Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 180 / Wednesday, September 17, 1997 / Notices 48897

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Advisory Committee for Geosciences;

Committee of Visitors: Notice of

Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting.

Name: Advisory Committee for

Geosciences; Committee of Visitors (1755).

Date and Time: October 1 and 2, 1997 8:30

AM–5:00 PM each day.

Place: Room 730, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington,

VA 22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Donald Heinrichs,

Head, Oceanographic Centers & Facilities

Section, Division of Ocean Sciences; Room

725; 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA

22230; telephone: (703) 306–1576.

Purpose of Meeting: To carry out a

Committee of Visitors’ (COV) review,

including examination of decision on

proposals, reviewer comments, and other

privileged materials.

Agenda: Review activities of the

Oceanographic Centers and Facilities

Section.

Reason for Closing: The meeting is closed

to the public because the Committee is

reviewing proposal actions that will include

privileged intellectual property and personal

information that could harm individuals if

disclosed. If discussions were open to the

public, these matters that are exempted

under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the

Government in the Sunshine Act would be

improperly disclosed.

Dated: September 11, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Special Emphasis Panel in

Mathematical Sciences; Notice of

Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting.

Name: Special Emphasis in Mathematical

Sciences (1204).

Date and Time: September 24–25, 1997;

8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Place: Room 310, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington,

VA.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Alvin I. Thaler,

Program Director, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington,

VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 306–1870.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate proposals

for the Group Infrastructure Grants Program

as part of the selection process for awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information and financial data,

such as salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552B(C) (4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Reason for Late Notice: Difficulty in

arranging an acceptable meeting date for the

panelists.

Dated: September 11, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Special Emphasis Panel in Networking

and Communications Research and

Infrastructure; Notice of Meetings

This notice is being published in

accord with the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as

amended). During the period October 1

through 22, 1997, the Special Emphasis

Panel in Networking & Communications

Research & Infrastructure (1207) will be

holding panel meetings to review and

evaluate research proposals. The dates

and types of proposals being reviewed

are:

Dates of meetings Types of proposal

10/1/97 ............. K12.

10/6/97– ...........

10/7/97 .............

College.

10/15/97– .........

10/16/97 ...........

High Performance.

10/21/97– .........

10/22/97 ...........

High Performance.

Times: 8:30 to 5:00 p.m. each day.

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA.

Type of Meetings: Closed.

Contact Person: Douglas Gatchell, Program

Director, Division of Networking &

Communications Research & Infrastructure,

Room 1175, National Science Foundation,

4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230,

telephone (703) 306–1949.

Purpose of Meetings: To provide advice

and recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate proposals

submitted to the connections to the Internet

Program as part of the selection process for

awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries, and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

USC 552b(c) (4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: September 11, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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Carolina Power & Light Company;

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of

Amendment to Facility Operating

License, Proposed no Significant

Hazards Consideration Determination,

and Opportunity for a Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of amendments to

Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–71

and DPR–62 issued to the Carolina

Power & Light Company (the licensee)

for operation of the Brunswick Steam

Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 (BSEP)

located in Southport, North Carolina.

In an application dated August 6,

1997, as supplemented on August 26,

1997, the licensee proposed license

amendments addressing an unreviewed

safety question associated with handling

of the spent fuel shipping cask at the

BSEP. In a letter to the NRC dated

November 16, 1982, the licensee

characterized the cask lift rigging as

having a redundant design. More

recently, while responding to NRC

questions related to NRC Bulletin 96–

02, ‘‘Movement of Heavy Loads Over

Spent Fuel,’’ the licensee determined

that site procedures allow lifting and

loading of a IF–300 spent fuel shipping

cask with only the primary yoke (a

configuration that is not single-failure

proof) during transfer from the tilting

cradle to the secondary yoke. The cask

is transported on a railway car in a

horizontal position. After inspection

and removal of any crash structure and

tie-downs, the valve box covers are

removed and the cask is raised to a

vertical position using the primary yoke

(which is non-redundant). The primary

yoke is used to lift the cask from the

tilting cradle and place it in the

secondary yoke which is also on the

railway car. Once the secondary yoke is

engaged, the lifting device has

redundant lifting capability. Similarly,

after the cask is returned to the railway

car, only the primary yoke is used in

returning the cask from the vertical to