6018 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 27 / Monday, February 10, 1997 / Notices

1Foreign issuers may also be subject to such

requirements of the Act by reason of having

securities registered and listed on a national

securities exchange in the United States, and may

be subject to the reporting requirements by reason

of having registered securities under the Securities

Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.

2Exchange Act Release No. 20264 (Oct. 6, 1983).

06 and (2) notify addressees of NRC’s

decision to change the operator

licensing process so that facility

licensees may voluntarily prepare the

operating tests and prepare, administer,

and grade the written examinations that

the NRC will review, approve, and use

to determine the competence of operator

license applicants at power reactor

facilities. This generic letter requests

that addressees who are scheduled for

initial operator licensing examinations

and are interested in voluntarily

preparing the examinations as described

in the generic letter supplement to

contact their NRC Regional Office to

make the necessary arrangements. This

generic letter supplement is available in

the NRC Public Document Room under

accession number 9701310141.

DATES: The generic letter was issued on

January 31, 1997.

ADDRESSEES: Not applicable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stuart Richards at (301) 415–1031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

actions requested in this generic letter

are considered voluntary.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day

of February, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

David B. Matthews,

Acting Deputy Director, Division of Reactor

Program Management, Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation.

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Regulatory Analysis Technical

Evaluation Handbook; Availability

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(NRC) announces the availability of

‘‘Regulatory Analysis Technical

Evaluation Handbook’’, (NUREG/BR–

0184). This document is a Handbook to

be used by the NRC and its contractors

in the preparation of regulatory analyses

to aid NRC decision-makers in deciding

whether a proposed new regulatory

requirement should be imposed. In

addition, it is anticipated that the

Handbook will be useful to the

Agreement States in their assessment of

new regulatory requirements. The

Handbook is an updated and revised

version of an earlier document, ‘‘A

Handbook for Value-Impact

Assessment’’ (NUREG/CR–3568), issued

by the NRC in 1983.

The 1983 document is being updated

in this Handbook to accomplish the

following objectives:

• To reflect the content of NRC’s

Regulatory Analysis Guidelines,

NUREG/BR–0058, Rev. 2, issued in

November 1995.

• To expand the scope of the

Handbook to include the entire

regulatory analysis process and to

address facilities other than power

reactors.

• To reflect NRC experience and

improvements in data and methodology

since the 1983 Handbook was issued.

• To reflect the guidance in the 1996

document ‘‘Economic Analysis of

Federal Regulations Under Executive

Order 12866’’. This document was

prepared by a Federal interagency

regulatory working group convened by

the Office of Management and Budget.

NRC obtained peer review comments

on the draft Handbook from the

following organizations: Westinghouse

Savannah River Co., Brookhaven

National Laboratory, Argonne National

Laboratory, and Science and

Engineering Associates, Inc. The

comments of these organizations are

reflected in the Handbook. The draft

version of the Handbook has also been

used by NRC staff members since

September 1993 and staff comments

have been incorporated. A draft version

of the Handbook was made available to

the public in September 1993 (58 FR

47160) but comments were not

specifically requested.

The Handbook is being issued in

loose-leaf format to facilitate future

revisions. NRC intends to periodically

revise the Handbook as new and

improved guidance, data, and methods

become available. Comments on the

Handbook from users and the public are

welcome at any time. In particular, the

NRC is requesting comments from the

Agreement States on the Handbook’s

value in preparing regulatory

documents for state rulemaking actions.

Comments should be submitted to:

Chief, Rules Review and Directives

Branch, Division of Freedom of

Information and Publication Services,

Mail Stop T–6 D59, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001.

Copies of NUREG/BR–0184 may be

purchased from the Superintendent of

Documents, U.S. Government Printing

Office, P.O Box 37082, Washington, DC

20402–9328. Copies are also available

from the National Technical Information

Service, 5285 Port Royal Road,

Springfield, VA 22161. A copy is also

available for inspection and/or copying

for a fee in the NRC Public Document

Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower

Level), Washington, DC 20037.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day

of December, 1996.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Frank A. Costanzi,

Deputy Director, Division of Regulatory

Applications.

[FR Doc. 97–3179 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 34–38235; International Series

Release No. 1048]

List of Foreign Issuers Which Have

Submitted Information Required by the

Exemption Relating to Certain Foreign

Securities

February 4, 1997.

Foreign private issuers with total

assets in excess of $10,000,000 and a

class of equity securities held of record

by 500 or more persons, of which 300

or more shareholders reside in the

United States, are subject to registration

under Section 12(g) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. 78a et

seq. (the ‘‘Act’’).1

Rule 12g3–2(b) (17 CFR 240.12g3–

2(b)) provides an exemption from

registration under Section 12(g) of the

Act with respect to a foreign private

issuer that submits on a current basis

material specified in the Rule to the

Commission. Such required material

includes that information about which

investors ought reasonably to be

informed with respect to the issuer and

its subsidiaries and which the issuer (1)

has made or is required to make public

pursuant to the law of the country of its

domicile or in which it is incorporated

or organized, (2) has filed or is required

to file with a stock exchange on which

its securities are traded and which was

made public by such exchange and/or

(3) has distributed or is required to

distribute to its security holders.

On October 6, 1983, the Commission

revised Rule 12g3–2(b) by terminating

the availability of the exemptive rule for

certain foreign issuers with securities

quoted on an automated inter-dealer

quotation system (which includes the

NASDAQ stock market).2 The

Commission grandfathered indefinitely

securities of non-Canadian issuers in

compliance with the informationsupplying exemption as of October 6,

1983 and quoted in NASDAQ on that