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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment specifically

addresses those physical, biological, and

social environmental factors and

considerations that either affect or are

affected by the construction and

operation of a wastewater treatment

facility at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

Three alternatives are considered:

continuation of current practices;

extension of the wastwater outfall pipe

into McMurdo Sound; and construction

and operation of a wastewate treatment

facility. In the third alternative, primary,

secondary, and tertiary wastewater

treatment is considered along with

disinfection of wastewater and sludge

storage and disposal. The environmental

effects of each alternative are compared

among alternatives. A preferred

alternative is not identified.

Dated: May 22, 1996.

Carol A. Roberts,

Deputy Director, Office of Polar Programs,

National Science Foundation.

[FR Doc. 96–13581 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Documents Containing Reporting or

Recordkeeping Requirements: Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

Review

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of

information collection and solicitation

of public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently

submitted to OMB for review the

following proposal for the collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

1. Type of submission, new, revision,

or extension: Revision.

2. The title of the information

collection: ‘‘Codes and Standards for

Nuclear Power Plants; Subsection IWE

and Subsection IWL.’’

3. The form number if applicable: Not

applicable.

4. How often the collection is

required: The American Society of

Mechanical Engineers Boiler and

Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code)

requires that inspection results be

submitted to the regulatory and

enforcement authorities having

jurisdiction at the plant site. The final

rule has eliminated the requirement to

submit those reports to the NRC.

Instead, the records are to be retained by

the licensee to be made available to the

NRC in the event of an NRC audit.

However, if an examination reveals

degradation to the extent that the

structural integrity of the containment

could be affected, a report must be

submitted to the NRC. A one-time

notification of commitment to the

containment inservice inspection

program would be submitted prior to

implementation.

5. Who will be required or asked to

report: Nuclear power plant licensees.

6. An estimate of the number of

responses: Each of the 109 nuclear

power plant licensees will be required

to develop a containment inservice

inspection (ISI) program in accordance

with the ASME Code requirements, and

submit a notification of commitment to

the program within five years from the

effective date of the rule (one-time

submittal). Once the program has been

implemented, and all licensees have

performed the expedited containment

ISI, subsequent containment ISI would

be performed in accordance with the

regularly scheduled ISI of each 10-year

ISI interval. Approximately 12 licensees

a year would be performing

containment ISI and documenting the

results. It is estimated that four of those

licensees will detect containment

degradation that will require them to

report to the NRC the extent of

degradation and corrective actions.

7. The estimated number of annual

respondents: Once the containment ISI

program plan has been implemented,

the number of annual respondents is

estimated to be four.

8. An estimate of the total number of

hours needed annually to complete the

requirement or request: 116,554 hours

over the first four years, of which

109,000 hours is a one-time

implementation burden; and a recurring

burden thereafter of 9,768 hours (814

hours for each of 12 licensees).

9. An indication of whether Section

3507(d), Pub. L. 104–13 applies:

Applicable.

10. Abstract: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is amending its

regulations to incorporate by reference

the 1992 Edition with the 1992

Addenda of Subsection IWE,

‘‘Requirements for Class MC and

Metallic Liners of Class CC Components

of Light-Water Cooled Power Plants,’’

and Subsection IWL, ‘‘Requirements for

Class CC Concrete Components of LightWater Cooled Power Plants,’’ of Section

XI, Division 1, of the American Society

of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and

Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code) with

specified modifications and a limitation.

Subsection IWE of the ASME Code

provides rules for inservice inspection,

repair, and replacement of Class MC

pressure retaining components and their

integral attachments and of metallic

shell and penetration liners of Class CC

pressure retaining components and their

integral attachments in light-water

cooled power plants. Subsection IWL of

the ASME Code provides rules for

inservice inspection and repair of the

reinforced concrete and the posttensioning systems of Class CC

components. Provisions have been

included to prevent unnecessary

duplication of examinations between

the expedited examination and the

routine 120-month ISI examinations.

Subsection IWE and Subsection IWL

have not been previously incorporated

by reference into the NRC regulations.

This final amendment will specify

requirements to assure that the critical

areas of containments are routinely

inspected to detect defects that could

compromise a containment’s pressureretaining integrity.

Submit, by July 1, 1996, comments

that address the following questions:

1. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the NRC to

properly perform its functions? Does the

information have practical utility?

2. Is the burden estimate accurate?

3. Is there a way to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

4. How can the burden of the

information collection be minimized,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

A copy of the submittal may be

viewed free of charge at the NRC Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,

(lower level), Washington, DC. Members

of the public who are in the

Washington, DC, area can access this

document via modem on the Public

Document Room Bulletin Board (NRC’s

Advanced Copy Document Library),

NRC subsystem at FedWorld, 703–321–

3339. Members of the public who are

located outside of the Washington, DC,

area can dial FedWorld, 1–800–303–

9672, or use the FedWorld Internet

address: fedworld.gov (Telnet). The

document will be available on the

bulletin board for 30 days after the

signature date this notice. If assistance

is needed in accessing the document,

please contact the FedWorld help desk

at 703–487–4608. Additional assistance

in locating the document is available

from the NRC Public Document Room,

nationally at 1–800–397–4209, or within

the Washington, DC, area at 202–634–

3273.

