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Name: Special Emphasis Panel in Social,

Behavioral and Economic Research (#1766).

Date and Time: June 12–13, 1995; 9:00 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m.

Place: Room 970, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, Virginia 22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: John E. Yellen, Program

Director for Archaeology, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, Virginia 22230. Telephone: (703)

306–1759.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate

instrumentation development and

acquisition proposals as part of the selection

process for awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: May 22, 1995.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–295]

Commonwealth Edison Company;

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of

Amendment to Facility Operating

License, Proposed No Significant

Hazards Consideration Determination,

and Opportunity for a Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an amendment

to Facility Operating License No. DPR–

39, issued to Commonwealth Edison

Company (ComEd, the licensee), for

operation of the Zion Nuclear Power

Station, Unit 1, located in Lake County,

Illinois.

The proposed amendment would add

a provision to the Technical

Specifications (TS) to permit continued

operation of Zion, Unit 1, with 154

steam generator tubes in service which

potentially exceed the 40 percent

through-wall repair or plugging criteria.

The 154 tubes were identified as

possibly exceeding the repair or

plugging criteria as a result of the

application of a revised flaw disposition

guideline for test results retained from

previous Zion, Unit 1, steam generator

inspections. The proposed change

consists of a footnote added to the TS

which states that the 154 affected steam

generator tubes may remain in service

until initial entry into Mode 5, Cold

Shutdown, for the refueling outage that

is currently scheduled to begin in

September 1995.

In 10 CFR 50.91(a)(6), it specifies that

the Commission may, where exigent

circumstances exist, allow less than 30

days for public comment. Exigent

circumstances have been found to exist

for this proposed amendment. The

licensee identified concerns in late 1994

associated with the methodology for the

disposition of some detected indications

from eddy current testing performed on

Zion steam generator tubes. Revised

flaw disposition guidelines were

developed and applied to test results

retained from previous Zion, Unit 1,

steam generator inspections. The

application of the revised guidelines

resulted in the identification of 154

steam generator tubes which could

potentially exceed the plugging or repair

criteria specified in TS 4.3.1.B.4.A.6

(imperfection depth of greater than or

equal to 40 percent of the nominal tube

wall thickness). On May 16, 1995, the

licensee determined that the uncertainty

regarding compliance with TS 3.4.3.1.B

required a unit shutdown in accordance

with TS 3.0.3. The licensee requested

and was granted a Notice of

Enforcement Discretion (NOED) verbally

on May 16, 1995. The written request

for the NOED and a request for a license

amendment was submitted on May 17,

1995. In order to restore licensee

compliance with TS as quickly as

possible and maintain public

participation in the license amendment

process as much as practical, the staff is

exercising the exigent provisions of 10

CFR 50.91(a)(6).

Before issuance of the proposed

license amendment, the Commission

will have made findings required by the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(the Act) and the Commission’s

regulations.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.91(a)(6) for

amendments to be granted under

exigent circumstances, the NRC staff

must determine that the amendment

request involves no significant hazards

consideration. Under the Commission’s

regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means

that operation of the facility in

accordance with the proposed

amendment would not (1) involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of

a new or different kind of accident from

any accident previously evaluated; or

(3) involve a significant reduction in a

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its

analysis of the issue of no significant

hazards consideration, which is

presented below:

1. The proposed changes do not involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of occurrence of any accident

previously evaluated.

The Main Steamline Break is the bounding

event for secondary system depressurization.

The sequence of events which are necessary

precursors to the catastrophic steam line

failure are external to the Steam Generators

and is unaffected by the fact that Steam

Generator tubes with known indications

located deep within the tube sheet crevice

were allowed to remain in service. There is

no credible manner in which the condition

of the tubes deep within the tube sheet

crevice of the Steam Generator can influence

the integrity of the Main Steamline.

