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should be permitted a hearing, with

particular reference to the factors set out

in 10 CFR 2.1205(h);

(3) The requester’s areas of concern

about the licensing activity that is the

subject matter of the proceeding; and

(4) The circumstances establishing

that the request for a hearing is timely

in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(d).

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(f),

each request for a hearing must also be

served, by delivering it personally or by

mail, to:

(1) The applicant, Public Service

Company of Colorado, 16805 WCR 19

1⁄2, Platteville, Colorado, Attention: Mr.

A. Clegg Crawford, Vice President,

Engineering and Operations Support,

and

(2) NRC staff, by delivery to the

Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001. Attention: Docketing and Service

Branch; or hand-deliver comments to:

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.,

Federal workdays.

If no request for a Subpart L hearing

is received, the license will be amended

to approve the Termination Plan, after

the thirty (30) day period for requesting

a hearing has expired. Thereafter, once

the determinations required under 10

CFR 50.82(a)(11) have been made, NRC

will terminate the license without

further opportunity for hearing.

A copy of the DP is available for

public inspection and copying at NRC’s

Public Document Room, 2120 L Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20555.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Clayton L. Pittiglio, Project Manager,

Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning

Projects Branch, Division of Waste

Management, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T–7–

F27, Washington, DC 20555–0001.

Telephone (301) 415–6702.

Dated at Rockville, MD this 4th day of

March 1997.

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

John W.N. Hickey,

Chief.

[FR Doc. 97–5853 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards; Subcommittee Meeting on

Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena

The ACRS Subcommittee on Thermal

Hydraulic Phenomena will hold a

meeting on March 28, 1997, Room T–

2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

Most of the meeting will be closed to

public attendance to discuss

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

proprietary information pursuant to 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows:

Friday, March 28, 1997—8:30 a.m. Until

the Conclusion of Business

The Subcommittee will continue its

review of the Westinghouse (W) Test

and Analysis Program being conducted

in support of the AP600 design

certification, especially the W approach

for modeling long-term cooling accident

scenarios using the W COBRA/TRAC

code. The purpose of this meeting is to

gather information, analyze relevant

issues and facts, and to 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,

the Westinghouse Electric Corporation,

their consultants, and other interested

persons regarding this review.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been cancelled or rescheduled, the

scheduling of sessions which are open

to the public, 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.

Paul A. Boehnert (telephone 301/415–

8065) 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: March 4, 1997.

Sam Duraiswamy,

Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.

[FR Doc. 97–5851 Filed 3–7–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket Nos. 50–255, 50–266/301, 50–313/

368, 72–5, 72–7, 72–13]

Consumers Power Company,

Palisades Nuclear Plant, Wisconsin

Electric Power Company, Point Beach

Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Entergy

Operations, Inc., Arkansas Nuclear

One, Units 1 and 2; Issuance of

Director’s Decision Under 10 CFR

2.206

Notice is hereby given that the

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation, has issued a Director’s

Decision concerning a Petition dated

November 17, 1995, filed Ms. Fawn

Shillinglaw (Petitioner) under Section

2.206 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal

Regulations (10 CFR 2.206). The Petition

requested that the NRC prohibit loading

of spent nuclear fuel into VSC–24 dry

storage casks at any nuclear site until

the multi-assembly sealed basket (MSB)

#4 at the Palisades Nuclear Plant is

unloaded and the unloading process is

evaluated.

The Director of the Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation has determined that

Petition should be denied for the

reasons stated in the ‘‘Director’s

Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206’’ (DD–97–

05), the complete text of which follows

this notice. The decision and documents

cited in the decision are available for

public inspection and copying in the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,

NW, Washington, DC.

A copy of this decision has been filed

with the Secretary of the Commission

for the Commission’s review in

accordance with 10 CFR 2.206(c). As

provided therein, this decision will

become the final action of the

Commission 25 days after issuance

unless the Commission, on its own

motion, institutes review of the decision

within that time.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day

of March 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Samuel J. Collins,

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

DIRECTOR’S DECISION UNDER 10 CFR

2.206

I. Introduction

On November 17, 1995, Ms. Fawn

Shillinglaw (Petitioner) filed a Petition

pursuant to Section 2.206 of Title 10 of