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1. Hand deliver to: 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, MD between 7:45 a.m.

and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays; or

2. Send to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC. 20555–0001, Attention: Docketing

and Services Branch.

In addition to meeting other

applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part

2 of the NRC’s regulations, a request for

a hearing filed by a person other than

the applicant must describe in detail:

1. The interest of the requestor in the

proceeding;

2. How that interest may be affected

by the results of the proceeding,

including the reasons why the requestor

should be permitted a hearing, with

particular reference to the factors set out

in § 2.1205(h);

3. The requestor’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 licensee, Alliant Techsystems,

Inc., Attention: Francisco L. Lisbona III,

Radiation Safety Officer, Building 502,

Twin Cities Arsenal, New Brighton, MN

55112;

2. The NRC staff, by delivery to the

Executive Director for Operations, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852–2738; or, .

3. By mail, addressed to the Executive

Director for Operations, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555.

For further details with respect to this

action, the application for amendment

request is available for inspection at the

NRC’s Public Document Room, 2120 L

Street NW, Washington, DC 20555 or at

NRC’s Region III offices located at 801

Warrenville Road, Lisle, IL 60532-4351.

Persons desiring to review documents at

the Region III office should call Mr.

George McCann at (630) 829–9856

several days in advance to assure that

the documents will be readily available

for review.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois, this 8th day of May

1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Roy J. Caniano,

Deputy Director, Division of Nuclear Materials

Safety, Region III.

[FR Doc. 98–13510 Filed 5–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meetings

NAME OF AGENCY: Postal Rate

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 3:00 p.m., May 14, 1998.

PLACE: Commission Conference Room,

1333 H Street, NW, Suite 300,

Washington, DC 20268–0001.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Emergency

meeting to discuss issue in Docket No.

R97–1.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel,

Postal Rate Commission, Suite 300,

1333 H Street, NW, Washington, DC

20268–0001, (202) 789–6830.

Dated: May 18, 1998.

Margaret P. Crenshaw,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–13687 Filed 5–18–98; 4:41 pm]

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–M

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIMES AND DATES: 1:00 p.m., Monday,

June 1, 1998; 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, June

2, 1998.

PLACE: Washington, D.C., at U.S. Postal

Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant

Plaza, S.W., in the Benjamin Franklin

Room.

STATUS: June 1 (Closed); June 2 (Open).

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Monday, June 1—1:00 p.m. (Closed)

1. Briefing on Postal Rate Commission

Opinion and Recommended Decision in

Docket No. R97–1.

2. Corporate Credit Rating.

3. Compensation Issues.

4. Corporate Call Management.

5. Tray Management System.

Tuesday, June 2—8:30 a.m. (Open)

1. Minutes of the Previous Meeting, May 4–

5, 1998.

2. Remarks of the Postmaster General/Chief

Executive Officer.

3. Capital Investment.

a. 175 Next Generation Flat Sorting

Machines.

4. Tentative Agenda for the June 29–30,

1998, meeting in Washington, D.C.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Thomas J. Koerber, Secretary of the

Board, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant

Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20260–

1000. Telephone (202) 268–4800.

Thomas J. Koerber,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–13813 Filed 5–19–98; 3:39 pm]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–M

POSTAL SERVICE

Privacy Act of 1974, System of

Records

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice of new system of records.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this document

is to publish notice of a new Privacy Act

system of records, USPS 040.050,

Customer Programs-Customer Electronic

Document Preparation and Delivery

Service Records. The new system

contains information provided by

customers who use the Postal Service’s

electronic-to-paper document printing

and mailing service. Customers using

this service electronically send a master

document and mailing list to a postal

control center, which electronically

routes the documents to print sites for

printing and mailing for Postal Service

delivery.

DATES: Any interested party may submit

written comments on the proposed new

system of records. This proposal will

become effective without further notice

on June 30, 1998, unless comments

received on or before that date result in

a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this

proposal should be mailed or delivered

to: Payroll Accounting/Records, United

States Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza

SW Rm 8831, Washington, DC 20260–

5243.

Copies of all written comments will

be available at the above address for

public inspection and photocopying

between 8 a.m. and 4:45 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betty Sheriff, (202) 268-2608.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed system of records will collect

information related to a new electronicto-paper mailing and delivery service

offered by the Postal Service. The

service will facilitate increased use of

the mail while providing a means for

small-volume customers to have quality

mailings promptly prepared and

delivered.

Customers who use the service will

create documents on their desktop

computers and, using a postal icon on

their computer screen, transmit that

document and an associated address file

through the Internet to a network
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control center. The network control

center electronically routes the digital

documents to commercial print sites

where they are printed, assembled, and

entered into the mailstream for Postal

Service delivery, often on the next day.

