Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 179 / Tuesday, September 16, 1997 / Notices 48681

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Nuclear

Regulatory Commission.

DATE: Weeks of September 15, 22, 29,

and October 6, 1997.

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

STATUS: Public and Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED

Week of September 15—Tentative

Wednesday, September 17

9:00 a.m. Briefing by DOE on Plutonium

Disposition Strategy and Program

(Public Meeting) (Contact: Ted

Sherr, 301–415–7218)

Friday, September 19

10:00 a.m. Briefing by DOE and NRC on

Regulatory Oversight of DOE

Nuclear Facilities (Public Meeting)

(Contact: John Austin, 301–415–

7275)

11:30 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting)

a. Sequoyah Fuels Corp. & General

Atomics; Docket No. 40–8027–EA;

LBP–95–18 and LBP–96–24,

Memoranda and Orders (Approving

Settlements) (Tentative)

1:30 p.m. Briefing on Improvements in

Senior Management Assessment

Process for Operating Reactors

(Public Meeting) (Contact: Bill

Borchardt, 301–415–1257)

Week of September 22—Tentative

There are no meetings scheduled for

the week of September 22.

Week of September 29—Tentative

There are no meetings scheduled for

the week of September 29.

Week of October 6

There are no meetings scheduled for

the week of September 29.

The schedule for Commission

meetings is subject to change on short

notice. To verify the status of meetings

call (recording) —(301) 415–1292.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Bill Hill (301) 415–1661.

The NRC Commission Meeting

Schedule can be found on the Internet

at:

http://www.nrc.gov/SECY/smj/

schedule.htm

This notice is distributed by mail to

several hundred subscribers; if you no

longer wish to receive it, or would like

to be added to it, please contact the

Office of the Secretary, Attn: Operations

Branch, Washington, D.C. 20555 (301–

415–1661).

In addition, distribution of this

meeting notice over the internet system

is available. If you are interested in

receiving this Commission meeting

schedule electronically, please send an

electronic message to wmh@nrc.gov or

dkw@nrc.gov.

Dated: September 12, 1997.

William M. Hill, Jr.

SECY Tracking Officer, Office of the

Secretary.

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[Docket No.: 070–00925]

Notice of Consideration of Amendment

Request for Decommissioning the

Cimarron Corporation Former Fuel

Fabrication Facility in Crescent,

Oklahoma, and Opportunity for a

Hearing

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission is considering issuance of

a license amendment to Nuclear

Material License No. SNM–928, issued

to the Cimarron Corporation (the

licensee), to authorize decommissioning

of its facility previously used as a fuel

fabrication facility.

On April 19, 1995, the licensee

submitted a site decommissioning plan

(SDP) to NRC for review that

summarized the decommissioning

activities that will be undertaken to

remove soils and rubble contaminated

with radioactive material.

NRC will require the licensee to

remediate the Cimarron facility to meet

NRC’s decommissioning criteria, and

during the decommissioning activities,

to maintain effluents and doses within

NRC requirements and as low as

reasonably achievable.

Prior to approving the SDP, NRC will

have made findings required by the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,

and NRC’s regulations. These findings

will be documented in a Safety

Evaluation Report and an

Environmental Assessment Approval of

the SDP will be documented in an

amendment to License No. SNM–928.

NRC hereby provides notice that this

is a proceeding on an application for

amendment of a license falling within

the scope of Subpart L, ‘‘Informal

Hearing Procedures for Adjudication in

Materials Licensing Proceedings,’’ of

NRC’s rules and practice for domestic

licensing proceedings in 10 CFR Part 2.

Pursuant to § 2.1205(a), any person

whose interest may be affected by this

proceeding may file a request for a

hearing in accordance with § 2.1205(c).

A request for a hearing must be filed

within thirty (30) days of the date of

publication of this Federal Register

notice.

The request for a hearing must be

filed with the Office of the Secretary,

either:

1. By delivery to the Docketing and

Services Branch, Office of the Secretary

at One White Flint North, 11555

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852–

2738; or

2. By mail or telegram addressed to

the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001. Attention: Docketing and Services

Branch.

In addition to meeting other

applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part

2 of NRC’s regulations, a request for a

hearing filed by a person other than an

applicant must describe in detail:

1. The interest of the requester in the

proceeding;

2. How that interest may be affected

by the results of the proceeding,

including the reasons why the requestor

should be permitted a hearing, with

particular reference to the factors set out

in § 2.1205(g);

3. The requester’s areas of concern

about the licensing activity that is the

subject matter of the proceeding; and

4. The circumstances establishing that

the request for a hearing is timely in

accordance with § 2.1205(c).

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(e),

each request for a hearing must also be

served, by delivering it personally or by

mail, to:

1. The applicant, Cimarron

Corporation, P.O. Box 25861, Oklahoma

City, OK 73125 Attention: Mr. Jess

Larsen; and

2. NRC staff, by delivery to the Office

of the Secretary, One White Flint North,

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

20852–2738, or by mail, addressed to

the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001.

For further details with respect to this

action, the SDP is available for

inspection at the NRC’s Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20555, or at NRC’s

Region IV offices located at 611 Ryan

Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, TX

76011–8064. Persons desiring to review

documents at the Region IV Office

should call Linda Ousley at (817) 860–

8219 several days in advance to assure

that the documents will be readily

available for review.
48682 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 179 / Tuesday, September 16, 1997 / Notices

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day

of September 1997.

