ML071730450
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| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 01/08/2007 |
| From: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB |
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1562 Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 8/Friday, January 12, 2007/Notices 4.Who is required or asked to report:
All NRC-licensed low-level waste
facilities. All generators, collectors, and processors of low-level waste intended for disposal at a low-level waste facility
must complete the appropriate forms.
5.The estimated number of annual respondents:
NRC Form 540 and 540A:
2,500 licensees.
NRC Form 541 and 541A:
2,500 licensees.
NRC Form 542 and 542A:
22 licensees.
6.The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: NRC Form 540 and 540A:
10,050 (.75 hours8.680556e-4 days <br />0.0208 hours <br />1.240079e-4 weeks <br />2.85375e-5 months <br /> per response).
NRC Form 541 and 541A:
44,341 (3.3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> per response).
NRC Form 542 and 542A:
567 (.75 hours8.680556e-4 days <br />0.0208 hours <br />1.240079e-4 weeks <br />2.85375e-5 months <br /> per response).
7.Abstract: NRC Forms 540, 541, and 542, together with their continuation pages, designated by the A suffix, provide a set of standardized forms to
meet Department of Transportation (DOT), NRC, and State requirements.
The forms were developed by NRC at the request of low-level waste industry groups. The forms provide uniformity
and efficiency in the collection of
information contained in manifests
which are required to control transfers of low-level radioactive waste intended for disposal at a land disposal facility.
NRC Form 540 contains information
needed to satisfy DOT shipping paper
requirements in 49 CFR Part 172 and the waste tracking requirements of NRC in 10 CFR Part 20. NRC Form 541 contains information needed by disposal site
facilities to safely dispose of low-level
waste and information to meet NRC and
State requirements regulating these
activities. NRC Form 542, completed by
waste collectors or processors, contains information which facilitates tracking the identity of the waste generator. That
tracking becomes more complicated
when the waste forms, dimensions, or
packagings are changed by the waste
processor. Each container of waste
shipped from a waste processor may
contain waste from several different
generators. The information provided on NRC Form 542 permits the States and Compacts to know the original
generators of low-level waste, as
authorized by the Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments
Act of 1985, so they can ensure that
waste is disposed of in the appropriate
Compact.Submit, by March 13, 2007, Comments That Address the Following Questions
- 1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC to
properly perform its functions? Does the
information have practical utility?
- 2. Is the burden estimate accurate?
- 3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?
- 4. How can the burden of the information collection be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology?
A copy of the draft supporting statement may be viewed free of charge
at the NRC Public Document Room, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Room O-1 F21, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC worldwide Web
site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/
doc-comment/omb/index.html. The document will be available on the NRC
home page site for 60 days after the
signature date of this notice.
Comments and questions about the information collection requirements
may be directed to the NRC Clearance
Officer, Margaret A. Janney, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T-5
F53, Washington, DC 20555-0001, by
telephone at 301-415-7245, or by
Internet electronic mail to
INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV
.Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of January 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret A. Janney, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.[FR Doc. E7-325 Filed 1-11-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-400]
Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of the Application, for Facility Operating License No. NPF-63 for an Additional
20-Year Period; Carolina Power & Light
Company, Shearon Harris Nuclear
Power Plant, Unit 1 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is considering an application for the
renewal of operating license NPF-63, which authorizes the Carolina Power &
Light Company, doing business as Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., to
operate the Shearon Harris Nuclear
Power Plant, (HNP), Unit 1, at 2900
megawatts thermal. The renewed
license would authorize the applicant to operate the HNP, Unit 1, for an additional 20 years beyond the period
specified in the current license. HNP, Unit 1, is located in Wake County, North Carolina, and its current
operating license expires on October 24, 2026.On November 16, 2006, the Commissions staff received an
application from Carolina Power & Light
Company, to renew operating license
NPF-63 for HNP, Unit 1, pursuant to
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 54. A notice of
receipt and availability of the license
renewal application (LRA) was
published in the Federal Register on December 11, 2006 (71 FR 71586).
The Commissions staff has reviewed the LRA for its acceptability and has
determined that Carolina Power & Light
Company has submitted sufficient
information in accordance with 10 CFR
Sections 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, and
51.53(c), and that the application is
acceptable for docketing. The
Commission will retain the current
Docket No. 50-400, for operating license
NPF-63. The docketing of the renewal
application does not preclude requests
for additional information as the review
proceeds, nor does it predict whether
the Commission will grant or deny the
license.The license renewal process proceeds along two tracks, one for review of
safety issues, pursuant to 10 CFR Part 54
and another for environmental issues, pursuant to 10 CFR Part 51. An
applicant must provide NRC with an
evaluation of the technical aspects of
plant aging and describe the aging
management programs and activities
that will be relied on to manage aging.
