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under the provisions of the Federal

Property and Administrative Services

Act of 1949, as amended, for the Federal

Standardization Program. On August 14,

1972, the Administrator of General

Services designated the National

Communications System (NCS) as the

responsible agent for the development

of Federal telecommunication standards

for NCS interoperability and the

computer communication interface.

2. Prior to the adoption of proposed

Federal standards, it is important that

proper consideration be given to the

needs and views of Federal agencies,

industry, the public, and State and local

governments.

3. Interim Federal Standards are nonmandatory.

4. Project 25 is a joint effort of the

Federal Government, state government

(represented by the National

Association of State

Telecommunications Directors), and

local government (represented by the

Association of Public-safety

Communications Officials,

International) to develop common

standards for public safety Land Mobile

Radios (LMR). Industry (represented by

the Telecommunications Industry

Association) has also been heavily

involved in the Project 25 effort.

5. Proposed Interim Federal Standard

001101A will adopt Telecommunication

Industry Association (TIA) TSB 102.

Proposed Interim Federal Standard

001102A will adopt TIA TSB 102BAAA,

TSB 102BAAC, and TSB 102BAAD.

Proposed Interim Federal Standard

001104A will adopt TIA TSB 102AAAB,

Interim Std 102AAAA, and National

Security Agency Specification V23–94–

1 (classified document). Proposed

Interim Federal Standard 001105 will

adopt TIA TSB 102AACA, and National

Security Agency Specification V23–94–

1 (classified document). Proposed

Interim Federal Standard 001106 will

adopt TIA TSB 102BAEA, TSB

102BAEB, and TSB 102BAEC. Proposed

Interim Federal Standard 001109 will

adopt TIA TSB 102BAEE and TSB

102BAFA.

6. Requests for copies of the draft

proposed Interim Federal Standards

001101A, 001102A, 001104A, 001105,

001106, and 001109 should be directed

to the National Communications

System, Technology and Standards

Division, Attn: N6, 701 South Court

House Road, Arlington, VA 22204–2199.

They are also available on the

Worldwide Web, http://

members.aol.com/project 25/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Robert Fenichel, National

Communications System, telephone

(703) 607–6190.

Dennis Bodson,

Chief, Technology and Standards Division.

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BILLING CODE 5000–03–M

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Special Emphasis Panel in

Geosciences; Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Geosciences (#1756).

Date & Time: Monday, May 13-Thursday,

May 16, 1996; 8:30 AM-5:00 PM.

Place: Rooms 310, 320, 330, 340, National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd.,

Arlington, VA 22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Michael R. Reeve,

Section Head, National Science Foundation,

4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230.

Telephone: (703) 306–1582.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate Ocean

Sciences Research Section (OSRS) proposals

as part of the selection process for awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: April 22, 1996.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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Special Emphasis Panel in Research,

Evaluation and Communication; Notice

of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting:

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Research, Evaluation and Communication.

Date and Time: May 16, 1996; 8:30 a.m. to

6:00 p.m.; May 17, 1996; 8:00 a.m. to 8:00

p.m.; May 18, 1996; 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Place: Room 370, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, VA 2230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Nora Sabelli, Senior

Program Director, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Room 855, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone

(703) 306–1651.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate proposals

and provide advice and recommendations as

part of the selection process for proposals

submitted to the Applications of Advanced

Technologies Program.

Reason for Closing: Because the proposals

being reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with

proposals, the meeting are closed to the

public. These matters are within exemptions

(4) and (6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: April 22, 1996.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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Special Emphasis Panel in Advanced

Scientific Computing; Notice of

Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting:

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Advanced Scientific Computing (#1185).

Date and Time: May 8, 1996, 8:30 am to

5:00 pm.

