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Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95) (44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program

helps to ensure that requested data can

be provided in the desired format,

reporting burden (time and financial

resources) is minimized, collection

instruments are clearly understood, and

the impact of collection requirements on

respondents can be properly assessed.

Currently, the Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of a currently approved

collection of information, Prohibited

Transaction Exemption 96–62, the

expedited process for approval of

exemptions. A copy of the proposed

information collection request (ICR) can

be obtained by contacting the individual

listed below in the contract section of

this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 31, 1998.

The Department of Labor

(Department) is particularly interested

in comments which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

ADDRESSES: Gerald B. Lindrew,

Department of Labor, Pension and

Welfare Benefits Administration, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20210, (202) 219–4782 (not a tollfree number), FAX (202) 219–4745.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Section 408(a) of the Employee

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

(ERISA) provides that the Secretary of

Labor may grant exemptions from the

prohibited transaction provisions of

sections 406 and 407(a) of ERISA, and

directs the Secretary to establish an

exemption procedure with respect to

such provisions. On July 31, 1996, the

Department published Prohibited

Transaction Exemption 96–62, pursuant

to the exemption procedure set forth in

29 CFR 2570, subpart B. This class

exemption permits a plan to engage in

a transaction which might otherwise be

prohibited following a demonstration to

the Department that the transaction: (1)

is substantially similar to those

described in at least two prior

individual exemptions granted by the

Department, and (2) presents little, if

any, opportunity for abuse or risk of loss

to a plan’s participants and

beneficiaries. Under the class

exemption, a party may proceed with a

transaction in as little as 78 days from

the acknowledgement of receipt by the

Department of a written submission

filed in accordance with the terms of the

class exemption. This ICR includes the

information required to be included in

this submission, and the notice to

interested parties which is required

under the class exemption.

II. Current Action

Beacause this ICR is intended to

provide the Department with sufficient

information to support a finding that the

exemption meets the statutory standards

of section 408(a) of ERISA, and to

provide affected parties with the

opportunity to comment on the

proposed transaction, while at the same

time reducing the regulatory burden

associated with processing individual

exemptions for transactions prohibited

under ERISA, the Department intends to

request an extension of this ICR beyond

its September 30, 1998 expiration date.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Department of Labor, Pension

and Welfare Benefits Administration.

Title: Prohibited Transaction

Exemption 96–62.

OMB Number: 1210–0098.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions,

Individuals.

Total Respondents: 45.

Frequency: On occasion.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: June 25, 1998.

Gerald B. Lindrew,

Deputy Director, Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration, Office of Policy and

Research.

[FR Doc. 98–17346 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (98–083)]

Notice of Agency Report Forms Under

OMB Review

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to take this opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–13, 44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: All comments should be

submitted on or before August 31, 1998.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to Ms. Sue McDonald, Mail

Code GS4, Lyndon B. Johnson Space

Center, Houston, TX 77058.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Carmela Simonson, NASA Reports

Officer, (202) 358–1223.

Title: Radioactive Material Transfer

Receipt.

OMB Number: 2700–0007.

Type of review: Extension.

Need and Uses: Federal law requires

that Johnson Space Center keep records

of each radioactive material transfer.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Federal Government, State, Local

or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 50.

Responses Per Respondent: 2.

Annual Responses: 100.

Hours Per Request: 1⁄2 hr.

Annual Burden Hours: 58.

Frequency of Report: On occasion.

Donald J. Andreotta,

Deputy Chief Information Officer

(Operations), Office of the Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–17280 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 98–084]

Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Prospective Patent

License.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that IDEA, LLC of Beltsville, MD has

applied for an exclusive license to

practice the invention described and

claimed in NASA Case No. KSC–11809,

entitled ‘‘Detector for Particle Surface

Contamination,’’ which is assigned to
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the United States of America as

represented by the Administrator of the

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration. Written objections to

the prospective grant of a license should

be sent to Kennedy Space Center.

DATE: Responses to this notice must be

received by August 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth

Vrioni, Patent Counsel, Kennedy Space

Center, Mail Code MM–E, John F.

Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899.

Dated: June 22, 1998.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel

[FR Doc. 98–17281 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION

ADMINISTRATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m., Monday, June

29, 1998.

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria,

Virginia 22314–3428.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Two Personnel Actions. Closed

pursuant to exemptions (2) and (6).

The Board voted unanimously that

Agency business requires that a meeting

be held with less than the usual seven

days advance notice, that it be closed to

the public, and that earlier

announcement of this was not possible.

