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implementation of the merger agreement

between UEC and CIPSCO, which

provides for UEC to become a whollyowned subsidiary of the newly formed

Ameren Corporation, does not represent

a ‘‘significant change.’’

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day

of October 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Samuel J. Collins,

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–28000 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. 50–483]

In the Matter of Union Electric

Company (Callaway Plant, Unit 1);

Order Approving Application

Regarding the Corporate Merger

Agreement Between Union Electric

Company and Cipsco Incorporated To

Form a Holding Company

I

Union Electric Company (UEC) is sole

owner of Callaway Plant, Unit 1. UEC

holds Facility Operating License No.

NPF–30 issued by the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC) pursuant

to Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of

Federal Regulations on October 18,

1984. Under this license, UEC has the

authority to own and operate Callaway

Plant, Unit 1. Callaway Plant is located

in Callaway County, Missouri.

II

By letter dated February 23, 1996, as

supplemented by letters dated April 24,

1996, and November 15, 1996, UEC

informed the Commission that it had

entered into a merger agreement with

CIPSCO Incorporated (CIPSCO) which

would provide for UEC to become a

wholly-owned operating company of

Ameren Corporation (Ameren). Ameren

was formed to implement the merger

agreement, and is presently owned

equally by UEC and CIPSCO. Under the

merger agreement, current holders of

UEC common stock and holders of

CIPSCO common stock will become

holders of common stock in Ameren.

UEC requested, to the extent necessary,

the Commission’s approval, pursuant to

10 CFR 50.80. Notice of this application

for approval was published in the

Federal Register on June 10, 1996 (61

FR 29434), and an Environmental

Assessment and Finding of No

Significant Impact was published in the

Federal Register on November 22, 1996

(61 FR 59469).

Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license shall

be transferred, directly or indirectly,

through transfer of control of the

license, unless the Commission shall

give its consent in writing. Upon review

of the information submitted in the

letter of February 23, 1996, as

supplemented by letters dated April 24,

1996, and November 15, 1996, and other

information before the Commission, the

NRC staff has determined that

consummation of the merger agreement

between UEC and CIPSCO, resulting in

UEC becoming a wholly-owned

subsidiary of a holding company,

Ameren, will not affect the

qualifications of UEC as holder of the

license for Callaway Plant, and that the

transfer of control of the license, to the

extent effected by the consummation of

the merger agreement between UEC and

CIPSCO, is otherwise consistent with

applicable provisions of law,

regulations, and orders issued by the

Commission, subject to the conditions

set forth herein. These findings are

supported by the Safety Evaluation

dated October 16, 1997.

III

Accordingly, pursuant to Section

161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42

USC 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o) and 2234,

and 10 CFR 50.80, It Is Hereby Ordered

that the Commission approves the

application regarding the merger

agreement between UEC and CIPSCO,

under which Ameren will become the

holding company of UEC, subject to the

following: (1) UEC shall provide the

Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation a copy of any application, at

the time it is filed, to transfer (excluding

grants of security interests or liens) from

UEC to its proposed parent or to any

other affiliated company, facilities or

other assets for the production,

transmission, or distribution of electric

energy having a depreciated book value

exceeding ten percent (10%) of UEC’s

consolidated net utility plant, as

recorded on UEC’s books of account;

and (2) should the merger agreement

between UEC and CIPSCO not be

implemented by September 30, 1998,

this Order shall become null and void,

provided, however, on application and

for good cause shown, such date may be

extended.

This Order is effective upon issuance.

IV

By November 21, 1997, any person

adversely affected by this Order may file

a request for a hearing with respect to

issuance of the Order. Any person

requesting a hearing shall set forth with

particularity how that interest is

adversely affected by this Order and

shall address the criteria set forth in 10

CFR 2.714(d).

If a hearing is to be held, the

Commission will issue an order

designating the time and place of such

hearing.

The issue to be considered at any

such hearing shall be whether this

Order should be sustained.

Any request for a hearing must be

filed with the Secretary of the

Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, Attention: Rulemakings and

Adjudications Staff, or may be delivered

to 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland between 7:45 am and 4:15 pm

Federal workdays, by the above date.

Copies should be also sent to the Office

of the General Counsel, and to the

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

and to Gerald Charnoff, Esquire/Thomas

A. Baxter, Esquire, Shaw, Pittman, Potts

& Trowbridge, 2300 N. Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20037, attorneys for

UEC.

For further details with respect to this

Order, see the application dated

February 23, 1996, and supplemental

letters dated April 24, 1996 and

November 15, 1996, which are 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

Callaway County Public Library, 710

Court Street, Fulton, Missouri 65251.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day

of October 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Samuel J. Collins,

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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Biweekly Notice

Applications and Amendments to

Facility Operating Licenses Involving

No Significant Hazards Considerations

I. Background

Pursuant to Public Law 97-415, the

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(the Commission or NRC staff) is

publishing this regular biweekly notice.

Public Law 97-415 revised section 189

of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as

amended (the Act), to require the

Commission to publish notice of any

amendments issued, or proposed to be