Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 151 /Thursday, August 6, 1998 / Notices 42083

under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (6) of the

Government in the Sunshine Act would be

improperly disclosed.

Dated: August 3, 1998.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–21046 Filed 8–5–98; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–298]

Nebraska Public Power District

(Cooper Nuclear Station); Notice of

Issuance of Amendment to Facility

Operating License

The United States Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (Commission) has issued

Amendment No. 178 to Facility

Operating License No. DPR–46, issued

to Nebraska Public Power District

(license) for operation of the Cooper

Nuclear Station located in Nemaha

County, Nebraska.

The amendment is effective as of the

date of issuance.

The amendment replaces, in its

entirety, the current Technical

Specifications (TS) with a set of

improved TS based on NUREG–1433,

‘‘Standard Technical Specifications,

General Electric Plants, BWR/4,’’

Revision 1, dated April 1995, and on

guidance provided in the Commission’s

‘‘Final Policy Statement on Technical

Specifications Improvements for

Nuclear Power Reactors,’’ published on

July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132), and 10 CFR

50.36, as amended July 19, 1995 (60 FR

36953). In addition, the amendment

adds two license conditions to the

newly-created Appendix C of the

operating license that require (1) the

relocation of previous TS requirements

into licensee-controlled documents and

(2) the first performance of new and

revised surveillance requirements for

the new improved TS to be related to

the implementation date for the

improved TS. The implementation of

the amendment and the license

conditions will be completed no later

than 90 days after the date of the

amendment, as stated in the

amendment.

The application for the amendment,

as supplemented, 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.

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of

Amendment and Opportunity for

Hearing in connection with this action

was published in the Federal Register

on March 17, 1998 (63 FR 13074). No

request for a hearing or petition for

leave to intervene was filed following

this notice.

The Commission has prepared an

Environmental Assessment and has

determined not to prepare an

environmental impact statement related

to the action to convert the current TS

to the improved TS. Based on the

Environmental Assessment, the

Commission has concluded that the

issuance of the amendment will not

have a significant effect on the quality

of the human environment beyond that

described in the Final Environmental

Statement (FES) related to the operation

of the CNS dated February 1973. The

Environmental Assessment was

published in the Federal Register on

July 29, 1998 (63 FR 40549).

For further details with respect to the

amendment see (1) the application for

amendment dated March 27, 1997, as

supplemented by (a) two letters in 1997

dated September 29 and December 22,

and (6) 9 letters in 1998 dated February

9, March 13, March 26, April 16, May

6, June 23, and July 13 (two letters), July

29, and (2) the Commission’s related

Safety Evaluation and Environmental

Assessment. All of these items are

available for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C., and at the local

public document room located at the

Auburn Memorial Library, 1810

Courthouse Avenue, Auburn, Nebraska

68305.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day

of July 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Jack N. Donohew,

Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate

IV–1, Division of Reactor Projects III/IV, Office

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 98–21041 Filed 8–5–98; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–423]

Northeast Nuclear Energy Company;

Notice of Withdrawal of Application for

Amendment to Facility Operating

License

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) has

granted a request by Northeast Nuclear

Energy Company (the licensee) to

withdraw its November 21, 1995,

application for an amendment to

Facility Operating License No. NPF–49,

issued to the licensee for operation of

Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit

No. 3, located in New London County,

Connecticut. A Notice of Consideration

of Issuance of this amendment was

published in the Federal Register on

March 27, 1996 (61 FR 13520).

The proposed change would have

modified the facility Technical

Specifications (TSs) pertaining to TS

Section 1.33 and Bases Sections 3/

4.3.3.9, 3/4.3.3.10, and 3/4.11.2.1. The

change would have clarified the

definition of source check to include a

source check from a light emitting

diode, as well as from ionizing

radiation.

Subsequently, the licensee informed

the staff that the amendment is no

longer required. Thus, the amendment

application is considered to be

withdrawn by the licensee.

For further details with respect to this

action, see (1) the application for

amendment dated November 21, 1995;

and (2) the staff’s letters dated July 14,

1998, and July 30, 1998.

These documents 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 rooms located at the Learning

Resources Center, Three Rivers

Community-Technical College, 574 New

London Turnpike, Norwich,

Connecticut, and the Waterford Library,

ATTN: Vince Juliano, 49 Rope Ferry

Road, Waterford, Connecticut.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day

of July 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

James W. Andersen,

Project Manager, Special Projects Office—

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 98–21042 Filed 8–5–98; 8:45 am]

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PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC

POWER AND CONSERVATION

PLANNING COUNCIL

Northwest Conservation and Electric

Power Plan

AGENCY: Pacific Northwest Electric

Power and Conservation Planning

Council (Northwest Power Planning

Council, Council).

ACTION: Notice of final action adopting

Fourth Northwest Conservation and

Electric Power Plan.

SUMMARY: Following the mandate set out

in the Pacific Northwest Electric Power

Planning and Conservation Act of 1980
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(16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.) (the Act), in April

1983 the Council adopted a regional

power plan, the Northwest Conservation

and Electric Power Plan (the plan). The

plan was completely amended in 1986.

