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If no petition is received within the

designated 15-day period, the Director

will issue the final amendment to the

certificate of Compliance without

further delay. If a petition for review is

received, the decision on the

amendment application will become

final in 60 days, unless the Commission

grants the petition for review or

otherwise acts within 60 days after

publication of this Federal Register

Notice.

A petition for review 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, Washington, DC, by the

above date.

For further details with respect to the

action see (1) the application for

amendment and (2) the Commission’s

Compliance Evaluation Report. These

items are 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.

Date of amendment request:

December 23, 1996.

Brief description of amendment: The

amendment, in accordance with a

commitment made in the USEC

certificate application, changes the

administrative Technical Safety

Requirement (TSR) that limits the

working hours of facility staff who

perform safety functions.

Basic for finding of no significance: 1.

The proposed amendment will not

result in a change in the types or

significant increase in the amounts of

any effluents that may be released

offsite.

Administrative TSR 3.2.2.b limits

working hours of facility staff who

perform safety functions (operators,

health physics personnel, maintenance

personnel, etc.). The proposed change

revises TSR 3.2.2.b.2 as specified in

Issue 37 of DOE/ORO–2027 Revision 3,

Change A, Plan for Achieving

Compliance with NRC Regulations at

the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant,

by reducing the currently authorized

limits, excluding shift turnover time, of

32 hours in any 48 hour period and 80

hours in any 7 day period, to 24 hours

in any 48 hour period and 72 hours in

any 7 day period, respectively These

two 8-hour reductions in overtime

limits may enhance safety by reducing

occupational stresses and burdens on

facility staff who perform safety

functions. Therefore, this TSR

amendment will not result in significant

amounts of effluents that may be

released offsite.

2. The proposed amendment will not

result in a significant increase in

individual or cumulative occupational

radiation exposure.

Operations at PORTS do not result in

significant occupational radiation

exposures. Some of the reasons being

that (1) occupancy factors are low, (2)

distances from radioactive sources are

generally high, (3) significant shielding

is provided by solid and liquid UF6

(self-shielding) and by piping and

equipment, (4) depleted and low

enriched uranium has low specific

activities and are also comparatively

low gamma radiation emitters, (5) most

of the uranium in process is in gaseous

form (low density), and (6) UF6 is

confined within quality controlled

cylinders, equipment and piping. The

proposed reductions in overtime limits

would not significantly affect any of

these six reasons. Therefore, reducing

overtime limits, as described in the

assessment of criterion 1, will not

measurably modify individual or

cumulative occupational radiation

exposures.

3. The proposed amendment will not

result in a significant construction

impact.

Since the proposed changes do not

involve any construction, therefore,

there will be no construction impacts.

4. The proposed amendment will not

result in a significant increase in the

potential for, or radiological or chemical

consequences from, previously analyzed

accidents.

The proposed changes which involve

reductions in overtime limits will not

result in a significant increase in the

potential for UF6 releases. The proposed

changes will also not result in a

significant increase for, or radiological

consequences from previously evaluated

critical accidents. In fact, the reductions

in overtime limits described in the

assessment of criterion 1, may enhance

safety by reducing occupational stresses

and burdens on facility staff who

perform safety functions. Therefore, this

TSR amendment will not result in a

significant increase in the potential for,

or radiological or chemical

consequences from, previously analyzed

accidents.

5. The proposed amendment will not

result in the possibility of a new or

different kind of accident.

The proposed changes will not result

in the possibility of a new or different

kind of accident. In fact, the reductions

in overtime limits described in the

assessment of criterion 1, may enhance

safety by reducing occupational stresses

and burdens on facility staff who

perform safety functions.

6. The proposed amendment will not

result in a significant reduction in any

margin of safety.

The proposed change, which is

described in the assessment of criterion

1, will not result in the violation of any

limiting condition of operation.

Therefore, it will not significantly

reduce any margin of safety.

7. The proposed amendment will not

result in an overall decrease in the

effectiveness of the plant’s safety,

safeguards or security programs.

Reductions in limits to overtime

would not result in a decrease in the

overall effectiveness of the plant’s safety

program. In fact, as discussed in the

assessment of criterion 1, it may

enhance the effectiveness of the plant’s

safety program.

The staff has not identified any

safeguards or security related

implications from the proposed

amendment. Therefore reducing the

limits on overtime as discussed in the

assessment of criterion 1 will not result

in an overall decrease in the

effectiveness of the plant’s safeguards or

security programs.

Effective date: 30 days after issuance.

Certificate of Compliance No. GDP–2:

Amendment will revise the Technical

Safety Requirements.

Local Public Document Room

location: Portsmouth Public Library,

1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Ohio

45662.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day

of March 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John T. Greeves,

Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards.

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND

BUDGET

Budget Rescissions and Deferrals

To the Congress of the United States

In accordance with the Congressional

Budget and Impoundment Control Act

of 1974, I herewith report one proposed

rescission of budgetary resources,

totaling $10 million.

The proposed rescission affects the

Department of Energy.

William J. Clinton

The White House

March 19, 1997.

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Of the available funds under this

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POSTAL SERVICE

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIMES AND DATES: 10:30 a.m., Monday,

April 7, 1997; 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, April

8, 1997.

PLACE: New Orleans, Louisiana, at the

Bourbon Orleans Hotel, 717 Orleans

Street, in the Ballroom.

STATUS: April 7 (Closed); April 8 (Open).

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Monday, April 7—10:30 a.m. (Closed)

1. Funding Approval for Dinero

Seguro.

2. Rate Case Planning Process (Part 1

of 3).

3. Priority Mail Network.

Tuesday, April 8—8:30 a.m. (Open)

1. Minutes of the Previous Meeting,

March 3–5, 1997.

2. Remarks of the Postmaster General/

Chief Executive Officer.

3. Office of the Inspector General FY

1997 Budget.

4. Report on the New Orleans

Performance Cluster.