47520 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 174 / Tuesday, September 9, 1997 / Notices

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of

Directors Operations and Regulations

Committee

TIME AND DATE: The Operations and

Regulations Committee of the Legal

Services Corporation’s Board of

Directors will meet on September 19,

1997. The meeting will begin at 9:30

a.m. and continue until the committee

concludes its agenda.

LOCATION: Legal Services Corporation,

750 First Street NE.—10th Floor,

Washington, DC 20002.

STATUS OF MEETING: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Open Session

1. Approval of agenda.

2. Approval of minutes of the

committee’s meeting of July 13,

1997.

3. Consider and act on proposed rule, to

be codified at 45 CFR Part 1643,

restricting LSC grantees’

involvement in assisted suicide,

euthanasia, and mercy killing.

4. Consider and act on other business.

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:

Victor M. Fortuno, General Counsel and

Secretary of the Corporation, at (202)

336–8810.

Special Needs: Upon request, meeting

notices will be made available in

alternate formats to accommodate visual

and hearing impairments. Individuals

who have a disability and need an

accommodation to attend the meeting

may notify Jean Edwards at (202) 336–

8811.

Dated: September 5 , 1997.

Victor M. Fortuno,

General Counsel.

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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of

Directors Finance Committee

TIME AND DATE: The Finance Committee

of the Legal Services Corporation’s

Board of Directors will meet on

September 19, 1997. The meeting will

begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue until

conclusion of the committee’s agenda.

LOCATION: Legal Services Corporation,

750 First Street NE.—10th Floor,

Washington, DC 20002.

STATUS OF MEETING: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Approval of agenda.

2. Approval of the minutes of the

committee’s meeting of July 13,

1997.

3. Review of Corporation’s FY ’97

budget and expenses through July

31, 1997.

4. Review projected expenses for the

remainder of FY ’97 and act on the

Corporation President’s and

Inspector General’s

recommendations for:

a. Internal budgetary adjustments.

b. Consolidated Operating Budget

(‘‘COB’’) reallocations.

5. Consider and act on temporary COB

for FY ’98.

6. Consider and act on an LSC budget

mark for FY ’99.

7. Consider and act on other business.

8. Public comment.

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:

Victor M. Fortuno, General Counsel and

Secretary of the Corporation, at (202)

336–8810.

Special Needs: Upon request, meeting

notices will be made available in

alternate formats to accommodate visual

and hearing impairments. Individuals

who have a disability and need an

accommodation to attend the meeting

may notify Jean Edwards at (202) 336–

8811.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Victor M. Fortuno,

General Counsel.

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NATIONAL COMMISSION ON

LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION

SCIENCE

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: October 29, 1997,

10:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. The Westin, 1400

M Street, NW., Washington, DC.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: NCLIS

Business Meeting.

Portion Closed to the Public:

October 28, 1997, 9:00 a.m.—4:45

p.m.

October 29, 1997, 9:00 a.m.—10:30

a.m.

To discuss staff support.

To request further information or to

make special arrangements for

physically challenged persons, contact

Barbara Whiteleather (202–606–9200)

no later than one week in advance of the

meeting.

Dated: September 3, 1997.

Jane Williams,

Acting Executive Director.

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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION

SAFETY BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 16,

1997.

PLACE: The Board Room, 5th Floor, 490

L’Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20594.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED:

6743A—Marine Accident Report: Fire

On Board the Panamanian

Passenger Ship UNIVERSE

EXPLORER, in Lynn Canal Near

Juneau, Alaska, July 27, 1996.

6873—Aviation Briefs of Accidents;

1996 Files:

No. 749—Bethalto, Illinois, 06/19/96

No. 6001—Miami, Florida, 01/23/96

News Media Contact: Telephone:

(202) 314–6100.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Bea

Hardesty, (202) 314–6065.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Bea Hardesty,

Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–23964 Filed 9–5–97; 12:05 pm]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Northern States Power Company;

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant,

Environmental Assessment and

Finding of No Significant Impact

[Docket No. 50–263]

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering granting an exemption from

the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50,

Appendix E, Section IV.F.2.c, to

Northern States Power Company, (the

licensee), in connection with the

operation of the Monticello Nuclear

Generating Plant, located in Wright

County, Minnesota, under Facility

Operating License No. DPR–22.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

By letter dated August 18, 1997, the

licensee requested an exemption to Title

10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50,

Appendix E, Section IV.F.2.c. The

proposed exemption would allow the

licensee to exercise only the onsite

portion of the Monticello Nuclear

Generating Plant’s emergency

preparedness plans during the

scheduled 1997 biennial exercise. The

licensee requested the exemption
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because the State and local counties

within the emergency planning zone

have requested relief from the Federal

Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA) from participation in the offsite

portion of the scheduled 1997 exercise

due to hardships caused by recent

natural disasters.

