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| number = ML091260084
| number = ML091260084
| issue date = 03/13/2009
| issue date = 03/13/2009
| title = Bredl V. Usnrc No. 09-1112 - Federal Register Notice 10969, 10970, 10971
| title = Bredl V. USNRC No. 09-1112 - Federal Register Notice 10969, 10970, 10971
| author name = Leeds E J
| author name = Leeds E
| author affiliation = NRC/NRR
| author affiliation = NRC/NRR
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{{#Wiki_filter:Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 48/Friday, March 13, 2009/Notices                             10969 certain geographic areas a requiring           The entire meeting will be open to    BLN) Units 1 and 2, respectively, at the special protection. The regulations         public attendance.                        applicant's site in Jackson County, AL, establish such a permit system to             The agenda for the subject meeting    on a peninsula at Tennessee River Mile designate Antarctic Specially Protected    shall be as follows:                     392 on the west shore of Guntersville Areas.                                      Friday, March 27, 2009-1 p.m. until      Reservoir, about 6 miles east northeast The application received follows:          the conclusion of business.            of Scottsboro, AL. On March 4, 2003, The Subcommittee will review          the NRC issued an Order amending CP
74, No. 48/Friday, March 13, 2009/Notices 10969 certain geographic areas a requiring special protection.
: 1. Permit Application No. 2009-025                                                    Nos. CPPR-122 and CPPR-123 by example uses of the guidance on Applicant                                  performance of sensitivity and           revising the latest dates for completion uncertainty analyses described in         of construction to October 1, 2011, for Cindy Lee Van Dover, Duke                                                          BLN Unit 1, and October 1, 2014, for University Marine Lab, 135 Marine Lab      NUREG-1855. The Subcommittee will hear presentations by and hold            BLN Unit 2.
The regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic Specially Protected Areas.The application received follows: 1. Permit Application No. 2009-025 Applicant Cindy Lee Van Dover, Duke University Marine Lab, 135 Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516.Activity for Which Permit Is Requested Take, Introduce Non-Indigenous Species into Antarctica, and Import into the USA. The applicant plans to collect sediment cores and seep invertebrates from the Larsen B embayment in order to (1) Characterize trophic relations between sediment bacteria, clams and other macro-invertebrates present in newly-discovered cold seeps; (2)provide a preliminary assessment of the genetic population structure of Larsen B cold seep clams; and (3) characterize the evolutionary relationship between Larsen B cold seep clams and other members of the family Vesicomyidae.
Road, Beaufort, NC 28516.                                                                On September 14, 2006, the NRC discussions with representatives of the Activity for Which Permit Is Requested      NRC staff. The Subcommittee will          granted TVA its request to withdraw the gather information, analyze relevant      CPs. Until the time of withdrawal, these Take, Introduce Non-Indigenous                                                    facilities were in a deferred plant status Species into Antarctica, and Import into issues and facts, and formulate              as described in the Commission's Policy the USA. The applicant plans to collect    proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the full Statement on Deferred Plants, as sediment cores and seep invertebrates                                                published in the Federal Register on from the Larsen B embayment in order        Committee. Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/  October 14, 1987 (52 FR 38077).
In addition, the applicant will deploy North Atlantic Right Whale vertebrae bones and pine wood substrate on eight moorings scattered through the Larsen B embayment.
to (1) Characterize trophic relations                                                    In a letter dated August 26, 2008, as between sediment bacteria, clams and        or written comments should notify the supplemented on September 25, 2008, other macro-invertebrates present in        Designated Federal Official, Harold      and on November 24, 2008, TVA has newly-discovered cold seeps; (2)            VanderMolen (Telephone: 301-415-requested these CPs be reinstated.
If time permits, invertebrates will be collected from the whale bone and wood substrates.
provide a preliminary assessment of the 6236) 5 days prior to the meeting, if            The NRC staff has prepared an genetic population structure of Larsen B possible, so that appropriate                "Environmental Assessment and cold seep clams; and (3) characterize the arrangements can be made. Electronic        Finding of No Significant Impact,"
During their second season, additional sediment cores will be collected as well as invertebrates, and the bone and wood moorings will be recovered.
evolutionary relationship between          recordings will be permitted only        which was published in the Federal Larsen B cold seep clams and other          during those portions of the meeting      Register on March 3, 2009 (74 FR 9308).
Location Larsen B Embayment, Antarctica.
members of the family Vesicomyidae. In that are open to the public. Detailed          Under Title 10, Section 51.32, "Finding addition, the applicant will deploy        procedures for the conduct of and         of No Significant Impact," of the Code North Atlantic Right Whale vertebrae        participation in ACRS meetings were       of FederalRegulations (10 CFR 51.32),
Dates January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2012.Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.[FR Doc. E9-5291 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am]BILLING CODE 7555-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice of Meeting The ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) will hold a meeting on March 27, 2009, Room T-2-1B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
bones and pine wood substrate on eight      published in the Federal Register on     the Commission has determined that moorings scattered through the Larsen B October 6, 2008, (73FR 58268-58269).         reinstating the CPs and placing the embayment. If time permits,                    Further information regarding this     facility in a terminated plant status will invertebrates will be collected from the    meeting can be obtained by contacting     not have a significant impact on the whale bone and wood substrates. During the Designated Federal Official between       environment.
The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows: Friday, March 27, 2009-1 p.m. until the conclusion of business.The Subcommittee will review example uses of the guidance on performance of sensitivity and uncertainty analyses described in NUREG-1855.
their second season, additional            8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (ET). Persons       For further details on this action, see sediment cores will be collected as well planning to attend this meeting are         the TVA application dated August 26, as invertebrates, and the bone and wood urged to contact the above named             2008, as supplemented on September moorings will be recovered.                individual at least two working days     25, 2008, and on November 24, 2008, prior to the meeting to be advised of any and the NRC staff's letter and safety Location                                    potential changes to the agenda.         evaluation related to the requested Larsen B Embayment, Antarctica.            Dated: March 6, 2009.                 reinstatement of the CPs dated March 9, Cayetano Santos,                         2009. Documents may be examined and/
The Subcommittee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff. The Subcommittee will gather information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and formulate proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the full Committee.
Dates Chief,Reactor Safety Branch A, Advisory   or copied for a fee at the NRC's Public January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2012.      Committee on ReactorSafeguards.          Document Room located at One White Nadene G. Kennedy,                          [FR Doc. E9-5450 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am] Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), and they are accessible through Permit Officer, Office of PolarPrograms. BILLING CODE 7590-01-P the Agencywide Documents Access and
Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/or written comments should notify the Designated Federal Official, Harold VanderMolen (Telephone:
[FR Doc. E9-5291 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am]                                              Management System (ADAMS)
301-415-6236) 5 days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Electronic recordings will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are open to the public. Detailed procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings were published in the Federal Register on October 6, 2008, (73FR 58268-58269).
BILLING CODE 7555-01-P                                                                Electronic Reading Room link at the NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION                                NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov.
Further information regarding this meeting can be obtained by contacting the Designated Federal Official between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (ET). Persons planning to attend this meeting are urged to contact the above named individual at least two working days prior to the meeting to be advised of any potential changes to the agenda.Dated: March 6, 2009.Cayetano Santos, Chief, Reactor Safety Branch A, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.
Any person adversely affected by this
[FR Doc. E9-5450 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am]BILLING CODE 7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-438 and 50-439; NRC-     Order may request a hearing on this NUCLEAR REGULATORY                          2009-0093]                                Order within 60 days of its issuance, COMMISSION                                                                            and the request for a hearing is limite'd In the Matter of Tennessee Valley to whether good cause exists for the Advisory Committee on Reactor              Authority (Bellefonte Nuclear Plant reinstatement of the CPs. The NRC will Safeguards, Meeting of the ACRS            Units 1 and 2); Order                     consider extending the time to answer Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice          The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission      or to request a hearing where good cause of Meeting                                  (predecessor to the U.S. Nuclear          is shown. A request for an extension of Regulatory Commission (NRC or the         time must be directed to the Director of The ACRS Subcommittee on                Commission)) issued construction          the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Reliability and Probabilistic Risk          permit (CP) Nos. CPPR-122 and CPPR-      (NRR), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Assessment (PRA) will hold a meeting        123 to the Tennessee Valley Authority    Commission, and must include a on March 27, 2009, Room T-2-1B3,           (TVA or the applicant) on December 24,   statement of good cause for the 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,           1974, authorizing construction of the     extension. Requirements for hearing Maryland.                                  Bellefonte Nuclear Plant (Bellefonte or  requests are found in 10 CFR 2.309,
[Docket Nos. 50-438 and 50-439; NRC-2009-0093]
 
