3008 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 12 / Tuesday, January 20, 1998 / Notices

Emergency Response

Afternoon Speaker: New Commissioner,

if appointed

5:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 15, 1998

Morning Speaker: Commissioner

Edward McGaffigan, Jr.

8:30 a.m.–9:00 a.m.

Breakout Sessions 9:05 a.m.–10:15 a.m.

1. Region I/Licensee Interface &

Communications

2. Region II/Licensee Interface &

Communications

3. Region III/Licensee Interface &

Communications

4. Region IV/Licensee Interface &

Communications

Breakout Sessions 10:30 a.m.–12:00

noon

1. 10 CFR 50.59

2. Strategic Planning/Operating Plan/

Budget

3. Generic Letter 96–06, ‘‘Assurance

of Equipment Operability and

Containment Integrity During

Design Basis Accident Conditions’’

4. Licensing Actions/ Technical

Specification Conversions

Post-Luncheon Speaker: TBD

1:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions 2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

1. Improvements to NRC’s

Performance Assessment Process

2. License Renewal

3. Spent Fuel Storage/Dry Cask Issues

4. Core Performance/Fuels Issues

Closing Plenary Session: 4:15 p.m.–4:45

p.m.

Summary/Closing—Samuel J. Collins

Note: There will be a question and answer

period after each session each day.

Next year’s conference is scheduled

for April 6 and 7, 1999, at The Capital

Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC.

Dated in Rockville, Maryland this 12th day

of January 1998.

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Kathryn O. Greene,

Chief, Administration Branch, Division of

Inspection and Support Programs, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 98–1211 Filed 1–16–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance,

Availability

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

has issued for public comment a draft of

a guide planned for its Regulatory Guide

Series. This series has been developed

to describe and make available to the

public such information as methods

acceptable to the NRC staff for

implementing specific parts of the

Commission’s regulations, techniques

used by the staff in evaluating specific

problems or postulated accidents, and

data needed by the staff in its review of

applications for permits and licenses.

The draft guide, temporarily

identified by its task number, DG–3013

(which should be mentioned in all

correspondence concerning this draft

guide), is titled ‘‘Nuclear Criticality

Safety Standards for Fuels and Material

Facilities.’’ The guide is intended for

Division 3, ‘‘Fuels and Materials

Facilities.’’ This draft guide is being

developed to provide guidance on

procedures for preventing nuclear

criticality accidents in operations

involving handling, processing, storing,

and transporting special nuclear

material at fuels and materials facilities.

The guide will also endorse 13

standards on nuclear criticality safety

that have been developed by the

American National Standards Institute/

American Nuclear Society.

The draft guide has not received

complete staff review and does not

represent an official NRC staff position.

Public comments are being solicited

on Draft Regulatory Guide DG–3013.

Comments may be accompanied by

additional relevant information or

supporting data. Written comments may

be submitted to the Rules and Directives

Branch, Office of Administration, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555. Copies of

comments received may be examined at

the NRC Public Document Room, 2120

L Street NW., Washington, DC.

Comments will be most helpful if

received by March 31, 1998.

You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking

website through the NRC home page

(http://www.nrc.gov). This site provides

the availability to upload comments as

files (any format), if your web browser

supports that function. For information

about the interactive rulemaking

website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher,

(301) 415–5905; e-mail CAG@nrc.gov.

Although a time limit is given for

comments on this draft guide,

comments and suggestions in

connection with items for inclusion in

guides currently being developed or

improvements in all published guides

are encouraged at any time.

Regulatory guides are available for

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,

Washington, DC. Requests for single

copies of draft or final guides (which

may be reproduced) or for placement on

an automatic distribution list for single

copies of future draft guides in specific

divisions should be made in writing to

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

Attention: Printing, Graphics and

Distribution Branch; or by fax at (301)

415–5272. Telephone requests cannot be

accommodated. Regulatory guides are

not copyrighted, and Commission

approval is not required to reproduce

them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day

of January 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Joseph A. Murphy,

Director, Division of Regulatory Applications,

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

[FR Doc. 98–1213 Filed 1–16–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Order No. 1205; Docket No. A98–1]

In the Matter of Nassau, Minnesota

56272 (James Schneichel, Petitioner);

Notice and Order Accepting Appeal

and Establishing Procedural Schedule

Under 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)

Issued January 14, 1998.

Docket Number: A98–1.

Name of Affected Post Office: Nassau,

Minnesota 56272.

Name(s) of Petitioner(s): James

Schneichel.

Type of Determination: Closing.

Date of Filing of Appeal Papers:

December 22, 1997.

Categories of Issues Apparently Raised

1. Effect on the community (39 U.S.C.

404(b)(2)(A)).

2. Effect on postal services (39 U.S.C.

404(b)(2)(C)).

After the Postal Service files the

administrative record and the

Commission reviews it, the Commission

may find that there are more legal issues

than those set forth above. Or, the

Commission may find that the Postal

Service’s determination disposes of one

or more of those issues.

The Postal Reorganization Act

requires that the Commission issue its

decision within 120 days from the date

this appeal was filed (39 U.S.C. 404

(b)(5)). In the interest of expedition, in

light of the 120-day decision schedule,

the Commission may request the Postal

Service to submit memoranda of law on

any appropriate issue. If requested, such

memoranda will be due 20 days from

the issuance of the request and the

Postal Service shall serve a copy of its

memoranda on the petitioners. The

Postal Service may incorporate by

reference in its briefs or motions, any