In addition, in order to support plant
operation for the additional 20 years, the applicant must prepare an
evaluation of the potential impact on
the environment. The NRC reviews the
application, documents its reviews in a
safety evaluation report and a
supplemental environmental impact statement, and performs verification
inspections at the applicants facility. If
the NRC issues a renewed license, the
licensee must continue to comply with
all existing regulations, license
conditions, orders, and commitments
associated with the current operating license as well as those additional activities required as a result of license
renewal. The licensees activities
continue to be subject to NRC oversight
during the period of extended operation.
Before issuance of the requested renewed license, the NRC will have
made the findings required by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:41 Jan 11, 2007Jkt 211001PO 00000Frm 00077Fmt 4703Sfmt 4703E:\FR\FM\12JAN1.SGM12JAN1 rmajette on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES 1563 Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 8/Friday, January 12, 2007/Notices and regulations. In accordance with 10 CFR 54.29, the NRC may issue a
renewed license on the basis of its
review if it finds that actions have been
identified and have been or will be
taken with respect to: (1) Managing the
effects of aging during the period of
extended operation on the functionality
of structures and components that have
been identified as requiring aging
management review; and (2) time-
limited aging analyses that have been
identified as requiring review, such that
there is reasonable assurance that the
activities authorized by the renewed
license will continue to be conducted in
accordance with the current licensing
basis (CLB), and that any changes made
to the plants CLB will comply with the
Act and the Commissions regulations.
In addition, the Commission must find that applicable requirements of Subpart A of 10 CFR Part 51 have been satisfied, and that matters raised under 10 CFR 2.335 have been addressed.
Notice of Opportunity for Hearing and Notices relating to the environmental
review will be published at a later date.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) and 10 CFR 54.23, Carolina Power &
Light Company prepared and submitted
the environmental report (ER) as part of
the LRA. The LRA and the ER are
publicly available at the NRCs PDR, located at One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852, or from ADAMS. The ADAMS
accession numbers for the LRA and the ER are ML063350270 and
ML063350276, respectively. The public
may also view the LRA and the ER on
the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/
reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/
applications.html. In addition, the LRA and the ER are available to the public near HNP, Unit 1, at the Eva. H. Perry
Library, 2100 Shepherds Vineyard
Drive, Apex, North Carolina 27502.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of January, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Acting Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E7-324 Filed 1-11-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Federal Programs AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of OMB Circular A-94.
SUMMARY
- The Office of Management and Budget revised Circular A-94 in
1992. The revised Circular specified
certain discount rates to be updated
annually when the interest rate and
inflation assumptions used to prepare
the budget of the United States
Government were changed. These
discount rates are found in Appendix C
of the revised Circular. The updated
discount rates are shown below. The
discount rates in Appendix C are to be
used for cost-effectiveness analysis, including lease-purchase analysis, as
specified in the revised Circular. They
do not apply to regulatory analysis.
DATES: The revised discount rates are effective immediately and will be in
effect through December 2007. FORFURTHERINFORMATIONCONTACT
- Robert B. Anderson, Office of Economic Policy, Office of Management and Budget, (202) 395-3381.
James D. Foster, Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office of Management and Budget.
Appendix CDiscount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness, Lease Purchase, and Related Analyses (OMB Circular No. A-94)Revised December 2006.
Effective Dates.
This appendix is updated annually around the time of the Presidents budget submission to Congress. This version of the appendix
is valid for calendar year 2007. A copy of the updated appendix can be obtained in electronic form through the OMB home page at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/
a094/a94_appx-c.html, the text of the main body of the Circular is found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
circulars/a094/a094.html, and a table of past years rates is located at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/
a094/DISCHIST-2007.pdf.
Updates of the appendix are also available upon
request from OMBs Office of Economic Policy (202-395-3381).
Nominal Discount Rates.
A forecast of nominal or market interest rates for 2007 based on the economic
assumptions for the 2008 Budget are presented below. These nominal rates are to be used for discounting nominal
flows, which are often encountered in lease-purchase analysis.
N OMINAL I NTEREST RATESON T REASURY NOTESAND BONDSOF S PECIFIED M ATURITIES[In percent] 3-Year 5-Year 7-Year 10-Year 20-Year 30-Year 4.9 4.9 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.1 Real Discount Rates.
A forecast of real interest rates from which the inflation
premium has been removed and based on the economic assumptions from the 2008 Budget is presented below. These
real rates are to be used for discounting constant-dollar flows, as is often required in cost-effectiveness analysis.
R EAL I NTEREST RATESON T REASURY NOTESAND BONDSOF S PECIFIED M ATURITIES[In percent] 3-Year 5-Year 7-Year 10-Year 20-Year 30-Year 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.0 Analyses of programs with terms different from those presented above
may use a linear interpolation. For example, a four-year project can be evaluated with a rate equal to the
average of the three-year and five-year rates. Programs with durations longer VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:41 Jan 11, 2007Jkt 211001PO 00000Frm 00078Fmt 4703Sfmt 4703E:\FR\FM\12JAN1.SGM12JAN1 rmajette on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES