53838 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Thursday, October 16, 1997 / Notices

Type of Meeting: Open.

Contact Person: Dr. Thomas J. Baerwald,

Deputy Assistant Director for Geosciences,

Suite 705, National Science Foundation,

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia

22230, 703–306–1502.

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact

person listed above.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice,

recommendations, and oversight concerning

support for research, education, and human

resources development in the geosciences.

Agenda:

NSF strategic planning and budget

development

Geosciences long-range planning

Committee of Visitor reports and responses

Human resource issues in the geosciences

Geoscience staffing issues

Note: A detailed agenda will be posted on

the NSF Homepage approximately one week

prior to the meeting on http://

www.geo.nsf.gov/adgeo/advcomm/start.htm

Dated: October 10, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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Special Emphasis Panel in

Geosciences; 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: Special Emphasis Panel in

Geosciences (1756).

Date & Time: Thursday, November 6; 8:30

a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Place: Room 105, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington,

VA 22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Michael R. Reeve,

Section Head, Division of Ocean Sciences,

National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson

Blvd., Room 725, Arlington, VA 22230.

Telephone: (703) 306–1582.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate OCE’s

Research Experiences for Undergraduate

(REU) proposals 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

U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: October 10, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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Advisory Committee for Mathematical

and Physical Sciences; Committee of

Visitors; 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: Advisory Committee for

Mathematical and Physical Sciences (66).

Date and Time: November 6–7, 1997, 8

a.m.–5 p.m.

Place: Rm. 1060, NSF, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Arlington, VA.

Type of Meeting: Open.

Contact Person: Dr. G. Bruce Taggart,

Program Director for Materials Theory,

Materials Research Division, Room 1065,

National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone:

(703) 306–1834.

Purpose of Meeting: To carry out

Committee of Visitors (COV) review of the

Materials Theory Program grant portfolio and

identify emerging research areas.

Agenda: To review and evaluate existing

Materials Theory grant portfolio and

recommend areas for future emphasis.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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Special Emphasis Panel in Polar

Programs; 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: Special Emphasis Panel in Polar

Programs (1209).

Date and Time: November 3, 1997; 8:00 am

to 5:00 pm.

Place: Room 755, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, VA 22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Fae Korsmo, Program

Director for Arctic Social Science, Office of

Polar Programs, Room 740, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

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

1029.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate Arctic

Social Science proposals as part of the

selection process for awards.

Reasons 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 U.S.C.

552b(c) (4) and (6) of the Government in the

Sunshine Act.

Dated: October 10, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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[Docket No. 40–8681–MLA–2 ASLBP No.

98–733–01–MLA]

International Uranium (USA)

Corporation; Designation of Presiding

Officer

Pursuant to delegation by the

Commission dated December 29, 1972,

published in the Federal Register, 37 FR

28710 (1972), and §§ 2.105, 2.700, 2.702,

2.714, 2.714a, 2.717 and 2.1207 of the

Commission’s Regulations, a single

member of the Atomic Safety and

Licensing Board Panel is hereby

designated to rule on petitions for leave

to intervene and/or requests for hearing

and, if necessary, to serve as the

Presiding Officer to conduct an informal

adjudicatory hearing in the following

proceeding.

International Uranium (USA)

Corporation

White Mesa Uranium Mill

(Request for License Amendment)

The hearing, if granted, will be

conducted pursuant to 10 CFR Subpart

L of the Commission’s Regulations,

‘‘Informal Hearing Procedures for

Adjudications in Materials and Operator

Licensing Proceedings.’’ This

proceeding concerns a request for

hearing submitted by the Native

American Petitioners on an amendment

to the Source Material License of

International Uranium (USA)

Corporation to allow receipt and

processing of uranium-bearing material.

The license amendment was granted by

the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

staff on August 15, 1997.

