30024 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2001 / Notices

8:35 am—Welcome

8:45 am—Overview

9:00 am—COV Report and Discussion

10:30 am—Break

11:00 am—COV Report and Discussion

(cont.)

12:00 noon—Lunch

1:00 pm—COV Response

2:30 pm—EPSCoR/SBIR Collaboration

3:00 pm—Break

3:30 pm—2001 Update

5:00 pm—Adjourn

Agenda: June 20, 2001, Room 120

8:30 am—Preparation of Committee Report

10:00 am—Break

10:30 am—Feedback from the Committee

12:00 noon—Adjourn

Dated: May 29, 2001.

Susanne Bolton,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–13874 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of

information collection and solicitation

of public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently

submitted to OMB for review the

following proposal for the collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. chapter 35). The NRC hereby

informs potential respondents that an

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and

that a person is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

1. Type of submission, new, revision,

or extension: Revision.

2. The title of the information

collection: 10 CFR part 70—Domestic

Licensing of Special Nuclear Material.

3. The form number if applicable:

None.

4. How often the collection is

required: Required reports are collected

and evaluated on a continuing basis as

events occur. Applications for new

licenses and amendments may be

submitted at any time. Generally,

renewal applications are submitted

every ten years and for major fuel cycle

facilities updates of the safety

demonstration section are submitted

every two years. Nuclear material

control and accounting information is

submitted in accordance with specified

instructions. Nuclear criticality safety

training program information pursuant

to DG–3008 is submitted with the

application or renewal.

5. Who is required or asked to report:

Applicants for and holders of specific

NRC licenses to receive title to, own,

acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use, or

initially transfer special nuclear

material.

6. An estimate of the number of

responses: 1,174.

7. The number of annual respondents:

600.

8. An estimate of the total number of

hours needed annually to complete the

requirement or request: 86,279 hours

(77,427 reporting hours plus 8,852

recordkeeping hours) an average of

approximately 129 hours per response

for applications and reports.

9. An indication of whether Section

3507(d), Pub. L. 104–13 applies: Not

applicable.

10. Abstract: Part 70 establishes

requirements for licenses to own,

acquire, receive, possess, use, and

transfer special nuclear material. Draft

Regulatory Guide DG–3008 provides

guidance on an acceptable nuclear

criticality safety training program. The

information in the applications, reports,

and records is used by NRC to make

licensing and other regulatory

determinations concerning the use of

special nuclear material. The revised

estimate of burden reflects the addition

of requirements for documentation for

termination or transfer of licensed

activities, and modifying licenses.

A copy of the final supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Room O–1 F23, Rockville, MD

20852. 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 should be

directed to the OMB reviewer listed

below by July 2, 2001. Comments

received after this date will be

considered if it is practical to do so, but

assurance of consideration cannot be

given to comments received after this

date.

Bryon Allen, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs (3150–0009),

NEOB–10202, Office of Management

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503

Comments can also be submitted by

telephone at (202) 395–3087.

The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda

Jo. Shelton, 301–415–7233.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day

of May 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–13897 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of

information collection and solicitation

of public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently

submitted to OMB for review the

following proposal for the collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby

informs potential respondents that an

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and

that a person is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

1. Type of submission, new, revision,

or extension: Extension.

2. The title of the information

collection: NRC Form 314—Certificate

of Disposition of Materials.

3. The form number if applicable:

NRC Form 314.

4. How often the collection is

required: The form is submitted once,

when a licensee terminates its license.

5. Who is required or asked to report:

Persons holding an NRC license for the

possession and use of radioactive

byproduct, source, or special nuclear

material who are ceasing licensed

activities and terminating the license.

6. An estimate of the number of

responses: 400.

7. The estimated number of annual

respondents: 400.

8. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: An average of 0.5 hours per

response, for a total of 200 hours.

9. An indication of whether Section

3507(d), Pub. L. 104–13 applies: Not

applicable.

10. Abstract: NRC Form 314 furnishes

information to NRC regarding transfer or

other disposition of radioactive material

by licensees who wish to terminate their

licenses. The information is used by

NRC as part of the basis for its

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determination that the facility has been

cleared of radioactive material before

the facility is released for unrestricted

use.

A copy of the final supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Room O–1 F23, Rockville, MD

20852. 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 should be

directed to the OMB reviewer listed

below by July 5, 2001. Comments

received after this date will be

considered if it is practical to do so, but

assurance of consideration cannot be

given to comments received after this

date. Amy Farrell, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs (3150–0028),

NEOB–10202, Office of Management

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day

of May, 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–13898 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–333]

Entergy Nuclear Fitzpatrick, LLC and

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power

Plant; Exemption

1.0 Background

Entergy Nuclear FitzPatrick, LLC and

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. are the

holders of Facility Operating License

No. DPR–59 which authorizes operation

of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear

Power Plant (JAF). The license provides,

among other things, that the facility is

subject to all rules, regulations, and

orders of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC, the Commission)

now or hereafter in effect.

