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53236 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2012 / Notices

materials will be made available in designation of certain animals and NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT alternative formats to accommodate certain geographic areas a requiring CORPORATION individuals with disabilities. special protection. The regulations Individuals who need other establish such a permit system to Sunshine Act Meeting Notice accommodations due to disability in designate Antarctic Specially Protected Corporate Administration Committee order to attend the meeting in person or Areas. Meeting of The Board of Directors telephonically should contact Katherine The applications received are as Ward, at (202) 295–1500 or follows: TIME AND DATE: 1 p.m., Thursday, [email protected], at Permit Application: 2013–019 September 13, 2012. least 2 business days in advance of the PLACE: 1325 G Street NW., Suite 800, meeting. If a request is made without 1. Applicant: Lockheed Martin IS&GS, Boardroom, Washington, DC 20005. Antarctic Support Contract, 7400 S. advance notice, LSC will make every STATUS: Open. effort to accommodate the request but Tucson Way, Centennial, CO CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: cannot guarantee that all requests can be 80112–3938. Erica Hall, Assistant Corporate fulfilled. Activity for Which Permit Is Requested Secretary; (202) 220–2376; Dated: August 28, 2012. Enter Antarctic Specially Protected [email protected]. Victor M. Fortuno, Areas. The applicant plans to enter AGENDA: Vice President & General Counsel. ASPA 105-, ASPA 121- I. Call to Order [FR Doc. 2012–21611 Filed 8–29–12; 11:15 am] , ASPA 122-Arrival Heights, II. Nominations BILLING CODE 7050–01–P ASPA 124-, ASPA 130- III. Employee Performance Management Transway Ridge, ASPA 131-Canada System Glacier, ASPA 137-Northwest White IV. Policy Changes NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Island, ASPA 138-, V. Human Resources Update and, ASPA 154-Botany Bay to conduct VI. Washington, DC Lease Update Notice of Permit Applications Received a review of their management plans. VII. Adjournment Under the Antarctic Conservation Act The Antarctic Support Contract (ASC) Erica Hall, of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541) Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Assistant Corporate Secretary. Department would enter the ASPA’s to AGENCY: National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2012–21737 Filed 8–29–12; 4:15 pm] collect information on site status in ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications BILLING CODE 7570–02–P Received under the Antarctic anticipation of the 5 year ASPA review, Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law general management and maintenance 95–541. concerns such as ensuring that all signs and boundary markers are legible and NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SUMMARY: The National Science secured, or to address any Foundation (NSF) is required to publish environmental concerns or potential [NRC–2010–0143] a notice of permit applications received environmental release with the ASPA. to conduct activities regulated under the Information would be gathered on any Proposed International Isotopes Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. installations or facilities that may be Fluorine Extraction Process and NSF has published regulations under present, verify that the reasons for Depleted Uranium Deconversion Plant the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title special protection remain valid, verify in Lea County, New Mexico 45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal that the management measures in place AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Regulations. This is the required notice are sufficient to provide protection, and, Commission. of permit applications received. recommend any management measures ACTION: Final environmental impact that may be necessary to maintain the DATES: Interested parties are invited to statement; issuance. submit written data, comments, or values being protected. The plan views with respect to this permit revisions will take into account recent SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that application by October 1, 2012. This developments within the Antarctic the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory application may be inspected by Treaty System to ensure consistency Commission (NRC or the Commission) interested parties at the Permit Office, with recently adopted plans, policies has published the Final Environmental address below. and guidelines amongst the Treaty Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed ADDRESSES: Comments should be Nations. International Isotopes Fluorine addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, Location Extraction Process and Depleted Office of Polar Programs, National Uranium Deconversion Plant (INIS) in Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson ASPA 105-Beaufort Island, ASPA 121- Lea County, New Mexico. On December Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. Cape Royds, ASPA 122-Arrival Heights, 30, 2009, International Isotopes Fluorine ASPA 124-Cape Crozier, ASPA 130- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Products, Inc. (IIFP), a wholly-owned Transway Ridge, ASPA 131-Canada Polly A. Penhale at the above address or subsidiary of International Isotopes, Glacier, ASPA 137-Northwest White (703) 292–7420. Inc., submitted a license application Island, ASPA 138-Linnaeus Terrace, that proposes the construction, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The and, ASPA 154-Botany Bay. National Science Foundation, as operation, and decommissioning of a directed by the Antarctic Conservation Dates fluorine extraction and depleted uranium deconversion facility (the Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as August 15, 2012 to August 31, 2017. amended by the Antarctic Science, ‘‘proposed action’’). IIFP proposes to Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, Nadene G. Kennedy, locate the facility near Hobbs, New has developed regulations for the Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. Mexico. establishment of a permit system for [FR Doc. 2012–21604 Filed 8–30–12; 8:45 am] ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID various activities in and BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NRC–2010–0143 when contacting the

