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Commission regulations, and individual

radiation exposure reports which are

available to him.

A copy of the final supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room,

2120 L Street, NW (lower level),

Washington, DC. OMB clearance

requests are available at the NRC

worldwide web site (http://

www.nrc.gov) under the FedWorld

collection link on the home page tool

bar. The document will be available on

the NRC home page site for 60 days after

the signature date of this notice.

Comments and questions should be

directed to the OMB reviewer by June

11, 1998: Erik Godwin, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs

(3150–0044), NEOB–10202, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington,

DC 20503.

Comments can also be submitted by

telephone at (202) 395–3084.

The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda

Jo. Shelton, 301–415–7233.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day

of May 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–12527 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50–317, 50–318, and 72–8]

In the Matter of Baltimore Gas Electric

Company (Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power

Plant, Units 1 and 2, and the

Independent Spent Fuel Storage

Installation; Order Terminating the

Effectiveness of the Approval of the

Transfer of Licenses for Calvert Cliffs

Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and

2 and the Independent Spent Fuel

Storage Installation

I

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

(BGE) is the licensee for Calvert Cliffs

Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2,

and the associated Independent Spent

Fuel Storage Installation. BGE has the

exclusive responsibility for the

construction, operation, and

maintenance of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear

Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 and the

Independent Spent Fuel Storage

Installation (ISFSI), as reflected in

Operating License Nos. DPR–53, DPR–

69 and Material License No. SNM–2505,

issued on July 31, 1974, and November

30, 1976, and November 25, 1992,

respectively, by the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC). The

facilities are located on the western

shore of the Chesapeake Bay, in Calvert

County, Maryland.

II

By Order dated October 18, 1996, the

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the

Commission or NRC) approved the

proposed transfer of Operating Licenses

Nos. DPR–53 and DPR–69 for the

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,

Units 1 and 2, and Material License No.

SNM–2505 for the Calvert Cliffs ISFSI

from BGE to Constellation Energy

Corporation. The approval was given in

response to an application filed by BGE

dated April 5, 1996, for consent under

Section 50.80 and 72.50 of Title 10 of

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR

50.80 and 10 CFR 72.50). By its terms,

the Order of October 18, 1996, would

become null and void if the transfer of

the licenses was not consummated by

December 31, 1997, unless on

application and for good cause shown,

such date was extended by the

Commission.

By letter dated November 21, 1997,

BGE submitted a request for an

extension of the effectiveness of the

Order of October 18, 1996, such that

approval of the transfer would remain

effective until December 31, 1998.

According to this submittal, all of the

necessary regulatory approvals had been

obtained to permit the consummation of

the merger between BGE and Potomac

Electric Power Company, resulting in

Constellation Energy Corporation. BGE

asserted, however, that the Maryland

and District of Columbia Public Service

Commissions attached conditions to

their approvals that were inconsistent

with the respective merger approval

applications. The companies proposing

to merge filed joint requests with the

Maryland and District of Columbia

Commissions for rehearing of their

original orders approving the merger.

According to BGE, an intervenor in the

Maryland case appealed the Maryland

Commission’s Order approving the

merger to the Circuit Court in Baltimore

County, and this appeal delayed the

expected merger process. On December

17, 1997, the Commission issued an

Order providing that the effectiveness of

the Order of October 18, 1996,

approving the transfer of the licenses

described herein was extended such

that if the subject transfer of licenses

was not consummated by December 31,

1998, the Order of October 18, 1996,

would become null and void.

By letter dated January 30, 1998,

however, BGE informed the NRC that on

December 18, 1997, BGE and the

Potomac Electric Power Company

(PEPCO) mutually agreed to terminate

the proposed merger. In addition, BGE

and PEPCO requested, in light of the

termination of the merger, that approval

of the transfer of licenses be canceled.

III

Upon consideration of BGE’s letter

dated January 30, 1998, and the

termination of the proposed merger, the

Commission has determined that the

approval of the transfer of the licenses

for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,

Unit Nos. 1 and 2, and the ISFSI, should

be withdrawn. Accordingly, pursuant to

Sections 161b and 161i of the Atomic

Energy Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

§§ 2201(b) and 2201(i), It is hereby

ordered that the approval of the transfer

of the licenses described herein is

immediately withdrawn, and the Orders

dated October 18, 1996, and December

19, 1997 are null and void.

This Order is effective upon issuance.

For further details, with respect to

this action, see the letter dated January

30, 1998, from BGE which is available

for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,

NW, Washington, DC, and at the local

public document room located at the

Calvert County Library, Prince

Frederick, Maryland 20678.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day

of April 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Samuel J. Collins,

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

Carl J. Paperiello,

Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 98–12524 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. 50–244]

Rochester Gas and Electric

Corporation; Notice of Consideration

of Issuance of Amendment to Facility

Operating License, Proposed No

Significant Hazards Consideration

Determination, and Opportunity for a

Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an amendment

to Facility Operating License No. DRP–

18 issued to Rochester Gas and Electric

Corporation (the licensee) for operation

of the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant

located in Wayne County, New York.