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rupture of this piping and concluded

that the resulting calculated doses at the

plant site boundary would not exceed

the limits for normal plant operation

specified in 10 CFR part 20. The NRC

staff has reviewed the results of the

licensee’s analyses and finds that the

results satisfy the criteria stated in

Branch Technical Position ETSB 11–5

and are therefore acceptable. In

addition, Hatch has a Radiological

Environmental Monitoring Program in

place, as required by 10 CFR Part 50,

Appendix I. This surveillance and

monitoring program applies to various

pathways through which radioactive

material might be released to the air,

river water, milk, and vegetation. Any

detected concentrations of radioactive

material above predetermined limits are

required to be reported. This program

has not identified concentrations of

radioactive material above or near

permitted values. Any leakage from the

offgas system in the plant building

would be detected by plant radiation

monitoring instrumentation.

The Petitioner asserts that a break of

the offgas piping running to the main

stack could cause the radiation

exposures to individuals in the power

block to increase above negligible. As

previously mentioned, the licensee is

required by regulation to have and

maintain a radiation protection program

to limit radiation exposure of plant

workers. As part of this program,

workers wear digital alarming

dosimeters when entering plant areas in

the power block that contain the offgas

piping which runs to the main stack.

Furthermore, radiation monitors are

located in these areas. Therefore, the

NRC staff concludes that there is

reasonable assurance that individuals in

the power block will not receive

significant radiation exposure in the

event of a break of the offgas piping

which runs to the main stack.

NRC inspectors periodically review

portions of the gaseous radwaste system.

For example, Inspection Report Nos.

50–321/99–04 and 50–366/99–04, dated

August 4, 1999, stated that inspectors

observed the filter change out for the

Unit 1 and Unit 2 gaseous and

particulate effluent monitors and

determined that it was done in

accordance with licensee procedures.

The Inspection Report also stated that,

based on a review of the licensee’s 1998

Annual Effluent Release Report issued

prior to May 1, 1999, the amounts of

activity released from the plant in liquid

and gaseous effluents had remained

stable over the last several years and the

radiation doses resulting from those

releases were a small percentage of

regulatory limits.

The Petitioner questions the degraded

capability of the gaseous radwaste

systems to preclude hydrogen burns and

detonations. Hydrogen burns and

detonations are prevented by keeping

the hydrogen concentration of gases

from the air ejector below the flammable

limit. This goal is achieved by

maintaining adequate process steam

flow for dilution at all times. This steam

flow is monitored and alarmed in the

control room. Hydrogen analyzers are

used to monitor the offgas system to

provide further assurance that the

hydrogen concentration is maintained

below the flammable limit. However, in

the unlikely event of an uncontrollable

hydrogen increase, plant procedures

require that the plant be shut down. The

offgas system piping and components

are designed to withstand the unlikely

event of a hydrogen burn or detonation.

The NRC staff stated in the Unit 2 SER

that design provisions incorporated to

reduce the potential for gaseous releases

due to hydrogen explosions in the

gaseous radwaste system were

acceptable.

The Petitioner states that there have

been more than 25 hydrogen burns and

detonations in offgas systems at plants

similar to Hatch. In 1990, Hatch

experienced an event involving possible

ignition of hydrogen in the Unit 1 offgas

system. The event was discussed in LER

321/90–012, dated July 20, 1990. The

LER included corrective actions to

replace valves and to revise system

operating and abnormal occurrence

procedures to assure specific actions are

taken if hydrogen concentrations exceed

certain limits. The LER also stated that

Hatch Unit 2 was not susceptible to the

identified cause of the Unit 1 event

because of a difference in design of the

offgas system. The LER concluded that

the health and safety of the public was

not affected by the event. The LER was

reviewed by NRC inspectors and

discussed in an inspection report dated

June 23, 1992. The inspection report

discusses a number of corrective actions

that were taken following the event.

These corrective actions included repair

or replacement of various components

in the offgas system and revisions to

procedures which directly affect the

operation of the offgas system. The

inspection report stated that these

procedural revisions properly

implemented corrective actions for this

event.

The gaseous radwaste system is

operated on a regular basis to control

effluents, and any significant

degradation of the material condition of

the system would be quickly detected.

Thus, operability of the system is

demonstrated without the need for

special inspections or testing.

The gaseous radwaste system is

designed and licensed to limit the doses

from effluents to individual members of

the public to ALARA levels to comply

with Appendix I to 10 CFR part 50.

Based on the discussion above, the NRC

concludes that the gaseous radwaste

system is being operated within its

design and licensing bases.

IV. Conclusion

The NRC requested information from

the licensee, which, in essence, satisfied

the action requested by the Petitioner.

However, for the reasons discussed

above, the NRC staff does not agree with

the Petitioner’s contentions that Hatch

is being operated outside its design and

licensing bases because the material

condition of piping, tanks, and other

components of the liquid and gaseous

radwaste systems is not being properly

inspected and maintained.

A copy of this Director’s Decision will

be filed with the Secretary of the

Commission in accordance with 10 CFR

2.206(c). As provided by that regulation,

this Director’s Decision will constitute

the final action of the Commission 25

days after the date of issuance of this

Director’s Decision unless the

Commission, on its own motion,

institutes a review of this Director’s

Decision within that time.

