Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 3 / Thursday, January 4, 1996 / Notices 355

1The new Agreement must sit before Congress for

review for up to 90 days of continuous legislative

session.

2The EURATOM Member States are: Austria,

Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,

Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands,

Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Licensees authorized under general or specific

licenses to make Section 109b exports to Austria,

Finland, Spain, or Sweden may continue direct

exports to these countries because they have

provided separate bilateral assurances to the U.S.

that remain in effect.

3 In accordance with 10 C.F.R. § 110.52(c), the

Commission finds that Licensees need not be

afforded an opportunity to reply and be heard

because this action is required by operation of law

and the common defense and security.

effects, if any, on the environment and

historic resources. The Section of

Environmental Analysis (SEA) will

issue an environmental assessment (EA)

by January 9, 1996. Interested persons

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing

to SEA (Room 3219, Interstate

Commerce Commission, Washington,

DC 20423) or by calling Elaine Kaiser,

Chief of SEA, at (202) 927–6248.

Comments on environmental and

historic preservation matters must be

filed within 15 days after the EA is

available to the public.

Environmental, historic preservation,

public use, or trail use/rail banking

conditions will be imposed, where

appropriate, in a subsequent decision.

Decided: December 28, 1995.

By the Commission, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–136 Filed 1–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7035–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. Part 110]

General and Specific Licenses

Authorizing Exports of Nuclear

Reactor Components, Substances, and

Items Under Section 109b of the

Atomic Energy Act to EURATOM;

Order Suspending Licenses (Effective

January 1, 1996)

I

The licensees that are subject to this

order are authorized by the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (‘‘NRC’’ or

‘‘Commission’’) through general and

specific licenses granted under Section

109b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,

as amended (AEA), and 10 C.F.R. Part

110 to export nuclear reactor

components, substances, and items for

nuclear end uses to EURATOM on the

basis of assurances provided by

EURATOM to the U.S. pursuant to

Section 109b (‘‘EURATOM

assurances’’). The expiration date of the

EURATOM assurances underlying the

NRC’s general and specific license

authorizations for exports of nuclear

reactor components, substances, and

items under Section 109b is tied to the

expiration date of the current

Agreement for Cooperation between the

U.S. and EURATOM under Section 123

of the AEA.

II

The EURATOM assurances will

expire on December 31, 1995, the

expiration date of the current

Agreement for Cooperation between the

U.S. and EURATOM. Although a new

Section 123 Agreement for Cooperation

has been approved by authorities on

both sides,1 the U.S. has not received

new Section 109b assurances from

EURATOM. The NRC is prohibited from

authorizing any exports of nuclear

reactor components, substances, and

items to a foreign nation under Section

109b in the absence of such assurances

from the foreign nation.

III

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections

109b, 161b, 161i, 183, and 186 of the

AEA, and 10 C.F.R. §§ 110.50(a) (1) and

(2) and 110.52, from January 1, 1996

until such time that the U.S. receives

the assurances required for exports of

nuclear reactor components, substances,

and items under Section 109b of the

AEA from EURATOM or its individual

member countries,2 NRC general and

specific license authorizations under

Section 109b and 10 C.F.R. §§ 110.26

and 110.42(b) for exports of nuclear

reactor components to EURATOM

countries are suspended.3 This

suspension order will expire by

operation of law when the assurances

required under Section 109b are

received from EURATOM or its

individual member countries. The NRC

will publish notice of the receipt of

these assurances in the Federal

Register.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 28th day

of December, 1995.

Carlton R. Stoiber,

Director, Office of International Programs.

[FR Doc. 96–111 Filed 1–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

[Docket No. 50–285]

Omaha Public Power District, Fort

Calhoun Station, Unit 1; Exemption

I

The Omaha Public Power District

(OPPD or the licensee) holds Facility

Operating License No. DPR–40, which

authorizes operation of the Fort Calhoun

Station, Unit 1. 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 one pressurized water reactor located

at the licensee’s site in Washington

County, Nebraska.

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.2.c of Appendix E requires that

each licensee at each site conduct an

exercise with offsite authorities such

that the State and local government

emergency plans for each operating

reactor site are exercised biennially.

Section IV.F.2 also requires 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

an undue risk to the public health and

safety, and are consistent with the

common defense and security; and (2)

present special circumstances. Section

50.12(a)(2)(v) of 10 CFR 50 describes the

special circumstances where an

exemption would provide only

temporary relief from the applicable

regulations and the licensee or applicant

has made good faith efforts to comply

with the regulations.

III

By letter dated December 8, 1995, and

supplemental letter dated December 15,

1995, OPPD requested a schedular

exemption from the requirements of 10

CFR 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.2.c

that requires a biennial exercise with

State and local government authorities

within the plume exposure pathway

emergency planning zone (EPZ). The

licensee has requested to postpone,

until the first quarter of 1996, the offsite

portion of the biennial full-scale