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regulations has been a blatant and abject

failure; that NU is in violation of 10 CFR

Part 50, Appendix B; and that these

failures have culminated in inconsistent

and inaccurate updated Final Safety

Analysis Reports at NU’s nuclear

facilities in Connecticut, thereby posing

a significant safety concern for either

continued operation of the plants or

decommissioning.

The bases for these assertions are NU

and NRC inspection findings and NU

documents referred to in the Petition,

the amendment and a VHS videotape,

Exhibit A, which accompanied the

Petition. The videotape has been

transcribed and placed in the

Commission’s Public Document Room

and local public document rooms. Areas

identified are surveillance testing,

operation outside the design basis, and

degraded material condition. Petitioners

assert that this information

demonstrates that there are inadequate

quality assurance programs at NU’s

nuclear facilities in Connecticut, that

NU has made material false statements

regarding its Millstone units, and that

safe decommissioning of the Haddam

Neck plant is not possible given the

defective nature of the design and

licensing basis for this facility. In

addition, in the amendment the

Petitioners assert that certain nitrogen

calculations performed by NU for the

Haddam Neck facility may not comply

with 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, and

that the NRC failed to identify this

problem. The videotape records an

August 29, 1996, Citizens Regulatory

Commission televised interview of a

former Millstone Station employee. The

interview included the former

employee’s views relating to NU’s poor

management in allowing: Degradation of

the material plant; poor radwaste

practices resulting in potential radiation

exposure to employees; and harassment

intimidation and subsequent illegal

termination of employees raising safety

concerns.

Petitioners request the following

actions: immediate suspension or

revocation of NU’s licenses to operate

its nuclear facilities in Connecticut;

investigation of possible NU material

misrepresentations to the NRC;

continued shutdown of the NU facilities

in Connecticut until the Department of

Justice completes its investigation and

the results are reviewed by the NRC and

until the NRC evaluates and approves

NU remedial actions; continued listing

of the NU facilities on the NRC ‘‘watch

list’’ should NU resume operation;

barring any predecommissioning or

decommissioning activity at any NU

nuclear facility in Connecticut until NU

and the NRC take certain identified

steps to assure that such activities can

be safely conducted; and initiation by

the NRC of an investigation into how it

allowed the asserted illegal situation at

NU’s nuclear facilities in Connecticut to

exist and continue for more than a

decade. In addition, in the amendment,

Petitioners request copies of

Connecticut Yankee’s nitrogen

calculations and an immediate

investigation of the need for

enforcement action for alleged violation

of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B.

The issues in the Petition, as

amended, are being treated pursuant to

10 CFR Section 2.206 of the

Commission’s regulations and have

been referred to the Acting Director of

the Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation. As provided by 10 CFR

Section 2.206, appropriate action with

regard to these issues will be taken

within a reasonable time. By letter dated

January 23, 1997, the Acting Director

denied the request for immediate

suspension or revocation of the

operating licenses for the NU nuclear

facilities in Connecticut.

A copy of the Petition, the

amendment to the Petition and a

transcription of the videotape are

available for inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room

at 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC

20037 and at the local public document

rooms at (1) the Learning Resources

Center, Three Rivers CommunityTechnical College, 574 New London

Turnpike, Norwich, CT 06360, and (2)

the Waterford Library, ATTN: Vince

Juliano, 49 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford,

CT 06385.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 23rd day

of January 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Frank J. Miraglia, Jr.,

Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–2378 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

Request for Comment on Proposed

Collection of Information Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act; Customer

Satisfaction Survey for Pension

Practitioners

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of intention to request

OMB approval.

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation intends to request that the

Office of Management and Budget

approve a new collection of information

under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The purpose of the information

collection is to help the PBGC assess the

efficiency and effectiveness with which

it serves its customers and to design

actions to address identified problems.

The effect of this notice is to advise the

public of, and to solicit public comment

on, this proposed collection of

information.

ADDRESSES: All written comments

should be addressed to: Office of

General Counsel, Pension Benefit

Guaranty Corporation, Suite 340, 1200 K

St. NW., Washington, D.C. 20005. The

comments will be available for public

inspection at the PBGC’s

Communications and Public Affairs

Department, Suite 240, 1200 K Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20005, between

the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. A copy

of the proposed collection can be

obtained, without charge, by writing to

the PBGC at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marc L. Jordan, Attorney, Office of the

General Counsel, Suite 340, 1200 K

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005,

202–326–4026 (202–326–4179 for TTY

and TDD). (These are not toll-free

numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive

Order 12862, Setting Customer Service

Standards, directs all executive

departments and agencies that provide

significant services directly to the

public to provide those services in a

manner that seeks to meet the customer

service standards established in the

Executive Order.

The PBGC intends to conduct annual

surveys to measure the satisfaction of its

pension practitioner customers. The

survey will be sent to a sampling of

pension practitioners drawn from the

following sources: 800 from plan

administrators who have filed voluntary

termination forms with the PBGC; 800

from plan administrators who have filed

premium forms with the PBGC; and 800

from the directory of enrolled actuaries

as maintained by the Joint Board of

Enrolled Actuaries.

