Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 84 / Monday, May 1, 2000 / Notices 25399

Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20005–4026.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Procedures are detailed in PBGC

regulations: 29 CFR part 4902.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Same as notification procedure.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Same as notification procedure.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Subject individual, plan

administrators, labor organization

officials, firms or agencies providing

locator services, and other Federal

agencies.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

[FR Doc. 00–10811 Filed 4–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

POSTAL SERVICE

Retirement Plan for Manually Set

Postage Meters

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice of proposed plan with

request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Postal Service recently

completed the first phase of a plan to

remove insecure postage meters from

the marketplace with the decertification

of mechanical postage meters. A plan is

herewith proposed for the second phase,

which is the retirement of manually

reset electronic meters. Upon

completion of this phase all meters in

service will offer enhanced levels of

security, thereby greatly reducing the

Postal Service’s exposure to meter fraud,

misuse, and loss of revenue.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed or delivered to the Manager,

Postage Technology Management, U.S.

Postal Service, Room 8430, 475 L’Enfant

Plaza SW, Washington DC 20260–2444.

Copies of all written comments will be

available at the above address for

inspection and photocopying between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nicholas S. Stankosky, (202) 268–5311.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996

the Postal Service, in cooperation with

all authorized postage meter

manufacturers, began a phase-out, or

decertification, of all mechanical

postage meters because of identified

cases of indiscernible tampering and

misuse. Postal revenues were proven to

be at serious risk. With the recent

completion of this initial effort, 776,000

mechanical meters have been

withdrawn from service. Recent

advances in postage meter technology

offer high levels of security, operational

reliability, and flexibility for meter

users. As a result, the Postal Service is

addressing the next category of meter

insecurity, namely electronic meters

that are manually set by postal

employees. Of the current total installed

population of 1,587,000 meters, over 92

percent are remotely set through

telephone access to a manufacturer’s

setting center. Customers have

recognized the advantages of remote

setting, and as a result the marketplace

has moved in a positive direction. The

remaining 145,000 manually set

electronic meters are to be retired and

no longer authorized for use as postage

evidencing devices. It is the Postal

Service’s intent to make this an orderly

process minimizing impacts on meter

users. A schedule has been devised that

gives meter users ample time to make

timely and intelligent decisions on

replacement meters. The Postal Service

proposed plan is as follows:

1. Effective February 1, 2000, new

placements of manually reset electronic

postage meters ceased. The edict applies

to new customers as well as existing

meter users. All meter manufacturers

were notified of this policy and are

complying.

2. Meters must be withdrawn at the

expiration of a user’s lease, with one

exception. The Postal Service will allow

a lease extension up to December 31,

2001, for any lease which expires during

calendar year 2000. No other lease

extensions are permitted by the Postal

Service. Manufacturers or users cannot

avoid meter retirement by the

manipulation of leases.

3. Some users currently have

multiple-year leases which expire after

June 30, 2001. Any meter covered under

such a lease may be used until the lease

expires.

4. All retired meters must be

withdrawn from active service records

immediately upon lease expiration.

Manufacturers must process PS Form

3601–C, Postage Meter Activity Report,

to withdraw the meter effective the lease

expiration date.

5. Retired meters must be physically

returned to the manufacturer within 30

business days after lease expiration. The

use of a retired meter in the time period

between the expiration date and when

the meter is returned to the

manufacturer may result in the

cancellation of the user’s meter license.

6. Official notification to users

explaining this action will be sent

directly by the Manager, Postage

Technology Management, Postal Service

Headquarters. No other correspondence

will be considered to be official.

7. Any manufacturer correspondence

to these meter users must be provided

to and reviewed by the Manager,

Postage Technology Management prior

to distribution.

8. Manufacturers will provide the

Postal Service with a complete listing of

lease expiration dates including those

extended under item 2 above.

9. The meters affected by this rule are:

Ascom Hasler

1441

1446

SM1441

SM1446

16410

16410TMS

16413

16463

SM16410

SM16413

SM16463

17563

SM17563

741

SM741

7410

7413

SM7410

SM7413

7560

7563

SM7560

SM7563

Neopost

9212

9212G

9248

9248G

9252

9252G

9257

9257G

9258

9258G

9252U

9257U

9258U

9258UG

9267

9268

9268G

Francotyp-Postalia

7000

7100

7200

Pitney Bowes

6501

6502

6513

B901

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A final plan will be published after all

comments have been received from

interested parties and reviewed by the

Postal Service.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 00–10812 Filed 4–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available

From: Securities and Exchange

Commission, Office of Filings and

Information Services, Washington, DC

20549

Extension:

Form T–6, SEC File No. 270–344, OMB

Control No. 3235–0391

Form 11–K, SEC File No. 270–101, OMB

Control No. 3235–0082

Form 144, SEC File No. 270–112, OMB

Control No. 3235–0101

Regulation S–B, SEC File No. 270–370,

OMB Control No. 3235–0417

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities

and Exchange Commission

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments

on the collections of information

summarized below. The Commission

plans to submit these existing

collections of information to the Office

of Management and Budget for

extension and approval.

