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include approval by the shareholders of

the companies and obtaining

appropriate governmental approvals

which do not impose terms or

conditions that would be reasonably

likely to have an adverse effect on PGE

or Enron. Under an Agreement and Plan

of Merger, Enron will become an Oregon

corporation (hereinafter referred to as

the ‘‘Merger Company’’), and PGC will

merge with and into the Merger

Company. Shares of stock held in Enron

and in PGC would be converted into

shares of the Merger Company on a onefor-one basis. The proposed action is in

accordance with PGE’s application

dated August 20 1996, as supplemented

by letters dated October 16, 1996, and

October 30, 1996.

The Need for the Proposed Action

The proposed action is required to

facilitate the merger between PGC and

Enron.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed

Action

The Commission has completed its

evaluation of the proposed merger and

concludes that there will be no physical

or operational change to the

decommissioning activities now in

progress at the Trojan Nuclear Plant as

a result of the merger. The merger will

not affect the qualifications or

organizational affiliations of the

personnel responsible for the

decommissioning activities at the Trojan

Nuclear Plant.

The merger will not affect PGE’s

status as a regulated public utility in the

State of Oregon. PGE will continue to be

headquartered in Portland, Oregon and

senior management will remain in

place. According to the licensee, the

planned merger of PGE’s parent

company, PGC, with the Merger

Company should improve the overall

financial strength and stability of PGE’s

parent after the merger. After the

merger, PGE will continue to be the

NRC licensee for Trojan Nuclear Plant

and no direct transfer of the operating

license or interests in the unit will

result from the merger.

The Commission has evaluated the

environmental impact of the proposed

action and has determined that the

probability and consequences of

accidents would not be increased by the

merger, and that radiological releases,

both normal releases and accidental

releases, would not be greater than

previously evaluated. Further, the

Commission has determined that the

merger would not increase occupational

radiological exposure. Accordingly, the

Commission concludes that there are no

significant radiological environmental

impacts associated with the proposed

action.

With regard to potential

nonradiological impacts, the merger

would not affect nonradiological plant

effluents and would have no other

environmental impact. Therefore, the

Commission concludes that there are no

significant nonradiological

environmental impacts associated with

the proposed action.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

Having concluded that there are no

significant environmental effects that

would result from the proposed action,

the Commission has no need to evaluate

any alternative with equal or greater

environmental impacts.

The principal alternative would be to

deny the requested action. Denial of the

application would not change the

environmental impact. The

environmental impact of the proposed

action and the alternative action are the

same.

Alternative Use of Resources

This action does not involve the use

of any resources not previously

considered in the Final Environmental

Statement for the Trojan Nuclear Plant

dated August 1973 or the Final Generic

Environmental Impact Statement on

Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities,

dated August 1988.

Agencies and Persons Contacted

In accordance with its stated policy,

on Feb. 10, 1997, the staff consulted

with Mr. Adam Bless, of the Oregon

Department of Energy, regarding the

environmental impact of the proposed

action. Mr. Bless had no comments.

Finding of No Significant Impact

On the basis of the environmental

assessment, the Commission concludes

that the proposed action will not have

a significant effect on the quality of the

human environment. Accordingly, the

Commission has determined not to

prepare an environmental impact

statement for the proposed action.

For further details with respect to the

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter

dated August 20 1996, as supplemented

by letters dated October 16, 1996, and

October 30, 1996, which are available

for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C., and at the local

public document room for the Trojan

Nuclear Plant located at the Branford

Price Millar Library, Portland State

University, Portland, Oregon 97207.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day

of February 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Seymour H. Weiss,

Director, Non-Power Reactors and

Decommissioning Project Directorate,

Division of Reactor Program Management,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–5386 Filed 3–4–97; 8:45 am]

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Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste,

Revised Notice

The agenda of the 90th meeting of the

Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste

(ACNW) scheduled for March 20 and

21, 1997, in Room T–2B3, at 11545

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland is

being revised to include a session to

discuss:

• 10 CFR Part 960—The ACNW will

review an options paper prepared by the

NRC staff for commenting on DOE’s

recently revised Siting Guidelines in10

CFR Part 960. These guidelines are now

Yucca Mountain specific.

