5656 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 25 / Thursday, February 6, 1997 / Notices

1Reference to Part 30 is intended to include 10

CFR Part 32, ‘‘Specific Domestic Licenses to

Manufacture or Transfer Certain Items Containing

Byproduct Material’’; Part 33, ‘‘Specific Domestic

Licenses of Broad Scope for Byproduct Material’’;

Part 34, ‘‘Licenses for Radiography and Radiation

Safety Requirements for Radiographic Operations’’;

Part 35, ‘‘Medical Use of Byproduct Material’’; Part

36, ‘‘Licenses and Radiation Safety Requirements

for Well Logging’’; and any other regulations that

are developed in the Part 30 series.

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555, and

at the Local Public Document Room at

the Weld Library District, Lincoln Park

Branch, 919 7th Street, Greeley,

Colorado 80631.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day

of January 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Charles J. Haughney,

Acting Director, Spent Fuel Project Office,

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and

Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 97–2979 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

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Proposed Generic Communication;

Degradation of Steam Generator

Internals

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Extension of public comment

period.

SUMMARY: On December 31, 1996 (61 FR

69116), the NRC published for public

comment a proposed generic letter

concerning the importance of

performing comprehensive

examinations of steam generator

internals to ensure steam generator tube

structural integrity is maintained in

accordance with the requirements of

Appendix B to 10 CFR part 50. The

generic letter will enable the NRC to

verify whether or not the condition of

addressees’ steam generator internals

comply and conform with the current

licensing basis for their respective

facilities. The comment period for this

proposed generic letter was originally

scheduled to expire on January 30,

1997. In a letter dated January 27, 1997,

the Nuclear Energy Institute requested a

45-day extension of the comment period

to permit sufficient time to reach

consensus on a coordinated industry

response. In response to this request, the

NRC has decided to extend the

comment period.

DATES: The comment period has been

extended 45 days and will now expire

on March 15, 1997. Comments

submitted after this date will be

considered if it is practical to do so, but

assurance of consideration cannot be

given except for comments received on

or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to Chief, Rules Review and Directives

Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Mail Stop T–6D–69,

Washington, DC 20555–0001. Written

comments may also be delivered to

11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland, from 7:30 am to 4:15 pm,

Federal workdays. Copies of written

comments received may be examined at

the NRC Public Document Room, 2120

L Street, N.W. (Lower Level),

Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie M. Coffin (301) 415–2778.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day

of January, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Thomas T. Martin,

Director, Division of Reactor Program

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–2812 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

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10-Year License Terms for Materials

Licensees

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(NRC) is extending the license term for

materials licenses issued pursuant to 10

CFR Part 30,1 ‘‘Rules of General

Applicability to Domestic Licensing of

Byproduct Material’’; Part 40, ‘‘Domestic

Licensing of Source Material’’; and Part

70, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Special

Nuclear Material’’ from the current 5-

year period to a 10-year period on the

next renewal of the affected licenses

with the exception of licenses issued

pursuant to Part 35. The license term for

licenses issued pursuant to Part 35 are

established by regulation and must be

revised by rulemaking. The 5-year term

for licenses other than those issued

pursuant to Part 35 has been a matter of

practice (see 31 FR 16367; December 22,

1966, and 32 FR 7172; May 12, 1967);

the license term is not codified in the

regulations.

Over the past several years, the

regulatory regime applicable to

materials licensees has become more

stable and predictable. NRC now has

extensive experience in uniform

application of health and safety

regulations to materials licensees. NRC

has developed specific regulatory

criteria for materials users in various

areas. For example, NRC has revised or

amended, specific regulations in the

following areas: Industrial radiography,

medical use, irradiators, and welllogging. In addition, NRC has recently

revised its regulations regarding the

standards for protection against

radiation, to make them more

compatible with international health

and safety standards.

NRC has concluded that the term for

materials licenses can be increased from

5 to 10 years, with no adverse effect on

public health, safety, or the

environment. This conclusion is based

on the existence of the mature

regulatory regime currently in place.

NRC’s current practice of routinely

being in contact with licensees through

inspections, license amendments, and

annual fee-billing procedures provides

further support for increasing the term

of materials licenses.

Although NRC is announcing its

expectation that materials licenses will

be issued for 10-year terms, NRC may

issue licenses for shorter terms

depending on the individual

circumstances of license applicants.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 6, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Catherine Haney or Diane Flack, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office

of Nuclear Material Safety and

Safeguards, Washington, DC 20555,

telephone (301) 415–7206.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day

of January, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Carl J. Paperiello,

Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 97–2978 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

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PEACE CORPS

Information Collection Requests Under

OMB Review

ACTION: Notice of public use form

review request to the Office of

Management and Budget.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1981 (44 U.S.C.,

Chapter 35) Peace Corps of the United

States has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget a request for

approval of the collection of names of

groups and/or individuals which make

use of the Peace Corps name or logo by

Peace Corps Office of General Counsel.

The purpose of this notice is to allow an

additional 30 days for public comments.

Comments are encouraged and will be

accepted until March 3, 1997. This

process is conducted in accordance with

5 CFR 1320.10; the initial notice was

published in the Federal Register on