The Presiding Officer designated for

this proceeding is Administrative Judge

Peter B. Bloch. Pursuant to the

provisions of 10 CFR 2.722,

Administrative Judge Charles N. Kelber
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has been appointed to assist the

Presiding Officer in taking evidence and

in preparing a suitable record for

review.

All correspondence, documents and

other materials shall be filed with Judge

Bloch and Judge Kelber in accordance

with 10 CFR 2.701. Their addresses are:

Administrative Judge Peter B. Bloch,

Presiding Officer, Atomic Safety and

Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555

Dr. Charles N. Kelber, Special Assistant,

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555

Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day

of October 1997.

B. Paul Cotter, Jr.,

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety

and Licensing Board Panel.

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Umetco Minerals Corporation; Notice

of Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application

from Umetco Minerals Corporation to

change six site-reclamation milestones

in Condition 59 of Source Material

License SUA–648 for the Gas Hills,

Wyoming Uranium Mill.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) has received, by

letter dated October 3, 1997, an

application from Umetco Minerals

Corporation (Umetco) to amend License

Condition (LC) 59 of its Source Material

License No. SUA–648 for the Gas Hills,

Wyoming uranium mill. The license

amendment application proposes to

modify LC 59 to extend the completion

dates for placement of the final radon

barrier and the erosion protection cover

for the Inactive, the A–9, and the Heap

Leach impoundments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mohammad W. Haque, Uranium

Recovery Branch, Division of Waste

Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

Telephone (301) 415–6640.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

portion of LC 59 with the proposed

changes would read as follows:

A. (3) Placement of final radon barrier

designed and constructed to limit radon

emissions to an average flux of no more

than 20 pCi/m.2/s above background:

for the Inactive impoundment

(enhanced barrier)—December 31,

1999;

for the A–9 impoundment—December

31, 2003;

for the Heap Leach impoundment—

December 31, 1998.

B. (1) Placement of erosion protection

as part of reclamation to comply with

Criterion 6 of Appendix A of 10 CFR

Part 40:

for the Inactive impoundment—

December 31, 2002;

for the A–9 impoundment—December

31, 2004;

for the Heap Leach impoundment—

December 31, 2001.

Umetco’s application to amend LC 59

of Source Material License SUA–648,

which describes the proposed changes

to the license condition and the reasons

for the request is being made available

for public inspection at the NRC’s

Public Document Room at 2120 L Street,

NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC

20555.

The NRC hereby provides notice of an

opportunity for a hearing on the license

amendment under the provisions of 10

CFR Part 2, Subpart L, ‘‘Informal

Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in

Materials and Operator Licensing

Proceedings.’’ 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 hearing

must be filed within 30 days of the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register. 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.

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, Umetco Minerals

Corporation, 2754 Compass Drive, Suite

280, Grand Junction, Colorado 81506–

8741, Attention: John S. Hamrick; and

(2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the

Executive Director for 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 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 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).

The request must also set forth the

specific aspect or aspects of the subject

matter of the proceeding as to which

petitioner wishes a hearing.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day

of October 1997.

Joseph J. Holonich,

Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division

of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards.

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Evaluation of Agreement State

Radiation Control Programs

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Implementation of the

Integrated Materials Performance

Evaluation Program and rescission of a

final general statement of policy.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is implementing the

Integrated Materials Performance

Evaluation Program (IMPEP) for the

evaluation of Agreement State programs.

NRC is rescinding the May 28, 1992,

General Statement of Policy ‘‘Guidelines

for NRC Review of Agreement State

Radiation Control Programs, 1992,’’

since it is now superseded.

The NRC has issued the final policy

statements: ‘‘Statement of Principles

and Policy for the Agreement State

Program’’ and ‘‘Policy Statement on the

Adequacy and Compatibility of

Agreement State Programs,’’ (See 62 FR

46517; September 3, 1997). Conforming

revisions to IMPEP in connection with

these two policy statements have been

completed and are reflected in the

implementing procedure, Management

Directive 5.6, Integrated Materials

Performance Evaluation Program.