54446 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 202 / Monday, October 20, 1997 / Notices

Tentative Agenda

—Call to order and opening remarks by

Clifford Miercort, Chairman of the National

Coal Council.

—Approve agenda.

—Remarks by Department of Energy

representative.

—Report of the Coal Policy Committee.

—Administrative reports.

—Coal’s Future—Technological Challenges

and Opportunities, Kurt Yeager, President

& CEO Electric Power Research Institute.

—Global Climate Change Forum.

—Discussion of any other business properly

brought before the Council.

—Public comment—10-minute rule.

—Adjournment.

Public Participation: The meeting is open

to the public. The Chairman of the Council

is empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. Any member of the

public who wishes to file a written statement

with the Council will be permitted to do so,

either before or after the meeting. Members

of the public who wish to make oral

statements pertaining to agenda items should

contact Margie D. Biggerstaff at the address

or telephone number listed above. Requests

must be received at least five days prior to

the meeting and reasonable provisions will

be made to include the presentation on the

agenda.

Transcript: Available for public review and

copying at the Public Reading Room, Room

1E–190, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington,

DC, between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Issued at Washington, D.C., on October 15,

1997.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Committee Advisory, Management

Advisory Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–27719 Filed 10–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. ETEC–T030]

Certification of the Radiological

Condition of Building T030 at the

Energy Technology Engineering

Center Near Chatsworth, CA

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy,

Office of Environmental Restoration.

ACTION: Notice of certification.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) has completed radiological

surveys and taken remedial action to

decontaminate Building T030, Particle

Accelerator Facility, located at the

Energy Technology Engineering Center

(ETEC) near Chatsworth, California.

This property was found to contain

radioactive materials from activities

carried out for the Atomic Energy

Commission and the Energy Research

and Development Administration (AEC/

ERDA), predecessor agencies to DOE.

Although DOE owns the majority of the

buildings and equipment, a subsidiary

of Boeing North American Incorporated,

Rocketdyne Division, owned the land.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Lopez, Program Manager,

Environmental Restoration Division,

Oakland Operations Office, U.S.

Department of Energy, Oakland, CA

94612–5208.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE has

implemented environmental restoration

projects at ETEC (Ventura County, Map

Book 3, Page 7, Miscellaneous Records)

as part of DOE’s Environmental

Restoration Program. One objective of

the program is to identify and clean up

or otherwise control facilities where

residual radioactive contamination

remains from activities carried out

under contract to AEC/ERDA during the

early years of the Nation’s atomic energy

program.

ETEC is comprised of a number of

facilities and structures located within

Administrative Area IV of the Santa

Susana Field Laboratory. The work

performed for DOE at ETEC consisted

primarily of testing of equipment,

materials, and components for nuclear

and energy related programs. These

nuclear energy research and

development programs, conducted by

Atomics International under contract to

AEC/ERDA, began in 1946. Several

buildings and land areas became

radiologically contaminated as a result

of facility operations and site activities.

Building T030 is one ETEC area that has

been designated for cleanup under the

DOE Environmental Restoration

Program. Other areas undergoing

decontamination will be released as

they are completed and are verified to

meet established cleanup criteria and

standards for release without

radiological restrictions as established

in DOE Order 5400.5.

Building T030 is located in the northeastern section of ETEC on 10th Street,

off the west side of G Street, among

several adjacent buildings on paved

ground. Building T030 was constructed

in 1958 as a Particle Accelerator

Facility. The building has a total

enclosed area of 2,311 sq. ft. The facility

consists of two connecting sections,

both with steel framing, siding, and

roofs. The rear open (west) section was

constructed perpendicular to the front

office (east) section. The rear section

was configured to accommodate a lowvoltage particle accelerator used as a

proton on tritium (P-T) neutron source.

An outside concrete wall, north of the

west section, provided shielding for the

accelerator beam. Men’s and women’s

restrooms were built into the facility so

that the facility provided a complete

self-contained accelerator test

installation. A fenced-in area between

Buildings T030 and the adjacent

building T641 was previously used as a

palletized material holding area. To the

north of T030, south of T641, and west

of both buildings are outcroppings of

Chatsworth sandstone formation. This

formation is only about 50 ft. from the

north and west sides of T030.

After facility construction in 1958, a

Van de Graaf accelerator was moved

into the facility in 1960. The accelerator

could provide a proton beam of up to

tens of microamperes in current, with

continuously adjustable energies from a

few hundred KeV up to a maximum of

about 1 MeV. The particle beam was

well focused, with a diameter of a few

millimeters. Neutrons were generated

using a tritium target via the 3H(p,n)3He

reaction. Five-gallon cans of borated

water were used for neutron shielding

around the machine.

The accelerator was operated from

1960 through 1964, at which time the

facility was decommissioned. Even

though it was not in use, the accelerator

remained in the facility after 1964. In

1966, a smear survey of the accelerator

showed tritium contamination. It was

believed that the tritium contamination

had not spread to surrounding areas.

Following removal of the accelerator in

1966, the building was surveyed and no

residual contamination was found. The

building was released for other uses,

and had subsequently been used as an

office building for purchasing and onsite traffic administrative work until

1995.

