Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 15, 2000 / Notices 49841

1 15 U.S.C. 78l(d).

2 17 CFR 240.12d2–2(d).

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applications for permits and licenses.

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‘‘Decommissioning of Nuclear Power

Reactors,’’ in conjunction with other

guides, describes methods and

procedures that are acceptable to the

NRC staff for implementing the NRC’s

regulations on the initial activities and

the major phases of the

decommissioning process. Regulatory

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Content for Post-Shutdown

Decommissioning Activities Report,’’

provides guidance on the type of

information that is to be included in the

licensee’s Post-Shutdown

Decommissioning Activities Report, and

it establishes a standard format for the

information in this report.

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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day

of August 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Ashok C. Thadani,

Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory

Research.

[FR Doc. 00–20688 Filed 8–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

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

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 August 2000. The interest

assumptions for performing

multiemployer plan valuations

following mass withdrawal under part

4281 apply to valuation dates occurring

in September 2000.

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 August 2000 is 4.97 percent (i.e., 85

percent of the 5.85 percent yield figure

for July 2000).

The following table lists the assumed

interest rates to be used in determining

variable-rate premiums for premium

payment years beginning between

September 1999 and August 2000.

For premium payment years

beginning in:

The assumed interest rate is:

September 1999 ....................... 5.16

October 1999 ............................ 5.16

November 1999 ........................ 5.32

December 1999 ........................ 5.23

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

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

September 2000 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 10th day

of August 2000.

David M. Strauss,

Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 00–20704 Filed 8–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMIMSSION

[File No. 1–08597]

Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application

To Withdraw From Listing and

Registration; (The Cooper Companies,

Inc., Common Stock, $.10 Par Value,)

August 8, 2000.

The Cooper Companies, Inc.

(‘‘Company’’) has filed an application

with the Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant

to section 12(d) of the Security

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

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

Common Stock, $.10 par value