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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Arbitration Panel Decisions Under the
Randolph-Sheppard Act
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice lists arbitration
panel decisions under the RandolphSheppard Act issued in July, August,
and September 2017. The full text of all
decisions is available on the
Department’s website and by request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald Brinson, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 5045, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–2800.
Telephone: (202) 245–7310.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service, toll-free, at 1–800–877–8339.
SUMMARY:
For the
purpose of providing individuals who
are blind with remunerative
employment, enlarging their economic
opportunities, and stimulating greater
efforts to make themselves selfsupporting, the Randolph-Sheppard
Act, 20 U.S.C. 107 et seq. (Act),
authorizes individuals who are blind to
operate vending facilities on Federal
property and provides them with a
priority for doing so. The vending
facilities include, among other things,
cafeterias, snack bars, and automatic
vending machines. The Department
administers the Act and designates an
agency in each State—the State
Licensing Agency (SLA)—to license
individuals who are blind to operate
vending facilities on Federal and other
property in the State.
The Act requires arbitration of
disputes between SLAs and vendors
who are blind and between SLAs and
Federal agencies before three-person
panels convened by the Department
whose decisions constitute final agency
action. 20 U.S.C. 107d–1. The Act also
makes these decisions matters of public
record and requires their publication in
the Federal Register. 20 U.S.C. 107d–
2(c).
On September 5, 2017, the
Department announced that it would
publish quarterly lists of RandolphSheppard arbitration panel decisions in
the Federal Register and that the full
text of the decisions listed would be
available on the Department’s website or
by request (see 82 FR 41941).
In the third quarter of 2017,
Randolph-Sheppard arbitration panels
issued the following decisions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Docket No.
Hooks v North Carolina ...............................................
Burt, Carmadelle, et al v Louisiana .............................
Cyrus v Ohio ...............................................................
Hawaii v Schofield Barracks .......................................
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Case name
R–S/15–16 ..................................................................
R–S/11–07, R–S/11–08 consolidated ........................
R–S/15–12 ..................................................................
R–S/16–07 ..................................................................
The decisions, which are searchable
by key terms and accessible under
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act,
are available for download in Portable
Document Format (PDF) at www.ed.gov/
programs/rsarsp/arbitrationdecisions.html or by request to the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
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Dated: March 1, 2018.
Johnny W. Collett,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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DC 20505; (202) 586–4600; or leave a
message at (800) 472–2756. This
Amended ROD and related NEPA
documents are available on the DOE
NEPA website at www.energy.gov/nepa.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
A. Mark-18A Targets and Action
Interim Management of Nuclear
Materials; Spent Nuclear Fuel
Management at Savannah River Site
DOE has decided to process the 65
Mark-18A targets at SRS to recover
the 244Pu and other valued isotopes in
the form of solid oxides. Processing
activities at SRS will occur at the
Savannah River National Laboratory
(SRNL) Shielded Cells Facility (SCF) in
A-Area. These oxides will be
transported to Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee for
further processing and material
recovery. Processing activities at ORNL
will take place in accordance with its
continuing research and development
(R&D) mission.
DOE manages materials containing
long-lived isotopes produced from
irradiating targets in nuclear reactors. A
target is an object, typically a closed
cylinder containing radioactive or
nonradioactive material, placed within a
nuclear reactor so that the material
within the target may be bombarded by
neutrons to produce desired isotopes.
One reactor at SRS was configured to
generate a high concentration of
neutrons in order to produce isotopes
for defense purposes, other DOE
programmatic applications, and
scientific research. Eighty-six Mark-18A
targets were irradiated in this reactor,
producing 244Pu and other isotopes
including 252Cf and heavy curium.
Twenty-one of the 86 targets were
processed at ORNL from 1971 through
1973 to recover these isotopes. The
244Pu was apportioned to scientists for
basic research and safeguards programs
while the heavy curium was processed
into targets for production of 252Cf and
other isotopes for medical and
industrial uses. The remaining 65
targets were originally stored at SRS in
the Receiving Basin for Offsite Fuels in
H-Area, but are now stored in the LBasin.
Since the 1970s the 21 irradiated and
processed Mark-18A targets have
provided the world’s supplies of 244Pu
and heavy curium, and the 65 remaining
targets represent the only practical
source of additional supply.244Pu is a
critical component of certified standards
for high-precision laboratory analyses
supporting nuclear forensics and
nuclear non-proliferation, while heavy
curium is needed as production feed for
other isotopes such as 252Cf. Current
Office of Environmental
Management, U.S. Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Amended record of decision.
AGENCY:
The Department of Energy
(DOE) is amending its record of decision
(ROD) (published in the Federal
Register on December 19, 1995) for the
Final Environmental Impact Statement:
Interim Management of Nuclear
Materials at the Savannah River Site
(IMNM EIS) (DOE/EIS–0220) and its
ROD (published in the Federal Register
on; August 7, 2000) for the Savannah
River Site Spent Nuclear Fuel
Management Environmental Impact
Statement (SRS SNF EIS) (DOE/EIS–
0279) with respect to management of 65
Mark-18A targets. The IMNM EIS
evaluated the potential environmental
consequences of alternatives for the
disposition of a large number and
variety of nuclear materials, including
65 Mark-18A targets. These targets were
irradiated in a nuclear reactor at the
Savannah River Site (SRS) to produce
valued isotopes. The SRS SNF EIS
evaluated the potential environmental
consequences from alternatives for
managing spent nuclear fuel at SRS, as
well as other irradiated materials
including the 65 Mark-18A targets. In
both the IMNM EIS and SRS SNF EIS
RODs, DOE decided to continue to store
the 65 Mark-18A targets at SRS. DOE
has now decided to process the 65
Mark-18A targets at SRS to recover
valued isotopes in the form of solid
oxides and to issue this amended ROD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information on this Amended
ROD, or to receive related NEPA
documents, please contact: Ms. Tracy L.
