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List of Agencies and Persons Consulted

The Director of the Laboratory and

Radiation Services Division of the

Colorado Department of Public Health

and Environment was consulted about

the EA for the proposed action. This

organization had no comments on the

proposed action.

During a public meeting held on

February 20, 1997, the DOE and PSCo

staffs were consulted regarding the

environmental monitoring program.

References used in preparation of the

EA:

1. DOE–ID License Transfer

Application, including the

Decommissioning Plan, Emergency

Plan, Environmental Report, Quality

Assurance Requirements and

Description, and Technical

Specifications, dated December 17,

1996, as supplemented February 4, 5,

and 18, and March 12 and 13, 1997.

2. NRC, ‘‘Environmental Assessment

Regarding Order Authorizing

Decommissioning of Fort St. Vrain

Nuclear Generating Station,’’ dated

November 1992.

3. NRC, ‘‘Environmental Assessment

Related to the Construction and

Operation of the Fort St. Vrain

Independent Spent Fuel Storage

Installation,’’ dated February 1991.

4. AEC, ‘‘Final Environmental

Statement Related to the Operation of

Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating

Station,’’ dated August 1972.

5. NRC, 10 CFR Part 20, ‘‘Standards

for Protection Against Radiation.’

6. NRC, 10 CFR Part 51,

‘‘Environmental Protection Regulations

for Domestic Licensing and Related

Regulatory Functions.’’

Finding of No Significant Impact

The environmental impacts of the

proposed action have been reviewed in

accordance with the requirements set

forth in 10 CFR Part 51. The staff has

determined that the proposed action of

transferring Materials License SNM–

2504 from PSCo to DOE and the

subsequent license amendment will not

significantly impact the quality of the

environment. Therefore, an

environmental impact statement is not

warranted, and pursuant to 10 CFR

51.31, a Finding of No Significant

Impact is appropriate.

Based upon the EA, 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 EIS for the

proposed action.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application dated

December 17, 1996, as supplemented

February 4, 5, and 18, and March 12 and

13, 1997, which is available for public

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20555, and at the Local

Public Document Room at the Weld

Library District, Lincoln Park Branch,

919 7th Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day

of March 1997.

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

William F. Kane,

Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 97–8402 Filed 4–1–97; 8:45 am]

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Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste; Notice of Meeting

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste (ACNW) will hold its 91st

meeting on April 22–24, 1997, in Room

T–2B3, at 11545 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The schedule for this meeting is as

follows:

Tuesday, April 22, 1997—8:30 A.M.

until 6:00 P.M.

Wednesday, April 23, 1997—8:30 A.M.

until 6:00 P.M.

Thursday, April 24, 1997—8:30 A.M.

until 4:00 P.M.

During this meeting, the Committee

plans to consider the following:

A. Igneous Activity—The Committee

will review the NRC staff and DOE

investigations of this potentially adverse

condition to the acceptability of the

proposed high-level waste repository at

Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The review

will focus on the status of results and

paths toward resolution from these

studies of potential volcanism.

B. Planning for Commission

Meeting—The Committee will prepare

for its next meeting with the

Commission currently scheduled for

May 20, 1997 at 2:00 p.m.

C. Convention on the Safety of

Radioactive Waste Management—The

Committee will hear a report from the

NRC’s Division of Waste Management

on this international treaty which is

under consideration.

D. Screening Methodology for

Assessing Prior Land Burials—The

Committee will review the staff’s final

branch technical position on this

screening methodology including its

disposition of public comments

received.

E. State of Nevada—The Committee

will hear from a represent-ative of the

State of Nevada who will discuss the

Nevada perspective as to the difference

between DOE’s viability assessment and

the site suitability determinations for

the proposed Yucca Mountain

repository. Comments will also be

offered on the proposed amendments to

DOE’s 10 CFR Part 960. The

amendments would focus Part 960 as to

its use in evaluating the suitability of

the Yucca Mountain site for

development as a repository.

F. Meeting with the Director, the

Division of Waste Management-The

Committee will hold a current events

discussion with the Director.

G. Defense-in-Depth—The Committee

will hear presentations from

representatives of industry that will

address the topic of subsystem

requirements in 10 CFR 60 as a means

on implementing the defense-in-depth

concept.

H. Preparation of ACNW Reports—

The Committee will discuss potential

reports, including Igneous Activity

related to the proposed Yucca Mountain

Repository, a Branch Technical Position

on a Screening Methodology for

Assessing Prior Land Burials, and other

topics discussed during the meeting as

the need arises.

I. Committee Activities/Future

Agenda—The Committee will consider

topics proposed for future consideration

by the full Committee and Working

Groups. The Committee will discuss

ACNW-related activities of individual

members.

J. Miscellaneous—The Committee will

discuss miscellaneous matters related to

the conduct of Committee activities and

organizational activities and complete

discussion of matters and specific issues

that were not completed during

previous meetings, as time and

availability of information permit.

Procedures for the conduct of and

participation in ACNW meetings were

published in the Federal Register on

October 8, 1996 (61 FR 52814). In

accordance with these procedures, oral

or written statements may be presented

by members of the public, 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 Committee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch, Mr.

