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warrant the preparation of an

Environmental Impact Statement.

Accordingly, it has been determined

that a finding of no significant impact is

appropriate.

The Environmental Assessment, the

license amendment application, and

other documents related to this

proposed action are available for public

inspection and copying at the

Commission’s public document room in

NRC’s Region IV office, Harris Tower,

611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400,

Arlington, Texas 76011–8064, and in

NRC’s headquarters public document

room, Gelman Building, 2120 L St.,

NW., Washington, DC 20037.

Opportunity for a Hearing

Based on the EA and accompanying

safety evaluation, NRC is preparing to

amend License SNM–696. The NRC

hereby provides notice that this is a

proceeding on an application for

amendment of a license falling within

the scope of Subpart L, ‘‘Informal

Hearing Procedure for Adjudication in

Materials Licensing Proceedings,’’ of

NRC’s rules and practice for domestic

licensing processing in 10 CFR part 2.

Pursuant to § 2.1205(a), any person

whose interest may be affected by this

proceeding may file a request for a

hearing in accordance with § 2.1205(d).

A request for a hearing must be filed

within thirty (30) days of the date of this

publication of the Federal Register

notice.

The request for a hearing must be

filed with the Office of Secretary either:

1. By delivery to the Docketing and

Service Branch of the Secretary at One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, MD 20852–2738; or

2. By mail or telegram addressed to

the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

Attention: Docketing and Services

Branch.

In addition to meeting other

applicable requirements of 10 CFR part

2 of NRC’s regulations, a request for a

hearing filed by a person other than an

applicant must describe in detail:

1. The interest of the requester in the

proceeding;

2. How that interest may be affected

by the results of the proceeding,

including reasons why the requested

should be permitted a hearing, with

particular reference to the factors set out

in § 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 § 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, General Atomics,

3550 General Atomics Court, San Diego,

CA 92121–1194; Attention: Dr. Keith E.

Asmussen; and

2. The NRC staff, by delivering to the

Executive Director for Operations, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by mail,

addressed to the Executive Director for

Operations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

Any hearing that is requested and

granted will be held in accordance with

the NRC’s Informal Hearing Procedures

for Adjudications in Material Licensing

Proceedings in 10 CFR part 2, subpart L.

Questions with respect to this action

should be referred to NRC’s project

manager for General Atomics, Charles

Gaskin, at (301) 415–8116 or via Internet

at ceg1@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Md., this 20th day of

April 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Michael F. Weber,

Chief Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle

Safety and Safeguards, NMSS.

[FR Doc. 98–11123 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Notice of Availability of Draft NUREG–

1628 ‘‘Staff Responses to Frequently

Asked Questions Concerning

Decommissioning of Nuclear Power

Reactors’’

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(NRC) is announcing the availability of

NUREG–1628, ‘‘Staff Responses to

Frequently Asked Question Concerning

Decommissioning of Nuclear Power

Reactors,’’ a draft report for comment

dated April 1998.

This document, through a questionand-answer format, provides

information to the public on

decommissioning. The questions were

taken from a variety of sources over the

past several years, including written

inquiries and questions asked at public

meetings and during informal

discussions with the NRC staff. The

document was prepared in response to

(1) the increase in the number of power

reactors beginning the decommissioning

process, (2) recent changes in the

decommissioning regulations, and (3) a

perceived lack of information available

to members of the public on

decommissioning. This document is

being issued for public comment. As a

result of comments received from the

members of the public, the final

document may be modified.

The report contains information on

the following topics as they relate to

decommissioning: definition of

decommissioning, decommissioning

alternatives, decommissioning

experience in the U.S. regulation of

decommissioning, low-level waste

storage and disposal of wastes

associated with facility storage and

decommissioning, high-level waste

storage and disposal, license

termination, hazards associated with

decommissioning, financing, and public

involvement during the

decommissioning process.

Draft NUREG–1628 is available for

inspection and copying for a fee at the

NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L

Street NW, (Lower Level), Washington,

D.C. A free single copy of the draft

NUREG–1628 may be requested by

writing to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Reproduction, and

Distribution and Inventory Services

Section, Washington, DC 20555–0001 or

by faxing a request to 301–415–2289.

For further information contact, John L.

Minns, Division of Reactor Program

Management. Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001; telephone: 301–415–3166.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day

of April 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Seymour H. Weiss,

Director, Non-Power Reactors and

Decommissioning Project Directorate,

Division of Reactor Program Management,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 98–11117 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND

BUDGET

Cumulative Report on Rescissions and

Deferrals

April 1, 1998.

This report is submitted in fulfillment

of the requirement of Section 1014(e) of

the Congressional Budget and

Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Pub.

L. 93–344). Section 1014(e) requires a

monthly report listing all budget

authority for the current fiscal year for

which, as of the first day of the month,

a special message had been transmitted

to Congress.

This report gives the status, as of

April 1, 1998, of 24 rescission proposals

and eight deferrals contained in two

special messages for FY 1998. These