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license to practice the invention

protected by U.S. Patent Application

entitled ‘‘Environmentally-Friendly

Anti-Icing and Deicing Fluid,’’ NASA

Case No. ARC–12,069–1, which was

filed on January 23, 1995, and assigned

to the United States of America as

represented by the Administrator of the

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration. Written objections to

the prospective grant of a license should

be sent to Mr. Ken Warsh, Patent

Counsel, Ames Research Center.

DATES: Responses to this Notice must be

received by April 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Ken Warsh, Patent Counsel, Ames

Research Center, Mail Code 202A–3,

Moffett Field, CA 94035; telephone

(415) 604–1592.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

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[Notice 96–007]

Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of prospective patent

license.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that Laser Technology, Inc. of

Norristown, Pennsylvania, has applied

for an exclusive license to practice the

invention described and claim in a

pending U.S. Patent Application

entitled ‘‘Apparatus and Method for

High Speed Characterization of

Surfaces,’’ which is assigned to the

United States of America as represented

by the Administrator of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Written objections to the prospective

grant of the license to Laser Technology

should be sent to Beth Vrioni, John F.

Kennedy Space Center, Mail Code DE–

TPO, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899.

DATES: Responses to this Notice must be

received within 60 days from date of

publication in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beth Vrioni at (407) 867–2780.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

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[Notice 96–006]

Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Prospective Patent

License.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that UE Systems Inc. of Elmsford, New

York, has applied for an exclusive

license to practice the invention

described and claimed in a pending U.S.

Patent Application, entitled ‘‘Ultrasonic

Leak Detection System’’, which is

assigned to the United States of America

as represented by the Administrator of

the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration. Written objections to

the prospective grant of a license to UE

Systems Inc. should be sent to Beth

Vrioni, John F. Kennedy Space Center,

Mail Code DE–TPO, Kennedy Space

Center, FL 32899.

DATES: Responses to this Notice must be

received by April 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beth Vrioni at (407) 867–2780.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 96–1755 Filed 1–29–96; 8:45 am]

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[Notice (96–004)]

Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that VISTA Automation Systems, Inc.,

of Frederick, Maryland 21702 has

requested an exclusive license to

practice the inventions protected by

U.S. Patent Application Numbers 08/

416,598, entitled ‘‘THIN-LAYER

COMPOSITE-UNIMORPH

PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVER AND

SENSOR, ‘‘THUNDER,’’ for which a

U.S. Patent was applied for on April 4,

1995; 60/003,633 entitled ‘‘METHODS

OF FORMING A COMPOSITE

COATING WITH PARTICLE

MATERIALS/READILY DISPERSED IN

A SPRAYABLE POLYMIDE

SOLUTION,’’ which was applied for on

September 12, 1995; 08/359,752 entitled

TOUGH, SOLUBLE, AROMATIC,

THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYIMIDES,’’

which was applied for on December 16,

1994; and 08/444,185 entitled

‘‘PROCESS FOR PREPARING TOUGH,

SOLUBLE, THERMOPLASTIC

COPOLYMIDES’’ which was applied for

on May 18, 1995, all by the United

States of America as represented by the

Administrator of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Written objections to the prospective

grant of a license should be sent to Mr.

George F. Helfrich, Patent Counsel,

Langley Research Center.

DATES: Responses to this Notice must be

received by April 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. George F. Helfrich, Patent Counsel,

Langley Research Center, Mail Code

212, Hampton, VA 23681–0001;

telephone (804) 864–3521.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40–3453]

Atlas Corporation; Draft Environmental

Impact Statement

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC), in cooperation with

the National Park Service (NPS), U.S.

Department of Interior, has published a

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) regarding the proposed

reclamation by Atlas Corporation (Atlas)

of an existing uranium mill tailings pile

near Moab, Utah. This DEIS describes

and evaluates the potential

environmental impacts of approving

Atlas’ request to amend its existing NRC

License No. SUA–917 to reclaim the

tailings pile in place. Based on the

evaluations in this DEIS, the NRC staff’s

preliminary conclusion is that the Atlas

proposal is acceptable with respect to

environmental costs and benefits.

The NRC has also published a Draft

Technical Evaluation Report (DTER)

evaluating the proposed reclamation

with respect to appropriate NRC safety

regulations, primarily Appendix A of 10

CFR, Part 40. Until and unless open

issues identified in geology, seismology,

geotechnical engineering, erosion

protection, water resources protection,

and radon attenuation are adequately

resolved, NRC will not approve the

proposed reclamation plan.

DATES: A public meeting on the DEIS

and DTER will be held at Star Hall in

Moab, Utah, on Wednesday, February

28, 1996, at 6:30 in the evening. Written

comments on either document should

be received at the address listed below
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within 60 days from the date of this

notice.

ADDRESSES: A free single copy of the

DEIS (NUREG–1531) and DTER

(NUREG–1532) may be requested by

those considering public comment by

writing to the NRC Publications Section,

ATTN: Superintendent of Documents,

U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O.

