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need to gather accurate and up-to-date

information regarding respirator use in

the workplace so that the NIOSH

respirator certification and research

program can assure that workers have

needed products and are properly

informed and protected.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is

particularly interested in comments

which:

• Evaluate 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;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

III. Current Action

OMB clearance is being sought for the

Survey of Respirator Use and Practices.

Type of Review: New Collection.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Title: Survey of Respirator Use and

Practices.

OMB Number: 1220–New.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms.

Total Respondents: 40,000.

Frequency: One-time; Non-recurring.

Average Time Per Response: The

weighted average per response is 30

minutes. Ninety (90) minutes for

establishments with respirator use.

Fifteen (15) minutes for establishments

with no respirator use.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 20,000

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $0.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they also

will become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day

of October 2000.

Karen A. Krein,

Acting Chief, Division of Management

Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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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.

Extension:

Rule 15c2–12, SEC File No. 270–330, OMB

Control No. 3235–0372

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’’) has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget a

request for extension of a previously

approved collection of information

discussed below.

• Rule 15c2–12 Disclosure

requirements for municipal securities

Rule 15c–12, under the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, requires

underwriters of municipal securities: (1)

To obtain an review a copy of an official

statement deemed final by an issuer of

the securities, except for the omission of

specified information; (2) in noncompetitively bid offerings, to make

available, upon request, the most recent

preliminary official statement, if any; (3)

to contract with the issuer of the

securities, or its agent, to receive, within

specified time periods, sufficient copies

of the issuer’s final official statement to

comply both with this rule and any

rules of the MSRB; (4) to provide, for a

specified period of time, copies of the

final official statement to any potential

customer upon request; (5) before

purchasing or selling municipal

securities in connection with an

offering, to reasonably determine that

the issuer or other specified person has

undertaken, in a written agreement or

contract, for the benefit of holders of

such municipal securities, to provide

certain information about the issue or

issuer on a continuing basis to a

nationally recognized municipal

securities information repository; and

(6) to review the information the issuer

of the municipal security has

undertaken to provide prior to

recommending a transaction in the

municipal security.

These disclosure and recordkeeping

requirements will ensure that investors

have adequate access to official

disclosure documents that contain

details about the value and risks of

particular municipal securities at the

time of issuance while the existence of

compulsory repositories will ensure that

investors have continued access to

terms and provisions relating to certain

static features of those municipal

securities. The provisions of Rule 15c2–

12 regarding an issuer’s continuing

disclosure requirements assist investors

by ensuring that information about an

issue or issuer remains available after

the issuance.

Municipal offerings of less than $1

million are exempt from the rule, as are

offerings of municipal securities issued

in large denominations that are sold to

no more than 35 sophisticated investors,

have short-term maturities, or have

short-term tender or put features. It is

estimated that approximately 12,000

brokers, dealers, municipal securities

dealers, issuers of municipal securities,

and nationally recognized municipal

securities information repositories will

spend a total of 123,850 hours per year

complying with Rule 15c2–12. Based on

average cost per hour of $50, the total

cost of compliance with Rule 15c2–12 is

$6,192,500.

There is no specific retention period

applied by Rule 15c2–12 for the

recordkeeping requirement contained in

Rule 15c2–12. The retention period is

determined by private agreement

between a nationally recognized

municipal securities information

repository and the issuer.

The recordkeeping requirement is

mandatory to ensure that investors have

access to information about the issuer

and particular issues of municipal

securities. This rule does not involve

the collection of confidential

information. Please note that an agency

may not conduct or sponsor, and a

person is not required to respond to, a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number.

General Comments regarding the

estimated burden hours should be

directed to the following persons: (i)

Desk Officer for the Securities and

Exchange Commission, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Room 10102, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, D.C. 20503; and

(ii) Michael E. Bartell, Associate

Executive Director, Office of

Information Technology, Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.

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1Entergy states that it is currently authorized to

form intermediate holding companies such as

Entergy-Koch. See Entergy Corp., HCAR No. 27039

(June 22, 1999) (authorizing Entergy to form

companies to acquire and hold the securities of one

or more energy-related companies).

2The Commission previously authorized Entergy

to reorganize its energy-related interests, including

the intermediate holding companies that hold those

interests. See Entergy Corp., HCAR No. 27039 (June

22, 1999). 3EPMC currently sells approximately 200 million

cubic feet of gas per day and, in 1999, sold

approximately 47.2 million MWh of electricity. 4The direct acquisition of energy marketing

companies such as KET by Entergy is exempt from

the requirements of section 9(a) of the Act by rule

58(a)(1) under the Act. 5Energy-Related Assets include natural gas

production, gathering, processing, storage and

transportation facilities and equipment, liquid oil

reserves and storage facilities, and associated

facilities, that would be incidential to and would

assist a future subsidiary in connection with energy

marketing, brokering and trading.

