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processors of low-level waste intended

for disposal at a low-level waste facility

must complete the appropriate forms.

5. The number of annual respondents:

NRC Form 540: 2,500 licensees

NRC Form 541: 2,500 licensees

NRC Form 542: 22 licensees

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request:

NRC Form 540: 2,238 (0.167 hours per

response)

NRC Form 541: 19,779 (1.48 hours per

response)

NRC Form 542: 126 (0.167 hours per

response)

7. Abstract: NRC Forms 540, 541, and

542, together with their continuation

pages, designated by the ‘‘A’’ suffix,

provide a set of standardized forms to

meet Department of Transportation

(DOT), NRC, and State requirements.

The forms were developed by NRC at

the request of low-level waste industry

groups. The forms provide uniformity

and efficiency in the collection of

information contained in manifests

which are required to control transfers

of low-level radioactive waste intended

for disposal at a land disposal facility.

NRC Form 540 contains information

needed to satisfy DOT shipping paper

requirements in 49 CFR Part 172 and the

waste tracking requirements of NRC in

10 CFR Part 20. NRC Form 541 contains

information needed by disposal site

facilities to safely dispose of low-level

waste and information to meet NRC and

State requirements regulating these

activities. NRC Form 542, completed by

waste collections or processors, contains

information which facilitates tracking

the identity of the waste generator. That

tracking becomes more complicated

when the waste forms, dimensions, or

packagings are changed by the waste

processor. Each container of waste

shipped from a waste processor may

contain waste from several different

generators. The information provided on

NRC Form 542 permits the States and

Compacts to know the original

generators of low-level waste, as

authorized by the Low-Level

Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments

Act of 1985, so they can ensure that

waste is disposed of in the appropriate

Compact.

Submit, by February 13, 2000,

comments that address the following

questions:

1. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the NRC to

properly perform its functions? Does the

information have practical utility?

2. Is the burden estimate accurate?

3. Is there a way to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

4. How can the burden of the

information collection be minimized,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

A copy of the draft supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB

clearance requests are available at the

NRC worldwide web site: (http://

www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/OMB/

index.html). The document will be

available on the NRC home page site for

60 days after the signature date of this

notice.

Comments and questions about the

information collection requirements

may be directed to the NRC Clearance

Officer, Brenda Jo Shelton, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, T–6 E 6,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by

telephone at (301) 415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJSI@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day

of December, 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–31967 Filed 12–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND

BUDGET

Preparing and Auditing Direct Loan

and Loan Guarantee Subsidies Under

the Federal Credit Reform Act

AGENCY: Office of Management and

Budget.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: This Notice indicates the

availability of the third Financial

Accounting and Auditing Technical

Release, ‘‘Preparing and Auditing Direct

Loan and Loan Guarantee Subsidies

under the Federal Credit Reform Act.’’

The Federal Accounting Standards

Advisory Board cleared the technical

release on July 31, 1999. Technical

Release No. 3 is available on Financenet

at http://www.financenet.gov/

financenet/fed/aapc/technicl.htm.

ADDRESSES: Copies of Technical Release

No. 3 may be obtained free of charge

from the Federal Accounting Standards

Advisory Board, 441 G Street NW,

Mailstop 6K17V, Washington, DC 20548

(telephone 202–512–7350).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Zavada (telephone: 202–395–

3993), Office of Federal Financial

Management, Office of Management and

Budget, 725 17th Street, N.W., Room

6025, Washington, DC 20503.

Joshua Gotbaum,

Executive Associate Director and Controller.

[FR Doc. 00–32008 Filed 12–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3110–01–U

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND

BUDGET

Reporting on Non-Valued Seized and

Forfeited Property

AGENCY: Office of Management and

Budget.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: This Notice indicates the

availability of the fourth Financial

Accounting and Auditing Technical

Release, ‘‘Reporting on Non-Valued

Seized and Forfeited Property.’’ The

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory

Board cleared the technical release on

July 31, 1999. Technical Release No. 4

is available on Financenet at http://

www.financenet.gov/financenet/fed/

aapc/technicl.htm.

ADDRESSES: Copies of Technical Release

No. 4 may be obtained free of charge

from the Federal Accounting Standards

Advisory Board, 441 G Street, NW,

Mailstop 6K17V, Washington, DC 20548

(telephone 202–512–7350).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Zavada (telephone: 202–395–

3993), Office of Federal Financial

Management, Office of Management and

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Room

6025, Washington, DC 20503.

Joshua Gotbaum,

Executive Associate Director and Controller.

[FR Doc. 00–32009 Filed 12–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3110–01–U

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

Interest Assumption for Determining

Variable-Rate Premium; Interest

Assumptions for Multiemployer Plan

Valuations Following Mass Withdrawal

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of interest rates and

assumptions.

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public

of the interest rates and assumptions to

be used under certain Pension Benefit

Guaranty Corporation regulations. These

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1 15 U.S.C. 781(d).

