15940 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 64 / Thursday, April 3, 1997 / Notices

written notification disclosing all

changes in membership.

On August 7, 1990, IPACT–I filed its

original notification pursuant to Section

6(a) of the Act. The Department of

Justice published a notice in the Federal

Register puruant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on September 6, 1990 (55 FR

36710).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on April 15, 1996. The

Department of Justice published a notice

in the Federal Register on April 29,

1996 (61 FR 18755).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–8454 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–11–M

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 97–038]

Notice of Prospect Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of prospective patent

license.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that Foerster Instruments, Inc., of

Pittsburgh, PA 15275, has applied for a

partially exclusive patent license to

practice the invention described and

claimed in NASA Case No. LAR–15231–

1, entitled ‘‘Flux-Focusing Eddy Current

Probe and Rotating Probe Method for

Flaw Detection,’’ which is assigned to

the United States of America as

represented by the Administrator of the

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration. Written objections to

the prospective grant of a license should

be sent to NASA Langley Research

Center.

DATE: Responses to this notice must be

received by June 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robin W. Edwards, Patent Attorney,

NASA Langley Research Center, Mail

Stop 212, Hampton, VA 23681–0001,

telephone (757) 864–9190.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–8541 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 030–13027, 030–21073, 030–

22274; License Nos. 12–00722–06, 12–

00722–13, 12–00722–14 and EA 97–059]

Department of the Army, U.S. Army

Armament and Chemical Acquisition

and Logistics Activity Rock Island, IL;

Confirmatory Order Modifying License

(Effective Immediately)

I

Department of the Army (also known

as TACOM–ACALA, Army, and

Licensee) is the holder of NRC License

Nos. 12–00722–06, 12–00722–13, and

12–00722–14 issued by the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC or

Commission) pursuant to 10 CFR Part

30. The licenses authorize possession of

up to 1.5 million curies (55.5 PBq) of

tritium, 25 curies (0.93 TBq) of

americium-241, and 1000 curies (37

TBq) of nickel-63 for use in selfluminous fire control devices, in

chemical agent detectors, and in

chemical agent monitors. The licenses

authorize use and storage of these

devices at Army, Marine, and Navy

installations throughout the United

States. The licenses were initially issued

on June 23, 1977, May 23, 1984, and

May 3, 1985, respectively, and each is

currently due for renewal or in the

renewal process.

II

The licenses identified in this Order

were inspected by the NRC on several

occasions between June 1992 and March

1997. Most of the inspections were

conducted as a result of reported events

and, therefore, the inspections were

limited in scope and direction. As a

result of the NRC inspections conducted

between June 1992 and August 1995, 22

violations were identified and two civil

penalties totaling $32,500 were

proposed and paid.

This Order is being issued because of

significant deficiencies in the Licensee’s

ability to manage its licensed activities,

to ensure compliance with NRC

requirements, and to promptly correct

problems identified through its own

internal audits. Based upon results of

the December 9, 1996, through March 6,

1997, NRC inspection, NRC has

concluded that continued programmatic

defects exist, such as extensive loss of

control of licensed material and poor

communication between the Rock

Island radiation protection officer (RPO)

and other Department of Defense

installations. By its own selfassessment, which was conducted in

December 1995, the Licensee identified

a major program weakness in that many

of the RPOs responsible for licensed

activities are unfamiliar with the license

conditions. As of February 1997, this

weakness had not been corrected.

Furthermore, based upon the NRC

inspection findings, the Rock Island

radiation safety officer did not provide

adequate oversight of licensed activities,

including ensuring that corrective

actions for identified deficiencies either

at Rock Island or at the other

installations were fully implemented.

Therefore, information is needed to

determine how TACOM–ACALA, based

on its placement in the overall Army

organizational structure, intends to

control licensed activities being

performed at other Licensee

installations and at other Department of

Defense installations.

The purpose of this Order is to

confirm commitments made by the

Licensee as described in Section IV.

III

By letter dated February 14, 1997, the

NRC described to the Licensee the

NRC’s understanding of the

commitments the Licensee plans to

implement. The Licensee subsequently

consented to the issuance of this Order

in accordance with the conditions

described in Section IV below, by a

waiver signed on February 28, 1997.

The Licensee agreed that this Order is

to be effective upon issuance and to

waive its right to a hearing in the matter

of this Order only. Implementation of

these commitments will provide

enhanced assurance that sufficient

resources will be applied to the

radiation safety program, and that the

program will be conducted safely and in

accordance with NRC requirements. The

content of this Order is applicable only

to License Nos. 12–00722–06, 12–

00722–13, and 12–00722–14.

I find that the Licensee’s

commitments as set forth in Section IV

are acceptable and necessary and

conclude that with these commitments

public health and safety are reasonably

assured. In view of the foregoing, I have

determined that public health and safety

require that the Licensee’s commitments

be confirmed by this Order. Based on

the above and the Licensee’s consent,

this Order is immediately effective upon

issuance.

IV

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 81,

161b, 161i, 161o, 182 and 186 of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,

and the Commission’s regulations in 10

CFR 2.202 and 10 CFR Part 30, it is

hereby ordered, effective immediately,

that license nos. 12–00722–06, 12–