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stakeholder confidence in the NRC, and

(3) increases regulatory effectiveness

and efficiency. In this regard, the NRC

desires the revised oversight program to

be more risk-informed and performancebased and more focused on significant

risks and poorer performers.

The workshop will focus on:

• Industry initiatives for

identification, resolution, and correction

of problems

• Objective and scope of safety and

safeguards oversight program

cornerstones

• Key safety and safeguards risk

attributes for each cornerstone

• Safety and safeguards performance

attributes the NRC needs to monitor and

assess to ensure cornerstone objectives

are met

• Performance monitoring attributes

and means

DATES: The workshop, which is open for

public participation, is scheduled for

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday,

February 22, and Wednesday, February

23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: NRC’s Two White Flint

North Auditorium, 11545 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Visitor

parking around the NRC is limited;

however, the meeting site is located

adjacent to the White Flint Station on

the Metro Red Line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Walter Schwink, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301)

415–7253, e-mail wss@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 1st day

of February 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Walter Schwink,

Assistant Chief, Operations Branch, Division

of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Revised Reactor Oversight Process

Workshop

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is proposing

significant revisions to its processes for

overseeing the safety performance of

commercial nuclear power plants that

include integrating the inspection,

assessment, and enforcement processes.

As part of its proposal, the NRC staff

established a new regulatory oversight

framework with a set of performance

indicators and associated thresholds,

developed a new baseline inspection

program that supplements and verifies

the performance indicators, and created

a continuous assessment process that

includes a method for consistently

determining the appropriate regulatory

actions in response to varying levels of

safety performance. The changes are the

result of continuing work on a concept

as described in SECY–99–007,

‘‘Recommendations for Reactor

Oversight Process Improvements’’ dated

January 8, 1999, and SECY–99–007A,

‘‘Recommendations for Reactor

Oversight Improvements (Follow-Up to

SECY–99–007)’’ dated March 22, 1999.

On June 18, 1999, the Staff

Requirements Memorandum on SECY–

99–007 and SECY–99–007A was issued

which approved the scope and concepts

for the revised reactor oversight process

(RROP), and approved the staff’s plan

for conducting a pilot program. The sixmonth pilot program for the RROP was

conducted at two sites per region from

May 30, 1999, to November 27, 1999.

The purpose of the pilot program was to

apply the RROP and collect lessons

learned so that the various processes

and procedures could be refined and

revised as necessary prior to initial

implementation.

Now that the pilot program is

complete and lessons learned identified,

the NRC will hold public workshops in

each of the four NRC regions. The

workshop will provide information to

NRC, industry, and the public on the

NRC’s Revised Reactor Oversight

Process that is currently scheduled to be

implemented starting April 2, 2000,

pending NRC Commission approval.

The workshop will focus on the key

attributes of the new oversight process

and their associated program

documents.

Information about the revised reactor

oversight process and the pilot program

is available on the Internet at:

www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/

index.html

A preliminary agenda for the

workshop will consist of the following:

Day 1: registration, background and

concept review, workshop objectives,

performance indicators—overview,

performance indicator threshold review,

examples, and recent changes

Day 2: baseline inspection program—

overview, program review, procedure

review, and recent changes

supplemental inspection program,

inspection planning and documentation

regional inspection planning

significance determination processes

(SDP)—reactor and non-reactor,

including recent changes

Day 3: reactor and non-reactor SDPs)

examples of SDP and enforcement

(parallel breakout sessions for

enforcement and recent changes event

response inspection activities

assessment process, examples, and

recent changes wrap-up/closing remarks

DATES: Registration for the workshop

will be held from 8:00 to 10:00 on the

first day of the workshop. There is no

pre-registration. The workshop will run

from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. the first day

and from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. the

second and third day.

Workshop Locations

Region III

Date: Feb 22–24

Address: Hilton Lisle/Naperville, IL,

3003 Corporate West Dr, Lisle, IL 60532.

Telephone: (630)–505–0900.

Special Rate: $89.00*

Cut off date: 1/31/2000

Region II

Date: March 6–8, 2000

Address: Georgia International

Convention Center (Location is

Tentative), 1902 Sullivan Road, College

Park, GA 30337–0506.

Hotel: There are a number of Hotels

in the immediate area. The convention

center does not have sleeping facilities.

Region IV

Date: March 14–16, 2000.

Address: Wyndham Arlington, 1500

Convention Center Drive, Arlington, TX

76011.

Telephone: (800)–442–7275.

Special Rate: $77*.

Cut off date: 2/11/2000.

Region I

Dated: March 21–23, 2000.

Address: Holiday Inn, Independence

Mall, 400 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA.

Telephone: (800)–843–2355.

Special Rate: $139*.

Cut off date: 2/28/2000.

* Special group rate is available when

registering with the hotel and asking for

the ‘‘NRC’s Regulatory Oversight

Process Workshop’’ block of rooms. The

group rate is subject to applicable state

and local taxes and availability.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alan Madison, Mail Stop: O5–H4,

Inspection Program Branch, Office of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U. S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–001, telephone

301–415–1490.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day

of January 2000.

