Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 84 / Monday, May 1, 2000 / Notices 25367

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (00–041)]

NASA Advisory Council, Life and

Microgravity Sciences and

Applications Advisory Committee,

Microgravity Research Advisory

Subcommittee; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub.

L. 92–463, as amended, the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

announces a meeting of the NASA

Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity

Sciences and Applications Advisory

Committee, Microgravity Research

Advisory Subcommittee.

DATES: Wednesday, May 17, 2000, from

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Johnson Space Center,

Building 9 NW, Room 2170, Houston,

TX 77058.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Steve Davison, Code UG, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration,

Washington, DC 20546, 202–358–0647.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to the public up

to the seating capacity of the room. The

agenda for the meeting is as follows:

—Status of MRAS Recommendations

—Microgravity Program Report

—ISS Program Status Report

—DWG Activities Reports

—NRC Biotechnology Report &

Developments in Biotechnology

—NRC Microgravity Research in

Support of Human Exploration Report

—Plans for OLMSA Initiatives

—Interaction Between Microgravity

Research and Space Product

Development

It is imperative that the meeting be

held on this date to accommodate the

scheduling priorities of the key

participants. Visitors will be requested

to sign a visitor’s register.

Dated: April 24, 2000.

Matthew M. Crouch,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–10716 Filed 4–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–344]

In the Matter of Portland General

Electric Company (Trojan Nuclear

Plant); Exemption

I.

Portland General Electric Company is

the holder of Facility Operating License

No. NPF–1, which authorizes the

licensee to possess the Trojan Nuclear

Plant (TNP). The license states, in part,

that the facility is subject to all the

rules, regulations, and orders of the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the

Commission or NRC) now or hereafter

in effect. The facility was originally

licensed as a pressurized water reactor

located at the licensee’s site in

Columbia County, Oregon. The facility

is permanently shut down and defueled

and the licensee is no longer authorized

to operate or place fuel in the reactor.

II.

Section 50.54(q) of Title 10 of the

Code of Federal Regulations states in

part that ‘‘A licensee authorized to

possess and operate a nuclear power

reactor shall follow and maintain in

effect emergency plans which meet the

standards in § 50.47(b) and the

requirements in appendix E of this

part.’’

Section 50.47 of Title 10 of the Code

of Federal Regulations, ‘‘Emergency

plans,’’ states in part in paragraph (b)

that ‘‘The onsite and, except as provided

in paragraph (d) of this section, offsite

emergency response plans for nuclear

power reactors must meet the following

standards:’’ and then sets forth 16

emergency planning requirements.

Appendix E to Part 50 of Title 10 of

the Code of Federal Regulations,

‘‘Emergency Planning and Preparedness

for Production and Utilization

Facilities,’’ states, in part:

Each applicant for an operating license is

required by § 50.34(b) to include in the final

safety analysis report plans for coping with

emergencies* * * . The applicant’s

emergency plans shall contain, but not

necessarily be limited to, information needed

to demonstrate compliance with the elements

set forth below, i.e., organization for coping

with radiation emergencies, assessment

action, activation of emergency organization,

notification procedures, emergency facilities

and equipment, training, maintaining

emergency preparedness, and recovery. In

addition, the emergency response plans

submitted by an applicant for a nuclear

power reactor operating license shall contain

information needed to demonstrate

compliance with the standards described in

§ 50.47(b), and they will be evaluated against

those standards. The nuclear power reactor

operating license applicant shall also provide

an analysis of the time required to evacuate

and for taking other protective actions for

various sectors and distances within the

plume exposure pathway EPZ [Emergency

Planning Zone] for transient and permanent

populations.

By letter dated August 27, 1998, as

supplemented by letter dated July 1,

1999, the licensee requested an

exemption from the emergency planning

requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(q), 10

CFR 50.47(b), and Appendix E to 10

CFR part 50. Sections 50.54(q) and

50.47(b), and Appendix E to 10 CFR part

50 provide emergency planning

requirements to protect the health and

safety of the public in the event of an

accident at a licensed power reactor site.

The exemption from the emergency

planning requirements for the Trojan

Nuclear Plant will be effective after the

spent fuel has been removed from the

reactor site and relocated to the new

independent spent fuel storage

installation (ISFSI), which is not part of

the reactor site. The new ISFSI has been

licensed under 10 CFR part 72 for

storage facilities not associated with a

reactor site and possesses an approved

emergency plan as required by 10 CFR

72.32.

III.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, ‘‘Specific

exemptions,’’ the Commission may,

upon application by any interested

person or upon its own initiative, grant

exemptions from the requirements of

the regulations of 10 CFR part 50, which

are (1) authorized by law, will not

present an undue risk to the public

health and safety, and are consistent

with the common defense and security;

and (2) present special circumstances.

Section 50.12(a)(2) identifies special

circumstances as being present

whenever application of the regulation

in the particular circumstances would

not serve the underlying purpose of the

rule or is not necessary to achieve the

underlying purpose of the rule;

compliance would result in undue

hardship or costs that are significantly

in excess of those incurred by others

similarly situated; or circumstances

exist that were not considered when the

regulation was adopted for which it

would be in the public interest to grant

an exemption.

The movement of the spent nuclear

fuel from the Trojan Plant to the ISFSI

and removal of the reactor vessel and

internals from the site removes the

available radiological source terms for

credible accident scenarios. The sources

remaining in the Trojan plant area are

comparable to those in the possession of

many source and byproduct licensees