenses provide, among other things, that the facility is subject to the rules, regulations, and orders of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) now or hereafter in effect. The HNP facility consists of two boiling-water reactors located in Appling County, Georgia. 2.0 Request/Action Pursuant to § 50.12 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Specific Exemptions, SNC has, by letter dated April 23, 2013, requested an exemption from the fuel cladding material requirements in 10 CFR 50.46, ‘‘Acceptance criteria for emergency core cooling systems [ECCS] for light-water nuclear power reactors,’’ and Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50, ‘‘ECCS Evaluation Models,’’ (Appendix K). The SNC’s letter of April 23, 2013, constitutes the licensee’s second request for an exemption from the above fuel cladding material requirements in order to irradiate two GE14 Lead Test Assemblies (LTAs) in the HNP. The LTAs include a limited number of fuel rods manufactured with an advanced cladding alloy, known as Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) Ziron, which is outside of the cladding materials specified in the regulations (i.e. zircaloy or ZIRLOTM). By letter dated November 7, 2008, the NRC approved an earlier SNC request for an exemption in order to irradiate these two GE14 LTAs in the HNP Unit 2 reactor for cycles 21, 22 and 23. These two LTAs have now completed operation in cycles 21 and 22; however, SNC decided not to include them in the Unit 2 cycle 23 core loading in order to allow sufficient time to perform poolside inspections. 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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03183]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Notice of Permit Emergency Provision


Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permit emergency provision for hazardous waste stored 
in Antarctica at a location other than a permanent station for more 
than 12 months due to an emergency, as specified by Sec.  671.17.

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SUMMARY: The Program of Environment Safety and Health in the Division 
of Polar Programs in accordance with Sec.  671.17, is giving notice 
that an emergency relating to considerations of human health and safety 
caused hazardous waste to be stored in a location other than a 
permanent station for more than 12 months.
    Hazardous waste in the form of one 55 gallon drum of waste fuel was 
packaged for removal from the field camp at the end of the 2012-2013 
season. This waste was to be removed during the 2013-2014 summer 
season.
    Due to the October 2013 government shutdown, the National Science 
Foundation began an orderly shutdown to ``caretaker status'' (i.e. the 
protection of life and property only) of the United States Antarctic 
Program (USAP). Once the government was reopened, it was impossible to 
support a normal summer field season. The lack of infrastructure 
available included the means to support a safe operation to recover 
this waste fuel drum. This was due to the lack of skilled labor and the 
lack of ability to stage a fuel cache between McMurdo Station and the 
PIG camp (required due to the extreme distance between McMurdo 
Station's airfield and the location of the PIG camp).
    During the 2014-2105 austral summer season, the priority will be to 
remove the hazardous waste drum at the PIG field camp to McMurdo 
Station, where it will be removed from the continent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Polly A. Penhale at (703) 292-
7420.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-03183 Filed 2-12-14; 8:45 am]
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