All other items pertaining to this

meeting remain the same as published

in the Federal Register on Tuesday,

February 18, 1997 (62 FR 7280).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Richard K. Major, Chief, Nuclear Waste

Branch (telephone 301/415–7366),

between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EDT.

ACNW meeting notices, meeting

transcripts, and letter reports are now

available on FedWorld from the ‘‘NRC

MAIN MENU.’’ Direct Dial Access

number to FedWorld is (800) 303–9672;

the local direct dial number is 703–321–

3339.

Dated: February 27, 1997.

Andrew L. Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–5390 Filed 3–4–97; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Excepted Service

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This gives notice of positions

placed or revoked under Schedules A

and B, and placed under Schedule C in

the excepted service, as required by

Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from

the Competitive Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia H. Paige, Staffing Reinvention

Office, Employment Service (202) 606–

0830.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Personnel Management published its
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last monthly notice updating appointing

authorities established or revoked under

the Excepted Service provisions of 5

CFR 213 on February 7, 1997 (62 FR

5863). Individual authorities established

or revoked under Schedules A and B

and established under Schedule C

between January 1, 1997, and January

31, 1997, appear in the listing below.

Future notices will be published on the

fourth Tuesday of each month, or as

soon as possible thereafter. A

consolidated listing of all authorities as

of June 30 will also be published.

Schedule A

The following Schedule A authorities

were established:

Department of Commerce

One position above GS–15 in support

of the President’s Commission on

Critical Infrastructure Protection. This

authority remains in effect for six

months after termination of the

Commission. Effective January 24, 1997.

Department of Justice

National Drug Intelligence Center. All

positions. Effective January 30, 1997.

The following Schedule A authorities

were revoked:

Export-Import Bank of the United States

One position of Food Service Worker,

WG–7804–3/4/5, in the Office of the

President and Chairman. Effective

January 23, 1997.

General Services Administration

One position of Deputy Director of

Network Services. Effective January 23,

1997.

Schedule B

No Schedule B authorities were

established or revoked during January

1997.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C authorities

were established during 1997:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission

Administrative Assistant to the

Commissioner. Effective January 23,

1997.

Department of Agriculture

Confidential Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary for Congressional Relations.

Effective January 8, 1997.

Director, Intergovernmental Affairs to

the Assistant Secretary for

Congressional Relations. Effective

January 8, 1997.

Confidential Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary for Congressional Relations.

Effective January 8, 1997.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Empowerment Zone/Enterprise

Community. Effective January 16, 1997.

Confidential Assistant to the Chief,

Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Effective January 17, 1997.

Special Assistant to the Chief, Forest

Service. Effective January 23, 1997.

Department of the Army (DOD)

Confidential Assistant to the Secretary

of the Army. Effective January 27, 1997.

Department of Commerce

Confidential Assistant to the Director,

Office of Business Liaison. Effective

January 2, 1997.

Confidential Assistant to the Director,

Office of Business Liaison. Effective

January 2, 1997.

Confidential Assistant to the Director,

Office of Public Affairs, International

Trade Administration. Effective January

2, 1997.

Confidential Assistant to the Director,

Office of White House Liaison. Effective

January 3, 1997.

Confidential Assistant to the Director,

Office of Policy and Strategic Planning.

Effective January 8, 1997.

Confidential Assistant to the Director,

Office of Public Affairs and Press

Secretary. Effective January 14, 1997.

Confidential Assistant to the General

Counsel. Effective January 17, 1997.

Department of Defense

Staff Specialist to the Assistant to the

President/Director, White House Office

for Women’s Initiative and Outreach,

Office of the Secretary. Effective January

17, 1997.

Department of Education

Confidential Assistant to the Under

Secretary, Office of the Under Secretary.

Effective January 3, 1997.

Special Assistant to the Deputy

Secretary, Office of the Deputy

Secretary. Effective January 3, 1997.

Special Assistant to the Senior

Advisor to the Secretary. Effective

January 16, 1997.

