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subsidiaries. SDG&E would continue to

be a subsidiary of Enova. Under the

restructuring, there will be no change in

the capital structure of SDG&E. SDG&E

will continue to hold the SONGS

licenses to the same extent as presently

held; there will be no direct transfer of

the SONGS licenses. The December 2,

1996, letter requested the Commission’s

approval pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, to

the extent necessary, in connection with

the proposed restructuring. Notice of

this request for approval was published

in the Federal Register on July 1, 1997

(62 FR 35532).

Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license shall

be transferred, directly or indirectly,

through transfer of control of the

license, unless the Commission shall

give its consent in writing. Upon review

of the information submitted in the

letter of December 2, 1996, and other

information before the Commission, the

NRC staff has determined that the

restructuring of Enova, parent company

of SDG&E, will not affect the

qualifications of SDG&E as co-holder of

the licenses, and that the transfer of

control of the licenses for SONGS, to the

extent effected by the restructuring of

Enova, is otherwise consistent with

applicable provisions of law,

regulations, and orders issued by the

Commission, subject to the conditions

set forth herein. These findings are

supported by a Safety Evaluation dated

August 29, 1997.

III

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections

161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42

U.S.C 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and

2234, and 10 CFR 50.80, It Is Hereby

Ordered that the Commission approves

the application concerning the proposed

restructuring of Enova, parent company

of SDG&E, subject to the following

conditions: (1) SDG&E shall provide the

Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation a copy of any application, at

the time it is filed, to transfer (excluding

grants of security interests or liens) from

SDG&E to its parent or to any other

affiliated company, facilities for the

production, transmission, or

distribution of electric energy having a

depreciated book value exceeding ten

percent (10%) of SDG&E’s consolidated

net utility plant, as recorded on

SDG&E’s books of account; and (2)

should the restructuring of Enova as

described herein not be completed by

August 31, 1998, this Order shall

become null and void, provided,

however, on application and for good

cause shown, such date may be

extended.

This Order is effective upon issuance.

IV

By October 6, 1997, any person

adversely affected by this Order may file

a request for a hearing with respect to

issuance of the Order. Any person

requesting a hearing shall set forth with

particularity how that interest is

adversely affected by this Order and

shall address the criteria set forth in 10

CFR 2.714(d).

If a hearing is to be held, the

Commission will issue an order

designating the time and place of such

hearing.

The issue to be considered at any

such hearing shall be whether this

Order should be sustained.

Any request for a hearing must be

filed with the Secretary of the

Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555,

Attention: Rulemaking and

Adjudications Staff, or may be delivered

to the Commission’s Public Document

Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L

Street, NW., Washington, D.C. by the

above date. Copies should be also sent

to the Office of the General Counsel, and

to the Director, Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20555, and to Richard A. Meserve,

Covington & Burling, 1201 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Post Office Box 7566,

Washington, D.C. 20044–7566, attorney

for SDG&E.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the December 2, 1996 letter

application, which is available for

public inspection at the Commission’s

Public Document Room, the Gelman

Building, 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, D.C., and at the local

public document room located at the

Main Library, University of California,

Irvine, California 92718.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day

of August 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Samuel J. Collins,

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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Finding of No Significant Impact

Related to Amendment to Materials

License SMB–602, RMI Titanium

Company

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Finding of No Significant

Impact Associated with Amendment to

Materials License SMB–602, RMI

Titanium Company, Extrusion Plant,

Ashtabula, Ohio, to Authorize

Decommissioning of RMI Extrusion

Plant Site.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission is considering a license

amendment request submitted by the

RMI Titanium Company (hereafter RMI

or the licensee) for decommissioning of

its extrusion plant facility.

On August 28, 1995, NRC published

a Notice of Consideration of

Amendment Request for

Decommissioning the RMI Titanium

Company Site in Ashtabula, Ohio, and

Opportunity for Hearing (60 FR 44517).

NRC did not receive any response to

that notice.

