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drawings in NARA holdings in College

Park, MD, and to distribute copies of the

Memorandum of Agreement which must

be completed for participation in the

program. Under this privatization

program, NARA has permitted vendors

to set up work stations in its building

located in College Park, MD, where the

still photographs and cartographic and

architectural records of three NARA

archival units are housed and made

available. The three NARA units refer

customer requests for reproduction of

these media to the vendors, who

determine fees, collect payments,

perform the copying work, and mail the

reproductions to the customers. Based

on a satisfactory review of the program’s

overall performance, NARA has decided

to extend the program for another year,

though with some modifications.

Effective March 6, 1998, the next

anniversary date, NARA will open the

program to interested vendors for a

fourth year. All vendors interested in

this program, including vendors already

participating, are invited to attend a

meeting on January 7, 1998, where

copies of a Memorandum of Agreement

specifying the terms of the program will

be distributed. A follow-up meeting has

been scheduled for February 4, 1998, to

answer any remaining questions from

vendors. Attendance at the meetings

does not require reservations.

Attendance is encouraged, but not

required, to participate in the program.

DATES: The initial meeting will be held

on Wednesday, January 7, 1998, at 10

a.m. Copies of the Memorandum of

Agreement also will be available

beginning January 7, 1998, by contacting

William T. Murphy (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT).

The follow-up meeting will be held

on Wednesday, February 4, 1998, at 10

a.m.

Signed copies of the Memorandum of

Agreement must be received by NARA

by February 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the National Archives at College Park, in

lecture room A, located at 8601 Adelphi

Road, College Park, MD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William T. Murphy, Nontextual

Archives Division, 301–713–7083; fax

301–713–6904.

Dated: December 3, 1997.

Michael J. Kurtz,

Assistant Archivist for Records Services—

Washington, DC.

[FR Doc. 97–32227 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to

submit an information collection

request to OMB and solicitation of

public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a

submittal to OMB for review of

continued approval of information

collections under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Information pertaining to the

requirement to be submitted:

1. The title of the information

collection: State Agreements Program,

as authorized by Section 274(b) of the

Atomic Energy Act.

2. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0029.

3. How often the collection is

required: One time or as needed.

4. Who is required or asked to report?

Thirty Agreement States who have

signed Section 274(b) agreements with

NRC.

5. The number of annual respondents:

30.

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: 570 (approximately six hours

per response).

7. Abstract: Agreement States are

surveyed on a one-time or as-needed

basis, e.g., to respond to a specific

incident, to gather information on

licensing and inspection practices and

other technical and statistical

information. The results of such

information requests, which are

authorized under Section 274(b) of the

Atomic Energy Act, are utilized in part

by NRC in preparing responses to

Congressional inquiries. Agreement

State comments are also solicited in the

areas of proposed procedure and policy

development.

Submit, by February 9, 1998,

comments that address the following

questions:

1. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the NRC to

properly perform its functions? Does the

information have practical utility?

2. Is the burden estimate accurate?

3. Is there a way to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

4. How can the burden of the

information collection be minimized,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

A copy of the draft supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room,

2120 L Street, NW (lower level),

Washington, DC. OMB clearance

requests are available at the NRC

worldwide web site (http://

www.nrc.gov) under the FedWorld

collection link on the home page tool

bar. The document will be available on

the NRC home page site for 60 days after

the signature date of this notice.

Comments and questions about the

information collection requirements

may be directed to the NRC Clearance

Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, T–6 F33,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, or by

telephone at 301–415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJS1@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day

of December, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–32272 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

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[Docket Number 40–8452]

Bear Creek Uranium Company; Notice

of Opportunity for Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Application

from Bear Creek Uranium Company to

change two site-reclamation milestones

in Condition 49 of Source Material

License No. SUA–1310 for the Bear

Creek, Wyoming Uranium Mill site.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) has received, by

letter dated October 24, 1997, an

application from Bear Creek Uranium

Company (BCUC) to amend License

Condition (LC) 49 of Source Material

License No. SUA–1310 for the Bear

Creek, Wyoming uranium mill site. By

this amendment application, the

licensee proposes to modify LC 49 to

change the completion date for two sitereclamation milestones. The new dates

proposed by BCUC would extend the

completion of placement of the final

radon barrier by one year and the

completion of placement of the erosion

protection cover by five months. BCUC

is requesting these extensions because
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of delays caused by inclement weather

conditions during this year’s

construction season.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charlotte E. Abrams, Uranium Recovery

Branch, Division of Waste Management,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555. Telephone (301)

415–5808.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

portion of LC 49 with the proposed

changes would read as follows:

A. (3) Placement of the final radon

barrier designed and constructed to

limit radon emissions to an average flux

of no more than 20 pCi/m 2/s above

background:

For tailings pile surface areas not

covered by evaporation ponds

constructed as part of the groundwater

corrective action program—December

31, 1998.