Deputy Secretary’s Regional

Representative to the Secretary’s

Regional Representative, Region I,

Boston, MA. Effective January 17, 1997.

Confidential Assistant to the Special

Advisor to the Secretary (Director,

America Reads Challenge). Effective

January 31, 1997.

Department of Energy

Special Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary for Defense Programs.

Effective January 6, 1997.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Office for Worker and Community

Transition. Effective January 10, 1997.

Special Assistant to the Under

Secretary of Energy. Effective January

28, 1997.

Department of Health and Human

Services

Special Assistant to the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation. Effective January 2, 1997.

Department of the Interior

Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief

of Staff. Effective January 2, 1997.

Special Assistant to the Director of the

Bureau of Land Management. Effective

January 17, 1997.

Department of Labor

Executive Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and

Training. Effective January 17, 1997.

Environmental Protection Agency

Senior Advisor to the Assistant

Administrator for the Office of Policy

Planning and Evaluation. Effective

January 23, 1997.

General Services Administration

Special Assistant to the Director for

Workplace Initiatives. Effective January

10, 1997.

Special Assistant to the Regional

Administrator, Region 7. Effective

January 17, 1997.

Special Assistant to the Associate

Administrator for Enterprise

Development. Effective January 29,

1997.

Office of National Drug Control Policy

Events Manager to the Director,

Strategic Planning. Effective January 2,

1997.

Research Assistant to the Director,

Strategic Planning. Effective January 2,

1997.

Staff Assistant to the Chief of Staff.

Effective January 23, 1997.

Staff Assistant to the Director, Office

of the National Drug Control Policy.

Effective January 23, 1997.

Office of the United States Trade

Representative

Writer (Speechwriter) to the Chief of

Staff. Effective January 2, 1997.

U.S. International Trade Commission

Confidential Assistant to the

Commissioner. Effective January 17,

1997.

United States Information Agency

Confidential Assistant to the Voice of

America Director. Effective January 16,

1997.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O.

10577, 3 CFR 1954–1958. Comp., P. 218.
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Office of Personnel Management.

James B. King,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–5365 Filed 3–4–97; 8:45 am]

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POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Docket Number A97–11; Order No. 1158]

Cardiff, Maryland 21024 (Mary A.

Smith, Petitioner); Notice and Order

Accepting Appeal and Establishing

Procedural Schedule Under 39 U.S.C.

§ 404(b)(5)

Issued February 28, 1997.

Before Commissioners: Edward J. Gleiman,

Chairman; H. Edward Quick, Jr., ViceChairman; George W. Haley; W.H. ‘‘Trey’’

LeBlanc III.

Docket Number: A97–11.

Name of Affected Post Office: Cardiff,

Maryland 21024.

Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Mary A.

Smith.

Type of Determination: Closing.

Date of Filing of Appeal Papers:

February 24, 1997.

Categories of Issues Apparently

Raised:

1. Effect on the community [39 U.S.C.

§ 404(b)(2)(A)].

2. Effect on postal services [39 U.S.C.

§ 404(b)(2)(C)].

After the Postal Service files the

administrative record and the

Commission reviews it, the Commission

may find that there are more legal issues

than those set forth above. Or, the

Commission may find that the Postal

Service’s determination disposes of one

or more of those issues.

The Postal Reorganization Act

requires that the Commission issue its

decision within 120 days from the date

this appeal was filed (39 U.S.C. § 404

(b)(5)). In the interest of expedition, in

light of the 120-day decision schedule,

the Commission may request the Postal

Service to submit memoranda of law on

any appropriate issue. If requested, such

memoranda will be due 20 days from

the issuance of the request and the

Postal Service shall serve a copy of its

memoranda on the petitioners. The

Postal Service may incorporate by

reference in its briefs or motions, any

arguments presented in memoranda it

previously filed in this docket. If

necessary, the Commission also may ask

petitioners or the Postal Service for

more information.

The Commission orders:

(a) The Postal Service shall file the

record in this appeal by March 11, 1997.

(b) The Secretary of the Postal Rate

Commission shall publish this Notice

and Order and Procedural Schedule in

the Federal Register.