In the Matter of Tennessee Valley Authority (Bellefonte Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2); Order The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (predecessor to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission))
10970                      Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 48/Friday, March 13, 2009/Notices "Hearing requests, Petitions to            Eastern Time on the due date. Upon        that the petition and/or request should Intervene, Requirements for Standing,      receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing  be granted and/or the contentions and Contentions."                          system time-stamps the document and      should be admitted based on a All documents filed in NRC               sends the submitter an e-mail notice      balancing of the factors specified in 10 adjudicatory proceedings, including a       confirming receipt of the document. The  CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)-(viii). To be timely, request for hearing, any motion or other    EIE system also distributes an e-mail    filings must be submitted no later than document filed in the proceeding prior      notice that provides access to the       11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due to the submission of a request for         document to the NRC Office of the         date.
issued construction permit (CP) Nos. CPPR-122 and CPPR-123 to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or the applicant) on December 24, 1974, authorizing construction of the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant (Bellefonte or BLN) Units 1 and 2, respectively, at the applicant's site in Jackson County, AL, on a peninsula at Tennessee River Mile 392 on the west shore of Guntersville Reservoir, about 6 miles east northeast of Scottsboro, AL. On March 4, 2003, the NRC issued an Order amending CP Nos. CPPR-122 and CPPR-123 by revising the latest dates for completion of construction to October 1, 2011, for BLN Unit 1, and October 1, 2014, for BLN Unit 2.On September 14, 2006, the NRC granted TVA its request to withdraw the CPs. Until the time of withdrawal, these facilities were in a deferred plant status as described in the Commission's Policy Statement on Deferred Plants, as published in the Federal Register on October 14, 1987 (52 FR 38077).In a letter dated August 26, 2008, as supplemented on September 25, 2008, and on November 24, 2008, TVA has requested these CPs be reinstated.
hearing, and documents filed by            General Counsel and any others who          Documents submitted in adjudicatory interested governmental entities            have advised the Office of the Secretary  proceedings will appear in NRC's participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c),       that they wish to participate in the      electronic hearing docket which is must be filed in accordance with the        proceeding, so that the filer need not    available to the public at http://
The NRC staff has prepared an"Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact," which was published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2009 (74 FR 9308).Under Title 10, Section 51.32, "Finding of No Significant Impact," of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 51.32), the Commission has determined that reinstating the CPs and placing the facility in a terminated plant status will not have a significant impact on the environment.
NRC's Electronic Maintenance and            serve the document on those              ehd.nrc.gov/EHDProceeding/home.asp, Submission of Information (E-Filing)        participants separately. Therefore,       unless they are excluded under an order rule, which the NRC promulgated on          applicants and other participants (or    of the Commission, the Atomic Safety August 28, 2007 (72 FR 49139). The E-      their counsel or representative) must    and Licensing Board, or a presiding Filing process requires participants to     apply for and receive a digital ID        officer. Participants are requested not to submit and serve all adjudicatory          certificate before a hearing request is  include personal privacy information documents over the Internet or, in some filed so that they may obtain access to      such as social security numbers, home cases, to mail copies on electronic        the document via the E-Filing system. addresses, or home telephone numbers storage media. Participants may not            A person filing electronically using  in their filings. With respect to submit paper copies of their filings       the agency's adjudicatory e-filing system copyrighted works, except for limited unless they seek a waiver in accordance may seek assistance through the              excerpts that serve the purpose of the with the procedures described below.       "Contact Us" link located on the NRC      adjudicatory filings and would To comply with the procedural           Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-     constitute a "fair use" application, requirements associated with E-Filing,      help/e-submittals.html or by calling the  participants are requested not to include at least 10 days prior to the filing        NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk, which    copyrighted materials in their deadline, the requestor should contact      is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,  submission.
For further details on this action, see the TVA application dated August 26, 2008, as supplemented on September 25, 2008, and on November 24, 2008, and the NRC staff's letter and safety evaluation related to the requested reinstatement of the CPs dated March 9, 2009. Documents may be examined and/or copied for a fee at the NRC's Public Document Room located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), and they are accessible through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)Electronic Reading Room link at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov.
the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at    Eastern Time, Monday through Friday,         If a person requests a hearing, that hearing.docket@nrc.govor by calling        excluding government holidays. The        person shall set forth with particularity (301) 415-1677, to request (1) a digital   toll-free help line number is (866) 672-  the manner in which his or her interest identification (ID) certificate that allows 7640. A person filing electronically may  is adversely affected by this Order and the participant (or its counsel or         also seek assistance by sending an e-    shall address the criteria set forth in 10 representative) to digitally sign          mail to the NRC Electronic Filing Help    CFR 2.309(d).
