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POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF STORING,

RETRIEVING, SAFEGUARDING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Records are maintained in folders

secured in fire resistant safes with

manipulation proof combination locks,

or in metal lock-bar file cabinets with

three position combination locks, and in

a computer database.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Records are alphabetically indexed by

name of the individual subject of the

file. Retrieval is made by the name, date

of birth, and social security number of

the individual on whom they are

maintained.

SAFEGUARDS:

Folders are maintained and secured in

fire resistant safes with manipulation

proof combination locks, or in metal file

cabinets secured by three position

combination locks. All records,

including those records that are

maintained on the computer database,

are in limited access rooms with keyless

cipher locks. All employees are required

to have an appropriate security

clearance before they are allowed

access, on a need-to-know basis, to the

records. Computer databases are kept on

a local area network that is not

connected to any outside network

including the Internet. Database

accessibility is restricted to hard wire

network connection from within the

office or via modem. Authorized log-on

codes and passwords prevent

unauthorized users from gaining access

to data and system resources. All users

have unique log-on codes and

passwords. The password scheme

requires that users must change

passwords every 90 days and may not

repeat the old password. Any individual

attempting to log on who fails is locked

out of the system after three attempts.

Access after that time requires

intervention by the system manager.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Most background investigative

records are maintained for five years

after the individual separates from his

or her departmental association if

subject to Executive Orders 12968 and

10450, as amended. Reports of

background investigations conducted by

the Office of Inspector General are

retained for 15 years, plus the current

year of the most recent investigative

activity, in accordance with OPM

guidance. The records are disposed of

by electronic erasure, shredding, or

burning.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Security Officer, Office of Inspector

General, U.S. Department of Education,

600 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20202–1510.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

If an individual wishes to determine

whether a record exists regarding him or

her in this system of records, the

individual must provide the system

manager with his or her name, date of

birth, social security number, signature,

and the address to which the record

information should be sent. Requests for

notification about an individual must

meet the requirements of the

Department’s Privacy Act regulations in

34 CFR 5b.5.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE:

If an individual wishes to gain access

to a record in this system, he or she

must contact the system manager and

provide information as described in the

notification procedure.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE:

If an individual wishes to change the

content of a record in the system of

records, he or she must contact the

system manager with the information

described in the notification procedure,

identify the specific item or items to be

changed, and provide a written

justification for the change, including

any supporting documentation.

Requests to amend a record must meet

the requirements of the Department’s

Privacy Act regulations in 34 CFR 5b.7.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information contained in this system

of records is obtained from—

a. Investigative and other record

material furnished by other Federal

entities, other departmental

components, State, local, and foreign

governments;

b. Applications and other personnel

and security forms;

c. Personal investigation, written

inquiry, interview, or the electronic

accessing of computer databases of

sources, such as the OPM system of

records known as ‘‘Personnel

Investigations Records’’ (OPM/Central9), employers, educational institutions,

references, neighbors, associates, police

departments, courts, credit bureaus,

medical records, probation officials,

prison officials, newspapers, magazines,

periodicals, and other publications; and

d. Confidential sources.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT:

As indicated in 34 CFR 5b.11,

individuals will be provided

information from this record system

unless, in accordance with the

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5)—(1)

Disclosure of that information would

reveal the identity of a source who

furnished information to the

Government under an express promise

that the identity of the source would be

held in confidence; or (2) The

information was obtained prior to

September 27, 1975 and disclosure of

that information would reveal the

identity of a source who provided

information under an implied promise

that the identity of the source would be

held in confidence.

[FR Doc. 98–2077 Filed 1–27–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA–172]

Application To Export Electric Energy;

the Power Company of America, L.P.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: The Power Company of

America, L.P. (PCA), a power marketer,

has submitted an application to export

electric energy to Canada pursuant to

section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before February 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–27), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

287–5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. § 824a(e)).

On January 15, 1998, PCA applied to

the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the

Department of Energy (DOE) for

authorization to export electric energy

to Canada, as a power marketer,

pursuant to section 202(e) of the FPA.

Specifically, PCA has proposed to

transmit to Canada electric energy

purchased from electric utilities and

other suppliers within the U.S.

PCA would arrange for the exported

energy to be transmitted to Canada over

the international transmission facilities
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owned by Basin Electric Power

Cooperative, Bonneville Power

Administration, Citizens Utilities,

Detroit Edison Company, Eastern Maine

Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of

the Highgate Project, Maine Electric

Power Company, Maine Public Service

Company, Minnesota Power and Light

Company, Minnkota Power Cooperative,

New York Power Authority, Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation, Northern

States Power, and Vermont Electric

Transmission Company. Each of these

transmission facilities, as more fully

described in the application, has

previously been authorized by a

Presidential permit issued pursuant to

Executive Order 10485, as amended.

Procedural Matters

Any persons desiring to become a

party to this proceeding or to be heard

by filing comments or protests to this

application should file a petition to

intervene, comment or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the

FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedures

(18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen

copies of such petitions, comments and

protests should be filed with the DOE

on or before the date listed above.

