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enforcement of the price regulation, and

to deliberate and make final rulings in

certain petitions for exemption from

operation of the price regulation.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

September 25, 1997, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Cat ’n Fiddle Restaurant, 118

Manchester Street, in Concord, NH.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel Smith, Executive Director,

Northeast Dairy Compact Commission,

43 State Street, PO Box 1058,

Montpelier, VT 05601. Telephone (802)

229–1941.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that the Compact

Commission will hold its regular

monthly meeting. The Commission will

consider certain technical amendments

to the bylaws and matters relating to

administration, as well as guidelines for

enforcement of the compact over-order

price regulation. The Commission will

also deliberate and make final rulings in

certain administrative petitions for

exemption from operation of the price

regulation. See 62 FR 35065 (June 30,

1997).

(Authority: (a) Article V, Section 11 of the

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact, and all

other applicable Articles and Sections, as

approved by Section 147, of the Federal

Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act

(FAIR ACT), Pub. L. 104–127, and as thereby

set forth in S.J. Res. 28(1)(b) of the 104th

Congress (codified at 7 U.S.C. 7256); Finding

of Compelling Public Interest by United

States Department of Agriculture Secretary

Dan Glickman, August 8, 1996 and March 20,

1997. (b) Bylaws of the Northeast Dairy

Compact Commission, adopted November 21,

1996.

Daniel Smith,

Executive Director.

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards; Meeting Notice

In accordance with the purposes of

Sections 29 and 182b. of the Atomic

Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the

Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards will hold a meeting on

October 2–3, 1997, in Conference Room

T–2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland. The date of this meeting was

previously published in theFederal

Register on Thursday, January 23, 1997

(62 FR 3539).

Thursday, October 2, 1997

8:30 A.M.–8:45 A.M.: Opening Remarks

by the ACRS Chairman

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will

make opening remarks regarding

conduct of the meeting and comment

briefly regarding items of current

interest. During this session, the

Committee will discuss priorities for

preparation of ACRS reports.

8:45 A.M.–10:45 A.M.: Human

Performance and Reliability

Implementation Plan

(Open)—The Committee will hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the NRC staff

regarding the proposed Human

Performance and Reliability

Implementation plan.

11:00 A.M.–12:00 Noon: Proposed

Resolution of a Differing Professional

Opinion Concerning Steam Generator

Integrity

(Open)—The Committee will hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the NRC staff

regarding the proposed resolution of a

Differing Professional Opinion

associated with the steam generator tube

integrity.

1:00 P.M.–3:00 P.M.: Proposed Changes

Related to 10 CFR 50.59 and Proposed

Revision 1 to Generic Letter 91–18

(Open)—The Committee will hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the NRC staff

and Nuclear Energy Institute regarding

proposed changes related to 10 CFR

50.59 (Changes, tests and experiments)

and the proposed Revision 1 to Generic

Letter 91–18, ‘‘Information to Licensees

Regarding NRC Inspection Manual

Sections on Resolution of Degraded and

Nonconforming Conditions.’’

3:45 P.M.–7:00 P.M.: Preparation of

ACRS Reports

(Open)—The Committee will discuss

proposed ACRS reports on matters

considered during this meeting.

Friday, October 3, 1997

8:30 A.M.–8:35 A.M.: Opening Remarks

by the ACRS Chairman

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will

make opening remarks regarding

conduct of the meeting.

8:35 A.M.–10:00 A.M.: Meeting With the

Director of the NRC Office for Analysis

and Evaluation of Operational Data

(AEOD)

(Open)—The Committee will hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with the AEOD Director on items of

mutual interest, including Accident

Sequence Precursor Program, and other

AEOD Programs.

10:15 A.M.–10:30 A.M.: Subcommittee

Report

(Open)—The Committee will hear a

report by the Chairman of the ThermalHydraulic Phenomena Subcommittee

regarding the items discussed during the

September 29–30, 1997 Subcommittee

meeting.

