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the Commission hereby certifies that the

proposed rule, if promulgated, will not

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities.

Therefore, a regulatory flexibility

analysis is not required.

Backfit Analysis

The proposed changes are intended to

clarify the intent of the existing rule and

facilitate greater flexibility in licensees’

conduct of off-year emergency response

training activities; but this action does

not seek to impose any new or increased

requirements in this area. The proposed

changes would permit, but not require,

licensees to change their existing

emergency plans and procedures to

employ scenarios in off-year training or

drills that do not go to severe core

damage or result in offsite exposures.

No backfitting is intended or approved

in connection with this proposed rule

change.

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 50

Antitrust, Classified information,

Criminal penalties, Fire protection,

Intergovernmental relations, Nuclear

power plants and reactors, Penalties,

Radiation protection, Reactor siting

criteria, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, and under the authority of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended;

the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974,

as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 553; the NRC

is proposing to adopt the following

amendments to 10 CFR Part 50.

PART 50—DOMESTIC LICENSING OF

PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION

FACILITIES

1. The authority citation for Part 50

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Secs. 102, 103, 104, 105, 161,

182, 183, 186, 189, 68 Stat. 936, 937, 938,

948, 953, 954, 955, 956, as amended, sec.

234, 83 Stat. 1244, as amended (42 U.S.C.

2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2201, 2232, 2233,

2236, 2239, 2282); secs. 201, as amended,

202, 206, 88 Stat. 1242, as amended, 1244,

1246 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846).

2. In § 50.47, paragraph (a)(1) is

revised to read as follows:

§ 50.47 Emergency plans.

(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph

(d) of this section, no initial operating

license for a nuclear power reactor will

be issued unless a finding is made by

the NRC that there is reasonable

assurance that adequate protective

measures can and will be taken in the

event of a radiological emergency. No

finding under this section is necessary

for issuance of a renewed nuclear power

reactor operating license.

* * * * *

3. Appendix E to part 50 is amended

by revising section IV.F., paragraphs

2.b., and e. to read as follows:

Appendix E to Part 50—Emergency

Planning and Preparedness for

Production and Utilization Facilities

* * * * *

IV. Content of Emergency Plans

F. Training

2. * * *

b. Each licensee at each site shall conduct

an exercise of its onsite emergency plan

every two years. The exercise may be

included in the full participation biennial

exercise required by paragraph 2.c. of the

section. In addition, the licensee shall take

actions necessary to ensure that adequate

emergency response capabilities are

maintained during the interval between

biennial exercises by conducting drills,

including at least one drill involving a

combination of some of the principal

functional areas of the licensee’s onsite

emergency response capabilities. The

principal functional areas of emergency

response include such activities as

management and coordination of emergency

response, accident assessment, protective

action decisionmaking, and plant system

repair and corrective actions. During these

drills, activation of all of the licensee’s

emergency response facilities (TSC, OSC, and

EOF) would not be necessary, licensees

would have the opportunity to consider

accident management strategies, supervised

instruction would be permitted, operating

staff would have the opportunity to resolve

problems (success paths) rather than have

controllers intervene, and the drills could

focus on onsite training objectives.

* * * * *

e. Licensees shall enable any State or local

government located within the plume

exposure pathway EPZ to participate in the

licensee’s drills when requested by such

State or local government.

* * * * *

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day

of April, 1995.

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John C. Hoyle,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 95–9222 Filed 4–13–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Parts 119, 121, 125, 127 and 135

Forum With the Administrator and

Deputy Administrator; Public Meeting

on Commuter Operations and General

Certification and Operations

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and

forum with the Administrator and

Deputy Administrator.

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice

to advise the public of an open forum

with the Administrator and Deputy

Administrator. Later on the same day

the FAA will hold a public meeting on

the notice of proposed rulemaking,

Commuter Operations and General

Certification and Operations, published

in the Federal Register on March 29,

1995 [60 FR 16230]. The purpose of

these meetings is to provide an

opportunity for the public to comment

on regulatory aviation issues in general

and specifically on the commuter

rulemaking.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

May 18, 1995, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Meeting times are as follows:

9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.—Open forum with

the Administrator and Deputy

Administrator

1:00 p.m.—Public meeting on the

commuter NPRM.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

Anchorage, Alaska, at the Loussac

Library, 3600 Denali Street, Assembly

Chambers, Level 1.

Persons unable to attend any of the

meetings may mail their comments in

triplicate to: Federal Aviation

Administration, Office of the Chief

Counsel, Rules Docket (AGC–200),

Docket No. 28154, 800 Independence

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests to present a statement at the

public meeting on the commuter NPRM

or questions regarding the logistics of

the meeting should be directed to Linda

Williams, Federal Aviation

Administration, Office of Rulemaking

(ARM–109), 800 Independence Avenue

SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone

(202) 267–9685; fax (202) 267–5075, or

Sandra Paxton, Federal Aviation

Administration, Alaska Region

Headquarters (AAL–1), 222 West 7th

Avenue, #14, Anchorage, AK 99533,

telephone: (907) 271–5645.

Questions concerning the subject

matter of the public meeting on the

commuter NPRM should be directed to

Katherine Hakala, Flight Standards

Service (AFS–250), Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, Washington, DC 20591.

