24232 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 80 / Tuesday, April 25, 2000 / Notices

of Administration, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555. Copies of comments received

may be examined at the NRC Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,

Washington, DC. Comments will be

most helpful if received by June 9, 2000.

You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking

website through the NRC home page

(http://www.nrc.gov). This site provides

the availability to upload comments as

files (any format), if your web browser

supports that function. For information

about the interactive rulemaking

website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher,

(301) 415–5905; e-mail CAG@NRC.GOV.

Electronic copies of this draft guide,

under Accession Number

ML003698165, are available in NRC’s

Public Electronic Reading Room, which

can also be accessed through NRC’s web

site, <WWW.NRC.GOV>. For

information about the draft guide and

the related documents, contact Ms. E.

McKenna at (301) 415–2189; e-mail

EMM@NRC.GOV.

Although a time limit is given for

comments on this draft guide,

comments and suggestions in

connection with items for inclusion in

guides currently being developed or

improvements in all published guides

are encouraged at any time.

Regulatory guides are available for

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,

Washington, DC. Requests for single

copies of draft or final guides (which

may be reproduced) or for placement on

an automatic distribution list for single

copies of future draft guides in specific

divisions should be made in writing to

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

Attention: Reproduction and

Distribution Services Section; or by fax

to (301) 415–2289, or by email to

<DISTRIBUTION@NRC.GOV>.

Telephone requests cannot be

accommodated. Regulatory guides are

not copyrighted, and Commission

approval is not required to reproduce

them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a)).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day

of April 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Charles E. Ader,

Director, Program Management, Policy

Development & Analysis Staff, Office of

Nuclear Regulatory Research.

[FR Doc. 00–10293 Filed 4–24–00; 8:45 am]

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Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance,

Availability

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

has placed a draft guide on the website

for public comment. This Regulatory

Guide series has been developed to

describe and make available to the

public such information as methods

acceptable to the NRC staff for

implementing specific parts of the

NRC’s regulations, techniques used by

the staff in evaluating specific problems

or postulated accidents, and data

needed by the staff in its review of

applications for permits and licenses.

This draft guide, temporarily

identified by its task number, DG–1094

(which should be mentioned in all

correspondence concerning this draft

guide), is a revision of DG–1094

(64FR58461) as a result of public

comments and a public meeting held on

February 23, 2000. A final draft guide,

identified by the task number of DG–

1097, will be published shortly for

formal comment. This guide has been

developed to provide a comprehensive

fire protection guidance document, and

to identify the scope and depth of fire

protection that the staff has determined

to be acceptable for operating nuclear

plants. This guide may be used for

licensee self-assessments and as the

deterministic basis for future

rulemaking. This guide has been

developed from a compilation of fire

protection regulations, generic

communications, Branch Technical

Positions, and other NRC guidance. In

addition, as appropriate, new guidance

is provided where the existing guidance

is weak or non-existent. The specific

NRC fire protection requirements

applicable to any given operating

reactor are a function of licensing dates,

specific license conditions, rule

applicability statements, approved

exemptions/deviations, and individual

plant Safety Evaluation Reports (SERs).

It is not possible to capture in a single

guide all the compliance alternatives

that have been previously accepted by

the NRC for a given plant. This guide

presents the best available methods for

meeting fire protection requirements

and objectives that are acceptable to the

Commission, and will be used in the

evaluation of fire protection programs

for operating nuclear power plants.

Nothing in this guide prohibits a

licensee from proposing an alternative

method(s) for complying with specified

portions of the Commission’s

regulations.

The draft guide has not received

complete staff approval and does not

represent an official NRC staff position.

Comments may be accompanied by

relevant information or supporting data.

Written comments may be submitted to

David L. Meyer, Chief, Rules and

Directives Branch, Office of

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

Copies of comments received may be

examined at the NRC Public Document

Room, 2120 L Street, NW, (Lower

Level), Washington, DC 20555–0001.

The public comment period for this

revision of DG–1094 will close at the

same time as the public comment period

for the final draft guide identified by the

task number of DG–1097. All comments

will be incorporated in the final

regulatory guide to be issued in 2001.

You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking

website (http://www.techconf.llnl.gov/

cgi_bin/topics). This site provides the

availability to upload comments as files

(any format), if your web browser

supports this function. For information

about the interactive rulemaking

website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher,

(301) 415–5905; e-mail CAG@nrc.gov.

For information about the draft guide

and the related documents, contact Mr.

E.A. Connell, (301) 415–2838; e-mail

EAC@nrc.gov.

Although a time limit is given for

comments on this draft guide,

comments and suggestions in

connection with items for inclusion in

guides currently being developed or

improvements in all published guides

are encouraged at any time.

Regulatory guides are available for

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room 2120 L Street, NW,

(Lower Level), Washington, DC. Current

draft Regulatory Guides that have been

issued for public comment can be found

at our Rulemaking site: http://

ruleforum.llnl.gov/cglbn/

rulemake?source=rg. Requests for single

copies of draft or final guides (which

may be reproduced) or for placement on

an automatic distribution list for single

copies of future draft guides in specific

divisions should be made in writing to

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, Attention: Reproduction and

Distribution Services Section; or by fax

to (301) 415–2289, or by e-mail to

<Distribution@nrc.gov>. Telephone

requests cannot be accommodated.

Regulatory Guides are not copyrighted

and Commission approval is not

required to reproduce them. (5 U.S.C.

552(a)).

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1 15 U.S.C. 78l(d).

2 17 CFR 240.12d2–2(d).

