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3. The resolution of any new Thermo-Lag

corrective actions resulting from the pilot fire

protection functional inspection (FPFI)

conducted at St. Lucie during March 1998 are

not considered part of this confirming order

since FPL has neither received nor responded

to the inspection report. Such issues and any

corrective actions will be scheduled and

resolved as part of that inspection.

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

will be submitted to the Secretary, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Attention: Rulemakings 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 Council for

Enforcement at the same address, to the

Regional Administrator, NRC Region II,

Atlanta Federal Center, M/S 23T85, 61

Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303–

3415, and to the Licensee. If such a

person requests a hearing, that person

shall set forth with particularity the

manner in which his or 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

extension of time in which to request a

hearing, the provisions specified in

Section IV above shall be final 20 days

from the date of this Order without

further order or proceedings. If an

extension of time for requesting a

hearing has been approved, the

provisions specified in Section IV shall

be final when the extension expires if a

hearing request has not been received.

An answer or a request for hearing shall

not stay the immediate effectiveness of

this Order.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day

of July, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Frank J. Miraglia,

Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 98–19223 Filed 7–17–98; 8:45 am]

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Indiana Michigan Power Company;

Notice of Informal 10 CFR 2.206 Public

Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) will hold an

informal public hearing regarding a

petition submitted pursuant to 10 CFR

2.206 involving Donald C. Cook, Units

1 and 2 of the Indiana Michigan Power

Company (the licensee). The hearing

will be held on August 19, 1998. The

location of the hearing will be at the

NRC, rooms T–09A1–T–09F5. The NRC

is located at 11555 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland. The hearing will

be open to public attendance and will

be transcribed.

The structure of the hearing shall be

as follows:

Wednesday, August 19, 1998:

9:00 a.m.—NRC opening remarks

9:15 a.m.—Petitioner’s presentation

10:00 a.m.—NRC questions

10:15 a.m.—Licensee’s presentation

11:00 a.m.—NRC questions

11:15 a.m.—Public Comments

11:45 a.m.—Licensee/Petitioner’s

final statements

12:00 noon—Meeting concludes

By letter dated October 9, 1997, the

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS or

Petitioner) submitted a Petition

pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 requesting

that the operating licenses for Donald C.

Cook Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and

2, be modified, revoked, or suspended

until there is reasonable assurance that

plant systems are in conformance with

design-and licensing-bases

requirements. In addition, the Petitioner

requested that a public hearing into the

matter be held in the Washington, D.C.,

area before the first unit at D.C. Cook is

authorized to restart. By letter dated

January 12, 1998, UCS submitted an

Addendum to the original Petition

presenting additional information on six

other concerns at the D.C. Cook plant.

The purpose of this informal public

hearing is to obtain additional

information from the Petitioner, the

licensee, and the public for NRC staff

use in evaluating the Petition.

Therefore, this informal public hearing

will be limited to information relevant

to issues raised in the Petition and its

Addendum. The staff will not offer any

preliminary views on its evaluation of

the Petition. The informal public

hearing will be chaired by a senior NRC

official who will limit presentations to

the above subject.

The format of the informal public

hearing will be as follows: opening

remarks by the NRC regarding the

general 10 CFR 2.206 process, the

purpose of the informal public hearing,

and a brief summary of the Petition and

its Addendum (15 minutes); time for the

Petitioner to articulate the basis of the

Petition (45 minutes); time for the NRC

to ask the Petitioner questions for

purposes of clarification (15 minutes);

time for the licensee to address the

issues raised in the Petition (45

minutes); time for the NRC to ask the

licensee questions for purposes of

clarification (15 minutes); time for

public comments relative to the Petition

(30 minutes); and time for licensee and

Petitioner’s final statements (15

minutes).

Members of the public who are

interested in presenting information

relative to the Petition should notify the

NRC official named below, 5 working

days prior to the hearing. A brief

summary of the information to be

presented and the time requested

should be provided in order to make

appropriate arrangements. Time allotted

for presentations by members of the

public will be determined based upon

the number of requests received and

will be announced at the beginning of

the hearing. The order for public

presentations will be on a first received

first to speak basis. Written statements

will also be accepted and included in

the record of the hearing. Written

statements should be mailed to the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Mailstop O–13E21, Attn: John Stang,

Washington, DC 20555.

Requests for the opportunity to

present information can be made by

contacting John Stang, Project Manager,

Division of Reactor Projects-III/IV

(telephone 301–415–1345) between 7:30

a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (EDT), Monday–

Friday. Persons planning to attend this

informal public hearing are urged to

contact the above 1 or 2 days prior to

the informal public hearing to be

advised of any changes that may have

occurred.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day

of July, 1998.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Elinor G. Adensam,

Acting Director, Division of Reactor Projects—

III/IV, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 98–19221 Filed 7–17–98; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. 50–259, 50–260 and 50–296]

Tennessee Valley Authority; Notice of

Issuance of Amendment to Facility

Operating License

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC, the Commission) has

issued Amendment Nos. 234, 253 and

212 to Facility Operating License Nos.