Any person adversely affected by this Order may request a hearing on this Order within 60 days of its issuance, and the request for a hearing is limite'd to whether good cause exists for the reinstatement of the CPs. The NRC will consider extending the time to answer or to request a hearing where good cause is shown. A request for an extension of time must be directed to the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and must include a statement of good cause for the extension.
documents and access the E-Submittal        Desk at MSHD.resource@nrc.gov.               The scope of this Order reinstating the server for any NRC proceeding in which Participants who believe that they have        CPs and any proceeding hereunder is it is participating or (2) the creation of  good cause for not submitting            limited to direct challenges to the an electronic docket for the proceeding    documents electronically must file an    permit holder's asserted reasons that (even in instances when the requestor      exemption request, in accordance with    show good cause justification for the (or its counsel or representative) already 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper  reinstatement of the CPs.
Requirements for hearing requests are found in 10 CFR 2.309, 10970 Federal Register/Vol.
holds an NRC-issued digital ID              filing requesting authorization to           Attorney for the PermitHolder:
74, No. 48/Friday, March 13, 2009/Notices"Hearing requests, Petitions to Intervene, Requirements for Standing, and Contentions." All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a request for hearing, any motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a request for hearing, and documents filed by interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the NRC's Electronic Maintenance and Submission of Information (E-Filing) rule, which the NRC promulgated on August 28, 2007 (72 FR 49139). The E-Filing process requires participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the Internet or, in some cases, to mail copies on electronic storage media. Participants may not submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek a waiver in accordance with the procedures described below.To comply with the procedural requirements associated with E-Filing, at least 10 days prior to the filing deadline, the requestor should contact the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at hearing.docket@nrc.gov or by calling (301) 415-1677, to request (1) a digital identification (ID) certificate that allows the participant (or its counsel or representative) to digitally sign documents and access the E-Submittal server for any NRC proceeding in which it is participating or (2) the creation of an electronic docket for the proceeding (even in instances when the requestor (or its counsel or representative) already holds an NRC-issued digital ID certificate).
certificate). Each requestor will need to  continue to submit documents in paper    Maureen H. Dunn, Executive Vice download the Workplace Forms                format. Such filings must be submitted    President and General Counsel, ViewerTM to access the Electronic          (1) by first-class mail addressed to the Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Information Exchange (EIE) viewer,          Office of the Secretary of the           Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN which is a component of the E-Filing        Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory      37902.
Each requestor will need to download the Workplace Forms ViewerTM to access the Electronic Information Exchange (EIE) viewer, which is a component of the E-Filing system. The Workplace Forms ViewerTM is free and is available at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
system. The Workplace Forms ViewerTM Commission, Washington, DC 20555-                  Accordingly, pursuant to Section is free and is available at http://        0001, Attention: Rulemaking and          161b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/        Adjudications Staff, or (2) by courier,  as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 2201(b),
install-viewer.html.
install-viewer.html. Information about      express mail, or expedited delivery      and 10 CFR 50.55(b), it is hereby how to apply for a digital ID certificate  service to the Office of the Secretary,  ordered that CP Nos. CPPR-122 and is also available on NRC's public Web      Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North,   CPPR-123 for the construction of BLN site at http://wwvw.nrc.gov/site-help/e-   11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,          Units 1 and 2, respectively, are submittals/apply-certificates.html.         Maryland, 20852, Attention:              reinstated, and the facility returned to a Once a requestor has obtained a          Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.      terminated plant status under Section digital ID certificate, had a docket        Participants filing a document in this    II.B, "Terminated Plant," of the created, and downloaded the EIE            manner are responsible for serving the   Commission's Policy Statement on viewer, he or she can then submit a        document on all other participants.       Deferred Plants dated October 14, 1987 request for a hearing through EIE.         Filing is considered complete by first-   (52 FR 38077). It is also ordered, in Submissions should be in portable          class mail as of the time of the deposit  accordance with 10 CFR 50.55(b), that document format (PDF) in accordance        in the mail, or by courier, express mail, the expiration dates defining the latest with NRC guidance available on the          or expedited delivery service upon        construction completion dates for CP NRC public Web site at http://              depositing the document with the         Nos. CPPR-122 and CPPR-123 are www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-                   provider of the service.                  October 1, 2011, and October 1, 2014, submittals.html. A filing is considered        Non-timely requests and/or petitions   respectively. Should TVA choose to complete at the time the filer submits      and contentions will not be entertained   pursue placement of the facility in a the document through EIE. To be timely, absent a determination by the                 deferred plant status, it shall ensure to electronic filings must be submitted to    Commission, the presiding officer, or     the satisfaction of the NRR Director that the EIE system no later than 11:59 p.m. the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board     it has complied with the guidance and
Information about how to apply for a digital ID certificate is also available on NRC's public Web site at http://wwvw.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.html.
 