The Board voted unanimously to

close the meeting under the exemptions

stated above. Deputy General Counsel

James Engel certified that the meeting

could be closed under those

exemptions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Becky Baker, Secretary of the Board,

Telephone (703) 518–6304.

Becky Baker,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–17470 Filed 6–26–98; 11:10 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–302]

Crystal River Unit 3; 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. DPR–

72 issued to Florida Power Corporation

(the licensee), for operation of Crystal

River Unit 3, located in Citrus County,

Florida.

The proposed amendment would

allow operation with a number of

indications previously identified as tube

end anomalies (TEA) and multiple tube

end anomalies (MEA) in the Crystal

River Unit 3 (CR–3) Once Through

Steam Generator (OTSG) tubes. The

duration of the proposed license

amendment would be until CR–3’s next

refueling outage, currently scheduled

for fall 1999. This proposed change may

be necessary due to the potential

condition of noncompliance with CR–3

Improved Technical Specification

5.6.2.10.4.b. Such a condition may

result from confirmation of an ongoing

re-analysis of eddy current testing (ECT)

data, of indications previously

identified as TEAs and MEAs in the

upper roll expansion of the OTSG upper

tube sheet, as now being within the

pressure boundary of the tubes.

Before issuance of the proposed

license amendment, the Commission

will have made findings required by the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(the Act) and the Commission’s

regulations.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.91(a)(6) for

amendments to be granted under

exigent circumstances, the NRC staff

must determine that the amendment

request involves no significant hazards

consideration. Under the Commission’s

regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means

that operation of the facility in

accordance with the proposed

amendment would not (1) involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of

a new or different kind of accident from

any accident previously evaluated; or

(3) involve a significant reduction in a

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its

analysis of the issue of no significant

hazards consideration, which is

presented below:

This change does not involve a significant

hazards consideration for the following

reasons:

(1) Involve a significant increase in the

probability or consequences of an accident

previously evaluated.

This evaluation addresses the potential

effects of operating with TEAs and MEAs

within the pressure boundary cladding

region. The indications remaining in service

are within the upper end of the tube pressure

boundary. Two accidents analyzed in the

SAR [safety analysis report] must be

evaluated: Steam Generator Tube Rupture

and Main Steam Line Break.

The steam generator tube rupture accident

assumptions bound the possible effects of

leaving these indications in service. A

complete circumferential severance of a tube

is assumed in the accident scenario. The

location of these indications in the upper

tubesheet precludes a tube rupture from

occurring (the tubes are restrained by the

tubesheet). Additionally, in the event of a

complete circumferential severance, the tube

will not retract from the tubesheet. Thus, the

probability of occurrence of this accident is

not increased by leaving these indications in

service.

The main steam line break accident is not

initiated by the condition of the tubing.

However, an assumption of one gpm

primary-to-secondary leakage through the

OTSG is assumed in the MSLB [main steam

line break] accident analysis. Calculated

cumulative leakage, assuming all of the

indications are leaking, is determined to be

well below one gpm, thus the accident

analysis initial assumptions bound the

existing condition of the OTSGs. Thus, it is

concluded that the probability of occurrence

of a main steam line break is not increased

by this change. Therefore, this change does

not involve a significant increase in the

probability or consequences of an accident

previously evaluated.

(2) Create the possibility of a new or

different kind of accident from any accident

previously evaluated.

No new failure modes or accident

scenarios are created by allowing operation

with TEAs and MEAs extending within the

tubes’ pressure boundary. The TEAs and

MEAs remaining in service are within the

upper end of the tube pressure boundary and

even in the event of a complete

circumferential severance, the tube will not

retract from the tubesheet. Therefore, the

tubesheet hoop effect will still act to

minimize leakage. The postulated potential

leakage generated from allowing these

indications to remain in service is bounded

by the CR–3 MSLB scenario. The MSLB

scenario has been thoroughly evaluated and

the potential damage to the steam generator

tubes is not increased. This change does not

increase the risk of a plant trip or challenge

other safety systems. Therefore, this change

does not create a possibility of a new or

different kind of accident from any

previously evaluated.

(3) Involve a significant reduction in a

margin of safety.

ITS Bases 3.4.12 contains relevant

information pertaining to the limitations on

RCS [reactor coolant system] leakage. These

Bases discuss the one gpm primary-tosecondary leakage assumed for a main steam

line break accident as well as the steam

generator tube rupture accident. As

discussed, the maximum calculated accident

leakage, assuming all of these indications

leak, is well below one gpm. Therefore, the

margin of safety as defined in the ITS bases

is not significantly reduced.

The NRC staff has reviewed the

licensee’s analysis and, based on this

review, it appears that the three

standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are

satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff