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Vol. 61, No. 96

Thursday, May 16, 1996

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

7 CFR Parts 800 and 810

RIN 0580–AA14

United States Standards for Barley

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; postponement of

effective date.

SUMMARY: This document postpones the

effective date of the final rule (61 FR

18486) to revise the United States

Standards for Barley from June 1, 1996,

until June 1, 1997. This action is being

taken to postpone the implementation of

the United States Standards for Barley

from the beginning of the 1996

marketing season to the beginning of the

1997 marketing season. The extension of

the effective date is being taken to

prevent disruption in the marketing of

Barley on the domestic and

international markets. Postponing the

effective date to the beginning of the

1997 marketing session will allow

adequate time for the market to make

adjustments to the changes being made

in the standards.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

final rule is postponed from June 1,

1996, to June 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George Wollam, USDA, GIPSA, Room

0623, South Building, P.O. Box 96454,

Washington, D.C. 20090–6454;

Telephone (202) 720–0292; FAX (202)

720–4628.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

22, 1995, the Grain Inspection, Packers

and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA),

U.S. Department of Agriculture, under

authority of the United States Grain

Standards Act, as amended published a

proposed rule (60 FR 15075) to revise

the United States Standards for Barley.

The proposed rule was adopted, with

changes, and a final rule was published

on April 26, 1996, (61 FR 18486), with

an effective date of June 1, 1996.

Since the publication of the final rule,

GIPSA has determined it is in the best

interest of the barley market to postpone

the effective date. Immediate

implementation may not generate

anticipated benefits to the market but

may adversely affect merchandisers of

grain, especially because of contracting

concerns. After consultation with the

trade and taking into account trade

views both for and against a change in

the effective date, GIPSA determined

that it would be less disruptive if the

effective date for implementing the

revisions to the United States Standards

for Barley were changed from June 1,

1996 to June 1, 1997. Also providing a

one year delay in implementing the

standards would allow for seasonal

adjustment of markets.

Background

On page 18490, in the third column,

second paragraph, the second and third

sentences ‘‘Pursuant to that section of

the Act, it has been determined that in

the public interest the revision becomes

effective June 1, 1996. This effective

date will coincide with the beginning of

the 1996 crop year and facilitate

domestic and export marketing of

barley’’ are revised to read ‘‘It has been

determined that in the public interest

the revision becomes effective June 1,

1997. This effective date will coincide

with the beginning of the 1997 crop year

and facilitate domestic and export

marketing of barley’’.

Authority: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.).

Dated: May 8, 1996.

David Orr,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–11974 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 20, 30, 40, 61, 70, and 72

RIN 3150–AF17

Termination or Transfer of Licensed

Activities: Recordkeeping

Requirements

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is amending its

regulations pertaining to the disposition

of certain records when a licensee

terminates licensed activities or

licensed activities are transferred to

another licensee. The final rule requires

a licensee to transfer records pertaining

to decommissioning, and certain records

pertaining to offsite releases and waste

disposal, to the new licensee if licensed

activities will continue at the same site,

and it requires the new licensee to

forward these same records to the NRC

before the license is terminated.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 17, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary L. Thomas, Office of Nuclear

Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington DC

20555–0001, telephone (301) 415–6230,

e-mail MLT1@NRC.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

While evaluating an incident

involving some offsite contamination,

the NRC identified a deficiency in the

current recordkeeping requirements.

The NRC was unable to determine how

much radioactive material was released

to a sanitary sewerage system because

records of previous releases by the

original holder of the license were not

available. In addition, the regulations

were unclear with regard to the final

disposition of these records when

licensed activities have ceased and the

license is terminated. A proposed rule

requiring licensees to forward certain

records to the NRC once licensed

activities ceased, or to a new owner if

they would be taking over licensed

activities, was published for comment

in the Federal Register on December 28,

1994 (59 FR 66814).