27108 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 105 / Thursday, May 30, 1996 / Notices

[Docket No. 55–21849–EA; ASLBP No. 96–

716–04–EA]

Emerick S. McDaniel; Establishment of

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

Pursuant to delegation by the

Commission dated December 29, 1972,

published in the Federal Register, 37 FR

28710 (1972), and Sections 2.105, 2.700,

2.702, 2.714, 2.714a, 2.717, 2.721, and

2.772(j) of the Commission’s

Regulations, all as amended, an Atomic

Safety and Licensing Board is being

established to preside over the following

proceeding.

Emerick S. McDaniel

Denial of Reactor Operator’s License

Application

This Board is being established as a

result of an April 4, 1996 letter from

NRC staff sustaining a denial of Mr.

McDaniel’s reactor operator’s license

application. The petitioner, Emerick S.

McDaniel, requests a hearing in

accordance with 10 C.F.R. § 2.103(b)(2).

The Board is comprised of the

following administrative judges:

B. Paul Cotter, Jr., Chairman, Atomic

Safety and Licensing Board Panel,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20555

Peter S. Lam, Atomic Safety and

Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20555

Peter A. Morris, 10825 South Glen Road,

Potomac, MD 20854

All correspondence, documents and

other materials shall be filed with the

Judges in accordance with 10 CFR

§ 2.701.

Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd

day of May 1996.

B. Paul Cotter, Jr.,

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety

and Licensing Board Panel.

[FR Doc. 96–13512 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

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Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste; Notice of Meeting

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste (ACNW) will hold its 84th

meeting on June 25–27, 1996, Room T–

2B3, at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland. The date of this meeting was

previously published in the Federal

Register on Wednesday, December 6,

1995 (60 FR 62485).

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The agenda for this meeting shall be

as follows:

Tuesday, June 25, 1996—8:30 A.M. until

6:00 P.M.

Wednesday, June 26, 1996—8:30 A.M.

until 6:00 P.M.

Thursday, June 27, 1996—8:30 A.M.

until 4:00 P.M.

During this meeting, the Committee

plans to consider the following:

A. Total System Performance

Assessment 1995—The Committee will

review comments from the NRC staff on

the Department of Energy’s Total

System Performance Assessment 1995.

Participation by the staffs of both DOE

and NRC is anticipated.

B. Meeting with the Director, NRC’s

Division of Waste Management, Office

of Nuclear Materials Safety and

Safeguards—The Director will discuss

items of current interest related to the

Division of Waste Management

programs which may include: progress

at the Yucca Mountain site, the status of

EPA’s Yucca Mountain standards and

NRC’s high-level waste regulations, and

the status of NRC draft technical

guidance on expert elicitation.

C. Preparation of ACNW Reports—

The Committee will discuss proposed

reports, including: timeframes for

regulatory concern, the use of expert

elicitation, elements of an adequate lowlevel waste program, Committee

priorities and task action plans, and

biological effects from low-levels of

ionizing radiation. The Committee may

also prepare reports on topics discussed

during this meeting.

D. Meeting with the NRC

Commissioners—The Committee will

discuss items of mutual interest with

the Commissioners. Potential topics

include: Issues and NRC activities

associated with the National Research

Council’s Report, ‘‘Technical Bases for

Yucca Mountain Standards,’’ ACNW

comments on High-Level Waste

Prelicensing Program Strategy and Key

Technical Issues, ACNW Priority Issues,

health effects of low-levels of ionizing

radiation, timespan for compliance of

the proposed high-level waste

repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada,

and the use of expert judgment in

nuclear waste licensing.

E. Discussions with Dr. Dade Moeller,

Moeller and Associates, Inc.—The

Committee will discuss several topics of

interest to the ACNW with Dr. Moeller

including: the open market trading rule

which would allow the operator of a

facility that is releasing contaminants

into the environment the option of

reducing its own discharges or those of

other sources in the same geographical

area, the use of the linear-no-threshold

model of response to doses of ionizing

radiation, and defining a critical group

to predict the anticipated effects of a

waste repository.

F. DOE’s Program Plan—The

Committee will meet with

representatives of the Department of

Energy and the NRC staff to review

DOE’s current program for developing a

high-level waste repository.

G. Specification of Critical Group and

Reference Biosphere—The Committee

will review options under consideration

for specifying the critical group and

reference biosphere to be used in a

performance assessment of a nuclear

waste disposal facility.

H. Time of Compliance in Low-Level

Waste Disposal—The Committee will

discuss options for setting a regulatory

time of compliance for a low-level waste

disposal facility. Participants may

include representatives of the NRC staff,

the DOE, and individual states.

I. Committee Activities/Future

Agenda—The Committee will consider

topics proposed for future consideration

by the full Committee and Working

Groups. The Committee will discuss

ACNW-related activities of individual

members.

J. Miscellaneous—The Committee will

discuss miscellaneous matters related to

the conduct of Committee activities and

organizational activities and complete

discussion of matters and specific issues

that were not completed during

previous meetings, as time and

availability of information permit.

Procedures for the conduct of and

participation in ACNW meetings were

published in the Federal Register on

September 27, 1995 (60 FR 49924). In

accordance with these procedures, oral

or written statements may be presented

by members of the public, electronic

recordings will be permitted only

during those portions of the meeting

that are open to the public, and

questions may be asked only by

members of the Committee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch, Mr.

