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lighting as required by Section III.J of

Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50.

Valves AFW–1 and AFW–104 are

located in fire zone 33 at the bottom of

the condensate storage tank (CST).

Failure to manually isolate valves

AFW–1 and AFW–104 could result in

overfilling the CST with service water

after switchover of the AFW cooling

source from the CST to the service water

system. These AFW valves are located

in outdoor areas within the protected

area and are provided with lighting from

the security lighting system. However,

the licensee may need to manually

operate these valves during the hours of

darkness. Because the security lighting

system is also backed by a standby

diesel generator, the licensee would like

to rely on the security lighting system

with its standby diesel generator as an

acceptable alternative fire protection

configuration equivalent to that

achieved by conformance with the

requirements of 10 CFR Part 50,

Appendix R, Section III.J.

Valve IA–297 is located in an outdoor

area within the protected area near the

southeast corner of the turbine

mezzanine in fire zone 25 next to the

steam dump accumulator. The HBR safe

shutdown analysis takes credit for the

availability of the main steam safety

valves. The use of the nitrogen backup

to the main steam power-operated relief

valves is a contingency evolution for

coping with a fire in the charging pump

room. The licensee has already

committed to provide emergency

lighting with at least an 8-hour battery

power supply for the main steam

isolation and relief valve area, also in

the southeast corner of the turbine

building mezzanine. The licensee would

rely on that planned emergency lighting

in the vicinity of IA–197 as well as the

security lighting system with its backup

diesel generator to ensure the light

necessary to take the actions described

by the licensee.

The manual actions would be limited

to operating valves AFW–1, AFW–104,

and IA–297 over their full travel, with

no requirement to partially open or

close a valve, by relying on instruments,

or other means, to determine valve

travel.

In the licensee’s submittal of

September 29, 1995, the licensee

confirmed that a walkdown was

conducted in the areas for which the

exemption was requested. With the

normal lighting turned off, the light

provided solely by the security lighting

system was adequate for access and

egress to, and operation of, valves

AFW–1, AFW–104, and IA–297. During

a telephone conference call on

December 1, 1995, the licensee

confirmed that postulated fires requiring

the operators to travel to and operate

valves AFW–1, AFW–104, and IA–297

would not affect the security lighting

system. In addition, the security lighting

system is backed by a standby diesel

generator that has been very reliable;

records indicate only two failures in 250

surveillance starts. However, none of

the failures were failures to start but,

rather, failures to come up to rated

speed within the prescribed time of 10

seconds. Should the diesel fail to start,

procedure OP–926, ‘‘TSC/ EOF/ PAT

Diesel Generator,’’ provides instruction

for manually starting the diesel, and

such an action would be initiated by a

call to the control room operators.

Therefore, in the event of a fire that

requires manual operation of valves

AFW–1, AFW–104, and IA–297, or in

the event of a loss of offsite power, there

is reasonable assurance that the security

lighting system will be available and

will provide the light necessary to take

the actions described above.

On the basis of this evaluation, the

NRC staff has concluded that the use of

the diesel-backed security lighting

system will provide an equivalent level

of fire safety to that achieved by

compliance with Section III.J of

Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50 for access

and egress to, and operation of, valves

AFW–1 and AFW–104, located in fire

zone 33, and valve IA–297, located in

fire zone 25.

The Commission, thus, has

determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR

50.12, the exemption requested by the

licensee’s letters dated February 2, 1995,

May 15, 1995, and September 29, 1995,

as discussed above, is authorized by law

and will not endanger life or property

and is otherwise in the public interest.

Furthermore, the Commission has

determined, pursuant to 10 CFR

50.12(a), that special circumstances as

set forth in 10 CFR 50.12(a)(ii) are

present and applicable in that

application of the regulation in these

particular circumstances is not

necessary to achieve the underlying

purpose of the rule.

The Commission hereby grants an

exemption from the technical

requirements of 10 CFR Part 50,

Appendix R, Section III.J, for the use of

the diesel-backed security lighting

system for access and egress to, and

operation of, valves AFW–1 and AFW–

104 and IA–297.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the

Commission has determined that

granting of this exemption will have no

significant effect on the quality of the

human environment (61 FR 6044). This

exemption is effective upon issuance.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day

of June 1996.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Steven A. Varga,

Director, Division of Reactor Projects—I/II,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 96–15017 Filed 6–12–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

[Docket No. 50–219]

GPU Nuclear Corporation; Notice of

Denial of Amendment to Facility

Operating License and Opportunity for

Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) has

denied a request by GPU Nuclear

Corporation, (licensee) for an

amendment to Facility Operating

License No. DPR–16 issued to the

licensee for operation of the Oyster

Creek Nuclear Generating Station,

located in Forked River, New Jersey.

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of

this amendment was published in the

Federal Register on December 7, 1995,

(60 FR 62895).

The purpose of the licensee’s

amendment request was to modify the

License Condition 2.C(5) to utilize a

visual inspection technique in

accordance with the American Society

of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code,

Section XI, and to eliminate the

requirements to docket inspection

results and the need to obtain NRC

restart authorization for each refueling

outage.

