Agencies and Commissions May 14, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing for public comment a notice of receipt of a petition for rulemaking, dated March 16, 2007, which was filed with the NRC by Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General for the State of California. The petition was docketed by the NRC on March 21, 2007, and has been assigned Docket No. PRM-51- 12. The petitioner requests that NRC rescind its regulations that declare the potential environmental effects of the approval, construction, and operation of high-density pool storage of spent nuclear fuel are not and cannot be significant for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and NEPA analysis; adopt and issue a generic determination that approval of such storage at a nuclear power plant or any other facility does constitute a major Federal action that may have a significant effect on the human environment; and order that no NRC licensing decision that approves high-density pool storage of spent nuclear fuel at a nuclear power plant or other storage facility may issue without the prior adoption and certification of an environmental impact statement (EIS) that complies with NEPA in all respects, including full identification, analysis, and disclosure of the potential environmental effects of such storage, including the potential for accidental or deliberately caused release of radioactive products to the environment, whether by accident or through acts of terrorism, as well as full and adequate discussion of potential mitigation for such effects, and full discussion of an adequate array or alternatives to the proposed storage project.

The FDIC is publishing the guidelines it will use for determining how adjustments of up to 0.50 basis points would be made to the quarterly assessment rates of insured institutions defined as large Risk Category I institutions, and insured foreign branches in Risk Category I, according to the Assessments Regulation. These guidelines are intended to further clarify the analytical processes, and the controls applied to these processes, in making assessment rate adjustment determinations.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-1695-DR) , dated 4/ 27/2007. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 4/15/2007 and continuing through 4/23/2007.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of West Virginia (FEMA-1696-DR), dated 5/1/2007. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Incident Period: 4/14/2007 through 4/18/2007.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Kansas ( FEMA-1699-DR), dated 5/6/2007. Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Incident Period: 5/4/2007 and continuing. Effective Date: 5/6/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 7/5/2007. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 2/6/2008.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of New York (FEMA-1692-DR), dated 4/24/ 2007. Incident: Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding. Incident Period: 4/14/2007 through 4/18/2007. Effective Date: 5/3/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 6/25/2007. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 1/24/2008.

On January 16, 2007 (72 FR 1708) the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced for public comment the availability of a draft document, entitled the ``Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and Equipment Manual'' (MARSAME). A 90-day comment period was provided for the draft MARSAME that expired on April 16, 2007. A request for an extension to the comment period has been received from several stakeholders. The comment period for the draft manual has been reopened for an additional 30 days.