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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.

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, 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

Edward J. Cullen, Jr., Esquire, PECO

Energy Company, 2301 Market Street

(S23–1), Philadelphia, PA 19103,

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 4, 2000, as

supplemented May 9, 2000, 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 16th day

of May 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Timothy G. Colburn,

Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project

Directorate I, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Excepted Service

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This gives notice of positions

placed or revoked under Schedules A

and B, and placed under Schedule C in

the excepted service, as required by

Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from

the Competitive Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Suzy Barker, Staffing Reinvention

Office, Employment Service, (202) 606–

0830.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Personnel Management published its

last monthly notice updating appointing

authorities established or revoked under

the Excepted Service provisions of 5

CFR 213 on Monday, April 10, 2000 (65

FR 19034). Individual authorities

established or revoked under Schedules

A and B and established under

Schedule C between March 1, 2000, and

March 31, 1999, appear in the listing

below. Future notices will be published

on the fourth Tuesday of each month, or

as soon as possible thereafter. A

consolidated listing of all authorities as

of June 30 will also be published.

Schedule A

The following Schedule A authority

was established during the month of

March:

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard

Investigations Board

Up to 37 positions established to

create the Chemical Safety and Hazard

Investigations Board. No new

appointments may be made under this

authority after December 31, 2000.

Effective March 20, 2000.

No Schedule A authorities were

revoked during the month of March

2000.

Schedule B

The following Schedule B authority

was established during the month of

March 2000:

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Department of Treasury

Positions, grades GS–5 through 9, of

Treasury Enforcement Agent in the

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and

Firearms; and Treasury Enforcement

Agent, Pilot, Marine Enforcement

Officer, and Aviation Enforcement

Officer in the U.S. Customs Service.

Service under this authority may not

exceed 3 years. Effective March 20,

2000.

No Schedule B authorities were

revoked during the month of March

2000.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C authorities

were established during March 2000:

Department of Agriculture

Confidential Assistant to the

Administrator, Animal and Plant

Inspection Service. Effective March 9,

2000.

Confidential Assistant to the Director,

Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs

Staff. Effective March 9, 2000.

Confidential Assistant to the

Administrator, External Affairs Staff.

Effective March 21, 2000.

Deputy Press Secretary to the Press

Secretary. Effective March 21, 2000.

Confidential Assistant to the

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

Effective March 21, 2000.

Confidential Assistant to the

Administrator, Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration. Effective

March 24, 2000.

Department of Commerce

Special Assistant to the Director,

Office of Public Affairs. Effective March

10, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Office of Public Affairs and Press

Secretary. Effective March 14, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Office of Sustainable Development and

Intergovernmental Affairs. Effective

March 15, 2000.

Department of Defense

Director, Cooperative Threat

Reduction to the Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Strategy and Threat

Reduction). Effective March 31, 2000.

Department of Education

Confidential Assistant to the Deputy

Assistant Secretary, Office of

Intergovernmental and Interagency

Affairs. Effective March 8, 2000.

Confidential Assistant to the Director,

Scheduling and Briefing Staff. Effective

March 15, 2000.

Confidential Assistant to the Chief of

Staff. Effective March 16, 2000.

Deputy Director, Scheduling and

Briefing Staff to the Director Scheduling

and Briefing Staff. Effective March 28,

2000.

Special Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary, Office of Vocational and

Adult Education. Effective March 30,

2000.

Department of Energy

Special Assistant to the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Transportation

Technologies. Effective March 2, 2000.

Staff Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary for Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy. Effective March 8,

2000.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Office of Economic Impact and

Diversity. Effective March 8, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Office of Scheduling and Advance.

Effective March 16, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Office of Scheduling and Advance.

Effective March 17, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Scheduling and Briefing. Effective

March 28, 2000.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Intergovernmental and External Affairs

to the Principal Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Congressional and

Intergovernmental Affairs. Effective

March 30, 2000.