The PBGC intends to request that the

Office of Management and Budget

approve this voluntary collection of

information, which will put a minimal

burden on a very small percentage of the

public. The PBGC’s written surveys to

approximately 2,400 persons each year

will result in an estimated total annual

burden of 480 hours.

The PBGC is specifically seeking

public comments to:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the
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functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) 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.

Issued at Washington, DC, this 27th day of

January, 1997.

Martin Slate,

Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 97–2405 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application

to Withdraw From Listing and

Registration; (Burlington Industries,

Inc., Common Stock, $.01 Par Value)

File No. 1–10984

January 27, 1997.

Burlington Industries, Inc.

(‘‘Company’’) has filed an application

with the Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant

to Section 12(d) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) and Rule

12d2–2(d) promulgated thereunder, to

withdraw the above specified security

(‘‘Security’’) from listing and

registration on the Pacific Stock

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘PSE’’).

The reasons alleged in the application

for withdrawing the Security from

listing and registration on the PSE are

that trading volume for the security is

low and the Company wishes to reduce

the cost and management time involved

in such listing. The security will

continue to be listed on the New York

Stock Exchange, Inc.

Any interested person may, on or

before February 18, 1997, submit by

letter to the Secretary of the Securities

and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549,

facts bearing upon whether the

application has been made in

accordance with the rules of the

exchanges and what terms, if any,

should be imposed by the Commission

for the protection of investors. The

Commission, based on the information

submitted to it, will issue an order

granting the application after the date

mentioned above, unless the

Commission determines to order a

hearing on the matter.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2357 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

[Rel. No IC–22479; File No. 812–10390]

Nationwide Life Insurance Company, et

al.

January 24, 1997.

AGENCY: The Securities and Exchange

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’).

ACTION: Notice of application for an

order pursuant to the Investment

Company Act of 1940 (‘‘1940 Act’’).

APPLICANTS: Nationwide Life Insurance

Company (the ‘‘Company’’), Nationwide

Fidelity Advisor Variable Account

(‘‘Separate Account’’) and Fidelity

Investments Institutional Services

Company, Inc.

RELEVANT 1940 ACT SECTIONS: Order

requested pursuant to Section 26(b).

SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION:

Applicants seek an order approving the

proposed substitution of shares of

certain portfolios of the Variable

Insurance Products Funds (‘‘VIP’’) and

the Variable Insurance Products Funds

II (‘‘VIP II’’) for shares of certain funds

of the Fidelity Advisor Annuity Fund

(‘‘FAA’’) currently held by the Separate

Account.

FILING DATES: The application was filed

on October 10, 1996, and amended on

January 17, 1997.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An

order granting the application will be

issued unless the Commission orders a

hearing. Interested persons may request

a hearing by writing to the Secretary of

the Commission and serving Applicants

with a copy of the request, personally or

by mail. Hearing requests should be

received by the Commission by 5:30

p.m. on February 18, 1997, and should

be accompanied by proof of service on

Applicants in the form of an affidavit or,

for lawyers, a certificate of service.

Hearing requests should state the nature

of the requestor’s interest, the reason for

the request, and the issues contested.

Persons may request notification of a

hearing by writing to the Secretary of

the Commission.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.

Applicants, c/o Steven Savini, Druen,

Rath & Dietrich, One Nationwide Plaza,

1–09–V8, Columbus, Ohio 43216.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Veena K. Jain, Attorney, or Kevin M.

Kirchoff, Branch Chief, Office of

Insurance Products (Division of

Investment Management), at (202) 942–

0670.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following

is a summary of the application; the

complete application is available for a

fee from the Public Reference Branch of

the Commission.

Applicants’ Representations

1. The Company, a stock life

insurance company organized under

Ohio law, is wholly owned by

Nationwide Corporation and is licensed

to do business in all fifty states, the

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

2. The Separate Account was

established by the Company to fund

certain variable annuity contracts and is

registered pursuant to the 1940 Act as

a unit investment trust.

3. The Separate Account issues two

classes of contracts, individual flexible

purchase payment deferred variable

annuity contracts (‘‘Flexible Contracts’’)

and modified single premium deferred

variable annuity contracts (‘‘Modified

Contracts,’’ together with Flexible

Contracts, the ‘‘Contracts’’).

4. The Contracts are sold as nonqualified contracts or as individual

retirement annuities governed by

Section 408(b) of the Internal Revenue

Code (‘‘Code’’). The Flexible Contracts

may also qualify for federal tax

treatment under the provisions of

Sections 401 or 403(b) of the Code. For

Flexible Contracts the initial purchase

payment must be at least $1,500, and

subsequent payments may be made in

any amount of $10 or more. For

Modified Contracts the initial purchase

payment must be at least $15,000 with

additional payments, if any, of at least

$5,000.

5. Upon withdrawal of part of all of

the Contract value, a contingent

deferred sales charge (the ‘‘Sales

Charge’’) may be imposed. The Sales

Charge is calculated by multiplying the

applicable percentage by the purchase

payment amount withdraw, according

to the following table:

Number of years from date of

payment

Sales

charge

percentage

0 .................................................... 7

1 .................................................... 6

2 .................................................... 5

3 .................................................... 4