Once a requestor has obtained a digital ID certificate, had a docket created, and downloaded the EIE viewer, he or she can then submit a request for a hearing through EIE.Submissions should be in portable document format (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance available on the NRC public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 48/Friday, March 13, 2009/Notices                                                                                  10971 provisions under Section IILA,                                                        1. Title and purpose of information                        (generally the last day of the month "Deferred Plant," of the Commission's                                              collection: Survivor Questionnaire;                            following the month in which age 65 is Policy Statement on Deferred Plants.                                              OMB 3220-0032.                                                 attained). Under Section 2(h)(2) of the When the results of its evaluation and                                                Under Section 6 of the Railroad                            RRA, the amount of the supplemental inspection are satisfactory, the NRR                                              Retirement Act (RRA), benefits that may                        annuity is reduced if the employees Director may then authorize placement                                            be due on the death of a railroad                              receive monthly pension payments, or of the facility in a deferred plant status.                                       employee or a survivor annuitant                                lump-sum pension payments, from their Should TVA decide to reactivate                                                  include (1) a lump-sum death benefit (2)                        former railroad employer, which are construction, it shall comply with the                                           a residual lump-sum payment (3)                                based in whole or in part on provisions for notifying the NRR                                                  accrued annuities due but unpaid at                              contributions from that railroad Director and shall provide the                                                   death, and (4) monthly survivor                                  employer. The employees' own information described in the                                                      insurance payments. The requirements                            contributions to their pension accounts Commission's Policy Statement on                                                  for determining the entitlement of                              do not cause a reduction. An employer Deferred Plants.                                                                  possible beneficiaries to these.benefits                        private pension is described in 20 CFR are prescribed in 20 CFR part 234.                              216.40-216.42.
A filing is considered complete at the time the filer submits the document through EIE. To be timely, electronic filings must be submitted to the EIE system no later than 11:59 p.m.Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends the submitter an e-mail notice confirming receipt of the document.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day                                          When the RRB receives notification of of March 2009.                                                                                                                                      The RRB requires the following the death of a railroad employee or                            information from railroad employers to For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.                                         survivor annuitant, an RRB field office Eric J.Leeds,                                                                                                                                     calculate supplemental annuities: (a) utilizes Form RL-94-F, Survivor                                The current status of railroad employer Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor                                              Questionnaire, to secure additional Regulation.                                                                                                                                      pension plans and whether such information from surviving relatives                            employer pension plans cause
The EIE system also distributes an e-mail notice that provides access to the document to the NRC Office of the General Counsel and any others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the document on those participants separately.
[FR Doc. E9-5437 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am]                                          needed to determine if any further                              reductions to the RRB supplemental BILLING CODE 7590-01-P                                                            benefits are payable under the RRA.                             annuity; (b) the amount of the employer Completion is voluntary. One response                          private pension being paid to the is requested of each respondent.                               employee; (c) whether or not the The RRB proposes minor non-burden RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD                                                        impacting changes to Form RL-94-F.                              employer made contributions to the The completion time for the RL-94-F is                          pension; (d) whether or not the Proposed Data Collection(s) Available                                            estimated at between 5 to 11 minutes.                          employee was cashed out before for Public Comment and                                                            The RRB estimates that approximately                            attaining retirement age under the Recommendations                                                                  8,000 responses are received annually.                         employer pension plan or received the
Therefore, applicants and other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request is filed so that they may obtain access to the document via the E-Filing system.A person filing electronically using the agency's adjudicatory e-filing system may seek assistance through the"Contact Us" link located on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html or by calling the NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk, which is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays.
: 2. Title and Purpose of Information                        pension in a lump-sum payment in lieu Summary: In accordance with the                                               Collection: Pension Plan Reports; OMB                          of monthly pension payments; and (e) requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of                                          3220-0089.                                                      whether the employer pension plan the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                                                    Under Section 2(b) of the Railroad                        continues when the employer status which provides opportunity for public                                            Retirement Act (RRA), the Railroad                              under the RRA changes. The comment on new or revised data                                                    Retirement Board (RRB) pays                                    requirement that railroad employers collections, the Railroad Retirement                                              supplemental annuities to qualified RRB                        furnish pension information to the RRB Board (RRB) will publish periodic                                                employee annuitants. A supplemental                            is contained in 20 CFR 209.2.
The toll-free help line number is (866) 672-7640. A person filing electronically may also seek assistance by sending an e-mail to the NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk at MSHD.resource@nrc.gov.
summaries of proposed data collections.                                           annuity, which is computed according                              The RRB currently utilizes Form(s) G-Comments are invited on: (a) Whether                                          to Section 3(e) of the RRA, can be paid                        88p (Employer's Supplemental Pension the proposed information collections are                                          at age 60 if the employee has at least 30                      Report), G-88r (Request for Information necessary for the proper performance of                                          years of creditable railroad service or at                      About New or Revised Pension Plan),
Participants who believe that they have good cause for not submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper format. Such filings must be submitted (1) by first-class mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
the functions of the agency, including                                            age 65 if the employee has 25-29 years                          and G-88r.1 (Request for Additional whether the information has practical                                            of railroad service. In addition to 25                          Information about Employer Pension utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB's                                           years of service, a "current connection"                        Plan in Case of Change of Employer estimate of the burden for the collection                                         with the railroad industry is required.                        Status or Termination of Pension Plan),
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff, or (2) by courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention:
of the information; (c) ways to enhance                                           Eligibility is further limited to                              to obtain the necessary information from the quality, utility, and clarity of the                                         employees who had at least one month                            railroad employers. One response is information to be collected; and (d)                                             of rail service before October 1981 and                        requested of each respondent.
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.Participants filing a document in this manner are responsible for serving the document on all other participants.
