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allow a one-time exemption to permit a

schedular extension of one cycle for the

performance of the appendix Type A

test, provided that the general

containment inspection is performed, to

be acceptable.

Section IV.A of appendix J would

normally require that a Type A test be

performed prior to startup following a

containment modification such as the

planned steam generator replacement.

However, in this case, the affected area

of the primary containment boundary is

also part of the pressure boundary of a

ASME Class 2 component/piping

system and, as such, the planned

replacement of the steam generators is

subject to the repair and replacement

requirements of ASME Section XI. The

ASME Section XI surface examination,

volumetric examination, and system

pressure testing requirements are more

stringent than the Type A testing

requirements of appendix J. The

objective of the Type A test required by

Section IV.A is to assure the leak-tight

integrity of the containment area

affected by the modification. The ASME

Section XI inspection and testing

requirements more than fulfill the intent

of the requirements of Section IV.A of

appendix J. As a result, the special

circumstances of 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii)

are present in that the application of the

regulation in these particular

circumstances is not needed to achieve

the underlying purpose of the rule.

Therefore, the NRC staff finds the basis

for the licensee’s proposed exemption to

allow a one-time exemption from Type

A testing for modification of the primary

containment boundary due to the

forthcoming NA steam generator

replacement to be acceptable.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the

Commission has determined that

granting these Exemptions will not have

a significant impact on the environment

(60 FR 15945).

The exemption from Section III.D.1.(a)

of appendix J to 10 CFR part 50 is

effective upon issuance and shall expire

at the completion of the NA–2 1996

refueling outage.

The exemption from Section IV.A of

appendix J to 10 CFR part 50 is effective

upon issuance and shall expire at the

completion of the NA–2 1995 steam

generator replacement refueling outage.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Dated at Rockville, MD, this 29th day of

March 1995.

Steven A. Varga,

Director, Division of Reactor Projects—I/II,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 95–8166 Filed 4–3–95; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL

REVIEW BOARD

Panel on the Engineered Barrier

System: Meeting and Tour of the Idaho

National Engineering Laboratory

Pursuant to its authority under

section 5051 of Public Law 100–203, the

Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act

of 1987, the Nuclear Waste Technical

Review Board’s Panel on the Engineered

Barrier System will hold a meeting on

Tuesday, June 6, 1995, in Idaho Falls,

Idaho, and a tour of the Idaho National

Engineering Laboratory (INEL) site on

Wednesday, June 7, 1995. The meeting

will be held at the Shilo Inn, 780

Lindsay Boulevard, Idaho Falls, Idaho

83402; Tel (208) 523–0088; Fax (208)

522–7420. The meeting and tour are

open to the public; however, space on

the tour is limited and advance

reservations are required.

The panel meeting on Tuesday will

focus on three areas of interest to the

Board: (1) government-owned spent

nuclear fuel at INEL (its description and

plans for its eventual permanent

disposal), (2) contaminated scrap metal

and greater-than-class-C waste activities

managed by the Department of Energy’s

Idaho Operations Office that could have

an impact on permanent disposal in a

repository, and (3) dry storage of spent

nuclear fuel, including current research

and development activities at INEL for

government-owned and commercial

spent nuclear fuel. Panel members have

invited the Department of Energy and its

INEL contractors and INEL researchers

to discuss these issues. The panel will

also hear about the status of efforts to

get INEL high-level defense wastes such

as calcine and tank-stored liquids into

appropriate forms for transportation to

and disposal in a potential repository.

On Wednesday, June 7, the penal will

participate in a tour of the INEL

facilities discussed in the previous day’s

meeting. The Board makes every effort

to ensure that the general public has

access to all of its activities. To that end,

the public is invited to attend the tour

with the panel. Space is limited,

however, and will be filled on a firstcome, first-served basis. The tour will

begin at the Shilo Inn in Idaho Falls at

approximately 8 a.m. and return to the

hotel at approximately 6 p.m.

All who wish to join the tour must

provide the following information to

Frank Randall, (703) 235–4473 or FAX

(703) 235–4495.

1. Full name

2. Social security number

3. Date of birth

4. Daytime telephone number

5. Company or organization

6. Place of birth (city and state)

7. Country of citizenship (if non-U.S.)

U.S. citizens must call or fax their

data to Mr. Randall by May 19, 1995.

Non-U.S. citizens must call or fax their

data to Mr. Randall by April 28, 1995.

No one will be registered for the tour

after the applicable cutoff date.

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review

Board was created by Congress in the

Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act

of 1987 to evaluate the technical and

scientific validity of activities

undertaken by the DOE in its program

to manage the disposal of the nation’s

high-level radioactive waste and spent

nuclear fuel. In that same legislation,

Congress directed the DOE to

characterize a site at Yucca Mountain,

Nevada, for its suitability as a potential

location for a permanent repository for

the disposal of that waste.

Transcripts of the meeting will be

available on computer disk or on a

library-loan basis in paper format from

Victoria Reich, Board librarian,

beginning July 24, 1995. For further

information, contact Frank Randall,

External Affairs, Nuclear Waste

Technical Review Board, 1100 Wilson

Boulevard, Suite 910, Arlington,

Virginia 22209; (703) 235–4473.

Dated: March 29, 1995.

William Barnard,

Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical

Review Board.

[FR Doc. 95–8146 Filed 4–3–95; 8:45 am]

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PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL ON

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The Eighth Meeting of the President’s

Council on Sustainable Development

(PCSD) in San Francisco, CA

SUMMARY: The President’s Council on

Sustainable Development, a partnership

of industry, government, and

environmental, labor and civil rights

organizations, will convene its eighth

meeting in San Francisco, California.

Council members will further discuss

the PCSD’s role in developing

recommendations to the President

toward the integration of environmental

and economic policy and, ultimately,

establishing a long-term path toward a

sustainable United States by the year

2040.

Council members will discuss at

length the draft policy

recommendations for a sustainable

future, which have been developed by

each of the PCSD’s task forces. The task

forces have generated these policy

recommendations based on information