DPR–33, DPR–52 and DPR–68 issued to

the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or

the licensee) for operation of the Browns

Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Units 1, 2

and 3, respectively, located in

Limestone County, Alabama.

The amendments implement a full

conversion from the current Technical

Specifications (TS) to a set of TS based

on NUREG–1433, Revision 1, ‘‘Standard

Technical Specifications for General

Electric Plants, BWR/4,’’ dated April

1995. The application for the

amendments complies with the

standards and requirements of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(the Act) and the Commission’s rules

and regulations. The Commission has

made appropriate findings as required

by the Act and the Commission’s rules

and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I,

which are set forth in the license

amendments.

Notices of consideration of Issuance

of Amendments to facility Operating

License and Opportunity for Hearing in

connection with this action were

published in the Federal Register on

October 23, 1996 (61 FR 55026), June 1,

1998 (63 FR 29763) and June 12, 1998

(63 FR 32252). No request for a hearing

or petition for leave to intervene was

filed following these notices.

The Commission has prepared an

Environmental assessment to the action

and has determined not to prepare an

environmental impact statement. Based

upon the environmental assessment, the

Commission has concluded that the

issuance of the amendments will not

have a significant impact on the quality

of the human environment (63 FR

34944).

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application for

amendments dated September 6, 1996,

as supplemented May 1, August 14,

November 5 and 14, December 3, 4, 11,

22, 23, 29 and 30, 1997, January 23,

March 12, April 16, 20 and 28, and May

7, 14, 19 and 27, and June 2, 5, 10 and

19, 1998,, which are available for public

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC and

at the local public document room

located at the Athens Public Library,

405 E. South Street, Athens, Alabama.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day

of July, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Frederick J. Hebdon,

Project Director, Project Directorate II–3,

Division of Reactor Projects—I/II, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 98–19224 Filed 7–17–98; 8:45 am]

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A Nonparametric Statistical

Methodology for the Design and

Analysis of Final Status

Decommissioning Surveys: Interim

Draft for Comment and Use

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is announcing the

availability for use of NUREG–1505, ‘‘A

Nonparametric Statistical Methodology

for the Design and Analysis of Final

Status Decommissioning Surveys,

Interim Draft for Comment and Use.’’

NUREG–1505 provides the statistical

basis for Multi-Agency Radiation Survey

and Site Investigation Manual’s

(MARSSIM) information on planning,

conducting, and evaluating

environmental radiological surveys of

surface soils and building surfaces for

demonstrating compliance with

regulations. NUREG–1505 now

incorporates public and NRC staff

comments received since its initial

publication in August 1995 and

MARSSIM’s publication in December

1996. The NRC reviewed public

comments received on the draft NUREG

as well as comments received as a result

of a concurrent, independent, technical

peer review. Suggested changes were

incorporated, where appropriate, in

response to those comments.

DATES: The comment period ends

December 31, 1998. Comments received

after this date will be considered if

practical to do so, but the NRC is able

to ensure consideration only for those

comments received on or before this

date.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch,

Division of Administrative Services,

Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001.

Hand deliver comments to 11545

Rockville Pike, Rockville Maryland,

between 7:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on

Federal workdays.

Comments may also be submitted

through the Internet by addressing

electronic mail to DLM1@NRC.GOV.

Those considering public comment

may request a free single copy of

NUREG–1505, while supplies last, by

contacting the Office of the chief

Information Officer, Reproduction and

Distribution Section, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001; or send a facsimile to

301–415–2289 or e-mail to

GRW1@nrc.gov. A copy is also available

for inspection and/or copying for a fee

in the NRC Public Document Room,

2120 L Street, NW, Washington DC

20555–0001. All others may purchase

this report by writing to: The

Superintendent of Documents, U.S.

Government Printing Office, P.O. Box

37082, Washington, DC 20402–9328.

The manual is also available through

the Internet by linkage from the NRC

home page at: http://www.nrc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions concerning technical

information in the NUREG should be

addressed to George E. Powers, Phone:

(301) 415–6212, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, MS T–9C24, Washington

DC 20555, e-mail gep@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

NUREG provides additional information

not contained in MARSSIM on

planning, conducting and evaluating

environmental radiological surveys of

soil surfaces and building surfaces for

demonstrating compliance with

regulations. The MARSSIM, now

finalized, is a multi-agency consensus

document.

NUREG–1505 provides the technical

basis for MARSSIM’s objective to

describe standardized and consistent

approaches for surveys of soil surfaces

and building surfaces, which provide a

high degree of assurance that

established release criteria, limits,

guidelines, and conditions of the

regulatory agencies are satisfied, while

at the same time encouraging an

effective use of resources. The

techniques, methodologies, and

philosophies that form the bases of this

manual were developed to be consistent

with current Federal limits, guidelines,

and procedures.

The agency is soliciting comments

arising from review and use of the

NUREG in conjunction with MARSSIM.