ways to minimize the burden related to                                           were awarded regular annuities after                            Completion is mandatory.
Filing is considered complete by first-class mail as of the time of the deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the provider of the service.Non-timely requests and/or petitions and contentions will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding officer, or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition and/or request should be granted and/or the contentions should be admitted based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)-(viii).
the collection of information on                                                 June 1966. Further, if an employee's                              The RRB proposes no changes to respondents, including the use of                                                 65th birthday was prior to September 2,                        Form G-88p, G-88r or G-88r.1 automated collection techniques or                                                1981, he or she must not have worked                              The estimated annual respondent other forms of information technology.                                           in rail service after certain closing dates                    burden is as follows:
To be timely, filings must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at http://ehd.nrc.gov/EHDProceeding/home.asp, unless they are excluded under an order of the Commission, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, or a presiding officer. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information such as social security numbers, home addresses, or home telephone numbers in their filings. With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a "fair use" application, participants are requested not to include copyrighted materials in their submission.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN Form No.(s)                                                                     Annual              Time              Burden responses              (min)             (hrs)
If a person requests a hearing, that person shall set forth with particularity the manner in which his or her interest is adversely affected by this Order and shall address the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 2.309(d).The scope of this Order reinstating the CPs and any proceeding hereunder is limited to direct challenges to the permit holder's asserted reasons that show good cause justification for the reinstatement of the CPs.Attorney for the Permit Holder: Maureen H. Dunn, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902.Accordingly, pursuant to Section 161b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 2201(b), and 10 CFR 50.55(b), it is hereby ordered that CP Nos. CPPR-122 and CPPR-123 for the construction of BLN Units 1 and 2, respectively, are reinstated, and the facility returned to a terminated plant status under Section II.B, "Terminated Plant," of the Commission's Policy Statement on Deferred Plants dated October 14, 1987 (52 FR 38077). It is also ordered, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.55(b), that the expiration dates defining the latest construction completion dates for CP Nos. CPPR-122 and CPPR-123 are October 1, 2011, and October 1, 2014, respectively.
G-88p ..........................................................................................................................................           750                           8       100 G-88r ...........................................................................................................................................           10                         10         2 G-88r.1 ........................................................................................................................................             5                           7         1 Total ......................................................................................................................................         765 ........................         103}}
Should TVA choose to pursue placement of the facility in a deferred plant status, it shall ensure to the satisfaction of the NRR Director that it has complied with the guidance and Federal Register/Vol.
74, No. 48/Friday, March 13, 2009/Notices 10971 provisions under Section IILA,"Deferred Plant," of the Commission's Policy Statement on Deferred Plants.When the results of its evaluation and inspection are satisfactory, the NRR Director may then authorize placement of the facility in a deferred plant status.Should TVA decide to reactivate construction, it shall comply with the provisions for notifying the NRR Director and shall provide the information described in the Commission's Policy Statement on Deferred Plants.Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of March 2009.For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eric J. Leeds, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E9-5437 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am]BILLING CODE 7590-01-P RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD Proposed Data Collection(s)
Available for Public Comment and Recommendations Summary: In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information collections are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden for the collection of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d)ways to minimize the burden related to the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
: 1. Title and purpose of information collection:
Survivor Questionnaire; OMB 3220-0032.
Under Section 6 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), benefits that may be due on the death of a railroad employee or a survivor annuitant include (1) a lump-sum death benefit (2)a residual lump-sum payment (3)accrued annuities due but unpaid at death, and (4) monthly survivor insurance payments.
The requirements for determining the entitlement of possible beneficiaries to these.benefits are prescribed in 20 CFR part 234.When the RRB receives notification of the death of a railroad employee or survivor annuitant, an RRB field office utilizes Form RL-94-F, Survivor Questionnaire, to secure additional information from surviving relatives needed to determine if any further benefits are payable under the RRA.Completion is voluntary.
One response is requested of each respondent.
The RRB proposes minor non-burden impacting changes to Form RL-94-F.The completion time for the RL-94-F is estimated at between 5 to 11 minutes.The RRB estimates that approximately 8,000 responses are received annually.2. Title and Purpose of Information Collection:
Pension Plan Reports; OMB 3220-0089.
Under Section 2(b) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) pays supplemental annuities to qualified RRB employee annuitants.
A supplemental annuity, which is computed according to Section 3(e) of the RRA, can be paid at age 60 if the employee has at least 30 years of creditable railroad service or at age 65 if the employee has 25-29 years of railroad service. In addition to 25 years of service, a "current connection" with the railroad industry is required.Eligibility is further limited to employees who had at least one month of rail service before October 1981 and were awarded regular annuities after June 1966. Further, if an employee's 65th birthday was prior to September 2, 1981, he or she must not have worked in rail service after certain closing dates (generally the last day of the month following the month in which age 65 is attained).
Under Section 2(h)(2) of the RRA, the amount of the supplemental annuity is reduced if the employees receive monthly pension payments, or lump-sum pension payments, from their former railroad employer, which are based in whole or in part on contributions from that railroad employer.
The employees' own contributions to their pension accounts do not cause a reduction.
An employer private pension is described in 20 CFR 216.40-216.42.
The RRB requires the following information from railroad employers to calculate supplemental annuities: (a)The current status of railroad employer pension plans and whether such employer pension plans cause reductions to the RRB supplemental annuity; (b) the amount of the employer private pension being paid to the employee; (c) whether or not the employer made contributions to the pension; (d) whether or not the employee was cashed out before attaining retirement age under the employer pension plan or received the pension in a lump-sum payment in lieu of monthly pension payments; and (e)whether the employer pension plan continues when the employer status under the RRA changes. The requirement that railroad employers furnish pension information to the RRB is contained in 20 CFR 209.2.The RRB currently utilizes Form(s) G-88p (Employer's Supplemental Pension Report), G-88r (Request for Information About New or Revised Pension Plan), and G-88r.1 (Request for Additional Information about Employer Pension Plan in Case of Change of Employer Status or Termination of Pension Plan), to obtain the necessary information from railroad employers.
One response is requested of each respondent.
Completion is mandatory.
The RRB proposes no changes to Form G-88p, G-88r or G-88r.1 The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows: ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN Form No.(s) Annual Time Burden responses (min) (hrs)G-88p ..........................................................................................................................................
750 8 100 G-88r ...........................................................................................................................................
10 10 2 G-88r.1 ........................................................................................................................................
5 7 1 Total ......................................................................................................................................
765 ........................
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Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 48/Friday, March 13, 2009/Notices 10969 certain geographic areas a requiring The entire meeting will be open to BLN) Units 1 and 2, respectively, at the special protection. The regulations public attendance. applicant's site in Jackson County, AL, establish such a permit system to The agenda for the subject meeting on a peninsula at Tennessee River Mile designate Antarctic Specially Protected shall be as follows: 392 on the west shore of Guntersville Areas. Friday, March 27, 2009-1 p.m. until Reservoir, about 6 miles east northeast The application received follows: the conclusion of business. of Scottsboro, AL. On March 4, 2003, The Subcommittee will review the NRC issued an Order amending CP

