66702 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 244 / Friday, December 19, 1997 / Notices

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

George Dick, Jr.,

Project Manager, Project Directorate III–2,

Division of Reactor Projects—III/IV, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–33231 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Policy Statement on Cooperation With

States at Commercial Nuclear Power

Plants and Other Production or

Utilization Facilities: Notice of

Approval

On February 22, 1989 (54 FR 7530) as

revised on February 25, 1992 (57 FR

6462), the NRC published a policy

statement addressing cooperation

between the NRC and States concerning

commercial nuclear power plants and

other utilization facilities. The NRC has

received a renewal of the clearance from

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for the information collection

requirements under the provisions of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. Chapter

35). The policy statement is approved

under OMB control number 3150–0163.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 15th day

of December, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–33220 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

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State of New Mexico Relinquishment of

Sealed Source and Device Evaluation

and Approval Authority and

Reassumption by the Commission

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of reassumption of sealed

source and device evaluation and

approval authority from the State of

New Mexico.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

effective January 1, 1998, the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission will reassume

regulatory authority for sealed source

and device evaluations and approvals in

the Agreement State of New Mexico in

response to a request from the Governor

of the State of New Mexico to relinquish

this authority.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Cardelia H. Maupin, Senior Project

Manager, Office of State Programs, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301)

415–2312, Internet: CHM@NRC.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently,

the State of New Mexico has an

Agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) which grants the

State authority to regulate specific

categories of radioactive materials

formerly regulated by the NRC. This

Agreement was entered into on May 1,

1974, pursuant to Section 274b of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Recently, the NRC received a letter

from New Mexico Governor Gary E.

Johnson (September 8, 1997) requesting

relinquishment of the State’s authority

to evaluate and approve sealed source

and devices, and assumption of this

authority by NRC. The requested action

would involve reassertion of regulatory

authority by NRC over activities

currently regulated by New Mexico

pursuant to its Agreement with NRC.

The Governor of New Mexico noted

there are two manufacturers in the State

and there has been no sealed source and

device evaluations conducted since

1988. Governor Johnson indicated that it

would not be cost effective to fund and

maintain staff to conduct sealed source

and device evaluations.

The Commission has agreed to the

request and has notified New Mexico

that effective January 1, 1998, the NRC

will reassume authority to evaluate and

approve sealed source and device

applications within the State of New

Mexico. The State of New Mexico will

retain authority to regulate the

manufacture and use of sealed sources

and devices within the State in

accordance with its Section 274b

Agreement with the NRC.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 12th day

of December, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John C. Hoyle,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–33218 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Privacy Act of 1974, Proposed

Changes to System of Records

AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board.

ACTION: Notice of a proposed routine

use.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this document

is to give notice of a proposed routine

use to one of the RRB’s Privacy Act

systems of records.

DATES: The new routine use will be

effective 30 calendar days from the date

of this publication unless comments are

received before this date which would

result in a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Beatrice

Ezerski, Secretary to the Board, Railroad

Retirement Board, 844 North Rush

Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–2092.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

LeRoy Blommaert, Privacy Act Officer,

Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North

Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–

2092, (312) 751–4548.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion of Proposed Routine Use

Pursuant to Public Law 104–193, the

Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,

the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)

will disclose data from its system of

records RRB–19, Payroll Record System,

to the Office of Child Support

Enforcement, Administration for

Children and Families, Department of

Health and Human Services (HHS) for

use in the National Database of New

Hires, part of the Federal Parent Locator

System (FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset

System, DHHS/OCSE No. 09–90–0074.

A description of the Federal Parent

Locator Service may be found at 62 FR

51663 (October 2, 1997).

FPLS is a computerized network

through which States may request

location information from Federal and

State agencies to find non-custodial

parents and/or their employers for

purposes of establishing paternity and

securing support. On October 1, 1997,

the FPLS was expanded to include the

National Directory of New Hires, a

database containing information on

employees recently hired, quarterly

wage data on private and public sector

employees, and information on

unemployment compensation benefits.

On October 1, 1988, the FPLS will be

expanded further to include a Federal

Case Registry. The Federal Case Registry

will contain abstracts on all participants

involved in child support enforcement

cases. When the Federal Case Registry is

instituted, its files will be matched on

an ongoing basis against the files in the

National Directory of New Hires to

determine if an employee is a

participant in a child support case

anywhere in the country. If the FPLS

identifies a person as being a participant

in a State child support case, that State

will be notified. State requests to the

FPLS for location information will also

continue to be processed after October

1, 1998.

When individual are hired by the

RRB, we may disclose to the FPLS their
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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).

2On August 5, 1997, DTC filed its proposed rule

change with the Commission (File No. SR–DTC–97–

16). On August 6, 1997, NSCC filed with the

Commission and on August 28, 1997, amended its

proposed rule change (File No. SR–NSCC–97–08).

On September 25, 1997, Philadep filed its proposed

rule change with the Commission (File No. SR–

Philadep–97–04). On September 30, 1997, SCCP

filed its proposed rule change with the Commission

(File No. SR–Philadep–97–04).

PHLX submitted a rule filing on November 14,

1997 (File No. SR-PHLX–97–59) in connection with

its withdrawal from the clearance and settlement

and securities depository businesses. PHLX’s rule

filing is being addressed in a separate notice and

order.

3Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 39222

(October 8, 1997), 62 FR 53847 (DTC); 39220

(October 8, 1997), 62 FR 53848 (NSCC); 39223

(October 8, 1997), 62 FR 53681 (SCCP); 39221

(October 8, 1997), 62 FR 53681 (Philadep).