Richard K. Major, as far in advance as

practicable so that appropriate

arrangements can be made to allow the

necessary time during the meeting for

such statements. Use of still, motion

picture, and television cameras during

this meeting may be limited to selected

portions of the meeting as determined

by the ACNW Chairman. Information

regarding the time to be set aside for this

purpose may be obtained by contacting

the Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch prior to

the meeting. In view of the possibility

that the schedule for ACNW meetings

may be adjusted by the Chairman as

necessary to facilitate the conduct of the

meeting, persons planning to attend

should check with Mr. Major if such
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rescheduling would result in major

inconvenience.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been cancelled or rescheduled, the

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the

opportunity to present oral statements

and the time allotted therefor can be

obtained by contacting Mr. Richard K.

Major, Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch

(telephone 301/415–7366), between 8:00

A.M. and 5:00 P.M. EDT.

ACNW meeting notices, meeting

transcripts, and letter reports are now

available on FedWorld from the ‘‘NRC

MAIN MENU.’’ Direct Dial Access

number to FedWorld is (800) 303–9672;

the local direct dial number is 703–321–

3339.

Dated: May 23, 1996.

Andrew L. Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–13513 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards; Subcommittee Meeting on

Planning and Procedures; Notice of

Meeting

The ACRS Subcommittee on Planning

and Procedures will hold a meeting on

June 11, 1996, Room T–2B1, 11545

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance, with the exception of

a portion that may be closed pursuant

to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (2) and (6) to discuss

organizational and personnel matters

that relate solely to internal personnel

rules and practices of ACRS, and

matters the release of which would

constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows:

Tuesday, June 11, 1996—1:30 p.m. until 3:30

p.m.

The Subcommittee will discuss

proposed ACRS activities and related

matters. It may also discuss the status of

appointment of members to the ACRS.

The purpose of this meeting is to gather

information, analyze relevant issues and

facts, and to formulate proposed

positions and actions, as appropriate,

for deliberation by the full Committee.

Oral statements may be presented by

members of the public with the

concurrence of the Subcommittee

Chairman; written statements will be

accepted and made available to the

Committee. Electronic recordings will

be permitted only during those portions

of the meeting that are open to the

public, and questions may be asked only

by members of the Subcommittee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the cognizant ACRS staff person named

below five days prior to the meeting, if

possible, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, the scheduling of

sessions open to the public, whether the

meeting has been cancelled or

rescheduled, the Chairman’s ruling on

requests for the opportunity to present

oral statements, and the time allotted

therefor can be obtained by contacting

the cognizant ACRS staff person, Dr.

John T. Larkins (telephone: 301/415–

7360) between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.

(EDT). Persons planning to attend this

meeting are urged to contact the above

named individual one or two working

days prior to the meeting to be advised

of any changes in schedule, etc., that

may have occurred.

Dated: May 23, 1996

Sam Duraiswamy,

Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.

[FR Doc. 96–13511 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND

BUDGET

Information Collection Activity Under

OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of Management and

Budget.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as

amended (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this

notice requests further comment on the

following proposed information

collection contained in the revision to

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles

for Educational Institutions,’’ published

in the Federal Register on May 8, 1996

(61 FR 20880).

The information collection request

involves a submission of the Cost

Accounting Standards Board’s (CASB)

Disclosure Statement (DS–2) by

educational institutions receiving more

than $25 million in Federal sponsored

agreements. Circular A–21’s information

collection requirement covers

approximately 20 additional

educational institutions than those

subject to CASB’s regulatory

requirement for filing the DS–2,

pursuant to Public Law 100–679, which

was previously approved and assigned

OMB control number 0348–0055 (which

expires August 31, 1997).

OMB estimates that the preparation of

the DS–2 will take 120 hours to

complete.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information or a copy of the

revision, contact Gilbert Tran, Office of

Federal Financial Management, OMB

(telephone: 202–395–3993).

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent by July 29, 1996 to: Gilbert Tran,

Office of Federal Financial

Management, OMB, Room 6025, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

John B. Arthur,

Associate Director for Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–13533 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Upon written request, copies available

from: Securities and Exchange Commission,

Office of Filings and Information Services,

Washington, DC 20549.

Extension:

Rule 11Ab2–1 and Form SIP; SEC File No.

270–23; OMB Control No. 3235–0043.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. §§ 3501 et seq.), the

Securities and Exchange Commission

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

requests for approval of extension on

the following rule and form: Rule

11Ab2–1 and Form SIP.

Rule 11Ab2–1 and Form SIP establish

the procedures by which a Securities

Information Processor (‘‘SIP’’) files and

amends its SIP registration form. The

information filed with the Commission

pursuant to Rule 11Ab2–1 and Form SIP

is designed to provide the Commission

with the information necessary to make

the required findings under the Act

before granting the SIP’s application for

registration. In addition, the

requirement that a SIP file an

amendment to correct any inaccurate

information is designed to assure that

the Commission has current, accurate

information with respect to the SIP.

This information is also made available

to members of the public.

Only exclusive SIPs are required to

register with the Commission. An

exclusive SIP is a SIP which engages on

an exclusive basis on behalf of any

national securities exchange or

registered securities association, or any

national securities exchange or