Before transmission to a print site,

addresses on the list will be

standardized and updated with any

forwarding information that has been

provided by customers. The product is

a complete, correct, and standardized

address that can be read by automation

equipment and matched to a ZIP Code

resulting in savings to the Postal Service

through more effective operations and

savings to the customer who has

avoided duplication and remailings.

Address correction is limited to

notification to the customer of any

addresses that are invalid and the Postal

Service will not otherwise supplement

or verify name or address information

on the list. In providing these services,

the Postal Service does not compile or

disclose any mailing list.

The original list submitted by the

customer will not be copied and may be

returned to the customer after

conversion. One copy of the converted

list will be maintained under secured

conditions for a period of 30 days to

confirm quality handling of the order

and to serve the customer who wishes

to make a follow-up mailing using the

same document and/or list. The list will

be retained longer than 30 days or

updated only at the customer’s request.

System design provides for

maintenance of information by the name

of the customer requesting the service

and not by the names of persons or

entities on that customer’s mailing list.

The customers requesting the service

will be primarily small businesses to

which the Privacy Act will not apply.

Nevertheless, to the extent records are

covered by the Privacy Act, measures

have been taken to protect them. The

measures, discussed below, are

intended also to ensure compliance

with the Postal Reorganization Act (39

U.S.C. 412), which prohibits the Postal

Service from releasing lists of the names

or addresses of its customers or other

persons.

Printing and mailing will be

performed by commercial printers

operating under a license agreement

with the Postal Service. These licensees

will not be maintaining records and,

consequently, not operating a system of

records. Nevertheless, because of the

sensitive nature of the information,

under the terms of a license agreement,

the licensees must agree that any

information received from the Postal

Service in the course of the agreement

must be kept in strict confidence and

not disclosed to any person; must not be

used by the licensee for any purpose

other than to satisfy the conditions of

the agreement; and must be provided

with safeguards to prevent unauthorized

access, disclosure, or misuse. Licensee

sites will be subject to impromptu

compliance inspections by the Postal

Inspection Service.

Rather than apply all of its general

routine uses (authorized third party

disclosures) considered applicable to

most Postal Service systems of records,

the Postal Service has limited the

application of routine uses to four

situations. The first allows disclosure to

the Department of Justice relative to

litigation in which the Postal Service

has an interest. The second allows

disclosure to a law enforcement agency

for criminal or civil law enforcement

purposes. The third allows a disclosure

to a congressperson that would occur

only at the prompting of the records

subject. The third allows disclosure to a

contractor to perform an agency

function, a disclosure that will be

necessary as discussed above. Each of

these is relevant and necessary to

accomplish the system’s purpose.

The terms of agreements with

customers who use this new service will

provide that the mailing lists

transmitted to the Postal Service will

remain the property of the customer.

Consequently, routine uses within the

proposed system will not apply to these

lists.

Security controls have been applied to

protect the information during

transmission and physical maintenance.

The network control center to which a

customer transmits its order is housed

in a Postal Service computer complex

with access to the building controlled

by guards, access to rooms controlled by

the use of card keys, and access to

systems controlled by log on

identifications and passwords. Industry

standard security and encryption

technology will be used for Internet

transmission between the customer and

the network control center. Dedicated

lines will be used for transmission

between the network control center and

the licensee. As discussed above, the

terms of the license agreement will

provide for the protection of

information received by the licensee

who will be subject to audit by the

Postal Inspection Service.

For the above reasons, the Postal

Service is establishing this grouping of

records as a system of records subject to

the Privacy Act.

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11),

interested persons are invited to submit

written data, views, or arguments on

this proposal. A report of the following

proposed system has been sent to

Congress and to the Office of

Management and Budget for their

evaluation.

USPS 040.050

SYSTEM NAME:

Customer Programs—Customer

Electronic Document Preparation and

Delivery Records, USPS 040.050.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Marketing, Headquarters; and

Information Systems Service Center,

San Mateo, CA.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Customers who electronically request

mail preparation and delivery service.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Name and address of customer

requesting service, USPS-assigned order

number, and billing information;

address list provided by the customer.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

39 U.S.C. 403, 404.

PURPOSE(S):

To promote increased use of the mail

by providing electronic document

preparation and mailing services for

customers.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

Note: Mailing lists contained within this

system are owned by the customer

submitting the mailing list; consequently, no

routine uses apply to these mailing lists.

1. Records from this system may be

disclosed to the Department of Justice or

to other counsel representing the Postal

Service, or may be disclosed in a

proceeding before a court or

adjudicative body before which the

Postal Service is authorized to appear,

when (a) the Postal Service; or (b) any

postal employee in his or her official

capacity; or (c) any postal employee in

his or her individual capacity whom the

Department of Justice has agreed to

represent; or (d) the United States when

it is determined that the Postal Service

is likely to be affected by the litigation,

is a party to litigation or has an interest

in such litigation, and such records are

determined by the Postal Service or its

counsel to be arguably relevant to the

litigation, provided, however, that in

each case, the Postal Service determines

that disclosure of the records is a use of

the information that is compatible with

the purpose for which it was collected.

