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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

Jack R. Newman, Esq., Morgan, Lewis &

Bockius, 1800 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20036–5869, 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 August 6, 1997,

which is available for public inspection

at the Commission’s Public Document

Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L

Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the

local public document room located at

the Wharton County Junior College, J.

M. Hodges Learning Center, 911 Boling

Highway, Wharton, TX.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day

of August 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Thomas W. Alexion,

Project Manager, Project Directorate IV/1,

Division of Reactor Projects III/IV, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–21517 Filed 8–13–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. 50–29]

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,

Yankee Atomic Electric Co., Yankee

Nuclear Power Station; Notice of

Receipt of and Availability for

Comment on the Facility License

Termination Plan

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is in receipt of and

is making available for public

inspection and comment the facility

License Termination Plan (LTP) for the

Yankee Nuclear Power Station (YNPS or

the plant). A meeting on the LTP at

which the public will be able to make

comments or question the NRC or

Yankee Atomic Power Company

attendees will be the subject of a future

notice. A proposed time period for this

meeting is fall 1997 and to be held in

the vicinity of the plant. The plant is

located in Rowe Township, Franklin

County, Massachusetts. In addition to

the future notice in the Federal

Register, the NRC will place advance

notices in local newspapers identifying

the date, time, and place of the meeting.

YNPS was permanently shut down on

October 1, 1991. Since that time, the

licensee has performed substantial

decontamination and dismantlement at

the plant with the intent to restore the

site to ‘‘greenfield’’ conditions. The LTP

was submitted in conformance to NRC

regulations 10 CFR 50.82(a) (9) and (10).

The LTP would be approved by the NRC

through a license amendment; this

process will offer an opportunity for a

hearing.

The LTP is available for public

inspection at the YNPS Local Public

Document Room (LPDR), located in the

Library of the Greenfield Community

College Library, 1 College Drive,

Greenfield, Massachusetts, 01301 and at

the Commission Public Document

Room, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington,

DC 20037. The YNPS LTP is dated May

15, 1997, and can be located in the

public document rooms under

Accession Number 9705210388.

Comments regarding the LTP or a

proposed meeting date may be

submitted within the 45 day from the

issuance of this notice, in writing, to Mr.

Morton B. Fairtile, MS: O11–B20, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001. He can be

reached at 301–415–1442.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day

of August 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Marvin M. Mendonca,

Acting Director, Non-Power Reactors and

Decommissioning Project Directorate,

Division of Reactor Program Management,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste; Notice of Meeting

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste (ACNW) will hold its 94th

meeting on September 23 and 25, 1997,

at the Mirage Hotel, Grand Ballroom B

and C, 3400 Las Vegas Boulevard South,

Las Vegas, Nevada.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The schedule for this meeting is as

follows: Tuesday, September 23, 1997—

8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of

business.

Preparation of ACNW Reports—The

Committee will discuss proposed

reports including NRC high-level waste

performance assessment capability,

application of probabilistic methods to

performance assessment, and

approaches to implement multiple

barriers and defense-in-depth in 10 CFR

60.

Thursday, September 25, 1997—8:30

a.m. until the conclusion of business.

A. Viability Assessment—The

Committee will discuss the status of the

Viability Assessment including design

options, total systems performance

assessment, cost estimates, and

schedule. The Committee may also hear

an update on the progress of the

Preliminary Integrated Safety

Assessment (PISA).

B. Enhanced Site Characterization—

The Committee will discuss the progress

of the enhanced site characterization

program, including the status of Cl–36

sampling, and description of the eastwest drift. Additional topics may

include the Amargosa Valley population

survey, waste retrievability, and DOE’s

interim High Level Waste Disposal

Standard.

C. Public Comments—The Committee

will hear comments from members of

the public, representatives from the

State of Nevada and affected local

counties, and Tribal Nations on

concerns related to nuclear waste

disposal.

D. Preparation of ACNW Reports—

The Committee will discuss proposed

reports including NRC high-level waste

performance assessment capability,

application of probabilistic methods to

performance assessment, and

approaches to implement multiple

barriers and defense-in-depth in 10 CFR

60.

E. Committee Activities/Future

Agenda—The Committee will consider

topics proposed for future consideration

by the full Committee and Working

Groups. The Committee will discuss

ACNW-related activities of individual

members.

F. Miscellaneous—The Committee

will discuss miscellaneous matters

related to the conduct of Committee

activities 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

October 8, 1996 (61 FR 52814). In

accordance with these procedures, oral

or written statements may be presented