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additional information, please contact

Richard A. Sloan 202–514–3291,

Director, Policy Directives and

Instructions Branch, Immigration and

Naturalization Service, U.S. Department

of Justice, Room 4034, 425 I Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20536. Additionally,

comments and/or suggestions regarding

the item(s) contained in this notice,

especially regarding the estimated

public burden and associated response

time may also be directed to Mr.

Richard A. Sloan.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, National Place Building, 1331

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 1220,

Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: October 24, 2000.

Richard A. Sloan,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

[FR Doc. 00–27712 Filed 10–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–10–M

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS

BOARD

Realignment of Regional Office

Geographic Boundaries

October 25, 2000.

AGENCY: National Labor Relations

Board.

ACTION: Notice of geographical

realignment of Philadelphia (Region 4),

Pittsburgh (Region 6) and Baltimore

(Region 5) Regional Offices.

SUMMARY: The National Labor Relations

Board gives notice of its intent to realign

the geographic boundaries of its

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Baltimore

Regional Offices. This realignment is

being effectuated in order to meet the

objective of reducing the backlog of

unfair labor practice and representation

cases, reducing governmental costs and

improving administrative efficiency

within the Agency. This constitutes a

permanent realignment of counties that

have already been the subject of

temporary geographic realignment for

periods of time ranging from one year to

several years.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

T. Toner, Executive Secretary, 1099 14th

Street, NW., Room 1600, Washington,

DC 20570. Telephone: (202) 273–1944.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Beginning

December 1, 2000, parties wishing to

file unfair labor practice charges and

representation petitions arising in 15

counties formerly within the geographic

jurisdiction of the Philadelphia office

will file in either the Pittsburgh or the

Baltimore office according to the

following design.

1. Cases originating in New Castle

County, Delaware will be filed in the

Baltimore office in Region 5 rather than

in the Philadelphia office in Region 4.

Cases originating in these counties have

been handled by the Baltimore Regional

Office on a temporary basis for a period

of approximately one year.

2. Cases arising in the counties of

Lycoming, Sullivan, Union, Montour,

Snyder, Juniata, Dauphin,

Northumberland, Lebanon, Schuylkill,

Columbia and Perry will be filed in our

Pittsburgh office in Region 6 rather than

in our Philadelphia office in Region 4.

Cases originating in these counties have

been handled on a temporary basis for

periods ranging from one to three years.

3. Cases originating in Bradford and

Tioga Counties will be filed with our

Pittsburgh office in Region 6 rather than

with our Philadelphia office in Region

4. Cases originating in these counties

have been handled on a temporary basis

for a period of three years by our

Albany, New York office in Region 3.

Dated: Washington, DC, October 25, 2000.

By Direction of the Board: National Labor

Relations Board.

John T. Toner,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27747 Filed 10–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7545–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50–250 and 50–251]

In the Matter of Florida Power and

Light Company (Turkey Point Plant,

Units 3 and 4); Exemption

I

Florida Power and Light Company

(FPL, the licensee) is the holder of

Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–31

and DPR–41 that authorize operation of

the Turkey Point Plant, Units 3 and 4,

respectively. The licenses provide,

among other things, that the facilities

are subject to all rules, regulations, and

orders of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission/NRC)

now or hereafter in effect.

The facilities consist of pressurized

water reactors located in Dade County,

Florida.

II

Title 10 of the Code of Federal

Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Appendix

G requires that pressure-temperature (P/

T) limits be established for reactor

pressure vessels (RPVs) during normal

operating and hydrostatic pressure or

leak testing conditions. Specifically, 10

CFR Part 50, Appendix G states that

‘‘The appropriate requirements on both

the pressure-temperature limits and the

minimum permissible temperature must

be met for all conditions.’’ Appendix G

of 10 CFR Part 50 specifies that the

requirements for these limits are the

American Society of Mechanical

Engineers (ASME) Code, Section XI,

Appendix G Limits.

To address the provisions of proposed

license amendments to the technical

specification (TS) P/T limits, low

temperature overpressure protection

(LTOP) system setpoints and LTOP

system effective temperature (Tenable),

the licensee requested in its submittal

dated July 7, 2000, as supplemented

October 4, 2000, that the staff exempt

Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 from

application of specific requirements of

10 CFR Part 50, Section 50.60(a) and

Appendix G, and substitute use of

ASME Code Cases N–588 and N–641.

Code Case N–588 permits the use of

circumferentially-oriented flaws in

circumferential welds for development

of P/T limits. Code Case N–641 permits

the use of an alternate reference fracture

toughness (KIC fracture toughness curve

instead of KIa fracture toughness curve)

for reactor vessel materials in

determining the P/T limits, LTOP

setpoints and Tenable. Since the KIC

fracture toughness curve shown in

ASME Section XI, Appendix A, Figure

A–2200–1, provides greater allowable

fracture toughness than the

corresponding KIa fracture toughness

curve of ASME Section XI, Appendix G,

Figure G–2210–1 (the KIa fracture

toughness curve), using Code Case N–

641 for establishing the P/T limits,

LTOP setpoints and Tenable would be less

conservative than the methodology

currently endorsed by 10 CFR Part 50,

Appendix G and, therefore, an

exemption to apply the Code Case

would be required by 10 CFR 50.60. It

should be noted that although the use of

the KIC fracture toughness curve in Code

Case N–641 was recently incorporated

into the Appendix G to Section XI of the

ASME Code, an exemption is still

needed because the proposed P/T limits,

LTOP setpoints and Tenable (excluding

Code Case N–641) are based on the 1996

edition (and 1997 addenda) of the

ASME Code. The licensee uses the

Westinghouse version of LTOP which is

called Cold Overpressure Mitigation

System.

The proposed license amendments

will revise both the P/T limits of TS 3/