The facility consists of a boiling-water

reactor located in Oswego County in

New York.

2.0 Purpose

By letter dated October 30, 2000, the

Power Authority of the State of New

York (PASNY), then the licensee for

JAF, submitted a request for exemption

from certain technical requirements of

Section III.G of Appendix R to 10 CFR

part 50, in accordance with the

provisions of 10 CFR 50.12. Specifically,

PASNY requested an exemption from

Section III.G.2.c in that it requires

certain redundant trains of equipment

located in the same fire area, where

automatic fire detection and automatic

fire suppression are provided, to be

protected with a 1-hour rated fire

barrier. On November 21, 2000,

PASNY’s interests in the license were

transferred to Entergy Nuclear

FitzPatrick, LLC, which is now

authorized to possess and use

FitzPatrick and to Entergy Nuclear

Operations, Inc., which is now

authorized to possess, use and operate

FitzPatrick. By letter dated January 26,

2001, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

(the licensee) requested that the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

continue to review and act on all

requests before the Commission which

had been submitted by PASNY before

the transfer. Accordingly, the NRC staff

continued its review. By letter dated

February 7, 2001, the licensee provided

supplemental information.

Section III.G.2.c of appendix R Title

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(10 CFR), part 50 specifies that certain

fire protection features are necessary in

order to assure the ability to achieve and

maintain hot shutdown conditions. The

high-pressure coolant injection (HPCI)

for reactor coolant makeup and Train B

of residual heat removal (RHR) for

suppression pool cooling are credited in

the licensee’s safe shutdown analysis for

achieving and maintaining hot

shutdown conditions and Train B of

alternate shutdown cooling (ASD) is

credited for achieving cold shutdown

for a fire in the west cable tunnel (CT–

1). A power cable that supports HPCI,

Train B RHR and ASD is routed through

CT–1. CT–1 also houses the redundant

required safe shutdown equipment.

The power cable for HPCI, Train B

RHR and ASD in CT–1 has been

protected with a fire wrap material to

meet Appendix R in order to separate

these systems from the redundant

systems located in CT–1. However, it

was found that this fire wrap material

did not meet the requirements of 1-hour

fire protection. Thus, an exemption

from the requirements of Section

III.G.2.c of appendix R to 10 CFR part

50 was requested.

3.0 Discussion

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the

Commission may, upon application by

any interested person or upon its own

initiative, grant exemptions from the

requirements of 10 CFR part 50, when

(1) the exemptions are authorized by

law, will not present an undue risk to

public health or safety, and are

consistent with the common defense

and security; and (2) when special

circumstances are present.

A power cable for HPCI, Train B RHR

and ASD in CT–1 has been protected

with a fire wrap material to meet

appendix R in order to separate these

systems from the redundant systems

located in CT–1. The licensee intended

that the fire barrier material be rated for

1 hour, but the licensee later identified

that there was not sufficient evidence to

demonstrate that the barrier meets the

acceptance criteria for a rated 1–hour

fire barrier wrap. Based on fire barrier

testing, the barrier exceeded test

acceptance criteria at 30 minutes.

The primary in-situ combustible

loading in CT–1 is cable, which the

licensee states would contribute to a

slowly developing cable fire. The

originally installed cables for JAF were

specified and ordered before IEEE Std.

383–1974, which provides a flame

spread rating indicating slow flame

spreading, was issued. However, an

analysis was performed by the licensee

which evaluated the flame retardant

capability of the installed cable and it

was determined that the installed cable

was similar to IEEE 383–1974 rated

cable. The only other combustible

materials identified in the area are

limited quantities of fiberglass

associated with a water tank, ladders

and piping. The only ignition sources

which have been identified are the

cables.

An automatic area-wide early warning

smoke detection system is installed in

CT–1. The system was designed and

installed to National Fire Protection

Association (NFPA) standards, NFPA–

72D, 1979, Proprietary Signaling

Systems and NFPA–72E, 1978,

Automatic Detectors. In some cases the

installed system does not meet the

codes of record. These code deficiencies

are related to lack of electrical

supervision of circuits, lack of recording

of alarms, lack of environmental

qualification, over loading of fire

detection signaling lines, some beam

pockets lacking detectors, and power

supplies not meeting NFPA standards.

The licensee has determined that the

code deviations do not adversely impact

safety performance. The majority of the

deficiencies would not degrade the

performance of the fire detection system

but may impact the system’s

availability. Site administrative

procedures control compensatory

measures for the detection system in

CT–1 in the event that the detection

system is unavailable. The code

deficiency of lacking smoke detectors in