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projects of the Commission and the

Corps; and (3) District Commander’s

overview of current project issues

within Rock Island District.

TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m., August 21,

1998.

PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V at

Melvin Price Locks and Dam, Alton, IL.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1)

Summary of regional and national

issues affecting Corps of Engineers and

Mississippi River Commission projects

and programs on the Mississippi River

and its tributaries; (2) Views and

suggestions from members of the public

on matters pertaining to the programs or

projects of the Commission and the

Corps; and (3) District Commander’s

overview of current project issues

within St. Louis District.

TIME AND DATE: 8:30 a.m., August 24,

1998.

PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V at City

Front, Caruthersville, MO.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1) Report

on general conditions of the Mississippi

River and Tributaries projects and major

accomplishments since the last meeting;

(2) Views and suggestions from

members of the public on matters

pertaining to the flood control,

navigation, and environmental features

of the Mississippi River and Tributaries

project; and (3) District Commander’s

report on the Mississippi River and

Tributaries project within Memphis

District.

TIME AND DATE: 8:30 a.m., August 25,

1998.

PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V at city

Front, Memphis, TN.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1) Report

on general conditions of the Mississippi

River and Tributaries project and major

accomplishments since the last meeting;

and (2) Views and suggestions from

members of the public on matters

pertaining to the flood control,

navigation, and environmental features

of the Mississippi River and Tributaries

project.

TIME AND DATE: 8:30 a.m., August 26,

1998.

PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V at

Bunge Grain Facility, Mayersville, MS.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1) Report

on general conditions of the Mississippi

River and Tributaries project and major

accomplishments since the last meeting;

(2) Views and suggestions from

members of the public on matters

pertaining to the flood control,

navigation, and environmental features

of the Mississippi River and Tributaries

project; and (3) District Commander’s

report on the Mississippi River and

Tributaries project within Vicksburg

District.

TIME AND DATE: 8:30 a.m., August 27,

1998.

PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V near at

Teche-Vermilion Pumping Plant, Krotz

Springs, LA.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1) Report

on general conditions of the Mississippi

River and Tributaries project and major

accomplishments since the last meeting;

(2) Views and suggestions from

members of the public on matters

pertaining to the flood control,

navigation, and environmental features

of the Mississippi River and Tributaries

project; (3) District Commander’s report

on the Mississippi River and Tributaries

project within New Orleans District.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Noel D. Caldwell, telephone 601–

634–5766.

Noel D. Caldwell,

Executive Assistant, Mississippi River

Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–19922 Filed 7–22–98; 10:17 am]

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[Notice 98–099]

Notice of Prospective Patent License

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ACTION: Notice of Prospective Patent

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SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that StreamCor Inc., of Pittsburgh, PA,

has applied for an exclusive license to

practice the invention described and

claimed in NASA Case No. LAR 15637–

1, entitled ‘‘MAGNETICALLY

SUSPENDED FLUID PUMP AND

METHOD OF MAKING SAME,’’ for

which a U.S. Patent Application was

filed by 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 Langley Research Center.

DATES: Responses to this notice must be

received by September 22, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 212,

Hampton, VA 23681–0001; telephone

(757) 864–8882; fax (757) 864–9190.

Dated: July 20, 1998.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–19844 Filed 7–23–98; 8:45 am]

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Section 4021 of the Balanced Budget

Act of 1997 Conference Report. The

Medicare Commission is charged with

holding public meetings and publicizing

the date, time and location in the

Federal Register.

Notice of Public Meeting of the

National Bipartisan Commission on the

Future of Medicare will hold public

meetings on August 10, 1998 in the

Cannon Caucus Room, Washington DC.

Monday, August 10, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-

5:00 p.m., (tentative) Agenda: Graduate

Medical Education, Task Force meetings

through the afternoon.

If you have any questions, please

contact the Bipartisan Medicare

Commission, ph: 202–252–3380

Authorized for publication in the

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Manager, National Bipartisan Medicare

Commission.

I hereby authorize publication of the

Medicare Commission meetings in the

Federal Register.

Julie Hasler,

Office Manager, National Bipartisan Medicare

Commission.

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ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts;

Combined Arts Panel

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby

given that a meeting of the Combined

Arts Panel, Museum Section (Creation &

Presentation category) to the National

Council on the Arts will be held on

August 10–13, 1998. The panel will

meet from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on

August 10, 11, and 12, and from 9:00

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on August 13, in Room

716 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100

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DC 20506. A portion of this meeting,

from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on August

13, will be open to the public for a

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needs, Leadership Initiatives,

Millennium projects, and guidelines.

The remaining portions of this

meeting, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on

August 10, 11, and 12, and from 11:00

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on August 13, are for

the purpose of Panel review, discussion,

evaluation and recommendation on

applications for financial assistance

under the National Foundation on the

Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as

amended, including information given

in confidence to the agency by grant

applicants. In accordance with the

determination of the Chairman of May

14, 1998, these sessions will be closed

to the public pursuant to subsection

(c)(4), (6) and (9)(B) of section 552b of

Title 5, United States Code.

