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plants, for all purposes, and so no

amount of tails can be identified as

related to enrichment solely for either

defense or civilian purposes. Most of all

uranium ever mined in the United

States or imported into the United

States remains in tails at the gaseous

diffusion plants. These tails are stored

onsite at the three plants in large steel

containers, normally termed

‘‘cylinders’’, as the chemical compound

UF6.

Members of the staff of the Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board recently

had an opportunity to visit the gaseous

diffusion plants, to follow up on

information that had been obtained on

safety of storage of the tails. A short

report documenting the results of their

review is attached. It was found that

DOE has approximately 50,000

cylinders in outdoor storage at the three

diffusion plants, containing more than

500,000 metric tons of UF6. Poor

maintenance and storage conditions,

combined with mechanical damage

suffered during handling, have led to

corrosion and subsequent breaching of

several of these carbon steel cylinders.

Cylinders have surface coatings

(paint) of varying quality and integrity,

which in a large number of cases is

severely degraded. Cylinders are kept

outdoors, some stacked on pads and

some directly on the ground. Some

older cylinders have been in storage in

excess of forty years. Although general

external corrosion seems to increase

with time, handling damage and

localized corrosion attributable to

electrolytic attack appear to be more

important factors in deterioration.

The corrosion-resistant coatings have

not been maintained, leaving the vast

majority of cylinders vulnerable to

localized corrosion. Visual inspections

have shown abundant pitting and crevic

corrosion of the cylinders, as well as

galvanic attack near bronze valves and

plugs. Since neither localized corrosion

rates nor the extent of existing defects

in the cylinders are well known or well

understood, it is uncertain how many

cylinders may be expected to fail in the

near future. DOE and MMES (MartinMarietta Energy Systems) are attempting

to evaluate the extent of the erosion

rates and their consequences; results are

very preliminary, but they indicate that

more than 1,000 cylinders have a

potential to breach before the year 2020

of no remedial actions are taken, with

the result that their components of more

than 10,000 tons of uranium could

become accessible to release to the

environment.

In section 1016 of Public Law 102–

486 (October 24, 1992), Congress

directed the Department of Energy to

provide within one year a uranium

inventory study that would include

among other matters recommendations

for the future use and disposition of

inventories of all Government-owned

uranium or uranium equivalents,

including depleted tailings. The

Department has not yet complied with

this requirement, presumably at least in

part because the matters addressed by

Congressional action are very

comprehensive and require extensive

decisions on future courses of action.

It is clear to the Board that directions

developed in response to section 1016

of Public Law 102–486 will affect the

long-term future of the vast inventory of

depleted uranium tails. However, the

very size of that inventory means that

no matter what actions may be taken,

they will require a long time to

consumate, with deterioration of the

cylinders continuing all the while.

To protect against the dispersal of

large amounts of uranium to soil and

ground water in years to come, an early

start to remedial action should be

planned and then instituted. The

alternative could be a massive problem

with extraordinary financial costs.

Therefore, the Board recommends

that:

1. An early program be started to

renew the protective coating of

cylinders containing the tails from the

historic production of enriched

uranium.

2. The possibility of additional

measures be explored, to protect these

cylinders from the damaging effects of

exposure to the elements, as well as any

additional handling that may be called

for.

3. A study be instituted to determine

whether a more suitable chemical form

should be selected for long-term storage

of the depleted uranium.

The Board designated Mr. Steven

Krahn as its principal staff member for

discussions with those in DOE whom

you may designate to act on this

recommendation and matters that may

arise concerning it.

John T. Conway,

Chairman.

[FR Doc. 95–11870 Filed 5–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3670–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Proposed Information Collection

Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Group, invites comments on

the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before June 14,

1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok: Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 3208, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–9915.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3517 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1980 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Director of the

Information Resources Group, publishes

this notice containing proposed

information collection requests prior to

submission of these requests to OMB.

Each proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Frequency

of collection; (4) The affected public; (5)

Reporting burden; and/or (6)

Recordkeeping burden; and (7) Abstract.

OMB invites public comment at the

address specified above. Copies of the

requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 93 / Monday, May 15, 1995 / Notices 25895

Dated: May 10, 1995.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Survey on Management of College

Endowments.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 63

Burden Hours: 126

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0

Burden Hours: 0

Abstract: The Department of Education

needs to collect information on the

investment practices of developing

postsecondary institutions, so as to

help endowment challenge grantees

make more effective use of Title III

funds. Data from this survey will help

colleges improve investment

performance. Respondents are

postsecondary institutions eligible for

Title III funds.

