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Commission or an Atomic Safety and

Licensing Board, designated by the

Commission or by the Chairman of the

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

Panel, will rule on the request and/or

petition; and the Secretary or the

designated Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board will issue a notice of hearing or

an appropriate order.

As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a

petition for leave to intervene shall set

forth with particularity the interest of

the petitioner in the proceeding, and

how that interest may be affected by the

results of the proceeding. The petition

should specifically explain the reasons

why intervention should be permitted

with particular reference to the

following factors: (1) the nature of the

petitioner’s right under the Act to be

made a party to the proceeding; (2) the

nature and extent of the petitioner’s

property, financial, or other interest in

the proceeding; and (3) the possible

effect of any order which may be

entered in the proceeding on the

petitioner’s interest. The petition should

also identify the specific aspect(s) of the

subject matter of the proceeding as to

which petitioner wishes to intervene.

Any person who has filed a petition for

leave to intervene or who has been

admitted as a party may amend the

petition without requesting leave of the

Board up to 15 days prior to the first

prehearing conference scheduled in the

proceeding, but such an amended

petition must satisfy the specificity

requirements described above.

Not later than 15 days prior to the first

prehearing conference scheduled in the

proceeding, a petitioner shall file a

supplement to the petition to intervene

which must include a list of the

contentions which are sought to be

litigated in the matter. Each contention

must consist of a specific statement of

the issue of law or fact to be raised or

controverted. In addition, the petitioner

shall provide a brief explanation of the

bases of the contention and a concise

statement of the alleged facts or expert

opinion which support the contention

and on which the petitioner intends to

rely in proving the contention at the

hearing.The petitioner must also

provide references to those specific

sources and documents of which the

petitioner is aware and on which the

petitioner intends to rely to establish

those facts or expert opinion. Petitioner

must provide sufficient information to

show that a genuine dispute exists with

the applicant on a material issue of law

or fact. Contentions shall be limited to

matters within the scope of the

amendments under consideration. The

contention must be one which, if

proven, would entitle the petitioner to

relief. A petitioner who fails to file such

a supplement which satisfies these

requirements with respect to at least one

contention will not be permitted to

participate as a party.

Those permitted to intervene become

parties to the proceeding, subject to any

limitations in the order granting leave to

intervene, and have the opportunity to

participate fully in the conduct of the

hearing, including the opportunity to

present evidence and cross-examine

witnesses.

If the amendments are issued before

the expiration of the 30-day hearing

period, the Commission will make a

final determination on the issue of no

significant hazards consideration. If a

hearing is requested, the final

determination will serve to decide when

the hearing is held.

If the final determination is that the

amendment requests involve no

significant hazards consideration, the

Commission may issue the amendments

and make them immediately effective,

notwithstanding the request for a

hearing. Any hearing held would take

place after issuance of the amendments.

If the final determination is that the

amendment requests involve a

significant hazards consideration, any

hearing held would take place before

the issuance of any amendments.

A request for a hearing or a petition

for leave to intervene must be filed with

the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:

Docketing and Services Branch, or may

be delivered to the Commission’s Public

Document Room, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, by

the above date. Where petitions are filed

during the last 10 days of the notice

period, it is requested that the petitioner

promptly so inform the Commission by

a toll-free telephone call to Western

Union at 1–(800) 248–5100 (in Missouri

1–(800) 342–6700). The Western Union

operator should be given Datagram

Identification Number N1023 and the

following message addressed to John N.

Hannon: petitioner’s name and

telephone number, date petition was

mailed, plant name, and publication

date and page number of this Federal

Register notice. A copy of the petition

should also be sent to the Office of the

General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001, and to Gerald Charnoff,

Esq., Shaw, Pittman, Potts, and

Trowbridge, 2300 N Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20037, attorney for the

licensee.

Nontimely filings of petitions for

leave to intervene, amended petitions,

supplemental petitions and/or requests

for hearing will not be entertained

absent a determination by the

Commission, the presiding officer or the

presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board that the petition and/or request

should be granted based upon a

balancing of the factors specified in 10

CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).

For further details with respect to this

action, see the applications for

amendment dated September 19, 1996,

as supplemented November 18, 1996,

and revised January 13, 1997, and

supplemented on January 27, 1997,

which is available for public inspection

at the Commission’s Public Document

Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L

Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the

local public document room, located at

the Joseph P. Mann Library, 1516

Sixteenth Street, Two Rivers,

Wisconsin.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day

of January 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Linda L. Gundrum,

Project Manager, Project Directorate III–1,

Division of Reactor Projects—III/IV, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–2685 Filed 2–3–97; 8:45 am]

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Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Nuclear

Regulatory Commission.