Comments must be submitted to OMB

within 30 days of this notice.

Dated: October 20, 2000.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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[Release No. 35–27257]

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’)

October 20, 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

November 14, 2000, to the Secretary,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Washington, DC 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 November 14, 2000, the

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

filed or as amended, may be granted

and/or permitted to become effective.

American Electric Power Company,

Inc., et al. (70–9353)

American Electric Power Company,

Inc. (‘‘AEP’’), a registered holding

company, AEP Energy Services, Inc. and

AEP Resources, Inc., (collectively

‘‘Applicants’’), both nonutility

subsidiaries of AEP, and all located at

1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio

43215, have filed a post-effective

amendment under sections 6(a), 7, 9(a)

and 10 of the Act and rule 54 under the

Act to a previously filed applicationdeclaration.

By order dated November 2, 1998

(HCAR No. 26933) (‘‘Prior Order’’),

Applicants are currently authorized

through December 31, 2003

(‘‘Authorization Period’’) to acquire

nonutility energy assets in the United

States that would be incidental to, and

would assist, Applicants and their

subsidiaries in connection with energy

marketing, brokering and trading

(collectively, ‘‘Energy Assets’’). These

assets include natural gas production,

gathering, processing, storage and

transportation facilities and equipment,

liquid oil reserves and storage facilities

and associated facilities. Applicants

were authorized to invest up to $800

million (‘‘Investment Limitation’’)

during the Authorization Period in such

Energy Assets or in the equity securities

of companies substantially all of whose

physical properties consist of such

Energy Assets.

Applicants request that the

Investment Limitation be increased to

$2.0 billion. Applicants state that they

intend to use the increased investment

authority as needed to enable

Applicants and such subsidiaries to

continue to add nonutility, marketingrelated assets as and when market

conditions warrant, whether through

acquisitions of specific assets or groups

of assets that are offered for sale, or by

acquiring existing companies.

Entergy Corporation (70–9723)

Entergy Corporation (‘‘Entergy’’), a

registered holding company, located at

639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans,

Louisiana 70113, filed an applicationdeclaration under sections 9(a), 10,

12(b), 12(c), and 13(b) of the Act and

rules 45, 46, 54, 86, 87, and 90 under

the Act.

Together with Koch Energy, Inc.

(‘‘Koch’’), an unaffiliated company that

is not currently regulated under the Act,

Entergy intends to form a new limited

partnership, Entergy-Koch, LP

(‘‘Entergy-Koch’’).1 Entergy-Koch will be

a partially-owned subsidiary of Entergy,

through which Entergy and Koch will

combine certain discrete non-utility

energy assets.

Entergy states that it will contribute to

Entergy-Koch its interests in certain

companies.2 Specifically, Entergy

intends to transfer its interests in

Entergy Power Marketing Corp.

(‘‘EPMC’’), which markets and trades

physical and financial energy

commodities in various wholesale and

retail markets within the United States,3

and EGT Holding, Ltd. (‘‘EGT’’), whose

sole asset is the stock of Entergy Trading

& Marketing, Ltd. (‘‘ET&M’’), a company

that trades energy commodities to

manage the fuel supply and power sales

risk of certain foreign utility companies

owned by Entergy.

Koch will contribute its interests in

Koch Energy Trading, Inc. (‘‘KET’’),

which is engaged in energy trading and

marketing,4 and Koch Gateway Pipeline

Company (‘‘Gateway Pipeline’’), which

owns and operates a 9,000-mile

interstate natural gas pipeline system

and related gas gathering and storage

facilities. Entergy further states that it

intends to merge EPMC and KET to form

a new energy marketing and trading

company (‘‘Trading Company’’).

The general partner of Entergy-Koch,

with a 1% interest, will be EntergyKoch, LLC (‘‘EK–LLC’’), a Delaware

limited liability company that will be

held in equal shares by Koch and

Entergy Power International Holdings

Corporation (‘‘EPIH’’), a wholly-owned

subsidiary of Entergy. In addition,

Entergy and Koch will each acquire and

hold, indirectly, a 49.5% limited

partnership interest in Entergy-Koch.

In connection with the establishment

of the joint venture, Entergy requests

authority to acquire, directly or

indirectly, through December 31, 2005,

up to $1.2 billion (‘‘Investment

Limitation’’) in energy-related,

nonutility assets that are incidental to

energy marketing and brokering

(‘‘Energy-Related Assets’’),5 or the

equity securities of companies

substantially all of whose physical

assets consist of Energy-Related Assets

(‘‘Energy-Related Equity Securities’’),

including Gateway Pipeline. Entergy

states that the prices of Energy-Related

Assets and Energy-Related Equity

Securities will be and, in the case of

Gateway Pipeline, has been established

through arms-length negotiations and