Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 190 / Friday, September 29, 2000 / Notices 58577

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. STN 50–528, STN 50–529, and

STN 50–530]

Arizona Public Service Company; Palo

Verde Nuclear Generating Station,

Units 1, 2, and 3 Environmental

Assessment and Finding of No

Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering the issuance of amendments

to make administrative changes to the

Facility Operating Licenses Nos. NPF–

41, NPF–51, and NPF–74, issued to

Arizona Public Service Company (the

licensee) for operation of the Palo Verde

Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2,

and 3, located in Maricopa County,

Arizona.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

The proposed action would remove or

correct outdated administrative

information and remove completed

licensing conditions from the licenses.

The proposed action is in accordance

with the licensee’s application for

amendments request dated December 1,

1999.

The Need for the Proposed Action

The proposed action is needed to

update the Palo Verde operating

licenses by removing or correcting

outdated administrative information

and removing completed license

conditions from the licenses. This will

help reduce any potential for

misinterpreting the operating licensing

requirements. The Palo Verde licenses

were issued by the Commission to

permit the operation of Palo Verde,

Units 1, 2, and 3. The operating licenses

include administrative information and

references that were valid at the time of

issuance but are now outdated. In

addition, the operating licenses include

many license conditions that were

required by the Commission to operate

Palo Verde plants but have since been

completed and are no longer required.

The changes consist of 21 changes to the

Unit 1 license, 15 changes to the Unit

2 license, and 7 changes to the Unit 3

license.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed

Action

The Commission has completed its

evaluation of the proposed action and

concludes that the proposed action is

administrative in nature and unrelated

to plant operations.

The proposed action will not

significantly increase the probability or

consequences of accidents, no changes

are being made in the types of any

effluents that may be released offsite,

and there is no significant increase in

occupational or public radiation

exposure. Therefore, there are no

significant radiological impacts

associated with the proposed action.

With regard to potential

nonradiological impacts, the proposed

action does not involve any historic

sites. It does not affect nonradiological

plant effluents and has no other

environmental impact. Therefore, there

are no significant nonradiological

environmental impacts associated with

the proposed action.

Accordingly, the Commission

concludes that there are no significant

environmental impacts associated with

the proposed action.

Alternatives to the Proposed Action

As an alternative to the proposed

action, the staff considered denial of the

proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’

alternative). Denial of the application

would result in no change in current

environmental impacts. The

environmental impacts of the proposed

action and the alternative action are

similar.

Alternative Use of Resources

The proposed action does not involve

the use of any resources not previously

considered in the Final Environmental

Statement Related to the Operation of

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station,

Units 1, 2, and 3, dated February 1982

(NUREG–0841).

Agencies and Persons Consulted

In accordance with its stated policy,

on August 24, 2000, the staff consulted

with the Arizona State official, Mr.

William Wright of the Arizona

Radiation Protection Agency, regarding

the environmental impact of the

proposed action. The State official had

no comments.

Finding of No Significant Impact

On the basis of the environmental

assessment, the NRC concludes that the

proposed action will not have a

significant effect on the quality of the

human environment. Accordingly, the

NRC has determined not to prepare an

environmental impact statement for the

proposed action.

For further details with respect to the

proposed action, see the licensee’s

application dated December 1, 1999

(ML993430261), which is available for

public inspection at the Commission’s

Public Document Room, located at One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike

(first floor), Rockville, Maryland.

Publicly available records will be

accessible electronically from the

ADAMS Public Library component on

the NRC Web site, (the Electronic

Reading Room). http:www.nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd

day of September 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Steven D. Bloom,

Project Manager, Section 2, Project

Directorate IV & Decommissioning, Division

of Licensing Project Management, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB

Review

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad

Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted

the following proposal(s) for the

collection of information of the Office of

Management and Budget for review and

approval.

Summary of Proposal(s)

(1) Collection title: Employee

Reporting.

(2) Form(s) submitted: AA–12, G–

88A.1, and G–88A.2.

(3) OMB Number: 3220–0005.

(4) Expiration date of current OMB

clearance: 12/31/2000.

(5) Type of request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

(6) Respondents: Individuals or

households, Business or other for-profit.

