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annual budget submissions, cost

production analyses reports for Mint

products, and selected cost analysis

benchmark studies are proposed for

permanent retention.

15. Environmental Protection Agency,

Agency-wide (N1–412–99–1, 8 items, 5

temporary items). Software and image

files for the Superfund Document

Management System. This imaging

system serves as an index to the

documents contained in the agency’s

permanent Superfund Site Files.

Records proposed for permanent

retention include an electronic index for

the Superfund Site Files, electronic

annotations regarding the content and

context of the Superfund documents,

and supporting documentation for the

index and annotations records.

16. Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Agency-wide (N1–138–

00–5, 3 items, 3 temporary items).

Correspondence providing informal staff

advice, interpretations, and advisory

opinions which do not represent the

official views of the Commission and do

not set precedent for future cases. Also

included are electronic copies of records

created using electronic mail and word

processing.

17. Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Office of Markets, Tariffs

and Rates (N1–138–00–6, 6 items, 6

temporary items). Reports and

submissions, discontinued prior to

1996, pertaining to such matters as gas

storage, interstate pipelines, gas

procurement, gas sale and resale, and

refunds made by natural gas producers.

These reports, which were previously

approved for disposal, are proposed for

immediate destruction.

18. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(N1–431–99–8, 2 items, 2 temporary

items). Older records dating from the

1970s and 1980s. Records consist of

draft Energy Department reports sent to

the agency for review that do not

include any annotations or comments

and agency copies of Commission on

Three Mile Island depositions and

related Senate hearings, which are

duplicates of Commission records

already in the National Archives.

19. Social Security Administration,

(N1–47–00–2, 2 items, 1 temporary

item). Duplicate copies of issuances

used for reference, including

congressional committee prints,

hearings and testimony, textbooks, and

non-government conference

proceedings. Records were accumulated

by the Social Security Board and

Federal Security Agency during the

period 1936–1986. Proposed for

permanent retention are annual reports

of the Social Security Board and Federal

Security Agency as well as official

publications of the Department of

Health, Education, and Welfare related

to public assistance programs.

Dated: May 1, 2000.

Michael J. Kurtz,

Assistant Archivist for Record Services—

Washington, DC.

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts;

Combined Arts Advisory Panel

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

Law 92–463), as amended, notice is

hereby given that a meeting of the

Combined Arts Advisory Panel, Opera

section (Creativity, & Organizational

Capacity categories), to the National

Council on the Arts will be held from

June 26–27, 2000 in Room 716 at the

Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., 20506.

A portion of this meeting, from 3:00

p.m. to 4:15 p.m. on June 27th, will be

open to the public for policy discussion.

The remaining portions of this

meeting, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. on

June 26th and from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00

p.m. and 4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on June

27th, are for the purpose of Panel

review, discussion, evaluation, and

recommendation on applications for

financial assistance under the National

Foundation on the Arts and the

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,

including information given in

confidence to the agency by grant

applicants. In accordance with the

determination of the Chairman of May

12, 1999, these sessions will be closed

to the public pursuant to (c)(4)(6) and

(9)(B) of section 552b of Title 5, United

States Code.

Any person may observe meetings, or

portions thereof, of advisory panels

which are open to the public, and, if

time allows, may be permitted to

participate in the panel’s discussions at

the discretion of the panel chairman and

with the approval of the full-time

Federal employee in attendance.

If you need special accommodations

due to a disability, please contact the

Office of AccessAbility, National

Endowment for the Arts, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20506, 202/682–5532,

TDY–TDD 202/682–5496, at least seven

(7) days prior to the meeting.

Further information with reference to

this meeting can be obtained from Ms.

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National

Endowment for the Arts, Washington,

D.C. 20506, or call 202/682–5691.

Dated: May 4, 2000.

Kathy Plowitz-Worden,

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations,

National Endowment for the Arts.

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NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting; Twenty-Second

Annual Meeting of the Board of

Directors

TIME AND DATE: 2:30 P.M., Monday, May

22, 2000.

PLACE: Neighborhood Reinvestment

Corporation, 1325 G Street, NW, Suite

800, Board Room, Washington, DC

20005.

STATUS: Open/Closed.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jeffrey T. Bryson, General Counsel/

Secretary (202) 220–2372.

Agenda

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes:

March 22, 2000 Regular Meeting

III. Committee Reports

IV. Election of Officers

V. Board Appointments

VI. Resolution of Appreciation

VII. Proposed Pension Plan

Amendments

VIII. Treasurer’s Report

IX. Executive Director’s Quarterly

Management Report

X. Personnel Issues

XI. Adjourn

Jeffrey T. Bryson,

General Counsel/Secretary.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–272]

Public Service Electric and Gas

Company; Notice of Consideration of

Issuance of Amendment to Facility

Operating License, Proposed No

Significant Hazards Consideration

Determination, and Opportunity for a

Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an amendment

to Facility Operating License No. DPR–

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70 issued to Public Service Electric and

Gas Company (PSE&G), the licensee, for

operation of the Salem Nuclear

Generating Station, Unit No. 1 (Salem

Unit No. 1), located in Salem County,

New Jersey.

