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RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Information provided by other Federal

agencies or State or local governments

will be maintained in the NICS Index

unless updated or deleted by the

agency/government which contributed

the data.

The FBI will maintain an Audit Log

of all NICS transactions. Firearms

transaction approvals will be

maintained for eighteen months. The

NICS Transaction Number (the unique

number assigned to the NICS

transaction) and the date on which it

was assigned will be maintained

indefinitely. Information related to

firearms transfer denials will be retained

for 10 years and then disposed of as

directed by the National Achives and

Record Administration.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Director, Federal Bureau of

Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover FBI

Building, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20535–0001.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:

This system of records has been

exempted from the notification

procedures of subsections (d) and

(e)(4)(G), to the extend permitted by

subsections (j)(2),(k)(2), and (k)(3) of the

Privacy Act. Requests for notification

should be addressed to the Systems

Manager. Requirements for a request are

the same as set forth below under the

heading ‘‘RECORD ACCESS

PROCEDURES.’’

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

This system of records has been

exempted from the access procedures of

subsections (d) and (e)(4)(H) to the

extend permitted by subsections

(j)(2),(k)(2), and (k)(3) of the Privacy Act.

A request for access to a non-exempt

record from the system should be

addressed to the System Manager, shall

be made in writing, and should have the

envelope and the letter marked ‘‘Privacy

Act Request.’’ The request must include

the full name, complete address, date of

birth, and place of birth of the requester.

The requester must sign the request;

and, to verify it, the signature must be

notarized or submitted under 28 U.S.C.

1746, a law that permits statements to

be made under penalty of perjury as a

substitute for notarization.

Alternative procedures are available

to a person who has been denied the

purchase of, or permit for, a firearm

because of information in the NICS. The

procedures provide for an appeal of a

denial and a method to seek the

correction of erroneous data searched by

or maintained in the system. The

alternative procedures can be found at

28 CFR, Part 25, Subpart A.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

This system of records has been

exempted from the contest and

amendment procedures of subsections

(d) and (e)(4)(H) to the extent permitted

by subsections (j)(2),(k)(2), and (k)(3) of

the Privacy Act. Requests should be

addressed to the System Manager and

should clearly and concisely describe

the precise information being contested,

the reasons for contesting it, and the

proposed amendment or correction

proposed to the information. In

addition, as described above under

‘‘RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES,’’ an

alternative procedure is available to a

person who has been denied the

purchase of, or permit for, a firearm

because of information in the NICS, by

which the individual may seek the

correction of erroneous data in the

system. The procedures are further

described at 28 CFR, part 25, subpart A.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information contained in the NICS is

obtained from local, State, Federal, and

international records.

SYSTEM EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT:

The Attorney General has exempted

this system from subsections (c)(3) and

(4); (d); (e)(1); (2), and (3) (e)(4)(G) and

(H); (e)(5) and (8); and (g) of the Privacy

Act, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2). In

addition, the Attorney General has

exempted his system from subsections

(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), and (e)(4)(G) and (H) of

the Privacy Act, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

552a (k)(2) and (k)(3). Rules have been

promulgated in accordance with the

requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553 (b), (c), and

(e), and have been published in the

Federal Register.

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BILLING CODE 4410–12–M

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION

BOARD

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board

(MSPB).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the Merit Systems Protection Board’s

request for a second one-year extension

of approval of its optional appeal form,

Optional Form 283 (Rev. 10/94) has

been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and comment. The appeal form

is currently displayed in 5 CFR Part

1201, Appendix I, and on the MSPB

Web Page at http://www.mspb.gov/

merit009.html.

In this regard, the Board is inviting

comments on the public reporting

burden. The reporting burden for the

collection of information on this form is

estimated to vary from 20 minutes to

one hour per response, with an average

of 30 minutes, including time for

reviewing instructions, searching

existing data sources, gathering and

maintaining the data needed, and

completing and reviewing the collection

of information.

ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

5 CFR section

Annual number of respondents

Frequency per

response

Total annual

responses

Hours per response (average)

Total hours

1201 and 1209 ...................................................................... 9,000 1 9,000 .5 4,500

Send comments regarding the burden

estimate, or any other aspect of the

information collection, including

suggestions for reducing the burden to

the address shown below. Please refer to

OMB Control No. 3124–0009 in any

correspondence.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the appeal form

may be obtained from Arlin

Winefordner, Merit Systems Protection

Board, 1120 Vermont Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20419 or by calling

(202) 653–7200. Comments concerning

the paperwork burden should also be

addressed to Mr. Winefordner and to

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention; Desk Officer for
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MSPB, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: June 1, 1998.

Robert E. Taylor,

Clerk of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–14823 Filed 6–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7400–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–289]

GPU Nuclear Inc., et al. Three Mile

Island Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1;

Confirmatory Order Modifying License

Effective Immediately

I

GPU Nuclear Inc., (GPUN or the

Licensee) is the holder of Facility

Operating License No. DRP–50, which

authorizes operation of Three Mile

Island Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1

located in Dauphin County,

Pennsylvania.