[FR Doc. 95–11915 Filed 5–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP93–49–001]

Paiute Pipeline Company; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

May 9, 1995.

Take notice that on May 4, 1995,

Paiute Pipeline Company (Paiute)

tendered for filing to be a part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised

Volume No. 1–A, the following tariff

sheet.

First Revised Sheet No. 11

Paiute states that it is submitting the

proposed tariff sheet in order to make

adjustments to the fixed take-or-pay

buyout and buydown charges to be

collected by Paiute from its shippers as

the result of a recent order issued in

Docket No. RP92–229 with respect to

Paiute’s upstream pipeline, Northwest

Pipeline Corporation (Northwest).

According to Paiute, that order

authorized Northwest to assess Paiute

an amount of $758,291, including

interest as of January 31, 1995, in

addition to the fixed take-or-pay charges

previously paid by Paiute to Northwest.

Paiute indicates that its filing only

proposes to revise the amounts of the

fixed take-or-pay charges to be passed

through to its customers based upon the

Commission’s Northwest order, and that

the methodology utilized to allocate the

amounts among its customers is the

same methodology used in Paiute’s

December 21, 1992 filing in Docket No.

RP93–49–000.

Paiute requests that the tendered tariff

sheet be accepted for filing to become

effective June 1, 1995.

Paiute states that copies of the filing

were served upon all of Paiute’s

customers and affected state regulatory

commissions, and upon all parties on

the service list in Docket No. RP93–49–

000.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

825 North Capitol Street NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, in accordance

with Rule 211 of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.211). All such protests should be

filed on or before May 16, 1995. Protests

will be considered by the Commission

in determining the appropriate action to

be taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and area available for

public inspection in the public

reference room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–11878 Filed 5–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP95–279–000]

Transwestern Pipeline Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

May 9, 1995.

Take notice that on May 4, 1995,

Transwestern Pipeline Company

(Transwestern) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second

Revised Volume No. 1, the following

tariff sheets:

Effective May 4, 1995:

2nd Revised Sheet No. 95A

3rd Revised Sheet No. 95C

2nd Revised Sheet No. 95D

2nd Revised Sheet No. 95E

2nd Revised Sheet No. 95F

2nd Revised Sheet No. 95K

1st Revised Sheet No. 95M

2nd Revised Sheet No. 95N

Effective June 5, 1995:

3rd Revised Sheet No. 95B

Transwestern states that the purpose

of this filing is to revise certain portions

of its tariff to comply with the

Commission’s Final Rule, Order No. 577

(Order), issued March 29, 1995 in

Docket No. RM95–5–000. This Order, to

be effective May 4, 1995, amended 18

CFR 284.243(h) of the Commission’s

capacity release regulations. In this

Order, the Commission has extended

the exception from advance posting and

bidding to one full calendar months.

The Order also revises provisions

regarding roll-overs of exempted

releases by providing for a 28 (rather

than 30) day hiatus during which

shippers that release capacity at less

than the maximum rate cannot rerelease capacity to the same

replacement shipper (at less than

maximum rate).

In addition, Transwestern is

proposing to revise Section 30.4(b) of its

capacity release provisions relating to

posting certain information regarding

pre-arranged deals. Transwestern is

submitting tariff sheets that would

remove the requirement to post the

following: (1) The name of the PreArranged Shipper; and (2) whether the

Pre-Arranged Shipper is an affiliate of

the Releasing Shipper or Transwestern.

Transwestern believes that this change

is consistent with the spirit of Order No.

636. With respect to pre-arranged deals

the Commission’s goal was to ensure

that the released capacity was allocated

pursuant to the best offer regardless of

the identity of the Pre-Arranged

Shipper. Transwestern submits that it

will continue to post information

regarding the identity of the PreArranged Shipper and its affiliation to

the Releasing Shipper or Transwestern

on an after-the-fact basis, thereby

allowing interested parties to monitor

affiliate transactions.

Transwestern states that copies of the

filing were served on its gas utility

customers, interested state

commissions, and all parties to this

proceeding.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 825

North Capitol Street NE., Washington,

D.C. 20426, in accordance with Rules

211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure. All such

motions or protests should be filed on

or before May 16, 1995. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the