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1150, Arlington, VA

22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. John Van Rosendale,

Program Director, New Technologies

Program, Suite 1122, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, VA 22230, (703) 306–1962.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide

recommendations and advice concerning

proposals submitted to NSF for financial

support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate proposals

in the Compiler Infrastructure Panel as part

of the selection process for awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: April 22, 1996.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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18448 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 81 / Thursday, April 25, 1996 / Notices

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 72–17, 50–344]

Portland General Electric Company,

Eugene Water and Electric Board,

Pacificorp; Notice of Consideration of

Issuance of a Materials License for the

Storage of Spent Fuel and Notice of

Opportunity for a Hearing

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

is considering an application dated

March 26, 1996, as supplemented April

1, 1996, for a materials license, under

the provisions of 10 CFR Part 72, from

Portland General Electric Company, et

al., (the applicant or PGE) to possess

spent fuel and other radioactive

materials associated with spent fuel

storage in an independent spent fuel

storage installation (ISFSI) located in

Columbia County, Oregon. If granted,

the license will authorize the applicant

to store spent fuel in a dry storage cask

system at the applicant’s Trojan Nuclear

Plant site. Pursuant to the provisions of

10 CFR Part 72, the term of the license

for the ISFSI would be twenty (20)

years.

Prior to issuance of the requested

license, the NRC will have made the

findings required by the Atomic Energy

Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and

the NRC’s rules and regulations. The

issuance of the materials license will

not be approved until the NRC has

reviewed the application and has

concluded that approval of the license

will not be inimical to the common

defense and security and will not

constitute an unreasonable risk to the

health and safety of the public. The NRC

will complete an environmental

evaluation, in accordance with 10 CFR

Part 51, to determine if the preparation

of an environmental impact statement is

warranted or if an environmental

assessment and Finding of No

Significant Impact are appropriate. This

action will be the subject of a

subsequent notice in the Federal

Register. Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.105 and

2.1107, by May 28, 1996, the applicant

may file a request for a hearing; and any

person whose interest may be affected

by this proceeding and who wishes to

participate as a party in the proceeding

must file a written request for a hearing

and a petition for leave to intervene

with respect to the subject materials

license in accordance with the

provisions of 10 CFR 2.714. If a request

for hearing or petition for leave to

intervene is filed by the above date, the

NRC or an Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board designated by the Commission or

by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety

and Licensing Board Panel will rule on

the request and/or petition, and the

Secretary or the designated Atomic

Safety and Licensing Board will issue a

notice of hearing or an appropriate

order. In the event that no request for

hearing or petition for leave to intervene

is filed by the above date, the NRC may,

upon satisfactory completion of all

required evaluations, issue the materials

license without further prior notice.

A petition for leave to intervene shall

set forth with particularity the interest

of the petitioner in the proceeding and

how that interest may be affected by the

results of the proceeding. The petition

should specifically explain the reasons

why intervention should be permitted

with particular reference to the

following factors: (1) The nature of the

petitioner’s right under the Act to be

made a party to the proceeding; (2) the

nature and extent of the petitioner’s

property, financial, or other interest in

the proceeding; and (3) the possible

effect of any order that may be entered

in the proceeding on the petitioner’s

interest. The petition should also

identify the specific aspect(s) of the

subject matter of the proceeding as to

which petitioner wishes to intervene.

Any person who has filed a petition for

leave to intervene or who has been

admitted as a party may amend a

petition, without requesting leave of the

Board up to 15 days prior to the holding

of the first pre-hearing conference

scheduled in the proceeding, but such

an amended petition must satisfy the

specificity requirements described

above.

Not later than fifteen (15) days prior

to the first pre-hearing conference

scheduled in the proceeding, a

petitioner shall file a supplement to the

petition to intervene which must

include a list of contentions which are

sought to be litigated in the matter. Each

contention must consist of a specific

statement of the issue of law or fact to

be raised or controverted. In addition,

the petitioner shall provide a brief

explanation of the bases of the

contention and a concise statement of

the alleged facts or expert opinion

which support the contention and on

which the petitioner intends to rely in

proving the contention at the hearing.

