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memorandum for the schedule, it too includes information about the records.

Further information about the

disposition process is available on

request.

Schedules Pending

1. Department of Energy, Agency-wide

(N1–434–98–21, 59 items, 53 temporary

items). Routine security, emergency

planning, and safety records. Files

proposed for disposal relate to such

matters as classified document control,

declassification operations, security

alarms and access control systems, safeguards and security agreements and

plans, surveys and inspections, security

training, visitor access approval,

security clearances, nondisclosure

agreements, and emergency planning.

Policy documents for the

Declassification Program, Operations

Security Program, and Access

Authorization Program are proposed for

permanent retention. Records that

document exposure to ionizing

radiation or other hazardous materials

as well as training in the safe handling

of these materials will be retained for 75

years.

2. Department of Energy, Agency-wide

(N1–434–98–19, 16 items, 14 temporary

items). Routine administrative

management records. Files relate to

such matters as management

improvement programs, performance

indicators, baseline management, and

management control. Issuances

documenting substantive functions and

correspondence files documenting the

development of plans and policies are

proposed for permanent retention.

3. Department of Energy, Agency-wide

(N1–434–98–4, 29 items, 29 temporary

items). Routine personnel records. Files

relate to such matters as position

classification, employee health,

employee training, treatment and

investigation of on-the-job injuries,

implementation of the Americans with

Disabilities Act, educational outreach

activities, apprenticeship programs,

tuition reimbursement for agency

employees, postings of vacancies,

promotional materials used for

recruitment, the testing of job

applicants, and labor-management

relations. Records that document

exposure to ionizing radiation or other

hazardous materials as well as training

in the safe handling of these materials

will be retained for 75 years.

4. Department of the Interior,

Minerals Management Service (N1–473–

98–2, 11 items, 11 temporary items).

Records created by several offices

within the Minerals Management

Service, including Environmental

Analysis Files, Financial Responsibility

Files, Gas Meter Reports, Applications

for Deepwater Royalty Relief Files, and

End-of-Life Royalty Relief Applications.

5. Department of the Interior,

Minerals Management Service (N1–473–

98–1, 1 item, 1 temporary item).

Reduction in retention period for Lease

Sale Activity History Files, which were

previously approved for disposal. These

records provide general information

regarding each lease sale from block

selection phase through the acceptance

or rejection phase of bids.

6. Department of the Navy, Marine

Corps, Agency-wide (N1–NU–98–6, 3

items, 3 temporary items). Leave records

accumulated by members of the Marine

Corps while awaiting punitive

separation through dismissal,

dishonorable discharge, or bad-conduct

discharge.

7. Department of State, Bureau of

Consular Affairs, Office of Passport

Policy and Advisory Services (N1–59–

98–3, 1 item, 1 temporary item). E-mail

messages regarding the status of passport applications and requests for

expedited service.

8. Department of the Treasury, Bureau

of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (N1–

436–97–4, 4 items, 2 temporary items).

Hard copy inputs and outputs for an

electronic system relating to explosives

incidents. System master file and

system documentation are proposed for

permanent retention.

9. Civil Liberties Public Education

Fund (N1–220–98–8, 11 items, 5

temporary items). News clippings of

Fund-related activities, proof sets and

negatives for conferences and panel

discussions, routine correspondence,

electronic version of records created by

electronic mail and word processing

applications, and nonfunded grant

applications are proposed for disposal.

Substantive program records, including

meeting transcripts and correspondence,

are proposed for permanent retention.

10. Federal Communications

Commission, Mass Media Bureau (N1–

173–98–3, 1 item, 1 temporary item).

Reduction in retention period for

Dismissed Broadcast Applications,

which were previously approved for

disposal. The files consist of the original

application, official correspondence,

and supporting information.

Dated: July 22, 1998.

Michael J. Kurtz,

Assistant Archivist for Record Services—

Washington, DC.

