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Dated: July 30, 1997.

Robert E. Taylor,

Clerk of the Board.

MSPB/Internal–5

SYSTEM NAME:

Workload and Assignment Tracking

System.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Information Resources Management

Division, Merit Systems Protection

Board (MSPB), 1120 Vermont Avenue,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20419

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

a. Individuals who have written to

MSPB on official business, including

individuals who have written to the

White House and Congressional offices

and whose letters have been referred to

MSPB for response.

b. MSPB employees who have been

assigned responsibility for completing

workload tasks of the kind recorded in

the system.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

a. Information about the individual

writing to MSPB, including personal

information such as individual names,

social security numbers, home

addresses, veterans status, race, sex,

national origin and disability status

data.

b. Information concerning the nature

of the assigned task, the dates of

assignment, required completion and

actual completion. The system may also

contain notes on the performance of the

task by the assignee.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 1204, and 1205.

PURPOSE:

These records are used for internal

assignment and tracking of workload

and may also be used to monitor the

performance of MSPB employees on

assignments.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES:

Information from the record may be

disclosed:

a. to the Government Accounting

Office in response to an official inquiry

or investigation;

b. to the Department of Justice for use

in litigation when:

(1) the Board, or any component

thereof; or

(2) any employee of the Board in the

employee’s official capacity; or

(3) any employee of the Board in the

employee’s individual capacity where

the Department of Justice has agreed to

represent the employee; or

(4) the United States, where the

agency determines that litigation is

likely to affect the agency or any of its

components, is a party to litigation or

has an interest in such litigation, and

the use of such records by the

Department of Justice is deemed by the

agency to be relevant and necessary to

the litigation, provided, however, that in

each case, the agency determines that

disclosure of the records to the

Department of Justice is a use of the

information contained in the records

that is compatible with the purpose for

which the records were collected, or

approval or consultation is required.

c. in any proceeding before a court or

adjudicative body before which the

Board is authorized to appear, when:

(1) the Board, or any component

thereof; or

(2) any employee of the Board in the

employer’s official capacity; or

(3) any employee of the Board in the

employee’s individual capacity where

the agency has agreed to represent the

employee; or

(4) the United States, where the

agency determines that litigation is

likely to affect the agency or any of its

components, is a party to litigation or

has an interest in such litigation, and

the agency determines that use of such

records is relevant and necessary to the

litigation, provided, however, that in

each case the agency determines that the

disclosure of the records to the

Department of Justice is a use of the

information contained in the records

that is compatible with the purpose for

which the records were collected, or

approval or consultation is required.

d. to the National Archives and

Records Administration in records

management inspections conducted

under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and

2906; and

e. in response to a request for

discovery or for appearance of a

witness, if the requested information is

relevant to the subject matter involved

in a pending judicial or administrative

proceeding.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

These records are maintained in

electronic form on a Hewlett Packard

mini-computer connected to a local area

network and a wide area network

serving all offices of the MSPB.

RETRIEVABILITY:

These records are retrieved by the

names of the individuals on whom they

are maintained, and by automatically

assigned control numbers.

SAFEGUARDS:

Access to these records is limited to

persons whose official duties require

such access. Automated records are

protected from unauthorized access

through password identification

procedures and other system-based

protecting methods.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Electronic records in this system may

be maintained for a period of one year,

and are then transferred to magnetic

tape and maintained indefinitely, or

until the Board no longer needs them.

SYSTEM MANAGER:

The Information Resources

Management Division, 1120 Vermont

Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 20419.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:

Individuals wishing to inquire

whether this system of records contains

information about them should contact

the Clerk of the Board and must fellow

the MSPB Privacy Act regulations at 5

CFR 1205.11 regarding such inquiries.

RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals requesting access to their

records should contact the Clerk of the

Board, Such requests should be

addressed to the Clerk of the Board,

Merit Systems Protection Board, 1120

Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20419. Requests for access to

records must follow the MSPB Privacy

Act regulations at 5 CFR 1205.11.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Individuals requesting amendment of

records should write the Clerk of the

Board. Requests must follow the MSPB

Privacy Act regulations at 5 CFR

1205.21.

RECORDS SOURCE CATEGORIES:

The sources of these records are:

a. the individual to whom the record

pertains;

d. other individuals or organizations

from whom the MSPB has received

information.

[FR Doc. 97–20483 Filed 8–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7400–01–M

NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING

COMMISSION

Paperwork Reduction

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming

Commission is publishing this notice to

comply with the requirements of the
41980 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 149 / Monday, August 4, 1997 / Notices

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 was

enacted for the purpose of minimizing

the paperwork burden on the public

and, in particular, on the regulated

community. The Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 was also enacted to

maximize the utility of information

created, collected, maintained, used,

shared and disseminated by or for the

Federal Government. The National

Indian Gaming Commission received

clearance from the Office of

Management and Budget for the

collection of information necessary to

implement the Indian Gaming

Regulatory Act. The purpose of this

notice is to inform the public that the

National Indian Gaming Commission

currently seeks renewal of this

clearance.

DATES: Comments must be received by

October 3, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Copies of this information can be

obtained from Cindy Altimus, National

Indian Gaming Commission, 1441 L

Street, NW, 9th Floor, Washington, DC

20005; Telephone 202/632–7003; Fax

202/632–7066 (these are not toll-free

numbers).