1. Permit Application No. 2009-025 Nos. CPPR-122 and CPPR-123 by example uses of the guidance on Applicant performance of sensitivity and revising the latest dates for completion uncertainty analyses described in of construction to October 1, 2011, for Cindy Lee Van Dover, Duke BLN Unit 1, and October 1, 2014, for University Marine Lab, 135 Marine Lab NUREG-1855. The Subcommittee will hear presentations by and hold BLN Unit 2.

Road, Beaufort, NC 28516. On September 14, 2006, the NRC discussions with representatives of the Activity for Which Permit Is Requested NRC staff. The Subcommittee will granted TVA its request to withdraw the gather information, analyze relevant CPs. Until the time of withdrawal, these Take, Introduce Non-Indigenous facilities were in a deferred plant status Species into Antarctica, and Import into issues and facts, and formulate as described in the Commission's Policy the USA. The applicant plans to collect proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the full Statement on Deferred Plants, as sediment cores and seep invertebrates published in the Federal Register on from the Larsen B embayment in order Committee. Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/ October 14, 1987 (52 FR 38077).

to (1) Characterize trophic relations In a letter dated August 26, 2008, as between sediment bacteria, clams and or written comments should notify the supplemented on September 25, 2008, other macro-invertebrates present in Designated Federal Official, Harold and on November 24, 2008, TVA has newly-discovered cold seeps; (2) VanderMolen (Telephone: 301-415-requested these CPs be reinstated.

provide a preliminary assessment of the 6236) 5 days prior to the meeting, if The NRC staff has prepared an genetic population structure of Larsen B possible, so that appropriate "Environmental Assessment and cold seep clams; and (3) characterize the arrangements can be made. Electronic Finding of No Significant Impact,"

evolutionary relationship between recordings will be permitted only which was published in the Federal Larsen B cold seep clams and other during those portions of the meeting Register on March 3, 2009 (74 FR 9308).

members of the family Vesicomyidae. In that are open to the public. Detailed Under Title 10, Section 51.32, "Finding addition, the applicant will deploy procedures for the conduct of and of No Significant Impact," of the Code North Atlantic Right Whale vertebrae participation in ACRS meetings were of FederalRegulations (10 CFR 51.32),

bones and pine wood substrate on eight published in the Federal Register on the Commission has determined that moorings scattered through the Larsen B October 6, 2008, (73FR 58268-58269). reinstating the CPs and placing the embayment. If time permits, Further information regarding this facility in a terminated plant status will invertebrates will be collected from the meeting can be obtained by contacting not have a significant impact on the whale bone and wood substrates. During the Designated Federal Official between environment.

their second season, additional 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (ET). Persons For further details on this action, see sediment cores will be collected as well planning to attend this meeting are the TVA application dated August 26, as invertebrates, and the bone and wood urged to contact the above named 2008, as supplemented on September moorings will be recovered. individual at least two working days 25, 2008, and on November 24, 2008, prior to the meeting to be advised of any and the NRC staff's letter and safety Location potential changes to the agenda. evaluation related to the requested Larsen B Embayment, Antarctica. Dated: March 6, 2009. reinstatement of the CPs dated March 9, Cayetano Santos, 2009. Documents may be examined and/

Dates Chief,Reactor Safety Branch A, Advisory or copied for a fee at the NRC's Public January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2012. Committee on ReactorSafeguards. Document Room located at One White Nadene G. Kennedy, [FR Doc. E9-5450 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am] Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), and they are accessible through Permit Officer, Office of PolarPrograms. BILLING CODE 7590-01-P the Agencywide Documents Access and

[FR Doc. E9-5291 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am] Management System (ADAMS)

BILLING CODE 7555-01-P Electronic Reading Room link at the NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov.

