Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 126 / Friday, June 28, 1996 / Notices 33783

Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards; Meeting of the ACRS

Subcommittee on Westinghouse

Standard Plant Designs; Notice of

Meeting

The ACRS Subcommittee on

Westinghouse Standard Plant Designs

will hold a meeting on July 19, 1996,

Room T–2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance with the exception of

a portion that may be closed to discuss

Westinghouse proprietary information

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows:

Friday, July 19, 1996—8:30 a.m. until

the conclusion of business

The Subcommittee will discuss

SECY–96–128, ‘‘Policy and Key

Technical Issues Pertaining to the

Westinghouse AP600 Standardized

Passive Reactor Design,’’ dated June 12,

1996, which contains proposed staff

positions on three policy issues:

Prevention and Mitigation of Severe

Accidents, Post-72-Hour Actions, and

External Reactor Vessel Cooling, as well

as the status of resolution of seven key

technical issues. 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 engineer

named below five days prior to the

meeting, if possible, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

During the initial portion of the

meeting, the Subcommittee, along with

any of its consultants who may be

present, may exchange preliminary

views regarding matters to be

considered during the balance of the

meeting.

The Subcommittee will then hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the NRC staff,

Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and

other interested persons regarding this

review.

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 the cognizant

ACRS staff engineer, Mr. Noel F. Dudley

(telephone 301/415–6888) 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

potential changes to the agenda, etc.,

that may have occurred.

Dated: June 24, 1996.

Sam Duraiswamy,

Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.

[FR Doc. 96–16552 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards, Joint Meeting of the ACRS

Subcommittees on Probabilistic Risk

Assessment and on Plant Operations

The ACRS Subcommittees on

Probabilistic Risk Assessment and on

Plant Operations will hold a joint

meeting on July 17–18, 1996, Room T–

2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows:

Wednesday, July 17, 1996—8:30 a.m.

until the conclusion of business

The Subcommittees will discuss riskbased analysis of reactor operating

experience.

Thursday, July 18, 1996—8:30 a.m. until

the conclusion of business

The Subcommittees will discuss the

issues identified in the Staff

Requirements Memoranda dated May 15

and June 11, 1996, including the role of

performance-based regulation in the

PRA Implementation Plan, plantspecific application of safety goals,

requirement for risk neutrality versus

the allowance for an acceptable increase

in risk, risk-informed inservice testing

(IST) and inservice inspection (ISI)

requirements, and methods for judging

the acceptability and unacceptability of

assumptions and models used in

performing PRAs. The Subcommittees

will also discuss the pilot applications

for risk-informed and performancebased regulations. 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 Subcommittees, their

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the cognizant ACRS staff engineer

named below five days prior to the

meeting, if possible, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

During the initial portion of the

meeting, the Subcommittees, along with

any of their consultants who may be

present, may exchange preliminary

views regarding matters to be

considered during the balance of the

meeting.

The Subcommittees will then hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the NRC staff, its

consultants, representatives of the

Nuclear Energy Institute, and other

interested persons regarding this review.

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 the cognizant

ACRS staff engineer, Mr. Michael T.

Markley (telephone 301/415–6885)

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

potential changes to the agenda, etc.,

that may have occurred.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

Sam Duraiswamy,

Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.

[FR Doc. 96–16553 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice of Vote

to Amend Agenda

At the June 3, 1996, meeting of the

Board of Governors, noticed in the

Federal Register on May 14, 1996 (61

FR 24341), and May 23, 1996, (61 FR

25928), the members voted

unanimously to add to its agenda

consideration of an officer change and

officers’ compensation, and that no

earlier public announcement of the new

item on the agenda was possible.

The Board determined that discussion

of the matters would likely disclose

information relating to internal

personnel practices.