The petitioner must also provide

references to those specific sources and

documents of which the petitioner is

aware and on which the petitioner

intends to rely to establish those facts or

expert opinion. Petitioner must provide

sufficient information to show that a

genuine dispute exists with the

applicant on a material issue of law or

fact. Contentions shall be limited to

matters within the scope of the action

under consideration. The contention

must be one which, if proven, would

entitle the petitioner to relief. A

petitioner who fails to file such a

supplement which satisfied these

requirements with respect to at least one

contention will not be permitted to

participate as a party.

Those permitted to intervene become

parties to the proceeding, subject to any

limitations in the order granting leave to

intervene, and have the opportunity to

participate fully in the conduct of the

hearing.

A request for a hearing or a petition

for leave to intervene must be filed with

the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, Attention:

Docketing and Services Branch, or may

be delivered to the Commission’s Public

Document Room, Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, by

the above date. Where petitions are filed

during the last ten (10) days of the

notice period, it is requested that the

petitioner promptly so inform the NRC

by a toll-free telephone call to Western

Union at 1–(800) 248–5100 (in Missouri

1–(800) 342–6700). The Western Union

operator should be given Datagram

Identification Number N1023 and the

following message addressed to Dr.

William D. Travers, Director, Spent Fuel

Project Office, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards;

petitioner’s name and telephone

number; date petition was mailed; plant

name; and publication date and page

number of this Federal Register notice.

A copy of the petition should also be

sent to the Office of the General

Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

and to Mr. Alvin Alexanderson, Esq.,

Portland General Electric Company, 121

SW Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon,

97204, General Counsel for the

applicant.

Non-timely filings of petitions for

leave to intervene, amended petitions,

supplemental petitions, and/or requests

for hearing will not be entertained

absent a determination by the

Commission, the presiding Officer, or

the presiding Atomic Safety and

Licensing Board that the petition and/or

request should be granted based upon a

balancing of the factors specified in 10

CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)–(v) and 2.714(d).

The Commission hereby provides

notice that this proceeding concerns an

application for a license falling within

the scope of Section 134 of the Nuclear

Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), 42

U.S.C. 10154. Under Section 134 of

NWPA, the NRC, at the request of any

petitioner or any party to the

proceeding, must use hybrid hearing

procedures with respect to ‘‘any matter
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which the Commission determines to be

in controversy among the parties.’’ The

hybrid procedures in Section 134

provide for oral argument on matters in

controversy, preceded by discovery

under the Commission’s rules, and the

designation, following argument, of only

those factual issues that involve a

genuine and substantial dispute,

together with any remaining questions

of law, to be resolved in an adjudicatory

hearing. Actual adjudicatory hearings

are to be held on only those issues

found to meet the criteria of Section 134

and set for hearing after oral argument.

The Commission’s rules

implementing Section 134 of the NWPA

are found in 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart K,

‘‘Hybrid Hearing Procedures for

Expansion of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Storage Capacity at Civilian Nuclear

Power Reactors,’’ (published at 50 FR

41662, October 15, 1985). Under those

rules, any party to the proceeding may

invoke the hybrid hearing procedures by

filing with the presiding Officer a

written request for oral argument under

10 CFR 2.1109. To be timely, the request

must be filed within ten (10) days of an

order granting a request for hearing or

petition to intervene. (As outlined

above, the Commission’s rules in 10

CFR Part 2, Subpart G, continue to

govern the filing of requests for a

hearing or petitions to intervene, as well

as the admission of contentions.) The

presiding Officer may grant an untimely

request for oral argument only upon a

showing of good cause by the requesting

party for the failure to file on time and

after providing the other parties an

opportunity to respond to the untimely

request. If the presiding Officer grants a

request for oral argument, any hearing

held on the application shall be

conducted in accordance with the

hybrid hearing procedures. In essence,

those procedures limit the time

available for discovery and require that

an oral argument be held to determine

whether any contentions must be

resolved in an adjudicatory hearing. If

no party to the proceeding requests oral

argument or if all untimely requests for

oral argument are denied, then the usual

procedures in 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart G,

apply.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application dated May 9,

1995, which is available for public

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20555, and at the local

public document room at the Portland

State University, Branford Price Millar

Library, 934 SW Harrison Street,

Portland, Oregon 97207. The

Commission’s license and Safety

Evaluation Report, when issued, may be

inspected at the above locations.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19 day

of April 1996.