The probability that a tube rupture will

occur is not increased because the

indications of interest are constrained deep

within the tube sheet crevice. Due to the fact

that the degradation mechanism has been

characterized as inner diameter (I.D.) PWSCC

and that they are located deep within the

tube sheet crevice, the failure probability (i.e.

tube rupture) is not increased. Thus, the

probability of tube rupture for these

indications is taken to the zero. With no

possibility of the tubes of interest rupturing

due to the indications constrained within the

tube sheet area, there is no increase in the

probability of occurrence that a tube rupture

event will occur.

No significant increase in offsite dose

consequences have been postulated for the

Steamline Break transient. In order to

characterize the impact of an event which

would involve a limiting Main Steamline

Break coincident with the maximum credible

leakage from all affected tubes, a dose

evaluation has been performed and compared

to the typical acceptance criteria of a small

fraction (∼10%) of the guidelines set forth in

10 CFR 100. The evaluation performed is

described in detail in Enclosure 6 [Letter

from T. Simpkin (ComEd) to Document

Control Desk (NRC) dated May 17, 1995] of

this request and assumed the following

occurrences:

—Failure of a main streamline outside of

containment,

—Bounding leakage of 0.5 GPM per tube for

154 tubes, and

—The calculation assumes a 2 hour release.

When the RCS iodine limit is

administratively constrained to 0.06 uCi/cc,

the thyroid dose is calculated to be just under

30 Rem thyroid, which is still a small

percentage of 10 CFR 100 limits. Thus, the

consequences of an accident previously

analyzed are not significantly increased.

2. The proposed changes do not create the

possibility of a new or different kind of

accident from any accident previously

evaluated.

The proposed changes do not add new or

different types of plant equipment nor do

they alter any plant procedures used during

recovery from accidents described in the

analysis. Installed equipment is not being
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operated in a new or different manner. No

new failure mechanisms are created by this

change. Because no change is being made to

the initiating mechanisms of an accident, and

no equipment or procedural changes are

involved, the proposed LAR does not create

the possibility of a new or different kind of

accident from any previously evaluated.

3. The proposed changes do not involve a

significant reduction in a margin of safety.

The margin of safety for allowable tube

degradation is based on a conservative

allowance for eddy current uncertainty and

a high confidence level that sufficient tube

wall thickness remains to operate until the

next scheduled inspection period with an

acceptably low risk of tube failure. The

indications of interest are characterized as

I.D. PWSCC located at the roll transition

nominally 18.25 inches deep in the tube

sheet crevice. Past inspections indicate that

any crack growth will be into the rolled

portion of the tube. The recent operating

history of Unit 1, both in the lack of primaryto-secondary leakage and the stable behavior

of the tubes in service, provides confidence

that sufficient structural integrity exists to

support at least the additional four months of

power operation. Thus, the margin of safety

has not been adversely impacted.

The NRC staff has reviewed the

licensee’s analysis and, based on this

review, it appears that the three

standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are

satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff

proposes to determine that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration.

The Commission is seeking public

comments on this proposed

determination. Any comments received

within 15 days after the date of

publication of this notice will be

considered in making any final

determination.

Normally, the Commission will not

issue the amendment until the

expiration of the 15-day notice period.

However, should circumstances change

during the notice period, such that

failure to act in a timely way would

result, for example, in derating or

shutdown of the facility, the

Commission may issue the license

amendment before the expiration of the

15-day notice period, provided that its

final determination is that the

amendment involves no significant

hazards consideration. The final

determination will consider all public

and State comments received. Should

the Commission take this action, it will

publish in the Federal Register a notice

of issuance. The Commission expects

that the need to take this action will

occur very infrequently.

Written comments may be submitted

by mail to the Rules Review and

Directives Branch, Division of Freedom

of Information and Publications

Services, Office of Administration, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, and should cite

the publication date and page number of

this Federal Register notice. Written

comments may also be delivered to

Room 6D22, Two White Flint North,

11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Federal workdays. Copies of written

comments received may be examined at

the NRC Public Document Room, the

Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC.

The filing of requests for hearing and

petitions for leave to intervene is

discussed below.

