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recommendations of the PRB and to 

provide further information to support 

the petition request (Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

Systems (ADAMS) Accession Nos. 

ML092720460 and ML092720824). 

As provided by Section 2.206, 

appropriate action will be taken on this 

petition within a reasonable time. A 

copy of the petition and addenda can be 

located at ADAMS Accession Nos. 

ML092440721 and ML092650381 

(respectively), and are available for 

inspection at the Commission’s Public 

Document Room, located at One White 

Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 

floor), Rockville, Maryland. 

Dated at Rockville, MD, this 19th day of 

November 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Eric J. Leeds, 

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E9–28658 Filed 11–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

PBGC Flat Premium Rates 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice regarding flat premium 

rates. 

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public 

of the PBGC flat premium rates for 

premium payment years beginning in 

2010 and announces that PBGC will no 

longer publish annual flat premium rate 

notices in the Federal Register. These 

rates can be derived from information 

published elsewhere and are published 

by PBGC on its Web site (http:// 

www.pbgc.gov). 

DATES: The flat premium rates 

announced in this notice apply to 

premium payment years beginning in 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine B. Klion, Manager, Regulatory 

and Policy Division, Legislative and 

Regulatory Department, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202–326– 

4024. (TTY/TDD users may call the 

Federal relay service toll-free at 1–800– 

877–8339 and ask to be connected to 

202–326–4024.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pension 

Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) 

administers the pension plan 

termination insurance program under 

Title IV of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). 

Pension plans covered by Title IV must 

pay premiums to PBGC. Section 4006 of 

ERISA deals with premium rates. 

The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 

(Pub. L. 109–171) (DRA 2005) amended 

section 4006 of ERISA. DRA 2005 

changed the per-participant flat 

premium rate for plan years beginning 

in 2006 from $19 to $30 for singleemployer plans and from $2.60 to $8 for 

multiemployer plans and provided for 

inflation adjustments to the flat rates for 

future years. The adjustments are based 

on changes in the national average wage 

index as defined in section 209(k)(1) of 

the Social Security Act, with a two-year 

lag—for example, for 2010, the 2008 

index is compared to the baseline (the 

2004 index). The provisions were 

written in such a way that the premium 

rate can never go down; if the change in 

the national average wage index is 

negative, the premium rate remains the 

same as in the preceding year. Also, 

premium rates are rounded to the 

nearest whole dollar. 

The baseline national average wage 

index, the 2004 index, was $35,648.55. 

The 2008 index is $41,334.97. The ratio 

of the 2008 index to the 2004 index is 

1.1595134. Multiplying this ratio by 

$30.00 gives $34.79, which rounds to 

$35.00. Multiplying the ratio by $8.00 

gives $9.28, which rounds to $9.00. 

Thus, the 2010 flat premium rates for 

PBGC’s two insurance programs will be 

$35.00 per participant for singleemployer plans and $9.00 per 

participant for multiemployer plans. 

Before DRA 2005, PBGC flat premium 

rates remained constant for many years 

at a time. Since DRA 2005, PBGC has 

published annual notices (like this one) 

in the Federal Register to inform the 

public of the rates. PBGC also publishes 

the flat rates in its annual premium 

instructions on its Web site (http:// 

www.pbgc.gov; click on ‘‘Practitioners,’’ 

then on ‘‘Premium Instructions and 

Forms’’ under the heading ‘‘Premium 

Filings’’ in the center column). PBGC 

has concluded that since the flat rates 

are easily accessible to the public on its 

Web site, it is no longer necessary to 

publish annual flat premium rate 

notices in the Federal Register. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on this 13th day 

of November 2009. 

Vincent K. Snowbarger, 

Acting Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. E9–28640 Filed 11–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7709–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Administrator’s Line of Succession 

Designation, No. 1–A, Revision 31 

This document replaces and supersedes 

‘‘Line of Succession Designation No. 1–A, 

Revision 30’’ 

Line of Succession Designation No. 1– 

A, Revision 31 

Effective immediately, the 

Administrator’s Line of Succession 

Designation is as follows: 

(a) In the event of my inability to 

perform the functions and duties of my 

position, or my absence from the office, 

the Deputy Administrator will assume 

all functions and duties of the 

Administrator. In the event the Deputy 

Administrator and I are both unable to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

position or are absent from our offices, 

I designate the officials in listed order 

below, if they are eligible to act as 

Administrator under the provisions of 

the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 

1998, to serve as Acting Administrator 

with full authority to perform all acts 

which the Administrator is authorized 

to perform: 

(1) Chief Operating Officer 

(2) Chief of Staff 

(3) General Counsel 

(4) Associate Administrator for 

Disaster Assistance 

(5) Regional Administrator for Region 

1. 

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of 

SBA Standard Operating Procedure 00 

01 2, ‘‘absence from the office,’’ as used 

in reference to myself in paragraph (a) 

above, means the following: 

(1) I am not present in the office and 

cannot be reasonably contacted by 

phone or other electronic means, and 

there is an immediate business necessity 

for the exercise of my authority; or 

(2) I am not present in the office and, 

upon being contacted by phone or other 

electronic means, I determine that I 

cannot exercise my authority effectively 

without being physically present in the 

office. 

(c) An individual serving in an acting 

capacity in any of the positions listed in 

subparagraphs (a) (1) through (5), unless 

designated as such by the 

Administrator, is not also included in 

this Line of Succession. Instead, the 

next non-acting incumbent in the Line 

of Succession shall serve as Acting 

Administrator. 

(d) This designation shall remain in 

full force and effect until revoked or 

superseded in writing by the 

Administrator, or by the Deputy 

Administrator when serving as Acting 

Administrator. 

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