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Facilities (NUREG–0586, August 1988)

and to hold public scoping meetings for

the purpose of soliciting comments.

Although NUREG–0586 covered all

NRC-licensed facilities, this supplement

will address only the decommissioning

of nuclear power reactors.

The NRC will hold public scoping

meetings on June 13, 2000, at the

Doubletree Guest Suites, AtlantaPerimeter, 6120 Peachtree Dunwoody

Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30328

(telephone: 770–668–0808), and on June

21, 2000, at the Ramada Plaza Hotel,

1231 Market Street, San Francisco,

California 94103 (telephone: 415–626–

8000) to present an overview of the

proposed supplement to the GEIS and to

accept public comment on its proposal.

The public scoping meetings will begin

at 7 p.m. and continue to 10 p.m.

The meeting will be transcribed and

will include (1) a presentation by the

NRC staff on the reasons for preparing

a supplement to the GEIS and the

environmental issues related to power

reactor decommissioning to be

addressed in the GEIS, and (2) the

opportunity for interested government

agencies, private organizations, and

individuals to provide comments.

Anyone wishing to attend or present

oral comments at this meeting may

preregister by contacting Mr. Dino C.

Scaletti by telephone at 1–800–368–

5642, extension 1104, or by Internet to

the NRC at DGEIS@nrc.gov, 1 week prior

to a specific meeting. Members of the

public may also register to provide oral

comments up to 15 minutes prior to the

start of each meeting. Individual oral

comments may be limited by the time

available, depending on the number of

persons who register. If special

equipment or accommodations are

needed to attend or present information

at the public meeting, the need should

be brought to Mr. Scaletti’s attention no

later than 1 week prior to a specific

meeting, so that the NRC staff can

determine whether the request can be

accommodated.

Any interested party may submit

comments related to the NRC’s intent to

supplement the GEIS for consideration

by the NRC staff. To be certain of

consideration, comments on the intent

to prepare the supplement must be

received by July 15, 2000. Comments

received after the due date will be

considered if it is practical to do so. At

this time, comments are being sought

only on the intent to prepare the

supplement. The NRC staff currently

projects issuance of the draft

supplement for comment in early 2001.

Comments on the draft supplement will

be solicited at that time. Written

comments should be sent to: Chief,

Rules and Directives Branch, Division of

Administrative Services, Mail Stop T–6

D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001.

Comments may be hand-delivered to

the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 a.m.

and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.

Submittal of electronic comments may

be sent by the Internet to the NRC at

DGEIS@nrc.gov. All comments received

by the Commission, including those

made by Federal, State, and local

agencies, Indian tribes, or other

interested persons, will be made

available for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

2120 L Street, NW., in Washington, DC.

Also, publicly available records will be

accessible electronically from the

ADAMS Public Library component on

the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov

(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr.

Dino C. Scaletti, Decommissioning

Section, Project Directorate IV &

Decommissioning, Division of Licensing

Project Management, Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555. Mr. Scaletti can be contacted

at the aforementioned telephone

number.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day

of May 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Dino C. Scaletti,

Senior Project Manager, Decommissioning

Section, Project Directorate IV &

Decommissioning, Division of Licensing

Project Management, Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation.

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AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Nuclear

Regulatory Commission.

DATE: Weeks of May 29, June 5, 12, 19,

26, and July 3, 2000.

PLACE: Commissioner’s Conference

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville,

Maryland.

STATUS: Public and Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of May 29

Tuesday, May 30

9:25 a.m. Affirmation Session

(Public Meeting) (If needed)

9:30 a.m. Discussion of

Intragovernmental Issues (ClosedEx. 9b)

Week of June 5—Tentative

There are no meetings scheduled for

the Week of June 5.