In 1988, a general radiological survey

was conducted to clarify and identify

areas at ETEC requiring further

radiological inspection or remediation;

Building T030 was included in this

survey. The scope of the Building T030

survey included ambient gamma

exposure rate measurements,

‘‘indication’’ beta surveys of the

accelerator room and the outside paved

area used for storing palletized

containers, and exterior soil samples for

tritium content. The result of that

survey showed no detectable

contamination in the facility. Tritium

analyses on ten soil samples and the

beta survey showed no detectable

activity. Background-corrected gamma

measurements were all less than the

acceptance limit of 5 μR/hr.

In September 1995, the Oak Ridge

Institute for Science and Education

(ORISE) conducted a confirmatory

survey of several facilities at ETEC,

including Building T030. With the
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exception of a single finding for

removable tritium contamination of

6,600 dpm/100 cm2 (below the

acceptance limit of 10,000 dpm/100

cm2) found on the north wall of the

accelerator room, no unusual findings

were noted. However, ORISE did

question the completeness of the 1988

survey. Specifically, ORISE

recommended complete measurements

of total or removable surface activity

and additional sampling for tritium

activity in the accelerator area.

Consistent with ORISE’s advice, a

comprehensive final survey of Building

T030 was conducted by ETEC in 1996.

In 1996 approximately 2,311 sq. ft. of

asbestos floor tile was removed and

disposed of. The cost associated with

the removal of the asbestos floor tile was

approximately $9,200. The radiological

survey cost associated with Building

T030 could not be isolated from total

radiological facility surveys but is

estimated to have cost approximately

$20,000.

No appreciable personnel radiation

exposure was anticipated or

encountered during decontamination

and decommissioning and surveying of

Building T030.

The certification docket will be

available for review between 9:00 a.m.

and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

(except Federal holidays), in the U.S.

DOE Public Reading Room located in

Room 1E–190 of the Forrestal Building,

1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC Copies of the

certification docket will also be

available at the following locations:

DOE Public Document Room, U.S.

Department of Energy, Oakland

Operations Office, the Federal Building,

1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California;

California State University, Northridge,

Urban Archives Center, Oviatt Library,

Room 4, 18111 Nordhoff, Northridge,

California; Simi Valley Library, 2629

Tapo Canyon Road, Simi Valley,

California; and the Platt Branch, Los

Angeles Public Library, 23600 Victory

Boulevard, Woodland Hills, California.

DOE has issued the following

statement of certification.

Statement of Certification: Energy

Technology Engineering Center, Building

T030

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),

Oakland Operations Office, Environmental

Restoration Division, has reviewed and

analyzed the radiological data obtained

following decontamination of Building T030

at the Energy Technology Engineering Center.

Based on analysis of all data collected and

the results of the independent verification,

DOE certifies that the following property is

in compliance with DOE radiological

decontamination criteria and standards as

established in DOE Order 5400.5. This

certification of compliance provides

assurance that future use of the property will

result in no radiological exposure above

applicable guidelines established to protect

members of the general public or site

occupants. Accordingly, the property

specified below is released from DOE’s

Environmental Restoration Program.

Property Owned by Boeing North

American Incorporated

Building T030 at the Energy

Technology Engineering Center

(situated within Area IV of the Santa

Susana Field Laboratory), located in a

portion of Tract ‘‘A’’ of Rancho Simi, in

the County of Ventura, State of

California, as per map recorded in Book

3, Page 7 of Miscellaneous Records of

Ventura County.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on October 10,

1997.

James J. Fiore,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Environmental Restoration.

[FR Doc. 97–27720 Filed 10–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Agency information collection

activities: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension to the Form EIA–1605,

‘‘Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse

Gases,’’ (long version) and the Form

EIA–1605EZ, ‘‘Voluntary Reporting of

Greenhouse Gases,’’ (short version).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before December 19,

1997. If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below of your

intention to do so as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Stephen

E. Calopedis, Energy Information

Administration, Office of Integrated

Analysis and Forecasting, EI–81,

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585, (202)

586–1156, e-mail:

stephen.calopedis@eia.doe.gov, and

FAX: (202) 586–3045.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form and instructions

should be directed to Stephen E.

Calopedis at the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

In order to fulfill its responsibilities

under the Federal Energy

Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–

275) and the Department of Energy

Organization Act (Pub. L. 95–91), the

Energy Information Administration

(EIA) is obliged to carry out a central,

comprehensive, and unified energy data

and information program. As part of this

program, EIA collects, evaluates,

assembles, analyzes, and disseminates

data and information related to energy

resource reserves, production, demand,

and technology, and related economic

and statistical information relevant to

the adequacy of energy resources to

meet demands in the near and longer

term future for the Nation’s economic

and social needs.

The EIA, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden (required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13)), conducts a presurvey

consultation program to provide the

general public and other Federal

agencies with an opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing reporting forms. This

program helps to prepare data requests

in the desired format, minimize

reporting burden, develop clearly

understandable reporting forms, and

assess the impact of collection

requirements on respondents. Also, EIA

will later seek approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for the

collections under Section 3507(h) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13, Title 44, U.S.C. Chapter 35).

The EIA developed these greenhouse

gas forms pursuant to section 1605(b) of

the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Pub. L.

102–486, 42 U.S.C. 13385) to reflect the

guidelines set forth in Voluntary

Reporting of Greenhouse Gases under

section 1605(b) of the Energy Policy Act

of 1992: General Guidelines (DOE/PO–

0028). These forms are designed to

collect voluntarily reported data on

greenhouse gas emissions, achieved

reductions of these emissions, and

increased carbon fixation. Further, the

forms support the Climate Change

Action Plan by collecting information

on commitments to reduce greenhouse

gas emissions and to sequester carbon in