57628 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 186 / Monday, September 25, 2000 / Notices

All correspondence, documents, and

other materials shall be filed with the

Judges in accordance with 10 CFR

2.701.

Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th

day of September 2000.

G. Paul Bollwerk, III,

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety

and Licensing Board Panel.

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Discrimination Task Group; Notice of

Meetings

The NRC has formed a Discrimination

Task Group, which is evaluating the

NRC processes used in the handling of

discrimination allegations and

violations of employee protection

standards (Applicable regulations

include 10 CFR 30.7, 10 CFR 40.7, 10

CFR 50.7, 10 CFR 60.9, 10 CFR 61.9, 10

CFR 70.7, 10 CFR 76.7, 10 CFR 72.10,

10 CFR 150.20). The group is a

management-level review group which

is evaluating the Commission’s handling

of discrimination cases. The overall

objective of the NRC employee

protection regulations is to promote an

atmosphere where employees feel

comfortable raising safety concerns or

engaging in other protected activity

without fear of reprisal.

The group’s overall objective is to

develop recommendations for revisions

to the regulatory requirements, the

enforcement policy or other agency

guidelines as appropriate. A

Commission Paper will be developed

outlining the recommendations for NRC

offices to consider in making changes to

their processes.

The Task Group is holding several

public stakeholder meetings in various

areas of the country to solicit input on

areas of improvement in the Agency’s

handling of discrimination issues. In

addition to the public meetings held or

previously announced the following

public meetings have been scheduled:

—A public meeting will be held, on

October 5, 2000, at the USNRC Region

III offices located 801 Warrenville

Road, Lisle, IL 60532. This will be an

evening meeting from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

—A public meeting will be held, on

October 19, 2000, in Paducah, KY, at

the Paducah Community College

Engineering Building, Crounse Hall

Main Lecture Hall, 4810 Alben

Barkely Drive, Paducah, KY. This will

be an evening meeting from 7 p.m. to

9 p.m.

—A public meeting will be held, on

November 1, 2000, in Waterford, CT,

at the Waterford Town Hall, 15 Rope

Ferry Road. This will be an evening

meeting from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

These public meetings are open to the

members of the public. Oral or written

views regarding the NRC’s processes for

handling employee protection issues

may be presented by the members of the

public, including members of the

nuclear industry. Persons desiring to

make prepared oral presentations or

statements should notify Mr. Barry

Westreich (Telephone 301/415–3456, email BCW@nrc.gov) five days prior to

the meeting date, if possible, so that

appropriate arrangements can be made

to allow necessary time during the

meeting for such a presentation or

statements. Use of still, motion picture,

and television cameras as well as audio

recording devices will be permitted

during this meeting.

Further information regarding topics

of discussion; whether the meeting has

been canceled, rescheduled, or

relocated; may be obtained by

contacting Mr. Barry Westreich between

8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EDT.

For those unable to attend one of the

public meetings on this issue, comments

on the discrimination process can be

submitted via the Office of Enforcement

web site at http://www.nrc.gov/OE. and

may also be submitted in writing

addressed to Barry Westreich, Office of

Enforcement, 11555 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, MD 20852.

This meeting will not be transcribed

but, if needed, a meeting report will be

available electronically for public

inspection on the Office of Enforcement

Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/OE and

in the NRC Public Document Room or

from the Publicly Available Records

(PARS) component of NRC’s document

system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible

from the NRC Web site at http://

www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html

(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

The Task Group Charter and other

pertinent documents related to Task

Group Activities will also be

periodically posted and updated on the

Office of Enforcement Web site.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 19th day

of September 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Richard W. Borchardt,

Director, Office of Enforcement.

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Advisory Committee on the Medical

Uses of Isotopes: Meeting Notice

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Advisory

Commission (NRC) will convene a

meeting of the Advisory Committee on

the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI)

on November 8–9, 2000. The meeting

will take place at the address provided

below. Topics of discussion will

include: (1) The status of the rulemaking

of 10 CFR part 35, ‘‘Medical Use of

Byproduct Material’’; (2) the

implementation plan for Part 35; and (3)

issues concerning intravascular

brachytherapy. An update of other

rulemaking activities will be provided.

The ACMUI will also discuss: (1) The

criteria for ACMUI self-evaluation; (2)

NRC’s Strategic Plan; and (3) the

planning, budget, and performance

measures process. All sessions of the

meeting will be open to the public, with

the exception of the first session, which

will be closed to provide required

Annual Ethics Training for ACMUI

committee members and to discuss

information that, if released for public

view, would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy.

DATES: The November 8, 2000, meeting

will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., to

accommodate Annual Ethics Training

for members from 8 to 9 a.m. The

November 9, 2000, meeting will be held

from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Two White Flint North

Auditorium, 11545 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, MD 20852–2738.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Betty Ann Torres, telephone (301) 415–

0191, e-mail bat@nrc.gov, of the Office

of Nuclear Material Safety and

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001.

Conduct of the Meeting

Manuel D. Cerqueira, M.D., will chair

the meeting. Dr. Cerqueira will conduct

the meeting in a manner that will

facilitate the orderly conduct of

business. The following procedures

apply to public participation in the

meeting:

1. Persons who wish to provide a

written statement should submit

reproducible copy to Betty Ann Torres

(address previously listed), by

November 1, 2000. Statements must

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pertain to the topics on the agenda for

the meeting.

2. Questions from members of the

public will be permitted, during the

meeting, at the discretion of the

Chairman.

