Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 76 / Thursday, April 20, 1995 / Notices 19791

The remaining portions of this

meeting from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on

May 15–18 and from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30

p.m. on May 19 are for the purpose of

panel review, discussion, evaluation,

and recommendation on applications

for financial assistance under the

National Foundation on the Arts and the

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,

including information given in

confidence to the agency by grant

applicants. In accordance with the

determination of the Chairman of

February 8, 1994, these sessions will be

closed to the public pursuant to

subsection (c)(4), (6) and (9)(B) of

section 552b of Title 5, United States

Code.

Any person may observe meetings, or

portions thereof, of advisory panels

which are open to the public, and may

be permitted to participate in the

panel’s discussions at the discretion of

the Panel chairman and with the

approval of the full-time Federal

employee in attendance.

If you need special accommodations

due to a disability, please contact the

Office of Special Constituencies,

National Endowment for the Arts, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20506, 202/682–5532,

TYY 202/682–5496, at least seven (7)

days prior to the meeting.

Further information with reference to

this meeting can be obtained from Ms.

Yvonne M. Sabine, Committee

Management Officer, National

Endowment for the Arts, Washington,

DC 20506, or call 202/682–5433.

Dated: April 17, 1995.

Yvonne M. Sabine,

Director, Office of Council and Panel

Operations, National Endowment for the Arts.

[FR Doc. 95–9832 Filed 4–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7537–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–416]

Entergy Operations, Inc.;

Environmental Assessment and

Finding of No Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an exemption

from certain requirements of its

regulations to Facility Operating License

No. NPF–29, issued to Entergy

Operations, Inc. (the licensee), for

operation of the Grand Gulf Nuclear

Station, Unit 1 (GGNS), located in

Claiborne County, Mississippi.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of Proposed Action

The proposed action is in accordance

with the licensee’s application dated

August 13, 1993, as supplemented by

letters dated April 15, May 11, June 24,

and July 20, 1994, pursuant to 10 CFR

50.12(a), which would exempt Entergy

Operations Inc. from Sections III.D.1(a),

III.D.2, III.D.2(b)(i), III.D.2.(b)(iii) and

III.D.3 of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J,

to permit the selection of containment

leakage rate testing intervals for

components on the basis of

performance.

The Need for the Proposed Action

The proposed action is needed to

permit the licensee to defer a portion of

the Type B and C tests from the April

1995 and September 1996 refueling

outages to the April 1998 refueling

outage, thereby reducing the

occupational radiation exposure

received by the plant staff, saving the

cost of performing the test, and

eliminating the test period from the

critical path time of the outage.

Without this exemption, the licensee

would incur additional personnel

radiation exposure during system

reconfigurations, and instrumentation

setup and restoration.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed

Action

The Commission has completed its

evaluation of the proposed action and

concludes that the proposed exemption

would not increase the probability or

consequences of accidents previously

analyzed and the proposed exemption

would not affect facility radiation levels

or facility radiological effluents. The

licensee, as a condition of the proposed

exemption, will perform the visual

containment inspection although it is

only required by Appendix J to be

conducted 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 change will not increase the

probability or consequences of

accidents, no changes are being made in

the types of any effluents that may be

released offsite, and there is no

significant increase in the allowable

individual or cumulative occupational

radiation exposure. Accordingly, the

Commission concludes that there are no

significant radiological environmental

impacts associated with the proposed

action.

With regard to potential

nonradiological impacts, the proposed

action involves features located entirely

within the restricted area as defined in

10 CFR Part 20. It does not affect

nonradiological plant effluents and has

no other environmental impact.

Accordingly, the Commission concludes

that there are no significant

nonradiological environmental impacts

associated with the proposed action.

Alternative to the Proposed Action

Since the Commission has concluded

there is no measurable environmental

impact associated with the proposed

action, any alternatives with equal or

greater environmental impact need not

be evaluated. As an alternative to the

proposed action, the staff considered

denial of the proposed action. Denial of

the application would result in no

change in current environmental

impacts. The environmental impacts of

the proposed action and the alternative

action are similar.

Alternative Use of Resources

This action does not involve the use

of any resources not previously

considered in the Final Environmental

Statements related to operation of Grand

Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1.

Agencies and Persons Consulted

In accordance with its stated policy,

on March 30, 1995 the staff consulted

with the Mississippi State official, Mr.

Eddie Fuente of the Mississippi State

Department of Health, regarding the

environmental impact of the proposed

action. The State official had no

comments.

