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aggregate production quota for the

following controlled substance,

expressed in grams of anhydrous base,

be established as follows:

Basic class

Established

1995 quota

(in grams)

Hydrocodone (for conversion) .. 2,200,000

Dated: April 11, 1995.

Stephen H. Greene,

Deputy Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–9588 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–09–M

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Meeting of Humanities Panel

AGENCY: National Endowment for the

Humanities.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, as amended),

notice is hereby given that the following

meetings of the Humanities Panel will

be held at the Old Post Office, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David C. Fisher, Advisory Committee

Management Officer, National

Endowment for the Humanities,

Washington, DC 20506; telephone (202)

606–8322. Hearing-impaired individuals

are advised that information on this

matter may be obtained by contacting

the Endowment’s TDD terminal on (202)

606–8282.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed meetings are for the purpose

of panel review, discussion, evaluation

and recommendation on applications

for financial assistance under the

National Foundation on the Arts and

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,

including discussion of information

given in confidence to the agency by the

grant applicants. Because the proposed

meetings will consider information that

is likely to disclose: (1) trade secrets and

commercial or financial information

obtained from a person and privileged

or confidential; or (2) information of a

personal nature the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy, pursuant

to authority granted me by the

Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to

Close Advisory Committee meetings,

dated July 19, 1993, I have determined

that these meetings will be closed to the

public pursuant to subsections (c) (4)

and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United

States Code.

1. Date: May 1, 1995.

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications to direct Summer Seminars for

College Teachers in the field of English and

American Literature, submitted to the

Division of Education Programs, for projects

beginning after June 1, 1996.

2. Date: May 2, 1995.

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications to direct Summer Seminars for

School Teachers in the field of Foreign

Literature and Culture, submitted to the

Division of Education Programs, for projects

beginning after June 1, 1996.

3. Date: May 2, 1995.

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: M–07.

Program: This meeting will review

applications in the Faculty Graduate Study

Program for Historically Black Colleges and

Universities, submitted to the Division of

Research Programs, for projects beginning

after September 1, 1995.

4. Date: May 3, 1995.

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications to direct Summer Seminars for

School Teachers in the field of Philosophy

and Religion, submitted to the Division of

Education, for projects beginning after June 1,

1996.

5. Date: May 4, 1995.

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications to direct Summer Seminars for

School Teachers in the field of American

Studies, submitted to the Division of

Education, for projects beginning after June 1,

1996.

6. Date: May 4, 1995.

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Elementary and Secondary

Education in the Humanities, submitted to

the Division of Education Programs, for

projects beginning after August 1995.

7. Date: May 4–5, 1995.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications submitted to Humanities

Projects in Media Program during the March

10, 1995 deadline, submitted to the Division

of Public Programs, for projects beginning

September 1, 1995.

8. Date: May 5, 1995.

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications to direct Summer Seminars for

School Teachers in the field of History,

Politics, and Society, submitted to the

Division of Education Programs, for project

beginning after June 1, 1996.

9. Date: May 5, 1995.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

Biennial/Triennial applications submitted by

state humanities councils to Federal-State

Partnership, for projects beginning after

November 1995.

10. Date: May 8, 1995.

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications to direct Summer Seminars for

School Teachers in the field of Classical,

Medieval, and Renaissance, submitted to the

Division of Education Programs, for projects

beginning after June 1, 1996.

11. Date: May 8, 1995.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

Biennial/Triennial applications submitted by

state humanities councils to Federal-State

Partnership, for projects beginning after

November 1995.

12. Date: May 8–9, 1995.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 415/May 8;—430/May 9.

Program: This meeting will review

applications submitted to Humanities

Projects in Media Program during the March

10, 1995 deadline, submitted to the Division

of Public Programs, for projects beginning

after September 1, 1995.

13. Date: May 9, 1995.

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications to direct Summer Seminars for

School Teachers in the field of British and

American Literature, submitted to the

Division of Education Programs, for projects

beginning after June 1, 1996.

14. Date: May 9, 1995.

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

proposals submitted to the April 1, 1995

deadline in the Higher Education Programs,

submitted to the Division of Education

Programs, for projects beginning after

October, 1995.

15. Date: May 15, 1995.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

Biennial/Triennial; applications submitted

by state humanities councils to Federal-State

Partnerships, for projects beginning after

November, 1995.

16. Date: May 16, 1995.

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

proposals submitted to the April 1, 1995

deadline in the Higher Education Programs,

for projects beginning after October, 1995.

17. Date: May 18, 1995.

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

proposals submitted to the April 1, 1995

deadline in the Higher Education Program,

for projects beginning after October, 1995.

18. Date: May 19, 1995.
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Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

Biennial/Triennial applications submitted by

state humanities councils to Federal-State

Partnership, for projects beginning after

November, 1995.

19. Date: May 22, 1995.

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

proposals submitted to the April 1, 1995

deadline in the Higher Education Program,

for projects beginning after October, 1995.

