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any of its consultants who may be

present, may exchange preliminary

views regarding matters to be

considered during the balance of the

meeting.

The Subcommittee will then hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the

Westinghouse Electric Company, the

NRC staff, their consultants, and other

interested persons regarding this review.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been canceled or rescheduled, the

scheduling of sessions which are open

to the public, and the Chairman’s ruling

on requests for the opportunity to

present oral statements and the time

allotted therefor, can be obtained by

contacting the cognizant ACRS staff

engineer, Mr. Paul A. Boehnert

(telephone 301/415–8065) between 7:30

a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (EDT). Persons

planning to attend this meeting are

urged to contact the above named

individual one or two working days

prior to the meeting to be advised of any

potential changes to the agenda, etc.,

that may have occurred.

Dated: May 14, 1998.

Sam Duraiswamy,

Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.

[FR Doc. 98–13472 Filed 5–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–271]

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power

Corporation, Vermont Yankee Nuclear

Power Station; Receipt of Petition for

Director’s Decision Under 10 CFR

2.206

Notice is hereby given that by Petition

dated April 9, 1998, Mr. Michael J.

Daley, on behalf of the New England

Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, Inc. (or

Petitioner), requested that the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

take immediate action with regard to the

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station.

The Petitioner requests that the NRC

issue an order requiring that the

licensee’s administrative limits, which

preclude Vermont Yankee Nuclear

Power Station from operating with a

torus water temperature above 80 °F or

with service water injection temperature

greater than 50 °F, shall remain in force

until certain conditions are met. The

requested conditions include a complete

reconstitution of the licensing basis for

the maximum torus water temperature,

submittal to the NRC of a technical

specifications amendment request

establishing the correct maximum torus

water temperature, and completion of

NRC review of the amendment request.

As the basis for this request, the

Petitioner states that the licensee has

been unable to demonstrate an ability to

either justify the operational limits for

the maximum torus water temperature

or maintain operations within existing

administrative limits (torus water

temperature is critical to the proper

functioning of the containment). The

Petitioner also states that the NRC must

move from a ‘‘wait and see’’ posture to

active intervention, with immediate

imposition of the order as a necessary

first step.

The request is being treated pursuant

to 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission’s

regulations. The request has been

referred to the Director of the Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation. As

provided by § 2.206, appropriate action

will be taken on this petition within a

reasonable time.

By letter dated May 13, 1998, the

Director denied Petitioner’s request for

immediate action at Vermont Yankee

Nuclear Power Station.

A copy of the petition is available for

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC. 20555–0001 and at the

local public document room located at

Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main

Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301.

Dated at Rockville, MD, this 13th day of

May, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Samuel J. Collins,

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 98–13508 Filed 5–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No.: 040–07982]

Consideration of Amendment Request

To Approve a Decommissioning Plan

for Alliant Techsystems, Inc., and

Opportunity for a Hearing

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to approve

decommissioning plan license

amendment and opportunity for Hearing

related to source materials license for

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is considering

issuance of a license amendment to

Source Material License No. SUB–971,

issued to Alliant Techsystems, Inc., to

authorize decontamination and

decommissioning activities of those

areas of the licensee’s Twin Cities Army

Ammunition Plant, Depleted Uranium

Facilities, New Brighton, Minnesota,

site which require remediation prior to

release for unrestricted use.

The licensee requested the

amendment in a letter dated October 6,

1997. The amendment would

incorporate the licensee’s

Decommissioning Plan for the Twin

Cities Army Ammunition Plant,

Depleted Uranium Facilities, New

Brighton, Minnesota. The plan discusses

the administrative and technical

procedures necessary for performing the

decommissioning project as follows: (1)

Summary of Plan (including

background, description of facilities to

be remediated, etc.); (2) Choices of

Decommissioning Alternatives and

Decommissioning Activities (including

decommissioning schedule,

organization and program

responsibilities); (3) Protection of

Occupational and Public Health and

Safety (including radiation protection,

asbestos protection and waste

management programs); (4) Final

Radiation Safety Survey; (5)

Decommissioning Cost Estimate and

Funding Plan; (6) Decommissioning

Quality Assurance Plan; and (7)

References and Appendices.

The NRC will require the licensee to

remediate the Depleted Uranium

facilities to meet NRC’s

decommissioning criteria, and during

the decommissioning activities, to

maintain effluents and doses within

NRC requirements and as low as

reasonably achievable.

Prior to approving the

decommissioning plan, NRC will have

made findings required by the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and

NRC’s regulations. Staff review findings

and approval of the plan will be

documented in an amendment to

License No. SUB–971.

The NRC hereby provides notice that

this is a proceeding on an application

for a license amendment falling within

the scope of Subpart L, Informal Hearing

Procedures for Adjudications in

Materials Licensing Proceedings, of the

NRC’s rules of practice for domestic

licensing proceedings 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

publication of this Federal Register

Notice. The request for a hearing must

be filed with the Office of the Secretary

either: