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Acting Advisory Committee

Management Officer, Michael Shapiro,

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20506, or call 202/

606–8322.

Michael Shaprio,

Acting Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

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Meeting of Humanities Panel

AGENCY: National Endowment for the

Humanities.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), notice is

hereby given that the following meeting

of the Humanities Panel will be held at

the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon I. Block, Advisory Committee

Management Officer, National

Endowment for the Humanities,

Washington, D.C. 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 meeting is 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 discussion of information

given in confidence to the agency by the

grant applicants. Because the proposed

meeting 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 this meeting 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, 1996.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Seminars and

Institute Program in Ancient, Medieval,

Renaissance Studies submitted to the

Division of Research and Education

Programs, for projects at the March 1,

1996 deadline.

2. Date: May 2, 1996.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Seminars and

Institute Program in Philosophy,

Politics, and Culture submitted to the

Division of Research and Education

Programs, for projects at the March 1,

1996 deadline.

3. Date: May 3, 1996.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Seminars and

Institute Program in American History &

Culture submitted to the Division of

Research and Education Programs, for

projects at the March 1, 1996 deadline.

4. Date: May 3, 1996.

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

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Seminars and

Institute Program in Theory:

Philosophical, Social, and Political

submitted to the Division of Research

and Education Programs, for projects at

the March 1, 1996 deadline.

5. Date: May 6, 1996.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Seminars and

Institute Program in Literature and the

Arts submitted to the Division of

Research and Education Programs, for

projects at the March 1, 1996 deadline.

6. Date: May 6.

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

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Seminars and

Institute Program in Western History &

Culture submitted to the Division of

Research and Education Programs, for

projects at the March 1, 1996 deadline.

7. Date: May 7.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Seminars and

Institute Program in Foreign Language,

Literature, and Cultures submitted to

the Division of Research and Education

Programs, for projects at the March 1,

1996 deadline.

8. Date: May 8.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Seminars and

Institute Program in American

Literature & Culture submitted to the

Division of Research and Education

Programs, for projects at the March 1,

1996 deadline.

9. Date: May 8.

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

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Seminars and

Institute Program in World Cultural

Studies submitted to the Division of

Research and Education Programs, for

projects at the March 1, 1996 deadline.

10. Date: May 9.

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

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Seminars and

Institute Program in Literature, Culture

& Arts submitted to the Division of

Research and Education Programs, for

projects at the March 1, 1996 deadline.

11. Date: May 10.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Education

Development and Demonstration

Program in Teaching Technology,

Special Opportunity submitted to the

Division of Research and Education

Programs, for projects with April 5,

1996 deadlines.

12. Date: May 13.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Education

Development and Demonstration

Program in Teaching Technology,

Special Opportunity submitted to the

Division of Research and Education

Programs, for projects with April 5,

1996 deadlines.

13. Date: May 15.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Education

Development and Demonstration

Program in Teaching Technology,

Special Opportunity submitted to the

Division of Research and Education

Programs, for projects with April 5,

1996 deadlines.

14. Date: May 17.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Education

Development and Demonstration

Program in Teaching Technology,

Special Opportunity submitted to the

Division of Research and Education

Programs, for projects with April 5,

1996 deadlines.

15. Date: May 21.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Seminars and

Institute Program in Literature, Culture

& Arts submitted to the Division of

Research and Education Programs, for

projects at the March 1, 1996 deadline.

16. Date: May 22.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Education

Development and Demonstration

Program in Teaching Technology,

Special Opportunity submitted to the

Division of Research and Education

Programs, for projects with April 5,

1996 deadlines.

17. Date: May 24.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Education

Development and Demonstration

Program in Teaching Technology,

Special Opportunity submitted to the

Division of Research and Education

Programs, for projects with April 5,

1996 deadlines.

18. Date: May 29.

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

Room: 317.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for the Education

Development and Demonstration

Program in Teaching Technology,

Special Opportunity submitted to the

Division of Research and Education

Programs, for projects with April 5,

1996 deadlines.

Michael S. Shapiro,

Acting, Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

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[Docket No. 50–364]

Southern Nuclear Operating Company,

Inc.; Notice of Consideration of

Issuance of Amendment to Facility

Operating License, Proposed No

Significant Hazards Consideration

Determination, and Opportunity for a

Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an amendment

to Facility Operating License No. NPF–

8 issued to Southern Nuclear Operating

Company, Inc. (the licensee) for

operation of the Joseph M. Farley

Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, located in

Houston County, Alabama.

The proposed amendment would

modify Technical Specification 3/4.4.6,

‘‘Steam Generator Surveillance

Requirements,’’ which provides tube

inspection requirements and acceptance

criteria to determine the level of

degradation for which a tube may

remain in service. The proposed

amendment would add definitions

required for the L*-type criteria and

prescribe the portion of the tube subject

to those criteria.

This requested Technical

Specification (TS) change is a followup

to a Notice of Enforcement Discretion

(NOED) granted to the licensee that is in

effect from the time of issuance on April

23, 1996, until approval of this exigent

TS. NRC Inspection Manual, Part 9900,

‘‘Operations—Notices of Enforcement

Discretion,’’ requires that a followup TS

amendment be issued within 4 weeks

from the issuance of the NOED.

Before issuance of the proposed

license amendment, the Commission

will have made findings required by the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(the Act) and the Commission’s

regulations.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.91(a)(6) for

amendments to be granted under

exigent circumstances, the NRC staff

must determine that the amendment

request involves no significant hazards

consideration. Under the Commission’s

regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means

that operation of the facility in

accordance with the proposed

amendment would not (1) Involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of

a new or different kind of accident from

any accident previously evaluated; or

(3) involve a significant reduction in a

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its

analysis of the issue of no significant

hazards consideration, which is

presented below:

1. Operation of the Farley Nuclear Plant

Unit steam generators in accordance with the

proposed license amendment does not

involve a significant increase in the

probability or consequences of an accident

previously evaluated.

The supporting technical evaluations of the

subject criteria demonstrate that the presence

of the tubesheet enhances the tube integrity

in the region of the hardroll by precluding

tube deformation beyond its initial expanded

outside diameter. The resistance to both tube

rupture and tube collapse is strengthened by

the presence of the tubesheet in that region.

The result of the hardroll of the tube into the

tubesheet is an interference fit between the

tube and the tubesheet. Tube rupture

[cannot] occur because the contact between

the tube and tubesheet does not permit

sufficient movement of tube material. In a

similar manner, the tubesheet does not

permit sufficient movement of tube material

to permit buckling collapse of the tube

during postulated LOCA [loss-of-coolant

accident] loadings.

The type of degradation for which the L*

criterion has been developed (cracking with

an axial or near axial orientation) has been

found not to significantly reduce the axial

strength of a tube. An evaluation including

analysis and testing has been done to

determine the strength reduction for axial

loads with simulated axial and near axial

cracks. This evaluation provides the basis for

the acceptance criteria for tube degradation

subject to the L* criterion.

The SRE [sound roll expansion] L* length

is sufficient to preclude significant leakage

from tube degradation located below the L*

length. The existing Technical Specification

leak rate requirements and accident analysis

assumptions remain unchanged in the

unlikely event that significant leakage from

this region does occur. Any leakage from the

tube within the tube sheet at any elevation

in the tubesheet is fully bounded by the

existing steam generator tube analysis

included in the Farley Nuclear Plant Final

Safety Analysis Report. A conservative

leakage allowance for each L* tube is

provided to determine the impact of L*

criterion upon offsite doses in the event of a

postulated double ended guillotine break of

the main steam line outside of containment,

but upstream of the main steam line isolation

valves. Since Farley Unit 2 has implemented

the Interim Plugging Criteria (IPC) for ODSCC

[outside diameter stress corrosion cracking]

at the tube support plates, projected steam

line break (SLB) leakage at the end of the

next successive operating cycle must be

evaluated. Per Generic Letter 95–05, plants

implementing the IPC can utilize SLB leakage

limits higher than the originally assumed 1.0

gpm primary to secondary leakage value

provided an analysis of offsite doses

consistent with Standard Review Plan

methodology is performed. This analysis

performed for the Farley Unit plant indicates

that primary to secondary leakage of 11.2

gpm in the faulted loop (0.1 gpm in the intact

loops) will result in offsite doses at the site

boundary of less than 10% of the 10 CFR

[Part] 100 guidelines. The total projected SLB

leakage from all leakage sources must remain

below this value. [Per Westinghouse analysis]

addressing the L* methodology, the number

of tube ends to which L* criterion can be

applied is limited to 600 per steam generator.

Using a bounding SLB leakage allowance per

L* tube, the SLB leakage component from

600 L* tube ends will be less than 0.33 gpm

in the faulted loop. The proposed L*

criterion does not adversely impact any other

previously evaluated design basis accident.

As the current Unit 2 IPC SLB leakage has

been calculated to be less than 2 gpm in the

faulted loop, [an] SLB leakage margin of over

9 gpm is provided for this cycle.

As noted above, tube rupture and pullout

is not expected for tubes using the L*

criterion. In addition to the L* length, a

minimum length of SRE below the identified

degradation must be established. The

aggregate L* distance of SRE provides the

structural integrity to prevent tube pullout.