Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 171 / Thursday, September 4, 1997 / Notices 46779

DATES: Responses to this Notice must be

received on or before November 3, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth

Vrioni at (407) 867–6225.

Dated: August 27, 1997.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–23433 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Meetings of Humanities Panel

AGENCY: National Endowment for the

Humanities.

ACTION: Notice of additional meetings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), notice is

hereby given that the following

meetings of the Humanities Panel will

be held at the Old Post Office, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy E. Weiss, Advisory Committee

Management Officer, National

Endowment for the Humanities,

Washington, D.C. 20506; telephone

(202) 606–8322. Hearing-impaired

individuals are advised that information

on this matter may be obtained by

contacting the Endowment’s TDD

terminal on (202) 606–8282.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed meetings are for the purpose

of panel review, discussion, evaluation

and recommendation on applications

for financial assistance under the

National Foundation on the Arts and the

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,

including discussion of information

given in confidence to the agency by the

grant applicants. Because the proposed

meetings will consider information that

is likely to disclose: (1) Trade secrets

and commercial or financial information

obtained from a person and privileged

or confidential; or (2) information of a

personal nature the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy, pursuant

to authority granted me by the

Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to

Close Advisory Committee meetings,

dated July 19, 1993, I have determined

that this meeting will be closed to the

public pursuant to subsections (c)(4),

and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United

States Code.

1. Date: September 29, 1997.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Education Development

and Demonstration in Focus Grants I,

submitted to the Division of Research

and Education for projects at the

September 15, 1997 deadline.

2. Date: September 30, 1997.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 315.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Education Development

and Demonstration in Focus Grants I,

submitted to the Division of Research

and Education for projects at the

September 15, 1997 deadline.

Nancy E. Weiss,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–23436 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–155]

Consumers Energy Company; Notice

of Withdrawal of Application for

Amendment to Facility Operating

License

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) has

granted the request of Consumers

Energy Company (the licensee) to

withdraw its October 15, 1996, as

supplemented on April 22, 1997,

application for proposed amendment to

Facility Operating License No. DPR–6

for the Big Rock Point Plant, located in

Charlevoix County, Michigan.

The proposed changes would have

modified the facility technical

specifications pertaining to the use of

Option B, Performance Based

Requirements, of Appendix J to 10 CFR

Part 50, for the Type A, Type B, and

Type C tests. In addition, the

amendment request proposed several

editorial changes to the Big Rock Point

technical specifications.

The Commission had previously

issued a Notice of Consideration of

Issuance of Amendment published in

the Federal Register on June 4, 1997 (62

FR 30630). However, by letters dated

April 22, 1997, and August 25, 1997, the

licensee withdrew the proposed

changes.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application for

amendment dated October 15, 1996, and

the licensee’s letters dated April 22,

1997, and August 25, 1997, which

withdrew the application for license

amendment. The above documents are

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

North Central Michigan College, 1515

Howard Street, Petoskey, Michigan

49770.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day

of August 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Linh N. Tran,

Project Manager, Project Directorate III–1,

Division of Reactor Projects—III/IV, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–23473 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–331]

Order Approving Application

Regarding Merger Agreement Between

IES Industries Inc., WPL Holdings, Inc.,

and Interstate Power Corporation

In the Matter of IES Utilities Inc. (Duane

Arnold Energy Center).

I

IES Utilities Inc. (IESU) is a wholly

owned subsidiary of IES Industries Inc.

(IESI). IESU is the operator and a 70-

percent owner of the Duane Arnold

Energy Center (DAEC). IESU and the

minority owners, Central Iowa Power

Cooperative and Corn Belt Power

Cooperative, hold Facility Operating

License DPR–49 issued by the U.S.

Atomic Energy Commission pursuant to

part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal

Regulations (10 CFR part 50) on

February 22, 1974. IESU has authority to

possess, use, and operate the facility,

and the minority owners have the

authority to possess the facility. DAEC

is located in Linn County, Iowa.

II

By letter dated September 27, 1996,

IESU informed the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (the

Commission) of a proposed merger of

IESI, WPL Holdings, Inc. (WPLH), and

Interstate Power Corporation (IPC).

Under the merger agreement, IESI will

merge with and into WPLH, of which

IESU would become a wholly owned

subsidiary, and IPC will become a

subsidiary of WPLH. In addition, WPLH

will be renamed Interstate Energy

Corporation (IEC). IESU will remain the

holder of its license for DAEC.

Furthermore, current stockholders of

IESI and IPC will become stockholders

of IEC, in addition to current WPLH

stockholders, pursuant to a formula

stipulated in the merger agreement.

IESU requested the Commission’s

approval, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80,