Form T–6 is a statement of eligibility

and qualification for a foreign corporate

trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of

1939. Form T–6 provides the basis for

determining if a trustee is qualified. All

information is provided to the public

upon request. Form T–6 takes

approximately 17 burden hours to be

prepared and is filed by 15 respondents.

It is estimated that 25% of the 255 total

burden hours (64 hours) would be

prepared by the filer.

Form 11–K is the annual report

designed for use by employee stock

purchase, savings and similar plans to

facilitate their compliance with the

reporting requirement. Form 11–K is

necessary to provide employees with

information, including financial

information, with respect to the

investment vehicle or plan itself. Form

11–K provides the employees in turn

with the necessary information to assess

the performance of the investment

vehicle in which their money is

invested. Form 11–K is filed on

occasion and the information required is

mandatory. All information is provided

to the public upon request. Form 11–K

takes approximately 30 burden hours to

prepare and is filed by 774 respondents

for a total of 23,220 annual burden

hours.

Form 144 is used to report the sale of

securities during any three month

period that exceeds 500 shares or other

units or has an aggregate sales price in

excess of $10,000. The information

requested is mandatory. Form 144

operates in conjunction with Rule 144.

If the information collection was not

required, the objectives of the rule could

be frustrated. All information is

provided to the public upon request.

Form 144 takes approximately 2 burden

hours to prepare and is filed by 18,096

respondents for a total of 36,192 annual

burden hours.

Regulation S–B provides an integrated

disclosure system for small business

issuers that file registration statements

under the Securities Act of 1933 and

reports under the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934. The information requested

is mandatory. The information collected

is intended to ensure the adequacy of

information is available to investors in

the registration of securities. All

information is provided to the public

upon request. Regulation S–B takes

approximately one burden hour to

review and is filed by one respondent

for a total of one annual burden hour.

The one hour associated with

Regulation S–B is strictly an

administrative reporting burden.

Written comments are invited on: (a)

Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on respondents, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology. Consideration will be given

to comments and suggestions submitted

in writing within 60 days of this

publication.

Please direct your written comments

to Michael E. Bartell, Associate

Executive Director, Office of

Information Technology, Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20549.

Dated: April 19, 2000.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10728 Filed 4–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Upon Written Reqeust; Copies Available

From: Securities and Exchange

Commission, Office of Filings and

Information Services, Washington, DC

20549

Extension:

Form T–1, SEC File No. 270–121, OMB

Control No. 3235–0110

Form T–2, SEC File No. 270–122, OMB

Control No. 3235–0111

Form T–3, SEC File No. 270–123, OMB

Control No. 3235–0105

Form T–4, SEC File No. 270–124, OMB

Control No. 3235–0107

Rule 14f–1, SEC File No. 270–127, OMB

Control No. 3235–0108

Rule 12d1–3, SEC File No. 270–116, OMB

Control No. 3235–0109

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities

and Exchange Commission

(Commission) has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

requests for extension on the previously

approved collections of information

discussed below.

Form T–1 is a statement of eligibility

and qualification for corporate trustee

under the Trust Indenture Act. Form T–

1 is filed on occasion. The information

required by form T–1 is mandatory. All

information is provided to the public

upon request. Form T–1 takes 15 burden

hours to prepare and is filed by 180

respondents for a total of 2,700 burden

hours.

Form T–2 is a statement of eligibility

under the Trust Indenture Act of an

individual designated to act as trustee.

The information required by Form T–2

is mandatory. All information is

provided to the public upon request.

Form T–2 takes 9 burden hours to

prepare and is filed by 36 respondents

for a total of 324 burden hours.

Form T–3 is used as an application for

qualification of indentures pursuant to

the Trust Indenture Act, but only when

securities to be issued thereunder are

not required to be registered under the

Securities Act of 1933. The information

required by Form T–3 is mandatory. All

information is provided to the public

upon request. T–3 takes 43 burden

hours to prepare and is filed by 55

respondents for a total of 2,365 burden

hours.