Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 4 / Tuesday, January 7, 1997 / Notices 1001

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.

Dated: January 2, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–274 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

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United States Antarctic Program

(USAP) Blue Ribbon Panel; 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 and Committee Code: United States

Antarctic (USAP) Program Blue Ribbon Panel

(5131)

Date and Time: 1997. January 31, 8 am–6

pm; February 1, 8:30 am–6 pm

Place: NSF, room 1235

Type of Meeting: Open

Contact Person: Guy G. Guthridge, Office

of Polar Programs, Room 755, National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, Virginia 22230. Telephone: (703)

306–1031

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact

person listed above.

Purpose of Meeting: Examine a full range

of infrastructure, management, and scientific

options for the United States Antarctic

Program so that the Foundation will be able

to maintain the high quality of the research

and implement U.S. policy in Antarctica

under realistic budget scenarios.

Agenda: Draft panel report to NSF

Dated: January 2, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–258 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Consumers Power Company, Big Rock

Point Nuclear Power Plant; Notice of

Receipt and Availability for Comment

of Post Shutdown Decommission

Activities Report and Notice of Public

Meeting

[Docket No. 50–155]

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is in receipt of and

is making available for pubic inspection

and comment the Post-Shutdown

Decommissioning Activities Report

(PSDAR) for the Big Rock Point Nuclear

Power Plant (BRP) located 4 miles

northeast of Charlevoix, Michigan. A

public meeting on the BRP PSDAR will

be held in the Charlevoix Town Hall on

Tuesday, March 4, 1997, at 7:00 p.m.

The operating license for BRP will

expire on May 31, 2000. Consumers

Power Company (CPC) submitted the

BRP Decommissioning Plan (DP) dated

February 27, 1995, to the NRC in

accordance with NRC regulations in

effect at that time. The NRC conducted

a public meeting regarding the BRP DP

on May 11, 1995, at which CPC

presented its plan for decommissioning

BRP. By letter dated February 14, 1996,

the licensee requested that the review of

the DP be delayed pending further

notice by CPC. Amendments to the

NRC’s decommissioning regulations

were published in the Federal Register

on July 29, 1996 (61 FR 39278) and

became effective on August 28, 1996. By

letter dated September 5, 1996, to the

NRC, CPC discussed the effect of the

amended regulations and acknowledged

that the BRP DP, as supplemented, was

considered to be the BRP PSDAR

pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82, as amended.

The public meeting, required by 10

CFR 50.82(a)(4)(ii), is informational and

will include a presentation by the NRC

staff on the changes to the

decommissioning regulations resulting

from the final rule published on July 29,

1996. The meeting will also provide an

opportunity for the licensee to update

it’s planned decommissioning activities

for BRP. A question and answer period

will follow the presentations.

The BRP PSDAR is available for

public inspection at the BRP local

public document room (LPDR), located

at the North Central Michigan College,

1515 Howard Street, Petosky, Michigan

49770, and at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC

20037. The BRP PSDAR is filed as the

BRP Decommissioning Plan (NUDUCS

microfiche accession number

9503020323). A transcript of the May

11, 1996, public meeting regarding the

BRP DP is also available as NUDOCS

microfiche accession number

9506210181.

Comments regarding the BRP PSDAR

may be submitted in writing and

addressed to Mr. Paul W. Harris, Project

Manager, Non-Power Reactors and

Decommissioning Project Directorate,

Division of Reactor Program

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001 telephone number (301) 415–1169.

Comments previously submitted in

writing regarding the BRP DP will be

considered by the NRC and need not be

resubmitted.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day

of December 1996.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Michael T. Masnik,

Acting Director, Non-Power Reactors and

Decommissioning Project Directorate,

Division of Reactor Program Management,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–248 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

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POSTAL SERVICE

Specifications for Information Based

Indicia Program ‘‘Host Systems’’;

Correction

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Correction to Notice of proposed

specifications with request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The original notice (61 FR

55676; October 28, 1996) included

incorrect dates. Additionally, the Postal

Service will be hosting a general

meeting on the Host System

specification. All persons who have

expressed an interest in the proposed

specifications will be invited to attend

the meeting. This meeting will focus

solely on technical aspects of the Host

System specification.

The DATES section is corrected to read

as follows:

DATES: Comments on the specification

must be received on or before March 15,

1997. Comments addressing intellectual

property issues must be received on or

before March 15, 1997. The general

meeting on this subject is being planned

for January 31, 1997, in Washington,

DC. Interested parties may submit

questions by January 17, 1997, which

will be considered for incorporation

into the meeting presentation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terry Goss (202) 268–3757.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 97–249 Filed 1–6–97; 8:45 am]

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Information Based Indicia Program

Interim Product Submission

Procedures

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice of proposed procedures

with request for comments.

SUMMARY: There are approximately 1.5

million postage meters in use in the

United States, which collectively

account for approximately $20 billion in

postal revenue annually. For several

years the Postal Service has been