Summary of the Environmental

Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

The proposed action is the

decommissioning of RMI’s extrusion

plant facility in Ashtabula, Ohio, in

accordance with RMI’s

decommissioning plan submitted April

27, 1995 (DP) and supplemental

submittals. In this action, RMI is

proposing to remediate the extrusion

plant site for release for unrestricted use

consistent with the NRC ‘‘Action Plan to

Ensure Timely Cleanup of Site

Decommissioning Management Plan

Sites’’ (57 FR 13389; April 16, 1992;

hereafter Action Plan).

Decommissioning activities would

include decontamination and

dismantlement of the extrusion plant

equipment and buildings (D&D),

remediation of contaminated soils and

groundwater, restoration of affected

areas, and offsite disposal of radioactive

decommissioning wastes (primarily

uranium). Most radioactive wastes from

decommissioning activities will be Class

A low-level radioactive waste (LLW).

The release criterion for total uranium

in soil is 1.1 Bq (30 pCi)/g. Release

criteria for groundwater are: total

uranium, 1.1 Bq (30 pCi)/l; and

technetium-99 (Tc-99), 33.3 Bq (900

pCi)/l. Clarification of these criteria for

groundwater is provided in a staff note

to the docket file.

Uranium residues in various physical

forms (such as metal turnings and

uranium oxide dust) were generated

under contract to the U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) and under NRC license

SMB–602. As a consequence of those

operations, the process and support

buildings, onsite and adjacent offsite

soils, and groundwater near a former

evaporation pond are known to be

contaminated with uranium (uranium234, uranium-235, and uranium-238) at
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levels that exceed NRC’s Action Plan

guidelines for release of the facilities

and site for unrestricted use.

Technetium-99 (a contaminant in

recycled uranium) has been measured in

concentrations above background in the

soil and groundwater. The licensee also

identified elevated levels of thorium230 (Th-230) in sediment from a former

evaporation pond. The nature and

extent of soil contamination due to Tc99 and Th-230 continues to be evaluated

by the licensee.

The RMI extrusion plant buildings

and equipment also contain a limited

amount of mixed wastes (hazardous

wastes contaminated primarily with

uranium). Mixed wastes will be shipped

offsite, treated, and disposed in

accordance with the RMI Site Treatment

Plan, which was prepared by DOE to

comply with the Federal Facility

Compliance Act.

Groundwater and soils around a

former evaporation pond are also

contaminated with tricholoethylene

(TCE). The area contaminated with TCE

will be remediated in accordance with

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) requirements. Other hazardous

wastes (limited in amount) will be

shipped offsite in accordance with EPA

and Ohio Environmental Protection

Agency requirements.

The Need for the Proposed Action

The licensee does not plan any further

manufacturing or processing at its

extrusion plant facility, and wants to

terminate its 10 CFR Part 40 license and

withdraw from NRC-licensed activities

at the site. The termination of the

license would require the

decontamination and decommissioning

of the facility so that it could be released

for unrestricted use in accordance with

NRC requirements.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed

Action

The short-term radiological impacts

resulting from the proposed action

involve the release of air and water

effluents, which may contain low levels

of residual radioactive contamination, to

the environment. These effluents will be

generated from excavation of soils,

dismantlement of buildings, and other

decommissioning activities. The

radiological consequences of these

effluents on workers and the public are

estimated to be well below NRC’s

occupational and public dose limits.

The release of radioactive air and water

effluents is controlled by NRC

regulations in 10 CFR Part 20, Appendix

B. The licensee is required to comply

with these regulations. The licensee has

committed to use RMI’s DP, health

physics manual, and ALARA program

manual to keep effluents from the

proposed decommissioning activities

below levels established in 10 CFR Part

20, Appendix B.

Potential radiological impacts on

workers from the proposed

decommissioning activities will be

below the NRC occupational dose limit

of 50 millisieverts/yr (mSv/yr)(5 rem/

yr), as required in 10 CFR

20.1201(a)(1)(i). The average dose to the

onsite worker would be 0.17 mSv/yr

(1.7E–2 rem/yr) for performing building

D&D, and 9.8E–2 mSv/yr (9.8E–3 rem/

yr) for performing soil remediation

activities. The dose pathways would be

inhalation of radioactive airborne dust

and direct radiation.

