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meeting are urged to contact the above

named individual one or two working

days prior to the meeting to be advised

of any changes in schedule, etc., that

may have occurred.

Dated: November 12, 1997.

Sam Duraiswamy,

Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.

[FR Doc. 97–30969 Filed 11–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards Meeting of the ACRS

Subcommittee on Plant Operations

The ACRS Subcommittee on Plant

Operations will hold a meeting on

December 2, 1997, in Room T–2B3,

11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows:

Tuesday, December 2, 1997—8:30 a.m.

until the conclusion of business

The Subcommittee will review the

staff’s Safety Evaluation Report on the

BWR Owners’ Group Utility Resolution

Guidance to address emergency core

cooling system suction strainer

blockage. The Subcommittee will also

review the results of licensee responses

to NRC Bulletins to address strainer

blockage, research associated with

debris generation and transport, and

proposed actions to provide closure to

these issues. The purpose of this

meeting is to gather information,

analyze relevant issues and facts, and to

formulate proposed positions and

actions, as appropriate, for deliberation

by the full Committee.

Oral statements may be presented by

members of the public with the

concurrence of the Subcommittee

Chairman; written statements will be

accepted and made available to the

Committee. Electronic Recordings will

be permitted only during those portions

of the meeting that are open to the

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 NRC staff,

and other interested persons regarding

this review.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been cancelled or rescheduled, the

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the

opportunity to present oral statements

and the time allotted therefor can be

obtained by containing the cognizant

ACRS staff engineer, Mr. Amarjit Singh

(telephone 301/415–6899) between 7:30

a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (EST). 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: November 13, 1997.

Sam Duraiswamy,

Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.

[FR Doc. 97–30970 Filed 11–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Rel. No. IC–22897; File No. 812–10760]

Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of

Ohio, et al.; Notice of Application

November 19, 1997.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’).

ACTION: Notice of application for an

order under Section 26(b) of the

Investment Company Act of 1940

(‘‘1940 Act’’) approving the proposed

substitution of securities.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants

request an order approving the

substitution of securities issued by

certain registered management

investment companies and held by the

Accounts to support individual flexible

premium deferred variable annuity

contracts and individual flexible

premium variable life insurance policies

issued by Western Reserve.

APPLICANTS: Western Reserve Life

Assurance Co. of Ohio (‘‘Western

Reserve’’), WRL Series Annuity Account

(‘‘Annuity Account’’) and WRL Series

Life Account (‘‘Life Account’’) (the Life

Account and the Annuity Account

together, the ‘‘Accounts’’).

FILING DATES: The application was filed

on August 15, 1997, and an amended

and restated application was filed on

October 22, 1997.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An

order granting the application will be

issued unless the SEC orders a hearing.

Interested persons may request a

hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary and serving Applicants with a

copy of the request, in person or by

mail. Hearing requests should be

received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on

December 15, 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 writer’s interest, the reason for the

request, and the issues contested.

Persons who wish to be notified of a

hearing may request notification of a

hearing by writing to the Secretary of

the SEC.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth

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

Applicants, c/o Thomas E. Pierpan,

Esquire, Western Reserve Life

Assurance Co. Of Ohio, 201 Highland

Avenue, Largo, Florida 33770–2597.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Koffler, Attorney, or Mark

Amorosi, Branch Chief, Office of

Insurance Products (Division of

Investment Management), at (202) 942–

0670.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following is a summary of the

application. The complete application is

available for a fee from the SEC’s Public

Reference Branch, 450 Fifth St., N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20549 (tel. (202) 942–

8090).

Applicants’ Representations

1. Western Reserve, a stock life

insurance company, is principally

engaged in the business of writing life

insurance policies and annuity contracts

and is authorized to do business in the

District of Columbia and all states

except New York. Western Reserve is a

wholly-owned subsidiary of First AUSA

Life Insurance Company which is a

wholly-owned subsidiary of AEGON

USA, Inc., which in turn is a whollyowned indirect subsidiary of AEGON

nv, a Netherlands corporation, which is

a publicly traded international

insurance group. Western Reserve is the

sponsor and depositor of the Accounts.

2. Western Reserve issues individual

flexible premium variable life insurance

policies and individual flexible

premium deferred variable annuity

contracts (collectively, the ‘‘Contracts’’)

through the Life Account and the

Annuity Account respectively. Each of

the Accounts is a separate account and

is registered under the 1940 Act as a

unit investment trust. Interests in the

Accounts offered through the Contracts