ABSTRACT: The Indian Gaming

Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.,

102 Stat. 2467, Pub. L. 100–497) (the

Act) established the National Indian

Gaming Commission which is charged

with, among other things, regulating

class II gaming on Indian lands. The Act

establishes the National Indian Gaming

Commission (NIGC, or the Commission)

as an independent federal regulatory

agency. 25 CFR part 514, in accordance

with the Act, authorizes the National

Indian Gaming Commission (the

Commission) to establish a schedule of

fees to be paid to the Commission by

each Class II gaming operation regulated

by the Act. Fees are computed using

rates set by the Commission and the

assessable gross revenues of each

gaming operation. The total of all fees

assessed annually cannot exceed

$1,500,000. The required information is

needed for the Commission to both set

and adjust rates and to support the

computations of fees paid by each

gaming operation.

Respondents: Class II gaming

operations.

Number of Respondents: 201.

Estimate of Burden: An average of 5

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 1,005 hours. Send

comments regarding the accuracy of the

burden estimates, ways to minimize the

burden or any other aspect of this

collection of information to: Cindy

Altimus, National Indian Gaming

Commission, 1441 L Street NW, Suite

9100, Wsahington, DC 20005.

Tom Foley,

Vice Chairman, National Indian Gaming

Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–20443 Filed 8–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7565–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 5–269, 50–270, and 50–287]

In the Matter of Duke Power Company

(Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and

3)

Exemption

I

Duke Power Company (the licensee) is

the holder of Facility Operating License

Nos. DPR–38, DPR–47, and DPR–55, for

the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2,

and 3, respectively. The licenses

provide, among other things, that the

licensee is subject to all rules,

regulations, and orders of the

Commission now or hereafter in effect.

These facilities consist of three

pressurized water reactors located at the

licensee’s site in Oconee County, South

Carolina.

II

Title 10 of the Code of Federal

Regulations (10 CFR) at subsection (a) of

10 CFR 70.24, ‘‘Criticality Accident

Requirements,’’ requires that each

licensee authorized to possess special

nuclear material shall maintain in each

area where such material is handled,

used, or stored, a criticality accident

monitoring system ‘‘using gamma-or

neutron-sensitive radiation detectors

which will energize clearly audible

alarm signals if accidental criticality

occurs.’’ Subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of

10 CFR 70.24 specify the detection,

sensitivity, and coverage capabilities of

the monitors required by 10 CFR

70.24(a). Subsection (a)(3) of 10 CFR

70.24 requires that the licensee shall

maintain emergency procedures for each

area in which this licensed special

nuclear material is handled, used, or

stored and provides (1) that the

procedures ensure that all personnel

withdraw to an area of safety upon the

sounding of a criticality monitor alarm,

(2) that the procedures must include

drills to familiarize personnel with the

evacuation plan, and (3) that the

procedures designate responsible

individuals for determining the cause of

the alarm and placement of radiation

survey instruments in accessible

locations for use in such an emergency.

Subsection (b)(1) requires licensees to

have a means to quickly identify

personnel who have received a dose of

10 rads or more. Subsection (b)(2)

requires licensees to maintain personnel

decontamination facilities, to maintain

arrangements for a physician and other

medical personnel qualified to handle

radiation emergencies, and to maintain

arrangements for the transportation of

contaminated individuals to treatment

facilities outside the site boundary.

Subsection (c) exempts Part 50 licensees

(such as Oconee) from the requirements

of paragraph (b). Subsection (d) states

that any licensee who believes that there

is good cause why he should be granted

an exemption from all or part of 10 CFR

70.24 may apply to the Commission for

such an exemption and shall specify the

reasons for the relief requested.

By letter dated February 4, 1997, as

supplemented March 19, 1997, the

licensee requested an exemption for all

the Duke Power Company nuclear

plants from the requirements of 10 CFR

70.24. The staff has reviewed the

licensee’s submittal, and documented

its detailed review in a Safety

Evaluation. The staff found that existing

procedures and training, as well as

design features and radiation

monitoring instrumentation required by

the Technical Specifications make an

inadvertent criticality in special nuclear

materials handling or storage at Oconee

unlikely. The licensee has thus met the

intent of 10 CFR 70.24(d) by the low

probability of an inadvertent criticality

in areas where fresh fuel could be

present, by the licensee’s adherence to

General Design Criterion 63 regarding

radiation monitoring, by maintenance of

appropriate procedures, and by

provisions for personnel training and

evacuation.

III

Section 70.14 of 10 CFR, ‘‘Specific

exemptions,’’ states that

The Commission may, upon application by

any interested person or upon its own

initiative, grant such exemptions from the

requirements of the regulations in this part as

it determines are authorized by law and will

not endanger life or property or the common

defense and security and are otherwise in the

public interest.

Section 70.24(d) of 10 CFR states that

Any licensee who believes that good cause

exists why he should be granted an

exemption in whole or in part from the

requirements of this section may apply to the

Commission for such exemption.

Accordingly, the Commission has

determined that good cause is present as

defined in 10 CFR 70.24(d). The