Comments and questions should be

directed to the OMB reviewer by July 1,

1996: Peter Francis, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs
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(3150–0011), NEOB–10202, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington,

DC 20503.

Comments can also be submitted by

telephone at (202) 395–3084.

The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda

Jo. Shelton, (301) 415–7233.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day

of May, 1996.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Gerald F. Cranford,

Designated Senior Official for Information

Resources Management.

[FR Doc. 96–13514 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

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[Docket Nos. 50–325 and 50–324]

Carolina Power & Light Company;

Notice of Withdrawal of Application for

Amendment to Facility Operating

License

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) has

granted the request of Carolina Power &

Light Company (the licensee) to

withdraw its December 29, 1992,

application for proposed amendment to

Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–71

and DPR–62 for the Brunswick Steam

Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2, located in

Brunswick County, North Carolina.

The proposed amendment would

have revised the Type A test acceptance

criterion for the as found containment

integration leakage rate from 0.75 La to

1.0 La (and 0.75 Lt to 1.0 Lt) that

represents the maximum allowable

containment leakage rate.

The Commission had previously

issued a Notice of Consideration of

Issuance of Amendment published in

the Federal Register on June 23, 1993,

(58 FR 34070). However, by letter dated

January 30, 1995, the licensee withdrew

the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application for

amendment dated December 29, 1992,

and the licensee’s letter dated January

30, 1995, which withdrew the

application for license amendment. The

above 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

University of North Carolina at

Wilmington, William Madison Randall

Library, 601 S. College Road,

Wilmington, North Carolina 28403–

3297.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day

of May 1996.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda L. Mozafari,

Project Manager, Project Directorate II–1,

Division of Reactor Projects—I/II, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 96–13516 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. 030–03368; License No. 46–

02645–03; EA 96–004]

Department of the Army, Madigan

Army Medical Center, Tacoma,

Washington; Order Imposing Civil

Monetary Penalty

I

Madigan Army Medical Center

(MAMC, Licensee) is the holder of NRC

Materials License No. 46–02645–03,

first issued by the Atomic Energy

Commission on May 12, 1960. The

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC

or Commission) issued its first license

amendment to MAMC on May 26, 1977.

The license authorizes the Licensee to

possess byproduct material of various

types and to use such material in

implementing a nuclear medicine

program in accordance with the

conditions specified therein.

II

An inspection and investigation of the

Licensee’s activities were conducted

June 6 through December 21, 1995,

following the Licensee’s report of

medical misadministrations that were

discovered in June 1995. The results of

the inspection and investigation,

documented in a report issued on

January 5, 1996, NRC Inspection Report

No. 030–03368/95–01 and Investigation

Report 4–95–027, indicated that the

Licensee had not conducted its

activities in full compliance with NRC

requirements. A predecisional

enforcement conference was conducted

on January 18, 1996, at the Licensee’s

facility. A written Notice of Violation

and Proposed Imposition of Civil

Penalty (Notice) in the amount of $8,000

was served upon the Licensee by letter

dated February 22, 1996. The Notice

described the nature of the violations,

the provisions of the NRC’s

requirements that the Licensee had

violated, and the amount of the civil

penalty proposed for the violations.

The Licensee responded to the Notice

in two letters both dated March 21, 1996

(Reply to a Notice of Violation and

Answer to a Notice of Violation). In its

responses, the Licensee admitted the

violations but requested mitigation of

the proposed civil penalty based on

actions taken by the Madigan Army

Medical Center (MAMC) to identify and

correct the violations.

III

After consideration of the Licensee’s

response and the statements of fact,

explanation, and argument for

mitigation contained therein, the NRC

staff has determined, as set forth in the

Appendix to this Order, that the

violations occurred as described in the

Notice, and that the penalty proposed

for the violations should be imposed.

IV

In view of the foregoing and pursuant

to Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act

of 1954, as amended (Act), 42 U.S.C.

2282, and 10 CFR 2.205, it is hereby

ordered that:

The Licensee pay a civil penalty in

the amount of $8,000 within 30 days of

the date of this Order, by check, draft,

money order, or electronic transfer,

payable to the Treasurer of the United

States and mailed to James Lieberman,

Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852–2738.

V

The Licensee may request a hearing

within 30 days of the date of this Order.

Where good cause is shown,

consideration will be given to extending

the time to request a hearing. A request

for extension of time must be made in

writing to the Director, Office of

Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555,

and include a statement of good cause

for the extension. A request for a

hearing should be clearly marked as a

‘‘Request for an Enforcement Hearing’’

and shall be addressed to the Director,

Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20555, with a copy to the

Commission’s Document Control Desk,

Washington, D.C. 20555. Copies also

shall be sent to the Assistant General

Counsel for Hearings and Enforcement

at the same address and to the Regional

Administrator, NRC Region IV, 611

Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington,

Texas 76011.

If a hearing is requested, the

Commission will issue an Order

designating the time and place of the

hearing. If the Licensee fails to request

a hearing within 30 days of the date of

this Order (or if written approval of an

extension of time in which to request a

hearing has not been granted), the

provisions of this Order shall be

effective without further proceedings. If

payment has not been made by that