By June 26, 1995, the licensee may

file a request for a hearing with respect

to issuance of the amendment to the

subject facility operating license and

any person whose interest may be

affected by this proceeding and who

wishes to participate as a party in the

proceeding must file a written request

for a hearing and a petition for leave to

intervene. Requests for a hearing and a

petition for leave to intervene shall be

filed in accordance with the

Commission’s ‘‘Rules of Practice for

Domestic Licensing Proceedings’’ in 10

CFR Part 2. Interested persons should

consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714

which is available at the Commission’s

Public Document Room, the Gelman

Building, 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC, and at the local public

document room located at the

Waukegan Public Library, 128 North

County Street, Waukegan, Illinois

60085. If a request for a hearing or

petition for leave to intervene is filed by

the above date, the Commission or an

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board,

designated by the Commission or by the

Chairman of the Atomic Safety and

Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the

request and/or petition; and the

Secretary or the designated Atomic

Safety and Licensing Board will issue a

notice of hearing or an appropriate

order.

As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a

petition for leave to intervene shall set

forth with particularity the interest of

the petitioner in the proceeding. The

petition should specifically explain the

reasons why intervention should be

permitted with particular reference to

the following factors: (1) The nature of

the petitioner’s right under the Act to be

made a party to the proceeding; (2) the

nature and extent of the petitioner’s

property, financial, or other interest in

the proceeding; and (3) the possible

effect of any order which may be

entered in the proceeding on the

petitioner’s interest. The petition should

also identify the specific aspect(s) of the

subject matter of the proceeding as to

which petitioner wishes to intervene.

Any person who has filed a petition for

leave to intervene or who has been

admitted as a party may amend the

petition without requesting leave of the

Board up to 15 days prior to the first

prehearing conference scheduled in the

proceeding, but such an amended

petition must satisfy the specificity

requirements described above.

Not later than 15 days prior to the first

prehearing conference scheduled in the

proceeding, a petitioner shall file a

supplement to the petition to intervene

which must include a list of the

contentions which are sought to be

litigated in the matter. Each contention

must consist of a specific statement of

the issue of law or fact to be raised or

controverted. In addition, the petitioner

shall provide a brief explanation of the

bases of the contention and a concise

statement of the alleged facts or expert

opinion which support the contention

and on which the petitioner intends to

rely in proving the contention at the

hearing. The petitioner must also

provide references to those specific

sources and documents of which the

petitioner is aware and on which the

petitioner intends to rely to establish

those facts or expert opinion. Petitioner

must provide sufficient information to

show that a genuine dispute exists with

the applicant on a material issue of law

or fact. Contentions shall be limited to

matters within the scope of the

amendment under consideration. The

contention must be one which, if

proven, would entitle the petitioner to

relief. A petitioner who fails to file such

a supplement which satisfies these

requirements with respect to at least one

contention will not be permitted to

participate as a party.

Those permitted to intervene become

parties to the proceeding, subject to any

limitations in the order granting leave to

intervene, and have the opportunity to

participate fully in the conduct of the

hearing, including the opportunity to

present evidence and cross-examine

witnesses.

If the amendment is issued before the

expiration of the 30-day hearing period,

the Commission will make a final

determination on the issue of no

significant hazards consideration. If a

hearing is requested, the final

determination will serve to decide when

the hearing is held.

If the final determination is that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration, the

Commission may issue the amendment

and make it immediately effective,

notwithstanding the request for a

hearing. Any hearing held would take

place after issuance of the amendment.
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If the final determination is that the

amendment request involves a

significant hazards consideration, any

hearing held would take place before

the issuance of any amendment.

A request for a hearing or a petition

for leave to intervene must be filed with

the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, Attention:

Docketing and Services Branch, or may

be delivered to the Commission’s Public

Document Room, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC, by

the above date. Where petitions are filed

during the last 10 days of the notice

period, it is requested that the petitioner

promptly so inform the Commission by

a toll-free telephone call to Western

Union at 1–(800) 248–5100 (in Missouri

1–(800) 342–6700). The Western Union

operator should be given Datagram

Identification Number N1023 and the

following message addressed to Robert

A. Capra, Director, Project Directorate

III–2: petitioner’s name and telephone

number, date petition was mailed, plant

name, and publication date and page

number of this Federal Register notice.