Department of Health and Human

Services

Confidential Assistant (Scheduling) to

the Director of Scheduling and

Advance. Effective March 2, 2000.

Director of Speechwriting to the

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public

Affairs (Media). Effective March 16,

2000.

Department of Housing and Urban

Development

Special Assistant to the Advisor for

Management Reform and Operations.

Effective March 8, 2000.

Director, Office of Insured Health Care

Facilities to the Assistant Secretary for

Housing—Federal Housing

Commissioner. Effective March 16,

2000.

Senior Intergovernmental Relations

Officer to the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for

Intergovernmental Relations. Effective

March 17, 2000.

Department of Justice

Secretary (Office Automation) to the

United States Attorney General, Nevada.

Effective March 7, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Violence Against Women Office.

Effective March 8, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Assistant

Attorney General. Effective March 14,

2000.

Department of Labor

Special Assistant to the Director,

Office of Public Liaison. Effective March

15, 2000.

Intergovernmental Officer to the

Assistant Secretary for Congressional

and Intergovernmental Affairs. Effective

March 22, 2000.

Chief of Staff to the Assistant

Secretary, Office of Congressional and

Intergovernmental Affairs. Effective

March 22, 2000.

Associate Director to the Assistant

Secretary for Congressional and

Intergovernmental Affairs. Effective

March 24, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Deputy

Secretary of Labor. Effective March 24,

2000.

Department of State

Foreign Affairs Officer to the Under

Secretary for Global Affairs. Effective

March 7, 2000.

Special Assistant to the Chief of

Protocol. Effective March 16, 2000.

Foreign Affairs Officer to the Deputy

Director. Effective March 31, 2000.

Department of Transportation

Special Assistant to the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Transportation

Policy. Effective March 15, 2000.

Department of Veterans Affairs

Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff.

Effective March 2, 2000.

Environmental Protection Agency

Special Assistant to the Deputy

Administrator. Effective March 10,

2000.

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration

Public Affairs Specialist to the

Associate Administrator for Public

Affairs. Effective March 30, 2000.

Occupational Safety and Health Review

Commission

Confidential Assistant to the Member

(Commissioner), Occupational Safety

and Health Review Commission.

Effective March 8, 2000.

Office of Management and Budget

Public Affairs Specialist to the

Associate Director for Communication.

Effective March 17, 2000.

Office of National Drug Control Policy

Staff Assistant to the Director, Office

of National Drug Control Policy.

Effective March 16, 2000.

Staff Assistant to the Deputy Director,

Supply Reduction. Effective March 23,

2000.

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Securities and Exchange Commission

Secretary to the Director, Office of

Compliance Inspections and

Examinations. Effective March 15, 2000.

Small Business Administration

Senior Advisor for Communications

and Public Liaison to the Associate

Administrator for Marketing and

Customer Service. Effective March 9,

2000.

Press Officer and Senior Advisor to

the Assistant Administrator for Public

Communications. Effective March 27,

2000.

U.S. International Trade Commission

Staff Assistant to the Commissioner.

Effective March 8, 2000.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O.

10577, 3 CFR 1954–1958 Comp., P.218

Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

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BILLING CODE 6325–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory

Committee; Open Committee Meetings

According to the provisions of section

10 of the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (Pub. L. 92–463), notice is hereby

given that meetings of the Federal

Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee

will be held on—

Thursday, May 25, 2000

Thursday, June 8, 2000

Thursday, June 22, 2000

The meetings will start at 10 a.m. and

will be held in Room 5A06A, Office of

Personnel Management Building, 1900 E

Street NW, Washington, DC.

The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory

Committee is composed of a Chair, five

representatives from labor unions

holding exclusive bargaining rights for

Federal blue-collar employees, and five

representatives from Federal agencies.

Entitlement to membership on the

Committee is provided for in 5 U.S.C.

5347.

The Committee’s primary

responsibility is to review the Prevailing

Rate System and other matters pertinent

to establishing prevailing rates under

subchapter IV, chapter 53, 5 U.S.C., as

amended, and from time to time advise

the Office of Personnel Management.

