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The proposed action is in response to

the licensee’s application dated June 12,

1997.

The Need for the Proposed Action

Duke Power Company changed its

name to ‘‘Duke Energy Corporation.’’

The facility operating licenses for

Catawba were issued to indicate the

name of the licensee as ‘‘Duke Power

Company,’’ and therefore need to be

amended to substitute the new name of

the licensee. The proposed action is

purely administrative.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed

Action

The Commission has completed its

evaluation of the proposed action and

concludes that there is no significant

environmental impact if the

amendments are granted. No changes

will be made to the design and licensing

bases, and procedures of the two units

at Catawba Nuclear Station. Other than

the name change, no other changes will

be made to the facility operating

licenses, including the Technical

Specifications.

The change will not increase the

probability or consequences of

accidents, no changes are being made in

the types of any effluents that may be

released offsite, and there is no

significant increase in the allowable

individual or cumulative occupational

radiation exposure. Accordingly, the

Commission concludes that there are no

significant radiological environmental

impacts associated with the proposed

action.

With regard to potential

nonradiological impacts, the proposed

action does not affect nonradiological

plant effluents and has no other

environmental impact. Accordingly, the

Commission concludes that there are no

significant nonradiological

environmental impacts associated with

the proposed action.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

Since the Commission has concluded

there is no measurable environmental

impact associated with the proposed

action, any alternatives with equal or

greater environmental impact need not

be evaluated. As an alternative to the

proposed action, the staff considered

denial of the proposed action. Denial of

the application would result in no

change in current environmental

impacts. The environmental impacts of

the proposed action and the alternative

action are similar.

Alternative Use of Resources

This action does did not involve the

use of any resources not previously

considered in the Final Environmental

Statement related to the Catawba

Nuclear Station.

Agencies and Persons Contacted

In accordance with its stated policy,

on July 11, 1997, the staff consulted

with the South Carolina State official,

Virgil Autrey of the Bureau of

Radiological Health, South Carolina

Department of Health and

Environmental Control, regarding the

environmental impact of the proposed

amendments. The State official had no

comments.

Finding of No Significant Impact

Based upon the foregoing

environmental assessment, the

Commission concludes that the

proposed amendments will not have a

significant effect on the quality of the

human environment. Accordingly, the

Commission has determined not to

prepare an environmental impact

statement for the proposed

amendments.

For further details with respect to the

proposed action, see the licensee’s

request for the amendments dated June

12, 1997, which is available for public

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, The Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington DC, and

at the local public document room

located at the York County Library, 138

East Black Street, Rock Hill, South

Carolina.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day

of July 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Peter S. Tam,

Acting Director, Project Directorate II–2,

Division of Reactor Projects—I/II, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–20188 Filed 7–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Updated Standard Review Plan

Chapter 7: Issuance, Availability

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(NRC) has prepared an update to

Chapter 7, Instrumentation and

Controls, of NUREG–0800, ‘‘Standard

Review Plan for the Review of Safety

Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power

Plants,’’ (SRP). The updated SRP

Chapter 7, Revision 4, incorporates

changes in the NRC review criteria in

the area of instrumentation and control

(I&C) systems, particularly digital

computer-based I&C systems of nuclear

power plants that have occurred since

the last major revision of the SRP in

1981.

The revisions were derived from the

following programmatic areas: NRC

regulatory documents issued after the

1981 SRP revision; NRC staff positions

related to digital I&C system retrofits at

operating nuclear power plants as

documented in relevant safety

evaluation reports; NRC staff

endorsement of industry consensus

standards applicable to I&C systems;

NRC staff positions related to

evolutionary and advanced light water

reactor design reviews as presented in

SECY–91–292, ‘‘Digital Computer

Systems for Advanced Light Water

Reactors,’’ and the Staff Requirements

Memorandum on SECY–93–087,

‘‘Policy, Technical, and Licensing Issues

Pertaining to Evolutionary and

Advanced Light Water Reactor (ALWR)

Designs;’’ NRC design certification

safety evaluation reports for the General

Electric Advanced Boiling Water

Reactor Design and the ABB-CE System

80+ Design; and nuclear power plant

operating experience. The revised text

for the SRP Chapter 7 update includes

the resolution of public comments

received in response to the draft version

issued on December 6, 1996.

The updated SRP Chapter 7 is a

‘‘rule’’ for the purposes of the Small

Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act (5 U.S.C., Chapter 8). The

staff believes that SRP Chapter 7,

Revision 4 is a non-major rule and is in

the process of confirming this with the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB).

The updated SRP Chapter 7, Revision

4 does not, by itself, establish any new

or revised requirements. It incorporates

previously established NRC staff

positions, and lessons learned from the

completed reviews of I&C systems in the

advanced light water reactors and

digital I&C system retrofits of operating

reactors. The review guidance described

in the updated SRP Chapter 7 will be

used by the NRC staff in the evaluation

of future submittals in connection with

applications for construction permits,

standard design certifications and

design approvals, combined operating

licenses, and operating plant license

amendments.

