Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 193 / Wednesday, October 4, 2000 / Notices 59233

Date of initial notice in Federal

Register: May 3, 2000 (65 FR 25769).

The Commission’s related evaluation

of the amendments is contained in a

Safety Evaluation dated September 12,

2000.

No significant hazards consideration

comments received: No.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company,

Inc., et al., Docket Nos. 50–424 and 50–

425, Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,

Units 1 and 2, Burke County, Georgia

Date of application for amendments:

March 6, 2000, as supplemented by

letter dated July 7, 2000.

Brief description of amendments: The

amendments revised Technical

Specification (TS) 3.9.4, ‘‘Containment

Penetration,’’ allowing the equipment

hatch to be open during core alteration

and/or during movement of irradiated

fuel within the containment, provided

the capability for closure is maintained.

Date of issuance: September 11, 2000.

Effective date: As of the date of

issuance and shall be implemented

within 30 days from the date of

issuance.

Amendment Nos.: 115 and 93.

Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–

68 and NPF–81: Amendments revised

the Technical Specifications.

Date of initial notice in Federal

Register: June 28, 2000 (65 FR 39961),

July 20, 2000 (65 FR 45115). The

supplemental letter dated July 7, 2000,

provided clarifying information that did

not change the scope of the March 6,

2000, application and the initial

proposed no significant hazards

consideration determination.

The Commission’s related evaluation

of the amendments is contained in a

Safety Evaluation dated September 11,

2000.

No significant hazards consideration

comments received: No.

Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket No.

50–3a0, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1,

Rhea County, Tennessee

Date of application for amendment:

July 10, 2000 (TS 00–08).

Brief description of amendment:

Regarding the need to conduct channel

operational tests within 12 hours prior

to physics tests and the placing of a

reactor trip instrumentation channel

used in physics tests in a bypassed

condition instead of a tripped condition.

Date of issuance: September 13, 2000.

Effective date: September 13, 2000.

Amendment No.: 28.

Facility Operating License No. NPF–

90: Amendment revises the Technical

Specifications.

Date of initial notice in Federal

Register: August 9, 2000 (65 FR 48759).

The Commission’s related evaluation

of the amendment is contained in a

Safety Evaluation dated September 13,

2000.

No significant hazards consideration

comments received: No.

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating

Corporation, Docket No. 50–482, Wolf

Creek Generating Station, Coffey

County, Kansas

Date of amendment request: June 23,

2000, and supplements dated July 21

and 26, 2000.

Brief description of amendment: The

amendment revises TS 3.9.4,

‘‘Containment Penetrations,’’ to allow

containment penetrations (with direct

access to the outside atmosphere) to be

unisolated under administrative

controls during refueling operations

with core alterations or irradiated fuel

movement inside containment. The

amendment (1) revises the note in the

Limiting Condition for Operation 3.4.9

for containment penetrations that may

be unisolated under administrative

controls, deleting the reference to

penetrations P–63 and P–98, and (2)

deletes the exception for penetrations

P–63 and P–98 in Surveillance

Requirement 3.9.4.1. In addition, there

are format and editorial corrections to

TS 3.8.3, ‘‘Diesel Fuel Oil, Lube Oil, and

Start Air,’’ and TS 5.2.2.b,

‘‘Administrative Controls,’’ to correct

errors issued in Amendment No. 123,

issued March 31, 1999.

Date of issuance: September 12, 2000.

Effective date: September 12, 2000, to

be implemented within 30 days of the

date of issuance, including the

completion of the administrative

procedures that ensure that open

containment penetrations, with direct

access to the outside atmosphere during

refueling operations with core

alterations and irradiated fuel

movement inside containment, will be

promptly closed in the event of a fuel

handling accident inside containment.

Amendment No.: 135.

Facility Operating License No. NPF–

42. The amendment revised the

Technical Specifications.

Date of initial notice in Federal

Register: July 12, 2000 (65 FR 43053).

The July 21 and 26, 2000, supplements

provided additional clarifying

information, did not expand the scope

of the application as originally noticed,

and did not change the staff’s original

proposed no significant hazards

consideration determination.

The Commission’s related evaluation

of the amendment is contained in a

Safety Evaluation dated September 12,

2000.

No significant hazards consideration

comments received: No.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day

of September 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Elinor G. Adensam,

Acting Director, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 00–25377 Filed 10–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Excepted Service

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This gives notice of positions

placed or revoked under Schedules A

and B in the excepted service, as

required by Civil Service Rule VI,

Exceptions from the Competitive

Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janice Reid, Staffing Policy Division,

Employment Service (202) 606–0830.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Personnel Management publishes this

monthly notice to update appointing

authorities established or revoked under

the Excepted Service provisions of 5

CFR 213. Individual authorities

established or revoked under Schedules

A and B between August 1, 2000, and

August 31, 2000, appear in the

following listing. A consolidated listing

of all authorities as of June 30 is

published annually.

Schedule A

No Schedule A authorities were

established or revoked during August

2000.

Schedule B

The following Schedule B authority

was amended effective August 17, 2000.