20. Date: May 24, 1995.

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

proposals submitted to the April 1, 1995

deadline in the Higher Education Program,

for projects beginning after October, 1995.

21. Date: May 25–26, 1995.

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 430.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Special Projects of the

Special Competition deadline for April 28,

1995, submitted to the Division of Public

Programs, for projects beginning after

September, 1995.

David C. Fisher,

Advisory Committee, Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–9678 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7536–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–306]

Northern States Power Company

(Prairie Island Unit 2); Exemption

I

Northern States Power Company

(NSP, the licensee) is the holder of

Facility Operating License No. DPR–60

which authorizes operation of Prairie

Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit

No. 2. The unit is a pressurized water

reactor (PWR) located in Goodhue

County, Minnesota. The license

provides, among other things, that the

facility is subject to all rules,

regulations, and orders of the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (the

Commission) now or hereafter in effect.

II

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a), the NRC

may grant exemptions from the

requirements of the regulations (1)

which are authorized by law, will not

present an undue risk to the public

health and safety, and are consistent

with the common defense and security;

and (2) where special circumstances are

present.

Section III.D.1.(a) of Appendix J to 10

CFR Part 50 requires the performance of

three Type A containment integrated

leakage rate tests (ILRTs), at

approximately equal intervals during

each 10-year service period of the

primary containment. The third test of

each set shall be conducted when the

plant is shut down for the 10-year

inservice inspection of the primary

containment.

III

By letters dated February 23 and

March 3, 1995, NSP requested

temporary relief from the requirement to

perform a set of three Type A tests at

approximately equal intervals during

each 10-year service period of the

primary containment. The requested

exemption would permit a one-time

interval extension of the third Type A

test by approximately 24 months (from

the 1995 refueling outage, currently

scheduled to begin in May 1995, to the

1997 refueling outage) and would

permit the third Type A test of the

second 10-year inservice inspection

period to not correspond with the end

of the current American Society of

Mechanical Engineers Boiler and

Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code)

inservice inspection interval.

The licensee’s request cites the

special circumstances of 10 CFR 50.12,

paragraph (a)(2)(ii), as the basis for the

exemption. NSP points out that the

existing Type B and C testing programs

are not being modified by this request

and will continue to effectively detect

containment leakage caused by the

degradation of active containment

isolation components as well as

containment penetrations. It has been

the consistent and uniform experience

at Prairie Island Nuclear Generating

Plant, Unit No. 2, during the five Type

A tests conducted from 1977 to date,

that any significant containment leakage

paths are detected by the Type B and C

testing. The Type A test results have

only been confirmatory of the results of

the Type B and C test results.

IV

Section III.D.1.(a) of Appendix J to 10

CFR Part 50 states that a set of three

Type A leakage rate tests shall be

performed at approximately equal

intervals during each 10-year service

period.

The licensee proposes an exemption

to this section which would provide a

one-time interval extension for the Type

A test by approximately 24 months. The

Commission has determined, for the

reasons discussed below, that pursuant

to 10 CFR 50.12(a)(1) this exemption is

authorized by law, will not present an

undue risk to the public health and

safety, and is consistent with the

common defense and security. The

Commission further determines that

special circumstances, as provided in 10

CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii), are present justifying

the exemption; namely, that application

of the regulation in the particular

circumstances is not necessary to

achieve the underlying purpose of the

rule.

The underlying purpose of the

requirement to perform Type A

containment leak rate tests at intervals

during the 10-year service period is to

ensure that any potential leakage

pathways through the containment

boundary are identified within a time

span that prevents significant

degradation from continuing or

becoming unknown. The NRC staff has

reviewed the basis and supporting

information provided by the licensee in

the exemption request. The NRC staff

has noted that the licensee has a good

record of ensuring a leak-tight

containment. All Type A tests have

passed with significant margin and the

licensee has noted that the results of the

Type A testing have been confirmatory

of the Type B and C tests which will

continue to be performed. The licensee

has stated that it will perform the

general containment inspection

although it is only required by

Appendix J (Section V.A.) to be

performed in conjunction with Type A

tests. The NRC staff considers that these

inspections, though limited in scope,

provide an important added level of

confidence in the continued integrity of

the containment boundary. The Prairie

Island containment vessels are freestanding steel structures designed for

the peak pressure of the design basis

accident and low leakage. A concrete

shield building surrounds the

containment vessel, providing a shield

building annulus between the two

structures. Penetrations of the

containment vessel for piping, electrical

conductors, ducts and access hatches

are provided with double barriers

against leakage. The NRC staff also notes

that due to the free-standing design of

the containment structure, the vessel

shell and penetrations are accessible for

inspection from both inside

containment and outside in the shield

building annulus.

The NRC staff has also made use of

the information in a draft staff report,

NUREG–1493, ‘‘Performance-Based

Containment Leak-Test Program,’’

which provides the technical

justification for the present Appendix J

rulemaking effort which also includes a

10-year test interval for Type A tests.

The integrated leakage rate test, or Type

A test, measures overall containment

leakage. However, operating experience