Any person adversely affected by this

[Docket Nos. 50-438 and 50-439; NRC- Order may request a hearing on this NUCLEAR REGULATORY 2009-0093] Order within 60 days of its issuance, COMMISSION and the request for a hearing is limite'd In the Matter of Tennessee Valley to whether good cause exists for the Advisory Committee on Reactor Authority (Bellefonte Nuclear Plant reinstatement of the CPs. The NRC will Safeguards, Meeting of the ACRS Units 1 and 2); Order consider extending the time to answer Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission or to request a hearing where good cause of Meeting (predecessor to the U.S. Nuclear is shown. A request for an extension of Regulatory Commission (NRC or the time must be directed to the Director of The ACRS Subcommittee on Commission)) issued construction the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Reliability and Probabilistic Risk permit (CP) Nos. CPPR-122 and CPPR- (NRR), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Assessment (PRA) will hold a meeting 123 to the Tennessee Valley Authority Commission, and must include a on March 27, 2009, Room T-2-1B3, (TVA or the applicant) on December 24, statement of good cause for the 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 1974, authorizing construction of the extension. Requirements for hearing Maryland. Bellefonte Nuclear Plant (Bellefonte or requests are found in 10 CFR 2.309,

10970 Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 48/Friday, March 13, 2009/Notices "Hearing requests, Petitions to Eastern Time on the due date. Upon that the petition and/or request should Intervene, Requirements for Standing, receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing be granted and/or the contentions and Contentions." system time-stamps the document and should be admitted based on a All documents filed in NRC sends the submitter an e-mail notice balancing of the factors specified in 10 adjudicatory proceedings, including a confirming receipt of the document. The CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)-(viii). To be timely, request for hearing, any motion or other EIE system also distributes an e-mail filings must be submitted no later than document filed in the proceeding prior notice that provides access to the 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due to the submission of a request for document to the NRC Office of the date.

hearing, and documents filed by General Counsel and any others who Documents submitted in adjudicatory interested governmental entities have advised the Office of the Secretary proceedings will appear in NRC's participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c), that they wish to participate in the electronic hearing docket which is must be filed in accordance with the proceeding, so that the filer need not available to the public at http://

NRC's Electronic Maintenance and serve the document on those ehd.nrc.gov/EHDProceeding/home.asp, Submission of Information (E-Filing) participants separately. Therefore, unless they are excluded under an order rule, which the NRC promulgated on applicants and other participants (or of the Commission, the Atomic Safety August 28, 2007 (72 FR 49139). The E- their counsel or representative) must and Licensing Board, or a presiding Filing process requires participants to apply for and receive a digital ID officer. Participants are requested not to submit and serve all adjudicatory certificate before a hearing request is include personal privacy information documents over the Internet or, in some filed so that they may obtain access to such as social security numbers, home cases, to mail copies on electronic the document via the E-Filing system. addresses, or home telephone numbers storage media. Participants may not A person filing electronically using in their filings. With respect to submit paper copies of their filings the agency's adjudicatory e-filing system copyrighted works, except for limited unless they seek a waiver in accordance may seek assistance through the excerpts that serve the purpose of the with the procedures described below. "Contact Us" link located on the NRC adjudicatory filings and would To comply with the procedural Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site- constitute a "fair use" application, requirements associated with E-Filing, help/e-submittals.html or by calling the participants are requested not to include at least 10 days prior to the filing NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk, which copyrighted materials in their deadline, the requestor should contact is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., submission.

the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, If a person requests a hearing, that hearing.docket@nrc.govor by calling excluding government holidays. The person shall set forth with particularity (301) 415-1677, to request (1) a digital toll-free help line number is (866) 672- the manner in which his or her interest identification (ID) certificate that allows 7640. A person filing electronically may is adversely affected by this Order and the participant (or its counsel or also seek assistance by sending an e- shall address the criteria set forth in 10 representative) to digitally sign mail to the NRC Electronic Filing Help CFR 2.309(d).

documents and access the E-Submittal Desk at MSHD.resource@nrc.gov. The scope of this Order reinstating the server for any NRC proceeding in which Participants who believe that they have CPs and any proceeding hereunder is it is participating or (2) the creation of good cause for not submitting limited to direct challenges to the an electronic docket for the proceeding documents electronically must file an permit holder's asserted reasons that (even in instances when the requestor exemption request, in accordance with show good cause justification for the (or its counsel or representative) already 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper reinstatement of the CPs.

holds an NRC-issued digital ID filing requesting authorization to Attorney for the PermitHolder:

certificate). Each requestor will need to continue to submit documents in paper Maureen H. Dunn, Executive Vice download the Workplace Forms format. Such filings must be submitted President and General Counsel, ViewerTM to access the Electronic (1) by first-class mail addressed to the Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Information Exchange (EIE) viewer, Office of the Secretary of the Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN which is a component of the E-Filing Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 37902.