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NRC about the availability of operate the proposed depleted uranium environmental monitoring program and information regarding this document. deconversion facility. Specifically, IIFP proposed mitigation measures discussed You may access information related to proposes to deconvert depleted uranium in the Final EIS would eliminate or this document using any of the hexafluoride (DUF6) into oxide substantially lessen any adverse following methods: compounds for long-term disposal. In environmental impacts associated with • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to the Final EIS, the NRC staff assessed the the proposed action. http://www.regulations.gov and search potential environmental impacts from Document Availability for Docket ID NRC–2010–0143. Address construction, operation, and questions about NRC dockets to Carol decommissioning of the proposed INIS Documents related to this notice are Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668; project. available on the NRC’s Licensing Web email: [email protected]. The Final EIS was prepared in Site at: http://www.nrc.gov/materials/ • NRC’s Agencywide Documents compliance with the National fuel-cycle-fac/inisfacility.html. The Access and Management System Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as Final EIS for the proposed INIS project (ADAMS): You may access publicly- amended (NEPA), and the NRC’s may also be accessed at: http:// available documents online in the NRC regulations for implementing NEPA in www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc- Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading- 10 CFR Part 51. The NRC staff assessed collections/nuregs/staff/ by selecting rm/adams.html. To begin the search, the impacts of the proposed action on ‘‘NUREG–2113.’’ select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and land use, historic and cultural The IIFP’s license application, then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS resources, visual resources, climatology, Environmental Report, and the NRC’s Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, meteorology, and air quality, geology, Final EIS are available in ADAMS under please contact the NRC’s Public minerals, and soil, water resources, Accession Numbers ML100630503, Document Room (PDR) reference staff at ecological resources, socioeconomics ML100120758, and ML12220A380. 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by and environmental justice, traffic and A copy of the Final EIS will be email to [email protected]. transportation, noise, public and available at the Hobbs Public Library, Additional information regarding occupational health, and waste 509 North Shipp, Hobbs, New Mexico accessing materials related to this action management. Additionally, the NRC 88240. is under the Document Availability staff analyzed and compared the Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY benefits and costs of the proposed day of August, 2012. INFORMATION section of this document. action. In preparing this Final EIS, the For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. NRC staff also reviewed, considered, • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and Gregory Suber, evaluated, and addressed the public purchase copies of public documents at Acting Deputy Director, Environmental the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One comments received on the Draft EIS. In addition to the proposed action, the Protection and Performance Assessment White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Directorate, Division of Waste Management Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. NRC staff considered a reasonable range and Environmental Protection, Office of of alternatives, including the no-action Federal and State Materials and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For alternative. Under the no-action information about the Final EIS or the Environmental Management Programs. alternative, the NRC would deny IIFP’s [FR Doc. 2012–21486 Filed 8–30–12; 8:45 am] environmental review process, please request to construct and operate a BILLING CODE 7590–01–P contact Asimios Malliakos, telephone: depleted uranium deconversion facility 301–415–6458; email: in Hobbs, New Mexico. The no-action [email protected]; Office of alternative serves as a baseline for OFFICE OF PERSONNEL Federal and State Materials and comparison of the potential MANAGEMENT Environmental Management Programs, environmental impacts of the proposed U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, action. Other alternatives the NRC staff Washington, DC 20555–0001. For Submission for Review; Information considered but eliminated from further Collection: Freedom of Information/ general or technical information analysis include: (1) Alternative sites; associated with the licensing process as Privacy Act Record Request Form (INV (2) alternative technologies; (3) 100) it relates to the INIS application, please shipment of the U.S. generated DUF6 to contact Matthew Bartlett, telephone: overseas facilities; (4) indefinite storage AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 301–492–3119; email: at the enrichment facilities; and (5) Management. [email protected]; Office of construction and operation of ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, deconversion facilities at the four U.S.- comments. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, based uranium enrichment companies. Washington, DC 20555–0001. These alternatives were eliminated from SUMMARY: Federal Investigative Services SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: further analysis due to economic, (FIS), U.S. Office of Personnel environmental, or other reasons. Management (OPM) offers the general Discussion After weighing the impacts of the public and other federal agencies the IIFP submitted a license application proposed action and comparing opportunity to comment on an and Environmental Report (ER) in alternatives, the NRC staff, in information collection request (ICR), support of its proposed facility on accordance with 10 CFR 51.91(d), sets Office of Management and Budget December 30, 2009. The proposed site is forth its recommendation regarding the (OMB) Control No. 3206–NEW, located in Lea County, New Mexico, proposed action. The NRC staff Freedom of Information/Privacy Act approximately 22.55 kilometers (km) (14 recommends that, unless safety issues Record Request Form (INV 100). As miles [mi]) west of the city of Hobbs. mandate otherwise, the proposed required by the Paperwork Reduction The Final EIS is being issued as part license be issued to IIFP. In this regard, Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. of the NRC’s process to decide whether the NRC staff has concluded that the chapter 35) as amended by the Clinger- to issue a license to IIFP, pursuant to environmental impacts of the proposed Cohen Act (Pub. L. 104–106), OPM is Part 40 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal action are generally small, and taken in soliciting comments for this collection. Regulations (10 CFR), to construct and combination with the proposed IIFP The Office of Management and Budget

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