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.

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PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC

POWER AND CONSERVATION

PLANNING COUNCIL

Northwest Conservation and

Electronic Power Plan Draft

Amendments and Addendum

AGENCY: Pacific Northwest Electric

Power and Conservation Planning

Council (Northwest Power Planning

Council, Council).

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Addendum to the Draft Fourth

Northwest Conservation and Electric

Power Plan.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Pacific

Northwest Electric Power Planning and

Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C.

839, et seq.) (Act), in April 1983 the

Council adopted a regional electric

power plan, the Northwest Conservation

and Electric Power Plan (plan). The plan

was completely amended in 1986.

Although the Act requires the Council

to review the plan at least every five

years, the Council has revised certain

parts of the plan more often, to respond

to ongoing changes in the regional

energy picture and to incorporate the

most recent technology and analysis.

For example, the Council updated

certain technical data in a 1989

Supplement to the 1986 Power Plan. In

April 1991, the Council adopted another

complete amendment of the plan. In

March 1996, the Council released for

public comment the Draft Fourth Power

Plan.

In the face of nationwide initiatives

for restructuring the electrical industry,

the governors of Idaho, Montana,

Oregon and Washington convened a

Comprehensive Review of the

Northwest Energy System in late 1995.

The Council recognized that many of

the issues to be considered in its plan

would also be taken up by the

Comprehensive Review and therefore

decided to wait until the review had

issued its final report before completing

the plan amendment process.

The Addendum to the Draft Fourth

Northwest Power Plan has two principal

objectives. First, it reviews important

developments since the release of the

draft power plan. These developments

include what has happened with respect

to: Generation and conservation

resources; gas and electricity markets;

electricity loads; institutions; and

policies. The more important

developments include the creation of

new institutions in response to the

increasingly competitive utility industry

and the continued evolution of policies

at the state and federal levels designed

to facilitate competitive electricity

markets.

The second purpose of the Addendum

is to examine the relationships between

the analysis contained in the draft

power plan and the recommendations

from the Comprehensive Review. In

several instances, the Addendum

suggests approaches that would help

move the Northwest from the usually

general nature of the Comprehensive

Review’s recommendations to the

specifics that will have to be addressed

by legislatures, and state and local

regulators.

During the next several months,

hearings in each of the four Northwest

states will be scheduled, as required by

the Act. The public is invited to

comment on both the Draft Fourth

Northwest Power Plan and the

Addendum. Note that the text of the

Draft Fourth Power Plan remains

unchanged. It is the Addendum that

contains revisions that reflect the

recommendations of the Comprehensive

Review.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

electricity industry nationwide is

undergoing a radical restructuring. To

ensure that the four Northwest states

have a voice in how this restructuring

affects the region, in late 1995 the

governors of these states convened a

‘‘Comprehensive Review of the

Northwest Energy System.’’ The steering

committee of the review presided over

30 day-long meetings and almost 400

people were involved in more than 100

meetings of various work groups. The

steering committee took public

comment at 10 hearings on its draft

report and presented its final

recommendations to the four governors

in December 1996.

To accommodate this regional review,

the Council’s draft plan took a different

approach from that of earlier plans. The

1991 Power Plan, for example, had as its

theme: ‘‘A Time for Action.’’ In contrast,

this draft plan focuses on ‘‘Northwest

Power In Transition: Issues and

Opportunities.’’ The 1996 draft set out

few policy determinations or

recommended actions. Instead, it was

designated to serve as a reference for the

regional review. The goal of the draft

plan reflected that of the governors in

convening the regional review: To

develop, through a public process,

recommendations for changes in the

institutional structure of the region’s

electric utility industry.

This draft plan and Addendum meet

the requirements of the Northwest

Power Act, which specifies what

components the plan is to contain. The

Act requires the plan to include a

number of elements, including, but not

limited to: An energy conservation

program; a recommendation for research

and development; a methodology for

determining quantifiable environmental

costs and benefits; a 20-year demand

forecast; a forecast of power resources

that the Bonneville Power

Administration will need to meet its

obligations; an analysis of reserve and

reserve reliability requirements; and a

surcharge methodology. The plan also

includes the Council’s Columbia River

Basin Fish and Wildlife Program,

developed pursuant to other procedural

requirements under the Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please

contact the Council’s Central Office if

you would like a copy of the Draft

Fourth Northwest Power Plan,

Document Number 96–5, and/or the

Addendum, Document Number 97–7.

The Council’s address is 851 SW. 6th

Avenue, Suite 1100, Portland, Oregon

97204. The Council’s telephone

numbers are: (503) 222–5161 and (toll

free) (800) 222–3355. The Council’s

FAX number is (503) 795–3370. Copies

of each document can also be obtained

from the Council’s internet site:

www.nwppc.org.

When submitting comments, please

note prominently that you are

commenting on Council Document

Number 96–5 for the Draft Fourth

Northwest Power Plan or Council

Document Number 97–7 for the

Addendum. Comments may be

submitted by mail, by facsimile

transmission (FAX), or by electronic

mail at: comments@nwppc.org. The

Council will accept written comments

through close of business on Friday,

October 31, 1997. The Council may hold

consultations after than date, as

necessary.

Stephen L. Crow,

Executive Director.

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