2 17 CFR 240.12d2–2(d). 3 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(1).

rates and assumptions are published

elsewhere (or are derivable from rates

published elsewhere), but are collected

and published in this notice for the

convenience of the public. Interest rates

are also published on the PBGC’s web

site (http://www.pbgc.gov).

DATES: The interest rate for determining

the variable-rate premium under part

4006 applies to premium payment years

beginning in December 2000. The

interest assumptions for performing

multiemployer plan valuations

following mass withdrawal under part

4281 apply to valuation dates occurring

in January 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harold J. Ashner, Assistant General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel,

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,

1200 K Street, NW., Washington, DC

20005, 202–326–4024. (For TTY/TDD

users, call the Federal relay service tollfree at 1–800–877–8339 and ask to be

connected to 202–326–4024.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Variable-Rate Premiums

Section 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii)(II) of the

Employee Retirement Income Security

Act of 1974 (ERISA) and § 4006.4(b)(1)

of the PBGC’s regulation on Premium

Rates (29 CFR part 4006) prescribe use

of an assumed interest rate in

determining a single-employer plan’s

variable-rate premium. The rate is the

‘‘applicable percentage’’ (currently 85

percent) of the annual yield on 30-year

Treasury securities for the month

preceding the beginning of the plan year

for which premiums are being paid (the

‘‘premium payment year’’). The yield

figure is reported in Federal Reserve

Statistical Releases G.13 and H.15.

The assumed interest rate to be used

in determining variable-rate premiums

for premium payment years beginning

in December 2000 is 4.91 percent (i.e.,

85 percent of the 5.78 percent yield

figure for November 2000).

The following table lists the assumed

interest rates to be used in determining

variable-rate premiums for premium

payment years beginning between

January 2000 and December 2000.

For premium payment years

beginning in:

The

assumed

interest

rate

is:

January 2000 ................................ 5.40

February 2000 .............................. 5.64

March 2000 ................................... 5.30

April 2000 ..................................... 5.14

May 2000 ...................................... 4.97

June 2000 ..................................... 5.23

July 2000 ...................................... 5.04

August 2000 ................................. 4.97

For premium payment years

beginning in:

The

assumed

interest

rate

is:

September 2000 ........................... 4.86

October 2000 ................................ 4.96

November 2000 ............................ 4.93

December 2000 ............................ 4.91

Multiemployer Plan Valuations

Following Mass Withdrawal

The PBGC’s regulation on Duties of

Plan Sponsor Following Mass

Withdrawal (29 CFR part 4281)

prescribes the use of interest

assumptions under the PBGC’s

regulation on Allocation of Assets in

Single-employer Plans (29 CFR part

4044). The interest assumptions

applicable to valuation dates in January

2001 under part 4044 are contained in

an amendment to part 4044 published

elsewhere in today’s Federal Register.

Tables showing the assumptions

applicable to prior periods are codified

in appendix B to 29 CFR part 4044.

Issued in Washington, DC, on this day of

December 2000.

David M. Strauss,

Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 00–31991 Filed 12–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application

to Withdraw from Listing and

Registration; (Ramco Energy plc,

American Depositary Shares

(Representing Ordinary Shares,

Nominal Value 10p Per Share) File No.

1–14582

December 11, 2000.

Ramco Energy plc, a company

organized under the laws of Scotland

(‘‘Company’’), has filed an application

with the Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant

to Section 12(d) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule

12d2–2(d) thereunder,2 to withdraw its

American Depositary Shares

(representing Ordinary Shares, nominal

value 10p per share) (‘‘Security’’), from

listing and registration on the American

Stock Exchange (‘‘Amex’’).

While the Company’s Security is

listed and registered in the United

States on the Amex, the Company’s

related Ordinary Shares are listed in

England on the Alternative Investment

Market of the London Stock Exchange.

The Company has stated that the trading

volume for its Security on the Amex is

very limited. In order to avoid the direct

and indirect costs of maintaining the

Amex listing, therefore, the Company’s

board of directors unanimously

approved a resolution on November 21,

2000, authorizing the Security’s

withdrawal from listing and registration

on the Amex.

The Company has stated in its

application that it has complied with

the rules of the Amex governing the

voluntary withdrawal of a security from

listing and registration. In addition, the

Company has stated that its application

relates solely to the listing and

registration of its Security on the Amex

and shall have no effect on the

continued listing of its related Ordinary

Shares on the Alternative Investment

Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Any interested person may, on or

before January 3, 2001, submit by letter

to the Secretary of the Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549–0609,

facts bearing upon whether the

application has been made in

accordance with the rules of the Amex

and what terms, if any, should be

imposed by the Commission for the

protection of investors. The

Commission, based on the information

submitted to it, will issue an order

granting the application after the date

mentioned above, unless the

Commission determines to order a

hearing on the matter.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.3

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–31992 Filed 12–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application

To Withdraw From Listing and

Registration; (Resource Bankshares

Corporation, Common Stock, $1.50 Par

Value) File No. 1–14319

December 11, 2000.

Resource Bankshares Corporation, a

Virginia corporation (‘‘Company’’), has

filed an application with the Securities

and Exchange Commission

(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section

12(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of