This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

63983

Vol. 60, No. 239

Wednesday, December 13, 1995

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

7 CFR Parts 1487, 1491, 1492 and 1495

Regulatory Reform Initiative

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation

(CCC), USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: In response to the President’s

Regulatory Reform Initiative, the

Commodity Credit Corporation is

proposing to amend its regulations to

eliminate the following programs:

Noncommercial Risk Assurance

Program (GSM–101); CCC Intermediate

Credit Export Sales Program for

Breeding Animals (GSM–201); CCC

Intermediate Credit Export Sales

Program for Foreign Market

Development Facilities (GSM–301); and

Disposition of Agricultural

Commodities under the CCC Barter

Program (Barter Program).

These programs are inactive or

obsolete and have not been used in 15

years or more.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: All comments concerning

these proposed regulations should be

addressed to L.T. McElvain, Director,

CCC Operations Division, Foreign

Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, AG Box 1035, Washington,

D.C., 20250–1035; FAX (202) 720–2949.

All comments received will be available

for public inspection at the above

address during regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: L.T.

McElvain, Director, CCC Operations

Division, at the address stated above.

Telephone (202) 720–6211. The U.S.

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

prohibits discrimination in its programs

on the basis of race, color, national

origin, sex, religion, age, disability,

political beliefs and marital or familial

status. Persons with disabilities who

require alternative means for

communication of program information

(braille, large print, audiotape, etc.)

should contact the USDA Office of

Communications at (202) 720–5881

(voice) or (202) 720–7808 (TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Executive Order 12866

This proposed rule is issued in

conformance with Executive Order

12866. It has been determined to be

neither significant nor economically

significant for the purposes of E.O.

12866 and, therefore, has not been

reviewed by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB).

Regulatory Flexibility Act

It has been determined that the

Regulatory Flexibility Act is not

applicable to this proposed rule since

CCC is not required by 5 U.S.C. 553 or

any other provision of law to publish a

notice of rulemaking with respect to the

subject matter of this rule.

Executive Order 12372

These programs are not subject to the

provisions of Executive Order 12372,

which requires intergovernmental

consultation with State and local

officials. See notice related to 7 CFR

part 3015, subpart V, published at 48 FR

29115 (June 24, 1983).

Environmental Evaluation

It has been determined by an

environmental evaluation that this

action will not have a significant impact

on the quality of the human

environment. Therefore, neither an

Environmental Assessment nor an

Environmental Impact Statement is

needed.

Paperwork Reduction Act

The amendment to 7 CFR parts 1487,

1491, 1492 and 1495 set forth in this

proposed rule does not contain

information collections that require

clearance by the OMB under the

provisions of 44 U.S.C. 35.

Executive Order 12778

This proposed rule has been reviewed

under Executive Order 12778, Civil

Justice Reform. The proposed rule

would not have preemptive effect with

respect to any state or local laws,

regulations, or policies which conflict

with such provisions or which

otherwise impede their full

implementation. The rule would not

have retroactive effect.

The Department of Agriculture is

committed to carrying out its statutory

and regulatory mandates in a manner

that best serves the public interest.

Therefore, where legal discretion

permits, the Department actively seeks

to promulgate regulations that promote

economic growth, create jobs, are

minimally burdensome, and are easy for

the public to understand, use or comply

with. In short, the Department is

committed to issuing regulations that

maximize net benefits to society and

minimize costs imposed by those

regulations.

Request for Public Comment

Comments are requested with respect

to this proposed rule and such

comments shall be considered in

developing the final rule.

Background

In response to the President’s

Regulatory Reform Initiative, the

Commodity Credit Corporation is

proposing to amend Title 7 of the Code

of Federal Regulations to remove the

following parts:

• Part 1487—Noncommercial Risk

Assurance Program (GSM–101);

• Part 1491—CCC Intermediate Credit

Export Sales Program for Breeding

Animals (GSM–201);

• Part 1492—CCC Intermediate Credit

Export Sales Program for Foreign Market

Development Facilities (GSM–301); and

• Part 1495—Disposition of

Agricultural Commodities under the

CCC Barter Program (Barter Program).

Reasons for Removal

CCC proposes to remove these parts

for the following reasons:

• GSM–101—This risk assurance

program, implemented in 1979, covered

only non-commercial or political risk

and became obsolete when the CCC

Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM–

102) was introduced in 1980 to cover

political and commercial risk. The

GSM–101 program was last used in

1981.

• GSM–201—This direct credit

program has been used only once (a

transaction for livestock exports to

Spain in 1979). The terms available

under the program—3 to 10 year direct

credits—could be made available under

a modified GSM–5 Program (7 CFR Part

1488) Financing of Sales of Agricultural

Commodities Program.
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• GSM–301—This direct credit

program was intended to facilitate

commodity exports which would be

sold to generate funds to finance the

construction of a market development

project. The program was used only

once (in connection with a bulk grain

discharge and storage facility developed

at Ashdod, Israel). That project began in

1978 and was completed in the early

1980’s. For a number of years, funding

has not been made available for this

program.

