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Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 28 / Tuesday, February 11, 1997 / Notices6281PLACE: Commissioners’ ConferenceRoom, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,Maryland.STATUS: Public and Closed.MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:Week of February 10Thursday, February 132:00 p.m.Briefing on Operating Reactor OversightProgram and Status of Improvements inNRC Inspection Program (PublicMeeting)(Contact: Bill Borchardt, 301–415–1257)3:30 p.m.Affirmation Session (Public Meeting)*(Please Note: These items will be affirmedimmediately following the conclusion ofthe preceding meeting.)a: Louisiana Energy Services (ClaiborneEnrichment Center); Atomic Safety andLicensing Board Partial Initial Decision(Resolving Contentions J.4, K, and Q),LBP–96–25.Week of February 17—TentativeTuesday, February 181:00 p.m.Briefing on BPR Project on RedesignedMaterials Licensing Process (PublicMeeting)(Contact: Don Cool, 301–415–7197)2:30 p.m.Briefing on Analysis of Quantifying PlantWatch List Indicators (Public Meeting)(Contact: Rich Barrett, 301–415–7482)Wednesday, February 192:00 p.m.Briefing on Millstone and Maine YankeeLessons Learned (Public Meeting)(Contact: Steve Stein, 301–415–1296)3:30 p.m.Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) (ifneeded)Thursday, February 202:00 p.m.Briefing on EEO Program (Public Meeting)(Contact: Ed Tucker, 301–415–7382)Week of February 24—TentativeWednesday, February 2611:30 a.m.Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) (ifneeded)Week of March 3—TentativeThere are no meetings scheduled for theWeek of March 3.*The schedule for Commission meetings issubject to change on short notice. To verifythe status of meetings call (recording)—(301)415–1292.CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:Bill Hill, (301) 415–1661.The NRC Commission Meeting Schedulecan be found on the Internet at:http://www.nrc.gov/SECY/smj/schedule. htmThis notice is distributed by mail toseveral hundred subscribers; if you nolonger wish to receive it, or would liketo be added to it, please contact theOffice of the Secretary, Attn: OperationsBranch, Washington, D.C. 20555 (301–415–1661).In addition, distribution of thismeeting notice over the internet systemis available. If you are interested inreceiving this Commission meetingschedule electronically, please send anelectronic message to wmh@nrc.gov ordkw@nrc.gov.Dated: February 7, 1997.William M. Hill, Jr.,SECY Tracking Officer, Office of theSecretary.[FR Doc. 97–3500 Filed 2–7–97; 1:40 p.m.]BILLING CODE 7590–01–MFinal Memorandum of UnderstandingBetween the U.S. Nuclear RegulatoryCommission and the State of VermontAGENCY: Nuclear RegulatoryCommission.ACTION: Notice.SUMMARY: This notice is to advise thepublic of the issuance of a FinalMemorandum of Understanding (MOU)between the U.S. Nuclear RegulatoryCommission (NRC) and the State ofVermont. The MOU provides the basisfor mutually agreeable procedureswhereby the State of Vermont mayutilize the NRC Emergency ResponseData System (ERDS) to receive dataduring an emergency at a commercialnuclear power plant in Vermont. Publiccomments were addressed inconjunction with the MOU with theState of Michigan published in theFederal Register, Vol. 57. No. 28,February 11, 1992.EFFECTIVE DATE: This MOU is effectiveDecember 10, 1996.ADDRESSES: Copies of all NRCdocuments are available for publicinspection and copying for a fee in theNRC Public Document Room, 2120 LStreet, N.W. (Lower Level), Washington,DC.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: JohnR. Jolicoeur or Eric D. Weinstein, Officefor Analysis and Evaluation ofOperational Data, U.S. NuclearRegulatory Commission, Washington,DC 20555. Telephone (301) 415–6402 or(301) 415–7559.SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Theattached MOU is intended to formalizeand define the manner in which theNRC will cooperate with the State ofVermont to provide data related to plantconditions during emergencies atcommercial nuclear power plants inVermont.Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th dayof January, 1997.For the U.S. Nuclear RegulatoryCommission.Denwood F. Ross, Jr.,Acting Director, Office for Analysis andEvaluation of Operational Data.Agreement Pertaining to the EmergencyResponse Data System Between theState of Vermont and the U.S. NuclearRegulatory CommissionI. AuthorityThe U.S. Nuclear RegulatoryCommission (NRC) and the State ofVermont enter into this Agreementunder the authority of Section 274i ofthe Atomic Energy Act of 1954, asamended.The State of Vermont recognizes theFederal Government, primarily the NRC,as having the exclusive authority andresponsibility to regulate theradiological and national securityaspects of the construction andoperation of nuclear production orutilization facilities, except for certainauthority over air emissions granted toStates by the Clean Air Act.II. BackgroundA. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, asamended, and the EnergyReorganization Act of 1974, asamended, authorize the NuclearRegulatory Commission (NRC) to licenseand regulate, among other activities, themanufacture, construction, andoperation of utilization facilities(nuclear power plants) in order to assurecommon defense and security and toprotect the public health and safety.Under these statutes, the NRC is theresponsible agency regulating nuclearpower plant safety.B. NRC believes that its mission toprotect the public health and safety canbe served by a policy of cooperationwith the State governments and hasformally adopted a policy statement on‘‘Cooperation with States at CommercialNuclear Power Plants and Other NuclearProduction or Utilization Facilities’’ (54FR 7530, February 22, 1989). The policystatement provides that NRC willconsider State proposals to enter intoinstruments of cooperation for certainprograms when these programs haveprovisions to ensure close cooperationwith NRC. This agreement is intendedto be consistent with, and implementthe provisions of the NRC’s policystatement.C. NRC fulfills its statutory mandateto regulate nuclear power plant safetyby, among other things, responding toemergencies at the licensee’s facilitiesand monitoring the status and adequacy