10:30 A.M.–10:45 A.M.: Reconciliation

of ACRS Comments and

Recommendations

(Open)—The Committee will discuss

responses from the NRC Executive

Director for Operations to comments

and recommendations included in

recent ACRS reports. The EDO

responses are expected to be provided to

the ACRS prior to the meeting.

10:45 A.M.–11:15 A.M.: Future ACRS

Activities

(Open)—The Committee will discuss

the recommendations of the Planning

and Procedures Sub-committee

regarding items proposed for

consideration by the full Committee

during future meetings.

11:15 A.M.–11:45 A.M.: Report of the

Planning and Procedures Subcommittee

(Open/Closed)—The Committee will

hear a report of the Planning and

Procedures Subcommittee on matters

related to the conduct of ACRS

business, qualifications of candidates

nominated for appointment to the

ACRS, and organizational and personnel

matters relating to the ACRS.

Note: A portion of this session may be

closed to discuss organizational and

personnel matters that relate solely to the

internal personnel rules and practices of this

Advisory Committee, and information the

release of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

12:45 P.M.–1:45 P.M.: Planning To

Review the Safety Research Program

(Open)—The Committee will discuss

plans and areas of assignments for

individual ACRS members related to the

review of the NRC Safety Research

Program.

1:45 P.M.–7:00 P.M.: Preparation of

ACRS Reports

(Open)—The Committee will

complete its discussion of proposed

ACRS reports on matters considered

during this meeting.

Procedures for the conduct of and

participation in ACRS meetings were

published in the Federal Register on

September 4, 1997 (62 FR 46782). In

accordance with these procedures, oral
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or written statements may be presented

by members of the public and

representatives of the nuclear industry,

electronic recordings will be permitted

only during the open portions of the

meeting, and questions may be asked

only by members of the Committee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

Mr. Sam Duraiswamy, Chief, Nuclear

Reactors Branch, at least five days

before the meeting, if possible, so that

appropriate arrangements can be made

to allow the necessary time during the

meeting for such statements. Use of still,

motion picture, and television cameras

during this meeting may be limited to

selected portions of the meeting as

determined by the Chairman.

Information regarding the time to be set

aside for this purpose may be obtained

by contacting the Chief of the Nuclear

Reactors Branch prior to the meeting. In

view of the possibility that the schedule

for ACRS meetings may be adjusted by

the Chairman as necessary to facilitate

the conduct of the meeting, persons

planning to attend should check with

the Chief of the Nuclear Reactors Branch

if such rescheduling would result in

major inconvenience.

In accordance with Subsection 10(d)

Pub.L. 92–463, I have determined that it

is necessary to close portions of this

meeting noted above to discuss matters

that relate solely to the internal

personnel rules and practices of this

Advisory Committee per 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(2), and to discuss information

the release of which would constitute a

clearly unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy per 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been cancelled or rescheduled, the

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the

opportunity to present oral statements

and the time allotted therefor, can be

obtained by contacting Mr. Sam

Duraiswamy, Chief, Nuclear Reactors

Branch (telephone 301/415–7364),

between 7:30 A.M. and 4:15 P.M. EDT.

ACRS meeting notices, meeting

transcripts, and letter reports are now

available on FedWorld from the ‘‘NRC

MAIN MENU.’’ The Direct Dial Access

number to FedWorld is (800) 303–9672

or ftp.fedworld. These documents and

the meeting agenda are also available for

downloading or reviewing on the

internet at http://www.nrc.gov/

ACRSACNW.

Dated: September 12, 1997.