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

William D. Travers,

Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

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[Docket Nos. 50–373, 50–374]

Commonwealth Edison Company

(LaSalle County Station, Unit Nos. 1

and 2);

Exemption

I

The Commonwealth Edison Company

(ComEd, the licensee) is the holder of

Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–11

and NPF–18, which authorize operation

of the LaSalle County Station, Units 1

and 2 (the facilities). The licenses

provide, among other things, that the

facilities are subject to all the rules,

regulations, and orders of the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the

Commission) now or hereafter in effect.

The facilities are boiling water

reactors located at the licensee’s site in

LaSalle County, Illinois.

II

In 10 CFR 73.55, ‘‘Requirements for

Physical Protection of Licensed

Activities in Nuclear Power Reactors

Against Radiological Sabotage,’’

paragraph (a), in part, states that ‘‘the

licensee shall establish and maintain an

onsite physical protection system and

security organization which will have as

its objective to provide high assurance

that activities involving special nuclear

material are not inimical to the common

defense and security and do not

constitute an unreasonable risk to the

public health and safety.’’

In 10 CFR 73.55(d), ‘‘Access

Requirements,’’ paragraph (1), it

specifies that ‘‘the licensee shall control

all points of personnel and vehicle

access into a protected area.’’ Also, 10

CFR 73.55(d)(5) requires that ‘‘A

numbered picture badge identification

system shall be used for all individuals

who are authorized access to protected

areas without escort.’’ It further states

that individuals not employed by the

licensee (e.g., contractors) may be

authorized access to protected areas

without escort provided that the

individual, ‘‘receives a picture badge

upon entrance into a protected area

which must be returned upon exit from

the protected area * * *’’

By letter dated February 20, 1996, the

licensee requested an exemption from

certain requirements of 10 CFR 73.55.

The licensee proposes to implement an

alternative unescorted access system

which would eliminate the need to

issue and retrieve picture badges at the

entrance/exit location to the protected

area and would allow all individuals,

including contractors, to keep their

picture badges in their possession when

departing LaSalle County Station.

III

Pursuant to 10 CFR 73.5, ‘‘Specific

exemptions,’’ the Commission may,

upon application of any interested

person or upon its own initiative, grant

such exemptions from the requirements

of the regulations in this part as it

determines are authorized by law and

will not endanger life or property or the

common defense and security, and are

otherwise in the public interest.

According to 10 CFR 73.55, the

Commission may authorize a licensee to

provide alternative measures for

protection against radiological sabotage

provided the licensee demonstrates that

the alternative measures have the same

‘‘high assurance’’ objective, that the

proposed measures meet the general

performance requirements of the

regulation, and that the overall level of

system performance provides protection

against radiological sabotage equivalent

to that which would be provided by the

regulation.

Currently, unescorted access into the

protected area for both employee and

contractor personnel into LaSalle

County Station, Units 1 and 2, is

controlled through the use of picture

badges. Positive identification of

personnel who are authorized and

request access into the protected area is

established by security personnel

making a visual comparison of the

individual requesting access and that

individual’s picture badge. In

accordance with 10 CFR 73.55(d)(5),

contractor personnel are not allowed to

take their picture badges off site. In

addition, in accordance with the plant’s

physical security plan, the licensee’s

employees are also not allowed to take

their picture badges off site.

The proposed system will require that

all individuals with authorized

unescorted access have the physical

characteristics of their hand (hand

geometry) registered with their picture

badge number in a computerized access

control system. Therefore, all authorized

individuals must not only have their

picture badge to gain access to the

protected area, but must also have their

hand geometry confirmed. All

individuals, including contractors, who