Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 156 / Wednesday, August 13, 1997 / Notices 43381

December 11, 1996, January 31,

February 10 and 24, March 11, April 4

and 11, May 28, June 26, and July 15,

1997.

Brief description of amendment: The

amendment changes the Watts Bar

Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, Technical

Specifications (TS) to increase the spent

fuel storage capacity from 484 fuel

assemblies to 1610 fuel assemblies and

to increase the initial enrichment of the

fuel to be stored in the spent fuel storage

racks from 3.5 weight percent (wt%) to

5.0 wt%. This modification also changes

the center-to-center spacing of stored

fuel assemblies and reflects the use of

burnup credit rack modules to be

installed peripherally along the pool

walls.

The amendment, as proposed by the

licensee, would also involve the

installation of spent fuel racks in the

spent fuel cask pit for 225 storage spaces

thus increasing the total WBN spent fuel

storage capacity to 1835 spent fuel

assemblies. The licensee proposed to

provide an impact shield that would be

placed over the fuel in the cask pit

when heavy loads are moved near or

across the cask pit area. The staff is

continuing its review of this aspect of

the licensee’s proposal. Accordingly,

this amendment authorizes the

reracking and usage of the main spent

fuel pool, as proposed for a total of 1610

spent fuel spaces. However, it does not

authorize the installation of storage

racks or storage of spent fuel in the

spent fuel cask pit. The staff’s review of

that aspect of the licensee’s application

will be addressed by further

correspondence.

Date of issuance: July 28, 1997

Effective date: July 28, 1997

Amendment No.: 6

Facility Operating License No. NPF90: Amendment revises the TS.

Date of initial notice in Federal

Register: April 2, 1997 (62 FR 15733)

The April 4, and 11, May 28, June 26

and July 15, 1997 letters provided

clarifying informaion that did not

change the initial proposed no

significant hazards consideration

determination.

The Commission’s related evaluation

of the amendment is contained in an

environmental assessment dated April

7, 1997, and a Safety Evaluation dated

July 28, 1997. No significant hazards

consideration comments received: None

Local Public Document Room

location: Chattanooga-Hamilton County

Library, 1001 Broad Street, Chattanooga,

TN 37402

Virginia Electric and Power Company,

et al., Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339,

North Anna Power Station, Units No. 1

and No. 2, Louisa County, Virginia

Date of application for amendments:

November 9, 1987, as supplemented

March 31, 1988, June 8, 1992, and

February 4, 1997

Brief description of amendments:

These amendments reformat the

operability and surveillance

requirements for the intermediate range

channels.

Date of issuance: July 30, 1997

Effective date: July 30, 1997

Amendment Nos.: 206 and 187

Facility Operating License Nos. NPF4 and NPF-7: Amendments revised the

Technical Specifications.

Date of initial notice in Federal

Register: June 18, 1997 (62 FR 33136)

The Commission’s related evaluation of

the amendments is contained in a Safety

Evaluation dated July 30, 1997. No

significant hazards consideration

comments received: No.

Local Public Document Room

location: The Alderman Library, Special

Collections Department, University of

Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-

2498

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating

Corporation, Docket No. 50-482, Wolf

Creek Generating Station, Coffey

County, Kansas

Date of amendment request: February

17, 1997

Brief description of amendment: The

amendment revises the technical

specifications to move Table 3.6-1,

‘‘Containment Isolation Valves’’ to Wolf

Creek Generating Station procedures. In

addition, the technical specifications

have been modified to remove all

references to Table 3.6-1. This change is

in accordance with the guidance

provided in Generic Letter 91-08,

‘‘Removal of Component Lists from

Technical Specifications,’’ dated May 6,

1991.

Date of issuance: July 23, 1997

Effective date: July 23, 1997, to be

implemented within 30 days from the

date of issuance.

Amendment No.: 108

Facility Operating License No. NPF42: The amendment revised the

Technical Specifications and the

Operating License.

Date of initial notice in Federal

Register: April 23, 1997 (62 FR 19838)

The Commission’s related evaluation of

the amendment is contained in a Safety

Evaluation dated July 23, 1997. No

significant hazards consideration

comments received: No.

Local Public Document Room

locations: Emporia State University,

William Allen White Library, 1200

Commercial Street, Emporia, Kansas

66801 and Washburn University School

of Law Library, Topeka, Kansas 66621

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day

of August, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Jack W. Roe,

Director, Division of Reactor Projects III/IV,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[Doc. 97–21244 Filed 8–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–F

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

Proposed Submission of Information

Collection for OMB Review; Comment

Request; Payment of Premiums

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of intention to request

extension of OMB approval.

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation (‘‘PBGC’’) intends to

request that the Office of Management

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) extend approval,

under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of

the collection of information under its

regulation on Payment of Premiums (29

CFR part 4007), including Form 1–ES,

Form 1, and Schedule A to Form 1, and

related instructions (OMB control

number 1212–0009; expires February

28, 1998). The collection of information

also includes a certification (on

Schedule A) of compliance with

requirements to provide certain notices

to participants under the PBGC’s

regulation on Disclosure to Participants

(29 CFR part 4011), and surveys of plan

administrators to assess compliance

with those requirements. This notice

informs the public of the PBGC’s intent

and solicits public comment on the

collection of information.