Any person may observe meetings, or

portions thereof, of advisory panels

which are open to the public, and, if

time allows, may be permitted to

participate in the panel’s discussions at

the discretion of he panel chairman and

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If you need special accommodations

due to a disability, please contact the

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Washington, DC 20506, 202/682–5532,

TDY–TDD 202/682–5496, at least seven

(7) days prior to the meeting.

Further information with reference to

this meeting can be obtained from Ms.

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National

Endowment for the Arts, Washington,

DC 20506, or call 202/682–5691.

Dated: July 17, 1998.

Kathy Plowitz-Worden,

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations,

National Endowment for the Arts.

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[Docket No. 50–410]

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.

(Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit

No. 2); Order Approving Application

Regarding Restructuring of Central

Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation by

Establishment of a Holding Company

Affecting License No. NPF–69, Nine

Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2

I

Central Hudson Gas & Electric

Corporation (Applicant) is licensed by

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC or Commission) to

own and possess a 9-percent interest in

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2

(NMP2), under Facility Operating

License No. NPF–69, issued by the

Commission on July 2, 1987. In addition

to Applicant, the other owners who may

possess, but not operate, NMP2 are New

York State Electric & Gas Corporation

with an 18-percent interest, Long Island

Lighting Company with an 18-percent

interest, and Rochester Gas and Electric

Corporation with a 14-percent interest.

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

(NMPC) owns a 41-percent interest in

NMP2, is authorized to act as agent for

the other owners, and has exclusive

responsibility and control over the

operation and maintenance of NMP2.

NMP2 is located in the town of Scriba,

Oswego County, New York.

II

Under cover of a letter dated April 8,

1998, as resubmitted June 8, 1998, and

supplemented April 22, and July 9,1998,

Applicant submitted an application for

consent by the Commission, pursuant to

10 CFR 50.80, regarding a proposed

corporate restructuring action that

would result in the indirect transfer of

the operating license for NMP2 to the

extent it is held by Applicant. As a

result of the proposed restructuring,

Applicant would establish a new

holding company and become a

subsidiary of the new holding company,

not yet named, to be created in

accordance with an ‘‘Amended and

Restated Settlement Agreement’’ dated

January 2, 1998; as modified and

approved by the New York State Public

Service Commission’s (PSC’s) ‘‘Order

Adopting Terms of Settlement Subject

to Modifications and Conditions’’

(issued and effective February 19, 1998)

in Case 96–E–0909, and further

modified in the PSC’s ‘‘Modifications to

Amended and Restated Settlement

Agreement,’’ dated February 26, 1998

(hereafter collectively known as

‘‘Settlement Agreement’’). These

documents constituting the Settlement

Agreement were included with the

application dated April 8, 1998.

According to the application, the

outstanding shares of Applicant’s

common stock would be exchanged on

a share-for-share basis for common stock

of the proposed new holding company,

such that the holding company would

own all of the outstanding common

stock of Applicant. Also under the

proposed restructuring, Applicant

would sell at auction some of its fossilfueled generating assets, but would

continue to be an ‘‘electric utility’’ as

defined in 10 CFR 50.2, providing the

same utility services as it did before the

restructuring. In addition, certain

subsidiaries of Applicant would become

subsidiaries of the new holding

company. Applicant would retain its

ownership interest in NMP2 and would

continue to be a licensee. No direct

transfer of the operating license or

interests in the station would result

from the proposed restructuring. The

transaction would not involve any

change to either the management

organization or technical personnel of

NMPC, which has exclusive

responsibility under the operating

license for operating and maintaining

NMP2 and which is not involved in the

proposed restructuring of Applicant.

Notice of the application for approval

was published in the Federal Register

on June 2, 1998 (63 FR 30025), and an

Environmental Assessment and Finding

of No Significant Impact was published

in the Federal Register on June 25, 1998

(63 FR 34667).

Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license shall

be transferred, directly or indirectly,

through transfer of control of the

license, unless the Commission shall

give its consent in writing. Upon review

of the information submitted in the

application of April 8, 1998, as

resubmitted June 8, 1998, and

supplemented by submittals dated April

22, and July 9, 1998, the NRC staff has

determined that the restructuring of

Applicant by establishment of a holding

company will not affect the

qualifications of Applicant as a holder

of the license, and that the transfer of

control of the license for NMP2, to the

extent effected by the restructuring, is

otherwise consistent with applicable

provisions of law, regulations, and

orders issued by the Commission,

subject to the conditions set forth

herein. These findings are supported by

a safety evaluation dated July 19, 1998.

III

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections

161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42

USC §§ 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and

2234, and 10 CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED that the Commission

approves the application regarding the

proposed restructuring of Applicant by

the establishment of a holding company,

subject to the following: (1) Applicant

shall provide the Director, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation, a copy of

any application, at the time it is filed,

to transfer (excluding grants of security

interests or liens) from Applicant to its

proposed parent, or to any other

affiliated company, facilities for the

production, transmission, or

distribution of electric energy having a

depreciated book value exceeding 10

percent (10%) of Applicant’s