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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
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payment years beginning in September

1997 is 5.59 percent (i.e., 85 percent of

the 6.58 percent yield figure for August

1997).

The following table lists the assumed

interest rates to be used in determining

variable-rate premiums for premium

payment years beginning between

October 1996 and September 1997. The

rates for July through September 1997 in

the table reflect an applicable

percentage of 85 percent and thus apply

only to non-RPU plans. However, the

rates for months before July 1997, which

reflect an applicable percentage of 80

percent, apply to RPU (and ‘‘partial’’

RPU) plans as well as to non-RPU plans.

For premium payment years

beginning in:

The assumed

interest rate is:

October 1996 ........................ 5.62

November 1996 .................... 5.45

December 1996 .................... 5.18

January 1997 ........................ 5.24

February 1997 ...................... 5.46

March 1997 ........................... 5.35

April 1997 .............................. 5.54

May 1997 .............................. 5.67

June 1997 ............................. 5.55

July 1997 .............................. 5.75

August 1997 .......................... 5.53

September 1997 ................... 5.59

For premium payment years

beginning in September 1997, the

assumed interest rate to be used in

determining variable-rate premiums for

RPU plans (determined using an

applicable percentage of 80 percent) is

5.26 percent. For ‘‘partial’’ RPU plans,

the assumed interest rates to be used in

determining variable-rate premiums can

be computed by applying the rules in

§ 4006.5(g) of the premium rates

regulation. The PBGC’s 1997 premium

payment instruction booklet also

describes these rules and provides a

worksheet for computing the assumed

rate.

Multiemployer Plan Valuations

Following Mass Withdrawal

The PBGC’s regulation on Duties of

Plan Sponsor Following Mass

Withdrawal (29 CFR part 4281)

prescribes the use of interest

assumptions under the PBGC’s

regulation on Allocation of Assets in

Single-employer Plans (29 CFR part

4044). The interest assumptions

applicable to valuation dates in October

1997 under part 4044 are contained in

an amendment to part 4044 published

elsewhere in today’s Federal Register.

Tables showing the assumptions

applicable to prior periods are codified

in appendix B to 29 CFR part 4044.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on this 10th

day of September 1997.

David M. Strauss,

Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 97–24396 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application

To Withdraw From Listing and

Registration; (Equisure, Inc., Common

Stock, $0.001 Par Value) File No.

1–12483

September 10, 1997.

Equisure, 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 American

Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘Amex’’ or

‘‘Exchange’’).

The reasons alleged in the application

for withdrawing the Security from

listing and registration include the

following:

According to the Company, on August

14, 1997, the Company received a letter

from the Exchange stating that the

Exchange had made a determination to

delist the Security.

The Company has decided to settle

matters by removing the Security from

the Exchange. The Company believes

that due to the impasses between the

Exchange and the Company and the

anticipated large expenditures of money

and management time that would be

required before a final resolution of the

matters at issue could be obtained, it is

in the best interest of the Company and

its shareholders that matters be settled

by delisting the Security from the

Exchange.

The Exchange has also agreed that it

would be in the best interest of the

Exchange and the investing public to

resolve this issue between the Company

and the Exchange in this manner.

Any interested person may, on or

before September 30, 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. 96–24377 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Rel. No. IC–22814; File No. 812–10614]

LEVCO Series Trust, et al.; Notice of

Application

September 9, 1997.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or the

‘‘Commission’’).

ACTION: Notice of application for an

order under Section 6(c) of the

Investment Company Act of 1940 (the

‘‘1940 Act’’) for exemptions from the

provisions of Section 9(a), 13(a), 15(a)

and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules

6e–2(b)(15) and 6e–3(T)(b)(15)

thereunder.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants

seek an order to permit shares of the

LEVCO Series Trust and shares of any

other open-end investment company

that is designed to fund insurance

products and for which John A. Levin

& Co. or any of its affiliates may serve

as investment adviser, administrator,

manager, principal underwriter, or

sponsor (collectively, the ‘‘Trust’’) to be

sold to and held by: (1) Separate

accounts funding variable annuity and

variable life insurance contracts

(‘‘Separate Accounts‘‘) issued by both

affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance

companies (‘‘Participating Insurance

Companies’’); and (2) certain qualified

pension and retirement plans outside

the separate account context.

APPLICANTS: LEVCO Series Trust (the

‘‘LEVCO Trust’’) and John A. Levin &

Co. (the ‘‘Investment Adviser’’).

FILING DATES: The application was filed

on April 18, 1997, and amended and

restated on August 15, 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 on this application by writing

to the Secretary of the SEC and serving

Applicants with a copy of the request,

in person or by mail. Hearing requests

must be received by the Commission by