DATES: Comments should be submitted

by October 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

the Office of the General Counsel, suite

340, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20005–4026, or

delivered to that address between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m. on business days. Written

comments will be available for public

inspection at the PBGC’s

Communications and Public Affairs

Department, suite 240 at the same

address, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on

business days.

Copies of the collection of

information may be obtained without

charge by writing to the PBGC’s

Communications and Public Affairs

Department at the address given above
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or calling 202–326–4040. (For TTY and

TDD, call 800–877–8339 and request

connection to 202–326–4040). The

premium payment regulation can be

accessed on the PBGC’s home page at

http://www.pbgc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harold J. Ashner, Assistant General

Counsel, or Deborah C. Murphy,

Attorney, Office of the General Counsel,

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,

1200 K Street, NW., Washington, DC

20005–4026, 202–326–4024. (For TTY

and TDD, call 800–877–8339 and

request connection to 202–326–4024).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

4007 of Title IV of the Employee

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

(‘‘ERISA’’) requires the Pension Benefit

Guaranty Corporation (‘‘PBGC’’) to

collect premiums from pension plans

covered under Title IV pension

insurance programs. Pursuant to ERISA

section 4007, the PBGC has issued its

regulation on Payment of Premiums (29

CFR part 4007). Section 4007.3 of the

premium payment regulation requires

plans, in connection with the payment

of premiums, to file certain forms

prescribed by the PBGC, and § 4007.10

requires plans to retain and make

available to the PBGC records

supporting or validating the

computation of premiums paid.

The forms prescribed are PBGC Form

1–ES and Form 1 and (for singleemployer plans only) Schedule A to

Form 1. Form 1–ES is issued, with

instructions, in the PBGC’s Estimated

Premium Payment Package. Form 1 and

Schedule A are issued, with

instructions, in the PBGC’s Annual

Premium Payment Package.

The premium forms are needed to

determine the amount and record the

payment of PBGC premiums, and the

submission of forms and retention and

submission of records are needed to

enable the PBGC to perform premium

audits. The plan administrator of each

pension plan covered by Title IV of

ERISA is required to file one or more of

the premium payment forms each year.

The PBGC uses the information on the

premium payment forms to identify the

plans paying premiums and to verify

whether plans are paying the correct

amounts. That information and the

retained records are used for audit

purposes.

In addition, section 4011 of ERISA

and the PBGC’s regulation on Disclosure

to Participants (29 CFR part 4011)

require plan administrators of certain

underfunded single-employer pension

plans to provide an annual notice to

plan participants and beneficiaries of

the plans’ funding status and the limits

on the Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation’s guarantee of plan benefits.

The participant notice requirement only

applies (subject to certain exemptions)

to plans that must pay a variable rate

premium. In order to monitor

compliance with Part 4011, plan

administrators must indicate on

Schedule A to Form 1 that the

participant notice requirements have

been complied with. The PBGC has also

conducted surveys of plan

administrators to assess compliance.

The collection of information under

the regulation on Payment of Premiums,

including Form 1–ES, Form 1, and

Schedule A to Form 1, and related

instructions has been approved by OMB

under control number 1212–0009

through February 28, 1998. This

collection of information also includes

the certification and surveys of

compliance with the participant notice

requirements (but not the participant

notices themselves). The PBGC intends

to request that OMB extend its approval

of this collection of information for

another three years. (The participant

notices constitute a different collection

of information that has been separately

approved by OMB.)

Under the Retirement Protection Act

of 1994, certain special premium rules

for regulated public utility company

plans cease to apply for plan years

beginning after 1997. The premium

forms and instructions are being revised

for 1998 to reflect this change. The

revised forms and instructions will also

include provisions regarding the use of

electronic funds transfers as an optional

form of payment for premiums and for

PBGC payment of premium refunds, and

will permit plan administrators whose

filings are prepared by consultants to

request that the PBGC no longer send

them unneeded forms packages. Other

appropriate revisions (e.g., clarifying

and editorial changes) are also being

made.

The PBGC estimates that it receives

responses annually from about 49,500

plan administrators and that the total

annual burden of the collection of

information is about 4,043 hours and

$11,236,125.

The PBGC is soliciting public

comments to—

• Evaluate whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Issued in Washington, DC, this 8th day of

August, 1997.

David M. Strauss,

Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 97–21404 Filed 8–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request for Review of a

Revised Information Collection:

Federal Employees Health Benefits

(FEHB) Annuitant Express Open

Season Interactive Voice Response

System (IVR)

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13, May 22, 1995), this notice

announces that the Office of Personnel

Management (OPM) has submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget a

request for review of a revised

information collection. FEHB Annuitant

Express Open Season IVR is used by

retirees and survivors to collect

information for changing FEHB

enrollments, requesting plan brochures,

requesting a change of address,

requesting cancellation or suspension of

FEHB benefits, requesting payment

directly to OPM where the FEHB

payment is greater than the monthly

annuity amount, or requesting a copy of

the FEHB Customer Satisfaction Survey

results. We are replacing the OPM 2809

EZ1 and OPM 2809 EZ2 with the IVR

technology to improve our response

time to our customers.

We estimate 109,600 requests will be

completed annually. Each request takes

approximately 10 minutes to complete.

The annual estimated burden is 18,167

hours. For copies of this proposal,

contact Jim Farron on (202) 418–3208,

or E-mail to jmfarron@opm.gov

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received on or before

September 12, 1997.