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Total Respondents: 1.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 1.

Average Time Per Response: 6 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2.

Total Burden Cost (Operating and

Maintenance): $300.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: January 11, 2000.

Gerald B. Lindrew,

Deputy Director, Office of Policy and

Research, Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–1093 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–29–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action

to submit an information collection

request to OMB and solicitation of

public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a

submittal to OMB for review of

continued approval of information

collections under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Information pertaining to the

requirement to be submitted:

1. The title of the information

collection: 10 CFR Part 140, ‘‘Financial

Protection Requirements and Indemnity

Agreements’’.

2. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0039.

3. How often the collection is

required: As necessary in order for NRC

to meet its responsibilities called for in

Section 170 and 193 of the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the

Act).

4. Who is required or asked to report:

Licensees authorized to operate reactor

facilities in accordance with 10 CFR

part 50 and licensees authorized to

construct and operate a uranium

enrichment facility in accordance with

10 CFR parts 40 and 70.

5. The number of annual respondents:

Approximately 178.

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: 821.

7. Abstract: 10 CFR part 140 of the

NRC’s regulations specified information

required to be submitted by licensees to

enable the NRC to assess (a) the

financial protection required of

licensees and for the indemnification

and limitation of liability of certain

licensees and other persons pursuant to

Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of

1954, as amended, and (b) the liability

insurance required of uranium

enrichment facility licensees pursuant

to Section 193 of the Atomic Energy Act

of 1954, as amended.

Submit, by March 20, 2000, 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,

2120 L Street, NW (lower level),

Washington, DC. OMB clearance

requests are available at the NRC

worldwide web site (http://

www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/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, Brenda Jo. Shelton, US Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, T–6 E6,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by

telephone at 301–415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJS1@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day

of January 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–1039 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50–361 and 50–362]

Southern California Edison Company;

San Onofre Nuclear Generating

Station, Units 2 and 3; Notice of

Consideration of Issuance of

Amendments to Facility Operating

Licenses, Proposed No Significant

Hazards Consideration Determination,

and Opportunity for a Hearing

The US Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of amendments to

Facility Operating Licenses Nos. NPF–

10 and NPF–15 issued to Southern

California Edison Company (SCE, the

licensee) for operation of the San Onofre

Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS),

Units 2 and 3, located in San Diego

County, California.

The proposed amendments would

revise the SONGS Units 2 and 3

Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.6,

‘‘Condensate Storage Tank (CST T–121

and T–120)’’ to change the minimum

inventory of water maintained in the

condensate storage tank (T–120) from

280,000 gallons to 360,000 gallons

during plant operation Modes 1, 2 and

3.

Before issuance of the proposed

license amendments, the Commission

will have made findings required by the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(the Act) and the Commission’s

regulations.

The Commission has made a

proposed determination that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration. Under

the Commission’s regulations in 10 CFR

50.92, this means that operation of the

facility in accordance with the proposed

amendments would not (1) Involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated; or (2) Create the possibility of

a new or different kind of accident from

any accident previously evaluated; or

(3) Involve a significant reduction in a

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its

analysis of the issue of no significant

hazards consideration, which is

presented below:

1. Involve a significant increase in the

probability or consequences of an accident

previously evaluated?

Response: No.

The purpose of the increased water volume

is to ensure that the required volume of water

preserved by Technical Specification 3.7.6 is

sufficient to meet the San Onofre Units 2 and

3 Licensing and Design Basis. To meet the

guidance of Reactor Systems Branch

Technical Position RSB–5–1, the Southern

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California Edison Company (SCE) committed

to provide an assured source of water for 24-

hour Auxiliary Feedwater (AFW) pump

operation. This requirement necessitates the

use of approximately 200,000 gallons of

water from Condensate Storage Tank (CST)

T–120. Revising the minimum water level

will not initiate an accident. Therefore,

increasing the minimum water level in T–120

from 280,000 gallons to 360,000 gallons will

not increase the probability of an accident,

and the requirement for 360,000 gallons

ensures the required 200,000 gallons of water

will be available when the current required

level does not provide that assurance.

Therefore, this change does not involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of any accident previously

evaluated.

2. Create the possibility of a new or

different kind of accident from any accident

previously evaluated?

Response: No.

Increasing the minimum water volume

required in a 500,000-gallon tank from

280,000 gallons to 360,000 gallons will not

initiate any accident.

Therefore, this change does not create the

possibility of a new or different kind of

accident from any previously evaluated.

