55656 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 178 / Wednesday, September 15, 2004 / Notices 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice

DATES: Weeks of September 13, 20, 27, 

October 4, 11, 18, 2004.

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland.

STATUS: Public and Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of September 13, 2004

Tuesday, September 14, 2004

9:30 a.m. Discussion of Security 

Issues (Closed—Ex. 1) 

Week of September 20, 2004—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for the 

Week of September 20, 2004. 

Week of September 27, 2004—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for the 

Week of September 27, 2004. 

Week of October 4, 2004—Tentative 

Thursday, October 7, 2004

10:30 a.m. Discussion of Security 

Issues (Closed—Ex.1) 

1 p.m. Discussion of Security Issues 

(Closed—Ex.1) 

Week of October 11, 2004—Tentative 

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

9:30 a.m. Briefing on 

Decommissioning Activities and 

Status (Public Meeting) (Contact: 

Claudia Craig, 301–415–7276) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov.

1:30 p.m. Discussion of 

Intragovernmental Issues (Closed—

Ex. 1 & 9) 

Week of October 18, 2004—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of October 18, 2004. 

*The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. To verify the status of meetings 

call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. 

Contact person for more information: 

Dave Gamberoni, (301) 415–1651.

* * * * *

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/

policy-making/schedule.html.

* * * * *

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript of other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g., 

braille, large print), please notify the 

NRC’s Disability Program Coordinator, 

August Spector, at 301–415–7080, TDD: 

301–415–2100, or by e-mail at 

aks@nrc.gov. Determinations on 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

will be made on a case-by-case basis.

* * * * *

This notice is distributed by mail to 

several hundred subcribers; if you no 

longer wish to receive it, or would like 

to be added to the distribution, please 

contact the Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969). 

In addition, distribution of this meeting 

notice over the Internet system is 

available. If you are interested in 

receiving this Commission meeting 

schedule electronically, please send an 

electronic message to dkw@nrc.gov.

Dated: September 9, 2004. 

R. Michelle Schroll, 

Office of the Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–20857 Filed 9–13–04; 10:07 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Required Interest Rate 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 can be derived 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 required interest rate for 

determining the variable-rate premium 

under part 4006 applies to premium 

payment years beginning in September 

2004. The interest assumptions for 

performing multiemployer plan 

valuations following mass withdrawal 

under part 4281 apply to valuation dates 

occurring in October 2004.

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. (TTY/TDD users 

may 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 Section 

4006.4(b)(1) of the PBGC’s regulation on 

Premium Rates (29 CFR part 4006) 

prescribe use of an assumed interest rate 

(the ‘‘required interest rate’’) in 

determining a single-employer plan’s 

variable-rate premium. Pursuant to the 

Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004, for 

premium payment years beginning in 

2004 or 2005, the required interest rate 

is the ‘‘applicable percentage’’

(currently 85 percent) of the annual rate 

of interest determined by the Secretary 

of the Treasury on amounts invested 

conservatively in long-term investment 

grade corporate bonds for the month 

preceding the beginning of the plan year 

for which premiums are being paid. 

Thus, the required interest rate to be 

used in determining variable-rate 

premiums for premium payment years 

beginning in September 2004 is 4.95 

percent (i.e., 85 percent of the 5.82 

percent composite corporate bond rate 

for August 2004 as determined by the 

Treasury). 

The following table lists the required 

interest rates to be used in determining 

variable-rate premiums for premium 

payment years beginning between 

October 2003 and September 2004. Note 

that the required interest rates for 

premium payment years beginning in 

October through December 2003 were 

determined under the Job Creation and 

Worker Assistance Act of 2002, and that 

the required interest rates for premium 

payment years beginning in January 

through September 2004 were 

determined under the Pension Funding 

Equity Act of 2004.

For premium payment years 

beginning in: 

The required 

interest rate is: 

October 2003* ...................... 5.14 

November 2003* ................... 5.16 

December 2003* ................... 5.12 

January 2004** ..................... 4.94 

February 2004** ................... 4.83 

March 2004** ........................ 4.79 

April 2004** ........................... 4.62 

May 2004** ........................... 4.98 

June 2004** .......................... 5.26 

July 2004** ........................... 5.25 

August 2004** ....................... 5.10 

September 2004** ................ 4.95 

* The required interest rates for premium 

payment years beginning in October through 

December 2003 were determined under the 

Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 

2002. 

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* New Member.

** The required interest rates for premium 

payment years beginning in January through 

September 2004 were determined under the 

Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004.

