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sources and documents of which the

petitioner is aware and on which the

petitioner intends to rely to establish

those facts or expert opinion. Petitioner

must provide sufficient information to

show that a genuine dispute exists with

the applicant on a material issue of law

or fact. Contentions shall be limited to

matters within the scope of the

amendment under consideration. The

contention must be one which, if

proven, would entitle the petitioner to

relief. A petitioner who fails to file such

a supplement which satisfies these

requirements with respect to at least one

contention will not be permitted to

participate as a party.

Those permitted to intervene become

parties to the proceeding, subject to any

limitations in the order granting leave to

intervene, and have the opportunity to

participate fully in the conduct of the

hearing, including the opportunity to

present evidence and cross-examine

witnesses.

If a hearing is requested, the

Commission will make a final

determination on the issue of no

significant hazards consideration. The

final determination will serve to decide

when the hearing is held.

If the final determination is that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration, the

Commission may issue the amendment

and make it immediately effective,

notwithstanding the request for a

hearing. Any hearing held would take

place after issuance of the amendment.

If the final determination is that the

amendment request involves a

significant hazards consideration, any

hearing held would take place before

the issuance of any amendment.

A request for a hearing or a petition

for leave to intervene must be filed with

the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:

Docketing and Services Branch, or may

be delivered to the Commission’s Public

Document Room, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, by

the above date. Where petitions are filed

during the last 10 days of the Notice

period, it is requested that the petitioner

promptly so inform the Commission by

a toll-free telephone call to Western

Union at 1-(800) 248-5100 (in Missouri

1-(800) 342-6700). The Western Union

operator should be given Datagram

Identification Number N1023 and the

following message addressed to Herbert

N. Berkow: petitioner’s name and

telephone number, date petition was

mailed, plant name, and publication

date and page number of this Federal

Register notice. A copy of the petition

should also be sent to the Office of the

General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555-0001, and to Mr. Albert Carr,

Duke Power Company, 422 South

Church Street, Charlotte, North Carolina

28242, attorney for the licensee.

Nontimely filings of petitions for

leave to intervene, amended petitions,

supplemental petitions and/or requests

for hearing will not be entertained

absent a determination by the

Commission, the presiding officer or the

presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board that the petition and/or request

should be granted based upon a

balancing of the factors specified in 10

CFR 2.714(a)(1) (i)–(v) and 2.714(d).

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application for amendments

dated November 26, 1996, which is available

for public inspection at the Commission’s

Public Document Room, the Gelman

Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington,

DC, and at the local public document room

located at the Atkins Library, University of

North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC Station),

North Carolina.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day

of December, 1996.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Victor Nerses,

Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate

II-2, Division of Reactor Projects—I/II, Office

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 96–31662 Filed 12–12–96; 845 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards; Revised Candidate

Deadline

The deadline for seeking candidates

for the NRC’s Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards is extended from

December 31, 1996 to January 31, 1997.

Notice of this request for re ́sume ́s was

published in the Federal Register on

Thursday, November 21, 1996 (61 FR

59250). All other information pertaining

to this request remains the same.

For application materials, call 1–800–

952–9678. Please refer to

Announcement Number 97–001.

Dated: December 9, 1996.

Andrew L. Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–31661 Filed 12–12–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

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 home

page (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 1996. The

interest assumptions for performing

multiemployer plan valuations

following mass withdrawal under part

4281 apply to valuation dates occurring

in January 1997.

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 (202–326–4179

for TTY and TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Variable-Rate Premiums

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

Employee Retirement Income Security

Act of 1974 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 a specified

percentage (currently 80 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 1996 (i.e., 80 percent of the

yield figure for November 1996) is 5.18

percent. The following table lists the

assumed interest rates to be used in

determining variable-rate premiums for

premium payment years beginning
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between January 1996 and December

1996.

For premium payment years

beginning in

The required interest

rate is

January 1996 ................................ 4.85

February 1996 .............................. 4.84

March 1996 ................................... 4.99

April 1996 ...................................... 5.28

May 1996 ...................................... 5.43

June 1996 ..................................... 5.54

July 1996 ...................................... 5.65

August 1996 .................................. 5.62

September 1996 ........................... 5.47

October 1996 ................................ 5.62

November 1996 ............................ 5.45

December 1996 ............................ 5.18

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

1997 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, D.C., on this 10th

day of December 1996.