Potential radiological impacts to the

public from normal operations are

expected to be well below the NRC

public limit of 1 mSv/yr (100 millirem/

yr (mrem/yr)) dose limit, as required in

10 CFR 20.1301(a)(1). The total effective

dose equivalent (TEDE) to the

maximally exposed individual member

of the public (MEI) would be 6.8E–9

mSv/yr (6.8E–07 mrem/yr) from D&D

operations, and 1.9E–3 mSv/yr (1.9E–1

mrem/yr) from soil remediation

activities. Doses would occur

principally from inhalation of fugitive

radioactive airborne dust.

Doses from the transportation of LLW

(under non-accident conditions) are as

follows: average worker dose would be

2.9 mSv/yr (0.29 rem/yr), and the TEDE

for the MEI would be 6.1E–7 mSv/yr

(6.1E–05 mrem/yr). Potential doses

would be from direct radiation exposure

during transport of LLW to disposal or

processing facilities.

Doses from the maximum credible

accident scenario (a transportation

accident that results in the failure of the

LLW containment vessel, and

subsequent release of respirable

uranium oxide material) would be 3

millisieverts (mSv) (0.3 rem) for both a

worker and the MEI.

The short-term nonradiological

impacts of decommissioning are not

expected to be significant. There is a

beneficial long-term impact associated

with the proposed action: when

remediated, the RMI extrusion plant site

would be suitable for release for

unrestricted use.

Conclusion

On the basis of the NRC staff’s

evaluation of the applicant’s proposed

action, as described in RMI’s DP and

supporting documentation and from

NRC staff field inspection of the

applicant’s facility, the staff concludes

that the proposed action will not result

in any significant environmental

impact. The staff recommends that the

proposed action, with its radiation

protection and site safety programs, be

implemented.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

The NRC staff identified two

alternatives to the proposed action: (1)

no action and (2) onsite disposal of

LLW. The no-action alternative

represents the status quo, and would

constitute continued surveillance and

maintenance of the contaminated site.

These conditions would be

noncompliant with NRC requirements

for cleanup of inactive nuclear material

processing facilities, RMI’s RCRA

permit, and the RMI/DOE contract.

Onsite disposal of wastes (under 10

CFR 20.2002 and Option 2 of NRC’s

Branch Technical Position on Disposal

or Onsite Stroage of Thorium and

Uranium Wastes from Past Operations)

is not a viable alternative, because the

groundwater table on the site is very

shallow. Waste disposed onsite would

not meet NRC guidance for depth to

water table from the waste.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

The NRC staff prepared an

Environmental Assessment (EA) for this

license amendment. Staff consulted

with the Ohio Department of Health,

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency,

and U.S. EPA for review of the EA.

Finding of No Significant Impact

Based on the NRC staff’s

Environmental Assessment related to

amending License SMB–602, the

Commission concludes that the

proposed action will not have a

significant impact on the quality of the

human environment. Accordingly, the

Commission has determined not to

prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement and that a Finding of No

Significant Impact is appropriate.

Additional Information

The Environmental Assessment and

the documents related to this proposed

action are available for public

inspection and copying at the NRC’s

Public Document Room, 2120 L Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20555.

For additional information, contact

Dr. Ronald B. Uleck, Project Manager,

Materials Decommissioning Section,

Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning

Projects Branch, Division of Waste

Management, Office of Nuclear

Materials Safety and Safeguards, (301)

415–6722.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day

of August 1997.
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For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

John W.N. Hickey,

Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning

Projects Branch, Division of Waste

Management, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards

[FR Doc. 97–23597 Filed 9–4–97; 8:45 am]

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Advisory Committee on the Medical

Uses of Isotopes: Meeting Notice

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission will convene a meeting of

the Advisory Committee on the Medical

Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on September

25–26, 1997. The meeting will take

place at the address provided below. All

sessions of the meeting will be open to

the public, except where specifically

noted otherwise.

Topics of discussion will include: (1)

An evaluation of the ACMUI and the

composition of its membership; (2) an

update on the revision of 10 CFR part

35 and associated activities; (3) a

discussion of the requirements for (a) a

Quality Management Program, (b) a

radiation safety committee, (c) training

and experience, and (d) notification of

patients; (4) a discussion of possible

options for revising the 1979 Medical

Policy Statement; and (5) a discussion of

previous ACMUI recommendations.