A copy of the petition should also be

sent to the Office of the General

Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

and to Michael I. Miller, Esquire; Sidley

and Austin, One First National Plaza,

Chicago, Illinois 60690, attorney for the

licensee.

Nontimely filings of petitions for

leave to intervene, amended petitions,

supplemental petitions and/or requests

for hearing will not be entertained

absent a determination by the

Commission, the presiding officer or the

presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board that the petition and/or request

should be granted based upon a

balancing of the factors specified in 10

CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)–(v) and 2.714(d).

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application for

amendment dated May 17, 1995, which

is 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 room, located at the

Waukegan Public Library, 128 North

County Street, Waukegan, Illinois

60085.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day

of May 1995.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

William D. Reckley,

Project Manager, Project Directorate III–2,

Division of Reactor Projects—III/IV, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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[Docket No. 50–366]

Georgia Power Company, et al.; Notice

of Withdrawal of Application for

Amendment to Facility Operating

License

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) has

granted the request of Georgia Power

Company, et al. (the licensee), to

withdraw its March 14, 1995,

application for proposed amendment to

Facility Operating License No. NPF–5

for the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant,

Unit No. 2, located in Applying County,

Georgia.

The proposed amendment would

have revised the primary containment

isolation instrumentation action in the

Technical Specifications to permit the

drywell and wetwell purge valves,

isolated by the drywell radiation

monitor signal, to be opened with one

inoperable drywell radiation monitor.

The Commission had previously

issued a Notice of Consideration of

Issuance of Amendment published in

the Federal Register on March 29, 1995

(60 FR 16188). However, by letter dated

May 1, 1995, the licensee withdrew the

proposed change.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application for

amendment dated March 14, 1995, and

the licensee’s letter dated May 1, 1995,

which withdrew the application for

license amendment. The above

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 room

located at the Appling County Public

Library, 301 City Hall Drive, Baxley,

Georgia 31513.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day

of May 1995.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Kahtan N. Jabbour,

Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate

II–2, Division of Reactor Projects—I/II, Office

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 95–12851 Filed 5–24–95; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Notice of Meeting of the Advisory

Committee on Trade Policy and

Negotiations

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice that the June 8, 1995

meeting of the Advisory Committee on

Trade Policy and Negotiation will be

held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The

meeting will be closed to the public

from 10:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. The

meeting will be open to the public from

1:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee of

Trade Policy and Negotiation will hold

a meeting on June 8, 1995 from 10:00

a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The meeting will be

closed to the public from 10:00 a.m. to

1:15 p.m. The meeting will include a

review and discussion of current issues

which influence U.S. trade policy.

Pursuant to Section 2155(f)(2) of Title

19 of the United States Code, I have

determined that this portion of the

meeting will be concerned with matters

the disclosure of which would seriously

compromise the development by the

United States Government of trade

policy, priorities, negotiating objectives

or bargaining positions with respect to

the operation of any trade agreement

and other matters arising in connection

with the development, implementation

and administration of the trade policy of

the United States. The meeting will be

open to the public and press from 1:15

p.m. to 2:00 p.m. when trade policy

issues will be discussed. Attendance

during this part of the meeting is for

observation only. Individuals who are

not members of the committee will not

be invited to comment.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

June 8, 1995, unless otherwise notified.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Four Seasons Hotel, located at 2800

Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.

unless otherwise notified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTRACT:

Michaelle Burstin, Director of Public

Liaison, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, (202) 395-6120.

Michael Kantor,

United States Trade Representative.

[FR Doc. 95-12879 Filed 5-24-95; 8:45 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 34–35733; File No. SR–NSCC–

95–05]

Self-Regulatory Organizations;

National Securities Clearing

Corporation; Notice of Filing of a

Proposed Rule Change Modifying

Procedures Relating to the Trade

Comparison Service for Debt

Securities

May 18, 1995.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934