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instrument with instructions, or

additional information, please contact

Richard A. Sloan 202–514–3291,

Director, Policy Directives and

Instructions Branch, Immigration and

Naturalization Service, U.S. Department

of Justice, Room 5307, 425 I Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20536. Additionally,

comments and/or suggestions regarding

the item(s) contained in this notice,

especially regarding the estimated

public burden and associated response

time may also be directed to Mr.

Richard A. Sloan.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, Suite 850, Washington Center,

1001 G Street, NW., Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: May 19, 2000.

Richard A. Sloan,

Department Clearance Officer, Department of

Justice, Immigration and Naturalization

Service.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: 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: NRC Form 171. ‘‘Duplication

Request’’.

2. Current OMB approval number:

OMB 3150–0066.

3. How often the collection is

required: On occasion.

4. Who is required or asked to report:

Individuals or companies requesting

document duplication.

5. The number of annual respondents:

16,800.

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: 1,109 hours (16,800 forms X

.066hours/form) or about 4 minutes per

form.

7. Abstract: This form is utilized by

individual members of the public

requesting reproduction of publicly

available documents in NRC’s

Headquarters Public Document Room.

Copies of the form are utilized by the

reproduction contractor to accompany

the orders and are then discarded.

Submit, by July 24, 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, U.S. 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 17th day

of May 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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[Docket No. 40–6394–MLA; ASLBP No. 00–

777–05–MLA]

Department of the Army, U.S. Army

Research Laboratory; Designation of

Presiding Officer

Pursuant to delegation by the

Commission, see 37 FR 28,710 (Dec. 29,

1972), and the Commission’s

regulations, see 10 CFR 2.1201, 2.1207,

notice is hereby given that: (1) A single

member of the Atomic Safety and

Licensing Board Panel is designated as

Presiding Officer to rule on petitions for

leave to intervene and/or requests for

hearing; and (2) upon making the

requisite findings in accordance with 10

CFR 2.1205(h), the Presiding Officer

will conduct an adjudicatory hearing in

the following proceeding:

Department of the Army, U.S. Army

Research Laboratory, Depleted

Uranium Study Area of the Transonic

Range, Aberdeen Proving Ground,

Maryland

The hearing will be conducted

pursuant to 10 CFR part 2, subpart L, of

the Commission’s Regulations,

‘‘Informal Hearing Procedures for

Adjudications in Materials and Operator

Licensing Proceedings.’’ This

proceeding concerns a request for

hearing submitted by Aberdeen Proving

Ground Superfund Citizens Coalition

(APGSCC). The request was filed in

response to a notice of consideration by

the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

staff concerning issuance of an

amendment to Source Material License

No. SMB–141. The application requests

decommissioning of the Depleted

Uranium Study Area (DUSA) of the

Transonic Range at the Department of

the Army’s U.S. Army Research

Laboratory facility in Aberdeen Proving

Ground, Maryland. The notice of

consideration of the application and

opportunity for hearing was published

in the Federal Register at 65 FR 17,321

(Mar. 31, 2000).

The Presiding Officer in this

proceeding is Administrative Judge Ivan

W. Smith. Pursuant to the provisions of

10 CFR 2.722, 2.1209, Administrative

Judge Thomas D. Murphy has been

appointed to assist the Presiding Officer

in taking evidence and in preparing a

suitable record for review.

All correspondence, documents, and

other materials shall be filed with

Judges Smith and Murphy in

accordance with 10 CFR 2.1203. Their

addresses are:

Administrative Judge Ivan W. Smith,

Presiding Officer, Atomic Safety and

Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20555–0001

Administrative Judge Thomas D.

Murphy, Special Assistant, Atomic

Safety and Licensing Board Panel,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20555–0001

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Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th

day of May 2000.

G. Paul Bollwerk III,

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety

and Licensing Board Panel.

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Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste; Notice of Meeting

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste (ACNW) will hold its 119th

meeting on June 13–15, 2000, Room T–

2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The schedule for this meeting is as

follows:

Tuesday, June 13, 2000—8:30 a.m. Until

5:00 p.m.

A. 8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: ACNW

Planning and Procedures (Open)—The

Committee will consider topics

proposed for future consideration by the

full Committee and Working Groups.

The ACNW will discuss planned tours

and ACNW-related activities of

individual members.

B. 10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Low Level

Waste Branch Technical Position on

Performance Assessment (Open)—The

Committee will review and provide

comments on the final draft version of

this branch technical position (BTP).

The NRC staff will discuss the

resolution of public comments received

on the BTP.

C. 1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.: West Valley

Policy Public Comments (Open)—The

Committee will hear and discuss public

comments on the West Valley

Demonstration Project decommissioning

plan. The Committee will discuss the

current status of the license termination

plan with representatives of the NRC

staff.