Additionally, the staff will provide an

update on several rulemakings and

regulatory guides: (1) Rulemaking for

part 33, ‘‘Specific Domestic Licenses of

Broad Scope for Byproduct Material;’’

(2) petition for rulemaking for carbon-14

use; (3) petition from the University of

Cincinnati regarding 10 CFR 20.1301,

and (4) radiopharmacy guidance.

In addition, on September 25, 1997,

from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., there will

be a closed session of the ACMUI to

discuss ethics rules and their

application. This session will be closed

on the grounds that the meeting will

relate solely to internal personnel rules

and/or practices of the agency and will

involve information the disclosure of

which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 8:30

a.m., on September 25, 1997, and 8:00

a.m. on September 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Two White Flint North,

11545 Rockville Pike, Room T2B3,

Rockville, MD 20852–2738.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Flack, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards, MS T8F5,

Washington, DC 20555, Telephone (301)

415–5681.

Conduct of the Meeting

Judith Ann Stitt, M.D., will chair the

meeting. Dr. Stitt will conduct the

meeting in a manner that will facilitate

the orderly conduct of business. The

following procedures apply to public

participation in the meeting:

1. Persons who wish to provide a

written statement should submit a

reproducible copy to Diane Flack

(address listed previously), by

September 18, 1997. Statements must

pertain to the topics on the agenda for

the meeting.

2. At the meeting, questions from

members of the public will be permitted

at the discretion of the Chairman.

3. The transcript and written

comments will be available for

inspection, and copying, for a fee, at the

NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L

Street, N.W., Lower Level, Washington,

DC 20555, telephone (202) 634–3273, on

or about October 3, 1997. Minutes of the

meeting will be available on or about

November 14, 1997.

4. Seating for the public will be on a

first-come, first-served basis.

This meeting will be held in

accordance with the Atomic Energy Act

of 1954, as amended (primarily Section

161a); the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (5 U.S.C. App); and the

Commission’s regulations in Title 10,

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, part 7.

Dated: August 29, 1997.

Kenneth R. Hart,

Acting Secretary of the Commission.

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Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Panama Canal Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13,

109 Stat. 163), the Panama Canal

Commission (PCC) hereby gives notice it

has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget for approval of

a Paperwork Reduction Act Submission

(83–I) for a revision of a currently

approved collection of information

entitled Subchapter C of Chapter I, Title

35, Code of Federal Regulations, OMB

No. 3207–0001. In accordance with sec.

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, PCC published

a notice in the Federal Register [62 FR

29165, May 29, 1996] requesting

comment on this proposed collection.

The comment period ended July 28,

1997. PCC received no comments in

response to that notice.

DATES: Written comments on this

proposed action regarding the collection

of information must be submitted by

October 6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments

concerning this notice to Edward H.

Clarke, Desk Officer for Panama Canal

Commission, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Room 3228, New

Executive Office Building, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington,

D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a complete copy of the collection of

information or related information,

contact Ruth Huff, Office of the

Secretary, Panama Canal Commission,

202–634–6441.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), Federal agencies

must obtain approval from the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for each

collection of information they conduct

or sponsor. Collection of information is

defined in 44 U.S.C, 3502(3) and 5 CFR

1320.3(c). Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

requires Federal agencies to provide a

notice in the Federal Register stating

that the agency has made such

submission and setting forth the

following information:

Title: Subchapter C (Shipping and

Navigation) of Chapter I, 35 CFR.

Abstract: Article III of the Panama

Canal Treaty of 1977 and section 1101

of its implementing legislation, Pub. L.

96–70, as amended, vests in the Panama

Canal Commission the responsibility

and authority to maintain and operate

the Panama Canal. Section 1801 of Pub.

L. 96–70, codified at 22 U.S.C. 3811,

explicitly authorizes the Commission to

promulgate regulations governing

navigation of the waters of the Panama

Canal. The information, required by

various sections of Subchapter C

(Shipping and Navigation) of Title 35 of

the Code of Federal Regulations, and

obtained through the use of the subject

forms, is essential for the Commission to

carry out its mission in a safe and

efficient manner.

Needs and Uses: On December 24,

1981, OMB approved a collection of