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present evidence and cross-examine

witnesses.

If the amendment is issued before the

expiration of the 30-day hearing period,

the Commission will make a final

determination on the issue of no

significant hazards consideration. If a

hearing is requested, the final

determination will serve to decide when

the hearing is held.

If the final determination is that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration, the

Commission may issue the amendment

and make it immediately effective,

notwithstanding the request for a

hearing. Any hearing held would take

place after issuance of the amendment.

If the final determination is that the

amendment request involves a

significant hazards consideration, any

hearing held would take place before

the issuance of any amendment.

A request for a hearing or a petition

for leave to intervene must be filed with

the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:

Docketing and Services Branch, or may

be delivered to the Commission’s Public

Document Room, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, by

the above date. Where petitions are filed

during the last 10 days of the notice

period, it is requested that the petitioner

promptly so inform the Commission by

a toll-free telephone call to Western

Union at 1–(800) 248–5100 (in Missouri

1–(800) 342–6700). The Western Union

operator should be given Datagram

Identification Number N1023 and the

following message addressed to Herbert

N. Berkow: petitioner’s name and

telephone number, date petition was

mailed, plant name, and publication

date and page number of this Federal

Register notice. A copy of the petition

should also be sent to the Office of the

General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001, and to M. Stanford

Blanton, Esq., Balch and Bingham, Post

Office Box 306, 1710 Sixth Avenue

North, Birmingham, Alabama 35201,

attorney for the licensee.

Nontimely filings of petitions for

leave to intervene, amended petitions,

supplemental petitions and/or requests

for hearing will not be entertained

absent a determination by the

Commission, the presiding officer or the

presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board that the petition and/or request

should be granted based upon a

balancing of the factors specified in 10

CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application for

amendments dated February 24, 1997,

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 Houston-Love Memorial Library,

212 W. Burdeshaw Street, Post Office

Box 1369, Dothan, Alabama.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day

of February 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Jacob I. Zimmerman,

Project Manager, Project Directorate II–2,

Division of Reactor Projects—I/II, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–5507 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

Industry Presentation on the

Fabrication of Mixed Oxide Fuel

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Meeting notice.

SUMMARY: Representatives from the

nuclear industry will be making

presentations relating to the fabrication

of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel for use in

commercial light nuclear reactors. This

meeting is a follow-up to the February

21, 1997, meeting where NEI presented

material concerning the use of MOX fuel

in nuclear reactors. The meeting is open

to the public, and all interested parties

may attend.

DATES: Wednesday, March 26, 1997,

from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Two White Flint North,

Auditorium, 11545 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland. (Note: The NRC is

accessible to the White Flint Metro

Station; visitor parking around the NRC

building is limited.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Vanice A. Perin, Mail Stop T–8–A–33,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20555. Phone: 301–

415–8143; FAX: 301–415–5390;

INTERNET: VAP@NRC.GOV. For

material related to the meeting please

contact U.S. NRC Public Affairs Office

at (301) 415–8200 after March 26, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 14, 1997, the Department of

Energy issued the Record of Decision

(ROD) on the Storage and Disposition of

Weapons-Usable Fissile Materials. One

of DOE’s approaches to dispose of the

surplus plutonium is to burn it as MOX

fuel in existing domestic commercial

reactors.

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)

has requested the opportunity to present

information on the use and fabrication

of MOX fuel for nuclear reactors to NRC

staff. This meeting is a follow-up to the

February 21, 1997, meeting where NEI

presented material concerning the use of

MOX fuel in nuclear reactors. A

preliminary agenda for the meeting is as

follows: (1) Technology Confirmation

Around the World, presented by the

National Laboratories; (2) MOX

Fabrication and Licensing Experience,

presented by British Nuclear Fuels, Inc.;

(3) MOX Fabrication and Licensing

Experience, presented by

Belgonucleaire; (4) MOX Fabrication

and Licensing Experience, presented by

Cogema; and (5) MOX Fabrication and

Licensing Experience, presented by

Siemens.

Attendees are requested to notify Ms.

Vanice A. Perin at 301–415–8143 of

their planned attendance if special

requirements (e.g., for the hearingimpaired) are necessary.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day

of February, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Elizabeth Q. Ten Eyck,

Division Director, Division of Fuel Cycle

Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 97–5508 Filed 3–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB

Review

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad

Retirement Board has submitted the

following proposal(s) for the collection

of information to the Office of

Management and Budget for review and

approval.

SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL(S):

(1) Collection title: Voluntary

Customer Surveys in Accordance with

E.O. 12862.

(2) Form(s) submitted: G–201, WebSite Survey.

(3) OMB Number: N/A.

(4) Expiration date of current OMB

clearance: N/A.

(5) Type of request: New collection.

(6) Respondents: Individuals or

households, business or other for profit.

(7) Estimated annual number of

respondents: 11,550.

(8) Total annual responses: 11,550.

(9) Total annual reporting hours:

1,043.

(10) Collection description: The

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will

utilize voluntary customer surveys to

ascertain customer satisfaction with the

RRB in terms of timeliness,

appropriateness, access, and other