The NRC staff has concluded that the

licensee’s request cannot be granted and

has advised the licensee that the

proposed amendment is denied because

the licensee has not provided adequate

justification to resolve the staff’s

concern over the long-term behavior of

the core spray sparger system. The

licensee was notified of the

Commission’s denial of the proposed

change by a letter dated June 7, 1996.

By July 15, 1996, the licensee may

demand a hearing with respect to the

denial described above. Any person

whose interest may be affected by this

proceeding may file a written petition

for leave to intervene.

A request for hearing or petition for

leave to intervene must be filed with the

Secretary of the Commission, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, Attention:

Docketing and Services Branch, or may

be delivered to the Commission’s Public

Document Room, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, by

the above date.

A copy of any petitions should also be

sent to the Office of the General
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Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

and to Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire,

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge,

2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC

20037, attorney for the licensee.

For further details with respect to this

action, see (1) The application for

amendment dated October 26, 1995, and

(2) the Commission’s letter to the

licensee dated June 7, 1996.

These 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 Ocean

County Library, Reference Department,

101 Washington Street, Tom’s River, NJ

08753.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day

of June 1996.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Donald S. Brinkman,

Acting Project Director, Project Directorate

I–2, Division of Reactor Projects—I/II, Office

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 96–15016 Filed 6–12–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting; Washington,

D.C. 20268–0001

NAME OF AGENCY: Postal Rate

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m. on July 9,

1996.

PLACE: Conference Room, 1333 H Street,

NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20268.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Issues in

Docket No. MC96–2, Mail Classification

Schedule, 1996—Classification Reform

II (Nonprofit Mail).

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Margaret P. Crenshaw, Secretary, Postal

Rate Commission, Suite 300, 1333 H

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20268–

0001, Telephone (202) 789–6840.

Margaret P. Crenshaw,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15167 Filed 6–11–96; 12:20 pm]

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB

Review

Summary: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad

Retirement Board has submitted the

following proposal(s) for the collection

of information to the Office of

Management and Budget for review and

approval.

Summary of Proposal(s)

(1) Collection title: Annual Earnings

Questionnaire for Annuitants in Last

Pre-Retirement Non-Railroad

Employment.

(2) Form(s) submitted: G–19L.

(3) OMB Number: 3220–0179.

(4) Expiration date of current OMB

clearance: July 31, 1996.

(5) Type of request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

(6) Respondents: Individuals or

households.

(7) Estimated annual number of

respondents: 6,000.

(8) Total annual responses: 6,000.

(9) Total annual reporting hours:

3,000.

(10) Collection description: Under

Section 2(e)(3) of the Railroad

Retirement Act, an annuity is not

payable or is reduced for any month in

which the beneficiary works for a

railroad or earns more than the

prescribed amounts. The collection

obtains earnings information needed by

the Railroad Retirement Board to

determine possible reductions in

annuities because of LPE earnings.

Additional Information or Comments:

Copies of the form and supporting

documents can be obtained from Chuck

Mierzwa, the agency clearance officer

(312–751–3363). Comments regarding

the information collection should be

addressed to Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad

Retirement Board, 844 North Rush

Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–2092 and

the OMB reviewer, Laura Oliven (202–

395–7316), Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10230, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, D.C.

20503.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–15030 Filed 6–12–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7905–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

The Home Link Corporation; File No.

500–1; Order of Suspension of Trading

June 10, 1996.

It appears to the Securities and

Exchange Commission that there is a

lack of current and accurate information

concerning the securities of The Home

Link Corporation (‘‘Home Link’’) in

documents sent to and statements made

by Home Link and by others to marketmakers of the stock of Home Link, other

broker-dealers, and to investors

concerning, among other things, the

number of shares of common stock of

the company currently outstanding, the

current capitalization of the company,

whether the company is in fact pursuing

a NASDAQ listing, and the future

business prospects of the company.

The commission is of the opinion that

the public interest and the protection of

investors require a suspension of trading

in the securities of the above listed

company.

Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to

Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934, that trading in the above

listed company is suspended for the

period from 9:30 a.m. EDT, June 10,

1996 through 11:59 p.m. EDT, on June

21, 1996.

By the Commission.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15107 Filed 6–10–96; 4:25 pm]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

Sunshine Act Meeting

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the Government in the

Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the

Securities and Exchange Commission

will hold the following meeting during

the week of June 17, 1996.

A closed meeting will be held on

Wednesday, June 19, 1996, at 10:00 a.m.

Commissioners, Counsel to the

Commissioners, the Secretary to the

Commission, and recording secretaries

will attend the closed meeting. Certain

staff members who have an interest in

the matters may also be present.

The General Counsel of the

Commission, or his designee, has

certified that, in his opinion, one or

more of the exemptions set forth in 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), (8), (9)(A) and (10)

and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(4), (8), (9)(i) and

(10), permit consideration of the

scheduled matters at the closed meeting.

Commissioner Wallman, as duty

officer, voted to consider the items

listed for the closed meeting in a closed

session.

The subject matter of the closed

meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June

19, 1996, at 10:00 a.m., will be:

Institution and settlement of administrative

proceedings of an enforcement nature.

Institution and settlement of an injunctive

action.

At times, changes in Commission

priorities require alterations in the

scheduling of meeting items. For further

information and to ascertain what, if

any, matters have been added, deleted

or postponed, please contact: The Office

of the Secretary at (202) 942–7070.