John C. Hoyle,

Acting Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

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[Docket Nos. 50–245, 50–336, and 50–423

and Docket No. 50–213]

Northeast Utilities, Millstone Nuclear

Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 and

Haddam Neck Plant; Issuance of

Partial Director’s Decision Under 10

CFR 2.206

Notice is hereby given that the

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation, has issued a Partial

Director’s Decision with regard to a

Petition dated November 25, 1996, as

amended on December 23, 1996, filed

by Ms. Deborah Katz and Mr. Paul

Gunter on behalf of the Citizens

Awareness Network (CAN) and the

Nuclear Information and Resource

Service (NIRS), hereafter referred to as

‘‘Petitioners.’’ The Petition pertains to

the Millstone Nuclear Power Station,

Units 1, 2, and 3, and the Haddam Neck

Plant.

The Petitioners requested that the

NRC: (1) Immediately suspend or revoke

Northeast Utilities’ (NU’s or Licensee’s)

licenses to operate its nuclear facilities

in Connecticut; (2) investigate possible

Licensee material misrepresentations to

the NRC; (3) continue the shutdown of

the Licensee’s facilities until the

Department of Justice completes its

investigation and the results are

reviewed by the NRC; (4) continue the

shutdown until the NRC evaluates and

approves the Licensee’s remedial

actions; (5) continue listing the

Licensee’s facilities on the NRC’s

‘‘Watch List’’ should any facility resume

operation; (6) bar any

predecommissioning or

decommissioning activity at any of the

Licensee’s nuclear facilities in

Connecticut until the Licensee and the

NRC take certain identified steps to

assure that such activities can be safely

conducted; (7) initiate an investigation

into how the NRC allowed the asserted

illegal situation at the Licensee’s

nuclear facilities in Connecticut to exist

and continue for more than a decade;

and (8) immediately investigate of the

need for enforcement action for alleged

violation of 10 CFR Part 50, appendix B,

with respect to nitrogen calculations.

The bases for the assertions are

Licensee and NRC inspection findings

and Licensee documents referred to in

the Petition and a VHS videotape,

Exhibit A, which accompanied the

Petition. The videotape records an

August 29, 1996, Citizens Regulatory

Commission televised interview of a

former Millstone Station employee

expressing his views on Licensee

management. Areas identified in the

Petition include inadequate surveillance

testing, operation outside the design

basis, inadequate radiological controls,

failed corrective action processes, and

degraded material condition. The

Petition asserts that this information

demonstrates that there are inadequate

quality assurance programs at the

Licensee’s nuclear facilities in

Connecticut, that the Licensee has made

material false statements regarding its

Millstone units, and that safe

decommissioning of the Haddam Neck

facility is not possible because of the

deficiencies in the design and licensing

bases of the facility.

The Director of the Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation has partially granted

the Petition. The reasons for this partial

grant are explained in the ‘‘Partial

Director’s Decision Pursuant to 10 CFR

2.206’’ (DD–97–21), the complete text of

which follows this notice and is

available for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,

NW., Washington, DC, at the local

public document rooms located at the

Learning Resources Center, Three Rivers

Community-Technical College, New

London Turnpike, Norwich,

Connecticut, and at the temporary local

public document room located at the

Waterford Library, ATTN: Vince

Juliano, 49 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford,

Connecticut, for Millstone Units 1, 2,

and 3; and at the Russell Library, 123

Broad Street, Middletown, Connecticut,

for the Haddam Neck Plant.

A copy of the Partial Director’s

Decision will be filed with the Secretary

of the Commission for the Commission’s

review in accordance with 10 CFR

2.206(c) of the Commission’s

regulations. As provided for by this

regulation, the Decision will constitute

the final action of the Commission (for

Requests 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8) 25 days after

the date of issuance unless the

Commission, on its own motion,

institutes a review of the Decision in

that time.

Dated at Rockville, MD, this 12th day of

September.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Frank J. Miraglia, Jr.,

Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

Partial Director’s Decision Pursuant to

10 CFR 2.206

[DD–97–21]

I. Introduction

On November 25, 1996, as amended

on December 23, 1996, Ms. Deborah

Katz and Mr. Paul Gunter filed a

Petition on behalf of the Citizens