(7) Estimated annual number of

respondents: 4,300.

(8) Total annual responses: 4,300.

(9) Total annual reporting hours: 379.

(10) Collection description: Under the

Railroad Retirement Act and the

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act,

railroad employers are required to

report service and compensation for

employees needed to determine

eligibility to and amount of benefits

paid.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Copies of the forms and supporting

documents can be obtained from Chuck

Mierzwa, the agency clearance officer

(312–751–3363). Comments regarding

the information collection should be

addressed to Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad

Retirement Board, 844 North Rush

Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60611–2092

and the OMB reviewer, Joe Lackey (202–

395–7316), Office of Management and

58578 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 190 / Friday, September 29, 2000 / Notices

1The indirect nonutility subsidiaries of KeySpan,

Eastern, and EnergyNorth are set forth in the

application-declaration previously filed by

KeySpan and ACJ seeking approvals relating to

KeySpan’s proposed acquisition of Eastern (‘‘Merger

U–1’’).

2 KeySpan requests that the Commission review

and rule on this application-declaration

contemporaneously with the Merger U–1.

3The Merger and the Eastern/EnergyNorth Merger

are referred to in this notice collectively as

‘‘Mergers.’’

Budget, Room 10230, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–25033 Filed 9–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7905–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 35–27234]

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’)

September 21, 2000.

Notice is hereby given that the

following filing(s) has/have been made

with the Commission pursuant to

provisions of the Act and rules

promulgated under the Act. All

interested persons are referred to the

application(s) and/or declaration(s) for

complete statements of the proposed

transaction(s) summarized below. The

application(s) and/or declaration(s) and

any amendment(s) is/are available for

public inspection through the

Commission’s Branch of Public

Reference.

Interested persons wishing to

comment or request a hearing on the

application(s) and/or declaration(s)

should submit their views in writing by

October 16, 2000, to the Secretary,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20549–0609, and

serve a copy on the relevant applicant(s)

and/or declarant(s) at the address(es)

specified below. Proof of service (by

affidavit or, in the case of an attorney at

law, by certificate) should be filed with

the request. Any request for hearing

should identify specifically the issues of

facts or law that are disputed. A person

who so requests will be notified of any

hearing, if ordered, and will receive a

copy of any notice or order issued in the

matter. After October 16, 2000, the

application(s) and/or declaration(s), as

filed or as amended, may be granted

and/or permitted to become effective.

KeySpan Corporation, et al. (70–9699)

KeySpan Corporation(‘‘KeySpan’’), a

combination gas and electric utility

holding company claiming exemption

from registration under section 3(a)(1) of

the Act by rule 2, located at One

MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York

11201; KeySpan’s utility subsidiaries:

The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/

a/ KeySpan Energy Delivery New York

(‘‘KeySpan New York’’), located at One

MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York

11201; KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/

b/a/ KeySpan Energy Delivery Long

Island (‘‘KeySpan Long Island’’); and

KeySpan Generation LLC (‘‘KeySpan

Generation’’), each located at 175 East

Old Country Road, Hicksville, New

York 11801; KeySpan’s direct nonutility

subsidiaries: ACJ Acquisition LLC

(‘‘ACJ’’); KeySpan Energy Corporation;

KeySpan Operating Services LLC;

KeySpan Exploration & Production LLC;

KeySpan Technologies Inc.; KeySpan

MHK, Inc., all located at One MetroTech

Center, Brooklyn, New York 11201;

KeySpan Corporate Services LLC

(‘‘KCS’’); KeySpan Utility Services LLC

(‘‘KUS’’); Marquez Development Corp;

Island Energy Services Company, Inc.;

LILCO Energy Systems, Inc., all located

at 175 East Old Country Road,

Hicksville, New York 11801; KeySpanRavenswood Inc.; KeySpan-Ravenswood

Services Corp., each located at 38–54

Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City,

New York 11101; KeySpan Services,

Inc., located at Octagon 10 Office

Building, 1719 Route 10, Suite 108,

Parsippany, New Jersey 07054; KeySpan

Energy Trading Services LLC, located at

100 East Old Country Road, Hicksville,

New York 11801; and KeySpan Energy

Supply LLC, located at 14–04 111th

Street, College Point, New York 11356;

and their respective nonutility

subsidiaries; Eastern Enterprises

(‘‘Eastern’’), a gas utility holding

company claiming exemption from

registration under section 3(a)(1) of the

Act by rule 2, located at 9 Riverside

Road, Weston, Massachusetts 02493;

