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public, and questions may be asked only

by members of the Subcommittee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the cognizant ACRS staff engineer

named below five days prior to the

meeting, if possible, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

During the initial portion of the

meeting, the Subcommittee, along with

any of its consultants who may be

present, may exchange preliminary

views regarding matters to be

considered during the balance of the

meeting.

The Subcommittee will then hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the

Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the

NRC staff, their consultants, and other

interested persons regarding this review.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been cancelled or rescheduled, the

scheduling of sessions which are open

to the public, the Chairman’s ruling on

requests for the opportunity to present

oral statements and the time allotted

therefor can be obtained by contacting

the cognizant ACRS staff engineer, Mr.

Paul A. Boehnert (telephone 301/415–

8065) between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.

(EDT). Persons planning to attend this

meeting are urged to contact the above

named individual one or two working

days prior to the meeting to be advised

of any potential changes to the agenda,

etc., that may have occurred.

Dated: September 9, 1997.

Sam Duraiswamy,

Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.

[FR Doc. 97–24376 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Nuclear

Regulatory Commission.

DATE: Week of September 15.

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

STATUS: Public and Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Week of September 15

Wednesday, September 17

9:00 a.m.—Briefing by DOE on

Plutonium Disposition Strategy and

Program (Public Meeting) (Contact:

Ted Sherr, 301–415–7218)

Friday, September 19

10:00 a.m.—Briefing by DOE and NRC

on Regulatory Oversight of DOE

Nuclear Facilities (Public Meeting)

(Contact: John Austin, 301–415–7275)

11:30 a.m.—Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (if needed)

1:30 p.m.—Briefing on Improvements in

Senior Management Assessment

Process for Operating Reactors (Public

Meeting) (Contact: Bill Borchardt,

301–415–1257)

* * * *

*The Schedule for Commission

Meetings is Subject to Change on Short

Notice. To Verify the Status of Meetings

Call (Recording)—(301) 415–1292.

Contact Person for More Information:

Bill Hill, (301) 415–1661.

* * * * *

The NRC Commission Meeting

Schedule can be found on the Internet

at:

http://www.nrc.gov//SECY/smj/

schedule.htm

* * * * *

This notice is distributed by mail to

several hundred subscribers; if you no

longer wish to receive it, or would like

to be added to it, please contact the

Office of the Secretary, Attn: Operations

Branch, Washington, D.C. 20555 (301–

415–1661).

In addition, distribution of this

meeting notice over the internet system

is available. If you are interested in

receiving this Commission meeting

schedule electronically, please send an

electronic message to wmh@nrc.gov or

dkw@nrc.gov.

* * * * *

Dated: September 10, 1997.

William M. Hill, Jr.,

Secretary, Tracking Officer, Office of the

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24555 Filed 9–11–97; 1:49 pm]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance,

Availability

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

has issued for public comment a draft of

a guide planned for its Regulatory Guide

Series. This series has been developed

to describe and make available to the

public such information as methods

acceptable to the NRC staff for

implementing specific parts of the

Commission’s regulations, techniques

used by the staff in evaluating specific

problems or postulated accidents, and

data needed by the staff in its review of

applications for permits and licenses.

The draft guide, temporarily

identified by its task number, DG–1060

(which should be mentioned in all

correspondence concerning this draft

guide), is titled ‘‘Financial Accounting

Standards Board (FASB) Standards for

Decommissioning Cost Accounting.’’

The guide is intended for Division 1,

‘‘Power Reactors.’’ This draft guide is

being developed to propose NRC’s

endorsement of the Financial

Accounting Standards Board draft

standard No. 158–B, ‘‘Accounting for

Certain Liabilities Related to Closure or

Removal of Long-Lived Assets.’’ (Copies

may be obtained from FASB, 401 Merritt

7, P.O. Box 5116, Norwalk, CT 06856–

5116.)

This Draft Regulatory Guide DG–1060

is being issued in anticipation of

rulemaking regarding the funding for

decommissioning power reactors. An

advance notice of proposed rulemaking

(ANPR) was published on April 8, 1996

(61 FR 15427). After consideration of

the responses, the staff believes it is

likely that the proposed rule will

include a periodic reporting

requirement. Issuance of a final

regulatory guide is dependent upon

issuance of a final rule that includes a

provision for a reporting requirement. In

the interest of efficiency and utility, the

staff is proposing to endorse this draft

FASB standard to facilitate licensees’

plans for decommissioning.

The draft guide has not received

complete staff review and does not

represent an official NRC staff position.

Public comments are being solicited

on Draft Regulatory Guide DG–1060.

Comments may be accompanied by

additional relevant information or

supporting data. Written comments may

be submitted to the Rules and Directives

Branch, Office of Administration, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555. Copies of

comments received may be examined at

the NRC Public Document Room, 2120

L Street NW., Washington, DC.

Comments will be most helpful if

received by November 24, 1997.

Although a time limit is given for

comments on this draft guide,

comments and suggestions in

connection with items for inclusion in

guides currently being developed or

improvements in all published guides

are encouraged at any time.