By application dated May 3, 2000, the

licensee proposed a license amendment

that would modify Technical

Specification (TS) 3.1.3.2.1, and TS

Surveillance Requirements 4.1.3.1.1 and

4.1.3.4. A note would be added to these

sections stating that, during Cycle 14,

the position of Rod 1SB2 will be

determined indirectly by the movable

incore detectors within 8 hours

following its movement until the repair

of the indication system for this rod. In

addition, the note would indicate that,

during reactor startup, the fully

withdrawn position of Rod 1SB2 will be

determined by current traces or other

equivalent means, and subsequently

verified by the movable incore detectors

prior to entry into Mode 1. The note

would be effective during the remainder

of Cycle 14, or until repair of the

indication system is completed. The

indication system for Rod 1SB2 became

inoperable on April 28, 2000. The

position indication system indicates

that the rod is fully inserted; however,

the licensee has confirmed that the rod

is in the fully withdrawn position based

on flux mapping information from the

movable incore detectors.

Troubleshooting has resulted in a

determination that the position

indication system cannot be repaired

with the reactor in Modes 1–4. With one

analog rod position indicator

inoperable, the TS currently requires

that either (1) the position of the nonindicating rod be determined indirectly

by the movable incore detectors once

per 8 hours and within 1 hour of any

motion that exceeds 24 steps, or (2)

thermal power be reduced to less than

50% within 8 hours. The licensee is

currently implementing option (1).

The licensee has also requested that

the license amendment be reviewed and

approved on an exigent basis in

accordance with 10 CFR 50.91(a)(6). In

its application, PSE&G stated that the

position indication system cannot be

repaired with the reactor at power and

that the possibility exists that repairs

cannot be made until the plant is

shutdown. Personnel safety and

concerns over occupational exposure to

radiation dose prevent the safe

completion of repairs while operating at

power. The licensee also stated that the

failure was unexpected and has resulted

in a significant burden to plant

operations personnel as well as the

movable incore detectors. PSE&G is

concerned that operation of the Unit 1

flux mapping system, by as much as 120

times per month to comply with

compensatory actions required by TS,

may have detrimental effects, such as

increased wear and tear, on the incore

system. Since the incore system was not

designed to operate in this manner, an

increased risk of significant equipment

malfunction may further challenge the

licensee’s ability to perform other TS

surveillances for which the incore

system is normally used.

Before issuance of the proposed

license amendment, the Commission

will have made findings required by the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(the Act) and the Commission’s

regulations.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.91(a)(6) for

amendments to be granted under

exigent circumstances, the NRC staff

must determine 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

amendment 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. The proposed changes do not involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated.

The proposed change reduces the

frequency of verifying the position of one

non-indicating rod using the movable incore

detectors and allows a different means of

verifying rod position during reactor startup.

The inoperability of the normal position

indicating system does not affect the

probability of a rod drop, a rod misalignment,

or any other analyzed accident.

The inoperability of the rod position

indicator eliminates one means of detecting

a rod drop or rod misalignment. Failure to

detect a misaligned rod could affect the

initial conditions of the accident analysis and

thereby affect the consequences. Based upon

the other means available for detecting rod

drops and misalignment (e.g., the urgent

failure alarm), the increase in the likelihood

of an undetected rod drop or misalignment

is considered to be negligible. As a result, the

initial conditions of the accident analysis are

preserved and the consequences of

previously analyzed accidents are unaffected.

Therefore, the change does not involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated.

2. The proposed change does not create the

possibility of a new or different kind of

accident from any accident previously

evaluated.

The change will not introduce any new

accident initiators. The change only allows

an extension to the previously approved

frequency for verifying rod position for one

non-indicating rod and allows a different

means of verifying rod position during

reactor startup.

Therefore, the change does not create the

possibility of a new or different kind of

accident from any accident previously

evaluated.

3. The proposed change does not involve

a significant reduction in a margin of safety.

The proposed change reduces the

frequency of verifying the position of one

non-indicating rod using the movable incore

detectors and allows a different means of

verifying rod position during reactor startup.

The inoperability of the rod position

indicator eliminates one means of detecting

a rod drop or rod misalignment. Failure to

detect a misaligned rod could affect the

initial conditions of the accident analysis and

thereby affect the associated margins of

safety. Based upon the other means available

for detecting rod drops and misalignment

(e.g., the urgent failure alarm), the increase in

the likelihood of an undetected rod drop or

misalignment is considered to be negligible.

As a result, the initial conditions of the

accident analysis are preserved and the

margins of safety are unaffected.

Therefore, the change does not involve a

significant reduction in a margin of safety.

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 14 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 14-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

14-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. The Commission expects

that the need to take this action will

occur very infrequently.

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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 May 24, 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 a 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.

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 the amendment is issued before the

expiration of the 30-day hearing period,

the Commission will make a final

determination on the issue of no

significant hazards consideration. If a

hearing is requested, 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, U.S.

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,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, and to

Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire, Nuclear

Business Unit—N21, P.O. Box 236,

Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038, 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

amendment dated May 3, 2000, which

is 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 4th day

of May 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Robert J. Fretz,

Project Manager, Section 2, Project

Directorate I, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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