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be closed to the public. The closing is

authorized by the relevant provisions of

the Government in the Sunshine Act (5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) & (6)) and the

corresponding provisions of the Legal

Services Corporation’s implementing

regulation (45 CFR 1622.5(a) & (e)). A

copy of the General Counsel’s

Certification that the closing is

authorized by law will be available

upon request.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Open Session

1. Approval of agenda.

Closed Session

2. Conduct a performance appraisal of

the President of the Corporation.

3. Conduct a performance appraisal of

the Inspector General of the

Corporation.

Open Session

4. Consider and act on other business.

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:

Victor M. Fortuno, General Counsel and

Secretary of the Corporation, at (202)

336–8810.

SPECIAL NEEDS: Upon request, meeting

notices will be made available in

alternate formats to accommodate visual

and hearing impairments. Individuals

who have a disability and need an

accommodation to attend the meeting

may notify Jean Edwards at (202) 336–

8811.

Dated: December 8, 1997.

Victor M. Fortuno,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–32547 Filed 12–9–97; 12:23 pm]

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to

submit an information collection

request to OMB and solicitation of

public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a

submittal to OMB for review of

continued approval of information

collections under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Information pertaining to the

requirement to be submitted:

1. The title of the information

collection: NRC Forms 540, 540A, 541,

541A, 542, and 542A, Uniform LowLevel Radioactive Waste Manifest forms.

2. Current OMB approval number:

NRC Forms 540, 540A: 3150–0164; NRC

Forms 541, 541A: 3150–0166; NRC

Forms 542, 542A: 3150–0165.

3. How often the collection is

required: Forms are used by shippers

whenever radioactive waste is shipped.

Quarterly reporting or less frequent is

made to NRC depending on specific

license conditions.

4. Who is required or asked to report:

All NRC licensed low-level waste

facilities. All generators, collectors, and

processors of low-level waste intended

for disposal at a low-level waste facility

must complete the appropriate forms.

5. The number of annual respondents:

NRC Form 540: 8,000; NRC Form 541:

8,000; NRC Form 542: 600.

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: NRC Form 540: 9,380 hours

(1.17 hours per response); NRC Form

541: 43,463 hours (5.43 hours per

response); NRC Form 542: 260 hours

(0.43 hours per response).

7. Abstract: NRC Forms 540, 541, and

542, together with their continuation

pages, designated by the ‘‘A’’ suffix,

provide a set of standardized forms to

meet Department of Transportation

(DOT), NRC, and State requirements.

The forms were developed by NRC at

the request of low-level waste industry

groups. The forms provide uniformity

and efficiency in the collection of

information contained in manifests

which are required to control transfers

of low-level radioactive waste intended

for disposal at a land disposal facility.

NRC Form 540 contains information

needed to satisfy DOT shipping paper

requirements in 49 CFR part 172 and the

waste tracking requirements of NRC in

10 CFR part 20. NRC Form 541 contains

information needed by disposal site

facilities to safely dispose of low-level

waste and information to meet NRC and

State requirements regulating these

activities. NRC Form 542, completed by

waste collectors or processors, contains

information which facilitates tracking

the identity of the waste generator. That

tracking becomes more complicated

when the waste forms, dimensions, or

packagings are changed by the waste

processor. Each container of waste

shipped from a waste processor may

contain waste from several different

generators. The information provided on

NRC Form 542 permits the States and

Compacts to know the original

generators of low-level waste, as

authorized by the Low-Level

Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments

Act of 1985, so they can ensure that

waste is disposed of in the appropriate

Compact.

Submit, by February 9, 1998,

comments that address the following

questions:

1. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the NRC to

properly perform its functions? Does the

information have practical utility?

2. Is the burden estimate accurate?

3. Is there a way to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

4. How can the burden of the

information collection be minimized,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

A copy of the draft supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room,

2120 L Street, NW (lower level),

Washington, DC. OMB clearance

requests are available at the NRC

worldwide web site (http://

www.nrc.gov) under the FedWorld

collection link on the home page tool

bar. The document will be available on

the NRC home page site for 60 days after

the signature date of this notice.

Comments and questions about the

information collection requirements

may be directed to the NRC Clearance

Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, T–6 F33,

Washington, DC, 20555–0001, or by

telephone at 301–415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJS1@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day

of December, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–32416 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–89] and [Docket No. 50–

163]

Notice of Application for

Decommissioning Amendment General

Atomics;Triga Mark I Research Reactor

and Triga Mark F Research Reactor

Notice is hereby given that the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the

Commission) has received an

application from General Atomics dated

April 18, 1997, for a license amendment

approving the decommissioning plan for

the TRIGA Mark I (Facility License No.

R–38) and TRIGA Mark F (Facility

License No. R–163) research reactors
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located at General Atomics’ site in San

Diego, California.