By the Commission.

Margaret P. Crenshaw,

Secretary.

Appendix

February 24, 1997

Filing of Appeal letter

February 28, 1997

Commission Notice and Order of Filing of

Appeal

March 21, 1997

Last day of filing of petitions to intervene

[see 39 C.F.R. § 3001.111(b)]

March 31, 1997

Petitioner’s Participant Statement or Initial

Brief [see 39 C.F.R. § 3001.115(a) and (b)]

April 21, 1997

Postal Service’s Answering Brief [see 39

C.F.R. § 3001.115(c)]

May 6, 1997

Petitioner’s Reply Brief should Petitioner

choose to file one [see 39 C.F.R.

§ 3001.115(d)]

May 13, 1997

Deadline for motions by any party

requesting oral argument. The

Commission will schedule oral argument

only when it is a necessary addition to

the written filings [see 39 C.F.R.

§ 3001.116]

June 24, 1997

Expiration of the Commission’s 120-day

decisional schedule [see 39 U.S.C.

§ 404(b)(5)]

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[Docket No. A97–12 Order No. 1159]

Jackson Junction, Iowa 52150 (Gary L.

Holst, Petitioner); Notice and Order

Accepting Appeal and Establishing

Procedural Schedule Under 39 U.S.C.

§ 404(b)(5)

Issued February 28, 1997.

Before Commissioners: Edward J. Gleiman,

Chairman; H. Edward Quick, Jr., ViceChairman; George W. Haley; W.H. ‘‘Trey’’

LeBlanc III.

Docket Number: A97–12.

Name of Affected Post Office: Jackson

Junction, Iowa 52150.

Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Gary L.

Holst.

Type of Determination: Closing.

Date of Filing of Appeal Papers:

February 25, 1997.

Categories of Issues Apparently

Raised:

1. Effect on the community [39 U.S.C.

§ 404(b)(2)(A)].

2. Effect on postal services [39 U.S.C.

§ 404(b)(2)(C)].

After the Postal Service files the

administrative record and the

Commission reviews it, the Commission

may find that there are more legal issues

than those set forth above. Or, the

Commission may find that the Postal

Service’s determination disposes of one

or more of those issues.

The Postal Reorganization Act

requires that the Commission issue its

decision within 120 days from the date

this appeal was filed (39 U.S.C. § 404

(b)(5)). In the interest of expedition, in

light of the 120-day decision schedule,

the Commission may request the Postal

Service to submit memoranda of law on

any appropriate issue. If requested, such

memoranda will be due 20 days from

the issuance of the request and the

Postal Service shall serve a copy of its

memoranda on the petitioners. The

Postal Service may incorporate by

reference in its briefs or motions, any

arguments presented in memoranda it

previously filed in this docket. If

necessary, the Commission also may ask

petitioners or the Postal Service for

more information.

The Commission orders:

(a) The Postal Service shall file the

record in this appeal by March 12, 1997.

(b) The Secretary of the Postal Rate

Commission shall publish this Notice

and Order and Procedural Schedule in

the Federal Register.

By the Commission.

Margaret P. Crenshaw,

Secretary.

Appendix

February 25, 1997

Filing of Appeal letter

February 28, 1997

Commission Notice and Order of Filing of

Appeal

March 21, 1997

Last day of filing of petitions to intervene

[see 39 C.F.R. § 3001.111(b)]

April 1, 1997

Petitioner’s Participant Statement or Initial

Brief [see 39 C.F.R. § 3001.115(a) and (b)]

April 21, 1997

Postal Service’s Answering Brief [see 39

C.F.R. § 3001.115(c)]

May 6, 1997

Petitioner’s Reply Brief should Petitioner

choose to file one [see 39 C.F.R.

§ 3001.115(d)]

May 13, 1997

Deadline for motions by any party

requesting oral argument. The

Commission will schedule oral argument

only when it is a necessary addition to

the written filings [see 39 C.F.R.

§ 3001.116]

June 25, 1997

Expiration of the Commission’s 120-day

decisional schedule [see 39 U.S.C.

§ 404(b)(5)]

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