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safeguards, or security programs.

Therefore, the effectiveness of the

safety, safeguards, and security

programs is not decreased.

Effective date: The amendment to

Certificate of Compliance GDP–1

becomes effective 30 days after being

signed by the Director, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards.

Certificate of Compliance No. GDP–1:

Amendment will revise TSR 2.1.4.1 and

2.1.4.2a to establish operability and

surveillance requirements for additional

valves required to close upon C–360

Zone 1 or 4 uranium hexafluoride

detection.

Local Public Document Room

location: Paducah Public Library, 555

Washington Street, Paducah, Kentucky

42003.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day

of December 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Carl J. Paperiello,

Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 97–32760 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Amendment and Denial of

Amendment Application to Certificate

of Compliance GDP–1 for the U.S.

Enrichment Corporation, Paducah

Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Paducah,

Kentucky

The Director, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, made a

determination that the following

amendment request is significant in

accordance with 10 CFR 76.45. Notice of

Receipt of Amendment Request

appeared in the Federal Register on July

31, 1997, allowing a 30-day public

comment period on the application.

The NRC staff has reviewed the

certificate amendment application and

concluded that, in part, it provides

reasonable assurance of adequate safety,

safeguards, and security, and

compliance with NRC requirements.

Therefore, the Director, Office of

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards,

is prepared to issue an amendment to

the Certificate of Compliance for the

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant,

approving portions of the amendment

application. Other portions of the

amendment application, as explained

herein, are proposed to be denied. The

staff has prepared a Compliance

Evaluation Report which provides

details of the staff’s evaluation.

The NRC staff has determined that

this amendment satisfies the criteria for

a categorical exclusion in accordance

with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant

to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental

impact statement or environmental

assessment need be prepared for this

amendment.

USEC, or any person whose interest

may be affected and who submitted

written comments in response to the

Federal Register Notice on the

amendment application under § 76.37,

may file a petition, not exceeding 30

pages, requesting review of the

Director’s Decision. The petition must

be filed with the Commission not later

than 15 days after publication of this

Federal Register Notice. A petition for

review of the Director’s Decision shall

set forth with particularity the interest

of the petitioner and how that interest

may be affected by the results of the

decision. The petition should

specifically explain the reasons why

review of the Decision should be

permitted with particular reference to

the following factors: (1) the interest of

the petitioner; (2) how that interest may

be affected by the Decision, including

the reasons why the petitioner should

be permitted a review of the Decision;

and (3) the petitioner’s areas of concern

about the activity that is the subject

matter of the Decision. Any person

described in this paragraph (USEC or

any person who filed a petition) may

file a response to any petition for

review, not to exceed 30 pages, within

10 days after filing of the petition. If no

petition is received within the

designated 15-day period, the Director

will issue the final amendment to the

Certificate of Compliance without

further delay. If a petition for review is

received, the decision on the

amendment application will become

final in 60 days, unless the Commission

grants the petition for review or

otherwise acts within 60 days after

publication of this Federal Register

Notice.

A petition for review must be filed

with the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001, Attention: Rulemakings

and Adjudications Staff, or may be

delivered to the Commission’s Public

Document Room, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC, by

the above date.

For further details with respect to the

action see (1) the application for

amendment and (2) the Commission’s

Compliance Evaluation Report. These

items 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.

Date of amendment request: April 23,

1997, revised July 31, 1997.

Brief description of amendment: The

amendment is related to the planned

modifications to upgrade the seismic

capability of Buildings C–331 and C–

335 at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion

plant. Specifically, the proposed

amendment will move back the

completion date for the seismic

modifications required by Compliance

Plan Issue 36, from December 31, 1997,

to June 30, 1999. Additionally, the

amendment approves proposed

resolutions of the following three issues:

(1) The increased stiffness of the

buildings following completion of the

modifications may change the predicted

type and number of seismically-induced

equipment failures inside the buildings;

(2) the process of installing the new

structural steel will temporarily make

the building and contained equipment

more susceptible to seismically-induced

failures as the existing structural frames

are altered and/or replaced; and (3) the

process of installing the new structural

steel may temporally increase the

probability of equipment failures due to

load handling accidents during

construction. The amendment will also

partially deny the USEC request. USEC

will be required to begin the planned

18-month construction effort when the

amendment is effective, instead of

delaying until after the NRC completes

review of an updated seismic risk

analysis, USEC’s updated safety analysis

report, and USEC’s final design for the

planned seismic modifications. The

proposed amendment will also approve

two editorial changes to the Justification

for Continued Operation (JCO) in

Compliance Plan Issue 36; one other

proposed change to the JCO will be

denied.

