Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 208 / Tuesday, October 28, 1997 / Notices 55841

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50–245, 50–336, 50–423 and

50–213]

Northeast Utilities, Millstone Nuclear

Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3;

Haddam Neck Plant; Correction to

Partial Director’s Decision Under 10

CFR 2.790

On September 12, 1997, the

Commission issued a Partial Director’s

Decision (DD–97–21) in response to a 10

CFR 2.206 Petition submitted by the

Citizens Awareness Network and the

Nuclear Information and Resource

Service. Due to an administrative error,

items (4) and (5) in Section 1.,

INTRODUCTION, of the Director’s

Decision were inadvertently

interchanged.

Correction is being made to the

Thursday, September 18, 1997, Federal

Register publication as follows: page

49035, first column, first full paragraph,

item (4) should be marked as item ‘‘(5)’’

and item (5) should be marked as item

‘‘(4).’’

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day

of October 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Daniel G. McDonald Jr.,

Senior Project Manager, Special Projects

Office—Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–28527 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Proposed Collection, Comment

Request; Standard Form 87 and 87A

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

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) intends to submit to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request for reclearance of an

information collection.

The Standard Form 87 and 87A

Fingerprint Charts are completed by

applicants for positions throughout the

Federal Government. SF 87 is used by

OPM, and SF 87A is used by agencies

having a special agreement with OPM

and the FBI. The information is used to

conduct the checks of the FBI

fingerprint files that are required by

Executive Order 10450, Security

Requirements for Government

Employment issued April 27, 1953, or

required or authorized under other

authorities.

‘‘Comments are particularly invited

on:

—Whether this collection of information

is necessary for the proper

performance of functions of the Office

of Personnel Management, and

whether it will have practical utility;

—Whether our estimate of the public

burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

and

—Ways in which we can minimize the

burden of collection of information on

those who are to respond, through the

use of appropriate technological

collection techniques or other forms

of information technology.’’

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received within 60 calendar

days from the date of this publication.

Submit comments on this proposal to

Richard A. Ferris, Office of Personnel

Management, Room 5416, 1900 E. Street

NW, Washington, DC 20415.

Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 97–28435 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

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POSTAL SERVICE

Revised Publication 401, Guide to

Manifest Mailing System

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice adopts revisions

to the Postal Service’s Publication 401,

Guide to the Manifest Mailing System.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Amonette, (202) 268–6258.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 8,

1997 the Postal Service published in the

Federal Register proposed revisions to

Publication 401, Guide to the Manifest

Mailing System (62 FR 36585). These

revisions update and reflect changes

that have taken place in the past 4 years

since the last revision of Publication 401

that affect the submission and

acceptance of manifest mailings.

The deadline for submitting

comments on the proposed revisions

was August 7, 1997. All comments

received or mailed by that date have

been considered.

Evaluation of Comments Received

There was only one written response

to the proposed revisions. The

commenter addressed two of the

proposed revisions. First, they

welcomed the change for evaluating the

accuracy of Standard Mail (A) piece/

pound rate manifest mailings. They

agreed that the postage-based

comparison will be more accurate than

the previous weight-based comparison.

The second comment dealt with the

revision that eliminates adjusting

postage downwards if the accuracy level

determined as a result of sampling by

the verifying post office is lower than

¥1.5%. The commenter believes that

this would adversely impact mailers of

Standard Mail (A) piece/pound rate

mailings because scale tolerance limits

for these lighter weight pieces may

cause a need for frequent adjustments.

Postage sampling results are a

measure of the accuracy of a manifest

mailing system. Frequent adjustments

indicate that a system is not meeting

standards, even if those adjustments are

caused by scale tolerance limits.

Frequent adjustments increase

administrative costs for these systems

for the mailer and the Postal Service.

Most mailers who have a problem

with weight tolerances due to the type

of scales they use have chosen to

include a weight factor that

automatically prevents underpaying

postage and prevents the type of

frequent postage adjustments being

eliminated. Also, the change to postagebased comparison sampling procedures

will make postage sampling more

accurate. This should eliminate most

errors caused by differences in scale

tolerances.

Given these two approaches, the

Postal Service does not believe this

revision will have an adverse impact on

manifest mailers. Also, as stated in the

previous notice, if a normally accurate

system fails, and it can be shown why

overpayment occurred, postage refunds

will be considered on a case-by-case

basis by the administering rates and

classification service center.

The Postal Service will adopt the

Publication 401 revisions as proposed.

These revisions will go into effect with

the printing and public release of this

document which is scheduled for

December 1997.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 97–28526 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

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