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and 150.19(c) require the submission of

reports following specified events, such

as the theft or unlawful diversion of

licensed radioactive material. The

source material inventory reports

required under 10 CFR 150.17(b) must

be submitted annually by certain

licensees.

4. Who is required or asked to report:

Agreement State licensees authorized to

possess source or special nuclear

material at certain types of facilities, or

at any one time and location in greater

than specified amounts.

5. The number of annual respondents:

9 Agreement State licensees.

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: 42 hours.

7. Abstract: 10 CFR part 150 provides

certain exemptions from NRC

regulations for persons in Agreement

States. Part 150 also defines activities in

Agreement States and in offshore waters

over which NRC regulatory authority

continues, including certain information

collection requirements. The

information is needed to permit NRC to

make reports to other governments and

the International Atomic Energy Agency

in accordance with international

agreements. The information is also

used to carry out NRC’s safeguards and

inspection programs.

Submit, by June 19, 2000, comments

that address the following questions:

1. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the NRC to

properly perform its functions? Does the

information have practical utility?

2. Is the burden estimate accurate?

3. Is there a way to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

4. How can the burden of the

information collection be minimized,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

A copy of the draft supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room,

2120 L Street NW (lower level),

Washington, DC. OMB clearance

requests are available at the NRC

worldwide web site (http://

www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/OMB/

index.html). The document will be

available on the NRC home page site for

60 days after the signature date of this

notice.

Comments and questions about the

information collection requirements

may be directed to the NRC Clearance

Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, T–6 E 6,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by

telephone at (301) 415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJS1@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day

of April, 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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Consolidated Edison Company of New

York, Inc., Indian Point Nuclear

Generating Unit No. 2; Issuance of

Final Director’s Decision Under 10 CFR

2.206

By letter dated September 15, 1999,

Mr. David A. Lochbaum, on behalf of

the Union of Concerned Scientists

(Petitioner), pursuant to Section 2.206 of

Title 10 of the Code of Federal

Regulations (10 CFR 2.206), requested

that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (Commission or NRC) take

action with regard to the Indian Point

Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2 (IP2),

owned and operated by Consolidated

Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con

Ed). The Petitioner requested that the

NRC take enforcement action to modify

or suspend the operating license for IP2,

operated by Con Ed (the licensee), to

prevent the reactor from resuming

operation until the five issues identified

in the attachment to the Petition have

been fully resolved. As an acceptable

alternative in lieu of a suspension or

modification of the license, the

Petitioner requested that the NRC issue

a confirmatory action letter or an order

requiring these issues to be fully

resolved before unit restart. The five

issues that were raised in the Petition

are (1) The apparent violation of station

battery design and licensing bases, (2)

the apparent failure to adequately

correct circuit breaker problems, (3) the

apparent unreliability of emergency

diesel generators, (4) the potentially

unjustified license amendment for

undervoltage and degraded voltage relay

surveillance intervals, and (5) the

apparent errors and nonconservatisms

in individual plant examinations (IPEs).

Along with the last issue, the Petitioner

stated that the event on August 31,

1999, at IP2 revealed potential problems

with the plant-specific risk assessment

developed by the licensee and now used

to establish priorities for maintenance

and inspections. Additionally, the

Petitioner requested that a public

hearing on this Petition be conducted in

the vicinity of the plant before its restart

is authorized by the NRC. In a

transcribed telephone conversation

between the Petitioner and the members

of the NRC’s Petition Review Board on

September 22, 1999, the Petitioner

clarified two of the issues in the

Petition. First, the Petitioner stated that

because of an apparent failure to

accomplish the commitment in the

NRC’s safety evaluation for the license

amendment mentioned in the Petition,

the Petitioner was concerned that past

licensing commitments may not have

been implemented. Second, the

Petitioner questioned whether the

amount of time the licensee took to

perform certain actions during the event

on August 31, 1999, was consistent with

the times expected if a station blackout

(SBO) had occurred since many of the

procedures and processes in response to

an SBO event were used.

The Director of the Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation has addressed the

technical concerns provided by the

Petitioner. However, the Petitioner’s

request for the staff to take enforcement

action was not granted for the reasons

that are explained in the ‘‘Final

Director’s Decision Pursuant to 10 CFR

2.206’’ (DD–00–02). The complete text

of the Final Director’s Decision is

available for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room

located in the Gelman Building, 2120 L

Street, NW., Washington, DC, and will

be accessible electronically from the

agencywide documents access and

management system (ADAMS) public

library component on the NRC web site,

http://www.nrc.gov (the electronic

reading room).

A copy of the Decision will be filed

with the Secretary of the Commission

for the Commission’s review in

accordance with 10 CFR 2.206(c) of the

Commission’s regulations. As provided

for by this regulation, the Decision will

constitute the final action of the

Commission 25 days after the date of

issuance of the Decision unless the

Commission, on its own motion,

institutes a review of the Decision

within that time.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day

of April 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Samuel J. Collins,

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

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