Week of June 12—Tentative

Tuesday, June 13

9:25 a.m. Affirmation Session

(Public Meeting) (If needed)

9:30 a.m. Meeting with Organization

of Agreement States (OAS) and

Conference of Radiation Control

Program Directors (CRCPD) (Public

Meeting) (Contact: Paul Lohaus,

301–415–3340)

1 p.m. Meeting with Korean

Peninsula Energy Development

Organization (KEDO) and State

Department (Public Meeting)

(Contact: Donna Chaney, 301–415–

2644)

Week of June 19—Tentative

Tuesday, June 20, 2000

9:25 a.m. Affirmation Session

(Public Meeting) (If needed)

9:30 a.m. Briefing on Final Rule—

Part 70—Regulating Fuel Cycle

Facilities (Public Meeting)

1:30 p.m. Briefing on Risk-Informed

Part 50, Option 3 (Public Meeting)

Wednesday, June 21, 2000

10:30 a.m. All Employees Meeting

(Public Meeting) (‘‘The Green’’

Plaza Area)

1:30 p.m. All Employees Meeting

(Public Meeting) (‘‘The Green’’

Plaza Area)

Week of June 26—Tentative

There are not meetings scheduled for

the Week of June 26.

Week of July 3—Tentative

There are no meetings scheduled for

the Week of July 3.

Note: The schedule for Commission

meetings is subject to change on short notice.

To verify the status of meetings call

(recording)—(301) 415–1292. Contact person

for more information: Bill Hill (301) 415–

1661.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: By a vote of 5–

0 on May 25, the Commission

determined pursuant to U.S.C. 552b(e)

and § 9.107(a) of the Commission’s rules

that ‘‘Affirmation of a: HYDRO

RESOURCES, INC., Docket No. 40–

8968–ML, MEMORANDUM AND

ORDER (Financial Assurance for

Decommissioning Issues), LBP–99–13,

49 NRC 233 (March 9, 1999); and

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Motion

to Hold in Abeyance), LBP–99–40

(October 19, 1999); and, b: FINAL

RULE: ‘‘ELIMINATION OF THE

REQUIREMENT FOR

NONCOMBUSTIBLE FIRE BARRIER

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AND OTHER MINOR CHANGES’’ (10

CFR PART 50) (WITS 199800128)’’

(PUBLIC MEETING) be held on May 25,

and on less than one week’s notice to

the public.

The NRC Commission Meeting

Schedule can be found on the Internet

at: http://www.nrc.gov/SECY/smj/

schedule.htm.

This notice is distributed by mail to

several hundred subscribers; if you no

longer wish to receive it, or would like

to be added to it, please contact the

Office of the Secretary, Attn: Operations

Branch, Washington, D.C. 20555 (301–

415–1661). In addition, distribution of

this meeting notice over the Internet

system is available. If you are interested

in receiving this Commission meeting

schedule electronically, please send an

electronic message to wmh@nrc.gov or

dkw@nrc.gov.

Dated: May 25, 2000.

William M. Hill, Jr.,

SECY Tracking Officer, Office of the

Secretary.

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Biweekly Notice; Applications and

Amendments to Facility Operating

Licenses Involving No Significant

Hazards Considerations

I. Background

Pursuant to Public Law 97–415, the

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(the Commission or NRC staff) is

publishing this regular biweekly notice.

Public Law 97–415 revised section 189

of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as

amended (the Act), to require the

Commission to publish notice of any

amendments issued, or proposed to be

issued, under a new provision of section

189 of the Act. This provision grants the

Commission the authority to issue and

make immediately effective any

amendment to an operating license

upon a determination by the

Commission that such amendment

involves no significant hazards

consideration, notwithstanding the

pendency before the Commission of a

request for a hearing from any person.

This biweekly notice includes all

notices of amendments issued, or

proposed to be issued from May 6, 2000,

through May 19, 2000. The last

biweekly notice was published on May

17, 2000 (65 FR 31354).

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of

Amendments to Facility Operating

Licenses, Proposed No Significant

Hazards Consideration Determination,

and Opportunity for a Hearing

The Commission has made a

proposed determination that the

following amendment requests involve

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. The basis for this

proposed determination for each

amendment request is shown below.

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 before

action is taken. 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 Review and

Directives Branch, Division of Freedom

of Information and Publications

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 6D22, 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 a hearing and petitions

for leave to intervene is discussed

below.

By June 30, 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 electronically

from the ADAMS Public Library

component on the NRC Web site, http:/

/www.nrc.gov (the Electronic Reading

Room). 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 a 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