For the total tailings pile surface after

evaporation pond removal—December

31, 1998.

B. Reclamation, to ensure required

longevity of the covered tailings and

groundwater protection, shall be

completed as expeditiously as is

reasonably achievable, in accordance

with the following target dates for

completion:

(1) Placement of erosion protection as

part of reclamation to comply with

Criterion 6 of Appendix A of 10 CFR

Part 40—December 31, 1998.

BCUC’s application to amend LC 49 of

Source Material License SUA–1310,

which describes the proposed changes

to the license condition and the reasons

for the request is being made available

for public inspection at the NRC’s

Public Document Room at 2120 L Street,

NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC

20555.

Notice of Opportunity for Hearing

The NRC hereby provides notice of an

opportunity for a hearing on the license

amendment under the provisions of 10

CFR part 2, subpart L, ‘‘Informal

Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in

Materials and Operator Licensing

Proceedings.’’ Pursuant to § 2.1205(a),

any person whose interest may be

affected by this proceeding may file a

request for a hearing. In accordance

with § 2.1205(c), a request for a hearing

must be filed within 30 days of the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register. The request for a hearing must

be filed with the Office of the Secretary,

either:

(1) By delivery to the Docketing and

Service Branch of the Office of the

Secretary at One White Flint North,

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

20852; or

(2) By mail or telegram addressed to

the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

Attention: Docketing and Service

Branch.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(e),

each request for a hearing must also be

served, by delivering it personally or by

mail, to:

(1) The applicant, Bear Creek

Uranium Company, P.O. Box 366,

Casper, Wyoming 82602, Attention:

Gary Chase; and

(2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the

Executive Director for Operations, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 or by mail

addressed to the Executive Director for

Operations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

In addition to meeting other

applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part

2 of the NRC’s regulations, a request for

a hearing filed by a person other than

an applicant must describe in detail:

(1) The interest of the requestor in the

proceeding;

(2) How that interest may be affected

by the results of the proceeding,

including the reasons why the requestor

should be permitted a hearing, with

particular reference to the factors set out

in § 2.1205(g);

(3) The requestor’s areas of concern

about the licensing activity that is the

subject matter of the proceeding; and

(4) The circumstances establishing

that the request for a hearing is timely

in accordance with § 2.1205(c).

The request must also set forth the

specific aspect or aspects of the subject

matter of the proceeding as to which

petitioner wishes a hearing.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day

of December 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Joseph J. Holonich,

Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division

of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 97–32271 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket Number 40–0299]

Umetco Minerals Corporation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Amendment of Source Material

License SUA–648 to change six

reclamation milestone dates.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission has amended Umetco

Minerals Corporation’s (Umetco’s)

Source Material License SUA–648 to

change six reclamation milestone dates.

This amendment was requested by

Umetco in its letter dated October 6,

1997, and the receipt of the request by

NRC was noticed in the Federal

Register on October 16, 1997.

The license amendment modifies

License Condition 59 to change

completion dates for six sitereclamation milestones. The new dates

approved by the NRC extend

completion of placement of final radon

barrier for the Inactive (enhanced

barrier) and the A–9 impoundments by

four years, and that for the Heap Leach

impoundment by one year; and

placement of erosion protection cover

for the Inactive impoundment by five

years, and for the A–9 and the Heap

Leach impoundments by four years.

Umetco attributes the delays to its

efforts to enhance the previously

approved designs of the Inactive and the

A–9 impoundments, and in obtaining

permits for a rock quarry that can

produce sufficient volumes and quality

of rock for erosion protection cover.

Based on the review of Umetco’s

submittal, the NRC staff concludes that

the delays are attributable to factors

beyond Umetco’s control, the proposed

work is scheduled to be completed as

expeditiously as practicable, and the

added risk to the public health and

safety is not significant, as it already

meets the limit of radon emissions to an

average flux of no more than 20 pCi/m2/

s above background.

An environmental assessment is not

required since this action is

categorically excluded under 10 CFR

51.22(c)(11), and an environmental

report from the licensee is not required

by 10 CFR 51.60(b)(2).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Umetco’s

amended license, and the NRC staff’s

technical evaluation of the amendment

request are being made available for

public inspection at the Commission’s

Public Document Room at 2120 L Street,

NW., (Lower Level), Washington, DC

20555.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mohammad W. Haque, Uranium

Recovery Branch, Division of Waste

Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

Telephone (301) 415–6640.