Finding of No Significant Impact

Based upon the environmental

assessment, the Commission concludes

that the proposed action will not have

a significant effect on the quality of the

human environment. Accordingly, the

Commission has determined not to

prepare an environmental impact

statement for the proposed action.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the request for exemption

dated August 13, 1993, as supplemented

by letters dated April 15, May 11, June

24, and July 20, 1994, which are

available for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

The Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,

NW., Washington, DC, and at the local

public document room located at the

Judge George W. Armstrong Library, 220

S. Commerce Street, Natchez,

Mississippi 39120.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 6th day

of April 1995.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Paul W. O’Connor,

Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate

IV–1, Division of Reactor Projects III/IV, Office

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 95–9762 Filed 4–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

Licensing Support System Advisory

Review Panel

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Licensing Support

System Advisory Review Panel

(LSSARP) will hold its next meeting on

May 12, 1995, at the Headquarters

Building of the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Room T–3 B45, 11545

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

The meeting will be open to the public

pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 94–463, 86 Stat.

770–776).

AGENDA: The meeting will be held from

1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May

12, 1995. The agenda will consist of the

following topics.

1. Consideration of a Report of the LSS

Technical Working Group on Level

One Requirements for the LSS Design

2. Current LSS Activity at NRC

3. Future Meeting Topics and Schedule

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

established the LSSARP in 1989 to

provide advice and recommendations to

the NRC and to the Department of

Energy (DOE) concerning the design,

development and operation of an

electronic information management

system, known as the Licensing Support

System (LSS), which will contain

information relevant to the

Commission’s future licensing

proceeding for a geologic repository for

the disposal of high-level radioactive

waste. Membership on the Panel

consists of representatives of the State

and Local Governments of Nevada, the

National Congress of American Indians,

the nuclear industry, DOE, NRC and

other agencies of the Federal

government which have experience

with large electronic information

management systems.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

C. Hoyle, Office of the Secretary, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555: telephone 301–

415–1969.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Interested persons

may make oral presentations to the

Panel or file written statements.

Requests for oral presentations should

be made to the contact person listed

above as far in advance as practicable so

that appropriate arrangements can be

made.

Dated: April 14, 1995.

Andrew L. Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–9761 Filed 4–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

[Docket Nos. 50–275 and 50–323]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company;

Notice of Partial Denial of

Amendments to Facility Operating

Licenses and Opportunity for Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) has

denied a portion of the request by

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the

licensee) for amendments to Facility

Operating License Nos. DPR–80 and

DPR–82 issued to the licensee for

operation of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear

Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located

in San Luis Obispo County, California.

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of

these amendments was published in the

Federal Register on October 12, 1994

(59 FR 51621).

The purpose of this portion of the

license amendment request was to

eliminate the minimum refueling water

storage tank solution temperature from

Technical Specifications (TS) Sections

3/4.1.2.5 and 3/4.5.5.

The NRC staff has concluded that the

licensee’s request cannot be granted.

The licensee was notified of the

Commission’s denial of the proposed

change by a letter dated April 14, 1995.

By May 22, 1995, the licensee may

demand a hearing with respect to the

denial described above. Any person

whose interest may be affected by this

proceeding may file a written petition

for leave to intervene.

A request for hearing or 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, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC by

the above date.

A copy of any petitions should also be

sent to the Office of the General

Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

and to Christopher J. Warner, Esq.,

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, P.O.

Box 7442, San Francisco, California

94120, attorney for the licensee.

For further details with respect to this

action, see (1) the application for

amendment dated August 17, 1994, and

(2) the Commission’s letter to the

licensee dated April 14, 1995.

These documents are available for

public inspection at the Commission’s

Public Document Room, the Gelman

Building, 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC, and at the local public

document room located at the California

Polytechnic State University, Robert E.

Kennedy Library, Government

Documents and Maps Department, San

Luis Obispo, California 93407.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day

of April 1995.

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

William H. Bateman,

Director, Project Directorate IV–2, Division

of Reactor Projects III/IV, Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 95–9765 Filed 4–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

[Docket Nos. 50–275 and 50–323]

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., (Diablo

Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1

and 2); Exemption

I

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company

(PG&E or the licensee) holds Facility

Operating License Nos. DPR–80 and

DPR–82, which authorizes operation of

the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant,

Unit Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. 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.

The facility consists of two pressurized

water reactors located at the licensee’s

site in San Luis Obispo County,

California.

II

Section 50.54(q) of 10 CFR Part 50

requires a licensee authorized to operate

a nuclear power reactor to follow and

maintain in effect emergency plans

which meet the standards of 10 CFR

50.47(b) and the requirements of

Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50. Section

IV.F.3 of Appendix E requires that each

licensee at each site exercise with offsite

authorities such that the State and local

government emergency plans for each

operating reactor site are exercised

biennially, with full or partial

participation by State and local

governments, within the plume

exposure pathway emergency planning

zone (EPZ).

The NRC may grant exemptions from

the requirements of the regulations

which, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a), are

(1) authorized by law, will not present