Eastern’s gas utility subsidiaries: Boston

Gas Company (‘‘Boston Gas’’); Essex Gas

Company (‘‘Essex Gas’’); and Colonial

Gas Company (‘‘Colonial Gas’’), all

located at One Beacon Street, Boston,

Massachusetts 02108; Eastern’s direct

nonutility subsidiaries: Boston Gas

Services, Inc.; EE–AEM Company, Inc.;

EE Acquisition Company, Inc.; EEG

Acquisition Company, Inc.; Eastern

Associated Capital Corp.; Eastern

Associated Securities Corp.; Eastern

Energy Systems Corp.; Eastern

Rivermoor Company, Inc.; Eastern

Urban Services, Inc.; Mystic Steamship

Corporation; PCC Land Company, Inc.;

Philadelphia Coke Co., Inc.; Water

Products Group Incorporated; Western

Associated Energy Corp., all located at

9 Riverside Road, Weston Massachusetts

02493; Midland Enterprises Inc., located

at 300 Pike Street, Cincinnati, Ohio

45202; ServicEdge Partners, Inc.; and

AMR Data Corporation, each located at

62 Second Avenue, Burlington,

Massachusetts 01803; and their

respective subsidiaries; and

EnergyNorth, Inc. (‘‘EnergyNorth’’), a

gas utility holding company claiming

exemption from registration under

section 3(a)(1) of the Act by rule 2,

located at 1260 Elm Street, P.O. Box

329, Manchester, New Hampshire

03105; EnergyNorth’s gas utility

subsidiary, EnergyNorth Natural Gas,

Inc. (‘‘ENGI’’), also located at 1260 Elm

Street, P.O. Box 329, Manchester, New

Hampshire 03105; EnergyNorth’s direct

nonutility subsidiaries: Broken Bridge

Corporation; EnergyNorth Realty, Inc.,

each located at 1260 Elm Street, P.O.

Box 329, Manchester, New Hampshire

03105; EnergyNorth Propane, Inc.,

Located at 75 Regional Drive, Concord,

New Hampshire 03301; and

EnergyNorth Mechanicals, Inc., located

at 25 Depot Street, Manchester,

Massachusetts 03101; and their

respective subsidiaries (together,

‘‘Applicants’’) ,1 have filed an

application-declaration under sections

6(a), 7, 9(a)(1), 10, 12(b), 12(c), 13(b), 32,

and 33 of the Act, and rules 45, 46, 53,

54, and 80–92 under the Act.

In the Merger U–1, KeySpan and its

subsidiary, ACJ, seek approvals relating

to the proposed acquisition by KeySpan

of all of the issued and outstanding

common stock of Eastern (‘‘Merger’’).2 A

notice of the Merger U–1 was issued on

July 18, 2000 (HCAR No. 27201).

Eastern also has previously filed an

application-declaration with the

Commission under the Act seeking

approvals relating to the proposed

acquisition (‘‘Eastern/EnergyNorth

Merger U–1’’) by Eastern of all of the

outstanding common shares of

EnergyNorth (‘‘Eastern/EnergyNorth

Merger’’). A notice of the Eastern/

EnergyNorth Merger U–1 was issued on

July 18, 2000 (HCAR No. 27201). For

purposes of this application-declaration,

KeySpan has assumed that the Eastern/

EnergyNorth Merger will be approved

concurrently with the Merger. However,

KeySpan states that its request for

approval of the Merger is not contingent

on Commission approval of the Eastern/

EnergyNorth Merger, and further states

that the same request applies to this

application-declaration.3

Following the consummation of the

Mergers, KeySpan will have seven

utility subsidiaries: KeySpan New York;

KeySpan Long Island; KeySpan

Generation; Boston Gas; Essex Gas;

Colonial Gas; and ENGI (collectively,