Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 8, 1997 / Notices 52577

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 Directorate 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: October 3, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Special Emphasis Panel in Social,

Behavioral, and Economic Sciences;

Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Public Law

92–463, as amended), the National

Science Foundation announces the

following meeting.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in Social,

Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (1766).

Date and Time: October 28, 1997; 9:00 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m.

Place: Room 375, 4201 Wilson Blvd.,

Arlington, VA.

Type of Meeting: Open.

Contact Person: M. Marge Machen, Project

Officer, Division of Science Resources

Studies, Research and Development Statistics

Program, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 965,

Arlington, VA 22230, Telephone: (703) 306–

1772, ext. 6934, Fax: (703) 306–0508,

Internet: mmachen@nsf.gov

Minutes may be obtained from the contact

person at the above address.

Purpose of Meeting: To review and

comment on issues affecting the annual

Survey of Science and Engineering Research

and Development Expenditures at

Universities and Colleges.

Agenda: Discussion on multidisciplinary

research; Federal funds for R&D expenditures

by agency and by field; and non-science and

engineering R&D expenditures.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[NUREG–1600]

Policy and Procedure for Enforcement

Actions; Enforcement Conference

Procedures

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Policy statement: amendment.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is revising its

‘‘General Statement of Policy and

Procedure for NRC Enforcement

Actions’’ to clarify procedures

associated with enforcement

conferences based on reports of the NRC

Office of Investigations associated with

discrimination.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This action is effective

on October 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Lieberman, Director, Office of

Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

(301) 415–2741.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Commission’s ‘‘General

Statement of Policy and Procedure for

NRC Enforcement Actions’’

(Enforcement Policy or Policy) was first

issued on September 4, 1980. Since that

time, the Enforcement Policy has been

revised on a number of occasions. On

June 30, 1995 (60 FR 34381), the

Enforcement Policy was revised in its

entirety and was also published as

NUREG–1600. The Policy primarily

addresses violations by licensees and

certain non-licensed persons.

On March 24, 1997 (62 FR 13906), the

NRC published changes to the

Enforcement Policy concerning

predecisional enforcement conferences

based on findings of discrimination. The

changes permitted limited participation

in those conferences by the

complainant. The Statement of

Consideration for those changes

provided that ‘‘normally’’ Office of

Investigations (OI) reports involving

discrimination will be made public.

However, the actual Policy change in

the eighth paragraph of Section V.

Predecisional Enforcement Conferences,

stated that they ‘‘will be made’’ public.

In this revision, the word ‘‘may’’ has

now been substituted to more accurately

reflect those cases in which it is not

appropriate to make the OI report

public. Also, additional language in this

paragraph is being added to clarify that

the purpose of the complainant’s

participation in a conference is to

provide information to the NRC to assist

it in its enforcement deliberations.

Paperwork Reduction Act

This policy statement does not

contain a new or amended information

collection requirement subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing

requirements were approved by the

Office of Management and Budget,

approval number 3150–0136. The

approved information collection

requirements contained in this policy

statement appear in Section VII.C.

Public Protection Notification

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor,

and a person is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act

In accordance with the Small

Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act of 1996, the NRC has

determined that this action is not a

major rule and has verified this

determination with the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs of

OMB.

Accordingly, the eighth paragraph of

Section V of the NRC Enforcement

Policy is amended to read as follows:

General Statement of Policy and

Procedure for NRC Enforcement

Actions

* * * * *

V. Predecisional Enforcement

Conferences

* * * * *

For a case in which an NRC Office of

Investigations (OI) report finds that

discrimination as defined under 10 CFR

50.7 (or similar provisions in Parts 30,

40, 60, 70, or 72) has occurred, the OI

report may be made public, subject to

withholding certain information (i.e.,

after appropriate redaction), in which

case the associated predecisional

enforcement conference will normally

be open to public observation. In a

conference where a particular

individual is being considered

potentially responsible for the

discrimination, the conference will

remain closed. In either case (i.e.,

whether the conference is open or

closed), the employee or former

employee who was the subject of the

alleged discrimination (hereafter

referred to as ‘‘complainant’’) will

normally be provided an opportunity to

participate in the predecisional

enforcement conference with the

licensee/employer. This participation

will normally be in the form of a

complainant statement and comment on