[FR Doc. 00–27289 Filed 10–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT

CORPORATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment

Corporation, IDCA.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35), agencies are required to

publish a Notice of the Federal Register

notifying the public that the Agency is

preparing an information collection

request for Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) review and approval and

to request public review and comment

on the submission. Comments are being

solicited on the need for the

information, its practical utility, the

accuracy of the Agency’s burden

estimate, and on ways to minimize the

reporting burden, including automated

collection techniques and uses of other

forms of technology. The proposed

information collection request under

review is summarized below.

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1 15 U.S.C. 78l(d).

2 17 CFR 240.12d2–2(d).

3 15 U.S.C. 78l(b).

4 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(1).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before December 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the survey

questions and the request for review

prepared for submission to OMB may be

obtained from the Agency Submitting

Officer. Comments on the form should

be submitted to the Agency Submitting

Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer:

Carol Brock, Records Manager, Overseas

Private Investment Corporation, 1100

New York Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20527, telephone (202) 336–8563.

Summary of Form Under Review

Type of Request: New information

collection.

Title: Political Risk Insurance Survey.

Form Number: OPIC 233.

Frequency of Use: Once per client.

Type of Respondents: Individual

business officer representatives of

business institutions.

Standard Industrial Classification

Codes: All.

Description of Affected Public: U.S.

companies or citizens investing

overseas.

Reporting Hours: 1 hour per client.

Number of Responses: 480.

Federal Cost: $0.

Authority for Information Collection:

Section 234A, of the Foreign Assistance

Act of 1961, as amended.

Abstract (Needs and Uses): OPIC is

sponsoring a survey to identify trends

relating to its clients’ experiences with

political risk in emerging markets. The

survey results will not only help OPIC

identify new products and opportunities

to fulfill its mandate to insure

investments overseas against a broad

range of political risks, but will also

provide valuable information to the

political risk insurance industry,

thereby helping the industry to enhance

its programs.

Dated: October 18, 2000.

Rumu Sarkar,

Assistant General Counsel, Department of

Legal Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–27241 Filed 10–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M

PEACE CORPS

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Peace Corps.

ACTION: Notice of change of effective

date and additional modifications to

proposed systems of records.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of

1974, the Peace Corps issued public

notice of its proposal to modify nineteen

systems of records and add six new

systems of records. The notice provided

information required under the Privacy

Act on the revised and new systems of

records. This Notice revises the effective

date for two systems of records and

gives notice that the effective date for

the remaining systems is October 23,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maggie Thielen, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, Peace Corps, 1111

20th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20526.

Telephone: (202) 692–1106.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Peace

Corps issued public notice on

September 5, 2000, of its proposal to

modify nineteen systems of records and

add six new systems of records (65 FR

53772, September 5, 2000). The notice

provided information required under

the Privacy Act on the revised and new

systems of records. The Comment

deadline in the Notice was October 20,

2000, and the effective date for the

systems of records was October 23,

2000, unless the Peace Corps received

comments that would require a different

determination. As a result of receiving

internal comments, Privacy Act systems

PC–17 and PC–22 will require

additional modification. Therefore,

these two systems will not become

effective on October 23. Instead, the

current version of PC–17 will remain in

effect until it is republished for

comment by the Peace Corps with

additional modifications. The current

version of PC–17 may be found at http:

//frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/

getdoc.cgi? System PC–22, which is a

new system, can be found in the Notice

published on September 5, 2000, at 65

FR 53772.

This notice is issued in Washington, DC,

October 19, 2000.

Doug Greene,

Chief, Information Officer and Associate

Director for Management.

[FR Doc. 00–27366 Filed 10–20–00; 2:39 pm]

BILLING CODE 6051–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application

To Withdraw From Listing and

Registration; (Alcan Aluminium

Limited, Common Shares, No Par

Value) File No. 1–03677

October 18, 2000.

Alcan Aluminium Limited, which is

organized under the laws of Canada

(‘‘Company’’), has filed an application

with the Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant

to Section 12(d) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule

12d–2(d) thereunder, 2 to withdraw its

Common Shares, no par value

(‘‘Security’’), from listing and

registration on the Pacific Exchange,

Inc. (‘‘PCX’’) and on the Chicago Stock

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CHX’’).

In addition to being listed on the PCX

and CHX, the Security is currently listed

on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

(‘‘NTSE’’) and trades on numerous

markets around the world. The

Company has determined to reduce the

number of listings for its Security in

order to concentrate trading on a limited

number of exchanges. The Company

will therefore continue to maintain its

listed status on the NYSE, as well as its

listings on the Toronto, London, and

Swiss stock exchanges.

The Company has stated in its

application that the PCX and the CHX

have indicated that they will not oppose

withdrawal of the Security from its

respective listings. The application shall

not have any effect on either the

Security’s continued listing on the

NYSE or its registration under Section

12(b) of the Act.3

Any interested person may, on or

before November 8, 2000, submit by

letter to the Secretary of the Securities

and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549–

0609, facts bearing upon whether the

application has been made in

accordance with the respective rules of

the PCX and CHX and what terms, if

any, should be imposed by the

Commission for the protection of

investors. The Commission, based on

the information submitted to it, will

issue an order granting the application

after the date mentioned above, unless

the Commission determines to order a

hearing on the matter.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.4

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27236 Filed 10–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M