Williams, NEPA Compliance Officer,
Savannah River Operations Office, U.S.
Department of Energy, P.O. Box B,
Aiken, South Carolina 29802; (803) 952–
8278; or Tracy.Williams@srs.gov. For
information on DOE’s NEPA process,
please contact: Mr. Brian Costner,
Acting Director, Office of NEPA Policy
and Compliance (GC–54), U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
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international supplies of both 244Pu and
heavy curium are nearly depleted.
To ensure the availability of 244Pu and
other valued isotopes, DOE will retrieve
the 65 Mark-18A targets from storage in
the L-Basin and process them in the
SRNL SCF. The targets will be
transported to the SRNL SCF (in the
SRS A-Area) in a shipping cask
modified to provide enhanced shielding
against neutron radiation and to
accommodate the radiation spectrum of
the targets (e.g., shielding using lighter
elements). Each cask will contain one
Mark-18A target consistent with the
cask’s physical and safety analysis
constraints. No modifications are
needed at the L-Basin to retrieve the
targets.
At the SRNL SCF, the targets will be
taken into shielded cells where the
aluminum cladding will be chemically
removed. The target material will be
dissolved and the plutonium in the
resulting solution separated from
curium, americium, and fission
products. The plutonium solution will
be converted to oxide as will the
solution containing the curium,
americium, and fission products. Both
oxides will be transported to ORNL
using packaging that has been certified
in accordance with U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT) and U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC)
regulations.
These operations are similar to
activities performed at the SRNL SCF
from the 1960s through the 1980s to
process and recover actinides, and will
be performed consistent with this
facility’s safety analysis constraints.
Minor modifications, such as
installation of special handling tools
and temporary shielding, will be made
at the SRNL SCF to configure it to
facilitate safe receipt of the modified
shipping cask and transfer of the targets
to the shielded cells.
Additional processing and material
recovery will occur at ORNL. Processing
activities will be performed in existing
facilities as part of ORNL’s continuing
R&D mission. These ORNL mission
activities are covered under an existing
NEPA Categorical Exclusion
determination, 3059X (June 9, 2005).
B. NEPA Reviews and Decisions
In the IMNM EIS, DOE evaluated the
potential impacts of alternatives for
interim management of a variety of
nuclear materials stored at SRS. The
major categories of nuclear material
considered in the IMNM EIS were Stable
Materials, Programmatic Materials, and
Candidate Materials for Stabilization (60
FR 65315; December 19, 1995):
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Arbitration Panel Decisions Under the Randolph-Sheppard Act
AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice lists arbitration panel decisions under the
Randolph-Sheppard Act issued in July, August, and September 2017. The
full text of all decisions is available on the Department's website and
by request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Brinson, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5045, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-7310.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service, toll-free, at 1-800-
877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For the purpose of providing individuals who
are blind with remunerative employment, enlarging their economic
opportunities, and stimulating greater efforts to make themselves self-
supporting, the Randolph-Sheppard Act, 20 U.S.C. 107 et seq. (Act),
authorizes individuals who are blind to operate vending facilities on
Federal property and provides them with a priority for doing so. The
vending facilities include, among other things, cafeterias, snack bars,
and automatic vending machines. The Department administers the Act and
designates an agency in each State--the State Licensing Agency (SLA)--
to license individuals who are blind to operate vending facilities on
Federal and other property in the State.
The Act requires arbitration of disputes between SLAs and vendors
who are blind and between SLAs and Federal agencies before three-person
panels convened by the Department whose decisions constitute final
agency action. 20 U.S.C. 107d-1. The Act also makes these decisions
matters of public record and requires their publication in the Federal
Register. 20 U.S.C. 107d-2(c).
On September 5, 2017, the Department announced that it would
publish quarterly lists of Randolph-Sheppard arbitration panel
decisions in the Federal Register and that the full text of the
decisions listed would be available on the Department's website or by
request (see 82 FR 41941).
In the third quarter of 2017, Randolph-Sheppard arbitration panels
issued the following decisions.
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Case name Docket No. Date State
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Hooks v North Carolina................ R-S/15-16................ 9/26/2017 North Carolina.
Burt, Carmadelle, et al v Louisiana... R-S/11-07, R-S/11-08 8/18/2017 Louisiana.
consolidated.
Cyrus v Ohio.......................... R-S/15-12................ 8/8/2017 Ohio.
Hawaii v Schofield Barracks........... R-S/16-07................ 7/31/2017 Hawaii.
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The decisions, which are searchable by key terms and accessible
under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, are available for download
in Portable Document Format (PDF) at www.ed.gov/programs/rsarsp/arbitration-decisions.html or by request to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document in an accessible format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations via the Federal Digital System at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well as all other
documents of this Department published in the Federal Register, in text
or PDF. To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at the site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
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Dated: March 1, 2018.
Johnny W. Collett,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 2018-04692 Filed 3-7-18; 8:45 am]
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