Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 6 / Tuesday, January 9, 2001 / Notices 1701

Panel (CARP), P.O. Box 70977,

Southwest Station, Washington, DC

20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David O. Carson, General Counsel, or

Tanya M. Sandros, Senior Attorney,

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel,

P.O. Box 70977, Southwest Station,

Washington, DC 20024. Telephone:

(202) 707–8380. Telefax: (202) 252–

3423.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since

1995, copyright owners of sound

recordings have enjoyed an exclusive

right to perform publicly their

copyrighted works by means of a digital

audio transmission, subject to certain

limitations. 17 U.S.C. 106(6). Among the

initial limitations placed on the

performance of a sound recording was

the creation of a statutory license for

performances made by nonexempt,

noninteractive, digital subscription

services. 17 U.S.C. 114 (1995).

After receipt of a petition from the

Recording Industry Association of

America (‘‘RIAA’’), the Librarian of

Congress conducted a CARP proceeding

to establish rates and terms for the

statutory license. The eligible

subscription services that participated

in that proceeding were Digital Cable

Radio Associates, Digital Music Express,

Inc. and Muzak, L.P. The Librarian

issued a final determination of rates and

terms, which was appealed by the

RIAA. 63 FR 25394 (May 8, 1998). The

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of

Columbia Circuit affirmed the rates, but

remanded the matter of certain payment

terms to the Library for further

proceedings. Recording Industry Ass’n

of America v. Librarian of Congress, 176

F.3d 528 (D.C. Cir. 1999). The remand

has yet to be resolved.

In 1998, as part of the amendments

made by the Digital Millennium

Copyright Act (‘‘DMCA’’), the section

114 statutory license was expanded, and

a new schedule for rate adjustment

proceedings was established. For

subscription services in existence prior

to passage of the DMCA (defined as

‘‘pre-existing subscription services’’),

and for satellite digital audio radio

services in existence prior to passage of

the DMCA (defined as ‘‘pre-existing

satellite digital audio radio services’’),

the Librarian of Congress is required to

announce a 6-month negotiation period

in the first week of January 2001 for

purposes of promoting settlement of the

terms and rates of the statutory license.

17 U.S.C. 114(f)(1)(C)(i)(II). This notice

fulfills that requirement.

Announcement of Negotiation Period

Pursuant to section 114(f)(1)(C)(i), the

Librarian of Congress is announcing a 6-

month negotiation period for the

settlement of rates and terms for the

statutory license for preexisting

subscription services and preexisting

satellite digital audio radio services. If

the 6-month negotiation period fails to

yield a full settlement, interested parties

must petition the Librarian for a CARP

proceeding during the period

commencing on July 1, 2001, and

ending August 29, 2001. 17 U.S.C.

114(f)(1)(C)(ii)(II).

Request for Notification

In order to facilitate productive

settlement discussions during the

negotiation period, and to facilitate

complete settlement, see 65 FR 10564

(February 20, 2000), it is useful to create

a list of parties that wish to participate

in the negotiation period. The list

should be in a centralized location and

available to the public so that interested

parties may identify each other and

begin their settlement discussions.

Consequently, the Library is requesting

that those parties wishing to participate

in the 6-month negotiation period file

notification with the Copyright Office

by January 31, 2000.

The list compiled by the Copyright

Office is solely for informational

purposes and is on a voluntary basis. In

other words, parties that wish to

participate in the negotiation period are

not required to file notification and may

file notification with the Office at any

time after the January 31, 2001, deadline

up until the end of the negotiation

period. The notification is not a Notice

of Intent to Participate in a CARP

proceeding, because, as provided in 17

U.S.C. 114(f)(1)(B), the Library cannot

begin a CARP proceeding until

petitioned to do so after the end of the

negotiation period. If the Library

receives such a petition, it will call for

Notices of Intent to Participate at a later

date.

Dated: January 4, 2001.

David O. Carson,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–581 Filed 1–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1410–33–P

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice

that the agency has submitted to OMB

for approval the information collection

described in this notice. The public is

invited to comment on the proposed

information collection pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to OMB at the address below

on or before February 8, 2001 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attn: Ms. Brooke Dickson, Desk

Officer for NARA, Washington, DC

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the proposed information

collection and supporting statement

should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm

at telephone number 301–713–6730 or

fax number 301–713–6913.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Public Law 104–13), NARA invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to comment on proposed

information collections. NARA

published a notice of proposed

collection for this information collection

on October 12, 2000 (65 FR 60692 and

60693). No comments were received.

NARA has submitted the described

information collection to OMB for

approval.

In response to this notice, comments

and suggestions should address one or

more of the following points: (a)

Whether the proposed collection

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of NARA;

(b) the accuracy of NARA’s estimate of

the burden of the proposed information

collection; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including the use of

information technology. In this notice,

NARA is soliciting comments

concerning the following information

collection:

Title: Microfilm Publication Order

Form.

OMB number: 3095–NEW.

Agency form number: NATF Form 36.

Type of review: Regular.

Affected public: Business or for-profit,

nonprofit organizations and institutions,

federal, state and local government

agencies, and individuals or

households.

Estimated number of respondents:

5,200.

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Estimated time per response: 10

minutes.

Frequency of response: On occasion.

Estimated total annual burden hours:

867 hours.