Telephone: (202) 267–8137.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

President Clinton has set a goal of reinventing the regulatory process and

making major improvements in the way

it serves the American people. The
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Administrator has made a commitment

to establish stronger partnerships with

the individuals, businesses, and other

entities that government regulations

impact. To fulfill this commitment, the

FAA has planned a series of forums

throughout the United States in which

the Administrator and Deputy

Administrator will listen to the

regulated community, the traveling

public, and the people responsible for

ensuring compliance so that they can

work together to achieve compliance. As

indicated in the planned agenda, the

first portion of the May 18 meeting will

be an open forum with the

Administrator and Deputy

Administrator. Interested persons may

comment on a variety of issues

important to them. The FAA would be

particularly interested in hearing what

actions in our mutual relationship work

well and which ones do not.

Following the forum with the

Administrator and Deputy

Administrator, the FAA will conduct a

public meeting, beginning at 1:00 p.m.,

on the recently published commuter

proposed rule. Comments from the

public on this meeting should be

directed specifically to the proposed

rule.

The notice of proposed rulemaking

was published in the Federal Register

on March 29, 1995. If adopted, the

proposed rule would require certain

commuter operators that now conduct

operations under part 135 to conduct

those operations under part 121. The

commuter operators that would be

affected are those part 135 operators

conducting scheduled passengercarrying operations in airplanes that

have a passenger-seating configuration

of 10 to 30 seats and those conducting

scheduled passenger-carrying

operations in turbojets regardless of

seating configuration. The proposed rule

would revise the requirements

concerning operating certificates and

operations specifications. The rule

would also propose certain management

officials for all operators under parts

121 and 135.

The closing date for comments on the

proposal is June 27, 1995. To give the

public an additional opportunity to

comment on the proposed rule the FAA

is planning this public meeting. Other

meetings may be planned at various

locations.

Persons interested in obtaining a copy

of the proposed commuter rule should

contact Linda Williams at the address or

telephone number provided in FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

Participation at the Public Meeting on

the Commuter NPRM

Requests from persons who wish to

present oral statements at the public

meeting on the commuter NPRM should

be received by the FAA no later than

May 5, 1995. Such requests should be

submitted to Linda Williams as listed in

the section titled FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and should

include a written summary of oral

remarks to be presented and estimated

time needed for the presentation.

Requests received after the date

specified above will be scheduled if

time is available during the meeting;

however, the name of those individuals

may not appear on the written agenda.

The FAA will prepare an agenda of

speakers that will be available at the

meeting. To accommodate as many

speakers as possible, the amount of time

allocated to each speaker may be less

than the amount of time requested.

Public Meeting Procedures

The following procedures are

established to facilitate the public

meeting on the commuter NPRM:

1. There will be no admission fee or

other charge to attend or to participate

in the public meeting. The meeting will

be open to all persons who have

requested in advance to present

statements or who register on the day of

the meeting (between 12:30 p.m. and

1:00 p.m.) subject to availability of

space in the meeting room.

2. The public meeting may adjourn

early if scheduled speakers complete

their statements in less time than

currently is scheduled for the meeting.

3. The FAA will try to accommodate

all speakers; therefore, it may be

necessary to limit the time available for

an individual or group.

4. Participants should address their

comments to the panel. No individual

will be subject to cross-examination by

any other participant.

5. Sign and oral interpretation can be

made available at the meeting, as well

as an assistive listening device, if

requested 10 calendar days before the

meeting.

6. Representatives of the FAA will

conduct the public meeting. A panel of

FAA personnel involved in this issue

will be present.

7. The meeting will be recorded by a

court reporter. A transcript of the

meeting and any material accepted by

the panel during the meeting will be

included in the public docket (Docket

No. 28154). Any person who is

interested in purchasing a copy of the

transcript should contact the court

reporter directly. This information will

be available at the meeting.

8. The FAA will review and consider

all material presented by participants at

the public meeting. Position papers or

material presenting views or

information related to the proposed

NPRM may be accepted at the discretion

of the presiding officer and

subsequently placed in the public

docket. The FAA requests that persons

participating in the meeting provide 10

copies of all materials to be presented

for distribution to the panel members;

other copies may be provided to the

audience at the discretion of the

participant.

9. Statements made by members of the

public meeting panel are intended to

facilitate discussion of the issues or to

clarify issues. Because the meeting

concerning the commuter NPRM is

being held during the comment period,

final decisions concerning issues that

the public may raise cannot be made at

the meeting. FAA officials will,

however, ask questions to clarify

statements made by the public and to

ensure a complete and accurate record.

Comments made at this public meeting

will be considered by the FAA when

deliberations begin concerning whether

to adopt any or all of the proposed rules.

10. The meeting is designed to solicit

public views and more complete

information on the proposed rule.

Therefore, the meeting will be

conducted in an informal and

nonadversarial manner.

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11,

1995.

Thomas C. Accardi,

Director, Flight Standards Service.

[FR Doc. 95–9387 Filed 4–12–95; 1:17 pm]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

20 CFR Parts 404 and 416

RIN 0960–AE10

Administrative Review Process,

Prehearing Proceedings and Decisions

by Attorney Advisors

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: We propose to amend our

regulations to provide, on a temporary

basis, that in claims for Social Security

or Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

benefits based on disability, attorney

advisors in our Office of Hearings and

Appeals (OHA) will have authority to

conduct certain prehearing proceedings,

and where the record developed as a

result of these proceedings warrants, to