Box 37082, Washington, DC 20013–

7082. A copy of each document is also

available for inspection and/or copying

in the NRC Public Document Room,

2120 L St. NW, Washington, DC.

Any interested party may submit

comments on these documents for

consideration by the staff. Consistent

with its past commitments, NRC is

extending the comment period 15 days

beyond the required minimum of 45

days. To be certain of consideration,

comments on these reports must be

received within 60 days from the date

of this notice. Comments received after

the due date will be considered to the

extent practical. Comments on either

document should be sent to Chief, HighLevel Waste and Uranium Recovery

Projects Branch, Mail Stop TWFN 7–J9,

Division of Waste Management, Office

of Nuclear Material Safety and

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Myron Fliegel, High-Level Waste and

Uranium Recovery Projects Branch,

Mail Stop TWFN 7–J9, Division of

Waste Management, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555. Telephone 301/

415–6629.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC,

in cooperation with the NPS, has

prepared a DEIS regarding the

administrative action of approving an

amendment to Atlas’ NRC license

authorizing reclamation of uranium mill

tailings at the existing site near Moab,

Utah. The uranium mill no longer

operates and is currently being

dismantled. The nearby 9.52-millionmetric-ton (10.5-million-ton), 52.6–ha

(130-acre), uranium mill tailings pile

needs to be stabilized for long-term

disposal. The DEIS describes the

evaluation concerning (1) the purpose of

and need for the proposed action,

evaluated under NEPA and the agencies’

implementing regulations, (2)

alternatives considered, (3) existing

environmental conditions, and (4)

environmental consequences of the

proposed action and proposed

mitigating measures.

Three alternatives were evaluated.

Atlas’ proposal (Alternative 1) is to

reclaim the tailings pile for permanent

disposal and long-term custodial care by

a government agency in its current

location near Moab, prepare the 162-ha

(400-acre) site for closure, and depart

the site after having its NRC license

terminated.

Under Alternative 2, Atlas would

transport all of the tailings and other

contaminated material to an alternate

site. The DEIS considers the Plateau

site, located approximately 29 km (18

mi) northwest of Moab, as the primary

alternate site. The DEIS considers

several alternatives for transporting the

tailings to the alternate site.

Under the no-action alternative

(Alternative 3), the NRC would make no

licensing decision, and Atlas would

cease operations involving management

of the tailings. Because this alternative

would not comply with regulations and

is not environmentally acceptable, it is

not evaluated in detail in this DEIS.

As documented in the DEIS, the

NRC’s preliminary conclusion is that

Atlas’ proposal (reclamation on site) is

acceptable with respect to

environmental costs and benefits.

Alternative 2 (transport to and

stabilization at an alternate site) would

result in some advantages (primarily by

freeing the current site near the

Colorado River for other uses and

eliminating the potential for impacts to

the Colorado River) and disadvantages

(primarily related to the transport of

tailings to a new site and the longer

period of construction) compared to

Alternative 1. Alternative 2 would be

considerably more expensive than

Alternative 1.

The NRC has also prepared a DTER

that evaluates Atlas’ proposed

reclamation of the uranium mill tailings

with respect to NRC safety regulations.

NRC regulations applicable to

reclamation of uranium tailings are

primarily in Part 40 of 10 CFR, with

specific technical criteria appearing in

Appendix A. The DTER is organized by

the technical disciplines involved in the

assessment of the proposed reclamation,

but also provides a criterion by criterion

evaluation of Atlas’ proposed

reclamation with respect to Appendix

A. The NRC review identified 20 issues

in geology, seismology, geotechnical

engineering, erosion protection, water

resources protection, and radon

attenuation that preclude the NRC from

concluding that the applicable

regulations would be met under Atlas’

proposed reclamation. Atlas can provide

further information to try to resolve

these issues.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day

of January 1996.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Joseph J. Holonich,

Chief, High-Level Waste and Uranium

Recovery Projects Branch, Division of Waste

Management, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards.

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Consideration of Valve Mispositioning

in Pressurized-Water Reactors; Issued

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of issuance.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) has issued Generic

Letter 89–10, Supplement 7 to notify

licensees of nuclear power reactors that

the NRC is removing the

recommendation that motor operated

valve (MOV) mispositioning be

considered by pressurized-water reactor

licensees in responding to Generic

Letter 89–10, ‘‘Safety-Related MotorOperated Valve Testing and

Surveillance,’’ as was done for boilingwater reactor licensees in Supplement 4.

Although this generic letter supplement

forwards a new NRC position, no

specific action or written response is

required. This generic letter is available

in the Public Document Rooms under

accession number 9601190442.

DATES: The generic letter was issued on

January 24, 1996.

ADDRESSEES: Not applicable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David C. Fischer at (301) 415–2728.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day

of January, 1996.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Dennis M. Crutchfield,

Director, Division of Reactor Program

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 96–1682 Filed 1–29–96; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. 50–322]

Long Island Power Authority—

Shoreham Nuclear Power Station;

Closing of Local Public Document

Room

Notice is hereby given that the

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

is closing the local public document

room (LPDR) for records pertaining to

the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)

Shoreham Nuclear Power Station

located at the Shoreham-Wading River

Public Library, Shoreham, New York.