The updated SRP Chapter 7, Revision

4, is being made available to the public

as part of the NRC’s policy to inform the

nuclear industry and the general public

of regulatory procedures and policies.

SRP Chapter 7 will be revised

periodically, as appropriate, to

accommodate future new technologies,

information, and experience. The NRC

encourages comments from interested

parties. Comments and suggestions will
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be considered in future revisions to the

document. Written comments may be

submitted to Chief, Rules Review and

Directives Branch, Division of Freedom

of Information and Publication Services,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001.

The SRP Chapter 7, Revision 4 will be

accessible indefinitely from the NRC

Homepage on the World Wide Web—

URL: http://www.nrc.gov under the

‘‘Nuclear Reactors’’ menu options by

selecting ‘‘Standard Review Plan

Chapter 7, Instrumentation and

Controls,’’ beginning September 1997.

Specific guidance is provided on-line to

guide the user on the various options

available for reading, commenting on,

and downloading the document.

Chapter 7 of the SRP is available for

inspection and copying at the NRC

Public Document Room, 2120 L Street

NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC

20555.

A limited number of copies of SRP

Chapter 7 in the printed form on paper

are available free, to the extent of

supply, upon written request to the

Office of Administration, Distribution

Section, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, or by fax at (301) 415–2260.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd

day of July, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Jared Wermiel,

Chief, Instrumentation and Controls Branch,

Division of Reactor Controls and Human

Factors, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–20040 Filed 7–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

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

collecitons, 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: Application to Act as

Representative Payee; OMB 3220–0052.

Under Section 12 of the Railroad

Retirement Act, the Railroad Retirement

Board (RRB) may pay benefits to a

representative payee when an employee,

spouse or survivor annuitant is

incompetent or is a minor. A

representative payee may be a courtappointed guardian, a statutory

conservator or an individual selected by

the RRB. The producers pertaining to

the appointment and responsibilities of

a representative payee are prescribed in

20 CFR part 266.

The forms furnished by the RRB to

apply for representative payee status,

and for securing the information needed

to support the application follow. RRB

Form AA–5, Application for

Substitution of Payee, obtains

information needed to determine the

selection of a representative payee who

will serve in the best interest of the

beneficiary. RRB Form G–478,

Statement Regarding Patient’s

Capability to Manage Payments, obtains

information about an annuitant’s

capability to manage payments. The

form is completed by the annuitant’s

personal physician or by a medical

officer, if the annuitant is in an

institution. It is not required when a

court has appointed an individual or

institution to manage the annuitant’s

funds or, in the absence of such

appointment, when the annuitant is a

minor.

Completion is voluntary. One

response is requested of reach

respondent. The RRB is proposing

minor editorial changes to Forms AA–

5 and G–478 to incorporate language

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995. No other changes are

proposed. The estimated completion

time(s) is estimated at 17 minutes for

Form AA–5 and 6 minutes for Form G–

478. The RRB estimates that

approximately 3,000 Form AA–5’s and

2,000 Form G–478’s are completed

annually.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

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.

Comments regarding the information

collection should be addressed to

Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement

Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60611–2092. Written comments

should be received within 60 days of

this notice.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–20205 Filed 7–30–97; 8:45 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. IC–22765; File No. 812–10722]

Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity

Company, et al.

July 25, 1997.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’).

ACTION: Notice of application for

exemptions under the Investment

Company Act of 1940 (‘‘1940 Act’’).

APPLICANTS: Aetna Life Insurance and

Annuity Company (‘‘Aetna Annuity’’)

and its Variable Annuity Account B.

Variable Annuity Account C, and

Variable Life Account B; and Aetna

Insurance Company of America (‘‘Aetna

of America’’ and collectively with Aetna

Annuity, ‘‘Aetna’’) and its Variable

Annuity Account I.

RELEVANT 1940 ACT SECTIONS: Orders

requested pursuant to Sections 26(b)

and 17(b) of the 1940 Act.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants

seek an order pursuant to Section 26(b)

of the 1940 Act, approving the

substitution of shares of certain

unaffiliated registered management

investment companies (‘‘Replaced

Funds’’) with shares of certain Aetnaadvised, registered management

investment companies (‘‘Substitute

Funds’’). Applicants also seek an order,

pursuant to Section 17(b) of the 1940

Act, granting exemptions from Section

17(a) to permit Applicants to carry out

the above-referenced substitutions in

part by redeeming shares of the

Replaced Funds in-kind, and using the

redemption proceeds to purchase shares

of the Substitute Funds, and to permit

Applicants to combine certain

subaccounts holding shares of the same

Substitute Fund after the substitutions.

FILING DATE: The application was filed

on July 18, 1997, and amended and

restated on July 24, 1997.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An

order granting the application will be