II

The staff of the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC) has been

concerned that Thermo-Lag 330–1 fire

barrier systems installed by licensees

may not provide the level of fire

endurance intended and that licensees

that use Thermo-Lag 330–1 fire barriers

may not be meeting regulatory

requirements. During the 1992 to 1994

timeframe, the NRC staff issued Generic

Letter (GL) 92–08, ‘‘Thermo-Lag 330–1

Fire Barriers’’ and subsequent requests

for additional information that

requested licensees to submit plans and

schedules for resolving the Thermo-Lag

issue. The NRC staff has obtained and

reviewed all licensees’ corrective plans

and schedules. The staff is concerned

that some licensees may not be making

adequate progress toward resolving the

plant-specific issues, and that some

implementation schedules may be either

too tenuous or too protracted. For

example, several licensees informed the

NRC staff that their completion dates

had slipped by 6 months to as much as

3 years. For plants that have completion

action scheduled beyond 1997, the NRC

staff has met with these licensees to

discuss the progress of the licensees’

corrective actions and the extent of

licensee management attention

regarding completion of Thermo-Lag

corrective actions. In addition, the NRC

staff discussed with licensees the

possibility of accelerating their

completion schedules.

GPUN was one of the licensees with

which the NRC staff held a meeting. At

this meeting, the NRC staff reviewed

with GPUN the schedule of Thermo-Lag

corrective actions described in the

GPUN submittals to the NRC dated

February 10, 1994, December 5, 1994,

July 7, 1995, August 16, 1996,

November 5, 1996, December 31, 1996,

August 19, 1997, and November 23,

1997, to complete implementation of

Thermo-Lag 330–1 fire barriers

corrective actions by December 31,

1999, excluding those corrective actions

which are the subject of the pending

exemption request dated December 31,

1996, and supplemented by letters dated

July 31, 1997, September 8, 1997, and

December 30, 1997. Based on the

information submitted by GPUN and

provided during the meeting, the NRC

staff has concluded that the schedule

presented by GPUN is reasonable. This

conclusion is based on the: (1) Amount

of installed Thermo-Lag, (2) the

complexity of the plant-specific fire

barrier configurations and issues, (3) the

need to perform certain plant

modifications during outages as

opposed to those that can be performed

while the plant is at power, and (4)

integration with other significant, but

unrelated issues that GPUN is

addressing at its plant. In order to

remove compensatory measures such as

fire watches, it has been determined that

resolution of the Thermo-Lag corrective

actions by GPUN must be completed in

accordance with the current GPUN

schedule. By letter dated April 27, 1998,

the NRC staff notified GPUN of its plan

to incorporate GPUN’s schedule

commitment into a requirement by

issuance of an order and requested

consent from the Licensee. By letter

dated May 5, 1998, the Licensee

provided its consent to issuance of a

Confirmatory Order.

III

The Licensee’s commitment as set

forth in its letter of May 5, 1998, is

acceptable and is necessary for the NRC

to conclude that public health and

safety are reasonably assured. To

preclude any schedule slippage and to

assure public health and safety, the NRC

staff has determined that the Licensee’s

commitment in its May 5, 1998, letter be

confirmed by this Order. The Licensee

has agreed to this action. Based on the

above, and the Licensee’s consent, this

Order is immediately effective upon

issuance.

IV

Accordingly, pursuant to sections

103, 161b, 161i, 161o, 182, and 186 of

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as

amended, and the Commission’s

regulations in 10 CFR 2.202 and 10 CFR

part 50, it is hereby ordered, effective

immediately, that:

GPUN shall complete final implementation

of Thermo-Lag 330–1 fire barrier corrective

actions at Three Mile Island Nuclear Station,

Unit No. 1 described in the GPUN submittals

to the NRC dated February 10, 1994,

December 5, 1994, July 7, 1995, August 16,

1996, November 5, 1996, December 31, 1996,

August 19, 1997, and November 23, 1997, by

December 31, 1999, excluding those

corrective actions which are the subject of

the pending exemption request dated

December 31, 1996, and supplemented by

letters dated July 31, 1997, September 8,

1997, and December 30, 1997. A schedule for

completion of any activity associated with

the items excluded will be developed

separately.

The Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation, may relax or rescind, in

writing, any provisions of this

Confirmatory Order upon a showing by

the Licensee of good cause.

V

Any person adversely affected by this

Confirmatory Order, other than the

Licensee, may request a hearing within

20 days of its issuance. Where good

cause is shown, consideration will be

given to extending the time to request a

hearing. A request for extension of time

must be made in writing to the Director,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, and include a

statement of good cause for the

extension. Any request for a hearing

shall be submitted to the Secretary, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Attention: Chief, Rulemaking and

Adjudications Staff, Washington, DC

20555. Copies of the hearing request

shall also be sent to the Director, Office

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U. S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, to the Deputy

Assistant General Counsel for

Enforcement at the same address, to the

Regional Administrator, NRC Region I,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

475 Allendale Rd., King of Prussia, PA

19406–1415, and to the Licensee. If such

a person requests a hearing, that person

shall set forth with particularity the

manner in which his/her interest is

adversely affected by this Order and

shall address criteria set forth in 10 CFR

2.714(d).

If a hearing is requested by a person

whose interest is adversely affected, the

Commission will issue an Order

designating the time and place of any

such hearing. If a hearing is held, the

issue to be considered at such hearing

shall be whether this Confirmatory

Order should be sustained.

In the absence of any request for

hearing, or written approval of an