Abstract: The information collection

is prescribed by 36 CFR 1254.72. The

collection is prepared by researchers

who cannot visit the appropriate NARA

research room or who request copies of

records as a result of visiting a research

room. NARA offers limited provisions to

obtain copies of records by mail and

requires requests to be made on

prescribed forms for certain bodies of

records. The National Archives Trust

Fund (NATF) Form 36 (8/00), Microfilm

Publication Order Form, is used by

customers/researchers for ordering a

roll, rolls, or a microfiche of a microfilm

publication.

Dated: December 29, 2000.

L. Reynolds Cahoon,

Assistant Archivist for Human Resources and

Information Services.

[FR Doc. 01–515 Filed 1–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40–8681]

International Uranium (USA)

Corporation; Notice of Receipt of

Request To Process Alternate Feed

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Request

from International Uranium (USA)

Corporation to Amend Source Material

License SUA–1358 to Receive and

Process Alternate Feed Materials; Notice

of Opportunity for Hearing.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission has received, by letter

dated December 19, 2000, a request from

International Uranium (USA)

Corporation (IUSA), to amend its NRC

Source Material License SUA–1358, to

allow its White Mesa Uranium Mill near

Blanding, Utah, to receive and process

up to 17,750 tons of alternate feed

material from the Molycorp Site located

in Mountain Pass, California. The

material is a result of extraction of

lathanides and other rare earth minerals

and is presently being stored in ponds

as lead sulfide sludge. IUSA and

Molycorp estimate the amount of

material for this amendment request to

be up to 17,750 tons and the average

uranium content of the material to be

approximately 0.15 percent, or greater.

IUSA proposes to receive and process

the material for its uranium content and

dispose of the byproduct material in the

mill’s tailings cells.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

William von Till, Fuel Cycle Licensing

Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety

and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail

Stop T–8A33, Washington, D.C. 20555.

Telephone: (301) 415–6251.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By its

submittal dated December 19, 2000,

IUSA requested that the NRC amend

Materials License SUA–1358 to allow

the receipt and processing of material

other than natural uranium ore (i.e.,

alternate feed material) at its White

Mesa uranium mill located near

Blanding, Utah. These materials would

be used as an ‘‘alternate feed material’’

(i.e., matter that is processed in the mill

to remove the uranium but which is

different from natural uranium ores, the

normal feed material).

Since 1951, Molycorp has operated a

surface mining and milling operation for

the recovery and chemical separation of

lanthanides and other rare earth metals

from bastnasite ores. From 1965 through

1984, Molycorp constructed and

operated three lead sulfide ponds for the

evaporation of lead sulfides from the

clarifier/thickener operation. The lead

sulfide sludge contains uranium, which

is also precipitated in the thickener. The

ponds were taken out of service in 1984,

and in 1997 Molycorp drafted a Closure

Plan for the decommissioning of the

ponds which required the removal and

off-site disposal or recovery of the lead

sulfide sludge contained in the ponds.

This amendment request seeks

authorization to process the lead sulfide

sludges for their uranium content. IUSA

has determined that the material does

not contain listed hazardous waste as

defined in the Resource Recovery and

Conservation Act, as amended, 42

U.S.C. Section 6901–6991. IUSA

proposes to temporarily store the

material on the existing storage pad

until a sufficient quantity of material is

available to begin processing. IUSA will

utilize water sprays, as required, to

minimize dusting during dumping

activities. The material will be

processed utilizing an acid leach, in

existing mill equipment, to dissolve the

uranium. The solution will then be

advanced through the mill circuitry

with no significant physical

modifications.

The material will be shipped using

exclusive-use trucks from the Mountain

Pass facility to the mill in lined,

covered, aluminum end-dump trailers.

Molycorp estimates that it will ship

approximately 60–70 trucks per week

for an estimated period of 60 to 90 days.

The transportation route as proposed,

will follow route I–15 and I–70 to U.S.

Highway 191 at Crescent Junction, Utah

and through Highway 191 south to the

mill.

This application will be reviewed

using NRC formal guidance, ‘‘Interim

Guidance on the Use of Uranium Mill

Feed Material Other Than Natural Ores’’

provided in the NRC Regulatory Issue

Summary 2000–23 (November 30,

2000). The NRC has approved similar

amendment requests in the past for

separate alternate feed material under

this license.

The amendment application is

available for public inspection and

copying at the NRC Public Document

Room, in the Gelman Building, 2120 L

Street N.W., Washington D.C. 20555.

Notice of Opportunity for Hearing

The NRC hereby provides notice of an

opportunity for a hearing on the license

amendment under the provisions of 10

CFR Part 2, Subpart L, ‘‘Informal

Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in

Materials and Operator Licensing

Proceedings.’’ Pursuant to § 2.1205(a),

any person whose interest may be

affected by this proceeding may file a

request for a hearing. In accordance

with § 2.1205(d), a request for hearing

must be filed within 30 days of the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register. The request for a hearing must

be filed with the Office of the Secretary,

either:

(1) By delivery to the Docketing and

Service Branch of the Office of the

Secretary at One White Flint North,

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

20852; or

(2) By mail or telegram addressed to

the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

Attention: Docketing and Service

Branch.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(f),

each request for a hearing must also be

served, by delivering it personally or by

mail, to:

(1) The applicant, International

Uranium (USA) Corporation,

Independence Plaza, Suite 950, 1050

Seventeenth Street, Denver, Colorado

80265; Attention: Michelle Rehmann;

and

(2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the

Executive Director for Operations, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, or by mail

addressed to the Executive Director for

Operations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

In addition to meeting other

applicable requirements of 10 CFR part