Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 27 / Monday, February 10, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 5913

4. Section 71.53 is revised to read as

follows:

§ 71.53 Fissile material exemptions.

Fissile materials meeting the

requirements of one of the paragraphs in

(a) through (d) of this section are exempt

from fissile material classification and

from the fissile material package

standards of §§ 71.55 and 71.59, but are

subject to all other requirements of this

part. These exemptions apply only

when beryllium, graphite, or

hydrogenous material enriched in

deuterium is not present in quantities

exceeding 0.1 percent of the fissile

material mass.

(a) Fissile material such that

grams of u

X

grams of o

Y

ranium 235 ther fissile material − + ≤ 1

for an individual consignment, where X and

Y are the mass limits defined in table

following paragraph (a)(3) of this section,

provided that:

(1) Each package contains no more

than 15 g of fissile material. For

unpackaged material the mass limit of

15g applies to the conveyance; or

(2) The fissile material consists of a

homogeneous hydrogenous solution or

mixture where the minimum ratio of

hydrogen atoms to fissile radionuclide

atoms (H/X) is 5200 and the maximum

concentration of fissile radionuclides

within a package is 5 g/liter; or

(3) There is no more than 5g of fissile

material in any 10 liter volume of

material and the material is packaged so

as to maintain this limit of fissile

radionuclide concentration during

normal transport.

THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PACKAGES CONTAINING FISSILE MATERIAL

Fissile material

Fissile material mass (g)

mixed with

substances

having an average hydrogen density

less than or

equal to water

Fissile material mass (g)

mixed with

substances

having an average hydrogen density

greater than

water

Uranium-235(X) ........................................................................................................................................................ 400 290

1Other fissile material(Y) ......................................................................................................................................... 250 180

(b) Uranium enriched in uranium-235

to a maximum of 1 percent by weight,

and with total plutonium and uranium233 content of up to 1 percent of the

mass of uranium-235, provided that the

fissile material is distributed

homogeneously throughout the package

contents and does not form a lattice

arrangement within the package.

(c) Liquid solutions of uranyl nitrate

enriched in uranium-235 to a maximum

of 2 percent by weight, with a total

plutonium and uranium-233 content not

exceeding 0.1 percent of the mass of

uranium-235, and with a minimum

nitrogen to uranium atomic ratio (N/U)

of 2.

(d) Plutonium, less than 1 kg, of

which not more than 20 percent by mass

may consist of plutonium-239,

plutonium-241, or any combination of

these radionuclides.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day

of February, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John C. Hoyle,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–3175 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7950–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

18 CFR Part 157

[Docket No. RM81–19–000]

Project Cost and Annual Limits

Issued February 4, 1997.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority

delegated by 18 CFR 375.307(e)(1), the

Director of the Office of Pipeline

Regulation computes and publishes the

project cost and annual limits specified

in Table I of § 157.208(d) and Table II

of § 157.215(a) for each calendar year.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael J. McGehee, Division of

Pipeline Certificates, OPR (202) 208–

2257.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Publication of Project Cost Limits

Under Blanket Certificates; Order of the

Director, OPR

Section 157.208(d) of the

Commission’s Regulations provides for

project cost limits applicable to

construction, acquisition, operation and

miscellaneous rearrangement of

facilities (Table I) authorized under the

blanket certificate procedure (Order No.

234, 19 FERC ¶ 61,216). Section

157.215(a) specifies the calendar year

dollar limit which may be expended on

underground storage testing and

development (Table II) authorized under

the blanket certificate. Section

157.208(d) requires that the ‘‘limits

specified in Tables I and II shall be

adjusted each calendar year to reflect

the ‘GNP implicit price deflator’

published by the Department of

Commerce for the previous calendar

year.’’

Pursuant to § 375.307(e)(1) of the

Commission’s Regulations, the authority

for the publication of such cost limits,

as adjusted as inflation, is delegated to

the Director of the Office of Pipeline

Regulation. The cost limits for calendar

years 1982 through 1997, as published

in Table I of § 157.208(d) and Table II

of § 157.215(a), are hereby issued.
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Note that these inflation adjustments

are based on the Gross Domestic

Product (GDP) Implicit Price Deflator,

rather than the Gross National Product

(GNP) Implicit Price Deflator, which is

not yet available for 1996. The

Commerce Department advises that in

recent years the annual change has been

virtually the same for both indices.

Further adjustments will be made, if

necessary.

List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 157

Natural gas.

Kevin P. Madden,

Director, Office of Pipeline Regulation.

Accordingly, 18 CFR Part 157 is

amended as follows:

PART 157—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 157

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717–717w, 3301–

3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101–7352.

§ 157.208 [Amended]

2. Table I in § 157.208(d) is revised to

read as follows:

§ 157.208 Construction, acquisition,

operation, and miscellaneous

rearrangement of facilities.