You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking

website through the NRC home page

(http://www.nrc.gov). This site provides

the availability to upload comments as

files (any format), if your web browser

supports that function. For information

about the interactive rulemaking
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website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher,

(301) 415–5905; e-mail CAG@nrc.gov.

Regulatory guides are available for

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,

Washington, DC. Requests for single

copies of draft or final guides (which

may be reproduced) or for placement on

an automatic distribution list for single

copies of future draft guides in specific

divisions should be made in writing to

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

Attention: Printing, Graphics and

Distribution Branch; or by fax at (301)

415–5272. Telephone requests cannot be

accommodated. Regulatory guides are

not copyrighted, and Commission

approval is not required to reproduce

them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day

of September 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Joseph A. Murphy,

Director, Division of Regulatory Applications,

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

[FR Doc. 97–24383 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

PEACE CORPS

Information Collection Requests Under

OMB Review

ACTION: Notice of public use form

review request to the Office of

Management and Budget.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1981 (44 U.S.C.,

Chapter 35), the Peace Corps is

requesting emergency approval and

clearance from the Office of

Management and Budget for the

Immigrants & Refugees Questionnaire to

be used by the Office of Domestic

Programs. A copy of the information

collection may be obtained from Rosyln

Docktor, Office of Domestic Programs,

Peace Corps, 1990 K St., NW,

Washington, DC 20526. Ms. Docktor

may be called at (202) 606–3779. Peace

Corps invites comments on whether the

proposed collection of information is

necessary for proper performance of the

functions of the Peace Corps, including

whether the information will have

practical use; the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and, ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques, when appropriate, and other

forms of information technology.

Comments on this form should be

addressed to Victoria Becker Wassmer,

Desk Officer, Office of Management and

Budget, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503.

INFORMATION COLLECTION ABSTRACT:

Title: Program to Assist Immigrants &

Refugees Questionnaire.

Need for and use of the Information:

This form is completed voluntarily by

Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. This

information will be used by Domestic

Programs to identify individuals

interested in assisting immigrant and

refugee groups throughout the country.

Enrollment in this program also fulfills

the third goal of Peace Corps as required

by Congressional legislation and to

enhance the Office of Domestic

Programs global education programs.

Respondents: Returned Peace Corps

Volunteers.

Respondents obligation to reply:

Voluntary.

Burden on the Public:

a. Annual reporting burden: 434

hrs.

b. Annual record keeping burden: 0

hrs.

c. Estimated average burden per

response: 10 min.

d. Frequency of response: one time.

e. Estimated number of likely

respondents: 2600.

f. Estimated cost to respondents:

$3.35.

This notice is issued in Washington, DC on

September 9, 1997.

Stanley D. Suyat,

Associate Director for Management.

Certified to be a true copy of the original

document.

Brian Sutherland,

Certifying Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–24401 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6501–01–M

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

Interest Assumption for Determining

Variable-Rate Premium; Interest

Assumptions for Multiemployer Plan

Valuations Following Mass Withdrawal

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of interest rates and

assumptions.

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public

of the interest rates and assumptions to

be used under certain Pension Benefit

Guaranty Corporation regulations. These

rates and assumptions are published

elsewhere (or are derivable from rates

published elsewhere), but are collected

and published in this notice for the

convenience of the public. Interest rates

are also published on the PBGC’s home

page (http://www.pbgc.gov).

DATES: The interest rate for determining

the variable-rate premium under part

4006 applies to premium payment years

beginning in September 1997. The

interest assumptions for performing

multiemployer plan valuations

following mass withdrawal under part

4281 apply to valuation dates occurring

in October 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harold J. Ashner, Assistant General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel,

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,

1200 K Street, NW., Washington, DC

20005, 202–326–4024 (202–326–4179

for TTY and TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Variable-Rate Premiums

Section 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii)(II) of the

Employee Retirement Income Security

Act of 1974 (ERISA) and § 4006.4(b)(1)

of the PBGC’s regulation on Premium

Rates (29 CFR part 4006) prescribe use

of an assumed interest rate in

determining a single-employer plan’s

variable-rate premium. The rate is the

‘‘applicable percentage’’ (described in

the statute and the regulation) of the

annual yield on 30-year Treasury

securities for the month preceding the

beginning of the plan year for which

premiums are being paid (the ‘‘premium

payment year’’). The yield figure is

reported in Federal Reserve Statistical

Releases G.13 and H.15.

For plan years beginning before July

1, 1997, the applicable percentage of the

30-year Treasury yield was 80 percent.

The Retirement Protection Act of 1994

(RPA) amended ERISA section

4006(a)(3)(E)(iii)(II) to provide that the

applicable percentage is 85 percent for

plan years beginning on or after July 1,

1997, through (at least) plan years

beginning before January 1, 2000.

However, under section 774(c) of the

RPA, the application of the amendment

is deferred for certain regulated public

utility (RPU) plans for as long as six

months. The applicable percentage for

RPU plans will therefore remain 80

percent for plan years beginning before

January 1, 1998. (The rules governing

the applicable percentages for ‘‘partial’’

RPU plans are described in § 4006.5(g)

of the premium rates regulation.)

For plans for which the applicable

percentage is 85 percent, the assumed

interest rate to be used in determining

variable-rate premiums for premium