Effective date: The amendment to

Certificate of Compliance GDP–1

becomes effective immediately upon

being signed by the Director, Office of

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

Certificate of Compliance No. GDP–1:

The amendment will revise Compliance

Plan Issue 36 on the seismic

modifications and will allow the

planned modifications to proceed.

Local Public Document Room

location: Paducah Public Library, 555

Washington Street, Paducah, Kentucky

42003.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day

of December 1997.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Carl J. Paperiello,

Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 97–32761 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards

Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on

Plant License Renewal; Notice of

Meeting

The ACRS Subcommittee on Plant

License Renewal will hold a meeting on

January 23, 1998, in Room T–2B3,

11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows:

Friday, January 23, 1998—8:30 a.m.

until the conclusion of business

The Subcommittee will review the

NRC staff activities regarding the license

renewal implementation issues and

proposed industry guidelines. The

purpose of this meeting is to gather

information, analyze relevant issues and

facts, and formulate proposed positions

and actions, as appropriate, for

deliberation by the full Committee.

Oral statements may be presented by

members of the public with the

concurrence of the Subcommittee

Chairman; written statements will be

accepted and made available to the

Committee. Electronic recordings will

be permitted only during those portions

of the meeting that are open to the

public, and questions may be asked only

by members of the Subcommittee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the cognizant ACRS staff engineer

named below five days prior to the

meeting, if possible, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

During the initial portion of the

meeting, the Subcommittee, along with

any of its consultants who may be

present, may exchange preliminary

views regarding matters to be

considered during the balance of the

meeting.

The Subcommittee will then hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the NRC staff,

and other interested persons regarding

this review.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been canceled or rescheduled, the

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the

opportunity to present oral statements

and the time allotted therefor can be

obtained by contacting the cognizant

ACRS staff engineer, Dr. Medhat ElZeftawy (telephone 301/415–6889)

between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (EST).

Persons planning to attend this meeting

are urged to contact the above named

individual one or two working days

prior to the meeting to be advised of any

potential changes to the agenda, etc.,

that may have occurred.

Dated: December 10, 1997.

Gail H. Marcus,

Acting Deputy Executive Director.

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards, Subcommittee Meeting on

Human Factors; Notice of Meeting

The ACRS Subcommittee on Human

Factors will hold a meeting on January

20, 1998, Room T–2B3, 11545 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows:

Tuesday, January 20, 1998—8:30 a.m.

until the conclusion of business.

The Subcommittee will review the

latest version of the Human

Performance and Reliability

Implementation Plan, status of a

technique for human error analysis

(ATHEANA) pilot program, integration

of human factors considerations into the

inspection process, results of studies

that used the Human Performance

Events Database, and associated

activities. The purpose of this meeting

is to gather information, analyze

relevant issues and facts, and formulate

proposed positions and actions, as

appropriate, for deliberation by the full

Committee.

Oral statements may be presented by

members of the public with the

concurrence of the Subcommittee

Chairman; written statements will be

accepted and made available to the

Committee. Electronic recordings will

be permitted only during those portions

of the meeting that are open to the

public, and questions may be asked only

by members of the Subcommittee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the cognizant ACRS staff engineer

named below five days prior to the

meeting, if possible, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

During the initial portion of the

meeting, the Subcommittee, along with

any of its consultants who may be

present, may exchange preliminary

views regarding matters to be

considered during the balance of the

meeting.

The Subcommittee will then hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the NRC staff, its

consultants, and other interested

persons regarding this review.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been canceled or rescheduled, the

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the

opportunity to present oral statements

and the time allotted therefor can be

obtained by contacting the cognizant

ACRS staff engineer, Mr. Noel F. Dudley

(telephone 301/415–6888) between 7:30

a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (EST). Persons

planning to attend this meeting are

urged to contact the above named

individual one or two working days

prior to the meeting to be advised of any

potential changes to the agenda, etc.,

that may have occurred.

Dated: December 10, 1997.

Gail H. Marcus,

Acting Deputy Executive Director.

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Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Nuclear

Regulatory Commission.

DATE: Weeks of December 15, 22, 29,

and January 5, 1997.

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

STATUS: Public and Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Week of December 15

Wednesday, December 17

2:00 p.m.

Briefing on Integration and Evaluation

of Results from Recent LessonsLearned Reviews (including 50.59

Process Improvements) (Public

Meeting) (Contact: Eileen McKenna,

301–415–2189)

3:30 p.m.

Affirmation Session (Public Meeting)

(if needed)

Thursday, December 18

10:00 a.m.

Meeting with Advisory Committee on

Nuclear Waste (ACNW) (Public