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

1 A stay will be issued routinely by the

Commission in those proceedings where an

informed decision on environmental issues

(whether raised by a party or by the Commission’s

Section of Environmental Analysis in its

independent investigation) cannot be made before

the effective date of the notice of exemption. See

Exemption of Out-of-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d

377 (1989). Any entity seeking a stay on

environmental concerns is encouraged to file its

request as soon as possible in order to permit the

Commission to review and act on the request before

the effective date of this exemption.

2See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

Finan. Assist., 4 I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

3The Commission will accept a late-filed trail use

request as long as it retains jurisdiction to do so.

4Legislation to sunset the Commission on

December 31, 1995, and transfer remaining

functions is currently under consideration. Until

further notice, parties submitting pleadings should

continue to use the current name and address.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Housing and

Urban Development is delegating to the

Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development, Dwight P. Robinson,

concurrently with the Secretary, the

power and authority vested in or

delegated or assigned to the Secretary of

Housing and Urban Development, with

the exception of the power to sue and

be sued.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sam E. Hutchinson, Associate General

Counsel for Human Resources Law,

Office of General Counsel, Department

of Housing and Urban Development,

Room 10242, 451 7th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)

708–0888. (This is not a toll-free

number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

Section 7(d) of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development Act,

42 U.S.C. 3535(d), the Secretary of

Housing and Urban Development may

delegate any of the Secretary’s

functions, powers and duties to such

officers and employees of the

Department as the Secretary may

designate, and may authorize successive

redelegations of such functions, powers

and duties as determined to be

necessary or appropriate. In the

delegation of authority issued today, the

Secretary is delegating to the Deputy

Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development, Dwight P. Robinson, all

the power and authority vested in or

delegated or assigned to the Secretary of

Housing and Urban Development, to be

exercised concurrently with the

Secretary, with the exception of the

power to sue and be sued.

Accordingly, the Secretary delegates

as follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated

The Deputy Secretary of Housing and

Urban Development, Dwight P.

Robinson, is hereby authorized,

concurrently with the Secretary, to

exercise all the power and authority

vested in or delegated or assigned to the

Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development.

Section B. Authority Excepted

There is excepted from the authority

delegated under Section the authority to

sue and be sued.

Section C. Delegation of Concurrent

Authority Superseded

The Delegation of Concurrent

Authority to the President, Government

National Mortgage Association,

published in the Federal Register on

February 13, 1995, at 60 FR 8250, is

hereby superseded.

Authority: Section 7(d), Department of

Housing and Urban Development Act (42

U.S.C. 3535(d)).

Dated: December 28, 1995.

Henry G. Cisneros,

Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development.

[FR Doc. 96–101 Filed 1–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–32–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

Lower Snake River District; Notice of

Meeting

SUMMARY: The Lower Snake River

District Resource Advisory Council will

hold two meetings to discuss and

develop draft statewide standards for

rangeland health and guidelines for

managing livestock grazing on public

lands. Public comment periods will be

held at 1 p.m. on January 25 and at 8

p.m. on February 15.

DATES: January 25, 1996 beginning at

8:15 a.m.; and February 15, 1996,

beginning at 6:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Idaho State Office of the Bureau of

Land Management, 3380 Americana

Terrace, Boise, Idaho, 83706.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barry Rose, Lower Snake River District

Office (208–384–3393).

Barry Rose,

Public Affairs Specialist.

[FR Doc. 96–91 Filed 1–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1020–GG–P

INTERSTATE COMMERCE

COMMISSION

[Docket No. AB–43 (Sub-No. 169X)]

Illinois Central Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in West

Feliciana Parish, LA

Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC)

has filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon

approximately 0.8 miles of its line of

railroad between milepost LB–9.7 to

milepost LB–10.5 near Riddle (Zee), in

West Feliciana Parish, LA.

IC has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) all overhead traffic

previously routed over this line has

been rerouted to alternate lines; (3) no

formal complaint filed by a user of rail

service on the line (or by a state or local

government entity acting on behalf of

such user) regarding cessation of service

over the line either is pending with the

Commission or with any U.S. District

Court or has been decided in favor of

the complainant within the 2-year

period; and (4) the requirements at 49

CFR 1105.7 (environmental report), 49

CFR 1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR

1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to

governmental agencies) have been met.

As a condition to use of this

exemption, any employee adversely

affected by the abandonment shall be

protected under Oregon Short Line R.

Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C.

91 (1979). To address whether this

condition adequately protects affected

employees, a petition for partial

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10505(d)

must be filed.

Provided no formal expression of

intent to file an offer of financial

assistance (OFA) has been received, this

exemption will be effective on February

3, 1996, unless stayed pending

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do

not involve environmental issues,1

formal expressions of intent to file an

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and

trail use/rail banking requests under 49

CFR 1152.29 3 must be filed by January

16, 1996. Petitions to reopen or requests

for public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by January 24,

1996, with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Interstate Commerce

Commission, 1201 Constitution Ave.,

N.W., Washington, DC 20423.4

A copy of any pleading filed with the

Commission should be sent to

applicant’s representative: Myles L.

Tobin, Illinois Central Railroad

Company, 455 North Cityfront Plaza Dr.,

20th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

IC has filed an environmental report

which addresses the abandonment’s
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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