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 October 

2004 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 9th day 

of September 2004. 

Joseph H. Grant, 

Deputy Executive Director and Chief 

Operating Officer, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 04–20738 Filed 9–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Audit and Financial Management 

Advisory (AFMAC); Committee Meeting 

The U.S. Small Business 

Administration’s Audit and Financial 

Management Advisory Committee 

(AFMAC) will meet on September 30, 

2004 at 9 a.m in the Chief Finanacial 

Officer’s conference room. This will be 

the first meeting of the committee which 

was chartered in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. The 

AFMAC was established by the 

Administrator of the SBA to provide 

recommendation and advice regarding 

the Agency’s financial management 

including the financial reporting 

process, systems of internal controls, 

audit process and process for 

monitoring compliance with relevant 

laws and regulations. 

Anyone wishing to attend must 

contact Thomas Dumaresq in writing or 

by fax. Thomas Dumaresq, Chief 

Financial Officer, 409 3rd Street SW., 

Washington DC 20416, phone (202) 

205–6506, fax: (202) 205–6869, e-mail: 

thomas.dumaresq@sba.gov

Dated: September 9, 2004. 

Carmen-Rose Torres, 

Director, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 

Office of Analysis, Planning and 

Accountability.

[FR Doc. 04–20749 Filed 9–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Board Membership

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Senior Executive 

Service Performance Review Board 

Membership. 

Title 5, U.S. Code, section 4314(c)(4) 

of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 

Public Law 95–454, requires that the 

appointment of Performance Review 

Board members be published in the 

Federal Register. 

The following persons will serve on 

the Performance Review Board which 

oversees the evaluation of performance 

appraisals of Senior Executive Service 

members of the Social Security 

Administration.

Nicholas M. Blatchford, 

Michael G. Gallagher *, 

Rogelio Gomez *, 

Myrtle S. Habersham *, 

Terris A. King, 

Nancy A. McCullough, 

Carolyn L. Simmons, 

Felicita Sola-Carter, 

Thomas J. Tobin *, 

Paul N. Van de Water, 

Manuel Vaz, 

Alice H. Wade, 

Charles M. Wood.

Dated: September 3, 2004. 

Reginald F. Wells, 

Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources.

[FR Doc. 04–20708 Filed 9–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary 

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements 

Filed the Week Ending September 3, 

2004 

The following Agreements were filed 

with the Department of Transportation 

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 412 

and 414. Answers may be filed within 

21 days after the filing of the 

application. 

Docket Number: OST–2004–19025. 

Date Filed: August 30, 2004. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject:

PTC COMP 1180 dated 31 August 

2004. 

Mail Vote 406—Resolution 010x. 

Special Passenger Amending 

Resolution. 

Intended effective date: 17 

September 2004.

Docket Number: OST–2004–19035. 

Date Filed: August 31, 2004. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject:

PAC/Reso/430 dated 23 July 2004. 

Mail Vote Number A 117 Weekly 

Remittance in Korea r1. 

Intended effective date: 1 January 

2005.

Docket Number: OST–2004–19036. 

Date Filed: August 31, 2004. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject:

PAC/Reso/431 dated 23 July 2004. 

Mail Vote Number A 118 

Implementation of Resolution 814 in 

Serbia and Montenegro r1. 

Intended effective date: 1 January 

2005.

Docket Number: OST–2004–19037. 

Date Filed: August 31, 2004. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject:

PAC/Reso/432 dated 4 August 2004. 

Mail Vote Number A 119 Adoption 

of Local Criteria for Slovenia under 

Resolution 818 r1. 

Intended effective date: 1 January 

2005.

Docket Number: OST–2004–19056. 

Date Filed: September 2, 2004. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject:

32nd IATA CAC held in Singapore 

on 10 March 2004. 

Mail Vote CAC/Mail Vote/002/2004 

dated 3 August 2004. 

Finally Adopted Resolutions 801r/

801re/805zz/851/853. 

Intended effective date: 1 November 

2004.

Maria Gulczewski, 

Supervisory Dockets Officer, Alternate 

Federal Register Liaison.

[FR Doc. 04–20799 Filed 9–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P 2

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket OST–2004–18638] 

Application of Chautauqua Airlines, 

Inc. for Certificate Authority

AGENCY: Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of Order to Show Cause 

(Order 2004–9–9). 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation is directing all interested 

persons to show cause why it should 

not issue an order finding Chautauqua