Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 248 / Monday, December 29, 1997 / Notices 67667

MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY

COMMISSION

Commission Meeting

AGENCY: Medicare Payment Advisory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Commission will hold its

next public meeting on Thursday,

January 15, 1998 and Friday, January 16,

1998 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1250

22nd Street N.W., Washington, DC in

the Consulate/Ambassador Room. The

meetings are tentatively scheduled to

begin at 10:00 a.m. on January 15 and

at 8:30 a.m. on January 16.

At the meeting, the Commission will

be reviewing a draft of its March 1998

report to the Congress. Among the

topics the Commission will discuss are:

improving Medicare+Choice capitation

payments, risk adjustment, the adjusted

community rate, PPS operating and

capital updates, disproportionate share

payments, moving to prospective

payment systems for post-acute care,

payment policy for hospital outpatient

department services, physician payment

policy, payment issues for special

populations, and graduate medical

education.

Final agendas will be mailed on

January 9, 1998 and will be available on

the Commission’s web sites

(WWW.PPRC.GOV and

WWW.PROPAC.GOV) at that time.

ADDRESSES: 2120 L Street, N.W.; Suite

200; Washington, D.C. 20037. The

telephone number is 202/653–7220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ann Johnson, Executive Assistant, at

202/653–7220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you are

not on the Commission mailing list and

wish to receive an agenda, please call

202/653–7220 after January 9, 1998.

Lauren LeRoy,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–33733 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–BW–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50–317, 50–318 and 72–8]

Baltimore Gas Electric Company

(Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,

Units 1 and 2, and the Independent

Spent Fuel Storage Installation); Order

Extending the Effectiveness of the

Approval of the Transfer of Licenses

I

By Order dated October 18, 1996, the

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the

Commission or NRC) approved the

proposed transfer of Operating Licenses

Nos. DPR–53 and DPR–69 for the

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,

Units 1 and 2, and Material Licenses No.

SNM–2505 for the Calvert Cliffs

Independent Spent Fuel Storage

Installation from Baltimore Gas and

Electric Company (BGE) to Constellation

Energy Corporation. The approval was

given in response to an application filed

by BGE dated April 5, 1996, for consent

under Sections 50.80 and 72.50 of Title

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(10 CFR 50.80 and 10 CFR 72.50). By its

terms, the Order of October 18, 1996,

becomes null and void if the transfer of

the licenses is not consummated by

December 31, 1997, unless on

application and for good cause shown,

such date is extended by the

Commission.

II

By letter dated November 21, 1997,

BGE submitted a request for an

extension of the effectiveness of the

Order of October 18, 1996, such that

approval of the transfers would remain

effective until December 31, 1998.

According to this submittal, all of the

necessary regulatory approvals have

been obtained to permit the

consummation of the merger between

BGE and Potomac Electric Power

Company, resulting in Constellation

Energy Corporation. BGE asserts,

however, that the Maryland and District

of Columbia Public Service Commission

attached conditions to their approvals

that are inconsistent with the respective

merger applications. The companies

proposing to merge have filed joint

requests with the Maryland and District

of Columbia Commissions for rehearing

of their original orders approving the

merger.

According to BGE, an intervenor in

the Maryland case appealed the

Maryland Commission’s order

approving the merger to the Circuit

Court in Baltimore Count, and this

appeal has delayed the expected merger

process. The Circuit Court affirmed the

Maryland Commission’s order on

October 27, 1997, but the Court’s order

has now been appealed to the Court of

Special Appeals of Maryland. The

issues being appealed, and those that

are contained in the requests for

rehearing in both Maryland and the

District of Columbia, do not change the

information provided to the NRC on

which its October 18, 1996, Order was

based.

The staff has considered the foregoing

request of November 21, 1997, and has

determined that BGE has demonstrated

good cause to extend the effectiveness of

the Order of October 18, 1996,

approving the license transfers.

III

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections

161b and 161i of the Atomic Energy Act,

as amended, 42 USC §§ 2201(b) and

2201(l), It is hereby ordered that the

effectiveness of the Order of October 18,

1996, approving the transfer of the

licenses described herein is extended

such that if the subject transfer of

licenses is not consummated by

December 31, 1998, the Order of

October 18, 1996, shall become null and

void.

This Order is effective upon issuance.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the letter dated November

21, 1997, from BGE which is 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

Calvert County Library, Prince

Frederick, Maryland 20678.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day

of December 1997.

Samuel J. Collins,

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

Carl J. Paperiello,

Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 97–33680 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–155]

Consumers Energy Company; Big

Rock Point Nuclear Plant

Environmental Assessment and

Finding of No Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission or NRC)

is considering issuance of an exemption

from the requirements of 10 CFR Part

50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.2.c,

regarding biennial exercise of the offsite

emergency plan to Consumers Energy

Company (Consumers or the licensee),

for the Big Rock Point (BRP) Nuclear

Plant located in Charlevoix County,

Michigan.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

The proposed exemption would allow

a one-time schedular exemption from

the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50,

Appendix E, Section IV.F.2.c, which

states that each licensee at each site