• Barter Program—From 1950

through 1973, CCC exchanged CCCowned agricultural commodities for

strategic and critical materials for the

National Defense Stockpile. The

program could also be used to obtain

foreign-produced supplies and services

used in Department of Defense

construction projects and Agency for

International Development projects. The

program was terminated in 1973 when

CCC stocks were depleted. The National

Defense Stockpile is now liquidating

many strategic materials. Also, CCC has

authority, which it has at times used, to

enter into direct barter arrangements

under the CCC Charter Act in order to

obtain strategic materials for defense

stock piles.

List of Subjects

7 CFR Part 1487

Agricultural commodities, Exports,

Insurance, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

7 CFR Parts 1491 and 1492

Exports, Livestock, Loan programsagriculture, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements.

7 CFR Part 1495

Agricultural commodities, Exports,

Government procurement, Strategic and

critical materials.

PARTS 1487, 1491, 1492, 1495—

[REMOVED]

For the reasons set out in the

preamble under the authority at 5 U.S.C.

Section 552(a)(1)(E), it is proposed to

amend 7 CFR Chapter XIV by removing

parts 1487, 1491, 1492 and 1495.

Signed at Washington, DC, on December 1,

1995.

Christopher E. Goldthwait,

General Sales Manager and Vice President,

Commodity Credit Corporation.

[FR Doc. 95–30018 Filed 12–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 20

RIN 3150–AF31

Constraint Level for Air Emissions of

Radionuclides

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is proposing to

establish a constraint of 10 mrem/yr

total effective dose equivalent (TEDE)

for dose to members of the public from

air emissions of radionuclides from NRC

licensed facilities other than power

reactors. This proposed rule is necessary

to provide assurance to the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

that future emissions from NRC

licensees will not exceed levels that will

provide an ample margin of safety. This

action is expected to be the final step in

providing EPA with a basis upon which

to rescind its Clean Air Act (CAA)

regulations for NRC licensed facilities

(other than power reactors) and

Agreement State licensees, thereby

relieving these licensees from

unnecessary dual regulations.

DATES: Submit comments by March 12,

1996. Comments received after this date

will be considered if it is practical to do

so, but the Commission is able to assure

consideration only for comments

received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN:

Docketing and Services Branch. Hand

deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45

a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Federal workdays.

Comments may be submitted

electronically, in either ASCII text or

Wordperfect format (version 5.1 or

later), by calling the NRC Electronic

Rulemaking Bulletin Board (BBS) on

FEDWORLD.

The BBS is an electronic information

system operated by the National

Technical Information Service of the

Department of Commerce. The purpose

of this bulletin board BBS is to facilitate

public participation in the NRC

regulatory process, particularly

rulemakings. With publication of this

notice, proposed rulemakings and

appropriate supporting documents will

be available for review and comment on

the BBS. These same documents are also

available for review and comment at the

NRC’s Public Document Room, 2120 L

Street NW. (Lower Level), Washington,

DC. The BBS may be accessed using a

personal computer, a modem, and one

of the commonly available

communications software packages, or

directly via Internet.

The NRC rulemaking bulletin board

(rulemaking subsystem) on FEDWORLD

can be accessed directly by using a

personal computer and modem, dialing

the toll free number at 1–800–303–9672.

Communication software parameters

should be set as follows: parity to none,

data bits to 8, and stop bits to 1 (N,8,1).

Using ANSI or VT–100 terminal

emulation, the NRC rulemaking

subsystem can then be accessed by

selecting the ‘‘Rules Menu’’ option from

the ‘‘NRC Main Menu.’’ For further

information about options available for

NRC at FEDWORLD consult the ‘‘Help/

Information Center’’ from the ‘‘NRC

Main Menu.’’ Users will find the

‘‘FEDWORLD Online User’s Guides’’

particularly helpful. Many NRC

subsystems and databases also have a

‘‘Help/Information Center’’ option that

is tailored to the particular subsystem.

The NRC subsystem on FEDWORLD

also can be accessed by a direct dial

phone number for the main FEDWORLD

BBS at 703–321–3339; or by using

Telnet via Internet: fedworld.gov. Using

the 703 number to contact FEDWORLD,

the NRC subsystem will be accessed

from the main FEDWORLD menu by

selecting the ‘‘Regulatory, Government

Administration and State Systems,’’

then selecting ‘‘Regulatory Information

Mall.’’ At that point, a menu will be

displayed that has the option ‘‘U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission’’ that

will take you to the NRC Online main

menu. The NRC Online area also can be

accessed directly by typing ‘‘/go nrc’’ at

a FEDWORLD command line. If you

access NRC from FEDWORLD’s main

menu, then you may return to

FEDWORLD by selecting the ‘‘Return to

FEDWORLD’’ option from the NRC

Online Main Menu. However, if you

access NRC at FEDWORLD by using

NRC’s toll-free number, then you will

have full access to all NRC systems, but

you will not have access to the main

FEDWORLD system.

If you contact FEDWORLD using

Telnet, you will see the NRC area and

menus, including the ‘‘Rules Menu’’.

Although you will be able to download

documents and leave messages, you will

not be able to write comments or upload

files. If you contact FEDWORLD using

FTP, all files can be accessed and

downloaded, but uploads are not

allowed, and all you will see is a list of

files without descriptions (normal

Gopher look). An index file listing all

files within a subdirectory, with