Martin Slate,

Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 96–31716 Filed 12–12–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies

Available From: Securities and

Exchange Commission, Office of Filings

and Information Services, Washington,

DC 20549.

Extensions

Form 6–K; SEC File No. 270–107; OMB

Control No. 3235–0116.

Form F–7; SEC File No. 270–331; OMB

Control No. 3235–0383.

Form F–8; SEC File No. 270–332; OMB

Control No. 3235–0378.

Form F–X; SEC File No. 270–336; OMB

Control No. 3235–0379.

Sch. 13E–4F; SEC File No. 270–340;

OMB Control No. 3235–0375.

Sch. 14D–1F; SEC File No. 270–338;

OMB Control No. 3235–0376.

Sch. 14D–9F; SEC File No. 270–339;

OMB Control No. 3235–0382.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities

and Exchange Commission

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

requests for approval of extension on

previously approved collections of

information:

Form 6–K elicits material information

from issuers of publicly-traded

securities promptly after the occurrence

of specified or other important corporate

events so that investors have current

information upon which to base

investment decisions. Form 6–K is filed

by approximately 990 respondents

annually for a total burden of 7920

hours.

Form F–7 may be used to register

securities offered for cash upon the

exercise of rights granted to existing

shareholders of the registrant. Form F–

7 is filed by approximately 10

respondents annually for a total burden

of 20 hours.

Form F–8 may be used to register

certain Canadian issuers in exchange

offers or business combinations. Form

F–8 is filed by approximately 5

respondents annually for a total burden

of 10 hours.

Form F–X is used to appoint an agent

for service of process by Canadian

issuers registering securities on Form F–

7, Form F–8, Form F–9 or Form F–10,

or filing periodic reports on Form 40–

F. Form F–X is filed by approximately

50 respondents annually for a total

burden of 100 hours.

Schedule 13E–4F may be used by any

issue incorporated or organized under

the laws of Canada making a tender

offer for the issuer’s own securities,

where less than 20% of the class of such

issuer’s securities that is the subject of

the tender offer is held of record by

United States residents. Schedule 13E–

4F is filed by approximately 3

respondents annually for a total burden

of 6 hours.

Schedule 14D–1F may be used by any

person making a cash tender or

exchange offer for securities of any

issuer incorporated or organized under

the laws of Canada that is a foreign

private issuer, where less than 40% of

the outstanding class of such issuer’s

securities that is the subject of the offer

is held by United States holders.

Schedule 14D–1F is filed by

approximately 5 respondents annually

for a total burden of 10 hours.

Schedule 14D–9F is used by any

issuer incorporated or organized under

the laws of Canada, or by any director

or officer of such issuer, where the

issuer is the subject of a tender offer for

a class of its securities filed on Schedule

14D–1F. Schedule 14D–9F is filed by

approximately 5 respondents annually

for a total burden of 10 hours.

General comments regarding the

estimated burden hours should be

directed to the Desk Officer for the

Securities and Exchange Commission at

the address below. Any comments

concerning the accuracy of the

estimated average burden hours for

compliance with Commission rules and

form should be directed to Michael E.

Bartell, Associate Executive Director,

Office of Information Technology,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

450 Fifth Street NW., Washington, DC

20549 and Desk Officer for the

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 3208, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: December 3, 1996.

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–31724 Filed 12–12–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

[Release No. IC–22377; 812–10344]

Bessemer Securities LLC et al.; Notice

of Application

December 6, 1996.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’).

ACTION: Notice of Application for

Exemption under the Investment

Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’).

APPLICANTS: Bessemer Securities LLC,

Bessec Holdings, L.P., Bessemer

Securities Corporation, Bessemer

Capital Partners, L.P., Bessemer

Ventures, Inc., Bessemer-Bradford

Ventures, Inc., Bessemer Interstate

Corp., Bessemer Properties, Inc.,

Bessemer Holdings, L.P., Bessemer

Venture Partners L.P., Bessemer Venture

Partners II L.P., Bessemer Venture

Partners III L.P., Bessemer Venture

Partners IV L.P., Bradford Venture

Partners, L.P., Bradford Investors L.P.

RELEVANT ACT SECTION: Order requested

under section 6(c) of the Act for an

exemption from all provisions of the

Act.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: The

Applicants, private family-controlled

special purpose investment vehicles

whose interests are owned by the family

and certain other persons, seek an

exemption from all provisions of the