Although the Act requires the Council

to review the plan at least every five

years, the Council has taken up certain

parts of the plan more often, to respond

to ongoing changes in the regional

energy picture and to incorporate the

most recent technology and analysis.

The Council amended the plan in 1989

by publishing the 1989 Supplement to

the 1986 Power Plan, updating certain

technical data. In April 1991, the

Council adopted another complete

amendment of the plan. In March 1996,

the Council released for public

comment the Draft Fourth Power Plan.

The Council deferred adoption of the

power plan pending completion of the

Comprehensive Review of the

Northwest Energy System, and

systematic examination of the region’s

electrical energy system conducted at

the behest of the four Northwest

Governors. On August 22, 1997, once

the Comprehensive Review had adopted

its recommendations, the Council

issued an Addendum to the draft plan

on and took public comment through

October 31, 1997. Hearings on the draft

plan and the Addendum were

conducted throughout the four

Northwest states, as required by statute.

The Fourth Northwest Conservation

and Electric Power Plan and the

Addendum, taken together, constitute

the complete Power Plan. Changes that

resulted from the intervening

Comprehensive Review and public

comment were not incorporated in the

draft power plan document itself, but

were set out in the Addendum. In those

cases, then, in which Addendum

updates the data and analyses of the

Fourth Plan document, the Addendum

governs.

Along with the plan and Addendum,

the Council adopted a Response to

Comments. This document summarizes

all the major comments submitted

during the course of public

consideration of the plan and

Addendum and shows how the Council

responded to those issues.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

electricity industry nationwide

continues to work through a radical

restructuring. To give the four

Northwest states a voice in how this

restructuring affect the region, the

governors’ ‘‘Comprehensive Review of

the Northwest Energy System’’ studied

the power system and made

recommendations about its future.

In light of this restructuring, the

Fourth Power Plan has taken a different

approach from that of earlier plans. the

1991 Power Plan, for example, has a its

theme: ‘‘a time for action.’’ In contrast,

this plan focuses on ‘‘Northwest Power

in Transition: Issues and

Opportunities.’’ This Power Plan has

fewer policy determination or

recommended actions. Instead, it is

designed to serve as a guidebook for the

region’s transition to a restructured

industry. It has background on the

industry and analysis of the major

issues that must be addressed as the

Northwest moves into a new energy

future. Its goal reflects that of the

governors in convening the regional

review: to develop, through a public

process, recommendations for changes

in the institutional structure of the

region’s electric utility industry. The

resulting system, the governors said,

should ‘‘protect the region’s natural

resources and distribute equitably the

costs and benefits of a more competitive

marketplace’’ while still ensuring the

region of ‘‘an adequate, efficient,

economical and reliable power system,’’

in the words of the Northwest Power

Act.

This Power Plan has the components

required by the Northwest Power Act. It

includes, among other elements: energy

conservation program, a

recommendation for research and

development; a methodology for

determining quantifiable environmental

costs and benefits; a twenty year

demand forecast; a forecast of power

resources that the Bonneville Power

Administration will need to meet its

obligations; an analysis of reserve and

reserve reliability requirements; and a

surcharge methodology. The plan also

includes the Council’s Fish and Wildlife

Program, developed pursuant to other

procedural requirements under the Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If

you would like copies of any of these

documents, please contact the Council’s

central office. the Fourth Power Plan is

publication 98–22, the technical

appendices are publication 98–22A, the

Addendum is publication 98–23, and

the Response to Comments is

publication 98–24. You may order all or

any part of this series you wish. The

technical appendices may be ordered by

individual sections. Please call 1–503–

222–5161 or 1–800–222–3355. You may

FAX your request to 1–503–795–3370. If

you wish to make a request by e-mail,

please e-mail to comments@nwppc.org.

All of these documents are also

available on the Council’s web-site:

http;//www.nwppc/downdocs.htm.

Please contact the Council’s public

affairs division for further information.

Stephen L. Crow,

Executive Director.

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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB

Review

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad

Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted

the following proposal(s) for the

collection of information to the Office of

Management and Budget for review and

approval.

Summary of Proposal(s)

(1) Collection title: Appeal Under the

Railroad Retirement and Railroad

Unemployment Act.

(2) Form(s) submitted: HA–1.

(3) OMB Number: 3220–0007.

(4) Expiration date of current OMB

clearance: 10/31/1998.

(5) Type of request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

(6) Respondents: Individuals or

households.

(7) Estimated annual number of

respondents: 1,350.

(8) Total annual responses: 1,350.

(9) Total annual reporting hours: 449.

(10) Collection description: Under

section 7(b)(3) of the Railroad

Retirement Act and section 5(c) of the

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act,

a person aggrieved by a decision on his

or her application for an annuity or

other benefit has the right to appeal to

the RRB. The collection provides the

method for the appeal action.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Copies of the form and supporting

documents can be obtained from Chuck

Mierzwa, the agency clearance officer

(312–751–3363). Comments regarding

the information collection should be

addressed to Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad

Retirement Board, 844 North Rush

Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–2092 and

the OMB reviewer, Laura Oliven (202–

395–7316), Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10230, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–21055 Filed 8–5–98; 8:45 am]

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