51914 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 192 / Friday, October 3, 1997 / Notices

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to

submit an information collection

request to OMB and solicitation of

public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a

submittal to OMB for review of

continued approval of information

collections under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Information pertaining to the

requirements to be submitted:

1. The title of the information

collection: 10 CFR Part 25—Access

Authorization for Licensee Personnel.

2. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0046.

3. How often the collection is

required: On occasion.

4. Who is required or asked to report:

NRC regulated facilities and other

organizations requiring access to NRC

classified information.

5. The number of annual respondents:

20.

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: 257 hours (197 hours Reporting

and 60 hours Recordkeeping) or 3.8

hours/response.

7. Abstract: NRC regulated facilities

and other organizations are required to

provide information and maintain

records to ensure that an adequate level

of protection is provided NRC classified

information and material.

Submit by December 2, 1997,

comments that address the following

questions:

1. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the NRC to

properly perform its functions? Does the

information have practical utility?

2. Is the burden estimate accurate?

3. Is there a way to enhance the

quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected?

4. How can the burden of the

information collection be minimized,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

A copy of the draft supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room,

2120 L Street NW (lower level),

Washington, DC. OMB clearance

packages are available at the NRC

worldwide web site (http://

www.nrc.gov) under the FedWorld

collection link on the home page tool

bar. The document will be available on

the NRC home page site for 60 days after

the signature date of this notice.

Comments and questions about the

information collection requirements

may be directed to the NRC Clearance

Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, T–6 F33,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, or by

telephone at (301) 415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJS1@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day

of September 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Arnold E. Levin,

Acting Designated Senior Official for

Information Resources Management.

[FR Doc. 97–26268 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Number 40–8902]

Atlantic Richfield Company; Notice of

Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of placing the Bluewater

uranium mill and tailings disposal site

near Grants, New Mexico, in the

custody and long-term care of the U.S.

Department of Energy under the general

licensing provisions of 10 CFR part

40.28; and notice of opportunity for a

hearing.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) has accepted the

Long-Term Surveillance Plan (LTSP)

submitted by U.S. Department of Energy

(DOE), by letter dated July 31, 1997, for

the Bluewater uranium mill and tailings

disposal site. The LTSP was developed

by DOE as the long-term custodian of

the Bluewater site. By accepting the

LTSP, the Bluewater site will be

regulated by NRC under the general

licensing provisions of 10 CFR 40.28,

and the Atlantic Richfield Company’s

Source Material License SUA–1470 for

the Bluewater site has been terminated.

These actions complete all requirements

for closure of the Bluewater site under

Title II of the Uranium Mill Tailings

Radiation Control Act of 1978, as

amended. An NRC staff environmental

assessment is not required for this

action, since it is categorically excluded

under 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth R. Hooks, Uranium Recovery

Branch, Division of Waste Management,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555. Telephone (301)

415–7777.

NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING:

The Commission hereby provides notice

that this is a proceeding on an

application for a licensing action falling

within the scope of Subpart L, ‘‘Informal

Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in

Materials Licensing Proceedings, of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice for

Domestic Licensing Proceedings in 10

CFR Part 2’’ (54 FR 8269). 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 from 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

Service Branch of the Office of the

Secretary at One White Flint North,

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

20852; or

(2) By mail or telegram addressed to

the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

Attention: Docketing and Service

Branch.

Each request for a hearing must also

be served, by delivering it personally or

by mail to:

(1) The applicant, Atlantic Richfield

Company, Bluewater Mill, P.O. Box 638,

Grants, New Mexico 87020; and

(2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the

Executive Director of Operations, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by mail

addressed to the Executive Director for

Operations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

In addition to meeting other

applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part

2 of the Commission’s regulations, a

request for a hearing filed by a person

other than an applicant must describe in

detail:

(1) The interest of the requestor 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 requestor’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).

Any hearing that is requested and

granted will be held in accordance with