[FR Doc. 98–20525 Filed 7–31–98; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. 50–445]

TU Electric; Comanche Peak;

Confirmatory Order Modifying License,

Effective Immediately

I

TU Electric, (the Licensee) is the

holder of Facility Operating License No.

NPF–87, which authorizes operation of

Comanche Peak, Unit 1 located in,

Somervell County, TX.

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. The discussions with

TU Electric, to resolve Thermo-Lag

corrective actions have been numerous.

In addition to telephone conversations

and letter responses, two public

meetings were held, the first on

December 5, 1996, at the Region IV

Office in Arlington, Texas and the

second on November 12, 1997, at the

NRC Headquarters Office in Rockville,

Maryland.

Based on the information submitted

by TU Electric, the NRC staff has

concluded that the schedules presented

by TU Electric are reasonable. This

conclusion is based on (1) the amount

of installed Thermo-Lag, (2) the

complexity of the plant-specific fire

barrier configurations and issues, (3) the
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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 TU Electric 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 TU Electric must be

completed in accordance with current

TU Electric schedules. By letter dated

May 20, 1998, the NRC staff notified TU

Electric of its plan to incorporate TU

Electric’s schedule commitment into a

requirement by issuance of an order and

requested consent from the Licensee. By

letter dated June 2, 1998, the Licensee

provided its consent to issuance of a

Confirmatory Order.

III

The Licensee’s commitment as set

forth in its letter of June 2, 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 June 2, 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:

TU Electric shall complete final

implementation of Thermo-Lag 330–1

fire barrier corrective actions at

Comanche Peak, Unit 1, described in TU

Electric submittals to the NRC dated

April 9 and May 1, 1998, by December

31, 1998.

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, D.C. 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: Rulemakings and

Adjudications Staff, Washington, D.C.

20555. Copies of the hearing request

shall also be sent to the Director, Office

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20555, to the Deputy

Assistant General Counsel for

Enforcement at the same address, to the

Regional Administrator, NRC Region IV,

611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400,

Arlington, Texas, 76011 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

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 28 day

of July 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Samuel J. Collins,

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 98–20601 Filed 7–31–98; 8:45 am]

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards, Subcommittee Meeting on

Reliability and Probabilistic Risk

Assessment; Notice of Meeting

The ACRS Subcommittee on

Reliability and Probabilistic Risk

Assessment will hold a meeting on

August 26, 1998, Room T–2B3, 11545

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows:

Wednesday, August 26, 1998—10:00

a.m. until the conclusion of business

The Subcommittee will discuss issues

in the Staff Requirements Memorandum

dated April 20, 1998, regarding

situation-specific cases where

probabilistic risk assessment (PRA)

results and insights have improved the

existing regulatory system and specific

areas in which PRA, when applied

properly, can have a positive impact on

the regulatory system. The purpose of

this meeting is to gather information,

analyze relevant issues and facts, and to

formulate proposed positions and

actions, as appropriate, for deliberation

by the full Committee.

Oral statements may be presented by

members of the public with the

concurrence of the Subcommittee

Chairman; written statements will be

accepted and made available to the

Committee. Electronic recordings will

be permitted only during those portions

of the meeting that are open to the

public, and questions may be asked only

by members of the Subcommittee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the cognizant ACRS staff engineer

named below five days prior to the

meeting, if possible, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

During the initial portion of the

meeting, the Subcommittee, along with

any of its consultants who may be

present, may exchange preliminary

views regarding matters to be

considered during the balance of the

meeting.

The Subcommittee will then hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the NRC staff, its

consultants, and other interested

persons regarding this review.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been canceled or rescheduled, and

the Chairman’s ruling on requests for

the opportunity to present oral

statements and the time allotted therefor

can be obtained by contacting the

cognizant ACRS staff engineer, Mr.

Michael T. Markley (telephone 301/

415–6885) between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15

p.m. (EDT). Persons planning to attend

this meeting are urged to contact the

above named individual one or two

working days prior to the meeting to be

advised of any potential changes to the

agenda, etc., that may have occurred.