3. Involve a significant reduction in a

margin of safety?

Response: No.

The margin of safety intended by the

original 280,000 gallon requirement was to

ensure that following a Design Basis

Earthquake (DBE) CST T–120 would have at

least 200,000 gallons to meet Southern

California Edison’s (SCE’s) commitment to

RSB–5–1. Raising the minimum volume to

360,000 gallons to account for calculated

water losses, with additional allotment for

future allocations, increases the margin above

the 200,000 gallons and therefore increases

the assurance that the RSB–5–1 commitment

is met.

Therefore, this change does not involve a

significant reduction in a margin of safety.

Based on the responses to these three

criterion, Southern California Edison (SCE)

has concluded that the proposed amendment

involves no significant hazards

consideration.

The NRC staff has reviewed the

licensee’s analysis and, based on this

review, it appears that the three

standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are

satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff

proposes to determine that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration.

The Commission is seeking public

comments on this proposed

determination. Any comments received

within 30 days after the date of

publication of this notice will be

considered in making any final

determination.

Normally, the Commission will not

issue the amendment until the

expiration of the 30-day notice period.

However, should circumstances change

during the notice period such that

failure to act in a timely way would

result, for example, in derating or

shutdown of the facility, the

Commission may issue the license

amendment before the expiration of the

30-day notice period, provided that its

final determination is that the

amendment involves no significant

hazards consideration. The final

determination will consider all public

and State comments received. Should

the Commission take this action, it will

publish in the Federal Register a notice

of issuance and provide for opportunity

for a hearing after issuance. The

Commission expects that the need to

take this action will occur very

infrequently.

Written comments may be submitted

by mail to the Chief, Rules and

Directives Branch, Division of

Administrative Services, Office of

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, and should cite the publication

date and page number of this Federal

Register notice. Written comments may

also be delivered to Room 6D59, Two

White Flint North, 11545 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland, from 7:30

a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays.

Copies of written comments received

may be examined at the NRC Public

Document Room, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC.

The filing of requests for hearing and

petitions for leave to intervene is

discussed below.

By February 17, 2000, the licensee

may file a request for a hearing with

respect to issuance of the amendment to

the subject facility operating license and

any person whose interest may be

affected by this proceeding and who

wishes to participate as a party in the

proceeding must file a written request

for a hearing and a petition for leave to

intervene. Requests for a hearing and a

petition for leave to intervene shall be

filed in accordance with the

Commission’s ‘‘Rules of Practice for

Domestic Licensing Proceedings’’ in 10

CFR part 2. Interested persons should

consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714

which is available at the Commission’s

Public Document Room, the Gelman

Building, 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC, and accessible

electronically through the ADAMS

Public Electronic Reading Room link at

the NRC Web site (http://www.nrc.gov).

If a request for a hearing or petition for

leave to intervene is filed by the above

date, the Commission or an Atomic

Safety and Licensing Board, designated

by the Commission or by the Chairman

of the Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board Panel, will rule on the request

and/or petition; and the Secretary or the

designated Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board will issue a notice of hearing or

an appropriate order.

As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a

petition for leave to intervene shall set

forth with particularity the interest of

the petitioner in the proceeding, and

how that interest may be affected by the

results of the proceeding. The petition

should specifically explain the reasons

why intervention should be permitted

with particular reference to the

following factors: (1) The nature of the

petitioner’s right under the Act to be

made party to the proceeding; (2) The

nature and extent of the petitioner’s

property, financial, or other interest in

the proceeding; and (3) The possible

effect of any order which may be

entered in the proceeding on the

petitioner’s interest. The petition should

also identify the specific aspect(s) of the

subject matter of the proceeding as to

which petitioner wishes to intervene.

Any person who has filed a petition for

leave to intervene or who has been

admitted as a party may amend the

petition without requesting leave of the

Board up to 15 days prior to the first

prehearing conference scheduled in the

proceeding, but such an amended

petition must satisfy the specificity

requirements described above.