3. The transcript and written

comments will be available for

inspection, and copying, for a fee, at the

NRC Public Document Room, 11555

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852–

27382, telephone (800) 397–4209, on or

about December 6, 2000. Minutes of the

meeting will be available on or about

January 8, 2000.

4. Seating for the public will be on a

first-come, first-served basis.

This meeting will be held in

accordance with the Atomic Energy Act

of 1954, as amended (primarily Section

161a); the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (5 U.S.C. App); and the

Commission’s regulations in Title 10,

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 7.

Dated: September 19, 2000.

Andrew L. Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of new routine uses of

records and technical and clarifying

changes for PBGC–6, Plan Participant

and Beneficiary Data—PBGC

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation is proposing two new

routine uses of records for a system of

records maintained pursuant to the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended,

entitled PBGC–6, Plan Participant and

Beneficiary Data—PBGC. The first new

routine use permits disclosure of certain

benefit information to a participant’s

spouse, former spouse, child, or other

dependent of the participant solely to

obtain a qualified domestic relations

order pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 1056(d) and

26 U.S.C. 414(p). The second new

routine use permits disclosure of

information from a participant’s initial

determination under 29 CFR 4003.1(b)

to the participant’s spouse, former

spouse, child, or other dependent who

is an alternate payee under a qualified

domestic relations order issued

pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 1056(d) and 26

U.S.C. 414(p) to explain how the PBGC

determined the benefit due the alternate

payee so that the alternate payee can

pursue an administrative appeal under

29 CFR 4003.51. The PBGC is also

making technical and clarifying changes

to PBGC–6.

DATES: Comments on the new routine

uses must be received by October 25,

2000. The new routine uses will become

effective November 9, 2000, without

further notice, unless comments result

in a contrary determination and a notice

is published to that effect.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

the Office of the General Counsel, Suite

340, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20005–4026, or

delivered to that address between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m. on business days. Comments

also may be sent by Internet e-mail to

reg.comments@pbgc.gov. Comments

will be available for public inspection at

the PBGC’s Communications and Public

Affairs Department, Suite 240 at the

same address, between 9 a.m. and 4

p.m. on business days.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D.

Bruce Campbell, Attorney, Office of the

General Counsel, Suite 340, Pension

Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005–

4026; 202–326–4020 (extension 3672).

(For TTY/TDD users, call the federal

relay service toll-free at 1–800–877–

8339 and ask to be connected to 202–

326–4020 (extension 3672).)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Generally,

a participant’s benefit from a pension

plan may not be assigned or alienated.

An exception permits certain payments

made pursuant to a state domestic

relations order that creates or recognizes

the right of a spouse, former spouse,

child, or other dependent of a

participant to receive all or a portion of

the benefit payable with respect to the

participant to satisfy child support,

alimony, or other marital property

obligations. This exception only applies

if the domestic relations order is

qualified, i.e., the plan or the PBGC

determines that the order meets certain

legal requirements. To be qualified, the

domestic relations order must, among

other things, specify the name of the

plan to which it applies, the amount or

percentage of the participant’s benefit to

be paid to the alternate payee, the form

of the payment to the alternate payee,

and the date the payment to the

alternate payee begins and ends. See 29

U.S.C. 1056(d) and 26 U.S.C. 414(p).

The PBGC is establishing two new

routine uses that permit disclosure of

information about a participant to an

individual who is or may become

entitled to benefits from the PBGC as an

alternate payee.

New routine use 12 permits the PBGC

to disclose the information needed to

obtain a qualified domestic relation

order under 29 U.S.C. 1056(d) and 26

U.S.C. 414(p) to a spouse, former

spouse, child, or other dependent of a

participant. The PBGC will disclose the

information only upon the receipt of a

notarized, written request by a

prospective alternate payee that

describes the requester’s relationship to

the participant and states that the

information will be used solely to obtain

a qualified domestic relations order

under state domestic relations law.

New routine use 13 permits the PBGC

to disclose information from a

participant’s initial determination under

29 CFR 4003.1(b) to the participant’s

spouse, former spouse, child, or other

dependent who is an alternate payee

under a qualified domestic relations

order issued pursuant to 29 U.S.C.

1056(d) and 26 U.S.C. 414(p). The

information explains how the PBGC

determined the benefit due the alternate

payee so that the alternate payee can

pursue an administrative appeal of the

benefit determination under 29 CFR

4003.51. The PBGC will not disclose the

participant’s address, telephone

number, social security number, and

any sensitive medical information under

the new routine use.

The PBGC will notify the participant

of the information that is disclosed

under the new routine uses.

The PBGC is making certain other

technical and clarifying changes to

PBGC–6 by updating the citations to its

regulations and revising the

descriptions of the categories of records

in the system and of how records are

stored and safeguarded to make them

more specific. The PBGC is also revising

the description of the purposes for

which information is used and how

information is retrieved to reflect that

the PBGC uses names, addresses and

telephone numbers to survey customer

satisfaction with the PBGC’s benefit

payment services and to track (for

follow up) those who did not respond

to surveys. The PBGC mails surveys to

a sample of individuals whose records

are maintained in PBGC–6 seeking

information about the quality of services

provided by the PBGC. Survey

responses are aggregated for statistical

purposes after they are received by the

PBGC and are not retrievable by a

participant or beneficiary’s name or

other assigned identifier.

For the convenience of the public,

PBGC–6, as amended, is published in

full below with new routine uses 12 and

13 and the technical and clarifying

changes italicized.