D. 3:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m.: Prepare for

the Next Public Meeting with the

Commission (Open)—The ACNW will

begin preparation for the next public

meeting with the Commission. Potential

topics for discussion include: NRC’s 10

CFR part 63, Disposal of High-Level

Radioactive Waste in a Proposed

Geological Repository at Yucca

Mountain, Nevada; the recent

Committee advice on the control of

solid material; highlights of the

Committee’s recent European trip; the

Defense In-Depth philosophy; and the

ACNW’s 2000 Action Plan.

Wednesday, June 14, 2000—8:30 a.m.

Until 5:00 p.m.

E. 8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: Proposed

Yucca Mountain Repository Design

Features (Open)—Representatives of the

DOE will present the status of the

design for the proposed high-level waste

repository at Yucca Mountain. The

latest engineered features will be

discussed.

F. 10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Department

of Energy’s (DOE) Repository Safety

Strategy—Representatives of the DOE

will discuss the safety strategy for the

proposed Yucca Mountain high-level

waste repository. This may include a

comparison of their principal factors

associated with the proposed repository

to the NRC staff’s list of Key Technical

Issues. There will also be a summary of

Yucca Mountain specific siting

guidelines in 10 CFR part 963.

G. 1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.: Status of the

NRC LLW Program (Open)—The

Committee will review the status of the

NRC’s low-level radioactive waste

program with representatives of the

NRC staff’s Uranium Recovery and LowLevel Waste Branch.

H. 3:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m.: Preparation of

ACNW Reports (Open)—The Committee

will discuss planned reports on the

following topics: NRC’s plans to provide

sufficiency comments on the DOE’s Site

Recommendation Considerations

Report; the Use of Defense In-Depth

philosophy; Risk-Informed Approaches

to Nuclear Materials Regulatory

Applications; Comments on the LLW

BTP on Performance Assessment; HighLights of the ACNW Visit to the U.K.

and France; and comments on draft

regulatory guides, DG–1067,

‘‘Decommissioning of Nuclear Power

Reactors’’ and DG–1071, ‘‘Standard

Format and Content For Post-Shutdown

Decommissioning Activities.’’

Thursday, June 15, 2000—8:30 a.m.

Until 5:00 p.m.

I. 8:30 a.m.—9:30 a.m.: Meeting with

the Director of the Division of Waste

Management, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards (Open)—The

Committee will meet with the Director

to discuss items of mutual interest.

J. 9:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.: DG–1067 and

DG–1071—The ACNW will consider

two draft regulatory guides, DG–1067,

‘‘Decommissioning of Nuclear Power

Reactors,’’ and DG–1071, ‘‘Standard

Format and Content for Post-Shutdown

Decommissioning Activities.’’

K. 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.: Complete

ACNW Reports (Open)—Complete

preparation of ACNW reports noted in

item H.

L. 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.: Miscellaneous

(Open)—The Committee will discuss

miscellaneous matters related to the

conduct of Committee and

organizational activities and complete

discussion of matters and specific issues

that were not completed during

previous meetings, as time and

availability of information permit.

Procedures for the conduct of and

participation in ACNW meetings were

published in the Federal Register on

September 28, 1999 (64 FR 52352). In

accordance with these procedures, oral

or written statements may be presented

by members of the public, electronic

recordings will be permitted only

during those portions of the meeting

that are open to the public, and

questions may be asked only by

members of the Committee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

Richard K. Major, ACNW, as far in

advance as practicable so that

appropriate arrangements can be made

to schedule the necessary time during

the meeting for such statements. Use of

still, motion picture, and television

cameras during this meeting will be

limited to selected portions of the

meeting as determined by the ACNW

Chairman. Information regarding the

time to be set aside for taking pictures

may be obtained by contacting the

ACNW office, prior to the meeting. In

view of the possibility that the schedule

for ACNW meetings may be adjusted by

the Chairman as necessary to facilitate

the conduct of the meeting, persons

planning to attend should notify Mr.

Major as to their particular needs.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been canceled or rescheduled, the

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the

opportunity to present oral statements

and the time allotted therefore can be

obtained by contacting Mr. Richard K.

Major, ACNW (Telephone 301/415–

7366), between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.

EDT.

ACNW meeting notices, meeting

transcripts, and letter reports are now

available for downloading or reviewing

on the internet at http://www.nrc.gov/

ACRSACNW.

Videoteleconferencing service is

available for observing open sessions of

ACNW meetings. Those wishing to use

this service for observing ACNW

meetings should contact Mr. Theron

Brown, ACNW Audiovisual Technician

(301/415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and

3:45 p.m. EDT at least 10 days before the

meeting to ensure the availability of this

service. Individuals or organizations

requesting this service will be

responsible for telephone line charges

and for providing the equipment and

facilities that they use to establish the