Not later than 15 days prior to the first

prehearing conference scheduled in the

proceeding, a petitioner shall file a

supplement to the petition to intervene

which must include a list of the

contentions which are sought to be

litigated in the matter. Each contention

must consist of a specific statement of

the issue of law or fact to be raised or

controverted. In addition, the petitioner

shall provide a brief explanation of the

bases of the contention and a concise

statement of the alleged facts or expert

opinion which support the contention

and on which the petitioner intends to

rely in proving the contention at the

hearing. The petitioner must also

provide references to those specific

sources and documents of which the

petitioner is aware and on which the

petitioner intends to rely to establish

those facts or expert opinion. Petitioner

must provide sufficient information to

show that a genuine dispute exists with

the applicant on a material issue of law

or fact. Contentions shall be limited to

matters within the scope of the

amendment under consideration. The

contention must be one which, if

proven, would entitle the petitioner to

relief. A petitioner who fails to file such

a supplement which satisfies these

requirements with respect to at least one

contention will not be permitted to

participate as a party.

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Those permitted to intervene become

parties to the proceeding, subject to any

limitations in the order granting leave to

intervene, and have the opportunity to

participate fully in the conduct of the

hearing, including the opportunity to

present evidence and cross-examine

witnesses.

If a hearing is requested, the

Commission will make a final

determination on the issue of no

significant hazards consideration. The

final determination will serve to decide

when the hearing is held.

If the final determination is that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration, the

Commission may issue the amendment

and make it immediately effective,

notwithstanding the request for a

hearing. Any hearing held would take

place after issuance of the amendment.

If the final determination is that the

amendment request involves a

significant hazards consideration, any

hearing held would take place before

the issuance of any amendment.

A request for a hearing or a petition

for leave to intervene must be filed with

the Secretary of the Commission, US

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, or

may be delivered to the Commission’s

Public Document Room, the Gelman

Building, 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC, by the above date. A

copy of the petition should also be sent

to the Office of the General Counsel, US

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, and to

Douglas K. Porter, Esquire, Southern

California Edison Company, 2244

Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead,

California 91770, attorney for the

licensee.

Nontimely filings of petitions for

leave to intervene, amended petitions,

supplemental petitions and/or requests

for hearing will not be entertained

absent a determination by the

Commission, the presiding officer or the

presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board that the petition and/or request

should be granted based upon a

balancing of the factors specified in 10

CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)–(v) and 2.714(d).

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application for

amendments dated January 11, and

supplemented November 29, 1999,

which are available for public

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC,

and accessible electronically through

the ADAMS Public Electronic Reading

Room link at the NRC Web site

(http://www.nrc.gov).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11 TH

day of January 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

L. Raghavan,

Senior Project Manager, Section 2, Project

Directorate IV & Decommissioning Division

of Licensing Project Management, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 00–1038 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Public Meeting to Discuss Comments

on Management Directive 8.11,

‘‘Review Process for 10 CFR 2.206

Petitions’’

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

ACTION: Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission is sponsoring a public

meeting involving the Office of

Enforcement, the Office of the General

Counsel, the Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards, the Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation, and any

interested members of the public. The

purpose of the meeting is to provide a

forum to discuss public comments on

Management Directive 8.11, ‘‘Review

Process for 10 CFR 2.206 Petitions,’’ in

response to a Federal Register notice

dated October 7, 1999 (64 FR 54654).

The staff plans to evaluate the

comments received as part of an effort

to improve the 10 CFR 2.206 petition

process. The meeting is open to the

public and all interested parties may

attend.

DATES: February 10, 2000, from 8:00

a.m. to 12:00 noon.

LOCATION: One White Flint North, Room

O–10B4, 11555 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew Kugler, Mail Stop O–4A15B,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

20852–2738; Telephone: (301) 415–

2828; Internet:AJK1@NRC.GOV

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Andrew J. Kugler,

Project Manager, Section 1, Project

Directorate III, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 00–1040 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Proposed Data Collection 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 will publish periodic summaries

of proposed data collections.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed information collection is

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 of 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.

Title and Purpose of Information

Collection

Repayment of Debt: OMB 3220–0169

When the Railroad Retirement Board

(RRB) determines that an overpayment

of Railroad Retirement Act (RRA)

benefits has occurred, it initiates prompt

action to notify the annuitant of the

overpayment and to recover the money

owed the RRB. In addition to the

customary form of repayment (check,

money order, annuity withholding),

repayment of a debt owed the RRB can

also be made by means of a credit card.

To effect payment by credit card, the

RRB utilizes Form G–421f, Repayment

by Credit Card. Minor non-burden

impacting editorial changes are being

proposed to Form G–421f. One form is

completed by each respondent.

Completion is voluntary. RRB

procedures pertaining to benefit

overpayment determinations and the

recovery of such benefits are prescribed

in 20 CFR 255 and 340.

Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden

The estimated annual respondent

burden is as follows: