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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).

beginning in November 2004 is 4.73 

percent (i.e., 85 percent of the 5.57 

percent composite corporate bond rate 

for October 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 

December 2003 and November 2004. 

Note that the required interest rate for 

premium payment years beginning in 

December 2003 was 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 

November 2004 were determined under 

the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004.

For premium payment years 

beginning in: 

The required 

interest rate is: 

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 

October 2004** ..................... 4.79 

November 2004** ................. 4.73 

* The required interest rate for premium payment years beginning in December 2003 was 

determined under the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002. 

** The required interest rates for premium 

payment years beginning in January through 

November 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 

December 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 day of 

November 2004. 

Joseph H. Grant, 

Deputy Executive Director and Chief 

Operating Officer, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 04–25321 Filed 11–12–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

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 (RRB) 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: Report of Medicaid 

State Office on Beneficiary’s Buy-InStatus. 

(2) Form(s) submitted: RL–380–F. 

(3) OMB Number: 3220–0185. 

(4) Expiration date of current OMB 

clearance: 02/28/2005. 

(5) Type of request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

(6) Respondents: State, local or tribal 

government. 

(7) Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 600. 

(8) Total annual responses: 600. 

(9) Total annual reporting hours: 100. 

(10) Collection description: Under the 

Railroad Retirement Act, the Railroad 

Retirement Board administers the 

Medicare program for persons covered 

by the railroad retirement system. The 

collection obtains the information 

needed to determine if certain railroad 

beneficiaries are entitled to receive 

Supplementary Medical Insurance 

program coverage under a state buy-in 

agreement in states in which they 

reside. 

Additional Information or Comments 

Copies of the forms and supporting 

documents can be obtained from 

Charles 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 to the OMB 

Desk Officer for the RRB, at the Office 

of Management and Budget, Room 

10230, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503.

Charles Mierzwa, 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–25290 Filed 11–12–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

will hold the following meeting during 

the week of November 15, 2004: 

A closed meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, November 16, 2004, at 2 p.m. 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the closed meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters may also be present. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (9)(B), and 

(10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), 

9(ii) and (10), permit consideration of 

the scheduled matters at the closed 

meeting. 

Commissioner Atkins, as duty officer, 

voted to consider the items listed for the 

closed meeting in closed session. 

The subject matter of the closed 

meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 

November 16, 2004, will be: 

Formal orders of investigations; 

Institution and settlement of 

injunctive actions; and 

Institution and settlement of 

administrative proceedings of an 

enforcement nature. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting items. For further 

information and to ascertain what, if 

any, matters have been added, deleted 

or postponed, please contact: 

The Office of the Secretary at (202) 

942–7070.

Dated: November 9, 2004. 

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–25381 Filed 11–10–04; 11:00 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–50642; File No. SR–FICC–

2004–06] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Fixed 

Income Clearing Corporation; Notice of 

Filing of Proposed Rule Change To 

Institute Fines for Late Payment of 

Cash Obligations and Margin and To 

Institute Informal Hearing Procedures 

for Fine Disputes 

November 5, 2004. 

Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’),1 notice is hereby given that on 

March 18, 2004, the Fixed Income