Additional copies are to be filed directly

with Stephen C. Smith, President, The

Power Company of America, Two

Greenwich Plaza, Greenwich, CT 06830

and Lynn H. Hargis, Robert F. Shapiro,

Chadbourne & Parke LLP, 1200 New

Hampshire Ave., N.W., Suite 300,

Washington, DC 20036.

A final decision will be made on this

application after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, and a determination is

made by the DOE that the proposed

action will not adversely impact on the

reliability of the U.S. electric power

supply system.

Copies of this application will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above.

Issued in Washington, DC on January 23,

1998.

Anthony J. Como,

Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office

of Coal and Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal and

Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 98–2046 Filed 1–27–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Record of Decision on the Disposal of

the S3G and D1G Prototype Reactor

Plants

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Record of decision.

SUMMARY: This Record of Decision has

been prepared on the Disposal of the

S3G and D1G Prototype Reactor Plants,

located at the Knolls Atomic Power

Laboratory Kesselring Site (Kesselring

Site) near West Milton, New York,

pursuant to Section 102(2) of the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.),

and in accordance with the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations

implementing NEPA procedures (40

CFR parts 1500–1508), and Department

of Energy (DOE) regulations

implementing NEPA procedures (10

CFR part 1021). The DOE Office of

Naval Reactors (Naval Reactors

Program) has decided to promptly

dismantle the defueled S3G and D1G

Prototype reactor plants. The project

will be completed as soon as practicable

subject to available appropriated

funding. To the extent practical, the

resulting low-level radioactive materials

will be recycled at existing commercial

facilities. The remaining low-level

radioactive wastes will be disposed of at

the DOE Savannah River Site in South

Carolina. All non-radiological waste

would be recycled or disposed of off-site

at permitted facilities using licensed

haulers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for further information should

be directed to Mr. Andrew S. Baitinger,

Chief, West Milton Field Office, Office

of Naval Reactors, Department of

Energy, PO Box 1069, Schenectady, NY

12301–1069, telephone (518) 884–1234.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The S3G

and D1G Prototype reactor plants are

located on the 65-acre Kesselring Site

near West Milton, New York,

approximately 17 miles north of

Schenectady. The S3G and D1G

Prototype reactor plants first started

operation in 1958 and 1962,

respectively, and served for more than

30 years as facilities for testing reactor

plant components and equipment and

for training of U.S. Navy personnel. As

a result of the end of the Cold War and

the downsizing of the Navy, the S3G

and D1G Prototype reactor plants were

shutdown in May 1991 and March 1996,

respectively. Removal of the spent

nuclear fuel from the S3G and D1G

Prototype reactors and shipments of the

spent nuclear fuel to the Expended Core

Facility at the DOE’s Idaho National

Engineering and Environmental

Laboratory were completed in July 1994

and February 1997, respectively. After

defueling, the S3G and D1G Prototype

reactor plants were placed in a safe and

stable protective storage condition. The

Kesselring Site will not be released for

other uses in the foreseeable future

since two active prototype reactor plants

continue to operate to perform training

of U.S. Navy personnel and testing of

naval nuclear propulsion plant

equipment.

The alternatives analyzed in detail in

the Final Environmental Impact

Statement were the preferred alternative

of prompt dismantlement, a deferred

dismantlement alternative, and a no

action alternative of keeping the

defueled S3G and D1G Prototype reactor

plants in protective storage indefinitely.

DOE has selected prompt

dismantlement of the S3G and D1G

Prototype reactor plants. All S3G and

D1G Prototype reactor plant systems,

components and structures will be

removed from the Kesselring Site. To

the extent practicable, the resulting lowlevel radioactive metals will be recycled

at existing commercial facilities. The

remaining low-level radioactive waste

will be disposed of at the DOE

Savannah River Site in South Carolina.

There will be an estimated total of 60

radioactive material shipments from the

Kesselring Site to either the Savannah

River Site or to commercial recycling

facilities. Two or three of the shipments

will be by rail and the remainder will

be by truck. The Savannah River Site

currently receives low-level radioactive

waste from Naval Reactors’ sites in the

eastern United States. Both the volume

and radioactive content of the S3G and

D1G Prototype reactor plant low-level

waste fall within the projections of

Naval Reactors’ waste provided to the

Savannah River Site, which are

included and analyzed in the Savannah

River Site Waste Management Final

Environmental Impact Statement, dated

July 1995. All nonradiological

shipments would be by truck, and

would be recycled or disposed of off-site

at permitted facilities using licensed

haulers.

The deferred dismantlement

alternative would involve keeping the

defueled S3G and D1G Prototype reactor

plants in protective storage for 30 years

before dismantlement. Deferring

dismantlement for 30 years would allow

nearly all of the cobalt-60 radioactivity

to decay. Nearly all of the gamma

radiation within the reactor plant comes

from cobalt-60. The very small amount

of longer-lived radioisotopes, such as

nickel-59, would remain and would