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salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are within

exemptions 4 and 6 of 5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(4)

and (6) the Government in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: May 11, 1998.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Special Emphasis Panel in Integrative

Activities; Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting:

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Intergrative Activities (1373).

Date and Time: June 1 & 2, 1998, 8:30

a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Place: Rooms 330 and 340, NSF, 4201

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Nathaniel G. Pitts,

Director, Office of Integrative Activities,

Room 1270, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington,

Virginia 22230; Telephone: (703) 306–1040.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate

applications submitted to the Collaboratives

to Integrate Research and Education (CIRE).

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information, financial data such as

salaries, and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: May 11, 1998.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Special Emphasis Panel; Notice of

Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in Physics

(1208).

Date and Time: June 4–5, 1998 from 8:00

am to 5:00 pm.

Place: University of Rochester, River

Campus, B&L Building, Rochester, NY 14627.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Barry Schneider,

Program Director for Theoretical Physics,

National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson

Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703)

306–1808.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning further NSF

support of the Center for Theoretical and

Computational Research in Optical Science

(CTR) at the University of Rochester.

Agenda: To review and evaluate the

progress and future plans of the Rochester

Theory Center.

Reason For Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; information on

personnel and proprietary date for present

and future subcontracts. These matters are

exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of

the Government in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: May 11, 1998.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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[Docket No. 50–482]

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating

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. NPF–

42, issued to Wolf Creek Nuclear

Operating Corporation (the licensee), for

operation of the Wolf Creek Nuclear

Generating Station, located in Coffee

County, Kansas .

The proposed amendment would add

a new action statement to Technical

Specification 3/4.3.2, Table 3.3–3,

Functional Unit 7.b., Refueling Water

Storage Tank Level—Low-Low

Coincident with Safety Injection.

On May 5, 1998, Wolf Creek Nuclear

Operating Corporation (WCNOC)

control room personnel were reviewing

the technical specifications associated

with the refueling water storage tank

(RWST) level, instrumentation and the

performance of surveillance procedure,

STS IC–201, ‘‘Analog Channel

Operational Test 7300 Process

Instrumentation Protection Set 1 (Red).’’

During that review, control room

personnel identified that when the

RWST level channel is taken into the

test position, the channel is actually put

in a tripped condition. However, the

associated Technical Specification

Action Statement (TS 3.3–2, Functional

Unit 7.b, Action 16) for an inoperable

channel indicates that the inoperable

channel must be placed in the bypass

condition. There is no time limit

allowance for placing an inoperable

channel in the bypass condition

associated with Action 16. Since this

surveillance would render the channel

inoperable, and there is no way of

performing the surveillance with the

channel in the bypass condition,

WCNOC personnel determined that a

technical specification amendment

would be needed to allow the

surveillance test to be completed.

The RWST level instrumentation

analog channel operational test (STS IC–

201) was last performed on February 5,

1998. The surveillance is required by

Technical Specification Surveillance

Requirement 4.3.2.1 to be performed on

a quarterly basis. Taking into account

the extra 25 percent allowance from

Technical Specification 4.0.2, this

surveillance would go overdue,

rendering the channel inoperable, on

May 31, 1998. The first surveillance test

(STS IC–202) for an RWST level channel

would go overdue on May 29, 1998, and

another channel surveillance test (STS

IC–203) will go overdue on May 30,

1998. With two channels being

inoperable, entry into Technical

Specification 3.0.3 would be required,

forcing shutdown of Wolf Creek

Generating Station (WCGS). The time

between initial discovery of this event

(May 5, 1998) and the date when a

forced shutdown of WCGS (May 30,

1998) is less than 30 days; therefore,

there is not enough time for normal

processing of an amendment.

WCNOC believes that, given the

circumstances surrounding the

discovery of this event and the

complexity of the instrumentation

function, WCNOC has made a best effort

to submit a timely application for this

amendment. WCNOC has not delayed

any actions in order to create the need

for exigency and therefore take

advantage of the procedure described in

10 CFR 50.91 for exigent amendments.

WCNOC believes that this exigent

amendment is unavoidable and meets

the criterion of 10 CFR 50.91(a)(6) for an

exigent request.

The staff finds the licensee acted in a

timely manner, the licensee has not

abused the exigent provisions and there

is not sufficient time to process this

amendment request in the routine

manner as described in 10 CFR 50.91

without causing an unnecessary plant

shutdown.

Before issuance of the proposed

license amendment, the Commission