* * * * *

(d) * * *

TABLE I

Year

Limit

Auto. proj.

cost limit

(col. 1)

Prior notice

proj. cost limit

(col. 2)

1982 .......... $4,200,000 $12,000,000

1983 .......... 4,500,000 12,800,000

1984 .......... 4,700,000 13,300,000

1985 .......... 4,900,000 13,800,000

1986 .......... 5,100,000 14,300,000

1987 .......... 5,200,000 14,700,000

1988 .......... 5,400,000 15,100,000

1989 .......... 5,600,000 15,600,000

1990 .......... 5,800,000 16,000,000

1991 .......... 6,000,000 16,700,000

1992 .......... 6,200,000 17,300,000

1993 .......... 6,400,000 17,700,000

1994 .......... 6,600,000 18,100,000

1995 .......... 6,700,000 18,400,000

1996 .......... 6,900,000 18,800,000

1997 .......... 7,000,000 19,200,000

* * * * *

§ 157.215 [Amended]

3. Table II in § 157.215(a) is revised to

read as follows:

§ 157.215 Underground storage testing

and development.

(a) * * *

TABLE II

Year Limit

1982 ...................................... $2,700,000

1983 ...................................... 2,900,000

1984 ...................................... 3,000,000

1985 ...................................... 3,100,000

1986 ...................................... 3,200,000

1987 ...................................... 3,300,000

1988 ...................................... 3,400,000

1989 ...................................... 3,500,000

1990 ...................................... 3,600,000

1991 ...................................... 3,800,000

1992 ...................................... 3,900,000

1993 ...................................... 4,000,000

1994 ...................................... 4,100,000

1995 ...................................... 4,200,000

1996 ...................................... 4,300,000

1997 ...................................... 4,400,000

* * * * *

[FR Doc. 97–3153 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

21 CFR Parts 1309, 1310, and 1313

[DEA Number 154I]

RIN 1117–AA42

Comprehensive Methamphetamine

Control Act of 1996; Possession of List

I Chemicals, Definitions, Record

Retention, and Temporary Exemption

From Chemical Registration for

Distributors of Combination Ephedrine

Products

AGENCY: Drug Enforcement

Administration (DEA), Justice.

ACTION: Interim rule with request for

comments.

SUMMARY: DEA is amending its

regulations to incorporate certain

amendments of the Controlled

Substances Act (CSA) made by the

Comprehensive Methamphetamine

Control Act of 1996 (MCA) and to

provide temporary exemption from

registration for persons who distribute

combination ephedrine drug products.

The MCA amends the CSA with respect

to: possession of listed chemicals

following suspension or revocation of

registration; the record retention

requirements for List I chemical

transactions; certain definitions; and

establishes the requirement that,

effective October 3, 1996, persons that

distribute combination ephedrine

products shall be subject to the

chemical registration requirement. To

avoid interruption in the legitimate

distribution of combination ephedrine

products, DEA is amending its

regulations to provide certain temporary

exemptions from the registration

requirement pending promulgation of

final regulations.

DATES: Effective February 10, 1997.

Written comments or objections must be

submitted on or before April 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments and objections

should be submitted in quintuplicate to

the Deputy Assistant Administrator,

Office of Diversion Control, Drug

Enforcement Administration,

Washington, D.C. 20537, Attention: DEA

Federal Register Representative/CCR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G.

Thomas Gitchel, Chief, Liaison and

Policy Section, Office of Diversion

Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration, Washington, D.C.

20537, Telephone (202) 307–7297.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Comprehensive Methamphetamine

Control Act of 1996 was enacted on

October 3, 1996. Among its provisions,

the MCA contained revisions of the

Controlled Substances Act (CSA) with

respect to possession of listed chemicals

following revocation or suspension of

registration, the record retention

requirements for transactions involving

List I chemicals and tableting or

encapsulating machines, and

definitions, of ‘‘regulated transaction’’,

‘‘retail distributor’’, and ‘‘combination

ephedrine product’’. To accommodate

the amendments made by the MCA,

DEA is making the following changes to

Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR):

21 CFR 1309.43 Suspension or

Revocation of Registration

The MCA amends Section 404 of the

CSA (21 U.S.C. 844) to make it unlawful

for any person to knowingly or

intentionally possess any list I chemical

obtained under the authority of a

registration or an exemption from

registration granted by the

Administrator by regulation, if that

registration or exemption has been

revoked or suspended. The revised

language also makes it illegal to possess

list I chemicals obtained under the

authority of a registration or an

exemption granted by regulation by the

Administrator, if the registration has

expired or if the registrant has ceased to

do business as originally intended

under that registration.

To reflect the amendments in the law,

DEA is revising 21 CFR 1309.43, to

include seizure and forfeiture

instructions. Persons whose

registrations or exemptions have been

revoked or suspended shall be required,

upon service of the notice of revocation

or suspension, to surrender all List I