3 15 U.S.C. 78l(b).

4 15 U.S.C. 78l(g).

5 Id.

6 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(1).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 18th day

of April 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John N. Hannon,

Chief, Plant Systems Branch, Division of

Systems Safety and Analysis, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 00–10294 Filed 4–24–00; 8:45 am]

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Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application

To Withdraw From Listing and

Registration; (NeoPharm, Inc.,

Common Stock, Par Value $.0002145

Per Share) File No. 1–12493

April 19, 2000.

NeoPharm, 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’’) 1 and Rule 12d2–2(d)

thereunder,2 to withdraw the security

described above (‘‘Security’’) from

listing and registration on the American

Stock Exchange LLC (‘‘Amex’’) and

under Section 12(b) of the Act.3

The Company, whose business is

biotechnology, has determined to

transfer trading in its Security from the

Amex to the National Market of the

Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (‘‘Nasdaq’’),

which it considers to be the preeminent

marketplace for the securities of

biotechnology companies. The

Company has registered its Security

pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act 4 by

filing a Registration Statement on Form

8–A with the Commission on April 12,

2000. The Security subsequently

became designated for quotation and

began trading on the Nasdaq National

Market, and was simultaneously

suspended from trading on the Amex,

on April 14, 2000.

The Company has stated that it has

complied with the Rules of the Amex

governing the withdrawal of its Security

from listing and registration on the

Exchange and that the Amex, in turn,

has indicated that it will not oppose

such withdrawal.

The Company’s application relates

solely to the withdrawal of the Security

from listing and registration on the

Amex and shall have no effect upon the

Security’s designation for quotation and

trading on the Nasdaq National Market

and registration under Section 12(g) of

the Act.5

Any interested person may, on or

before May 10, 2000, submit by letter to

the Secretary of the Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20549–0609, facts

bearing upon whether the application

has been made in accordance with the

rules of the Amex and what terms, if

any, should be imposed by the

Commission for the protection of

investors. The Commission, based on

the information submitted to it, will

issue an order granting the application

after the date mentioned above, unless

the Commission determines to order a

hearing on the matter.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.6

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10256 Filed 4–24–00; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION

[Release No. 35–27167]

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’)

April 18, 2000.

Notice is hereby given that the

following filing(s) has/have been made

with the Commission pursuant to

provisions of the Act and rules

promulgated under the Act. All

interested persons are referred to the

application(s) and/or declaration(s) for

complete statements of the proposed

transaction(s) summarized below. The

application(s) and/or declaration(s) and

any amendment(s) is/are available for

public inspection through the

Commission’s Branch of Public

Reference.

Interested persons wishing to

comment or request a hearing on the

application(s) and/or declaration(s)

should submit their views in writing by

May 12, 2000, to the Secretary,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Washington, DC 20549–0609, and serve

a copy on the relevant applicant(s) and/

or declarant(s) at the address(es)

specified below. Proof of service (by

affidavit or, in the case of an attorney at

law, by certificate) should be filed with

the request. Any request for hearing

should identify specifically the issues of

facts or law that are disputed. A person

who so requests will be notified of any

hearing, if ordered, and will receive a

copy of any notice or order issued in the

matter. After May 12, 2000, the

application(s) and/or declaration(s), as

filed or as amended, may be granted

and/or permitted to become effective.

Entergy Arkansas, Inc. (70–7571)

Entergy Arkansas, Inc. (‘‘Arkansas’’),

425 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock,

Arkansas 72201, a wholly owned

electric utility subsidiary company of

Entergy Corporation, a registered

holding company, has filed a posteffective amendment to its applicationdeclaration under sections 6(a), 7, 9(a)

and 10 of the Act and rule 54 under the

Act.

By prior Commission orders dated

January 24, 1996, July 7, 1989 and

December 20, 1988 (HCAR Nos. 26461,

24917 and 24787, respectively)

(collectively, ‘‘Orders’’), Arkansas was

authorized to enter into and amend a

Fuel Lease originally dated December

22, 1988 (‘‘Lease’’), with River Fuel

Funding Company #1, Inc. (‘‘River

Fuel’’), under which Arkansas leases

nuclear fuel required for use at its Grand

Gulf Nuclear Generating Station. Under

the terms of the Lease, Arkansas makes

periodic lease payments to River Fuel

based on the nuclear fuel consumption

rate and the unamortized cost of the

nuclear fuel, including financing costs

(‘‘Lease Payments’’).

River Fuel originally financed its

acquisition of nuclear fuel leased to

Arkansas through, among other things,

borrowings under a credit agreement

dated December 22, 1988 (as amended,

‘‘Credit Agreement’’) with Union Bank

of Switzerland (‘‘Bank’’). In the Orders,

the Commission imposed limits on

certain fees and rates applicable to

borrowings under the Credit Agreement

that were incorporated in the Lease

Payments.

Specifically, under the terms of the

Credit Agreement, River Fuel is

currently required to pay: (1) A

commitment fee of 1⁄4 of one percent per

annum on the daily difference between

the maximum commitment under the

Credit Agreement and the amount of

commercial paper and revolving credit

borrowings outstanding; (2) a letter of

credit fee of .00625 percent per annum

on the average aggregate amount of

commercial paper outstanding during

each calendar quarter; and (3) an

administrative fee of $20,000 per year.

In addition, at the election of River

Fuel, each revolving credit borrowing

under the Credit Agreement currently

bears interest at either: (a) the higher of

(i) the rate publicly announced by the

Bank from time to time as its prime rate,