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cooperative agreements to state and

local governments.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 16.

Responses Per Respondent: 6.

Annual Responses: 95.

Hours Per Request: 5 hrs.

Annual Burden Hours: 485.

Frequency of Report: On occasion.

Donald J. Andreotta,

Deputy Chief Information Officer

(Operations), Office of the Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–20529 Filed 7–31–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–P

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION AGENCY

[Notice 98–101]

Information Collection: Submission for

OMB Review, Comment Request

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of agency report forms

under OMB Review.

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and

Space Administration has submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) the following proposal for the

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received on or before

September 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to Mr. Richard Kall, Office of

Aeronautics & Space Transportation

Technology, Code HK, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration,

Washington, DC 20546–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Carmela Simonson, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, (202) 358–1223.

Reports: None.

Title: Cooperative Agreements with

Commercial Firms.

OMB Number: 2700–0092.

Type of Review: Extension.

Need and Uses: Recordkeeping and

reporting is required to ensure proper

accounting of Federal funds and

property provided under cooperative

agreements with commercial firms.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 107.

Responses Per Respondent: 6.

Annual Responses: 658.

Hours Per Request: 7.

Annual Burden Hours: 4,592.

Frequency of Report: On occasion.

Donald J. Andreotta,

Deputy Chief Information Officer

(Operations), Office of the Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–20530 Filed 7–31–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–P

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Records Schedules; Availability and

Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Archives and Records

Administration, Office of Records

Services—Washington, DC.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed records schedules; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The National Archives and

Records Administration (NARA)

publishes notice at least once monthly

of certain Federal agency requests for

records disposition authority (records

schedules). Once approved by NARA,

records schedules provide mandatory

instructions on what happens to records

when no longer needed for current

Government business. They authorize

the preservation of records of

continuing value in the National

Archives of the United States and the

destruction, after a specified period, of

records lacking administrative, legal,

research, or other value. Notice is

published for records schedules in

which agencies propose to destroy

records not previously authorized for

disposal or reduce the retention period

of records already authorized for

disposal. NARA invites public

comments on such records schedules, as

required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).

DATES: Requests for copies must be

received in writing on or before

September 17, 1998. Once the appraisal

of the records is completed, NARA will

send a copy of the schedule. NARA staff

usually prepare appraisal

memorandums that contain additional

information con-cerning the records

covered by a proposed schedule. These,

too, may be requested and will be

provided once the appraisal is

completed. Requesters will be given 30

days to submit comments.

ADDRESSES: To request a copy of any

records schedule identified in this

notice, write to the Life Cycle

Management Division (NWML),

National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA), 8601 Adelphi

Road, College Park, MD 20740–6001.

Requests also may be transmitted by

FAX to 301–713–6852 or by e-mail to

records.mgt@arch2. nara.gov.

Requesters must cite the control

number, which appears in parentheses

after the name of the agency which

submitted the schedule, and must

provide a mailing address. Those who

desire appraisal reports should so

indicate in their request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael L. Miller, Director, Modern

Records Programs (NWM), National

Archives and Records Administration,

8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD

20740–6001. Telephone: (301)713–7110.

E-mail: records.mgt@arch2.nara.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year

Federal agencies create billions of

records on paper, film, magnetic tape,

and other media. To control this

accumulation, agency records managers

prepare schedules proposing retention

periods for records and submit these

schedules for NARA approval, using the

Standard Form (SF) 115, Request for

Records Disposition Authority. These

schedules provide for the timely transfer

into the National Archives of

historically valuable records and

authorize the disposal of all other

records after the agency no longer needs

the records to conduct its business.

Some schedules are comprehensive and

cover all the records of an agency or one

of its major subdivisions. Most

schedules, however, cover records of

only one office or program or a few

series of records. Many of these update

previously approved schedules, and

some include records proposed as

permanent.

No Federal records are authorized for

destruction without the approval of the

Archivist of the United States. This

approval is granted only after a

thorough consideration of their administrative use by the agency of origin, the

rights of the Government and of private

persons directly affected by the

Government’s activities, and whether or

not they have historical or other value.

Besides identifying the Federal

agencies and any subdivisions

requesting disposition authority, this

public notice lists the organizational

unit(s) accumulating the records or

indicates agency-wide applicability in

the case of schedules that cover records

that may be accumulated throughout an

agency. This notice provides the control

number assigned to each schedule, the

total number of schedule items, and the

number of temporary items (the records

proposed for destruction). It also

includes a brief description of the

temporary records. The records

schedule itself contains a full

description of the records at the file unit

level as well as their disposition. If

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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]

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[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