DATE: Weeks of February 3, 10, 17, and

24, 1997.

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

STATUS: Public and Closed.

Matters To Be Considered:

Week of February 3

Tuesday, February 4

9:30 a.m. Briefing by Maine Yankee, NRR

and Region I (Public Meeting) (Contact:

Daniel Dorman, 301–415–1429)

Wednesday, February 5

NOON Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (if needed)

Week of February 10—Tentative

Thursday, February 13

2:00 p.m. Briefing on Operating Reactor

Oversight Program and Status of

Improvements in NRC Inspection

Program (Public Meeting) (Contact: Bill

Borchardt, 301–415–1257)

3:30 p.m. Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (if needed)

Week of February 17—Tentative

Tuesday, February 18

1:00 p.m. Briefing on BPR Project on

Redesigned Materials Licensing Process

(Public Meeting) (Contact: Don Cool,

301–415–7197)
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2:30 p.m. Briefing on Analysis of

Quantifying Plant Watch List Indicators

(Public Meeting) (Contact: Rich Barrett,

301–415–7482)

Wednesday, February 19

2:00 p.m. Briefing on Millstone and

Maine Yankee Lessons Learned (Public

Meeting) (Contact: Steve Stein, 301–415–

1296)

3:30 p.m. Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (if needed)

Thursday, February 20

2:00 p.m. Briefing on EEO Program

(Public Meeting) (Contact: Ed Tucker,

301–415–7382)

Week of February 24

Wednesday, February 26

11:30 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (if needed)

*The schedule for Commission meetings is

subject to change on short notice. To verify

the status of meetings call (recording)—(301)

415–1292. Contact person for more

information: Bill Hill (301) 415–1661.

* * * * *

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: By a vote of 5–

0 on January 29, the Commission

determined pursuant to U.S.C. 552b(e)

and 10 CFR Sec. 9.107(a) of the

Commission’s rules that ‘‘Affirmation of

Louisiana Energy Services—Intervenor’s

Motion for Partial Reconsideration of

CLI–96–8’’ be held on January 29, and

on less than one week’s notice to the

public.

* * * * *

The NRC Commission Meeting

Schedule can be found on the Internet

at: http://www.nrc.gov/SECY/smj/

schedule.htm

This notice is distributed by mail to

several hundred subscribers; if you no

longer wish to receive it, or would like

to be added to it, please contact the

Office of the Secretary, Attn: Operations

Branch, Washington, D.C. 20555 (301)

415–1661).

In addition, distribution of this

meeting notice over the internet system

is available. If you are interested in

receiving this Commission meeting

schedule electronically, please send an

electronic message to wmh@nrc.gov or

dkwnrc.gov.

* * * * *

William M. Hill, Jr.,

SECY Tracking Officer, Office of the

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2860 Filed 1–31–97; 1:46 pm]

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND

BUDGET

Cumulative Report on Rescissions and

Deferrals

January 1, 1997.

This report is submitted in fulfillment

of the requirement of Section 1014(e) of

the Congressional Budget and

Impoundment Control Act of 1974

(Public Law 93–344). Section 1014(e)

requires a monthly report listing all

budget authority for the current fiscal

year for which, as of the first day of the

month, a special message had been

transmitted to Congress.

This report gives the status, as of

January 1, 1997, of seven deferrals

contained in the first special message

for FY 1997. This message was

transmitted to Congress on December 4,

1996.

Rescissions

As of January 1, 1997, no rescission

proposals had been transmitted to the

Congress.

Deferrals (Attachments A and B)

As of January 1, 1997, $3,524 million

in budget authority was being deferred

from obligation. Attachment D shows

the status of each deferral reported

during FY 1997.

Information From Special Messages

The special message containing

information on the rescission proposals

and deferrals that are covered by this

cumulative report is printed in the

editions of the Federal Register cited

below:

61 FR 66172, Monday, December 16, 1996.

Franklin D. Raines,

Director.

Attachments

ATTACHMENT A—STATUS OF FY 1997

DEFERRALS

[in millions of dollars]

Budgetary resources

Deferrals proposed by the President ........................................... 3,544.3

Routine Executive releases

through January 1, 1997 (OMB/

Agency releases of $20.3 million.) ........................................... ¥20.3

Overturned by the Congress ........ ................

Currently before the Congress ............................... 3,524.0

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