58598 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 222 / Friday, November 15, 1996 / Notices

Special Emphasis Panel in

Microelectronic Information

Processing Systems; Notice of

Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Microelectronic Information Processing

Systems.

Date and Time: December 3 and 4, 1996;

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Place: Room 375, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington,

VA.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Joseph Cavallaro,

Program Director, Microelectronic

Information Processing Systems Division,

National Science Foundation, Rm. 1155,

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA

22230. Telephone: (703) 306–1936.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate proposals

submitted in the area of distributed design

and fabrication and rapid prototyping using

agile networking.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

confidential nature including technical

information; financial data such as salaries;

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the proposals.

These matters are exempt under 5 U.S.C.

552b.(c)(4) and (6) of the Government in the

Sunshine Act.

Dated: November 8, 1996.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–29222 Filed 11–14–96; 8:45 am]

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Special Emphasis Panel in Social,

Behavioral, and Economic Sciences;

Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting.

Name and Committee Code: Special

Emphasis Panel in Social, Behavioral, and

Economic Sciences (1766).

Date and Time: December 6, 1996; 8:00

AM.

Place: Room 970, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, VA 22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Ms. Bonney Sheahan,

Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic

Research, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington,

VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 306–1733.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide service and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate REU Site

proposals as part of the selection process for

awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the proposals.

These matters are exempt under 5 U.S.C.

552b(c) (4) and (6) of the Government in the

Sunshine Act.

Dated: November 8, 1996.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–29230 Filed 11–14–96; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50–213, 50–245, 50–336, 50–

423, 50–443]

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power

Company, Northeast Nuclear Energy

Company, North Atlantic Energy

Service Corporation, et al.; Notice of

Withdrawal of Application for

Amendments to Facility Operating

Licenses

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) has

granted the request of Connecticut

Yankee Atomic Power Company,

Northeast Nuclear Energy Company,

and North Atlantic Energy Service

Corporation, et al. (the licensees) to

withdraw its February 1, 1996,

application, as supplemented August 2,

1996, for proposed amendments to

Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–61,

DPR–21, DPR–65, NPF–49, and NPF–86,

for the Haddam Neck Plant, Millstone

Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2, 3,

and Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1,

located in Middlesex County,

Connecticut, New London County,

Connecticut, and Rockingham County,

New Hampshire, respectively.

The proposed amendments would

have revised Section 6, ‘‘Administrative

Controls,’’ for each of the plants’ facility

Technical Specifications to reflect

several changes in organizational titles.

The Commission had previously

issued a Notice of Consideration of

Issuance of Amendments published in

the Federal Register on April 24, 1996

(61 FR 18164). However, by letter dated

October 3, 1996, the licensees withdrew

the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application for

amendments dated February 1, 1996, as

supplemented August 2, 1996, and the

licensees’ letter dated October 3, 1996,

which withdrew the application for

license amendments. The above

documents are 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

for the Haddam Neck Plant, which is

located at the Russell Library, 123 Broad

Street, Middletown, Connecticut 06457;

for Millstone Nuclear Power Station,

Units 1, 2, and 3, which is located at the

Learning Resources Center, Three Rivers

Community-Technical College, 574 New

London Turnpike, Norwich,

Connecticut 06360 and the Waterford

Library, ATTN: Vince Juliano, 49 Rope

Ferry Road, Waterford, Connecticut

06385; and for Seabrook Station, Unit

No. 1, which is located at the Exeter

Public Library, Founders Park, Exeter,

New Hampshire 03833.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day

of November 1996.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Phillip F. McKee,

Deputy Director for Licensing, Special

Projects Office, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 96–29304 Filed 11–14–96; 8:45 am]

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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 November 1996. The

interest assumptions for performing

multiemployer plan valuations

following mass withdrawal under part

4281 apply to valuation dates occurring

in December 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harold J. Ashner, Assistant General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel,
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 222 / Friday, November 15, 1996 / Notices 58599

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 November 1996 (i.e., 80 percent of the

yield figure for October 1996) is 5.45

percent. The following table lists the

assumed interest rates to be used in

determining variable-rate premiums for

premium payment years beginning

between December 1995 and November

1996.

For premium payment years

beginning in

The required

interest

rate is

December 1995 .............................. 5.01

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

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

December 1996 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 12th day

of November 1996.

Martin Slate,

Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 96–29337 Filed 11–14–96; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Proposed Collection, Comment

Request, Standard Form 87

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13) and 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(i)(iv),

this notice announces that OPM intends

to submit to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) a request for

reclearance of information collection.

The standard Form 87, Fingerprint

Chart, is completed by applicants for

Federal positions throughout the

Government. OPM uses the information

to conduct the checks of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint

files that are required by Executive

Order 10450, Security Requirements for

Government Employment issued April

27, 1953, or required or authorized

under other authorities.

It is estimated that 24,800 individuals

will respond annually for a total burden

of 4,960 hours. To obtain copies of this

proposal please contact James M. Farron

at (202) 418–3208 or by email to

jmfarron@opm.gov.

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received on or before January

14, 1997. Submit comments on this

proposal to Richard A. Ferris, Office of

Personnel Management, Room 200, 600

E. Street NW., Washington, D.C. 20004.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Lorraine A. Green,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 96–29308 Filed 11–14–96; 8:45 am]

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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB

Review

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad

Retirement Board has submitted the

following proposal(s) for the collection

of information to the Office of

Management and Budget for review and

approval.

SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL(S):

(1) Collection title: Gross Earnings

Report

(2) Form(s) submitted: BA–11

(3) OMB Number: 3220–0132

(4) Expiration date of current OMB

clearance: December 31, 1996

(5) Type of request: Extension of a

currently approved collection

(6) Respondents: Business or other forprofit

(7) Estimated annual number of

respondents: 531

(8) Total annual responses: 550

(9) Total annual reporting hours: 387

(10) Collection description: Section

7(c)(2) of the RR Act requires a

financial interchange between the

OASDHI trust funds and the railroad

retirement account. The collection

obtains gross earnings of railway

employees on a 1% basis. The

information is used in determining

the amount which would place the

OASDHI trust funds in the position

they would have been if railroad

service had been covered by the

Social Security and FIC Acts.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Copies of the form and supporting

documents can be obtained from Chuck

Mierzwa, the agency clearance officer

(312–751–3363). Comments regarding

the information collection should be

addressed to Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad

Retirement Board, 844 North Rush

Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–2092 and

the OMB reviewer, Laura Oliven (202–

395–7316), Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10230, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, D.C.

20503.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–29333 Filed 11–14–96; 8:45 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application

To Withdraw From Listing and

Registration; (GAINSCO, INC.,

Common Stock, $0.10 Par Value) File

No. 1–9828

November 8, 1996.

GAINSCO, INC. (‘‘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’’) and Rule 12d2–2(d)