67766 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 223 / Friday, November 19, 2004 / Notices 

Week of November 22, 2004

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of November 22, 2004. 

Week of November 29, 2004—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of November 29, 2004. 

Week of December 6, 2004—Tentative 

Tuesday, December 7, 2004

9:30 a.m.—Briefing on Equal 

Employment Opportunity (EEO) 

Program (Public Meeting) (Contact: 

Corenthis Kelley, (301) 415–7380).

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov.

Wednesday, December 8, 2004

12:55 p.m.—Affirmation Session (Public 

Meeting) (Tentative) 

a. Motion to Quash OI Subpoena 

(Tentative) 

1 p.m.—Briefing on Status of Davis 

Besse Lessons Learned Task Force 

Recommendations (Public Meeting) 

(Contact: John Jolicoeur, (301) 415–

1724).

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov.

Thursday, December 9, 2004

2 p.m.—Briefing on Reactor Safety and 

Licensing Activities (Public Meeting) 

(Contact: Steve Koenick, (301) 415–

1239).

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov.

Week of December 13, 2004—Tentative 

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

1 p.m.—Briefing on Emergency 

Preparedness Program Initiatives 

(Public Meeting) (Contact: Nader 

Mamish, (301) 415–1086).

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov.

2 p.m.—Briefing on Emergency 

Preparedness Program Initiatives 

(Closed—Ex. 1) 

Week of December 20, 2004—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of December 20, 2004. 

Week of December 27, 2004—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of December 27, 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.

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The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

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

policy-making/schedule.html.

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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 or 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.

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This notice is distributed by mail to 

several hundred subscribers; 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: November 16, 2004. 

Dave Gamberoni, 

Office of the Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–25777 Filed 11–17–04; 9:43 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirement of section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

which provides opportunity for public 

comment on new or revised data 

collections, the Railroad Retirement 

Board (RRB) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed data collections. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed information collection is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information has practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of the information; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden related to 

the collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Title and Purpose of Information 

Collection 

Financial Disclosure Statement: OMB 

3220–0127. 

Under section 10 of the Railroad 

Retirement Act and section 2(d) of the 

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 

the RRB may recover overpayments of 

annuities, pensions, death benefits, 

unemployment benefits, and sickness 

benefits that were made erroneously. An 

overpayment may be waived if the 

beneficiary was not at fault in causing 

the overpayment and recovery would 

cause financial hardship. The 

regulations for the recovery and waiver 

of erroneous payments are contained in 

20 CFR parts 255 and 340. 

The RRB utilizes Form G–423, 

Financial Disclosure Statement, to 

obtain information about the overpaid 

beneficiary’s income, debts, and 

expenses if that person indicates that 

(s)he cannot make restitution for the 

overpayment. The information is used 

to determine if the overpayment should 

be waived as wholly or partially 

uncollectible. If waiver is denied, the 

information is used to determine the 

size and frequency of installment 

payments. The beneficiary is made 

aware of the overpayment by letter and 

is offered a variety of methods for 

recovery. One response is requested of 

each respondent. Completion is 

voluntary. The RRB proposes nonburden impacting editorial changes to 

Form G–423. The RRB also proposes to 

change the form number to DR–423 to 

reflect that it is a debt recovery form 

rather than a general use form.

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

[The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows] 

Form #(s) Annual

responses 

Time

(min) 

Burden

(hrs) 

DR–423 ........................................................................................................................................ 1,200 85 1,700 

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 223 / Friday, November 19, 2004 / Notices 67767

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

2Securities Exchange Act Release No. 50457 

(September 27, 2004), 69 FR 59283.

3Each consequence remains effective for a period 

beginning on the date on which the member fell 

below such level and continuing until the ninetieth 

calendar day after the date on which such member 

returned to compliance with the applicable 

standard. If the consequence consists of a 

reclassification and the member does not return to 

compliance with its original minimum financial 

requirements within 90 calendar days of falling out 

of compliance, then the reclassification becomes 

permanent.

4Treating a bank or other non-Inter-Dealer Broker 

Category 1 Member as a Category 2 non-Inter-Dealer 

Broker Member for clearing fund purposes results 

in a higher clearing fund requirement for such a 

member because higher margin rates are imposed 

on non-Inter-Dealer Broker Category 2 Dealer 

Members than are imposed on banks and non-InterDealer Broker Category 1 Members.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information or to obtain a 

copy of the information collection 

justification, forms, and/or supporting 

material, please call the RRB Clearance 

Officer at (312) 751–3363 or send an email request to 

Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments 

regarding the information collection 

should be addressed to Ronald J. 

Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 

North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 

60611–2092 or send an e-mail to 

Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Written 

comments should be received within 60 

days of this notice.

Charles Mierzwa, 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–25719 Filed 11–18–04; 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, Pubic Law 94–409, that 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission will hold the following 

meeting during the week of November 

22, 2004: 

A Closed Meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, November 23, 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 Campos, 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 23, 2004 will be:

Formal orders of investigations; 

Institution and settlement of 

injunctive actions; 

Institution and settlement of 

administrative proceedings of an 

enforcement nature; and 

Adjudicatory matters. 

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 16, 2004. 

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–25797 Filed 11–17–04; 11:36 

am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–50659; File No. SR–FICC–

2004–11] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Fixed 

Income Clearing Corporation; Order 

Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule 

Change To Amend the Rules of the 

Government Securities Division To 

Modify the Penalty Assessment 

Process for Violations of Minimum 

Financial Standards and for Failures of 

Members To Submit Requisite 

Financial Reports on a Timely Basis 

November 15, 2004. 

I. Introduction 

On May 17, 2004, the Fixed Income 

Clearing Corporation (‘‘FICC’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) and on 

August 4, 2004, amended proposed rule 

change File No. SR–FICC–2004–11 

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

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’).1 Notice of the proposed rule 

change was published in the Federal 

Register on October 4, 2004.2 No 

comment letters were received. For the 

reasons discussed below, the 

Commission is now granting approval of 

the proposed rule change.

II. Description 

The proposed rule change amends the 

rules of its Government Securities 

Division (‘‘GSD’’) by modifying the 

penalty assessment process for 

violations of minimum financial 

standards and for failure to submit 

requisite financial reports on a timely 

basis. 

(A) Violations of Minimum Financial 

Standards 

The rules of the GSD require netting 

members and clearing members to meet 

and maintain certain minimum 

financial standards at all times. While 

the majority of GSD members 

consistently satisfy their minimum 

financial requirements, occasionally 

members do breach these requirements 

and create undue risk for FICC and its 

GSD members. FICC has decided that a 

more uniform system of enforcing 

minimum financial requirements within 

the GSD would enhance the ability of 

FICC to minimize risk to itself and its 

members in a fair and effective manner. 

Currently, the GSD Rules provide 

clearing fund consequences for the 

various categories of netting members 

that fall out of compliance with 

minimum financial requirements as 

follows:

Netting membership category Current clearing fund consequence for falling below minimum financial standard 3

Bank Member ...................................................... Treated as a Category 2 Dealer.4

Category 1 Dealer Member ................................. Treated as a Category 2 Dealer. 

Category 2 Dealer Netting Member .................... Impose Required Fund Deposit equal to 150 percent of the normal calculation of Required 

Fund Deposit. 

Category 1 Futures Commission Merchant 

Member.

Treated as a Category 2 Futures Commission Merchant. 

Category 2 Futures Commission Merchant 

Member.

Impose Required Fund Deposit equal to 150 percent of the normal calculation of Required 

Fund Deposit.