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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

William M. Dean,

Chief, Inspection Program Branch, Division

of Inspection Program Management, Office

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 00–2710 Filed 2–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–U

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

which provides opportunity for public

comment on new or revised data

collections, the Railroad Retirement

Board (RRB) will publish periodic

summaries of proposed data collections.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed information collection is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information has practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s

estimate of the burden of the collection

of the information; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden related to

the collection of information on

respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Title and purpose of information

collection: Application and Claim for

Unemployment Benefits and

Employment Service, OMB 3220–0022.

Section 2 of the Railroad

Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA),

provides unemployment benefits for

qualified railroad employees. These

benefits are generally payable for each

day of unemployment in excess of four

during a registration period (normally a

period of 14 days). Section 12 of the

RUIA provides that the RRB establish,

maintain and operate free employment

facilities directed toward the

reemployment of railroad employees.

The procedures for applying for the

unemployment benefits and

employment service and for registering

and claiming the benefits are prescribed

in 20 CFR 325.

RRB Form UI–1, Application for

Unemployment Benefits and

Employment Service, is completed by a

claimant for unemployment benefits

once in a benefit year, at the time of first

registration. Completion of Form UI–1

also registers an unemployment

claimant for the RRB’s employment

service. Significant non-burden

impacting, formatting and editorial

changes are being proposed to Form UI–

1.

The RRB also utilizes Form UI–3,

Claim for Unemployment Benefits, for

use in claiming unemployment benefits

for days of unemployment in a

particular registration period, normally

a period of 14 days. The RRB proposes

minor non-burden impacting editorial

changes to UI–3.

Completion of Forms UI–1 and UI–3

is required to obtain or retain benefits.

The number of responses required of

each claimant varies, depending on

their period of unemployment. The RRB

estimates that approximately 11,200

Form UI–1’s are filed annually.

Completion time is estimated at 10

minutes. The RRB estimates that

approximately 67,500 Form UI–3’s are

filed annually. Completion time is

estimated at 6 minutes.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

To request more information or to

obtain a copy of the information

collection justification, forms, and/or

supporting material, please call the RRB

Clearance Officer at (312) 751–3363.

Comments regarding the information

collection should be addressed to

Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement

Board, 844 N. Rush Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60611–2092. Written comments

should be received within 60 days of

this notice.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

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BILLING CODE 7905–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Rel. No. IC–24271; 812–11954]

AirTouch Communications, Inc.;

Notice of Application

January 28, 2000.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’).

ACTION: Notice of application for an

order under section 3(b)(2) of the

Investment Company Act of 1940 (the

‘‘Act’’).

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: AirTouch

Communications, Inc. (‘‘AirTouch’’)

requests an order under section 3(b)(2)

of the Act declaring that it is engaged

primarily in a business other than that

of investing, reinvesting, owning,

holding, or trading in securities.

Filing Dates: The application was

filed on January 24, 2000.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An

order granting the requested relief will

be issued unless the SEC orders a

hearing. interested persons may request

a hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary and serving applicants with a

copy of the request, personally or by

mail. Hearing requests should be

received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on

February 22, 2000, and should be

accompanied by proof of service on

applicant, in the form of an affidavit or,

for lawyers, a certificate of service.

Hearing requests should state the nature

of the writer’s interest, the reason for the

request, and the issues contested.

Persons who wish to be notified of a

hearing may request notification by

writing to the SEC’s Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 5th

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549–

0609. AirTouch, One California Street,

San Francisco, CA 94111.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J.

Amanda Machen, Senior Counsel, (202)

942–7120, or Michael Mundt, Branch

Chief, (202) 942–0564 (Office of

Investment Company Regulation,

Division of Investment Management).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following is a summary of the

application. The complete application

may be obtained for a fee at the SEC’s

Public Reference Branch, 450 5th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20549–0102 (Tel.

202–942–8090).

Applicant’s Representations

1. AirTouch is a Delaware corporation

and a subsidiary of Vodafone AirTouch

Public Limited Company (‘‘Vodafone

AirTouch’’). AirTouch states that it is

the third largest provider of cellular and

personal communication services in the

United States. Vodafone AirTouch owns

approximately 96.8% of the outstanding

voting securities of AirTouch. AirTouch

states that at the present time it is not

an investment company under section

3(a) of the Act.

2. On September 21, 1999, Vodafone

AirTouch entered into an agreement

with Bell Atlantic Corporation (‘‘Bell

Atlantic’’) to create a new joint venture

(‘‘Wireless’’), a Delaware general

partnership, through which they will

conduct their U.S. wireless

telecommunications business. AirTouch

and Bell Atlantic will transfer their U.S.

mobile telecommunications businesses

and assets to Wireless (the

‘‘Transaction’’), with AirTouch

contributing approximately 46% of the

value of its total unconsolidated assets.

GTE Corp., following its merger with

Bell Atlantic, also will contribute its

cellular and personal communication

services assets to Wireless. After

contribution of these assets, AirTouch