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Council on the Arts and the Humanities

for exhibitions beginning after July 1,

1997.

Because the proposed meeting will

consider financial and commercial data

and because it is important to keep

values of objects, methods of

transportation and security measures

confidential, pursuant to the authority

granted me by the Chairman’s

Delegation of Authority to Close

Advisory Committee Meetings, dated

July 19, 1993, I have determined that the

meeting would fall within exemptions

(4) and (9) of 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and that

it is essential to close the meeting to

protect the free exchange of views and

to avoid interference with the

operations of the Committee.

It is suggested that those desiring

more specific information contact the

Acting Advisory Committee

Management Officer, Michael Shapiro,

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20506, or call 202/606–

8322.

Michael Shapiro,

Acting Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to

submit an information collection

request to OMB and solicitation of

public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a

submittal to OMB for review of

continued approval of information

collections under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Information pertaining to the

requirement to be submitted:

1. The title of the information

collection: 10 CFR Part 150,

‘‘Exemptions and Continued Regulatory

Authority in Agreement States and in

Offshore Waters under Section 274.’’

2. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0032.

3. How often the collection is

required: 10 CFR 150.16(b), 150.17(c),

and 150.19(c) require the submission of

reports following specified events, such

as the theft or unlawful diversion of

licensed radioactive material. The

source material inventory reports

required under 10 CFR 150.17(b) must

be submitted annually by certain

licensees.

4. Who is required or asked to report:

Agreement State licensees authorized to

possess source or special nuclear

material at certain types of facilities, or

at any one time and location in greater

than specified amounts. 5. The number of annual respondents:

63 Agreement State licensees. 6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: 150 hours.

7. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 150 provides

certain exemptions from NRC

regulations for persons in Agreement

States. Part 150 also defines activities in

Agreement States and in offshore waters

over which NRC regulatory authority

continues, including certain information

collection requirements. The

information is needed to permit NRC to

make reports to other governments and

the International Atomic Energy Agency

in accordance with international

agreements. The information is also

used to carry out NRC’s safeguards and

inspection programs. Submit, by June 13, 1997, comments

that address the following questions: 1. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the NRC to

properly perform its functions? Does the

information have practical utility? 2. Is the burden estimate accurate?

3. Is there a way to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

4. How can the burden of the

information collection be minimized,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology? A copy of the draft supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room,

2120 L Street NW., (lower level),

Washington, DC. Members of the public

who are in the Washington, DC area, can

access this document via modem on the

Public Document Room Bulletin Board

(NRC’s Advance Copy Document

Library), NRC subsystem at FedWorld,

703–321–3339. Members of the public

who are located outside of the

Washington, DC, area can dial

FedWorld, 1–800–303–9672, or use the

FedWorld Internet address:

fedworld.gov (Telnet). The document

will be available on the bulletin board

for 30 days after the signature date of

this notice. If assistance is needed in

accessing the document, please contact

the FedWorld help desk at 703–487–

4608. Additional assistance in locating

the document is available from the NRC

Public Document Room, nationally at 1–

800–397–4209, or within the

Washington, DC, area at 202–634–3273. Comments and questions about the

information collection requirements

may be directed to the NRC Clearance

Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, T–6 F33,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by

telephone at (301) 415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJS1@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day

of April, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Gerald F. Cranford,

Designated Senior Official for Information

Resources Management.

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[Docket Nos. STN 50–528, STN 50–529, and

STN 50–530]

Arizona Public Service Company;

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of

Amendments to Facility Operating

Licenses and Opportunity for a

Hearing

The U.S Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of amendments to

Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–41,

NPF–51, and NPF–74 issued to the

Arizona Public Service Company (APS

or the licensee) for operation of the Palo

Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit

Nos. 1, 2, and 3, located in Maricopa

County, Arizona.

The proposed amendments, requested

by the licensee in a letter dated October

4, 1996, as supplemented by letter dated

March 16, 1997, would represent a full

conversion from the current Technical

Specifications (TSs) to a set of TS based

on NUREG–1432, Revision 1, ‘‘Standard

Technical Specifications, Combustion

Engineering Plants’’ dated April 1995.

NUREG–1432 has been developed

through working groups composed of

both NRC staff members and industry

representatives and has been endorsed

by the staff as part of a industry-wide

initiative to standardize and improve

TS. As part of this submittal, the

licensee has applied the criteria

contained in the Commission’s ‘‘Final

Policy Statement on Technical

Specification Improvements for Nuclear

Power Reactors (Final Policy

Statement),’’ published in the Federal

Register on July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132),

to the current Palo Verde Nuclear

Generating Station (PVNGS) TSs, and,

using NUREG–1432 as a basis,

developed a proposed set of improved