This scheduled meeting will start in

open session with both labor and

management representatives attending.

During the meeting either the labor

members or the management members

may caucus separately with the Chair to

devise strategy and formulate positions.

Premature disclosure of the matters

discussed in these caucuses would

unacceptably impair the ability of the

Committee to reach a consensus on the

matters being considered and would

disrupt substantially the disposition of

its business. Therefore, these caucuses

will be closed to the public because of

a determination made by the Director of

the Office of Personnel Management

under the provisions of section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463) and 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(9)(B). These caucuses may,

depending on the issues involved,

constitute a substantial portion of a

meeting.

Annually, the Chair compiles a report

of pay issues discussed and concluded

recommendations. These reports are

available to the public, upon written

request to the Committee’s Secretary.

The public is invited to submit

material in writing to the Chair on

Federal Wage System pay matters felt to

be deserving of the Committee’s

attention. Additional information on

this meeting may be obtained by

contacting the Committee’s Secretary,

Office of Personnel Management,

Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory

Committee, Room 5559, 1900 E Street

NW, Washington, DC 20415; (202) 606–

1500.

Dated: May 10, 2000.

John F. Leyden,

Chairman, Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory

Committee.

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BILLING CODE 6325–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Science and Technology (S&T)

Laboratory Personnel Management

Demonstration Project, Department of

the Army, U.S. Army Engineer

Research & Development Center

(ERDC)

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel

Management (OPM).

ACTION: Notice of change to reductionin-force (RIF) procedures to recognize

performance based on the average of the

last three annual performance scores in

the most recent 4-year period as a

criterion to establish retention registers.

SUMMARY: 5 U.S.C. 4703 authorizes OPM

to conduct demonstration projects that

experiment with new and different

personnel management concepts to

determine whether such changes in

personnel policy or procedures would

result in improved Federal personnel

management.

Public Law 103–337, October 5, 1994,

permits the Department of Defense

(DoD), with the approval of OPM, to

carry out personnel demonstration

projects at S&T Reinvention

Laboratories. This notice identifies a

revision to the ERDC plan where an

average of three annual performance

scores is used instead of a single

performance score to determine an

employee’s retention standing in a

reduction in force.

DATES: This revision to the ERDC

demonstration project will be

implemented May 22, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

ERDC: Dr. C.H. Pennington, U.S.

Army Engineer Research & Development

Center, ATTN: CEERD–ZT–E, 3909

Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg,

Mississippi 39180–6199, phone 601–

634–3549.

OPM: Ms. Joan M. Jorgenson, U. S.

Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E

Street NW Room 7458, Washington, DC

20415, phone 202–606–1315.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Background

OPM approved and published the

final plan in the Federal Register for the

following S&T Reinvention Laboratory

Demonstration Project.

A. U.S. Army Engineer Waterways

Experiment Station (WES) final

publication on Tuesday, March 3, 1998,

Volume 63, Number 41, Part IV.

WES correction and re-publication on

Wednesday, March 25, 1998, Volume

63, Number 57, Part V.

B. Publication of amendment to

expand coverage of the WES project to

include the Construction Engineering

Research Laboratory, Cold Regions

Research & Engineering Laboratory, and

Topographic Engineering Center.

Published in the Federal Register on

Friday, October 16, 1998, Volume 63,

Number 200, Part V.

Note: The WES demonstration project was

renamed the ERDC demonstration project

following consolidation of the Army Corps of

Engineers’ laboratories.

C. Publication of an amendment to

include competitive examining and

Distinguished Scholastic Achievement

Appointment authorities as part of the

ERDC plan. Published in the Federal

Register on Thursday, March 11, 1999,

Volume 64, Number 47, Part II.

This demonstration project involves

simplified job classification, pay

banding, a performance-based

compensation system, employee

development provisions, and modified

RIF procedures.