65108 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 237 / Wednesday, December 10, 1997 / Notices

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3d day

of December, 1997.

Joseph J. Holonich,

Chief, Uranium Recovery Branch, Division

of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 97–32270 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

The National Partnership Council;

Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

Time and date: 1:00 p.m., December

10, 1997.

Place: OPM Conference Center, Room

1350, Theodore Roosevelt Building,

1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC

20415–0001. The conference center is

located on the first floor.

Status: This meeting will be open to

the public. Seating will be available on

a first-come, first-served basis.

Individuals with special access needs

wishing to attend should contact OPM

at the number shown below to obtain

appropriate accommodations.

Matters to be Considered: The

National Partnership Council will

complete its discussion of and adopt it

strategic action plan and meeting

schedule for calendar year 1998. The

Council will also complete its review of

the draft 1998 Report to the President on

the Progress of Labor-Management

Partnerships.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Michael Cushing, Director, Center for

Partnership and Labor-Management

Relations, Office of Personnel

Management, Theodore Roosevelt

Building, 1900 E Street, NW., Room

7H28, Washington, DC 20415–0001,

(202) 606–2930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite

interested persons and organizations to

submit written comments. Mail or

deliver your comments to Michael

Cushing at the address shown above.

Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–32285 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Determination of Quarterly Rate of

Excise Tax for Railroad Retirement

Supplemental Annuity Program

In accordance with directions in

Section 3221(c) of the Railroad

Retirement Tax Act (26 U.S.C., Section

3221(c)), the Railroad Retirement Board

has determined that the excise tax

imposed by such Section 3321(c) on

every employer, with respect to having

individuals in his employ, for each

work-hour for which compensation is

paid by such employer for services

rendered to him during the quarter

beginning January 1, 1998, shall be at

the rate of 35 cents.

In accordance with directions in

Section 15(a) of the Railroad Retirement

Act of 1974, the Railroad Retirement

Board has determined that for the

quarter beginning January 1, 1998, 31.6

percent of the taxes collected under

Sections 3211(b) and 3221(c) of the

Railroad Retirement Tax Act shall be

credited to the Railroad Retirement

Account and 68.4 percent of the taxes

collected under such Sections 3211(b)

and 3221(c) plus 100 percent of the

taxes collected under Section 3221(d) of

the Railroad Retirement Tax Act shall be

credited to the Railroad Retirement

Supplemental Account.

Dated: December 2, 1997.

By Authority of the Board.

Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–32315 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7905–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Rel. No. IC–22924; File No. 812–10240]

Nationwide Life Insurance Company, et

al.; Notice of Application

December 3, 1997.

AGENCY: U.S. Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC or Commission’’).

ACTION: Notice of application for an

order under (i) Sections 6(c) and 17(b)

of the Investment Company Act of 1940

(the ‘‘Act’’) granting exemptive relief

from Section 17(a) of the Act; and (ii)

Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act granting

exemptive relief from Sections

12(d)(1)(A) and 12(d)(1)(B) of the Act.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants

request an order to commence

operations as a ‘‘fund of funds’’ whereby

certain investment companies would

invest in both investment companies

that are part of the same ‘‘group of

investment companies’’ and investment

companies that are not part of the same

‘‘group of investment companies.’’

Other investments of the ‘‘fund of

funds’’ could include government

securities, short-term fixed income

securities, and a guaranteed investment

contract.

APPLICANTS: Nationwide Life Insurance

Company, Nationwide Advisory

Services, Inc., Nationwide Asset

Allocation Trust, Nationwide Investing

Foundation, Nationwide Investing

Foundation II, and Nationwide Account

Trust.

FILING DATES: The application was filed

on July 8, 1996, and amended and

restated on February 18, 1997, July 25,

1997, and November 19, 1997, and

amended on December 3, 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, personally or by

mail. Hearing requests should be

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

December 29, 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 by

writing to the SEC’s Secretary.

ADDRESSES: SEC, Secretary, 450 Fifth

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

Applicants, Nationwide Life Insurance

Company, One Nationwide Plaza,

Columbus, Ohio 43215.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edward P. Macdonald, Senior Counsel,

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

may be obtained for a fee from the SEC’s

Public Reference Branch, 450 Fifth

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

(tel. (202) 942–8090).

Applicants’ Representations

1. Nationwide Life Insurance

Company (‘‘Nationwide’’) is organized

as a stock life insurance company under

Ohio state law. Nationwide is admitted

to do business in all fifty states, as well

as the District of Columbia, the U.S.

Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

2. Nationwide Asset Allocation Trust

(‘‘NAAT’’) is a Massachusetts business

trust, initially consisting of five series