4Letter from P. Howard Edelstein, President,

Electronic Settlements Group, Thomson Financial

Services, Inc., (November 4, 1997).

5Letter from Richard B. Nesson, Executive Vice

President and General Counsel, DTC (November 14,

1997).

names, social security numbers, home

addresses, dates of birth, dates of hire,

and information identifying us as the

employer. We may also disclose to the

FPLS names, social security numbers,

and quarterly earnings of each RRB

employee within one month of the end

of the quarterly reporting period.

Information submitted by the RRB to

the FPLS will be disclosed by the Office

of Child Support Enforcement to the

Social Security Administration for

verification to ensure that the social

security number provided is correct.

The datea disclosed by the RRB to the

FPLS will also be disclosed by the

Office of Child Support Enforcement to

the Secretary of the Treasury for use in

verifying claims for the advance

payment of the earned income tax credit

or to verify a claim of employment on

a tax return.

II. Compatibility of Proposed Routine

Use

We are proposing this routine use in

accordance with the Privacy Act (5

U.S.C. 552a(b)(3)). The Privacy Act

permits the disclosure of information

about individuals without their consent

for a routine use where the information

will be used for a purpose which is

compatible with the purpose for which

the information was originally collected.

The Office of Management and Budget

has indicated that a ‘‘compatible’’ use is

a use which is necessary and proper.

Since the proposed uses of the data are

required by Public Law 104–193, they

are clearly necessary and proper uses,

and therefore ‘‘compatible’’ uses which

meet the requirement of the Privacy Act.

III. Altered System Report

On December 11, 1997, the Railroad

Retirement Board filed an altered

system report for this system with the

chairman of the designated Senate and

House committees and with the Office

of Management and Budget. This was

done to comply with Section 3 of the

Privacy Act of 1974 and OMB Circular

No. A–130, Appendix I.

By Authority of the Board.

Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board.

RRB–19

SYSTEM NAME: PAYROLL RECORD SYSTEM—RRB

* * * * *

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

* * * * *

Paragraph ‘‘j’’ is added to read as

follows:

j. The names, social security numbers,

home addresses, dates of birth, dates of

hire, quarterly earnings, employer

identifying information, and State of

hire of employees may be disclosed to

the Office of Child Support

Enforcement, Administration for

Children and Families, Department of

Health and Human Services for the

purpose of locating individuals to

establish paternity, establishing and

modifying orders of child support,

identifying sources of income, and for

other child support enforcement actions

as required by the Personal

Responsibility and Work Opportunity

Reconciliation Act (Welfare Reform Act,

Pub. L. 104–193).

[FR Doc. 97–33202 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 34–39444; File Nos. SR–DTC–

97–16, SR–NSCC–97–08, SR–Philadep–97–

04, SR-SCCP–97–04]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The

Depository Trust Company; National

Securities Clearing Corporation;

Philadelphia Depository Trust

Company; Stock Clearing Corporation

of Philadelphia; Order Granting Partial

Permanent Approval and Partial

Temporary Approval of Proposed Rule

Changes Relating to a Decision by the

Philadelphia Stock Exchange,

Incorporated to Withdraw From The

Securities Depository Business and to

Restructure and Limit its Clearance

and Settlement Business

December 11, 1997.

In August and September, 1997, The

Depository Trust Company (‘‘DTC’’),

National Securities Clearing Corporation

(‘‘NSCC’’), Philadelphia Depository

Trust Company (‘‘Philadep’’), and Stock

Clearing Corporation of Philadelphia

(‘‘SCCP’’) filed with the Securities and

Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’)

proposed rule changes pursuant to

Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’),1

concerning the decision by the

Philadelphia Stock Exchange,

Incorporated (‘‘PHLX’’) to withdraw

from the securities depository business

and to restructure its clearance and

settlement business.2 Notices of the

proposals were published in the Federal

Register on October 15 and 16, 1997.3

The Commission received one comment

letter, which pertained to DTC and

which expressed concern that PHLX’s

decision to withdraw from the clearance

and settlement and securities depository

businesses reduced competition in the

market.4 The Commission also received

DTC’s letter responding to the comment

letter.5 For the reasons discussed below,

the Commission is approving the

proposed rule changes.

I. Description

PHLX is withdrawing from the

securities depository business currently

offered through its wholly owned

subsidiary, Philadep, and is

restructuring and limiting its clearance

and settlement business currently

offered through its wholly owned

subsidiary, SCCP. DTC, NSCC, PHLX,

Philadep, and SCCP have entered into

an agreement dated as of June 18, 1997,

governing arrangements relating to

PHLX’s decision (‘‘Agreement’’).

Pursuant to the Agreement, as discussed

below, most of the current day-to-day

depository and clearance services of

Philadep and SCCP will now be

provided by DTC and NSCC.

A. Agreement

Under the Agreement, the parties are

working to assure an orderly transition

with respect to the cessation of

Philadep’s operations and the

restructuring of SCCP’s operations.

Philadep and DTC have agreed to assist

sole Philadep participants in becoming

DTC participants to the extent that they

meet DTC qualifications and desire to

become DTC participants. Philadep and

DTC also have agreed to cooperate in

the transfer of securities from the

custody of Philadep to the custody of

DTC.

After the closing date of the

Agreement, SCCP no longer will

maintain its continuous net settlement

(‘‘CNS’’) system for conducting