Richard K. Major, as far in advance as

practicable so that appropriate

arrangements can be made to schedule

the necessary time during the meeting

for such statements. Use of still, motion

picture, and television cameras during

this meeting will be limited to selected
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portions of the meeting as determined

by the ACNW Chairman. Information

regarding the time to be set aside for this

purpose may be obtained by contacting

the Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch, prior

to the meeting. In view of the possibility

that the schedule for ACNW meetings

may be adjusted by the Chairman as

necessary to facilitate the conduct of the

meeting, persons planning to attend

should notify Mr. Major as to their

particular needs.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been cancelled or rescheduled, the

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the

opportunity to present oral statements

and the time allotted therefor can be

obtained by contacting Mr. Richard K.

Major, Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch

(telephone 301/415–7366), between 8:00

A.M. and 5:00 P.M. EST.

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: March 27, 1997.

Andrew L. Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Office.

[FR Doc. 97–8404 Filed 4–1–97; 8:45 am]

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Memorandum of Understanding

Between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission and the U.S. Department

of Health and Human Services, Food

and Drug Administration

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission and the U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services, Food and

Drug Administration (DHHS, FDA).

SUMMARY: The NRC and the DHHS,

FDA, signed a Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) on August 26,

1993, which describes the respective

roles of the FDA and NRC for regulating

medical devices and

radiopharmaceuticals containing

radioactive materials, and the

coordination between the two agencies.

The MOU was noticed in the Federal

Register on September 8, 1993 (58 FR

47300). This notice announces the 3-

year renewal of the MOU. The only

changes to the MOU were the liaison

officers for each agency.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry W. Camper, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, MS T–

8 F 5, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

Telephone 301–415–7231.

Dated: March 27, 1997

Larry W. Camper,

Chief, Medical, Academic, and Commercial

Use Safety Branch, Division of Industrial and

Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.

[FR Doc. 97–8403 Filed 4–1–97; 8:45 am]

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POSTAL SERVICE

Request for Comments on

Development of Strategic Plan for U.S.

Postal Service, Pursuant to the

Government Performance and Results

Act of 1993

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Government Performance

and Results Act of 1993 requires that the

Postal Service and Federal agencies set

strategic goals, measure performance,

and report on results. It requires

development, no later than by the end

of fiscal year 1997, of a five-year

strategic plan, to include the

organization’s mission statement,

identify its long-term strategic goals,

and describe how it intends to achieve

its goals. The Act also requires that in

developing its Strategic Plan, the Postal

Service shall solicit and consider the

ideas of those potentially affected by or

interested in the Strategic Plan. This

notice therefore asks for public

comment concerning development of

the Postal Service’s Strategic Plan for

the years 1998–2002.

DATES: Comments must be received by

June 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be directed to Robert A.F. Reisner, Vice

President, Strategic Planning, U.S.

Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20260–1520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon

L. Cook, (202) 268–4099.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Background

The Government Performance and

Results Act of 1993, Public Law 103–62,

(GPRA) was enacted to make Federal

programs more effective and publicly

accountable by targeting results, service

quality, and customer satisfaction. Other

statutory goals were to improve

Congressional decisionmaking and to

improve internal management of the

Federal Government. Public Law 103–

62, section 2(b), 107 Stat 285. Because

of the Postal Service’s role as an

independent establishment of the

Executive Branch of the Government of

the United States, section 7 of the law

establishes separate provisions which

apply to the Postal Service (sections

2801–2805 of title 39, United States

Code).

Section 2802 of title 39, United States

Code, requires that the Postal Service

submit to the President and the

Congress a strategic plan for its program

activities, no later than September 30,

1997. The plan is to contain:

(1) a comprehensive mission statement

covering the major functions and operations

of the Postal Service;

(2) general goals and objectives, including

outcome-related goals and objectives, for the

major functions and operations of the Postal

Service;

(3) a description of how the goals and

objectives are to be achieved, including a

description of the operational processes,

skills and technology, and the human,

capital, information, and other resources

required to meet those goals and objectives;

(4) a description of how the performance

goals included in the plan required under

section 2803 shall be related to the general

goals and objectives in the strategic plan;

(5) an identification of those key factors

external to the Postal Service and beyond its

control that could significantly affect the

achievement of the general goals and

objectives; and

(6) a description of the program

evaluations used in establishing or revising

general goals and objectives, with a schedule

for future program evaluations.

39 U.S.C. 2802(a).

The GPRA also requires the

preparation of annual performance

plans covering each program activity set

forth in the Postal Service budget. 39

U.S.C. 2803. These plans are to link the

strategic goals in the Strategic Plan with

ongoing operations. In addition, the law

requires preparation of program

performance reports, to review and

compare performance with performance

goals in the annual performance plan.

39 U.S.C. 2804.

In order to involve the public in the

process, GPRA requires that, as it

develops its strategic plan, the Postal

Service ‘‘shall solicit and consider the

views and suggestions of those entities

potentially affected by or interested in

such a plan, and shall advise the

Congress of the contents of the plan.’’ 39

U.S.C. 2802(d).

Discussion of the Postal Service Mission

and its Strategic Planning Process

In 1970, the Congress enacted the

Postal Reorganization Act, recasting the

former Post Office Department as the

United States Postal Service. Its intent

was that the former department evolve

into a Federal entity that operates more