Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 86 / Wednesday, May 3, 2000 / Notices 25775

The Commission’s related evaluation

of the amendment, finding of exigent

circumstances, and final determination

of NSHC are contained in a Safety

Evaluation dated April 21, 2000.

Attorney for licensee: General

Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority,

400 West Summit Hill Drive, ET 10H,

Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.

NRC Section Chief: Richard P.

Correia.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day

of April 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John A. Zwolinski,

Director, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 00–10743 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Privacy Act of 1974; Amendment to a

System of Records

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Technical amendment of

existing routine use.

SUMMARY: This notice serves as a

technical amendment to an existing

routine use contained in OPM’s

CENTRAL–1 system of records.

DATES: The change will be effected

without further notice on June 12, 2000

unless comments are received that

would result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to

the Office of Personnel Management,

ATTN: Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Office

of the Chief Information Officer, 1900 E

Street NW., Room 5415, Washington,

DC 20415–7900.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, (202) 606–

8358.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In OPM’s

CENTRAL–1 system of records, routine

use(s) has been amended to move

‘‘requesting’’ in front of the word

‘‘States’’ to clarify that OPM can

disclose information to Federal agencies

regardless of whether they specifically

requested the information.

(s) To disclose information contained

in the Retirement Annuity Master File;

including the name, Social Security

Number, date of birth, sex, OPM’s claim

number, health benefit enrollment code,

retirement date, retirement code (type of

retirement), annuity rate, pay status of

case, correspondence address, and ZIP

code, of all Federal retirees and their

survivors to Federal agencies and

requesting States to help eliminate fraud

and abuse in the benefit programs

administered by the Federal agencies

and States (and those States to local

governments) and to collect debts and

overpayments owed to the Federal

Government, and to State governments

and their components.

Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

[FR Doc. 00–10989 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–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:

Rule 17f–1(b)—SEC File No. 270–28—OMB

Control No. 3235–0032

Rule 17f–1(c) and Form X–17F–1A—SEC File

No. 270–29—OMB Control No. 3235–

0037

Rule 17h–1T and 17h–2T—SEC File No. 270–

359—OMB Control No. 3235–0410

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.

Rule 17f–1(b) requires approximately

1,150 entities in the securities industry

to register in the Lost and Stolen

Securities Program. Registration fulfills

a statutory requirement that entities

report and inquire about missing, lost,

counterfeit, or stolen securities.

Registration also allows entities in the

securities industry to gain access to a

confidential database that stores

information for the program.

It is estimated that 1,150 entities will

register in the Lost and Stolen Securities

Program annually. It is also estimated

that each respondent will register one

time. The staff estimates that the average

number of hours necessary to comply

with the Rule 17f–1(b) is one-half hour.

The total burden in 575 hours annually

for respondents, based upon past

submissions. The average cost per hour

is approximately $50. Therefore, the

total cost of compliance for respondents

is $28,750.

Rule 17f–1(b) is a reporting rule and

does not specify a retention period. The

rule requires a one-time registration for

reporting institutions. Registering under

Rule 17f–1(b) is mandatory to obtain the

benefit of a central database that stores

information about missing, lost,

counterfeit, or stolen securities for the

Lost and Stolen Securities Program.

Reporting institutions required to

registered under Rule 17f–1(b) will not

be kept confidential, however, the Lost

and Stolen Securities Program database

will be kept confidential.

Rule 17f–1(c) and Form X–17F–1A

requires approximately 23,000 entities

in the securities industry to report lost,

stolen, missing, or counterfeit securities

to a central database. Form X–17F–1A

facilitates the accurate reporting and

precise and immediate data entry into

the central database. Reporting to the

central database fulfills a statutory

requirement that reporting institutions

report and inquire about missing, lost,

counterfeit, or stolen securities.

Reporting to the central database also

allows reporting institutions to gain

access to the database that stores

information for the Lost and Stolen

Securities Program.

It is estimated that 23,000 reporting

institutions will report that securities

are either missing, lost, counterfeit, or

stolen annually. It is also estimated that

each reporting institution will submit

this report 56 times each year. The staff

estimates that the average amount of

time necessary to comply with Rule

17f–1(c) and Form X–17F–1A is five

minutes. The total burden is 107,333

hours annually for respondents, based

upon past submissions. The average cost

per hour is approximately $50.

Therefore, the total cost of compliance

for respondent is $5,366,666.

Rule 17f–1(c) is a reporting rule and

does not specify a retention period. The

rule requires an incident-based

reporting requirement by the reporting

institutions when securities are

discovered missing, lost, counterfeit, or

stolen. Registering under Rule 17f–1(c)

is mandatory to obtain the benefit of a

central database that stores information

about missing, lost, counterfeit, or

stolen securities for the Lost and Stolen

Securities Program. Reporting

institutions required to register under

Rule 17f–1(c) will not be kept

confidential, however, the Lost and

Stolen Securities Program database will

be kept confidential.

Rules 17h–1T requires a broker-dealer

to maintain and preserve records and

other information concerning certain

entities that are associated with the