system. The Workplace Forms ViewerTM Commission, Washington, DC 20555- Accordingly, pursuant to Section is free and is available at http:// 0001, Attention: Rulemaking and 161b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ Adjudications Staff, or (2) by courier, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 2201(b),

install-viewer.html. Information about express mail, or expedited delivery and 10 CFR 50.55(b), it is hereby how to apply for a digital ID certificate service to the Office of the Secretary, ordered that CP Nos. CPPR-122 and is also available on NRC's public Web Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, CPPR-123 for the construction of BLN site at http://wwvw.nrc.gov/site-help/e- 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Units 1 and 2, respectively, are submittals/apply-certificates.html. Maryland, 20852, Attention: reinstated, and the facility returned to a Once a requestor has obtained a Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. terminated plant status under Section digital ID certificate, had a docket Participants filing a document in this II.B, "Terminated Plant," of the created, and downloaded the EIE manner are responsible for serving the Commission's Policy Statement on viewer, he or she can then submit a document on all other participants. Deferred Plants dated October 14, 1987 request for a hearing through EIE. Filing is considered complete by first- (52 FR 38077). It is also ordered, in Submissions should be in portable class mail as of the time of the deposit accordance with 10 CFR 50.55(b), that document format (PDF) in accordance in the mail, or by courier, express mail, the expiration dates defining the latest with NRC guidance available on the or expedited delivery service upon construction completion dates for CP NRC public Web site at http:// depositing the document with the Nos. CPPR-122 and CPPR-123 are www.nrc.gov/site-help/e- provider of the service. October 1, 2011, and October 1, 2014, submittals.html. A filing is considered Non-timely requests and/or petitions respectively. Should TVA choose to complete at the time the filer submits and contentions will not be entertained pursue placement of the facility in a the document through EIE. To be timely, absent a determination by the deferred plant status, it shall ensure to electronic filings must be submitted to Commission, the presiding officer, or the satisfaction of the NRR Director that the EIE system no later than 11:59 p.m. the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board it has complied with the guidance and

Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 48/Friday, March 13, 2009/Notices 10971 provisions under Section IILA, 1. Title and purpose of information (generally the last day of the month "Deferred Plant," of the Commission's collection: Survivor Questionnaire; following the month in which age 65 is Policy Statement on Deferred Plants. OMB 3220-0032. attained). Under Section 2(h)(2) of the When the results of its evaluation and Under Section 6 of the Railroad RRA, the amount of the supplemental inspection are satisfactory, the NRR Retirement Act (RRA), benefits that may annuity is reduced if the employees Director may then authorize placement be due on the death of a railroad receive monthly pension payments, or of the facility in a deferred plant status. employee or a survivor annuitant lump-sum pension payments, from their Should TVA decide to reactivate include (1) a lump-sum death benefit (2) former railroad employer, which are construction, it shall comply with the a residual lump-sum payment (3) based in whole or in part on provisions for notifying the NRR accrued annuities due but unpaid at contributions from that railroad Director and shall provide the death, and (4) monthly survivor employer. The employees' own information described in the insurance payments. The requirements contributions to their pension accounts Commission's Policy Statement on for determining the entitlement of do not cause a reduction. An employer Deferred Plants. possible beneficiaries to these.benefits private pension is described in 20 CFR are prescribed in 20 CFR part 234. 216.40-216.42.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day When the RRB receives notification of of March 2009. The RRB requires the following the death of a railroad employee or information from railroad employers to For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. survivor annuitant, an RRB field office Eric J.Leeds, calculate supplemental annuities: (a) utilizes Form RL-94-F, Survivor The current status of railroad employer Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Questionnaire, to secure additional Regulation. pension plans and whether such information from surviving relatives employer pension plans cause

[FR Doc. E9-5437 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am] needed to determine if any further reductions to the RRB supplemental BILLING CODE 7590-01-P benefits are payable under the RRA. annuity; (b) the amount of the employer Completion is voluntary. One response private pension being paid to the is requested of each respondent. employee; (c) whether or not the The RRB proposes minor non-burden RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD impacting changes to Form RL-94-F. employer made contributions to the The completion time for the RL-94-F is pension; (d) whether or not the Proposed Data Collection(s) Available estimated at between 5 to 11 minutes. employee was cashed out before for Public Comment and The RRB estimates that approximately attaining retirement age under the Recommendations 8,000 responses are received annually. employer pension plan or received the

2. Title and Purpose of Information pension in a lump-sum payment in lieu Summary: In accordance with the Collection: Pension Plan Reports; OMB of monthly pension payments; and (e) requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of 3220-0089. whether the employer pension plan the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Under Section 2(b) of the Railroad continues when the employer status which provides opportunity for public Retirement Act (RRA), the Railroad under the RRA changes. The comment on new or revised data Retirement Board (RRB) pays requirement that railroad employers collections, the Railroad Retirement supplemental annuities to qualified RRB furnish pension information to the RRB Board (RRB) will publish periodic employee annuitants. A supplemental is contained in 20 CFR 209.2.

summaries of proposed data collections. annuity, which is computed according The RRB currently utilizes Form(s) G-Comments are invited on: (a) Whether to Section 3(e) of the RRA, can be paid 88p (Employer's Supplemental Pension the proposed information collections are at age 60 if the employee has at least 30 Report), G-88r (Request for Information necessary for the proper performance of years of creditable railroad service or at About New or Revised Pension Plan),

the functions of the agency, including age 65 if the employee has 25-29 years and G-88r.1 (Request for Additional whether the information has practical of railroad service. In addition to 25 Information about Employer Pension utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB's years of service, a "current connection" Plan in Case of Change of Employer estimate of the burden for the collection with the railroad industry is required. Status or Termination of Pension Plan),

of the information; (c) ways to enhance Eligibility is further limited to to obtain the necessary information from the quality, utility, and clarity of the employees who had at least one month railroad employers. One response is information to be collected; and (d) of rail service before October 1981 and requested of each respondent.

ways to minimize the burden related to were awarded regular annuities after Completion is mandatory.

the collection of information on June 1966. Further, if an employee's The RRB proposes no changes to respondents, including the use of 65th birthday was prior to September 2, Form G-88p, G-88r or G-88r.1 automated collection techniques or 1981, he or she must not have worked The estimated annual respondent other forms of information technology. in rail service after certain closing dates burden is as follows:

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN Form No.(s) Annual Time Burden responses (min) (hrs)

G-88p .......................................................................................................................................... 750 8 100 G-88r ........................................................................................................................................... 10 10 2 G-88r.1 ........................................................................................................................................ 5 7 1 Total ...................................................................................................................................... 765 ........................ 103