A copy of the application is available

for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

the Gelman Building, at 2120 L Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20037.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day

of December 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Seymour H. Weiss,

Director, Non-Power Reactors and

Decommissioning Project Directorate,

Division of Reactor Program Management,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–32415 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the

Railroad Retirement Board will hold a

meeting on December 17, 1997, 9:00

a.m., at the Board’s meeting room on the

8th floor of its headquarters building,

844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois,

60611. The agenda for this meeting

follows:

Portion open to the public:

(1) Request to Post a GS–12 District

Manager Position for the Little Rock,

Arkansas District Office

(2) Federal Ban on Smoking on

Federal Property

(3) Proposed Flexitime/Variable

Workweek Changes

(4) Strategic IRM Plan—1977–2002

(5) Regulations:

A. Part 209.12, Railroad Employers’

Reports and Responsibilities

B. Part 295, Payments Pursuant to

Court Decree or Court-Approved

Property Settlement

(6) Year 2000 Issues

(7) Labor Member Truth in Budgeting

Status Report

Portion closed to the public:

(A) SES Performance Appraisals for

FY-1997—Memo from Chairman, PRB.

(B) SES Recertification for 1997.

The person to contact for more

information is Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board, Phone No. 312–

751–4920.

Dated: December 8, 1997.

Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–32521 Filed 12–9–97; 10:41 am]

BILLING CODE 7905–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Rel. No. IC–22925; File No. 912–10606]

Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, et

al.

December 4, 1997.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or the

‘‘Commission’’).

ACTION: Notice of application for an

amended order under Section 6(c) of the

Investment Company Act of 1940 (the

‘‘1940 Act’’) for exemptions from

Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of

the 1940 Act and Rules 6e–2(b)(15) and

6e–3(T)(b)(15) thereunder.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants

seek an amended order to permit shares

of the Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund

and the Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index

Funds, Inc. (d\b\a Dreyfus Stock Index

Fund) to be sold to and held by

qualified pension and retirement plans

outside the separate account context.

APPLICANTS: Dreyfus Variable

Investment Fund (‘‘DVIF’’), Dreyfus Life

and Annuity Index Fund, Inc. (d\b\a

Dreyfus Stock Index Fund) (‘‘DSIF’’)

(together, the ‘‘Funds’’) and The Dreyfus

Corporation (‘‘Dreyfus’’).

FILING DATE: The application was filed

on April 4, 1997, and amended and

restated on October 10, 1997.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An

order granting the application will be

issued unless the Commission orders a

hearing. Interested persons may request

a hearing on this application by writing

to the Secretary of the SEC and serving

Applicants with a copy of the request,

in person or by mail. Hearing requests

must be received by the Commission by

5:30 p.m., on December 29, 1997, and

accompanied by proof of service on the

Applicants in the form of an affidavit or,

for lawyers, a certificate of service.

Hearing requests should state the nature

of the interest, the reason for the request

and the issues contested. Persons may

request notification of the date of a

hearing by writing to the Secretary of

the SEC.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.

Applicants, 200 Park Avenue, New

York, NY 10166.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Zandra Y. Bailes, Senior Counsel, or

Mark C. Amorosi, Branch Chief,

Division of Investment Management,

Office of Insurance Products, at (202)

942–0670.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following

is a summary of the application. The

complete application is available for a

fee from the Public Reference Branch of

the SEC, 450 Fifth Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20549 (tel. (202) 942–

8090).

Applicants’ Representations

1. DVIF is a Massachusetts business

trust registered under the 1940 Act as an

open-end diversified management

investment company. It presently

consists of eleven classes of stock and

may in the future add one or more

additional classes of stock.

2. DSIF is a Maryland corporation

registered under the 1940 Act as an

open-end non-diversified management

investment company. DSIF is a single

portfolio mutual fund that offers only

one class of stock for investment.

3. Dreyfus, an investment adviser

registered under the Investment

Advisers Act of 1940, serves as the

investment adviser for each Fund. Fayez

Sarofim & Co. is the subinvestment

adviser for DVIF’s Capital Appreciation

Portfolio. Mellon Equity Associates is

DSIF’s index fund manager.

4. On December 23, 1987, an order

was issued granting exemptive relief to

permit shares of DVIF to be sold to and

held by variable annuity and variable

life insurance separate accounts of both

affiliated and unaffiliated life insurance

companies (Release No. IC–16188, File

No. 812–6698) (the ‘‘DVIF Order’’).

Similarly, on August 23, 1989, an order

was issued to DSIF granting identical

exemptive relief (Release No. IC–17118,

File No. 812–7253) (the ‘‘DESIF Order’’)

(together, the DVIF Order and the DSIF

Order, the ‘‘Original Orders’’).

5. The Original Orders allow DVIF

and DSIF to offer their shares to

insurance companies as the investment

vehicle for their separate accounts

supporting variable annuity contracts,

schedule premium variable life

insurance contracts and flexible

premium variable life insurance

contracts (collectively, ‘‘Variable

Contracts’’). Separate accounts owning

shares of a Fund and their insurance

company depositors are referred to

herein as ‘‘Participating Separate

Accounts’’ and ‘‘Participating Insurance

Companies,’’ respectively.

6. The Original orders do not

expressly address the sale of shares of

the Funds to qualified pension and

retirement plans outside of the separate

account context (‘‘Qualified Plan’’).

Applicants propose that the Funds be

permitted to offer and sell shares of the

Funds to Qualified Plans.

Applicants’ Legal Analysis

1. Applicants request that the

Commission issue an amended order