The Need for the Proposed Action

The proposed action is deemed

necessary since the requirement for the

State and local counties to participate in

the offsite portion of the exercise is

beyond the licensee’s control. The

licensee requested this one-time

exemption in support of the State of

Minnesota’s request for relief from

FEMA requirements in 10 CFR Part 44

to biennially exercise offsite emergency

plans. The State and local counties

requested relief from FEMA

requirements (in accordance with

Section 350.9.c of 10 CFR Part 44) due

to the hardships caused by recent

natural disasters. In a letter dated

August 12, 1997, to FEMA Region V, the

State of Minnesota provided the specific

justifications for its relief request.

Section 50.54(q) of 10 CFR Part 50

requires a licensee authorized to operate

a nuclear power reactor to follow and

maintain in effect emergency plans that

meet the standards of 10 CFR 50.47(b)

and the requirements of Appendix E to

10 CFR Part 50. Section IV.F.2.c of

Appendix E requires that offsite plans

for each site shall be exercised

biennially with full participation by

each offsite authority having a role

under the plan. The NRC may, however,

grant exemptions from the requirements

of the regulations which, pursuant to 10

CFR 50.12(a), are (1) Authorized by law,

will not present an undue risk to the

public health and safety, and are

consistent with the common defense

and security, and (2) present special

circumstances.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed

Action

The proposed action involves

administrative activities unrelated to

plant operation. The proposed action

will not increase the types or amounts

of effluents that may be released offsite,

nor increase occupational or offsite

radiation exposure. The proposed action

will not increase the probability or

consequences of accidents. Therefore,

the Commission concludes that there

are no radiological environmental

impacts associated with the proposed

action. The proposed action will not

result in a change in nonradiological

plant effluents and will have no other

nonradiological environmental impact.

Accordingly, the Commission concludes

that there are no nonradiological

environmental impacts associated with

the proposed action. The Commission

concludes that granting this one-time

exemption would not result in any

significant environmental impact.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

Since the Commission has concluded

there is no measurable environmental

impact associated with the proposed

action, any alternatives with equal or

greater environmental impact need not

be evaluated. As an alternative to the

proposed action, the staff considered

denial of the proposed action. Denial of

the request would result in no change in

current environmental impacts. The

environmental impacts of the proposed

action and the alternative action are

similar.

Alternative Use of Resources

This action does not involve the use

of any resources not previously

considered in the Final Environmental

Statement for the Monticello Nuclear

Generating Plant dated November 22,

1972.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

In accordance with its stated policy,

on September 3, 1997, the staff

consulted with the Minnesota State

official, Mr. Michael McCarthy of the

Department of Public Services,

regarding the environmental impact of

the proposed action. The State official

had no comments.

Finding Of No Significant Impact

Based upon the environmental

assessment, the Commission concludes

that the proposed action will not have

a significant effect on the quality of the

human environment. Accordingly, the

Commission has determined not to

prepare an environmental impact

statement for the proposed action.

For further details with respect to the

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter

dated August 18, 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

Minneapolis Public Library, Technology

and Science Department, 300 Nicollet

Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day

of September 1997.

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Beth A. Wetzel,

Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate

III–1, Division of Reactor Projects—III/IV,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–395]

South Carolina Electric and Gas

Company (Virgil C. Summer Nuclear

Station, Unit No. 1); Environmental

Assessment and Finding of No

Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an exemption

from certain requirements of its

regulations for Facility Operating

License No. NPF–12, issued to South

Carolina Electric and Gas Company (the

licensee), for operation of the Virgil C.

Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1,

located in Fairfield County, South

Carolina.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of Proposed Action

The proposed action would exempt

the licensee from the requirements of 10

CFR 70.24, which requires a monitoring

system that will energize clear audible

alarms if accidental criticality occurs in

each area in which special nuclear

material (SNM) is handled, used, or

stored. The proposed action would also

exempt the licensee from the

requirements to maintain emergency

procedures for each area in which this

licensed SNM is handled, used, or

stored to ensure that all personnel

withdraw to an area of safety upon the

sounding of the alarm, to familiarize

personnel with the evacuation plan, and

to designate responsible individuals for

determining the cause of the alarm, and

to place radiation survey instruments in

accessible locations for use in such an

emergency.

The proposed action is in accordance

with the licensee’s application for

exemption dated July 17, 1997, as

supplemented August 6, 1997.

The Need for the Proposed Action

The purpose of 10 CFR 70.24 is to

ensure that if a criticality were to occur

during the handling of SNM, personnel

would be alerted to that fact and would

take appropriate action. At a

commercial nuclear power plant, the