Schedule B 213.3209

‘‘(a) Not to exceed six

interdisciplinary positions for the

Airpower Research Institute at the Air

University, Maxwell Air Force Base,

Alabama, for employment to complete

studies proposed by candidates and

acceptable to the Air Force. Initial

appointments are made not to exceed 3

years, with an option to renew or extend

the appointments in increments of 1, 2,

or 3 years indefinitely thereafter.’’

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O.

10577, 3 CFR 1954–1958 Comp., P.218.

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Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

[FR Doc. 00–25443 Filed 10–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available

From: Securities and Exchange

Commission, Office of Filings and

Information Services, Washington,

D.C. 20549.

Extension:

Rule 17Ad–10; SEC File No. 270–265;

OMB Control No. 3235–0273.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities

and Exchange Commission

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments

on the collection of information

summarized below. The Commission

plans to submit this existing collection

of information to the Office of

Management and Budget for extension

and approval.

• Rule 17Ad–10 Prompt Posting of

Certificate Detail to Master

Securityholder Files; Maintenance of

Accurate Securityholder Files and

Control Book; and Retention of

Certificate Detail

Rule 17Ad–10, 17 CFR 240.17Ad–10,

under the Securities Exchange Act of

1934, requires approximately 1,093

registered transfer agents to create and

maintain minimum information on

securityholders’ ownership of an issue

of securities for which it performs

transfer agent functions, including the

purchase, transfer and redemptions of

securities. In addition, the rule also

requires transfer agents that maintain

securityhodler records to keep

certificate detail that has been cancelled

from those records for a minimum of six

years and to maintain and keep current

an accurate record of the number of

shares or principle dollar amount of

debt securities that the issuer has

authorized to be outstanding (a ‘‘control

book’’). These recordkeeping

requirements assist in the creation and

maintenance of accurate securityholder

records, the ability to research errors,

and ensure the transfer agent is aware of

the number of securities that are

properly authorized by the issuer,

thereby avoiding over issuance.

The staff estimates that the average

number of hours necessary for each

transfer agent to comply with Rule 17

Ad–10 is approximately 20 hours per

year, totaling 21,860 hours

industrywide. The average cost per hour

is approximately $20 per hour, with the

industry-wide cost estimated at

approximately $437,200. However,

information required by Rule 17Ad–10

generally already is maintained by

registered transfer agents. The amount

of time devoted to compliance with

Rule 17Ad–10 varies according to

differences in business activity.

Written comments are invited on: (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on respondents, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology. Consideration will be given

to comments and suggestions submitted

in writing within 60 days of this

publication.

Please direct your written comments

to Michael E. Bartell, Associate

Executive Director, Office of

Information Technology, Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street,

N.W. Washington, DC 20549.

Dated: September 26, 2000.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–25422 Filed 10–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies

Available From: Securities and

Exchange Commission, Office of Filings

and Information Services, Washington,

DC 20549.

Extensions: Rule 6c–7 SEC File No.

270–269; OMB Control No. 3235–0276;

Rule 11a–2; SEC File No. 270–267; OMB

Control No. 3235–0272.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities

and Exchange Commission (the

‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

requests for approval of extension of the

previously approved collection of

information discussed below.

Rule 6c–7 [17 CFR 270.6c–7] under

the Investment Company Act of 1940

(15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) (‘‘1940 Act’’)

provides exemption from certain

provisions of Sections 22(e) and 27 of

the 1940 Act for registered separate

accounts offering variable annuity

contracts to certain employees of Texas

institutions of higher education

participating in the Texas Optional

Retirement Program. There are

approximately 82 registrants governed

by Rule 6c–7. The burden of compliance

with Rule 6c–7, regarding obtaining

from a purchaser, prior to or at the time

of purchase, a signed document

acknowledging the restrictions on

redeemability imposed by Texas law, is

estimated to be approximately 3

minutes per response for each of 2,649

purchasers annually, for a total annual

burden of 132.45 hours.

Rule 6c–7 requires that the separate

account’s Registration Statement under

the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a

et seq.) (‘‘1933 Act’’) include a

representation that Rule 6c–7 is being

relied upon and is being complied with.

This requirement enhances the

Commission’s ability to monitor

utilization of and compliance with the

rule. There are no recordkeeping

requirements with respect to Rule 6c–7.

Rule 11a–2 [17 CFR 270.11a–2]

permits certain registered insurance

company separate accounts, subject to

certain conditions, to make exchange

offers without prior approval by the

Commission of the terms of those offers.

There are approximately 649 registrants

governed by Rule 11a–2, with an

estimated compliance time of 15

minutes per registrant, for a total annual

burden of 162.25 hours.

Rule 11a–2 requires disclosure, in

certain registration statements filed

pursuant to the 1933 Act, of any

administrative fee or sales load imposed

in connection with an exchange offer.

The information resulting from the

disclosure is used by the Commission to

monitor the terms and conditions of

such exchange offers. There are no

recordkeeping requirements with

respect to this rule.

The estimate of average burden hours

is made solely for the purposes of the

Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not

derived from a comprehensive or even

a representative survey or study of the

costs of Commission rules or forms.

With regard to Rule 6c–7, the

Commission does not include in the

estimate of average burden hours the

time preparing registration statement

and sales literature disclosure regarding

the restrictions on redeemability

imposed by Texas law. The estimate of

burden hours for completing the