This routine use specifically

contemplates that information may be

released in response to relevant
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discovery and that any manner of

response allowed by the rules of the

forum may be employed.

2. When the Postal Service becomes

aware of an indication of a violation or

potential violation of law, whether civil,

criminal, or regulatory in nature, and

whether arising by general statute or

particular program statute, or by

regulation, rule, or order issued

pursuant thereto, or in response to the

appropriate agency’s request on a

reasonable belief that a violation has

occurred, the relevant records may be

referred to the appropriate agency,

whether federal, state, local, or foreign,

charged with the responsibility of

investigating or prosecuting such

violation or charged with enforcing or

implementing the statute, rule,

regulation, or order issued pursuant

thereto.

3. Disclosure may be made to a

congressional office from the record of

an individual in response to an inquiry

from the congressional office made at

the prompting of that individual.

4. Records or information from this

system may be disclosed to an expert,

consultant, or other person who is

under contract to the Postal Service to

fulfill an agency function, but only to

the extent necessary to fulfill that

function. This may include disclosure to

any person with whom the Postal

Service contracts to reproduce, by

typing, photocopy, or other means, any

record for use by Postal Service officials

in connection with their official duties

or to any person who performs clerical

or stenographic functions relating to the

official business of the Postal Service.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Name and address of customer will be

automated during conversion and then

stored off-line on magnetic media.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Postal Service-assigned job number

and customer name and customer

identification number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Access to these records is limited to

those persons whose official duties

require such access. Access to

automated records is restricted by the

use of encryption technology, dedicated

lines, and authorized access codes.

Licensees who have access to

information are required by the terms of

the license agreement to protect the

information from unauthorized access;

to limit its use to that provided by the

license agreement; and to apply

appropriate administrative and physical

safeguards to protect the information.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records supporting a customer order

will be destroyed 30 days from

completion of order, unless maintained

longer at customer’s request. Disposal

will be by data deletion from magnetic

media.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice

President, United States Postal Service,

475 L’Enfant Plz SW, Washington DC

20260–2400.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals wanting to know whether

information about them is maintained in

this system of records must address

inquiries in writing to the system

manager. Inquiries must contain name,

customer identification number,

address, and order number, if known.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Requests for access must be made in

accordance with the Notification

Procedure above and the Postal Service

Privacy Act regulations regarding access

to records and verification of identity

under 39 CFR 266.6.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

See Notification and Record Access

Procedures above.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information is furnished by record

subjects (customers) requesting the

service.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 98–13591 Filed 5–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

which provides opportunity for public

comment on new or revised data

collections, the Railroad Retirement

Board (RRB) will publish periodic

summaries of proposed data collections.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed information collection is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information has practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s

estimate of the burden of the collection

of the information; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden related to

the collection of information on

respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Title and purpose of information

collection: Sick Pay and Miscellaneous

Payment Report; OMB 3220–0175

Under Section 6 of the Railroad

Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA)

and Section 9 of the Railroad Retirement

Act (RRA), the Railroad Retirement

Board (RRB) maintains for each railroad

employee a record of compensation paid

to that employee by all railroad

employers for whom the employee

worked after 1936. This record, which is

used by the RRB to determine eligibility

for, and amount of, benefits due under

the laws its administers, is conclusive as

to the amount of compensation paid to

an employee during such period(s)

covered by the report(s) of the

compensation by the railroad

employer(s). Further, the Railroad

Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 added

subsection 1(h)(8) to the RRA which

expanded the definition of

compensation for purposes of

computing the Tier 1 portion of an

annuity to include sickness payments

and certain payments other than sick

pay which are considered compensation

within the meaning of Section 1(h)(8).

The information reporting requirements

for employers are prescribed in 20 CFR

209.

To enable the RRB to establish and

maintain the record of compensation,

employers are required under Section 6

of the RUIA and Section 9 of the RRA

to file with the RRB, in such manner

and form and at such times as the RRB

by rules and regulation may prescribe,

reports of compensation of employees.

The RRB utilizes Form BA–10, Report

of Miscellaneous Compensation and

Sick Pay, to collect information

regarding sick pay and certain other

types of payments, referred to as

miscellaneous compensation, under

Section 1(h)(8) of the Railroad

Retirement Act from railroad employers.

In addition, the form is used by

employers to report any necessary

adjustments in the amounts of sick pay

or miscellaneous compensation.

Employers have the option of

submitting the reports on the

aforementioned form, or, in like format,

on magnetic tape, tape cartridges or PC

diskettes. Submission of the mandatory

reports is requested annually. One

response is required of each respondent.

No changes are proposed to Form BA–

10. The completion time for Form BA–

10 is estimated at 55 minutes per

response.